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Welcome back to a brand-new season of The Suburban Women Problem! On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein catch up about their holidays and the news (Covid, Ukraine, and GA Governor Kemp’s recent “Hail Mary” speech). They also start a conversation about the recent rise in book-banning, a conversation we're going to keep having all year... or at least until the right wing stops trying to ban knowledge. The hosts are joined by writer and Wisconsin mom Tasslyn Magnusson, who has been attending school board meetings and compiling data on book bans across the country. Tasslyn gives some great advice about how you don’t need to yell or recite talking points in a school board meeting; you just need to speak up on behalf of teachers, students, and books.Then the one and only Soledad O’Brien joins Rachel to discuss her new HBO series, “Black and Missing,” along with what she thinks the media tends to get wrong. Soledad and Rachel chat about the importance of framing when telling a story… who’s doing the framing? And why? They also find time to discuss Soledad’s hopes for 2022, how she tweets at the cast of "Criminal Minds," and what she’s learned about life and parenthood through horseback ridingFinally, our hosts raise a glass to victories in Georgia sports and Ohio politics, along with celebrating new opportunities for growth and conversations in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Next week, Red Wine and Blue will be launching something big to fight against book bans. Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @Redwineblueusa to learn all about it!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

Last May, Red Wine & Blue brought together three amazing women—Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein— to host a podcast that gives a voice to suburban women. Not the stereotype, but REAL suburban women: women who are diverse, women who have been getting involved in their communities, women whose votes will be pivotal in the upcoming Midterm elections. Each week, we feature guests like Alyssa Milano and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood alongside real moms who are doing great work for their communities. If you joined us for Season 1, we are so excited to have you back with us for Season 2. And if this is your first time listening to the pod, welcome aboard! This season is already jam-packed with incredible guests and meaningful topics. We'll see you every Wednesday with a brand-new episode of The Suburban Women Problem.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 hope you’ve been enjoying a safe and happy holiday season with your loved ones!We’ve been gearing up for our big Season 2 launch (coming Wednesday January 19) but we didn’t want to leave a Suburban Women Problem sized hole in your podcast player for too long. So this week we’re bringing you a special episode of the show... instead of interviewing a guest, today our hosts are interviewing each other! Tune in to learn more about Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark, and Rachel Vindman as they ask each other questions about their lives, being a mom, their first celebrity crush, who they’d want to be stranded with on a deserted island, and a lot more.And as always, we invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can learn strategies to stand up for your values and for the kids in your community.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

This is our final episode of Season One, can you believe it? We’ve had 32 weeks of amazing guests and incredible conversations, 32 sets of Rapid Fire questions and 32 Toasts to Joy. So today, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein chat about their favorite moments from Season One and what they’ve loved about hosting The Suburban Women Problem. The hosts reflect back on some of their favorite guests (Chasten Buttigieg! Lauren Underwood! Heather McGhee! Connie Schultz!) and some of their favorite “everyday women” who have joined us as well. We even get a quick update from Jaime Jara from Episode 2 and Maya Guy from Episode 12 (spoiler: everyone’s doing great, and Maya won her election!). Then Jasmine, Amanda and Rachel close us out with the final Toast to Joy of the year.We hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season. We’ll see you on January 19 when we kick off Season 2 with a very exciting guest! Tune in to today’s episode to hear who it’ll be...And as always, we invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can learn strategies to stand up for your values and for the kids in your community.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

Today we have a special episode of the podcast as Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein hand their platform over to a roundtable of moms from Virginia. When discussing last month’s gubernatorial election, the media has been quick to run headlines about "suburban moms" and their concerns about Critical Race Theory. But time after time, moms of color have been left out of the conversation.So we asked three suburban moms of color from Virginia to give us their thoughts. Nicole, Kenya, and Zerell chatted with moderator Katie Paris about honest education in schools, microaggressions, and how white women need to step up to be not only allies but accomplices. We are so grateful to these three incredible women for lending their time and their voices to the podcast this week.Could you use some support figuring out how to step up as an accomplice and fight against anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community. 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

On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein catch up after the Thanksgiving holiday to talk about some pretty big topics: climate change, Covid, and justice. As Jasmine points out, the United States isn’t a castle surrounded by a moat and a big wall… we live in an interconnected world and how we tackle issues like vaccinations and climate change will make a huge difference not just to folks in America but to the entire globe.They’re joined by Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray, a climate nonprofit dedicated to finding solutions to our current highways systems. Allie shares The Ray’s ethos that “we can do well by doing good.” And after that, Rachel sits down with internationally recognized climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre. The two of them chat about her organization UPROSE, how to talk to our kids about climate change, and how climate justice IS racial justice.Finally, our hosts raise a glass to justice and to Amanda’s brand-new op-ed in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to anti-mask, anti-vax, or anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.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

