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Madness Cafe — 267 episodes
262. Storytelling Is Powerful: Witchy Women Hammer with N.G. Avant
261. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Giver by Lois Lowry
260. The Geography of Desire with guest Linda Gambill
259. We Are Matriarchy with guest Sam Cross
258. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
257. Midlife Women Are Full of Anger and Rage with guest Jen Gallagher
MINISODE: Pink Pill Ideology
256. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
255. Changes
254. The Dementia Catch-22 with guest Erica Baccus
253. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
253. Cry For Help: What Are You Gonna Do About the State of Our World?
252. Love and Narcissism with guest Dr. Susan E. Schwartz
251. Are There Two Distinct Feminine Wounds Under Patriarchy?
250. One Million More Midwives with guest Liselotte Kweekel
249. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
248. GLP-1s, Body Fascism and the Effects of Fascism On Women's and Men's Bodies
247. Turn to Stone: A Memoir with guest Emily Meg Weinstein
246. Book Chat: Just Pills by Rebecca Kelliher
245. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Vagina Monologues by V (fka Eve Ensler)
244. Are Women Protecting the Patriarchy? with guest Mansi Sethiya
243. The Epstein Files: We Deserve Better
242. Decentering Men with guest Melissa Tiers
241. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
240. Mission: Motherhood with guest Cheri Bergeron
239. Parasocial Relationships
238. The Sober Shift by Suzanne Warye
237. Just STOP: Unsolicited Advice
236. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
235. Is Your Retirement Story Based Upon Fear?
234. Miscellaneous Musings
233. Witchy Women with N.G. Avant
232. 7 Types of Rest: Sleep Alone Is Not Enough
231. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
230. Come On Now?!! Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
229. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
228. "God wants us to be free and have the dignity of choice" with guest Rev. Erika Ferguson
227. Vibrancy in Midlife with guest Carla Wainwright
226. Why We Need Restorative Justice with guest Leah Brown
225. Voices Unveiled with guest Cara Cruikshank
224. Book Chat: Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing
223. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
222. "Through the Resistance I Can Be Their Voice" with guest Zolal Habibi
221. Breathing in This New Era of the Goddess with guest Mari Castle, Ph.D.
220. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
219. Absent Fathers with guest Dr. Susan Schwartz
218. The Phenomenon That Is The We Do Not Care Movement
217. America in Therapy with guest Phyllis E. Leavitt
216. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
215. Sexual Awakening and Transformation with guest Xanet Pailet
214. Stop Centering Romance with guest Fanny Tristan
213. Marriage Is a Trap
212. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
211. Burnout, Restructuring, Man-Hating, Codependency, Bigger Feminism & Plan B: 4 Years of Madness with Raquel & Jennifer
210. CoHome: What You Need to Know to Buy a Home with Your Friends with guests Amy McKenna & Ruby Grynberg
209. Pelvic Health with guest Dr. Judy Rossi
208. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine with guest Dr. Uche Blackstock
207. By the Way, I Love You by Susan Beth Miller
206. Banned Books Series: Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
205. Maximize Choice. Minimize Harm. with guest Anne Riley
204. Transgender Scientist & Content Creator: Both are Important with guest Amethysta Herrick
203. The Power of Comedy and Pop Culture to Shift Perceptions and Promote Equality with Lynn Harris
202. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Maus by Art Spiegelman
201. Joyful Equity with guest Yvonne Jackson
200. How to Decolonize Ourselves with guest Shebana Coelho
199. The Mastectomy I Always Wanted with guest Erica Neubert Campbell
198. Book Chat: briefly perfectly human by Alua Arthur
197. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
196. The Second Act: Health and Wellness, Home Ownership, VanLife, Making Money and More
195. Live UTI Free Ltd. and Women's Health with guest Saoirse Nash
194. Period Education and Women's Bodies Explained with guest Amy Orr
193. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
192. Ending Poverty is a Policy Choice with guest Devon Gray
191. "Travel is the university of life." with guest Anika Pavel
190. Redefining Self After Indoctrination with Guest (and Super Fan) Susannah Cragwick
189. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
188. News Shows & Talking Heads: How to Be a Better Consumer of News with guest Jasmine Styles
187. Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography with guest Robert Rosen
186. The Inauguration Episode: Trump and Authoritarian Populism
185. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
MINISODE: For Everyone Who Wears A Mask
184. Get to the Subconscious Root Cause of Your Symptoms and Behaviors: Rapid Transformational Therapy with guest Chloe Jimenez-Peters
MINISODE: Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni: Not Man Enough
183. Madness Cafe Strikes Back: Our Project 2025 - Banned Books Series
MINISODE: Black Trad Wives - Yay or Nay?
