Women belong in the House

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On Wonder Media Network's flagship show, Host Jenny Kaplan seeks to understand the state of gender representation in office and asks how Congress would change if it looked more like the people it represents.

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Women belong in the House episodes:

04.03.2024
Bonus from The Amendment: Keeping Democracy Intact with Nikole Hannah-Jones
We’re bringing you an episode of a new podcast we think you’ll love: The Amendment. A new podcast about gender, politics, and power from The 19th News and Wonder Media Network, The Amendment is hosted by award-winning journalist and 19th...
01.30.2024
BONUS: Words to Win By: Protecting Our Freedoms
Today, we’re bringing you another podcast from Wonder Media Network that we think you’ll love: Words to Win By. Hosted by renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor Anat Shenker-Osorio, this season unpacks real-world narrative shifts that led to real-world victories,...
03.22.2023
Bonus: White Picket Fence Returns
We're bringing you another podcast from Wonder Media Network that we think you'll love: White Picket Fence. White Picket Fence interrogates the structures of inequity affecting women since America’s founding. On the newest season, host Julie Kohler investigates mothers as...
09.27.2022
BONUS: Introducing Teaching Texas
In 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Longview, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in one of their sons’ textbooks. What began as a small complaint morphed into a multi-decade crusade to shape...
09.20.2022
BONUS: The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Season 9
The overturning of Roe v. Wade was one of the most sensational events of the year, though not for the better. In the season 9 premiere, A’shanti sits down with Oriaku Njoku, the new executive director for the National Network...
06.29.2022
BONUS: Ordinary Equality — Hanging On to a Future
Well, here we are. We're on the other side of what we've been talking about for years. Roe v. Wade has been struck down, and for the first time in our lifetime, abortion is no longer protected. In our first episode,...
06.09.2022
Bonus: Introducing...I Was Never There
Introducing Wonder Media Network’s first true crime show, I Was Never There. Thirty-four years ago, Marsha “Mudd” Ferber vanished without a trace from Morgantown, WV. Mother-daughter duo Karen and Jamie Zelermyer are going back to the land to figure out...
05.04.2022
BONUS: Ordinary Equality — The End of Roe v. Wade
Given the recent Supreme Court leak, we're bringing you a bonus episode from Ordinary Equality. Executive Producer Jenny Kaplan sat down with OE Hosts Kate Kelly and Jamia Wilson to talk about what comes next in a post-Roe v. Wade...
04.15.2022
Introducing...The Accidental Activist
How do cultural icons find themselves unexpectedly inhabiting a role as “activist"? From Wonder Media Network comes The Accidental Activist, a new podcast hosted by acclaimed journalist and former CNN Anchor Isha Sesay. Join Isha as she sits down with...
03.31.2022
White Picket Fence S2 E5: When "Career Feminism" Won
When it comes to the failure of the 1971 Comprehensive Childcare Development Act, it's easy to point a finger at conservatives. But that's not the whole story. This week, join host Julie as she dives into the battle between care...
03.29.2022
Universal Pre-K and the Path Ahead with Rep. Manning
Although the Build Back Better Act could not deliver on all the care economy issues, there is still reason for hope. With a bipartisan oriented strategy, some of these issues can still get through the House and the Senate ...
03.24.2022
White Picket Fence S2 E4: The Rise of Neoliberalism
This week, Julie dives deep into the economic ideology that arose alongside social conservatism and prevented public investments in care. We’ll break down what “neoliberalism” is and what the rise of it has meant for family life -- how the...
03.22.2022
The Cost of Child Care with Rep. Clark
The American child care system is full of contradiction. For individual families, care costs keep rising. But many caregivers are barely paid a living wage. The Build Back Better Act would have been the first federal intervention in this sector...
03.17.2022
White Picket Fence S2 E3: What Could Have Been
How did the U.S. become a society that treats caregiving as a private family responsibility rather than a public good? In this episode, Julie explores the longstanding and continued role racism has played in preventing investments in public goods that would...
03.15.2022
Paid Leave with Rep. Underwood
The need to take family or medical leave touches every American. Yet, despite overwhelming popularity, the U.S. stands alone as the only industrialized nation without paid leave. On today's episode, Jenny and Julie are joined by Representative Lauren Underwood to...
03.10.2022
White Picket Fence S2 E2: The Nuclear Family Myth
This week, host Julie Kohler travels back to the mid-20th century to examine the creation of the “traditional” nuclear family — a myth only made possible through the exploitation of Black women’s domestic labor — and how the family values...
03.08.2022
The Child Tax Credit with Rep. DeLauro
In this new season of Women belong in the House, we’re examining America’s caregiving crisis. In our first episode, Jenny and Julie explore the child tax credit with one of its longtime supporters -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
03.04.2022
White Picket Fence S2 E1: The Breaking Point
In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic became a global health crisis. But from it bore a whole set of complementary crises: an economic crisis and a caregiving crisis. The pandemic erased more than 30 years of gains in women’s labor force...
03.01.2022
Introducing: The Caregiving Crisis feat. White Picket Fence
In this new season of Women belong in the House, we’re examining America’s caregiving crisis. After years of a pandemic that disproportionately affected women, Congress is still working to pass legislation that would address some of our most pressing needs....
01.13.2022
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E 10: Changing the Way We Talk About Abortion
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. Welcome to the final episode of Ordinary Equality Season Two. We’ve covered...
01.11.2022
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E9: It’s a TRAP!
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. When the anti-choice movement couldn’t stop individuals from choosing to get an...
01.06.2022
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E8: Reproductive Justice
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. In 1994, twelve Black women gathered together in a room and redefined...
01.04.2022
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E7: The Long Southern Strategy
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. The anti-choice movement, the Red south, and the partisan divide on abortion...
12.30.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E6: Roe v. Wade
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. We made it folks--this week, we’re talking about that landmark 1973 case,...
