Issues for Your Tissues Podcast
1) 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-...Show More
2) 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,...Show More
3) 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.
4) 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, Tuesda...Show More
5) 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...Show More
6) 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 birt...Show More
7) 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.
8) 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.
9) 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.
10) 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.