Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

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Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising) episodes

  • Behind the scenes of “Don’t Look Up” & How to Build Necessary Change
    On the radio show this week we cover how culture and politics come together to create real change, including through the movie Dont Look Up; as well as the ways to get registered to vote, to find candidates, and to protect democracy. We also cover whats happening with Build Back Better and equal pay.

    *Special guests include: Maria Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino, @VotoLatino; David Sirota, Co-Writer and Co-Producer Dont Look Up & DailyPoster, @davidsirota; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Cassandra Welchlin, Mississippi Black Womens Roundtable, @MS_BWR
    58 min
  • Fulcrum Points of Change in Our Nation’s Capitol
    On the radio show this week we cover disability rights; as well as what’s happening with the assualt on abortion access and how you can help protect women’s rights and bodily automony; the ways in which big pharma is taking advantage of taxpayers and how to fight back; and we also hear the latest on the fight for affordable, high quality, accessible childcare and Pre-K. 

     

    *Special guests include: Rebecca Cokley, U.S. Disabilities Rights Officer Ford Foundation, @RebeccaCokley; Mini Timmaraju, NARAL Pro-Choice, @NARAL; Sapna Ramappa,  Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), @uaem; Stephanie Schmit, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP),  @CLASP_DC
    58 min
  • Making Herstory & Finding Hope in Hard Times

    On the radio show this week we cover the many ways in which we can rattle the windows, make herstory, and find hope in hard times as we talk voting rights, childcare and Pre-K, the Child Tax Credit, Build Back Better and more. Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Rebecca Sive, award-winning author, including of Make Herstory Your Story, @RebeccaSive; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Amy Jo Hutchinson, Rattle the Windows, @ImWalkingItOut 

    58 min
  • Saving Our Democracy
    On the radio show this week, we cover the ways in which our democracy is under attack and how we can fight back; as well as the latest with the pandemic, childcare and schools closing, and legislation to lift us all (Did someone say Build Back Better Act?); and we also cover how we can elect the best candidates possible— or even run for office yourself.   *Special guests include: Jana Morgan, Declaration for American Democracy, @DFADCoalition; Melissa Boteach, National Women’s Law Center, @NWLC; Barbara Arnwine, Transformative Justice Coalition, @TJC_DC; and Erin Vilardi, Vote Run Lead, @VoteRunLead
    58 min
  • Hope in 2022!
     On the radio show this week, we cover what’s really going on with the Build Back Better Act right now, including the Child Tax Credit, paid family/medical leave, childcare and pre-K; we also dive into the latest on women and the economy, and cover the fight for voting rights.  All through the show we share how YOU can make an impact to help move public policy forward that lifts everyone — and why no matter what’s happening, there’s still hope!   *Special guests include: Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy (Clasp), @CLASP_DC; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Dr. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR); and Eric Reidar and Kristin Rowe-Fnlbeiner.
    58 min
  • Best Of: Lets Go US Senate!!

    On the radio show this week we cover capturing the moment to Build Back Better via Congress, including to finally pass a national paid family/medical leave policy; we hear about whats at stake in the U.S. Supreme Court with Roe v. Wade under fire and how you can help protect reproductive rights; we get the inside scoop on inside the beltway; and we close the show turning the tables on interviewer and interviewee!

    *Special guests include: Josephine Kalipeni, Family Values at Work, @FmlyValuesWork; Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising and MamasConPoder, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder  

    58 min
  • Transformation in Mega Motion!!

    On the radio show this week we cover the massive momentum pushing transformative policies forward, some of which have been stuck for over 50 years! Learn whats happening, how to get involved, and the ways we can make change together!

    *Special guests include: Namatie Mansaray, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations, @CaringAcrossGen; Caitlin Breedlove, Womens March, @womensmarch; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising. 

    58 min
  • Lets Go US Senate!!

    On the radio show this week we cover capturing the moment to Build Back Better via Congress, including to finally pass a national paid family/medical leave policy; we hear about whats at stake in the U.S. Supreme Court with Roe v. Wade under fire and how you can help protect reproductive rights; we get the inside scoop on inside the beltway; and we close the show turning the tables on interviewer and interviewee!

    *Special guests include: Josephine Kalipeni, Family Values at Work, @FmlyValuesWork; Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising and MamasConPoder, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder 

    58 min
  • Best of: Building Back Better NOW!

    On the radio show this week, we cover the transformational changes in the Build Back Better package, how it needs to move through Congress ASAP, and how if passed as written now: Working people will finally have four weeks of paid family/medical leave, child care bills will be cut in half for most families, free pre-school will be open to every three- and four-year old, 35 million families will receive the fully refundable Child Tax Credit, access to high-quality home care will be expanded for older Americans and people with disabilities, measures to address racial health disparities and end the Black maternal health crisis will be put in place, health care access will be improved and prescription drug prices reduced, millions of good jobs will be created, wages lifted for care workers, and lasting protections finally put in place for immigrants.  

    58 min
  • MOMentum!! Build Back Better on the move!
    On the radio show this week, we celebrate the Build Back Better Act passing the U.S. House and the Pump Act passing too!  Change is in motion!  Find out how you can help push the Build Back Better Act — which cuts childcare costs, has free Pre-K, paid family/medical leave, and home- and community-based services and more — over the finish like in the US Senate!  And, also hear how radio is made, as well as about a new book, The Priviatazion of Everything, that covers why privatization hurts us all.    *Special guests include: Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Namatie Mansaray, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Eric Reidar Burris, radio producer and KKNW, KIXI;  Donald Cohen, In the Public Interest, @PubInterest
    58 min

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Fun. Feisty. Relevant. MomsRising Radio hosted by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is talk radio for moms, and for everyone who's ever had a mom. This hour-long show is produced by We Act Radio and airs on…