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Why a Criminal

The one in which we try to figure out why so many people would vote for a presidential candidate with many charges and indictments surrounding them. 

Women and Soy

The one in which we explore the complex relationship between women and soy and also, soy's many health benefits for most women. 

Our Falling Democracy

The one in which we take a look at the falling (and failing) status of our democracy and what it means for our standing as a democratic superpower. 

Third World Country

The one in which we try to figure out, just what kind of country are we?!

Got Water

The one in which we explore the critical issue of our disappearing ground water and what we can do about it. 

Supremely Unethical

The one in which we discuss, once again, serious reasons for our deep disappointment with the Supreme Court.

We the Second Class Women

The one in which we explore the ways we women are treated as second class and the need for women to support each other in the varying needs of all women (not just white women).

Medicare DisAdvantage

The one in which we discuss the serious disadvantages of what is called "Medicare Advantage." People think they have Medicare when they choose this option, but instead they are insured by private companies and can be at great disadvantage in their hours of need. 

End of Life Choices

The one in which we discuss the choices we have in the final season of life ... when care becomes for comfort rather than for a cure.

Polyamory

The one in which we explore ethical non-monogamy, most specifically - polyamory  the practice of engaging in multiple romantic (and typically sexual) relationships, with the consent of all the people involved - (from the Oxford dictionary)

Pronouns

The one in which we talk about all the talk about prounouns.

Gas at Home

The one in which we try to understand and explain why it's important to consider the effects of having our homes full of gas appliances and all the talk about our gas stoves needing to go.

History of Prisons

The one in which we follow our curiosity to learn why and how it was that prisons came to be in the first place, and why it's so hard to influence change within the prison system. 

The Not Supremes

The one in which we take a look, once again, at the many ways the supremely not supreme court has let us down, Supremely. 

Affirming Trans Children

The one in which we try to answer the common question about whether children should be given gender affirming care at young ages. After reveiwing a lot of information on the subject we offer you a critical perspective on the importance of gender affirming care at any age. 

Holidays in Prison

The one in which we take a minute to acknowledge the people and their family members who spend their special holidays separated by prison bars, guards and strict rules.

Trans Laws and Suicide

Child of Rape

The one in which we explore the trauma and challenges of raising a child born of sexual assault

Clean Water

The one in which we talk about how important water is to life. We cannot live without it. We have to protect it with our lives because in reality ... Water is Life. 

Secret Languages

The one in which we discover the hidden languages people have used for resistance and other important things throughout the ages (and even today). 

Common Ground

The one in which we discuss how important it is to find common ground in order to get along, and potentially or possibly, even influence others in positive ways. 

Influencing Others

The one in which we talk about ways to connect with others and have a possible chance therefore to influence them in important ways. 

Attack on Women

The one in which we rant about the laws and restrictions, and even Supreme Court decisions that are not even thinly veiled attacks on women and women's rights. 

Witch Hunts

The one in which we talk about witch hunts; the real searches for people labeled witches or accused of dabbling in witchcraft. 

Gentrification

The one in which we tackle the pros and cons of gentrification. Revitalizing neighborhoods can be a positive thing but most of the time it is done without regard for its long term residents, which is very harmful both for them and for the rest of us. 

Federalist Society

The one in which we look in to some of the secrets of this society that is working (somewhat successfully) to take us back to a time we can never return to. 

Emotion Artificial Intelligence

The one in which we try to determine the potential of artificial intelligence to use emotion programming to take over our jobs as psychologists. We conclude that it's not likely any time soon, though there's a lot of potential in emotion AI. 

Dobbs

The one in which we review the egregious attack on women by our own Supreme Court, when they voted to reverse the federal rights of women decided 50 years ago in the case of Roe vs. Wade. 

Voting Restrictions

The one in which we take note of all the ways voting is being restricted and limited by those who want to control the outcome.

Trans Asylum

The one in which we explore the need for asylum states for our own citizens, and the narrow-minded and bigoted conditions in our country that are making this necessary!

Private Equity

The one in which we try to understand and explain how private money is being used to invest in and restructure private companies; and how many of those companies have not benefitted in the long run.

Land Acknowledgement

The one in which we uncover the reasons for Land Acknowledgements and why people, including have such mixed feelings about them.

Environmental Injustice

The one in which we discover the environmental injustices that can be found everywhere but most especially in marginalized neighborhoods. In poor communities and communities of color, people are more exposed to toxins and less likely to have access to healthy foods, adequate transportation and safety. 

Consumer Culture

The one in which we take a look at the way our need for more and more things is manufactured and sold to us. 

Vampire AntiSemitism

The one in which we investigate concerns that there is anti-semitism buried in Vampire lore. We found it - not that deeply buried. 

On Purpose

The one in which we take a purposeful look at the importance of purpose in all of our lives and how we find it - accidentally, or on purpose. 

Child Labor

The one in which we discover, much to our dismay, that dangerous child labor practices are actually growing in the US. 

Labor Unions

The one in which we explore the many benefits of Labor Unions. 

Grand Juries

With all of the talk about Grand Jury indictments lately, this is the one in which we looked into what that actually means. In this episode we talk about what Grand Juries are and what they do. 

Plant-Based Climate Control

The one in which we explore how the food we eat affects our carbon footprint, and therefore the environment. 

History of Policing

The one in which we go back to the origins of our current policing system to try to understand the embedded racism and ideas for a system that truly protects the safety of everyone. 

Trust Your Gut

The one in which we learn about the many things our gut takes care of and why it's now frequently referred to as our second brain. Who knew?

Weaponizing Privilege

The one in which we take a look at the many ways people with privilege, especially white people in our society, use it to hurt others rather than to help them. There are lots of good things to do with the privilege you have; and lots of harm can come of using it against others. 

Death by Traffic Stop

The one in which we dive into the issue of literal deaths by traffic stop; as in how many people end up dead after being stopped for sometimes minor traffic violations. What is going on?!

Drag

The one in which we explore the wonderful world of Drag and all it has to offer. 

Emotional Abuse

The one in which we talk about emotional abuse, a dangerous form of domestic violence. 

Don't Say Gay or Trans

The one in which we say gay and trans several times and discuss why so many people have such a hard time saying those words that they don't want anyone to be allowed to utter them?!

Status of the American Family

The one in which we talk about what real American families are doing - how they're growing, living, and getting along...or not. 

Debt Ceiling

The one in which we try to understand the issues and debates that go on around the debt ceiling and what it could mean for our country and its citizens (all of us).

Brainwashing

The one in which we discuss that particular form of abuse and manipulation known as brainwashing and how it influences people in different life situations.