This week is Thanksgiving and we thought it would be a good time to focus on family. So in the spirit of spending time with family, today we’re reposting our episode with the one and only Alex Vindman.Earlier this year, Alex joined his wife Rachel Vindman and co-hosts Amanda Weinstein and Jasmine Clark to chat about his book, Here Right Matters. They talked about Trump’s fateful phone call with the President of Ukraine, why Alex decided to report that call, the trolls and criticisms they’ve had to deal with as a result, and how Alex absolutely doesn’t regret doing the right thing.Not only is this week a time for family and gratitude, it’s also a great time to remember why doing the right thing matters more than ever.Suburban women helped decide the 2020 election. But we’re just getting started. Are you ready to be part of The Suburban Women Problem? Sign up here to join our amazing community of women.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

On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein talk about how they keep finding the energy and joy in activism. They discuss some of the many battles worth fighting⁠—for example, the undemocratic shenanigans happening last week in Jasmine’s own Gwinnett County or the fact that the right wing actually wants to ban books. The hosts discuss how they rely on small victories and the energizing feeling of helping people in their community to keep them going. Then suburban mom Marla Zwinggi stops by the pod to discuss the work she’s doing in her own Ohio community, how she felt burned out after the election, and what she did to bounce back.After that, Amanda sits down with Karen Walrond, an activism coach and author of “The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy.” They talk about personal transformation, adoption, how to find the joy in activism, and what activism even is. They also talk about Karen’s friendship with Brené Brown (we promise we’re not jealous!) and her cameo in the movie “Wine Country” (... okay, maybe we’re a little jealous).Finally, Amanda, Jasmine, and Rachel raise a glass to sports victories, taking a vacation, and getting their kids vaccinated in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to anti-mask, anti-vax, or anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.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

On today’s episode, Jasmine Clark, Amanda Weinstein and guest host Beverly Batte unpack last week’s election. We had some big disappointments in statewide races (looking at you, Virginia!) but there are so many victories to celebrate on the local level. So many progressive women won their races for school board and a big reason why is that they didn’t shy away from discussing right-wing issues like CRT. Instead they listened, they came up with thoughtful responses that incorporated their personal values as moms, and they won their elections.And speaking of CRT, we want to bang the drum yet again for Heather McGhee’s incredible book The Sum Of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together. If the right wing thinks that “CRT” means anything that involves thinking critically about race, like teaching Heather’s book, then sign us up!Losses like what we experienced in Virginia can be frustrating, but we don’t need to wait for elections to take action. There are so many ways to get involved… like craftivism! Women across the world have been using their creativity and skills—often traditionally “feminine” skills like sewing, baking, and knitting—to create change for centuries. So Jasmine sits down with Kristina Wong, a performer and activist who created a squad to sew masks during the pandemic. You can learn more about it in her book, The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice.Finally, Amanda, Jasmine, and Beverly raise a glass to sports victories, Diwali, and getting our kids vaccinated in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to anti-mask, anti-vax, or anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.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

This is a big week! Not only was there an important election on Tuesday, but we got to talk to Alyssa Milano! We also got some disappointing news... it looks like paid leave is going to be cut from the spending bill. So on this episode, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark and Amanda Weinstein talk about turning our disappointments and frustrations into positive action. To quote Alyssa, we want to build, not burn! The hosts are then joined by Red Wine and Blue founder Katie Paris, who chats all about the incredible work that suburban women have been doing across the country in the lead-up to Election Day. After that, Amanda gets the opportunity to talk to the one and only Alyssa Milano. In addition to being an actor, Alyssa has always used her platform for activism and elevating the voices of others. She just released a brand-new book called “Sorry, Not Sorry” about her life in the public eye, getting Covid, her activism and humanitarian work, MeToo, and much more. Tune in to hear the inside scoop on her favorite on-screen witch, her pets, and the best on-screen kisser.Finally, Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to lawn care goats, seeing the results of long term projects, vaccines for kids, and new takes on trick-or-treating during this week’s “Toast to Joy.”Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to anti-mask, anti-vax, or anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.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