There are now only two weeks until the midterms and today, we’re talking about extremism. Conspiracy theories and hateful ideologies like antisemitism are longer just in the fringes, they're in mainstream politics. Extremists are trying to divide us with antisemitism, racism, transphobia, and misogyny, but when we band together, we are far stronger than their hate. Instead of one featured interview, this week Rachel Vindman moderates a panel discussion with three experts on extremism: Amy Spital...
Oct 26, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Rachel Vindman is on Red Wine and Blue’s first-ever Troublemaker Tour, chatting with suburban women at kitchen tables in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This week, Rachel’s in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina. She sat down with two teachers to hear about what is happening with education in their state. Teachers know better than anyone how public education is on the ballot in the upcoming midterms, and they also know that other extremist legislation (like abortion bans) wi...
Oct 22, 2022•20 min
We’re now only three weeks until the midterms and today, we’re focusing on the critical issue of abortion rights. We’ve talked about it before and we will keep talking about it until we are all guaranteed the right to choose for ourselves when (or if) to become a parent. The hosts are joined by Christina Ward, a woman in North Carolina who wrote an op-ed about how important abortion access has been for her personally. Amanda then sits down with Dr. Diana Greene Foster, the director of the Turnaw...
Oct 19, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Rachel Vindman is on Red Wine and Blue’s first-ever Troublemaker Tour, chatting with suburban women at kitchen tables in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This week, Rachel’s in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. She sat down with three moms – Stacy, Stacey, and Anissa – to hear about what got them involved in advocacy work and what’s keeping their friends and neighbors from getting involved too. Public education is a huge issue in North Carolina, with small but loud Moms ...
Oct 15, 2022•26 min
This week, Rachel Vindman and Jasmine Clark are joined by Jo Carducci ( JoJoFromJerz ), filling in for Amanda Weinstein. There's now only four weeks until the midterms and that means we only have a short time left to talk about how important this election is. And one of the best ways to convince people is to find the issue that speaks to them… for some people, that’s abortion; for others, it’s democracy; for others, it’s schools. So we’re going to focus on each of those topics over the next coup...
Oct 12, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Rachel Vindman is on Red Wine and Blue’s first-ever Troublemaker Tour, chatting with suburban women at kitchen tables in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This week, Rachel’s in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. She sat down with Sofia – an inspiring mom, philanthropist, and advocate for survivors of sexual assault. Like Rachel, Sofia is also a former Republican, so they chat about what made her leave the party and what issues are important to her coming up to the midterms. Thanks f...
Oct 08, 2022•25 min
If you listen to this podcast, you know that suburban women are a key voting bloc coming into the midterm elections. And they are fired up – about abortion rights, about their kids’ schools, about voting rights, and so much more. So this week, we’re taking a moment to talk about what exactly is on suburban women’s minds right now. One of our favorite organizers, Julie Womack, drops by the pod to discuss what she’s been hearing on the ground. Rachel adds what she’s been hearing from women on her ...
Oct 05, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new bonus series “Kitchen Table Conversations”! Rachel Vindman is on Red Wine and Blue’s first-ever Troublemaker Tour, chatting with suburban women at kitchen tables in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This week, she’s in Rochester Hills, MI - a suburb of Detroit. She sat down with Kathy, Sujata, and Ebonei to talk about what issues are important to them coming up to the midterms, what they’re hearing from others in their community, and ...
Oct 01, 2022•30 min
This week on the pod, we’re talking about the power of women coming together to get stuff done. Some midterm elections could be won or lost by only a few hundred votes, so you and your friends could literally be the difference between pro-choice candidates and dangerous extremists. If each one of us gathers just a few of our friends to talk about how important the upcoming elections are, and those friends go out and talk to some friends, we can build a movement that will change the course of his...
Sep 28, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 39
This week, we’re very excited to welcome Dr. Allison Gill to the show! Allison is a military veteran who created the incredibly popular podcast Mueller She Wrote and is now co-host of the women-led news podcast The Daily Beans . Our hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein chat with Allison about her military service, including her thoughts about abortion access for service members, what made her decide to start Mueller She Wrote, and what it’s like hosting a political podcast w...
