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So... there was an election last week! And despite doom-and-gloom polls, and the media trying to gaslight suburban women, democracy and reproductive freedom won big. Turns out, voters don’t support extremism. Who knew? (We did!)Our very own host Jasmine Clark won her election in Georgia, and so did our host Amanda Weinstein’s husband Casey in Ohio. But those wins were only the beginning. Democrats won the Senate! There was historic turnout, especially among young people! Democrats swept Michigan! And everywhere that reproductive rights were placed directly on the ballot, voters supported choice.Of course there were some disappointments and some races we didn’t win, and Georgia is headed into a very important runoff election. But we proved that when we show up and use our voices, it matters. We're going to keep working and keep having these important conversations, because democracy doesn't just happen around an election. It happens every day of the year.Next week is Thanksgiving, and we’d love to hear from all of our listeners about what you’re thankful for! We encourage everyone to leave us a voicemail at (614) 600-2480‬ and we’ll play your replies on next week’s pod.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

Election Day is tomorrow! And that means this is our very last chance to remind everyone about just how important it is to vote. Make sure your friends vote. Make sure your family votes. Make sure even your exes and your frenemies vote! This is the moment so let’s make it count. Our rights and democracy itself are on the line.If you need help finding your polling place, learning what’s on the ballot, or anything else about voting, you can visit redwine.blue. And if you want to save reproductive rights and help women in need at the same time, then check out RWBVotes.com. If you live – or have friends in – Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or North Carolina, for every 10 friends you talk to about voting, we’ll donate 50 dollars to an abortion fund in your state.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

We’re finally here… the last full episode of the podcast before the midterm elections! All year, we’ve been talking about what’s at stake in this election: antisemitism and racism, abortion rights, book bans, guns, election denial, and extremism in a million different forms. Now is the moment we’ve been working for, so let’s get everyone we know out to vote.This week, Amanda got the chance to talk to Connie Schultz about why this election is so important… and at the same time, how we can take care of our mental health. Elections are stressful, and daily prognostications from dubious pollsters aren’t helping matters. Amanda and Connie had an amazing chat about what they’ve been hearing from women coming into this election and what they’re doing to stay calm in these last few crucial days. If you’ve been as anxious about the midterms as we are, we hope this interview makes you feel a little better.Finally, Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to making a difference, kindness, and connecting with our neighbors in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Want to save reproductive rights and help women in need at the same time? Then check out RWB Votes! If you live in (or have friends in) Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or North Carolina, for every 10 friends you talk to about voting, we’ll donate $50 to an abortion fund in your state. Visit https://go.redwine.blue/rallyswp to sign up and learn more.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 Bucks County, in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Bucks County is infamous for divisive school board meetings so Rachel sat down with two moms who have direct experience with their local school boards. Jamie and Tracy shared how difficult it’s been to stand up for what’s right in Bucks County and how critical it is that we all raise our voices and get involved. It’s not enough to believe that extremists are wrong - we need to get loud and stand up for our students, teachers, and communities.This is our last kitchen table conversation! Thank you so much to everyone for joining Rachel as she talks to suburban women about the issues that matter most to them.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 Spitalnick, the Executive Director of Integrity First for America, a nonprofit that recently won a groundbreaking lawsuit against Unite The Right; Shannon Foley Martinez, a former white nationalist who now actively works to de-radicalize people; and Samantha Kutner, also known as the “Proud Boys Whisperer,” who studies violent extremism and the gender dynamics of radicalization. These three women have so much knowledge to share about what’s going on, how we got to this point, and what we can all do about it.Finally, Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to love, to a rollercoaster of a campaign week, and to women finding the joy in standing up for democracy in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Links shared in this episode include:Tools for parents to protect their kids from radicalization onlineThe Anti-Defamation LeagueOnline ballot tracking toolAnd RWBVotes, an easy and fun way to keep track of the friends you’re committing to talk to about this election.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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) will affect not just their own lives but the lives of their students too.Thanks for listening to Rachel’s Kitchen Table Conversations! New episodes every Saturday.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 Turnaway Study, which looked at the lasting effects of having – or being denied – an abortion. Finally, Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to early voting, Stacey Abrams, and the Akron Children’s Hospital in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”With the election just around the corner, it’s time to organize - and who better to help us rally our squad than Amy Schumer? On Tuesday, October 25th, she’ll be joining us for an interactive event where everyone –including Amy– will pick at least 10 friends that we can reach out to about what’s at stake in this election.And if you can’t make it, don’t worry we still got you! You can visit RWBVotes to claim the friends that you’re committing to talk to about this election and get personalized support from us. You can find more information at RWBVotes.com.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 for Liberty groups drowning out reasonable parent voices, but these moms aren’t taking it.Thanks for listening to Rachel’s Kitchen Table Conversations! New episodes every Saturday.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 couple episodes and today, we’re starting with schools. The hosts are joined by Kim Biondi, an English teacher in North Carolina who left education after 21 years because of right-wing extremists. Kim shares what she loved about teaching and what made her decide to leave. In retaliation for standing up for students and books, Kim was called out by name at school board meetings and attacked by a Moms for Liberty group. But even now that she’s retired, she’s still standing up for students with a grassroots group called Guardians Against Book Banning. Jasmine then sits down with Grace Lynch, the producer and host of Teaching Texas - a podcast that takes a deep dive into the American education system. In an election year with raging debates around education, this new podcast charts how Texas has dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our children's classroom has only intensified today.Finally, Jo, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to birthdays, dissertations, and successful campaigning in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”If you’re listening to The Suburban Women Problem, you’re already tuned in to what’s at stake in this election. Now we need you to make sure that your friends and neighbors are too. That’s where RWBVotes comes in. It’s an easy and fun way to keep track of the 10, or 20, or 30 friends that you’re committing to talk to about why this election is so important. You can sign up at https://go.redwine.blue/rallyswp.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA

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 for listening to Rachel’s Kitchen Table Conversations! New episodes every Saturday.For a transcript of this episode, please email comms@redwine.blue. You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media! Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSAFacebook: @RedWineBlueUSAYouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA