She, the People

Magical Creatures from Heaven
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She The People is a podcast for bold, curious women who ask big questions and embrace complexity. Hosted by two longtime friends—one a second-generation American with a PhD in public health, the other a U.S. Air Force veteran finishing her doctorate—we met in the Peace Corps and bring lived experience and global perspective. From politics to public health, spirituality to sex, burnout to resistance—we explore what it means to build a more honest world.

  1. Mar 31

    What If We Taught Girls to Trust Themselves Before the World Told Them Not To — with DemocraShe Founder Sarah Jakle

    Sarah Jakle founded DemocraShe to solve a problem she kept seeing — brilliant women who couldn't see themselves as leaders, while men never questioned it for a second. Her answer was a national program for high school girls that combines practical civics with brain science, because confidence alone isn't enough when your nervous system is being flooded. Girls in 42 states learn how their amygdala works, how to stay grounded when someone is gaslighting them, and how to build legislation with girls from completely different states and backgrounds. They get paid $15 an hour to do it. Seventy percent are first generation Americans. With 1,600 graduates and seven times more applications than spots, DemocraShe is growing fast — and building exactly the generation of women leaders this moment demands.

    1h 14m

  2. Mar 24

    You're Watching Different Realities and Only One of Them Is the Truth

    Mindy and Andy break down how the Iran war and the Epstein files are being covered completely differently depending on where you get your news — and why that gap should terrify you. From Fox News calling it "Operation Epic Fury" and barely mentioning Epstein, to Al Jazeera naming the school bombing for what it is and connecting the war's timing directly to Trump's domestic scandals. They cover Tulsi Gabbard altering her Senate testimony, a Trump appointee resigning saying Iran posed no imminent threat, 175 schoolgirls killed by outdated US intelligence, and why other countries are arresting powerful men while the US investigates no one. Plus — why believing women isn't optional, and how to actually find news you can trust.

    1h 13m

  3. Mar 17

    We Went to War for Israel and Called It America First

    Mindy and Shahida get into the Iran war — what it's costing us, who it's really for, and why going in was never about protecting Americans. Mindy brings her perspective as a veteran and ICU nurse who deployed to Afghanistan, talking honestly about the tension between believing in service and being completely against war. They break down the real human costs that never make the news — the civilians, the environment, the generations of trauma — and why we've never once bombed our way to peace. Plus the cult of MAGA, what the Peace Corps taught them about actually helping people, and why China is winning the influence war while we're blowing things up.

    1h 18m

  4. Mar 10

    Collateral Damage: War, Religion, and the Cost of Not Caring

    This week Mindy, Shahida, and Andy are processing a lot — the Iran war, Pete Hegseth's Christian Zionist crusade, the measles outbreak, and what it means to live in a country where leaders don't care if you live or die. Shahida opens up about finding grounding in Ramadan while feeling completely untethered by the state of the world. We talk about why people believe in supplements over science, why the anti-vax movement found an opening, and why loving your neighbor means more than thoughts and prayers. Raw, real, and zero filter.

    1h 28m

  5. Mar 3

    Hold Them Accountable-From the Oval Office to Our Own Backyards

    Mindy, Shahida, and Andy are all three together for the first time and they are not holding back. This episode is a wide open conversation about accountability — what it means, who has it, and who is clearly getting away without it. They dig into the Epstein files and the credible evidence being buried by the people sworn to protect us, why Pam Bondi and Cash Patel should be nowhere near a position of power, and what common sense tells you when your own government is covering things up. They talk about the triggered men flooding their comments, women who defend the very system hurting them, and the red pill pipeline pulling in a generation of young men with nowhere healthy to put their anger. But this episode isn't just outrage. There's real conversation about raising kids who know how to own their mistakes, why men holding other men accountable is the only thing that actually changes anything, and what real leadership and real patriotism actually look like — hint, it looks a lot more like Finland than Wall Street. Funny, fired up, and completely unfiltered. This is She the People.

    1h 34m

  6. Feb 25

    Raising Kids at the End of the World | She, the People Podcast

    What does it mean to raise children in a world facing climate crisis, political chaos, and an internet that never turns off? In this episode, Mindy and Shahida sit down with their friend Stacy — a mother of two girls — for an honest, funny, and deeply real conversation about motherhood. They cover the existential fears that come with parenting right now — from water bankruptcy to online predators — and how you balance protecting your kids with telling them the truth. They talk about postpartum anxiety, the guilt that nobody warns you about, the pressure to have a perfect birth, and why so many mothers don't recognize when they're struggling. They also get into what it means to raise girls who know their own boundaries, how to talk to your kids about hard things without terrifying them, and why the next generation might actually be better equipped than we were — because they have words for what they're feeling that we didn't get until we were adults. Plus: a scientific explanation for why new mothers can hear everything, why finding a therapist is exactly like dating, no-no squares, and a magic portal. This one will make you laugh, make you think, and probably make you call your mom.

    1h 24m

  7. Feb 17

    The Beautiful Death: Reconciliation, Family, and Letting Go

    Shahida shares her powerful journey to Malaysia to say goodbye to her estranged father who was dying of stage four cancer. After decades of distance and unresolved trauma from his departure when she was five, she arrived expecting closure—but received something far more profound: his honest acknowledgment, his request for forgiveness, and the gift of being present for his final moments. This deeply personal conversation explores abandonment, forgiveness, the lasting impact of childhood trauma, what it means to reconcile with the past, and how death can be unexpectedly beautiful when surrounded by love and family. A must-listen for anyone navigating complex family relationships or wondering what truly matters at the end of life.

    1h 12m

  8. Feb 13

    Epstein Files & Voter Suppression: What’s Really Happening

    Mindy and Shahida reunite on She The People to unpack what they’re seeing in the Epstein files and the disturbing pattern of power moving without accountability. From the role of wealth, influence, and propaganda to the online pipeline that fuels misogyny and the far right, they talk through why so many people feel overwhelmed, and why staying informed still matters. They also break down the SAVE Act and what voter suppression can look like in practice—especially for women who’ve changed their names. The episode closes with a reminder to avoid burnout, pick one issue, take action, and keep showing up.

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She The People is a podcast for bold, curious women who ask big questions and embrace complexity. Hosted by two longtime friends—one a second-generation American with a PhD in public health, the other a U.S. Air Force veteran finishing her doctorate—we met in the Peace Corps and bring lived experience and global perspective. From politics to public health, spirituality to sex, burnout to resistance—we explore what it means to build a more honest world.

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  • Creator
    Magical Creatures from Heaven
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Magical Creatures from Heaven
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