Sep 21, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 38
This week on the pod, hosts Jasmine Clark, Amanda Weinstein, and Rachel Vindman talk about trolls. It’s not just bots or anonymous accounts on Twitter anymore - in many places, the trolls are actually running for office. So many right-wing extremists don’t have real policy positions anymore, they’re just running on fear and personal attacks. But suburban women know better! The hosts are joined by Lindsay Mahaffey and Christine Kushner, two school board members in North Carolina. They’ve been dea...
Sep 14, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 37
This week on the pod, hosts Jasmine Clark, Amanda Weinstein, and Rachel Vindman talk about voting “down ballot.” That just means voting for local candidates! Because as important as it is to have good people representing us in Washington, local elections have even more of an impact on our day to day lives. The hosts are joined by Kate Nazemi, a mom in Pennsylvania whose school board has been infiltrated by extremists. Central Bucks school board now has two members of Moms for Liberty and one mem...
Sep 07, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 36
This week on the pod, we’re continuing our back-to-school conversation. There’s so much for parents to worry about: school shootings, Covid, book bans, teacher shortages, and more. But before we get to all that, our hosts Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman talk about Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. They discuss how frustrating it is to hear wealthy Republicans complain about $10,000 loan forgiveness when so many of them had PPP loans forgiven… but what’s NOT frustrating i...
Aug 31, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Content warning: this episode contains frank discussions about abortion and the loss of a child. Ever since the fall of Roe v Wade - or actually, ever since the Supreme Court opinion leaked - we’ve been talking about abortion. But so far we haven’t done a deep dive into one of the most controversial aspects: late term abortion. So that’s exactly what we’re doing today. Late term abortion isn’t actually a medical term, it’s a political term used to scare people, and you’ll hear more about that in...
Aug 24, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 34
This week on the pod, we’re talking about running for office. When women run, especially women of color, it’s undeniable that they’re held to a different standard than their white male counterparts. Jasmine Clark tells co-hosts Amanda Weinstein and Rachel Vindman about how her validity as a candidate has been questioned all along the way, even after winning her race in 2018. The hosts are joined by Mari Manoogian, the youngest woman currently serving in the Michigan State Legislature. Mari discu...
Aug 17, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 33
It’s hard to believe, but the summer is winding down and kids are starting to go back to school. But extremism didn’t take a summer break - and as students return to classrooms, parents are having to fight again for safety, equity, reasonable class sizes, and so much more. But first, our hosts celebrate all the legitimately good news out there: Congress passing the Inflation Reduction Act and PACT Act, Kansas voters standing up for reproductive freedom, and Alex Jones finally being held accounta...
Aug 10, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 32
The midterm elections are only 14 weeks away and there has been a lot going on in election news - primaries all over the country, campaigning, organizing, media narratives that may or may not be true… it’s hard to keep track of it all. So this week we’re doing a “road to the midterms” episode of the pod. Amanda Weinstein and Rachel Vindman are joined by guest hosts Jess McIntosh and Julie Collins . Jess is a political strategist and Julie is the National Organizer for Red Wine and Blue, so they ...
Aug 03, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Polls consistently show that “the economy” is voters’ top issue. But what do people actually mean when they say they’re worried about the economy? What IS the current state of the economy? How is it going to influence the midterms? And how does it affect suburban moms? This week, our resident economist Amanda Weinstein breaks it all down for us and makes it easy to understand. She’s joined by Jasmine Clark and guest host Beverly Batte, and together they talk through how the economy affects our e...
Jul 27, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 30
If we really boil down the work we’re doing, the forces that we’re fighting against, and reduce them to one thing… it would be extremism. Whether we’re talking about January 6, mass shootings, or the fall of Roe, it all comes down to right-wing extremism. So that’s what we’re talking about today. The hosts are joined by Samantha Kutner , also known as The Proud Boys Whisperer. Samantha studies violent extremism and the gender dynamics of radicalization. She explains how extremism in the US has c...
Jul 20, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 29
It’s the 4th of July and, like a lot of Americans, we have some complicated and nuanced views on patriotism. So today, we’re releasing a special bonus episode of the podcast where we discuss what patriotism means to us. Tune in to hear Rachel Vindman, Amanda Weinstein, and Jasmine Clark discuss their thoughts and feelings about Independence Day, America, and how patriotism means working to make the United States a more perfect union… for everyone. If you’re ready to join the Great Troublemaker T...
