Ep 51: Your #Elxn44 Primer
Tune in to get the recap on the first 3 weeks of the federal election campaign. We'll be back later this week after the national debates.
Sep 07, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 51
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Ep. 50: Can you hear me now? Book club with Celina
The Femme Wonk Book Club is joined by author Celina Caesar-Chavannes to discuss her book, Can You Hear Me Now ?
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Ep 49: So you want to be a Policy Wonk?
This episode is 100% my (Katie's -- hi!) advice about a career in the policy space. We cover master's, the landscape, and practical tips. The takeaway? Connect with people and learn how to stand out.
Oct 01, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Ep 48: Post Election Debrief
As promised, here is your New Brunswick post election debrief! I'm joined by University of New Brunswick prof JP Lewis who helps us understand the context of the election. His takeaway: You can’t assume that whatever happened with Covid-19 evaluation of government and voter intentions will overwhelm traditional voting patterns. Like what you hear? Leave us a review!
Sep 17, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Ep 47: Checking in on the New Brunswick Election
This episode is dropping just 10 days before Election Day. Check it out to hear my thoughts on the campaign this far, and what to expect over the next two weeks.
Sep 03, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Ep 46: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan
We chatted with the authors of the first national feminist economic recovery plan in the world. Anjum and Carmina talk about the motivation behind the plan, some of the nuts and bolts of creating it, a description of pillars, and what's next for the plan. Like this episode? Share it with a friend.
Aug 20, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Ep 45: they said this would be fun
We chat with Eternity Martis about her book They Said This Would Be Fun . It was the May Femme Wonk book club pick so we discuss observations from the book club, the book writing process, and what happens next.
Jun 05, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Ep 44: Covid-19 Cracks
I chat with Anna, co-CEO of Tidal Equality. We discuss various covid-19 policy responses, what this pandemic response has meant for equity, and what we can learn from all of this.
May 12, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Ep 43: Inspire NOW
In this live recorded episode, Katie gets interviewed by Amanda from PoliticsNOW as a part of their InspireNOW series. Amanda picks Katie's brain about topics like building Femme Wonk, impostor syndrome, what's next, and if 10 year plans are reasonable for millennials. We cover a lot of grounds. Let us know if you struggle with any of the topics we highlight. Thanks to our sponsor, GlassSKY. GlassSKY works to help the next generation of leaders make the most of their talents and contribute to so...
Apr 24, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Ep 42: WFH
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted nearly every single person and their work. One main shift has been a forced work from home. I've been working from home for about a year now, so I partnered with Samantha (samantharoad.com) to chat about best practices, what is still really hard, and what we hope to see stick after the pandemic ends. I want to thank our sponsor, GlassSKY. GlassSKY works to help the next generation of leaders make the most of their talents and contribute to society and the workp...
Apr 02, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Ep 41: Book Reviews!
Okay. We're mixing it up a bit during covid-19. We don't want to add unnecessary noise, so we've pivoted to some lighter content. Tune in for three book reviews: 1. Had it Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #Metoo by Robyn Doolittle 2. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslin Memoir by Samra Habib 3. The Handmaid's Tale & The Testaments by Margaret Atwood We're also thrilled to announce that GlassSKY will be sponsoring the podcast for the remainder of 2020! GlassSKY works to help the next gen...
Mar 19, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Ep 40: Operation Black Vote Canada
This week we chat with Velma from Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC). We chat about some great projects that they're working on, like the 1834 fellowship, but we also talk more broadly about what diverse decision making looks like and how we can all be allies. We get two calls to action: 1. provide access and 2. at whatever decision making table you're at, take an internal audit. Look around the table and ask yourself if it looks like Canada. If it doesn't, find people that can fill the gaps....
Feb 27, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Ep 39: Iowa
How could we not do an episode about the Iowa caucus? I chat with an old friend about our 'interested observer' status on Iowa and the democratic primary race. Check it out!
Feb 06, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Ep 38: We're Back!
We're joined by friend of the podcast, Jordan O'Brien to talk about what has happened over the last 6 weeks, top political moments of the past decade, and predictions for 2020. We talked about: - Andrew Scheer's resignation - Blaine Higgs and his confidence threats - The NWT first majority women Cabinet Top moments of the decade? You'll have to tune in to find out.
Jan 09, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Ep 37: Cabinet Briefing
We're back with part 2 of our Cabinet brief! Listen in for our takes on what exactly the new Cabinet appointments mean, what our biggest takeaways were, and what we're still waiting for. What are your Cabinet quick-takes?
