The Suburban Women Problem

By: Red Wine & Blue
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  • Rachel Vindman thought she’d be a card-carrying member of the GOP forever, until President Trump called her husband a traitor. Microbiologist Jasmine Clark never dreamed of running for office, but then 2016 happened -- now she’s the first Black woman ever elected to represent her suburban district. A US Air Force Veteran turned economist, Amanda Weinstein used to listen to Focus on the Family and lecture her peers about abortion until she couldn’t reconcile her faith with today’s GOP. In the most hotly contested districts in America, suburban women are breaking up with the Republican Party and remaking American politics -- transforming their own lives and getting political for the first time. Each week, Rachel, Jasmine, and Amanda find out why. Want to know what’s causing the GOP’s suburban women problem? Tune in for a political journey through the minds of suburban women, brought to you every Wednesday by Red Wine & Blue. Now in Season 2!
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  • Coaching Coach Walz (with Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan)

    Coaching Coach Walz (with Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan)
    Nov 1 2024

    On Wednesday October 30th, Red Wine & Blue hosted a virtual event where we were joined by Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. She’s not just the highest ranking Indigenous woman to be elected in this country… if Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win, she’ll be the first Indigenous governor ever.

    Before being elected to statewide office in Minnesota, Lt. Gov. Flanagan was a community organizer who trained thousands of other organizers and candidates, including Governor Tim Walz himself — she coached the coach! Her comments were so inspiring, we wanted to share them with you all. You can also catch our video of the event on Red Wine & Blue’s YouTube channel.

    If you haven't already, you can sign up for Rally here!

    For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

    You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media!

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    33 mins
  • Women Are Gonna Do This Thing (with Katie Paris and Arie Goodman)

    Women Are Gonna Do This Thing (with Katie Paris and Arie Goodman)
    Oct 30 2024

    The last episode of the podcast before the election is here and we’re feeling a lot of things: excitement, nerves, determination, stress, but most of all… hope.

    Hope because the Trump/Vance campaign has apparently given up on reaching across the aisle and are doubling down on their unpopular rhetoric. Hope because the Harris/Walz campaign is featuring uplifting speakers like Michelle Obama and Beyoncé. Hope because early voting numbers are breaking records.

    But more than anything, hope because we have women like Katie Paris and Arie Goodman on our side. Katie and Arie are our guests on the pod today - Arie is the leader of an Ohio TroubleNation group called Advocates Allies & Activists, and Katie is of course the founder of Red Wine & Blue. They shared what they’re hearing on the ground, the amazing work that women across the country are doing, and what’s giving them hope.

    As Katie says, ignore the polls, ignore the pundits, just focus on what you can do. And you can do a lot! There are six more days to talk to everyone we know about voting. We’re all gas and no brakes until November 5th - are you with us?

    For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

    You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media!

    Twitter: @TheSWPpod and @RedWineBlueUSA

    Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSA

    Facebook: @RedWineBlueUSA

    YouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA
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    50 mins
  • This Is Our Election with Heather Cox Richardson

    This Is Our Election with Heather Cox Richardson
    Oct 25 2024

    This past Monday, our favorite historian Heather Cox Richardson joined Red Wine & Blue for a virtual event. We were hoping to hear her insight into how this election fits into the broader story of American history, and what we might expect over the next two weeks.

    But if we’re being honest, what we really wanted was for Heather to tell us that it was all going to be okay.

    And of course she couldn’t tell us that with certainty. She’s a historian, not a soothsayer. But she did offer some words of hope.

    Our own podcast co-host Rep. Jasmine Clark also joined the call, and she talked about Georgia Republicans’ efforts to undermine voting in her state. During the pandemic, Georgia began offering ballot drop boxes, which were extremely popular and widely used. But despite that — or really, because of that—Republicans changed the rules and now most of the drop boxes are no longer available.

    That could be a disheartening story about voter disenfranchisement, but Heather encouraged us to look at it a different way. If extremist policies were popular, why would they take away drop boxes? If most Americans supported Project 2025, why are they trying so hard to keep us from voting?

    It’s because we’re the majority. Most Americans want to elect common sense candidates up and down the ballot. And we’re not letting the suppression keep us from voting. In Georgia, and many states across the country, voter turnout numbers are breaking records.

    We have the power. We just have to use it.

    For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

    You can learn more about us at www.redwine.blue or follow us on social media!

    Twitter: @TheSWPpod and @RedWineBlueUSA

    Instagram: @RedWineBlueUSA

    Facebook: @RedWineBlueUSA

    YouTube: @RedWineBlueUSA
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    57 mins

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Listening to this podcast has left me feeling so inspired and ready to get more involved! Thank you for all you do, and for providing this quality view point on such important issues!

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Qanon

thank you for sharing Qanon story. I too lost my older sister to Q and it has broken my heart over and over. I continue to reach out now and again and hoping she found her way out. So far no contact. I just pray people wake up and realize Q is false and T wants a dictatorship and can not be in power again. Thank you for sharing your stories. I look for to your talks. It helps. We women will make this country strong again!!

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