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ResistanceMom
by Andrea Hildebran Smith
The ResistanceMom podcast is the story of Americans defending and rebuilding democracy today, for our own sakes and for our kids. Our story far eclipses the perfect storm of Russians, billionaires and racists that lifted a mobster and traitor into the White House in 2016. Millions of us have now become activists: marching, knocking on doors, running for office, and teaching our kids to never look away from the atrocity of racism. We are each finding our own paths to stand as a community in defense of our democratic system and the values to which we aspire.Host Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with leaders from every angle of the resistance about how to make an impact that will last, the fight to end gun violence, movements for sustainable economies, defending America's immigrants, and confronting white supremacy. The show does a deep dive into new frameworks for protecting speech and civil rights online. We have a particular focus on our responsibilities to the next generation: e
Episodes
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The Radicalized Heidi Cuda
Emmy Award-winning journalist and podcast producer Heidi Cuda discusses her transition to resistance work in 2016, and. now her new podcast, Radicalized, covering today's disinformation ecosystems. Our conversation reaches back to the early impacts of Trump's rise to power and what lessons we…
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Resistance and the Corona Virus
The new corona virus sweeping through our communities is deadly and disruptive, but its infinitely more toxic in an environment of corruption. It will take organizing and action to get the testing, care and prevention measures our communities need. The millions of us who have built up our protest...
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Viral Politics - US and Hong Kong
Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Sharon Fast from the University of Hong Kong about adjusting to social isolation policies and the cancellation of in-person schools, universities and workplaces for another 3-4 months due to the corona virus 19. How will people in the United States act to contain...
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Mass Protests-Lebanon
Lebanon is just one of the places around the world where people are protesting on a massive scale for an end to corruption and restoration of democracy. Our guest, Luna Safwan, is a journalist covering the 9+ day demonstrations in Lebanon. Chat about the planning for mass demos in the US at...
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Out Out Out
The crisis of the Trump presidency escalates with the open embrace of foreign interference in our elections and the betrayal of US Kurdish allies in Syria. It's time to look to leaders from movements that have successfully used mass protest to force corrupt leaders to leave office. Our guest…
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LIkes and Shares
Clicking and commenting on campaigns online takes up more of our time than any other type of political work we do. In this episode I'm looking at how social media has developed over the past 12 years as a tool for social justice work. We're adapting to an online environment that's now been...
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Don't Freak Out
Experts say instead of trying to keep your kids away from the dangers of the internet we should help them be prepared for it. Dr Victoria Baines, former UK police officer and exec at Facebook guarding kids in online spaces, says don't freak out when your kids encounter disturbing material online....
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Resilience Is Survival
Not looking away in this moment means letting some of the traumas around us take their place in your psyche. It's part of standing with people who are targets of oppression. Human rights workers around the world have dealt with the toll on staff members for decades. Yvette Thijm, Executive…
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Data Politics
The disruption of our political system since 2016 was partly due to the emergence of big data technologies, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The extraordinary amount of information big companies and many governments have about our lives from our phones, our online searches and the…
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Homestead
The US government continues to separate children who cross the border from their families and warehouse them at secretive child detention centers run by private, for-profit companies. Miami area resisters are holding a daily witness at the biggest such facility in the United States, in Homestead,...
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The Abortion Nexus - After The Bans
With the court stacked with right-wing justices ready to overturn Roe v Wade, advocates and abortion providers look to technological and medical advances as the path forward for women needing abortions. Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida talks with us about the safe abortion medication that women...
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Abortion Nexus: Citizenship
If the abortion bans in 8 states have you freaking out, tune in to our four-part series, The Abortion Nexus. In the first episode: Citizenship, Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Ashleigh McGuire of Planned Parenthood about how their activists defeated this ban in Florida this year. As the…
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How to Hack an Election
What would you do if you knew that America's voting machines either had a, easy ways to get hacked, b, were built by hard-right Republican donors, c, provide zero mechanism for auditing an election result that's in question, or d, were so faulty that they're a major cause of long lines and lost...
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Resistance Mom's Day
For Mother's Day 2019, meet ResistanceMom Elyse Haley. She shares the values of St Pete, Florida's most progressive church with their youngest members. Elyse's work as a mom, a teacher, and organizer make her our first profile for Mom of the Month.
