Vagina Monologues Held Open Casting Call for February VDay Production

Director Heather Ross, Producer Jeana Rich, and Stage manager Kim Bond join me to talk about the Vagina Monologues, VDay, One Billion Rising, vaginas, the open casting call for the production, gender-based violence, and being survivors.

Reveal Beauty Serves Local Survivors

Candace, local organizer for Reveal Beauty, joined me and apprentice Heather Ross to talk about breaking ground in Austin, hosting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, their programs, volunteerism, and more.

Immunize Texas Takes You Back to School

Jinny Suh and Lacy Walker of Immunize Texas join me to talk flu shots, conspiracy theorists, school vaccination rates, lackluster state policies, and public health.

Abortion Access Front and Lizz Winstead Bring Do Re #MeToo to Austin

Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show, author of Lizz Free or Die and founder of Abortion Access Front (Abortion AF), joined me to talk about Abortion Access Front, its Do Re #MeToo tour, Tuesday, September 17th Austin stop, and clinic support.

May Is for Moms, Maternal Health, and Monica

Monica McLemore RN, MPH, PhD joined me to talk about her work at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California San Francisco, her research, her teaching, her patients, and her recent piece in May's issue of Scientific American.

Author Brooklyn James Shares Her Birth Stories in Book

Local author and mother of two, Brooklyn James joined to talk about her book, Born In the Bed You Were Made in which she illustrates the differences between her first birth in hospital and second birth at home. Her midwife, Genevieve Schaefer CPM joined to share as well.

Citizen Documentary Makers Shifting the Paradigm

Director Leah Carlisle and some of the all woman crew of the documentary film, Citizen, joined me to talk about the movie, filmmaking, and women in media.

MasterPOS

Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News joined me to talk about the SCOTUS decision on Masterpiece Cake Shop and other federal cases she's been watching for us.

OutYouth Brings Awareness and Compassion to LGBT Community

Kathryn Gonzales joined me to talk about end of year celebrations for OutYouth, their programs, and the Gavin Grimm case.

Trump Tries to Tie Providers' Hands with Domestic Gag Rule

Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News joins to talk us through legal ramifications of Domestic Gag Rule.

BossBabes ATX Are Talking to Everyone We Know

BossBabes joined me to talk about their new program, #EveryoneWeKnow which deals with the aftermath of #metoo.

Texas' Special Session Post-Mortem

This week family physician and regular Houston Chronicle public health op-ed author Dr. Bich-May Nguyen MD and Mary Tuma Women's Health Reporter at the Austin Chronicle joined me to talk about the effects of the special session on women's health.

Rewire's Care in Chaos Illustrates Clinic Harassment

Issues for Your Tissues episode from July 27, 2017 featuring Calla Hales lead Administrator of Charlotte, NC's A Preferred Women's Health Center and Lindsay Beyerstein, Investigative Journalist and Director of the documentary Care in Chaos which featured Calla and the clinic prominently.

Care in Chaos is Rewire News' first documentary production.

Sexual Health Alliance Going Texaswide in addition to Nationwide

Stefani Threadgill and Heather McPherson of Southwest Sexual Health Alliance joined me to talk about their new Dallas location. Stefani is the Director of the Dallas location. Houston location starts up soon too.

VDay 2017

The organizers of Austin's 2017 VDay joined me to talk about the event and its importance.

Vaginismus and the Makers of Tightly Would

Last month Shelby Hadden writer and producer of Tightly Wound, her physical therapist Christina M Mcgee DPT of Sullivan Physical Therapy, and Sebastian Bisbal co-producer and animator of the film Tightly Wound joined me to talk about film-making and vaginismus. Shelby has lived with vaginismus for over 10 years.

Ohio Legislature Has No Heart, Passes Heartbeat Ban Bill

This week Nicole Knight of Rewire News, Julia D'Agostino of Women Have Options Ohio, and Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Caskey joined me to talk about the unconstitutional heartbeat ban bill passed through the Ohio legislature Tuesday.

We went over our time slot by about 10 minutes. There is no archive of that portion of the show for me to share. You can hear future episodes in their entirety by listening live at koop.org.

Lizz Winstead & Lady Parts Justice Bring Us the Golden Probes

Lizz Winstead of Daily Show, Lady Parts Justice, Air America, and Lizz Free or Die fame joined me to talk about the 2016 Golden Probes Awards held October 9 in NYC. You can watch the whole awards show on the site. It was so good.

"The 1st Annual Golden Probe Awards, a satirical and oh so glamorous awards show “honoring” outstanding achievement in sexism and anti-choice extremism streamed live from (le) Poisson Rouge in New York City on Sunday, October 2, 2016. Putting the LPJ spin on all of our favorite awards season tropes, the Golden Probes featured musical performances, dance numbers, outfit changes, and so many of our favorite comedians and pro-choice heroes putting the BIGGEST SEXIST ASSHOLES on blast! Check out all of the nominees and winners from 2016 here."

Swept Out from Under the Rug the Show and the Backlog

I got the chance to interview Nicole Stewart and Anton Schlesinger, co-producers of Out from Under the Rug:  True Life Tales of Abortion. This production debuted in Dallas and played there and in Austin. Each performance featured locals who had experienced abortion.

Scott Ross, one of the Austin contributors, joined us and shared some of his story.

"“Out From Under The Rug”: True Life Tales of Abortion is a live storytelling show produced by Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales) to be held in two Texas cities this fall preceding the national elections. Each city will feature its own cast and will be performed in stunning, large state-of-the-art theatres. Think of a spotlight, a music stand and one person reading aloud their true, personal experiences with abortion. The speakers will include abortion providers, men whose loved ones have had an abortion, and women who have had and have not had abortions for many reasons. This emotionally charged evening will enlighten the audience as to varied experiences with abortion and will leave the viewer with a deeper understanding of real experiences and a more open mind and heart."

Inaugural Hour Long IFYT w/NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Lilith Fund Executive Directors!

Heather Busby Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Amanda Williams Executive Director of the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity joined me to introduce new listeners to the reproductive justice issues affecting Texas currently and how this situation has been multiple legislative sessions in the making.