Woke Points

In this  episode, Ted and Marni discuss the ethics of eating Chick-Fil-A and consumer activism in general.

Please note that this conversation was recorded before the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade and thus put many more of our rights in jeopardy.

Also, next week we will be coming at you with an interview with an actual activist who can put some of this episode's conversation into a broader perspective.

Some references from this conversation:
Notre Dame Students Protest Chick-Fil-A
Chick-Fil-A Controversy Explainer

Support the groups that are fighting for lgbtqia+ communities:
https://www.moneygeek.com/financial-planning/lgbtq-charities/

Let your elected officials know that you want them to support lgbtqia+ rights.

Thank you to Inny PDX for the music!

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In this bonus episode, Ted and Marni interview Today.com reporter Danielle Campoamor about how the US and corporations can and should do better when it comes to Parental Leave while she fends off her two feral children.

Connect with Danielle via Twitter and check out her writing on Today.com

Read The Cost of Unpaid Parental Leave is Devastating

Support the groups that are fighting for parental leave:
National Partnership for Women and Families
PL+US
ACLU

Let your elected officials know that you want them to support family leave.

Thank you to Inny PDX for the music!

Woke Points uses affiliate links for purchases made with the excellent Bookshop.org, so if you purchase books through these links you help sustain both our podcast *and* independent bookstores across the country — thank you!

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Two single, childless adults discuss recent pushback against parental leave programs and how America could and should do parental leave better.

Following Ted and Marni's moderately informed discussion, Avi Kopparthi, Senior Director of HR at a major corporation joins for an interview about how forward-thinking corporations are handling HR challenges and where government intervention could help drive progress.

Tune in next week for an additional interview that offers a journalistic perspective on this topic.

Connect with Avi

Check out the articles we referenced:
Pew: Women more than men adjust their careers for family life
Parents Got More Time Off. Then the Backlash Started.
We need to talk about the bias against child-free employees
Child-free workers aren’t selfish. They’re being exploited

Read the books we recommend:
The Ugly Cry, by Danielle Henderson
In the Fields Between Us, by Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison

Thank you to Inny PDX for the music!

Woke Points uses affiliate links for purchases made with the excellent Bookshop.org, so if you purchase books through these links you help sustain both our podcast *and* independent bookstores across the country — thank you!

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Two avid travelers examine whether or not we should all give up traveling in order to save the planet.

Following Ted and Marni's moderately informed discussion, Sami Grover, author of We're All Climate Hypocrites Now, joins for an interview about how we can balance the lives we want with the treehugger values we espouse.

Learn more about Sami.

Buy Sami's book, We're All Climate Hypocrites Now: How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement

Checkout Treehugger.com

Thank you to Inny PDX for the music!

Woke Points uses affiliate links for purchases made with the excellent Bookshop.org, so if you purchase books through these links you help sustain both our podcast *and* independent bookstores across the country — thank you!

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