Wine, Women, and Revolution

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews Margaret Kimberly about her book “Prejudential” Her book highlights the racist history of the American Presidency. There has not been a single president in US history that hasn’t displayed the ugly trait of racism. From owning slaves to refusing to pass anti-lynching bills, our history is dark and hurtful. Until we shine a light on the hidden parts of history, we wi...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by a comrade, Pinky to talk about street medicine. Pinky has been trained and served as a street medic at a number of events. They talk about some of specifics of doing medicine in a protest environment as well as some basics that you could use yourself if there is some reason you cant reach a doctor.

This episode if the first of a multipart series about mutual a...

In this Episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution Heather is joined by Roxanne Sutocky from the Cherry Hill Women’s center to talk about the future of abortion rights in NJ and across the globe. They discuss some of the struggles caused by the pandemic as well as some global victories. How will the new president and new justices affect Roe? Finally they talk about how we all need to apply pressure here in NJ to make our legislators su...

In this extended episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by Christian Perez to talk Qanon and other conspiracy theories. Who are they? How did the come to cause so much chaos? And where are they going under a Biden presidency. They repeat patterns of conspiracy theories that are centuries old, but have capitalized on social media and modern technology to spread their dangerous thinking.

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In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution Heather interviews musician and activist Ben Grosscup. Ben bills himself as a labor troubadour following in the long tradition of merging song and protest, he also serves as the executive director of the People’s Music Network. They delve into some deep subject matter in this interview ranging from how neo-liberalism is actively committing violence on the world, to how capitalism can n...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by Kate Moore, author of Radium Girls. Radium Girls tells the story of a group of women who were slowly poisoned by radium paint their job encouraged them to ingest, and their fight for justice against overwhelming odds. This is a tragic story of capitalism, exploitation, and death. These women changed the world because of their strength and dedication. We all owe th...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather hosts a panel discussion about the revolutionary social studies curriculum in NJ directed by the Amistad Law. New Jersey is the first state in the country to pass a law and implement a truly racially inclusive social studies program. Today, Heather is joined by Gary Melton, Dr. Stephanie James-Harris, and Tamar Lasure Owens. They talk about the successes, challenges, and plans...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by Derek Black author of “School House Burning”. They talk about the concept that public education has been an integral part of American democracy through the earliest days of the founding of the country. As much as racism has attacked these ideals, the idea of a public education for all is so ingrained in America that is has even survived racism. Public education is...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews Jane Ward about her book The Tragedy of Heterosexuality. Jane describes herself as an ally of heterosexual women. You could call her book a self help book that hates self help books. In her book, Ms Ward attempts to tackle the underlying causes of pain in heterosexual relationships which she refers to as the heterosexuality paradox. If straight men claim to love wom...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews Atlantic City activist Henry Green. They talk about everything from Henry's run for office, to cannabis legalization, to the Green Party, to Steve Young and the Expressway 7. Henry also highlights his new show AC 411 where he is back with his longtime friend and media partner Kevin Hall from The Kevin Hall Show Program. They were off the air for a little while b...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution Heather interviews activist and author Laurie Greene. Laurie wrote the book "Drag Queens and Beauty Queens" which tells the often overlooked LGBTQ drag history in Atlantic City and the undeniable impact drag culture had on the Miss American pageant. She discusses how people competing in both Miss America and the drag pageant Miss'd America use it to access power structures ...

In this classic episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by conspiracy theory expert Christian Perez to break down the conspiracy theory that climate change is just a hoax. Christian also delves into conspiracy theory origins, which are usually rooted in anti-semitism and how to inoculate yourself against conspiratorial thinking. As always, Christian packs a ton of info into a short time frame and keeps us enterta...

In this classic episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather is joined by Christian Perez to talk about the United State's long long list of imperialism and military intervention into other countries. It is a bloody and violent past that we often aren't taught about in schools. As always, Christian laws out the history in an accessible and approachable fashion and leaves us all a little more informed that we were before ...

In this classic episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews 3 organizers from Black Lives Matter NJ about their organizing work and a local police involved shooting. They discuss the shootings of Rashawn Washington and LaShanda Anderson, state sanctioned racial violence, “allyship”, gentrification, and what people can do if they really want to help support justice and equity (Hint: It involves not calling the p...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews Micah Rasmussen from Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Ryder University about the Zwicker bill to institute Ranked Choice Voting here in NJ. They discuss the pros and cons that may come with ranked choice, as well as other possible voting systems besides ranked choice and first past the post. They discuss how this system could encourage or discourage mar...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews 3 women from the New Jersey Abolitionist Collective. Heather's former intern and show writer Leah also joined the interview. NJAC strives to bring the message of police abolition to South Jersey and across the state. Also, they push back against the reformists. Finally they act as a network for abolition workers across the state.

NJAC released a series of d...

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews author Raechel Anne Jolie about her book "Rust Belt Femme". In her book Raechel explores the intersection of gender identity and socioeconomic status. Her coming of age memoir follows her journey through alternative culture, activism, and the punk scene to becoming her fabulous femme working-class queer self. Some have called her memoir a love letter to the ...

In this classic episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution Heather interviews Benjamin Ladraa about Palestine. Benjamin recently completed an amazing journey. He walked 5000KM from his home in Sweden to Palestine. He journeyed to bring attention to the issue of Palestinian rights and Israeli occupation. In the end, He learned people are really nice. No matter where he went. People treated him well. Sadly, Israel blocked him from finish...