182. Ethical Non-Monogamy, Swingers and Polyamory: Could The Lifestyle Be Right For You? with guest Lauren Hayes
181. The Normalization of Hatred and Antisemitism: Escape From Dachau with Susan Servais
180. The Truth About Immigration and H-4 Spouse Visas - Book Chat: Golden Handcuffs by Varuni Sinha
179. "My father is my perpetrator." with guest Cindy Benezra
178. Pleasure, Play & Psilocybin: Microdosing for Maidens, Mothers & Crones with guest Leslie Draffin
177. Our Reactions to the 2024 Election: "The majority of the country is more comfortable with the devil they know than the leader they don't."
176. Book Chat: Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams
175. "Campaign joyfully. Show gratitude deliberately. Celebrate liberally." Run to Win with guest Christina Reynolds
174. Sexual and Creative Energy - Where Can I Get More Of That? with guest Gao Motsemme
173. Changing the World Through Poetry: Poetic People Power with Tara Bracco and Karla Jackson-Brewer
172. How Sensitive Souls Can Manage Overwhelm In A Chaotic World with guest Abby Humphrey
171. On The Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence with Nicole Bedera
170. Choosing Not to Become a Mother: My So-Called Selfish Life with Therese Shechter
169. Project 2025: Dismantling Democracy with Raquel and Jennifer
168. Boymom with Ruth Whippman
167. Adulting: What Do We Need To Know About Car Insurance with guest Caroline Monsewicz
166. Our Feelings About the Future Madam President
165. How to Deal with the Pain of Human Relationships with guest Celia Landman
164. Former Racist & Ex-Con The White George Spills The Tea
163. Book Chat: A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings - Raquel & Jennifer talk about Christian patriarchy
162. At Your Cervix: Gynecological Teaching Associate Work and Medical Sexual Assault with guest A'magine Goddard
161. Surrogacy, Judaism and Pregnancy Loss with Guest Kelila Green Siciliano
160. What Is Your Anger Trying To Tell You? with guest Bronwyn Schweigerdt
159. Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy with guest Cait West
158. Natural Hair Has Always Been Political: Trauma, Tresses & Truth with guest Lyzette Wanzer
157. We Are Three! Happy Anniversary, Madness Cafe!
156. Supporting Democratic Pro-Choice Women in Politics with guest Christina Reynolds from EMILYs List
155. Tradition and Modernity Collide with guest Afarin Ordubadi Bellisario
154. Entrepreneurs and Burnout: Information All of Us Can Use with guest Julie Bee
153. Songs from the Sky with guest Patrice Scott, Jr.
152. Erotica with guest Rachel Kramer Bussel
151. One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria with guest Dr. Amani Ballour
150. White Women's Tears: The Danger, The Manipulation, The Lessons That Can Be Learned
149. The Wise Crone with guest April Brenneman
148. Reparations Now!
147. Divest from Harm and Invest in Care: A Conversation About This Way to Change with guest Jezz Chung
146. All Girls Resist with guests Jody Myrum and Ayat Mneina
145. Living Two Separate Lives - The Story of a Gay Secret Service Agent with guest Cory Allen
144. Narcissistic Abuse with guest Dana Diaz
143. God Is In Everything - Panentheism with guest Kirsten Rudberg
142. Writing About Older Women and Sexuality with guest Catherine Hiller
141. Better Living Through Chemistry: Life Updates From Raquel & Jennifer
140. Are you willing to heal? with guest Barbra WhiteCrow
139. Drowning in Timidity: Women, Politeness & the Power of Assertive Living with guest Cara Tuttle Bell
138. What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom with guest Arash Azizi
137. Galentine's Day: Women Loving Each Other Well with special guests Tiffany, Barbara, Karen, Libby, Candice, Nekayah, and Lorie
136. No More Playing Small with guest Megan Jo Wilson
135. Eat Every Donut You Want with guest vegan pastry chef Candice Crawford
134. The Sex Education We Wanted But Were Afraid To Ask For with guest Susan Bratton