12.28.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E5: Call This Number, Ask for Jane
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. In 1962, Sherri Chessen’s abortion story gained international attention and helped flip...
12.23.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E4: Let's Go to Church
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. Pro-choice, or pro-life--secular, or religious. Or is it that simple? Why do...
12.21.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E3: Breeding a Nation
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. The lasting effects of this country’s long history with colonialism and slavery...
12.16.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E2: Spilling the Abortion Tea
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. We’re taking this back to the beginning. Kate and Jamia trace the...
12.14.2021
Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E1: Now at Last We Can Begin
In light of what's happening at the Supreme Court right now, we're bringing you another show from Wonder Media Network that you need to listen to: Ordinary Equality. Since our founding, the conversation around reproductive rights has been one of...
12.06.2021
Bonus: The Latest from Wonder Media Network
Long time, no speak! We're popping in with a quick update on our latest shows that we think you'll love--Womanica, Words to Win By, and White Picket Fence. Back soon with more!
02.10.2021
Chapter 4: Vice President
Kamala Harris is the first woman in U.S. history to serve as Vice President, a role once described by someone in it as not "worth a pitcher of warm spit." What does the Veep actually do? And why does the...
02.03.2021
Chapter 3: Senator
Let's talk about the Senate. After serving as Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris went on to serve as one of the state's two senators. But what do senators actually do? And how does the role prep folks for other...
01.27.2021
Chapter 2: Attorney General
After District Attorney, Kamala Harris went on to serve as California's Attorney General. What does it mean to be an AG? And how does the role prep folks for other leadership positions? Jenny finds out through conversations with Oregon AG...
01.20.2021
Chapter 1: District Attorney
Long before Kamala Harris was elected Vice President, she broke barriers as a different kind of elected official: District Attorney. Jenny dives into what it means to be a DA and the importance of building a pipeline of women leaders....
01.19.2021
Women belong in the White House
For more than 230 years, the occupants of our nation’s highest offices have looked largely the same. Fortunately, that’s no longer true. This week, Kamala Harris will become the nation’s first woman Vice President. She will be the first Black...
01.11.2021
From Inside the Breach with Rep. Kathy Manning
Rep. Kathy Manning was sworn in on Sunday, January 3rd. Three days later, she was inside the Capitol when it was breached for the first time in more than a century. On this special episode, Jenny interviews her mom about...
11.12.2020
Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 5
In a state with split-ticket voters and historically tight margins, every single vote is up for grabs. With only one week until election day, Grace takes us to the most contentious areas in the state, to see which messages are...
10.29.2020
Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 4
As much as Wisconsin’s dairy farmers are a microcosm of rural America’s struggle, so too is the deeply segregated city of Milwaukee a microcosm of racial inequality in this country. But in the 2016 post-mortem, only Milwaukee was blamed for...
10.27.2020
Gone to Carolina: NC-06
We're wrapping things up where it all began: Greensboro, North Carolina. Jenny talks with her mom and Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, Kathy Manning, about running in 2020. In the finale of our 2020 road trip, we...
10.22.2020
Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 3
Dairy country is where Donald Trump racked up his largest margins in the state. These are the swing voters that propelled him to the White House. But four years later, these same voters are struggling to stay afloat amid trade...
10.20.2020
Going Purple in the Peach State: GA-06
Just a fortnight away from Election Day, we’re talking about what’s going down in Georgia. Specifically, we’re looking at the legacies of 2016 and 2018, the record number of Republican women running nationally for the House this November, and the...
10.17.2020
Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 2
The story of why Wisconsin went red in 2016 starts long before any votes were cast for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. This week, Grace takes us back to the election of Governor Scott Walker, whose Conservative agenda shaped Wisconsin's...
10.13.2020
The Perennial Swing State: FL-10 & FL-26
Florida is always making election headlines. Why the constant drama? Jenny talks with Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Rep. Val Demings about what makes Florida such a constant battleground state and how they're working to earn their constituents' votes.
10.08.2020
Bonus: Introducing Winning Wisconsin
Tune in for a special preview of WMN's new show, Winning Wisconsin, an original series about the unlikely decider of the 2016 election and whether America's Dairyland could once again determine our nation's future.
10.06.2020
The Largest Swing County: AZ-06
Arizona is looking decidedly purple this election. This swing state will likely be determined by one swing district in one county. The next stop on our virtual road trip is Maricopa County, Arizona. Dr. Hiral Tipirneni joins Jenny to discuss...
09.29.2020
America's Triple Pandemic: WI-04
Wisconsin surprised many as a king-making state in 2016. It’s no wonder that this time around, eyes are on Wisconsin as voters grapple with disenfranchisement, racial inequality and Covid-19. Jenny is joined by Rep. Gwen Moore from Milwaukee, Host of...
09.22.2020
Let's Talk Public Health: IL-14
The next stop on our virtual road trip is Illinois' 14th district. Rep. Lauren Underwood joins Jenny to discuss what it's been like to serve her district since 2018, how the focus has shifted from healthcare to public health, and...
09.15.2020
A Horse of a Different Color: PA-07
Jenny kicks off the virtual road trip in Pennsylvania's 7th district, which flipped for the Democrats in 2018. Rep. Susan Wild joins to discuss the radical difference between running in the midterms vs. running in a Presidential election year. Other...
09.10.2020
We're Back for Season 3
Jenny is back for a third season of Women Belong in the House. This season, we're featuring the daring women who are stepping up to lead during one of the most challenging years in American history. Episode one drops Tuesday,...
08.24.2020
Bonus: A Conversation with Rep. Katie Porter
We're partnering with Your Presidential Playlist to bring you this special conversation with Congresswoman Katie Porter. The host of Your Presidential Playlist, Emily Tisch Sussman, spoke with Rep. Porter about the Biden-Harris ticket and who she'd love to take a...