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Mueller, Redacted
With the release of the redacted Mueller report, Trump's control over the messaging regarding Russian collusion begins to come apart. The obvious falsehoods in Attorney General Barr's summary letter to Congress begin to shred his credibility as the conversations about impeachment start in…
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Climate Strikers
As the reality of climate destruction hits home with the California wildfires and flooded Midwest, young people in the United States are joining their European counterparts in holding strikes from school to demand immediate investment in Green New Deal legislation. Andrea Hildebran Smith…
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The Moms Movement
Moms Demand, formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, is breaking the lock the NRA has on our country's legislators for more than a generation. Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Kelly Moore of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America about the activists who are winning state...
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Parenting and Internet Policy
The hazards for kids online used to be evenly matched with standard parental worries about their interest in sex and their vulnerability to strangers. But the pervasiveness of violent pornography and political disinformation campaigns means the internet pose challenges for adults and children...
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Activist Parenting
How do we help our kids make sense of the attacks on our democracy? Can the work of resisting racism and defending democracy be something we can do side by side with our kids? Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with author and family therapist Rebecca Thompson Hitt about making sure we show our kids…
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Trump Toxins and the American Family
Author and pastor John Pavlovitz speaks with us today about the anniversary of the Parkland massacre, and how storytelling and story-sharing holds the door open to healing the relationships broken by Trumpism and Fox News.
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StandOnEveryCorner
This week Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with Ashley Weitz, a leader in the #StandOnEveryCorner movement about the nationwide actions demanding an end to the Trump administration. Whether it's the caging of kids at the border, or Trump's apparent treasonous relationship with Russia, or the…
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The Next Wave
Andrea Hildebran Smith discusses the emerging impact of the Trump economic shutdown as millions of Americans prepare for a severe economic recession. Our interview is with Amanda Litman, Co-founder and Executive Director of RunForSomething.net, a non-profit recruiting and supporting thousands of...
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Running For Office
This week, ResistanceMom.com interviews Lindsay Cross, a first time candidate for office who came within a few points of beating a powerful Republican State Senator in 2018. Our discussion covers her journey from citizen scientist to emerging political leader.
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Russian Active Measures
Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Chris Sampson, cyber-researcher with Tapestries and researcher working with Malcolm Nance, author of the The Plot To Hack America, The Plot to Attack Democracy and others. The discussion ranges from details of his research into the criminal history being…
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Recount
Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with activist Ashley Green about the urgent campaigns to chase ballots in the Florida recount. More than 20,000 votes have the potential to get 'cured' if they settle questions about their signatures and the campaigns are hard at work finding those people. Our...
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Confronting Racism
Despite feeling relief at the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, progressive Floridians and Georgians are devastated by the loss of Andrew Gillum's and Stacey Abrams' runs for governor. My conversation with Reverend Andy Oliver of St Pete's Allendale United Methodist Church,...
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Election Integrity
With the midterm election upon us, ResistanceMom interviews Marilyn Marks about fighting to let votes be counted in that state's deeply conflicted Secretary of Elections (hint: he's overseeing the election in which he himself is running for Governor). We also talk with Anjenys Gonzalez-Eilert,...
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Crazy Constitutional Amendments
Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida explains what's up with the confusing, dozen+ amendments Floridians are finding on their ballots in the Midterms. Find out how Amendments can be used to undermine democracy. Also, this episode reviews Malcolm Nance's ground breaking book, The Plot to Hack…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The ResistanceMom podcast is the story of Americans defending and rebuilding democracy today, for our own sakes and for our kids. Our story far eclipses the perfect storm of Russians, billionaires and racists that lifted a mobster and traitor into the White House in 2016. Millions of us have now become activists: marching, knocking on doors, running for office, and teaching our kids to never look away from the atrocity of racism. We are each finding our own paths to stand as a community in defense of our democratic system and the values to which we aspire.Host Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with leaders from every angle of the resistance about how to make an impact that will last, the fight to end gun violence, movements for sustainable economies, defending America's immigrants, and confronting white supremacy. The show does a deep dive into new frameworks for protecting speech and civil rights online. We have a particular focus on our responsibilities to the next generation: e
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Andrea Hildebran Smith
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The ResistanceMom podcast is the story of Americans defending and rebuilding democracy today, for our own sakes and for our kids. Our story far eclipses the perfect storm of Russians, billionaires and racists that lifted a mobster and traitor into the White House in 2016. Millions of us have now...
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ResistanceMom is created and hosted by Andrea Hildebran Smith.
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