Red State Blue Mom

Mama B. makes note of celebratory events in June but mostly, as a long-time gun owner, she shares her opinions on America's gun culture and has solutions to curtail gun violence.

If we are honest with ourselves, we all knew the day was coming when abortion rights would be overturned or at the very least gutted so as to be non-feasible. How did we get to this point in time? In the future, what other constitutional rights may be taken away from Americans?

Mama B. answers some fan mail, has a good deal to say about the confirmation hearings and the Senate vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson, and wants y'all to participate in Earth Day by doing a little bit more than just recycling.

Spring is the season of hope and renewal yet the world has another senseless, unprovoked war going on. It's women, as the givers of life and the keepers of hearth and home, and children who bear the brunt of any war. It's women and their resilience and creativeness in the face of adversity that Mama B. celebrates in this month's podcast.

It's Black History Month so it's time to talk about all the kerfuffle going on regarding Critical Race Theory (CRT). This concept has been around for more than 50 years in advanced academic and law circles only. It wasn't until the publication of the award-winning "1619 Project" that CRT came to be talked about by one of our major political parties, and not in a good or constructive way. Then the fear mongering and book banning started along with the enactment of new state laws curtailing most dialogue about race in a majority of state school systems in the U.S. Mama B. is critical of the CRT critics and new boogeyman they created. She will try to set the record straight about what's really going on.

Empires rise, empires fall... Mama B. discusses her family's holiday trip to Turkey and can't help but make comparisons between her own country, the ancient land of Asia Minor, and the modern Turkey of today. In this podcast, take a trip with her through time and see how every age has its own greatness, trials, and tribulations because of the influence of faith, ideology, geography, and the vagaries of human beings and the civilizations they create.

The holiday season is a time of reflection, a time for giving of yourself and your resources, a time of celebration. In Hollywood story style, Mama B. give us food for thought as she weaves a personal experience with a snake, political stories involving metaphorical snakes, and ultimately. . . a universal principle everyone on this planet should take to heart, especially during the month of December.

In November, most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with grateful hearts for their many blessings and with fond memories of learning about the traditional holiday story of the Pilgrims and Indians first meal together in the New World. Since gratefulness is a memory of the heart, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday for Native Americans. . . Many Native American hearts and spirits are broken as they remember disease, death, genocide, poverty, hunger, land grabs, lost cultures and languages, broken families, Indian Boarding Schools, and missing Native Americans. This November, Mama B. urges her listeners to walk a mile in Native American moccasins. . .

October, Part 1 of a Two-Part Podcast Series:

Take a break from the daily news featuring the covid pandemic, politics, the Insurrection crime scene that is the U.S. Capitol, some stupidity and all the craziness out there... Mama B. will regale you with some stories featuring her visits to the state of Wyoming and the Wind River Indian Reservation where she pays respect to their Most Famous Tribal Member: Sacajawea of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This podcast includes the historical narrative of the life and times of Sacajawea and what is known of another expedition member York, Clark's manservant and slave. If by some chance these historical figures' stories are banned from being taught in our schools, your children can always listen to them on Red State, Blue Mom.

Mama B. is freshly back from her girls' trip to coastal California and her family fishing trip in Wisconsin but that doesn't mean she doesn't have something to say about some of the big news that happened while she was enjoying her time away from her homeplace in Tennessee. She has many thoughts about Afghanistan, the new Texas Abortion law, theocracy in the works, and the religious right... yet again. Mama B. is never short on opinions, have a listen for yourself and see if you agree with her.