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How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

by Red Wine & Blue

Want to know how you can make a difference without losing your sh!t? Join Katie Paris and LaFonda Cousin, two moms with very different backgrounds who together run Red Wine & Blue – an organization of over half a million diverse suburban women working together to defeat extremism. Katie, the org’s founder, has worked in political organizing for most of her career. LaFonda, the Chief People Officer, is a wellness expert on a mission to reimagine self-care.  Each week, LaFonda and Katie talk to experts and everyday women who are getting involved, building community, and feeling better in the process.

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Heather Cox Richardson: LIVE from Ohio

On September 27th, in a high school auditorium near Cleveland, Heather Cox Richardson spoke to a group of nearly 1,000 Red Wine & Blue members. She and Katie Paris talked

Oct 2
49 min

Is There Hope For The Climate? (with Emily Atkin)

Climate journalist Emily Atkin is a pessimist. Or maybe she's a realist. Or maybe she's actually hopeful? One thing's for certain: she's not going to stop calling out tec

Sep 30
33 min

Bonus: RWB on The Daily Beans

This week, Red Wine & Blue founder Katie Paris and our Director of Distributed Organizing Missy McGinnes joined Allison Gill on The Daily Beans to talk about the midterms

Sep 25
21 min

Put Women in the Driver's Seat (with Kate Stayman-London)

Romance novels are already political, but one that features two campaign staffers and ends with a call for its readers to run for office is *definitely* political. This w

Sep 23
36 min

Katie Gave A TED Talk! (with Kelly Stoetzel)

On June 13th in Philadelphia, Red Wine & Blue founder Katie Paris did something she'd never done before: give a TED talk. Three months later, her speech on breaking the o

Sep 16
31 min

How To Protect Voting Rights (with Stacey Abrams)

Are you worried about voting rights going into this year's midterm elections? We are too. But just being worried doesn't fix the problem. In fact, if we let it make us l

Sep 9
51 min

Take the Risk! (with Karen West)

Today we're getting back to our local organizing roots with Karen West, the leader of a Red Wine & Blue Network group in Pennsylvania. She recently held a talent show and

Sep 2
28 min

Putting The "Ick"... Back Into Politics? (with Bennett Rea)

Red Wine & Blue is all about taking the "ick" out of politics. We believe that the best way to improve this country is to build community and listen to our neighbors rath

Aug 26
32 min

Women Can Figure This Out (with Sara Wiles)

This week, we were lucky enough to sit down with Sara Wiles: a mom, entrepreneur, political activist, and content creator. Whether it's reaching millions of people on Ins

Aug 19
38 min

You're Never Alone (with Carrie Dix)

We're continuing the theme of women in the South fighting for democracy this week, and Red Wine & Blue Network leader Carrie Dix is such an inspiration. She lives in Geor

Aug 12
29 min

We're Not Abandoning The South (with Amanda's Mild Takes)

Amanda Nelson has become a political powerhouse without really meaning to. After Trump's second inauguration, she started posting online as Amanda's Mild Takes, sharing s

Aug 5
38 min

Rest is Productive (with "Anti-Career Coach" Danielle Roberts)

While presenting at TED Democracy last month, Katie Paris met a fellow presenter named Danielle Roberts. Danielle calls herself an "anti-career coach" and is all about de

Jul 29
43 min

Evangelicals Are The Original Trad Wives (with Kristin Du Mez)

Kristin Du Mez's book Jesus and John Wayne changed the way that America sees evangelicals. It even inspired many evangelical women to leave the church, giving them words

Jul 22
41 min

Quesadilla Diplomacy (with Julie Jahde Pospishil)

When Julie joined us on our Heather Cox Richardson event this month, she shared how she's supporting immigrants by taking groups of friends to Spanish-speaking restaurant

Jul 15
32 min

We Laugh So We Don't Cry (with Allison Gill)

Allison Gill has lived a lot of lives. She's a Navy veteran, a PhD, a comedian, a whistleblower at the VA, and a podcaster. And we actually consider all of that public se

Jul 8
37 min

Reclaiming America's 250th (with Heather Cox Richardson)

Last night, we were joined by historian Heather Cox Richardson to celebrate America's 250th birthday -- not with a UFC fight or a poorly-planned "Great American State Fai

Jul 2
52 min

Heather Cox Richardson Is Joining Us Tonight!

This week, the podcast is coming one day late… but it’s for a very good reason! Our favorite historian Heather Cox Richardson is joining us tonight to talk about reclaimi

Jul 1
1 min

You Can't Stop Planned Parenthood (with Nan Whaley and Gwynne Perry)

Today is the four-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision -- the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and with it, our constitutional right to abortion care. But

Jun 24
33 min

A View of America from Italy (with Zerlina Maxwell)

Last year, political journalist Zerlina Maxwell did something that most of us only dream about: she moved to Sicily. She’s been speaking truth to power for years as a ra

Jun 17
37 min

Are You Available For Connection? (with Prentis Hemphill)

This week, we're re-running one of our favorite episodes: our conversation with the incredibly wise Prentis Hemphill. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode! S

Jun 10
34 min

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And inspiring. Thank you for your clarity and for pointing out that there is activism behind kindness. Kindness, unlike politeness, is active. It’s a tool and a choice.

Your Aunt Su-Su · Oct 2025

This podcast is clear, engaging, fun, and encouraging. I am always waiting for the next episode to drop. I get good advice and feel less alone. Thanks for all you do, Red Wine and Blue!

Here to staycation · Oct 2025

If you have friends or family who don’t understand much about trans folks but aren’t yet completely poisoned by GOP hate speech & disinformation, share this 10 minute pod on trans youth for a calm rational conversation.

DrDK2 · Jun 2025

I just listened for the first time to your 16 April episode with Jasmine Crockett & Heather Cox Richardson, 2 of my absolute favorite political figures. I’m left feeling more hopeful than I have in quite some time. I’m also more knowledgeable than I was before I listened to this episode. Thank you! I’ll be hearing a lot more of you!

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