133. Women in Politics with guest Mary Chung Hayashi
132. "It's all part of it." - ADHD: Raquel's Diagnosis Story
131. Welcome 2024: Intentional and Flowing
130. Ketamine, Therapy & Liberation with guest Candace Oglesby
129. "Let's get it right versus being right" with guest Barbara Yebuga
128. A Line to Align with guest Reigna Simone
127. Disobedient Women with guest Sarah Stankorb
126. Be the Love of Your Own Life This Holiday Season
125. Reducing Stigma Around Stress Management with guests Mehar and Teja
124. When The People You Love Are Hurting You with guest Nichole Willden
123. The Supreme Court Episode: Raw Political Power with guest Prof. Tonja Jacobi
122. No Pet Left Behind - Breaking Barriers Faced By Domestic Abuse Survivors and Their Beloved Pets
121. Book Chat: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
120. Book Chat: Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap
119. Developing the Indomable Mindset: Impossible to Domesticate with Virginia Lacayo
118. Rituals Of Our Mothers - Special Episode
117. Curating Your Social Media Feed to Feed You Back
116. The Possibilities with guest Yael Goldstein-Love
115. Trying To Find Myself In Feminism - A Man’s View with guest Simon Fokt
114. Women and Self Pleasure: Masturbation, Sex and The Divine, with guest Kara Bitar
113. "Do I hate men?" - We Can Live A Gender Healed Life: Jennifer's GERI Experience
112. How To Be A Good Human with guest Shana Francesca
111. Fighting Times: Organizing to Fight the Class War with guest Jon Melrod
110. Embodied Social Justice with guests Teresa Myers and Jennifer Hicks
109. Sex Education with Shelby Terrell
108. You Can Heal Your Trauma & Anxiety with guest Valerie Christine
107. Tapping Into Your Intuition with guest Mari Roberts
106. Book Chat: The Myth of Normal by Gabor and Daniel Maté
105. "Blame and shame are the sharpest tools in patriarchy's toolbox." with guest Becky Mollenkamp
104. Women Are Too Emotional and Other Myths
103. Creating Life, Art & Activism After Incarceration with guest Elizabeth Mikotowicz
102. On Healing The Most Ancient Wound In The Human Family with William Keepin and Cynthia Brix
101. What Is Burlesque And Is It Political? with guest Roula Roulette
100. Success - Our 100th Episode!
99. The Imbalance Of The Masculine And The Feminine with guest Nina Simons
98. Faith, Reproductive Justice & The ERA with Cathy Perez
97. Conscious Aging: Aging Like A Badass with Tiffany Mazurek
96. Compassion. Humility. Accountability. Insistence. A recipe for DEI work with Dr. Rahul Sharma
95. The Hard Truths About Self Care with guest Janell Santana
94. Growing Food As Activism with Joia Walker
93. Aggrieved Manhood and The Puffer Fish with guest Karen Lee Ashcraft
92. Reclaiming Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass with guest Alma Zaragoza-Petty
91. Writing As Activism with guest Stephanie Cotsirilos
90. Recognizing Colorism with Dr. Sarah L. Webb of Colorism Healing
89. Diet Recovery and Intuitive Eating with Kristina Bruce
88. Disability And Our Veterans - We Need To Do Better with guest Pey Carter
87. From Victim To Survivor Of Childhood Trauma with Terri Kozlowski
86. Re-Remember The Sacred Power of Menstruation with Mama Rainbow
85. What It Means To Be A Human Shield with guest Erin Persley
84. Sensual Grooves with guest Santina Rigano-Lesch
83. Navigating Your Finances As A Single Woman Or A Single Mom with guest Claire Hunsaker
82. On Being A Human- and Heart-Centered Leader with Victoria Pelletier
81. How To Manifest Living the Digital Nomad Life with guest Alise Saunders
80. We can stand in our "enoughness" and say "enough". - with guest Monica Rodgers
79. Activism and Internalized Capitalism with guest Laura Hartley
78. The Connection Between Nutrition and Menopause with guest Alison Bladh
77. "Menopause can be the time when you really step into yourself as a woman", with guest Pat Duckworth
