Traitor Radio
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTraitor Radio connects people who are ready to resist with the means and motivation to do so, through moving first-person accounts, reported storytelling and activist homework.
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TR8: Here There Be Monsters
November 30, 2017 21:36 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBOn this, the final episode of Traitor Radio, we're talking disability and the 'r' word with Schuyler and Robert Rummel-Hudson, the father-daughter pair behind Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords, a brilliant blog and writing project dedicated to disability advocacy. Rummel-Hudson's book, Schuyler's Monster, is a must-read. Schuyler, who'll graduate from high school this year, and Robert discuss how it felt the first time they heard President Donald Trump mock a reporter with a disability,...
TR7: The Storm Rages On
November 11, 2017 00:43 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBHurricane victims still need your help. On this episode, we'll talk with a poet who lost her home to Harvey, and introduce you to groups in Houston, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico who need your time, your resources, and, if you can -- your physical help. RESOURCES: Caribbean hurricane relief: Community Resource Initiative Puerto Rico hurricane relief: Hispanic Federation via LMM Houston hurricane relief: West Street Recovery Houston hurricane relief: Houston DSA
TR6: Don't Be The Jerk in Section 123
October 23, 2017 23:57 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week, we're un-fucking sports fandom with journalist and baseball lover Stacey May Fowles, purveyor of the excellent Baseball Life Advice newsletter and eponymous memoir. Fowles, a Blue Jays obsessive, recalls the story of her first formative experience with baseball fandom -- how it was marred by one dude's decision to be a huge creep, and how, 20 years later, things haven't changed much. But things don't have to be so bleak for women sports fans, and Fowles offers three key tips to ...
Your Turn.
October 19, 2017 18:36 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis episode is for the good guys, the nice guys, the cool guys, the feminist guys, the dudes of earth who say they want to end sexual violence but who don't know where to start. No more excuses, dudes. The "me too" movement that Tarana Burke started a decade ago went viral after the New York Times broke decades' worth of sexual assault and abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. "Me too" started as a way for survivors to talk to each other, but warped into a kind of victimhood perform...
TR Interlude: After Las Vegas
October 02, 2017 22:47 - 9 minutes - 9.08 MBAnother mass shooting and mass murder in the United States: What comes next? More "thoughts and prayers" from politicians who thrive on contributions from the gun lobby? Here's a script -- including a recorded call with host Andrea Grimes and her congressman's office -- on what to ask your elected officials, plus an organizing action item to bring people together in their communities. From the homework -- find your elected officials' contributions from the gun lobby: https://www.opensec...
TR5: Feel The Breeze
September 20, 2017 20:31 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBShakesville's Melissa McEwan joins the show to talk about fat hatred and fat shaming, and her own journey to loving and accepting her fat body -- and allowing herself to feel the breeze. For the homework section, we're talking to fat and not-fat folks alike. Melissa talks about how to shut down diet talk and body negativity, offers some essential reading from fat activists, and recommends a film comedy with big laughs that aren't at the expense of the fat woman at the center of the plot. ...
Tacos. Beer. Abortion.
September 01, 2017 22:10 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBAbortion stigma is real, y’all! It can be scary, intimidating and anxiety-inducing to talk positively about abortion -- which is why Traitor Radio host Andrea Grimes launched the Taco or Beer Challenge, a month-long fundraising movement to support abortion access. It's the most delicious homework assignment we've given you on the show so far. Our storyteller on this episode is Aimee Arrambide, a badass reproductive justice crusader, lawyer and Texan of Mexican and Filipino descent who is p...
Keep Calling! Trumpcare Ain't Dead Yet
July 20, 2017 00:25 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBListen to one Texas woman’s story about living with incurable cancer -- living with it, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Her name is Nicole Stewart Cortez, and she's just one of millions of people who rely on the ACA, which is still under attack, even as the GOP fails again and again to pass a "Trumpcare" replacement that would leave tens of millions of people, like Natalie, without health insurance. Donald Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell haven't given up, and n...
TR3: Queer and Called
July 14, 2017 15:26 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBAfter a years-long battle wherein Methodist church officials publicly interrogated M Barclay's private life, including their gender identity and sexuality, M Barclay is now Reverend M Barclay, the first openly non-binary queer and trans person to be commissioned as a deacon in the United Methodist Church. Today, M is able to provide a visible and enthusiastically queer ministry to people of faith, but that wasn't the case a year ago, when M stood amid the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub at...
Religious Liberty, Bathroom Bigotry
June 24, 2017 02:27 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBIncreased visibility has become a double-edged sword for transgender, intersex and non-binary Americans, who are increasingly targeted by religious conservatives and Republican lawmakers. You've probably heard of "bathroom bills" like HB 2 in North Carolina, which force people to use public restrooms according to the gender they were assigned at birth. But in addition to playing bathroom police, politicians are also championing "religious liberty" legislation -- bills that are, in actuality,...
Sad, Shitty Tuesday
June 21, 2017 17:24 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBA little bit of hope -- and a little bit of cussing and hollering -- after Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia. Host Andrea Grimes talks about why people should reinvest in their communities, instead of hoping for a politician to save the day. Head to TraitorRadio.com for a list of grassroots and local orgs that are building cultural change and resistance movements that will last longer than any charismatic candidate.
URGENT MESSSAGE FOR WHITE PEOPLE
June 03, 2017 20:43 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MBIf you're a white person, tune into this important public service announcement immediately. The ass you save may be your own.
Worst-Case Scenario
May 22, 2017 03:12 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBWhat might happen if abortion becomes illegal in the U.S.? Meet Julie and Harriet, two women who are bringing safe, self-managed abortion options to people in the the country's abortion deserts -- places where, even if abortion is technically legal, access to the procedure is all but non-existent for any but the wealthiest Americans. And find out what you can do to support your local abortion funds, the resilient nonprofits that work to ensure everyone who needs access to legal abortion care...
Pre-Launch Ep: The Gaslighter-In-Chief
April 20, 2017 18:12 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBTraitor Radio, the resistance podcast for short attention spans, catches up with some of our time capsule responders in this pre-launch episode, wherein we grapple with the unpredictability, constant low-level fear and coping mechanisms that have become part of everyday life under Trump.