We're Gonna Talk About It Buffie Blesi & Carolyn Pool

We're talking with Betty Folliard, founder of ERA Minnesota and a champion for Equal Rights for all. 
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We're BACK! 

Buffie Blesi and Carolyn Pool took a much needed break to build out our new film production studio - Rockstoria Studios - and get grounded after a flurry of activity. But while we were gone, the world continued to be on fire and we need to talk about it. Buckle up! 
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Hosts Buffie & Carolyn of the We're Gonna Talk About It podcast discuss women in the death and funeral industry. This includes the history of women taking charge, what happened to switch to a male dominated field, and why women are once again dominating the industry. Over 65% of graduates from university mortuary programs are women. While these numbers are impressive, a lot of skepticism and sexism block women from moving up in the profession. Many industry experts believe however, that women are the future of funerals (see what I did there?)


Joined by guest Angela Woosley, owner of the Midwest’s first woman-owned and client-centered natural death care provider called Inspired Journeys. 


Carolyn also interviews Buffie about Rock What You Got's latest offering, Love Letters Films. Love Letters Films helps funeral homes stand out above the rest with broadcast-quality livestreaming and documentaries of life


Resources:
Women in Death Care: Coming Full Circle in the Funeral Service (connectingdirectors.com) 
Women bring new life to the funeral industry (democratandchronicle.com) 
How Women Disrupted the Funeral Industry | Beyond the Dash 
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Hosts Buffie & Carolyn discuss what it means to live without the protection of Roe v. Wade, and the rights that could possibly be taken next.


Music clips covers of We're Not Gonna Take It performed by Kulturskolan i Lessebo - We're Not Gonna Take It (Cover) - YouTube and We're not gonna take it ( Dee Snider/Twisted Sister)- Ballad cover by Anika - YouTube
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This episode celebrates all things that are WOMEN IN SPORTS! From some early trailblazers, to the fiftieth anniversary of Title 9, to our remarkable teams that continue to amass victories surpassing their male counterparts and Olympic athletes that always inspire us.
Yet, maybe unsurprisingly, these athletes are still woefully underpaid, sometimes to the tune of earning as much as one hundred percent less than their male counterparts.
Hosts Buffie & Carolyn will also welcome our newest female sports team, Minnesota Aurora, a female-led & community owned pre-professional women's soccer team that will
begin to play in the new USL W League in May 2022.

Sources:
The Pride of Minnesota Sunisa Lee
U.S. Women's Players and U.S. Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Quite simply the best organized sports team in Minnesota, the Minnesota Lynx
Women’s History Month 2022: Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX | INSIGHT Into Diversity
Minnesota Aurora FC: Women-Led, Community Owned Soccer (mnaurora.com) 
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This weeks We’re Gonna Talk About It podcast episode is about The Pink Tax & all the ways women get hosed buying everyday items. 
Annually, the pink tax costs about $2,300.00 in overpayment for items marketed to women. 
Listen in to hear more about this economic phenomenon and how it is evident in everyday items & even necessary health needs/medicine.

With special guest Shanan Custer. Shanan and Carolyn make up the 2 Sugars Show and have performed together in 2 Sugars, Room for Cream, Sometimes There’s Wine, and the upcoming Bad Things, Good Whiskey. 
Additional audio by Katy Pence 

Sources:
The Pink Tax: The Ridiculous Reason It Costs More to Be a Woman (dollarsprout.com) 
The Pink Tax: What's the Cost of Being a Female Consumer In 2022? (listenmoneymatters.com) 
 The Pink Tax: Economic Gender Discrimination (thoughtco.com) 
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