The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Wonder Media Network

Welcome to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. Host A’shanti Gholar speaks to emergency room physician Ruby Long, Assemblywoman Karines Reyes, and Dr. Sonja Hughes, VP of Strategy and Service Excellence at Aetna, a CVS health company. COVID has laid bare the inequities of the healthcare system in this country-- today, we’re talking about vaccination rates, what to do after you’re vaxxed, and how to make sure we’re taking care of ourselves in a world where COVID still exists. And just to be clear: at BGG, we are pro-vaxx.

We knew from the moment COVID-19 pandemic hit that it would disportionately impact Black, brown and indigenous women and women of color. This season on the BGG, we’re tackling COVID and its consequences. Host A’shanti Gholar and guests will explore how the lives of women of color changed during the pandemic, and how we can use this time as an opportunity to make our voices heard and bring about systemic change to improve our lives and those of generations to come.

Welcome to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. Host A’shanti Gholar speaks to Jacqueline Ayers, Vice President of Government Policy and Public Relations at Planned Parenthood. They recap the first half of the Biden-Harris administration’s 100 Days, including historic cabinet appointments, the Global HER Act, and having a pro-reproductive healthcare House and Senate.

Welcome to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. Host A’shanti Gholar speaks to Carmen Green, VP of Research and Strategy at the National Birth Equity Collaborative, and Melanie Newman, Senior VP of Communications and Culture at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They discuss the future of Black women’s healthcare in the US, including the Momnibus Act, the domestic gag rule, and the Black maternal health crisis.

Thank you for tuning into The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. We are taking a break from our season to highlight another great WMN Podcast, Ordinary Equality. Please enjoy episode three, Breeding a Nation, from season two of Ordinary Equality.

Welcome to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. Host A’shanti Gholar speaks to Bonyen Lee-Gilmore, Director of State Media Campaigns, Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They discuss what’s on the docket for the Supreme Court in 2021, and how those decisions will affect reproductive healthcare in the US.