Nov 24, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Ep 36: Pre-Cabinet Brief
We've got a quick mini-episode for you today where we talk all things federal Cabinet shuffle scheduled to happen on Wednesday. On Thursday, we'll have your post-cabinet brief giving a run down of our thoughts. We answer questions like: What is a cabinet; what happens in a minority situation; what about representation, and many others. Let us know what you think, and send along any predictions you may have.
Nov 19, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Ep 35: Participatory Democracy
We chat with Yash and Nahum of Everyday about participatory democracy -- what is it, why it is important, who is doing it well, and how we can improve?
Nov 12, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Ep 34: Gender and Climate Change
Today we’re talking about gender equality and climate change. Our public discourse in Canada has been dominated by the economic impacts of climate change -- specifically carbon tax. We also hear about the urgency, and about what is happening to our lands, water, and life. We talk very little about how climate change hits the ground. Major episodes like wildfires, flooding, and storms are often getting chalked up to climate change, but who is being impacted? Much research suggests that women and ...
Oct 29, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Ep 33 - Politics, social media, and self-care
Today we’re talking about politics, social media, and self-care. By the time this episode is released, we’ll know the results of the 2019 election, however we recorded it a few days before. I got the inspiration for this episode when I was recording last week’s episode. I was honestly feeling really overwhelmed about providing election commentary because I’ve felt pretty upset about many elements of this campaign. I also felt like spending time on Twitter was adding to the negativity I was feeli...
Oct 23, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Ep 32: #Elxn43
Like #Elxn43, this episode is a lot. We talk about the federal election, give you some useful definitions in case we've gotta talk about a minority situation in a few days, dive into the platforms to see where the parties stand on gender, and answer some great listener questions.
Oct 16, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Ep 31: Future Majority
Young people ages 18-35 make up the largest demographic voting block in this election. We chat with Shreya, an organizer with Future Majority about getting young people to the polls for Election 43! If you haven't yet, do get out and vote! Check out elections.ca for more information.
Oct 08, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Ep 30: Basic Income
We talk about all things basic income including frameworks, past pilot programs, benefits, and #elxn43 platform commitments. We end with listener questions on basic income. What do you think? Is it a no-brainer?
Sep 24, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Ep 29: Period Poverty
We chat with Amber Bishop, the principal of the Cambridge- Narrows Community School (K-12) about what her school specifically is doing to transform the bathroom experience for all students. The transformation includes providing sanitary products for free to those who need them. Although the CNCS is a small school in rural New Brunswick, the idea of period poverty is being discussed across the country and governments are beginning to respond. We hope that these conversations continue.
Sep 17, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Ep 28: Fake Feminist?
Thanks to Ontario Loud for organizing and facilitating this conversation! In this episode, we join a conversation with Chris, Kate, and Alexi of Ontario Loud as well as Dr. Kate Graham of No Second Chances to put the Trudeau government to the test on feminism. We also chat about how parties can show up for women in this election -- do you think they will?
Sep 10, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Ep 27: Creating Consent Culture
In keeping with our back to school theme, we chat with the chair of Students for Consent Culture , Connor Spencer about the landscape of campus sexual violence, what they're doing to support student advocates, what their provincial lobbying looks like, and barriers that exist within the post-secondary system.
Sep 04, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Ep 26: Leading Women of Tomorrow
I'm joined by Founder and CEO of Leading Women of Tomorrow, Medha Reddy. We chat about the importance of supporting young women to equip them with the tools to run for office or take on leadership roles in the future.
Aug 20, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Ep 25: #DemDebate
What do you get when you put two Canadian political podcast hosts together to talk about the #DemDebate? 1.5 hours of rants, rabbit holes, and some smart analysis. Thanks again to Chris from Ontario Loud for joining us to chat U.S Democratic Party politics.
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Ep 24: Unsettled
In this episode, we collaborated with Matt George of the podcast Unsettled. Matt is focused on the intersection of culture, business, and technology. We chatted about gender quotas, universal basic income, legislating culture change, and about a million other things. Let us know what you think -- and check out Unsettled!
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Ep 23: A Woman's Place is in the House
We chat with Susan Holt about her experience running for office. She shares lessons learned, opportunities, and challenges that she and others face. We dig into the recently raised issues of sexism at the Fredericton City Council, we chat about her new role with PQA and Plato Testing, and we talk about a number of systemic changes needed to get more people with diverse experiences elected. Still need your t-shirt? Visit femmewonk.com/buy...
Jul 16, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Ep 22: #AMA
We just celebrated our 6th full month of this project so I wanted to take to opportunity to flip the script a bit. We asked you on social media what questions you’d like me to answer and then I asked my lovely partner if he would take these questions as well as some of his own and interview me! We chat about a wide range of topics, including our current TV and book recommendations so stick around. Let me know what you think -- and if you're still left with questions send us a note: Katie@femmewo...
Jul 09, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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