The Women

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health champion, and visiting professor at George Washington University. She served as President and CEO of Planned Parenthood from 2018 to 2019. Her tenure and her departure highlight a philosophical divide that goes beyond just one organization, but across the entire country. She asks, "Can we put aside partisan differences to do what is best for the people we serve?"

Dr. Wen describes to Rose how her driving mission is to serve both the patient and community at every level - whether in the ER, as a mom to young children, daughter to a sick parent, or as Baltimore's Health Commissioner fighting the opioid epidemic. You can read more about her work on transparency, prevention, and currently responding to the #coronavirus #covid19 @DrLeanaWen.

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- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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Heather Booth got a call in 1965 that a friend was in desparate need of an abortion. She started an underground abortion clinic in Chicago called the JANE, that provided over 11,000 abortions before Roe v Wade was passed legalizing abortion in 1973. Heather has continued to organize, across sectors and issues, consulting with President Obama's administration to creating the consumer protection agency alongisde Elizabeth Warren. @TheWomenPod @RoseEReid www.heatherbooththefilm.com 

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Buffy Sainte-Marie is a singer-songwriter known for her powerful protest songs and touching love songs. She started out in the 1960s, and was blacklisted by two presidential administrations, so much of her legacy has been hidden. Her songs have been covered by dozens of artists including Elvis, Joe Cocker, Barbara Streisand, and the Indigo Girls, to name a few. She was the first indigenous person to receive an Academy Award, as well as a Golden Globe in 1983 for the song, "Up Where We Belong."

And hark! It's Valentine's Day this week, and so for the love of music, folk artists, and Buffy, Rose's mom, Gail Reid, moonlights on this episode. Gail explains Buffy's songs and plays a little guitar...and Rose gets her mom to chat with Buffy on the phone!

For a list of all the songs featured in this epsiode, visit www.thewomenpod.com. If you enjoyed this episode, share with a friend, or rate & review us! @TheWomenPod @BuffySteMarie

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Liz Plank is a Quebec-born, American-based journalist Liz recently published, "For the Love of Men: A New Vision of Mindful Masculinity," which asks, how can we make it ok for men to have their social revolution too? Rose and Liz discuss how feminism can positively impact men, tackle the divisive state of the media, and explore how to battle our deepest insecurities.

Pew Pew Pew! This is a special episode!! Following the interview, Rose takes a petite dive into women in history, in a conversation with Jenny Kaplan, the podcast host of Encyclopedia Womanica, from Wonder Media! bit.ly/EncyclopediaWomannica

History, women, and journalism, oh my! You can get Liz's book and follower her @feminstabulous. Find more @TheWomenPod @RoseEReid

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@Yassmin_a) is a Sudanese Australian engineer-turned-writer. She recently published her first novel, You Must Be Layla, after a tumultuous year when, as she describes, became "the most hated Muslim woman in Australia." She talks to Rose Reid about starting over, and why she left race cars & oil rigs to begin writing, speaking, and doing Tedx Talks about unconscious bias. Join in the conversation, or find more @TheWomenPod.

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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Marjorie Margolies was the first woman elected to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. She joined Congress in 1992, during the "Year of the Woman," and casted the tie-breaking vote for President Bill Clinton's budget and tax bill. A proud grandmother of 20, she may also be America's most famous mother-in-law (to Chelsea Clinton). Marjorie started as a reporter and became the first unmarried U.S. citizen to adopt a foreign child, and helped reform adoption law for single parents. She is the founder of Women's Campaign International, and has taught at University of Pennsylvania for more than 20 years. Rose talks to Marjorie about her push for a moderate middle, and navigating the joys and heartaches of family life throughout a political career. Find more @thewomenpod & @RoseEReid.

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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Ronja von Rönne @sudelheft is a Berlin-based writer and TV host who was thrust into fame & controversy after her 2015 article "Why Feminism Disgusts Me" was featured in a major German publication, Die Welt (The World). The title wasn't her choice, but the outrage made her an instant media sensation. Since, Ronja has built her career based on radical transparency. She mixes reporting, poetry and witticisms to comment on the world at large and to illustrate the journey of the human experience, her experience. More @thewomenpod.

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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A new year, and a new decade. Welcome back to The Women! Charlotte Clymer’s life changed completely when she announced to the world that she would present herself outwardly as the person she knew herself to be inside, a woman. Charlotte is an army veteran, and one of the most prominent transgender activists in the United States. She is the Rapid Response Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, which is the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. For more, visit @TheWomenPod on Twitter or Instagram. You can find Charlotte on Twitter @cmclymer. 

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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Beena Sarwar is a Pakistani journalist and filmmaker. She reports on the fast-paced and at times, dangerous, state of politics and justice in her home country of Pakistan. Beena's documentary films and writing look at how gender, power, & peace collide, and probes into how they can better co-exist. Fore more, visit @TheWomenPod on Twitter or Instagram. We are off for the holidays, and back in 2020 with new episodes every Tuesday!

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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