Jul 04, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Lately, the news has been pretty bleak: losing our reproductive rights, seeing just how close we came to losing our democracy on January 6… there haven’t been a lot of reasons for hope. But this episode we’re changing that, because we're talking to four incredible young LGBTQ activists. As our panel moderator Jess McIntosh says, advocacy is a relay race - and these young people are already running with the baton. And if teenagers can put together marches or speak at school board meetings, how mu...
Jun 29, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Today, we lost rights. Tomorrow, we do whatever it takes to get them back. You can’t lose hope - that is what they want. We know that right now it seems bleak, but you CAN NOT give in to despair. We are in this together. And together, we are going to fight the extremism in this country that led to this moment. There will be a lot of opportunities for action over the next few days, but remember there is nothing more effective than talking to a friend about what is happening. It’s time for us to d...
Jun 24, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This week on the pod, we’re commemorating Juneteenth. After catching up on news, Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman talk about what Juneteenth is, why we celebrate it, and what conversations and events they've been a part of in their communities this week. With the right-wing outrage over Critical Race Theory and teaching accurate history in classrooms, it’s more important than ever to remember our past… the good, the bad, and the ugly. The hosts are then joined by Meredith Laws...
Jun 22, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Today, Rachel Vindman’s husband Alex joins us to discuss the January 6 hearings. Rachel and Alex, along with Jasmine Clark and Amanda Weinstein, chat about what’s been happening at the hearings and why they’re so important. Alex answers some listener questions from our Facebook group SWEEP and at the end of the episode, Alex even gives his own Toast to Joy. If you’re ready to join the Great Troublemaker Turnout, please sign up here ! Talking to the people in your network is the most impactful wa...
Jun 15, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 24
On this episode of the pod, Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman talk about how the fall of Roe v Wade could have some unexpected consequences for women seeking fertility treatments. They're joined by Autumn Lucy , a woman in Michigan who took a part-time job at Starbucks just because their insurance covers IVF treatments. Autumn discusses her fertility journey, just how expensive IVF is, and why it was so important to share her story with the world. Like the hosts, Autumn also ha...
Jun 08, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 23
On this episode of the pod, Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman talk about sex, baby... comprehensive sex education, that is! Sex ed overlaps with every other issue we’ve been discussing this year: book bans, abortion rights, trans kids, accusations of “grooming,” even gun violence. It's clear that right-wing politicians care more about maintaining power than they do about the lives and well-being of kids. The hosts exchange stories of what they learned in sex ed and talk about w...
Jun 01, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Today we have a raw and emotional episode to share. The day after the horrific school shooting in Texas this week, Amanda Weinstein, Rachel Vindman, and Katie Paris recorded an emergency episode to process their anger and their heartbreak. The number one cause of death for children in the United States is now gun violence. Moms don’t want to hear more “thoughts and prayers,” we don't want to read more tweets or hear more empty remarks about mental health. We want politicians to DO SOMETHING. Spe...
May 26, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 21
On today's episode, Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman talk about abortion. Yes, again. We’re not going to stop talking about it until we all have the right to choose in this country. We also discuss some of the primaries that happened last week - extreme right candidate and ethical nightmare Madison Cawthorn lost his election, and so did extremist school board candidates in Durham, NC. But we still have a huge fight ahead of us in November, so it’s crucial to keep having person...
May 25, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 20
We were deeply upset by the tragic mass shootings last weekend, so today, we need to talk about guns. Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and guest host Katie Paris discuss how frustrating it is to feel like politicians are doing nothing while thousands die from gun violence. The majority of Americans support common sense legislation on firearms, so we need to stay loud and let our leaders know that we demand better. Indiana mom DeAndra Dycus joins the pod to share her personal connection to this i...
May 18, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 19
On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Amanda Weinstein, and Jasmine Clark continue to process their feelings about last week’s Roe v Wade news. Although it can be easy to stay in a place of anger and sadness, we need to turn those feelings into action - and win at the midterms in November! The only way we can keep right-wing extremists from taking away our rights is by voting them out. And the best way to do that is to have honest conversations with the people in our own networks. Katie Paris join...
May 11, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 18
