The Women
by Rose Reid
Welcome to The Women! Fresh Episodes drop in Fall of 2021! On every episode, host Rose Reid follows one woman’s extraordinary journey. Unfiltered highbrow and lowbrow conversations with women you already know, and women you should know. Includes epiphanies, some sing-alongs, occasional crying, and a few games. (And to the trolls, yes this is a progressive show, K?!) BYOB :)
Episodes
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"I Took Care of Thousands of Patients, and Then I Became the Patient"
Dr. Antoinette Ward has been practicing nursing at one of the largest hospitals in Atlanta for more than 25 years. She spoke with Rose the first week of the shutdown in March of 2020. She firsthand saw the number of cases grow and came up with new protocols when there was no template. And…
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After Aggressive and Unlawful Arrest, Rep. Park Cannon Persists at GA Legislature
Park Cannon was the youngest representative elected to Georgia’s state legislature in 2016 at the age of 24. Park is also the first openly queer state representative in the United States, and serves as the Secretary of the Georgia House Democrats - and she continues to practice medicine and is a...
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What are the Dangerous Consequences of Georgia's New Voting Laws?
All eyes are on Georgia. Again. Senate Bill 202, a 98-page document outlines new provisions restricting voting registration, voting by mail, and early voting. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a rushed bill in private chambers. Representative Park Cannon was arrested (!) for knocking (!) on his...
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So, How Will We Prove We've Been Vaccinated? And What Does a Vaccinated Future Look Like?
The world may reopen soon! And in anticipation of shoulder-to-shoulder events, the exchange of droplets, and crowded stadiums, scientists and researchers have been busy imagining a new world where airlines, stadiums, and venues may require confirmation that you are either vaccinated, or COVID19...
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First, Topple a Racist Regime... Then Expand Women's Rights around the World
A special episode for International Women's Day! Featuring the Executive Director of United Nations Women / Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Phumzile grew up under the apartheid regime that restricted almost every aspect of her life and person. She joined the...
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What's Next for the First Black Woman Who Traveled to Every Country in the World?
Jessica Nabongo is a writer and photographer, and the first Black woman to visit all 195 countries. Less than 300 people have done that - and less than 30 women have visited all 195 countries. More than 200,000 people have followed Jessica’s journey. She has documented almost every aspect of her...
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Director of Smithsonian on Reckoning & Reconciliation, Love & Covid, Trauma & Art
Stephanie Stebich is the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum - that means she is responsible for the nation’s premier collection of American art and major exhibition, research, publication, education and digital-media programs at the museum and its Renwick Gallery. Before moving to...
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"You've Mastered Survival Mode, Now it's Time to Live" (ft Sara Clark)
The Women is a long-form interview show profiling brazen and badass trailblazers. For the past two months host Rose Reid has been covering the women integral on the ground to the Georgia Senate runoff elections. Following a very stressful, hectic, and violent election cycle, it's time for a…
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The High Crime of Being Poor in the Deep South
Sara Totonchi is the Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, a non-profit law form which works to exonerate and mitigate those who are impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. During this past election cycle, Sara oversaw 17,000 absentee ballots delivered to...
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Stacey Abrams on Fear, Freedom, and Love, After the Election Part 2
Stacey Abrams is on everyone's mind right now. In this "Part 2" episode recapping last week’s historical events, we're revisiting our conversation with Stacey Abrams. Within 24 hours that Georgians sent its first African American Senator and its first Jewish senator to Washington DC - the Capitol...
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The Insurrection, Media's Role, and a Trump Torpedo: Georgia After the Election, Part 1
Welcome to The Women with Rose Reid, where we continue to interview brazen and badass women behind the scenes in Georgia. We’ll be recapping last week’s historical events in two episodes - first, reckoning with the insurrection. And In the next episode - in conversation with Stacey Abrams. Today,...
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Rep Park Cannon on Voter Suppression, and Voting Day in Georgia
Welcome to The Women with Rose Reid. Today is Election Day in Georgia!! We continue with our blitz mini-season profiling the amazing women on the ground in Georgia whose work will determine two Senate seats, and party control. We get two very different perspectives on this blue wave that we see...
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Georgia is Losing Hospitals, Broadband, and Businesses. What's Next?
Welcome to the Women with Rose Reid. We continue with our blitz mini-season profiling the amazing women on the ground in Georgia whose work will determine the upcoming election for two Senate seats, and party control. We are just days away from the election on January 5th, and more than 2.5…
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Black Women, the "Backbone" of Democracy?
The name Helen Butler has grassroots hall-of-fame status in Georgia. Helen has worked closely with Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight, but has been doing voter outreach for decades. This year their work has been more important--and in some ways, more difficult--than it ever has been before. And yet,...
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Why Local Democrats Think They'll Win Georgia
Longtime Georgia State Senator Nan Orrock is noticing a seismic shift among her Republican colleagues. There are always fissures in power, she says, but none she has seen this deep. "This is not typical," Nan says - everything about this election is atypical. What are the democratic candidates,...
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Josie Duffy Rice Redefines Justice in America, Georgia-Style
Welcome to this blitz mini-season of The Women, where host Rose Reid investigates the runoff election that has the world watching Georgia, and the women who make all the difference. Atlanta native Josie Duffy Rice is the host of the podcast Justice in America. She is also a friend, new mom,...
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The Battle for Georgia
Welcome back to The Women, where every episode, host Rose Reid follows one woman’s extraordinary journey. During this special mini-season, Rose talks to some of the brave, brazen, and badass women from her home state of Georgia—where two Senate seats and the balance of power—is up for grabs. As a...