What's Women belong in the House about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Women belong in the House episodes:

Bonus from The Amendment: Keeping Democracy Intact with Nikole Hannah-Jones

BONUS: Words to Win By: Protecting Our Freedoms

Bonus: White Picket Fence Returns

BONUS: Introducing Teaching Texas

BONUS: The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Season 9

BONUS: Ordinary Equality — Hanging On to a Future

Bonus: Introducing...I Was Never There

BONUS: Ordinary Equality — The End of Roe v. Wade

Introducing...The Accidental Activist

White Picket Fence S2 E5: When "Career Feminism" Won

Universal Pre-K and the Path Ahead with Rep. Manning

White Picket Fence S2 E4: The Rise of Neoliberalism

The Cost of Child Care with Rep. Clark

White Picket Fence S2 E3: What Could Have Been

Paid Leave with Rep. Underwood

White Picket Fence S2 E2: The Nuclear Family Myth

The Child Tax Credit with Rep. DeLauro

White Picket Fence S2 E1: The Breaking Point

Introducing: The Caregiving Crisis feat. White Picket Fence

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E 10: Changing the Way We Talk About Abortion

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E9: It’s a TRAP!

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E8: Reproductive Justice

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E7: The Long Southern Strategy

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E6: Roe v. Wade

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E5: Call This Number, Ask for Jane

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E4: Let's Go to Church

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E3: Breeding a Nation

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E2: Spilling the Abortion Tea

Bonus: Ordinary Equality S2 E1: Now at Last We Can Begin

Bonus: The Latest from Wonder Media Network

Chapter 4: Vice President

Chapter 3: Senator

Chapter 2: Attorney General

Chapter 1: District Attorney

Women belong in the White House

From Inside the Breach with Rep. Kathy Manning

Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 5

Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 4

Gone to Carolina: NC-06

Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 3

Going Purple in the Peach State: GA-06

Bonus: Winning Wisconsin Ep. 2

The Perennial Swing State: FL-10 & FL-26

Bonus: Introducing Winning Wisconsin

The Largest Swing County: AZ-06

America's Triple Pandemic: WI-04

Let's Talk Public Health: IL-14

A Horse of a Different Color: PA-07

We're Back for Season 3

Bonus: A Conversation with Rep. Katie Porter