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  • Civic Rights Not for Women Only

    The League of Women Voters sounds like it comes from another era, like maybe that time of Victorian dresses festooned with "VOTES FOR WOMEN" sashes. Well, it sorta does. And yet it's still here today, more meaningful than ever. Today we talk with Terri Kondos, the Manatee County League Voter Services Chair. Terri spent 38 years with the Department of Defense in intelligence and national security, but her current beat is voter rights and information.

    So, did you know the League publishes voter services guides on national AND local issues? And that they are ALWAYS non-partisan, and never advocate for any candidate? They're here for all of us! After you listen to Terri, sign up for the August 26 Women's Equality Day event in Sarasota - free and open to all. Sign-up link below.

     

    Resources:
    League of Women Voters
    League of Women Voters of Manatee County
    League of Women Voters of Sarasota County
    Gender Differences in Voter Turnout
    Sign up for August 26th - link!
     
     
    Vote 411
    31 min
  • Who's Having Babies

    Are people having the families they want? Why or why not? And are women really to blame for low fertility rates? A new report surveyed 14,000 people in 14 countries to really understand what is happening and why fertility rates are dropping all over. The findings may surprise some policy makers who are struggling to identify incentives for families, but really shouldn't surprise any of us. Spoiler: people want MORE children! Take a listen. 

    Resources:

    Not Just More Babies: These Republicans Want More Parents at Home
    UNFPA report links falling birth rates to cost of living, sexist norms, fear of the future
    Link report, videos from report
    Opinion | A Bold Idea to Raise the Birthrate: Make Parenting Less Torturous - The New York Times
    Americans' Preference for Larger Families Highest Since 1971
    The Impossibly High Cost of Childcare – Women's eNews
    28 min
  • When DOES life begin? The Law Has Opinions
    As part of our continuing series on 'when life begins - the surprising history of conception' we talk with Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Spahn about the surprising history of legal views on conception -when life begins- and it's probably not what you think. There is so much political talk about women having babies these days - whether they have too many or not enough - that is seemed essential to see how our society came to it's current understandings about conception.
     
    Resources:
    Elizabeth Spahn: law review article
    State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy | Guttmacher Institute
    32 min
  • Medicaid, SNAP, Medicare, and the Big Beautiful Bill
    Medicaid, SNAP, and Medicare are some of our largest domestic benefits programs. Eligibility is not gender-specific. Yet someone they affect women differently. We don't know whether or not these programs will be changed in the final version of the Big Beautiful Bill, but we do know who uses them and why. Get your facts here.
     
    Resources:
    Women's Health Insurance Coverage | KFF
    Gender and Racial Justice in SNAP
    House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance
    Where We Stand: Retirement Security – AAUW
    Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions and Enrollment Loss Across the States | KFF
    US women are paying billions more for healthcare than men every year
    Florida
    Closing the Benefit Gap to Advance Women’s Health Equity | Deloitte US
    SNAP Helps Millions of Low-Income Seniors | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
    House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families
    Current Numbers
    Medicaid | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
    Parts of Medicare
    Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Sex | KFF
    30 min
  • Embryos, Petri Dishes, IVF
    As part of our continuing series on 'when life begins - the surprising history of conception' we talk with Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Spahn about the surprising history of the scientific understanding of conception - when life begins. And, spoiler alert, how we all get started is not what we were taught in high school biology class. There is so much political talk about women having babies these days - whether they have too many or not enough - that is seemed essential to see how our society came to the current understandings. Plus..... there's a nightclub involved. 
     
    Elizabeth Spahn: law review article
    State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy | Guttmacher Institute
    32 min
  • What's in a name? The SAVE Act

    85% of all American women change their names at the time of marriage. If passed, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act could disenfranchise these women because their current legal name does not match the name on their birth certificate. How could this be? Why would we want to do this? Note: the SAVE act has passed the US house and is moving to the Senate, so keep your eye on this one. 

    Resources:

    A Tradition Going Strong: Brides Who Take Their Husbands’ Names - The New York Times
    9 Things to Know About the Proposed SAVE Act
    Mrs Man: Why do women take their husbands' surnames?
    SAVE Act Explained: Americans will need these documents to vote — Or be turned away
    27 min
  • Pro-Natalists: WHAT?!

    "Have more babies!" is the Trump administration's current family initiative. Huh? If you’ve never heard of ‘pro-natalism,’ this is for you. Join us for a talk of fertility treatments, Elon Musk, car seats, Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin, childcare, why families do and do not want babies, and much more. This is one topic you’ll want to keep an eye on.

    Resources: 1. Reasons adults give for not having children, Need to boost population? Encourage dads to step up at home. — Harvard Gazette, Babies and the Macroeconomy | NBER, The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs - The Atlantic, The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population - POLITICO

    31 min
  • How Childcare Fuels the Economy

    Childcare meets economics. This episode dives into how access to affordable, high-quality childcare shapes families, communities, and the economy at large.

    Resources: Data Dashboard: An Overview of Child Care and Early Learning in the United States - Center for American Progress, Lakewood Ranch business leads way in new Florida support for employee childcare, Florida childcare tax credits help Sarasota businesses keep employees

    38 min
  • When does life begin? Christian History in a Nutshell

    We talk with Professor Law Emerita, Elizabeth Spahn, about the fascinating and surprising history of Christian views on the beginning of human life - and It's most certainly not what you think. We cover the start of life, from Aristotle to Dobbs in 37 easy-to-understand minutes - you'll never think about conception the same way again.

    Resources: Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian, The Week in Patriarchy | The Guardian, State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy | Guttmacher Institute, ES: law review article, Religious views on abortion more diverse than they may appear in U.S. political debate, Texas Senate Bill 2880

    37 min
  • Follow the Money

    Without equal resources, is equality even possible? In this episode, we look at the gender gaps in both pay and accumulated wealth: what the gaps mean, why these gaps are still with us, and what we can do.

    Resources: Gender pay gap in U.S. has narrowed slightly over 2 decades, Reckoning With the Hidden Rules of Gender in the Tax Code: How Low Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy Impact Women’s Economic Opportunity and Security - National Women's Law Center, Real and nominal value of the minimum wage U.S. 2024| Statista, Facts and figures: Economic empowerment | UN Women – Headquarters, The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap, The Gender Wage Gap Widened For the First Time in Two Decades, and Trump Responds by Rolling Back Protections that Help Workers Discover Discriminatory Pay | National Partnership for Women & Families, Women already earn less. Trump’s labor cuts could make the pay gap easier to hide., Magazine Home Page

    33 min

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