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Jewel Will Save Your Soul
Jewel was living in her car when she was discovered at 19, and released her platinum-winning debut album, Pieces of You, just two years later. Jewel Kilcher is a survivor, a writer, a musician, and an advocate. She's published a dozen albums, several memoirs, and has created a hub for mental…
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Library of Congress - Freedom of Speech Starts Here!
Dr. Carla Hayden became the 14th Librarian of Congress in 2016. Nominated by President Barack Obama, Carla is the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library. Carla runs the largest library in the world! She has set out to make its treasures more accessible, so you can...
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Wendy Zukerman from Science VS!
Science journalist Wendy Zukerman began reporting on the CoronaVirus in January, before "social distancing" and "flatten the curve" became a part of everyday conversation. Host and executive producer of the podcast Science VS, Wendy blows up opinions and replaces them with science, with puns and...
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Stacey Abrams on Her Future — And America's
Stacey Abrams speaks with Rose Reid on the importance of family, friendships, and voting rights during COVID19. After Stacey lost the 2018 Georgia Governor's race to Brian Kemp, she created Fair Fight Action, focused on voter protection. There is a lot of speculation on whether Stacey will be Joe...
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Betrayed Nurses, Global Scientists Explain Our Future with COVID19
How did this virus begin? How did it jump from animals to humans? Why do we not have testing available so we can resume our lives? We're at least a year away from a vaccine, and we are still filled with questions, and some people are filled with anger. In this episode we will hear from hospital...
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Pregnant Women Face Tough Choices During COVID-19
Pregnant women all over the world are facing tough choices as concerns rise around giving birth in a hospital where they are more likely to get exposed or contract the CoronaVirus. What are the options for changing a birth plan? Can newborns contract COVID-19 from their mothers? As many hospitals...
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Katie Couric on Covid-19, Grief, & Sexism
Katie Couric is no stranger to reporting in a crisis, and she is one of many journalists on the frontlines asking tough questions to keep institutions responsible, and governments responsive. Rose gets Katie’s perspective on how the outbreak of the CoronaVirus and response to COVID-19 compares to...
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I Think I Have COVID-19, But I Can't Get Tested
What does COVID-19 feel like? What do you do if you can't get tested? Why is getting a COVID-19 test so hard? Erica Roth is a public defender in Nevada and she is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, and struggled to get access to testing, which worries her, as her work in the courthouse and jail has...
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COVID-19: The Worst is Yet to Come
COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States and globally. Many healthcare workers are struggling to keep up. And everyday people who are asymptomatic are learning to cope with lost jobs, postponed plans, and living in isolation. Dr. Jill Bresler, licensed psychologist, describes how she is...
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COVID-19: On the Frontlines
Everything has changed. We are switching from our regular programming to cover the women who are on the frontlines fighting the Coronavirus and COVID-19. Recording from home, Rose interviews Dr. Antoinette Ward, who is leading the COVID-19 testing at a major hospital in Atlanta. Antoinette is one...
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International Women's Day!
Welcome to a special International Women's Day episode featuring women from around the world, brought together by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). From Tunisia, to Ireland, Panama, the United States, Sri Lanka, Denmark, and Australia—Rose Reid interviews women tackling the globe's...
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Dr. Leana Wen: A Doctor Who Listens
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…
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Heather: "She Wanted an Abortion. I Wanted to Help."
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…
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The Iconic Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie
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…
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Liz: "Radical Change is Scary"
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...
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Yassmin: "I Became Public Enemy #1"
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...
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Marjorie: "I'm a Lone Voice"
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...
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Ronja: "Can I Get Some Effort in this Hate?"
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...
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Charlotte: Becoming My Own Woman
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…
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Beena: Reporting Beyond Borders
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…
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Nan: Life After Miseducation
Nan Orrock was a teenager when she heard the Martin Luther King Jr. speak and that day changed her life. Nan has served over 30 years in both the Georgia Congress and Senate, where she created a women's caucus in both. She has mentored dozens of women in politics and was an early supporter of...
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June: Comedy, Improv & Democracy
June Diane Raphael honed her comedic improv talents at Upright Citizens Brigade and is now starring in the hit TV show, Grace & Frankie. She was inspired to create a women's coworking space called The Jane Club and co-wrote a guidebook to run for elected office, called Represent. - Every episode…
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Phumzile: Mandela's Protege to Leading UN Women
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka grew up under the apartheid regime that restricted almost every aspect of her life and person. Mentored by Nelson Mandela, she served in his cabinet as a minister and later became the Deputy President of South Africa. As Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and the...
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Andrea: A Lifelong Fight for Civil Rights
Andrea Young marched in Selma at 9 years old and is now protecting women's right to choose, working on prison reform, and defending voter's rights as the Director of the ACLU of Georgia. - Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.
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Mona: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was tipped off to look deeper at Flint's water in 2015. What she found shocked a nation, rocked a community, and challenged authority. - Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.
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Valerie Plame: From the CIA to Running for Congress
Valerie Plame served as a covert CIA operative for almost two decades. In 2003, the Bush administration blew her cover in retaliation for a critical op-ed written by her husband. Her safety was threatened, her career was upended, and she had to decide when, and how, to use her voice. - Every...
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Introducing The Women
Every week, host Rose Reid interviews changemakers, disruptors, and trailblazers from all over the world and across the aisle.
About this show
Welcome to The Women! Fresh Episodes drop in Fall of 2021! On every episode, host Rose Reid follows one woman’s extraordinary journey. Unfiltered highbrow and lowbrow conversations with women you already know, and women you should know. Includes epiphanies, some sing-alongs, occasional crying, and a few games. (And to the trolls, yes this is a progressive show, K?!) BYOB :)
Hosted by
Rose Reid