76. The Personal Is Political with guest Silvia Dutchevici
75. Choosing the truth over "the trance of unworthiness" with guest Libby Bunten
74. Why aren't you falling asleep and staying asleep? with guest Morgan Adams
73. Tap With Us And Get Some Healing, with guest Klara Sedlacek
72. What It's Like To Be A Clinic Escort with "Midge" and "Cupcake"
71. Welcome To Our Therapy Session
70. Horror Movies: A Pathway To Equity And Inclusion with Melissa Kunnap
69. A Discussion With A Modern Day Witch, Nicole Sutherland Shook
68. Book Chat: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly
67. How To Overcome Financial Trauma - with Saundra Davis
66. Change: "Nobody wants to be a bad egg."
65. Six Weeks Of Hell with Naomi Yano
64. A Conversation About Book Bans
63. Spread Love and Light...and Your Legs with Christy Kanooble
62. Shed Your Mask
61. The More Visible You Are - with Indi Gage
60. "Trigger Warning: I Used To Be Pro-Life" - with Nichole Willden
59. Dominic Travis - An Old White Guy Who Wants To Get It Right
58. "I felt so alone after I was shot, so I wanted others to not feel so alone." - with guest Caia DeLaVergne
57. Ethan's Law - the backstory and how it was passed, with gun safety activist Kristin Song
56. "We encourage you to speak up, take care, and spread the word."
55. Gun Violence and Domestic Violence with Leslie Washington
54. "I didn't see myself as a survivor of gun violence" with guest Celeste Kanpurwala from Moms Demand Action.
53. Happy Anniversary!!! Inside Our First Year Of Madness Cafe!
52. Money: The Wealth Gap, Stigma, A Tool For Freedom with special guest Saundra Davis
51. Women of Color Entrepreneurs
50. What Is The Pink Tax? Why Should We Care?
49. Women & Alcohol: Staying Sober In The Food & Beverage Industry
48. Why do kids bully? Because it works. A conversation with guest, Kimber Bishop-Yanke
47. Post Roe America
46. How are we defining fear?
45. A Conversation With Liz McCall About Women & Girls With ADHD
44. Strong Like Her - a conversation with author Haley Shapley
43. Come Closer - Famous Feminist Quotes
42. STRESS: Cause, Effect & Coping
41. "What's YOUR chair?" - A conversation with Ryan Rae Harbuck, the author of When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Chair
40. The Duchess of Grant Park - Ava Davis
39. Women, Success & Ambition with Guest Maria Jacobsen Holmes
38. Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrant Workers: Is Seeking Asylum A Human Right?
37. Internalized Misogyny & Fairy Tales
36. Mental Health, Body Positivity & the Journey Forward After An Eating Disorder with Sarah Hodges
35. A conversation with Carly Heath, author of The Reckless Kind
34. Delete your dating apps! - with guest, Shani Silver
33. The Instagram comment that sparked a conversation - with Preston Hatfield
32. Can Black Women And White Women Truly Be Friends?
31. The Unplanned Episode
30. Make It Home - An Interview With Special Guest Sylvester Pierce
29. Therapy: You Don't Have To Be "Broken" To Benefit From It
28. What does it take to experience your full potential? aka "You hold within you great knowing." - with special guest, Kara Nicole Bitar
27. Journaling As A Way To Transform Your Life - with special guest Hayley Curtis of Soulfull Journaling
26. Men, You Need Feminism
25. Art for The Female Gaze with special guest Lala Drona - a story about unilateral breast agenesis
24. Making Peace With Autism - with special guest Zoe Martin
23. Justice: Body Positivity, Mental Wellness, LGBTQ Rights, Cannabis Industry, Capitalism and the Transformative Power of Love with Jess Jackson
22. Wishing you a very happy feminist Thanksgiving!
21. Daughters are the number one care providers for parents with Alzheimer's.
20. A woman's worth is not determined by the decision to have/not have children.
19. Body Image - It's about so much more than your appearance.
18. Raquel & Jennifer's 1st Annual Halloween Episode - Interview with Nicole Kemper about women and horror movies
17. Melanie's Story - The Very Personal Impact of Breast Cancer On Her Life
16. Interview with Jes and DeAngelo of Michigan Date Ideas
15. "You're not alone in feeling lonely." Raquel & Jennifer talk about loneliness.
14. Suicide, suicidal ideations and awareness
13. HPV - What it is and why we need to talk about it.
12. "Healing is human" - An Interview with Alyssa Kuzins, the creator of BODY ART
11. One Warm Coat - An Interview with President and CEO, Beth Amodio
10. We Found Our Voice
9. Dating in our 50s
8. Critical Race Theory - Raquel & Jennifer style
7. Oprah and Brene and God and...yeah, we covered a lot.
6. Feminism - Defining It and Demystifying It
5. "Do you have a grief fantasy?" with our guest Tiffany Mazurek
4. Interview: Tien Sydnor-Campbell, author of It's Healing Time for the BodyMind of Black Womxn
3. Women, sports and how Raquel reacted to her coach telling her to lose weight.
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