Kojin Tashiro

Feb 27, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Rafa Kidvai |LWC Studios |Anne Lim |LaTosha Brown |Cindi Leive |Cazembe Murphy Jackson | +8 more

Abortion bans, voter suppression, criminalization…the list of things standing between us and true reproductive justice can feel endless. So where do we go from here? What will success look like? (No, it’s not begging for Roe’s return!) In the season finale, Renee and Regina talk about what they’ve learned from this season’s guests, ideas about how to get involved, and give us all hope for the future—and listeners share ways to care for one another as we find freedom. Because: we will find freedom.

Feb 20, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | LaTosha Brown |Tara Abrahams |Renee Bracey Sherman |Cindi Leive |Shannon Melero-Urena |LWC Studios | +4 more

Ever wonder how a country where most people support abortion access keeps passing such ugly abortion bans? Renee and Regina have answers! And they promise to talk about gerrymandering without putting you to sleep. In this episode, they explain the link between voter suppression, racism and abortion bans—and then LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter joins us to explain what’s really happening across the country, and what we can all do about it.

Feb 13, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Kendall Ciesemier |Cazembe Murphy Jackson |Tara Abrahams |LWC Studios |Cindi Leive |Shannon Melero-Urena | +5 more

Who gets left out of the national conversation about abortion? Two key groups: people with disabilities, and trans people. In this riveting episode, Renee and Regina get into why that is, and what it costs us. First, Kendall Ciesemier of the ACLU joins the conversation to talk about how the abortion debate has used disabled people as pawns; and then Cazembe Murphy Jackson of WeTestify highlights what the trans and repro rights movements really have in common.

Jan 30, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Tara Abrahams |Cindi Leive |Juleyka Lantigua |Anne Lim |LWC Studios |Regina Mahone | +3 more

All around the country, people have been arrested and criminalized for trying to access abortion care. In this episode, Renee, Regina and special guest Rafa Kidvai of the Repro Legal Defense Fund talk about the devastating personal toll that anti-abortion extremists don’t want us to see. They break down how and why abortion criminalization happens, and some surprising rules for responding to it. Plus, in There Are Other Books, Renee and Regina discuss the novel An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.

Jan 16, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Renee Bracey Sherman |Tracy A. Weitz |Kojin Tashiro |Shannon Melero-Urena |Juleyka Lantigua |Tara Abrahams | +4 more

Abortion stigma is so baked into our culture that even some pro-choice politicians won’t say the word. But Renee and Regina will! Abortion! In this episode, they sit down with Dr. Tracy Weitz to understand where the stigma comes from, why even popular slogans like “safe, legal, and rare” perpetuate it, and what a world without stigma would actually look like.