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.

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.

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.

Bro, Sexism, and the Workplace

Sociologist Dr. Holly Wood PhD and Heather Ross cofounder of Austin Chapter Women in Games and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas board member joined me to talk about the Google bro memo and the reactions to it.

Special Session's Adverse Outcomes

Teddy Wilson Staff Reporter at Rewire News joined me to talk about the special session and its impact on Texans.

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.

VDay 2017

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

The Modeliest of Model Legislation

Aimee Arrambide of Fund Texas Choice and Public Leadership Institute with co-host Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Campaigns. We talked about Aimee's work crafting and editing model reproductive justice legislation.

Legislative Update with Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson of Rewire News joined me and Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Campaigns for a Texas 85th Legislative Session update. There's never enough time to talk about all of the bills that will affect reproductive justice.

Jessica Mason Pieklo and Robin Marty Lay It Out in Crow After Roe

Jessica Mason Pieklo co-author of Crow After Roe, written with co-author Robin Marty, joined me to talk about reproductive rights and intersectionality, particularly how individual states' legislatures are serving as testing grounds for laws eroding women's right to bodily autonomy. You can find Jessica and Robin's work all over the internet; both are at Rewire News.

Women's March in Austin Saturday

Tonight's show featured Women's March on Austin organizers Sylvia Holmes, Melissa Fiero, Beth Andre and Simone Laurent.

Abortion Conversation Projects Work to Combat Stigma

Terry Salas Merritt, the Board Chair of Abortion Conversations Projects, and Sonia Van Meter joined me to talk stigma and ways to undo it.

State of Texas Can't Explain Lack of Dignity for Women

Tonight Nancy Cardenas Pena Associate Director at the National Latina Institutes of Reproductive Health, Jan Soifer Travis County District Court Judge-Elect and Attorney at O'Connell Soifer LLP, the local law firm working with Center for Reproductive Rights on the current lawsuit against the State of Texas' fetal funeral regulation joined me and co-host Sonia Van Meter, political operative at Stanford Caskey, to talk about today's hearing to block the enforcement of fetal funeral regulations until a full hearing can be held, intersectionality, fetal funeral provisions, and reproductive justice. 

O'Connell Soifer also served as local counsel for Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. Jan recently served as Travis County Democratic Party Chair.

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.

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."

HB2 and SCOTUS: The Reckoning

Sylvia Holmes Associate Director of Student Legal Services at the University of Texas at Austin and Genevieve Cato Development Director at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas joined me to talk about the SCOTUS decision of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a victory for women's health.

Dawn Porter Presents TRAPPED

Dawn Porter, director of the documentary TRAPPED joined me to talk about the film, her experience making it, and the transparency with which conservative legislators use the law to the detriment of women's health while claiming it's for women's health.

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. 

Violence On Trial: Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism Given a Pass

Jessica Mason Pieklo Legal Analyst at Rewire joined me to talk about recent hearings involving domestic terrorist Robert Means who killed 3 in Colorado last fall at a Planned Parenthood. He was found not competent to stand trial. We also talked about the death threats on Wichita provider, Dr. Means, that were found to not be death threats. When Christians are the terrorists, media and juries give them a pass. This sets unfortunate precedent in our courts for terroristic acts to come.

Reproductive Freedom Festival

Cindy Cooper, playwright, author, and producer joined me to talk about the Reproductive Freedom Festival held last Sunday. It was the first of its kind and you should check out her work.