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

Tune in this week for lively discussion with filmmakers, doctors, moms, and heroines.  That's right.  This show we're talking with with the authors of the Top 5 most popular blogs on the MomsRising website. We start with how to make a superman cape, and then we uncover what’s really going on with corporations pushing infant formulas in hospitals to new moms. After that, we delve into a discussion about the DREAMERs and immigration.  And then we’ll touch base with an inspiring mom who took on Monsanto and won; and lastly, we’ll end with a deep discussion of the death penalty.

*Thank you to special guests, including: Caroline Urdaneta, author of the popular blog Salsa Pie; Kristin Schafer from the Pesticide Action Network; Dr. Melissa Bartick; Paola Mendoza, filmmaker and actor; and Monifa Bandele, author and advocate.
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Revolutionary new flexible workplace practices that help businesses, parents, trees, and people are all covered in this important, lively conversation.  What's the lowdown?  In the U.S. we now work more hours per week that most any other nation in the world.  Too many people are caught in a cubicled rat race, leaving no time for life and family.  But work doesn’t have to be that way!  Join experts, real people, policy analysts, and business consultants as they share revolutionary, new flexible workplace practices. 

  • *Thank you to special guests, including: Elisa Batista, MomsRising and MotherTalkers; Joan Blades, author and co-founder of MomsRising & MoveOn; Jody Thompson, co-author of  Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It and Co-Founder of CultureRx; Carol Joyner, Labor Project for Working Families; and Joan Williams, author and founder of the Center for Work Life Law.
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Ep. 5 - Birth control: It's more than a political football!
Bust some birth control myths with special guests including physicians, psychologists, policy experts, and real moms.  We'll learn about the latest birth control options available out there for you right now.  We'll also hear about one mom’s love affair with the IUD.  And we're lucky to have expert guests who can share the lowdown on what women’s health policies are really at stake behind the sensationalized birth control headlines.  We'll even get some relationship advice along the way.  


  • *Thank you to special guests, including: Valerie Tarico; Dr. Vanessa Cullins, Planned Parenthood; Amy Allina, National Women’s Health Network; Claire Hatch, relationship counsler; and Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.

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Ep. 4 - Fair Pay: Game On!  The Fight for Equal Pay for Equal Work From Main Streets to Congress!

Listen to real moms, inspiring experts, and elected leaders having a lively conversation about an issue that impacts all women (and our daughters) in the United States, but is rarely talked about--even between best friends. In fact, it’s often a secret, taboo issue.

- Pay discrimination.

Get fired up & hear what you can do, including advocating for the Paycheck Fairness Act which is coming up for a vote on Tuesday!  It's time to make sure women and mothers get equal pay for equal work--and to make sure our daughters don't face wage discrimination too.  


  • *Thank you to special guests AnnMarie Duchon, MomsRising mom; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law Center; Saru Jayaraman, Restaurant Opportunity Centers United; and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro.
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