Issues for Your Tissues
Thursday, January 9, 2020
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.
Labels:
Heather Ross,
Jeana,
Kim,
koop,
prochoice radio,
sexual assault,
survivor,
vagina monologues,
vaginas,
VDAY
Location:
KOOP Radio
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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.
Labels:
dignity,
domestic violence,
Heather Ross,
human trafficking,
koop,
prochoice radio,
recovery,
Reveal Beauty,
sexual assault,
survivor
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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.
Labels:
conspiracy theorists,
immunize texas,
jinny suh,
koop,
lacy walker,
legislature,
pediatrics,
policy,
prochoice radio,
public health,
public schools,
vaccines
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
Monday, September 16, 2019
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.
Labels:
abortion access,
Abortion Access Front,
Abortion AF,
abortion clinics,
clinic workers,
healthcare,
Kathy Valentine,
koop,
lizz free or die,
Lizz Winstead,
prochoice radio,
the Daily Show
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
Thursday, May 30, 2019
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.
Labels:
healthcare,
infant health,
koop,
maternal health,
maternal mortality,
Monica McLemore,
prochoice radio,
public health,
racial bias,
reproductive health,
Scientific American,
UCSF,
women of color
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
Thursday, May 23, 2019
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.
Labels:
author,
Born In the Bed You Were Made,
Brooklyn James,
c-section,
Genevieve Schaefer,
home birth,
maternal health,
midwife,
midwifery,
miscarriage,
mother,
obstetrics,
prochoice radio
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
Thursday, April 18, 2019
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.
Labels:
Austin,
Citizen film,
documentary,
Hannah Barker,
Jaclyn Fleming,
koop,
Leah Carlisle,
Mariana Gonzalez,
Morgan Honaker,
prochoice radio,
reproductive rights rally,
Texas,
TRR,
women crew
Location:
3823 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78722, USA
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