WOMENACE to SOCIETY

Lindsey Boylan is running to represent New York State in the United States Congress and if she's elected, she will be the first woman to represent her district in fifty years! We chat about what's making Lindsey run- she's doing this for her daughter, Vivienne, and all the other girls and women of New York. Lindsey comes from a working-class family. Her dad is a veteran and her mom was a single mom at the age of 16. Lindsey's focus on inequality, mental health, and climate change, and she wants to restore hope to so many who feel the American Dream is dying.

Summer Wesley is running for State Representative because Oklahoma needs leaders with the right knowledge and expertise to move us forward. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law and has years of experience as a social worker and community advocate, helping the most vulnerable Oklahomans navigate hardship and take control of their lives. Currently, Oklahoma is at the top of all the lists that no state wants to be on. Our schools are failing, staggering numbers of our citizens are suffering without healthcare, incarceration rates are alarming, and our infrastructure is literally crumbling. Summer will make a great Representative for Oklahoma’s House District 100. She understands law and policy, and how they directly affect each of our daily lives.

Sabrina Matthews is one of the first comedians to ever appear on Comedy Central where you may have seen her half-hour special. She is also one of the very first queer comedians to appear on TV, perform around the country, tour the world, and she was a semi-finalist on NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Sabrina and Lisa chat about Socrates, monsters & animals, and what it means to be an artist.

Marty Percy is an investigative journalist and author who is interested in Justice Reform. He live-tweets Oklahoma City Council meetings for everyone who can’t make it to the meetings- which is pretty much everybody with a family or a job since they are held bi-monthly on Tuesday mornings at 8:30AM. We discuss how local politics affects our daily lives more than national politics but most people don’t know that so that which is one big reason we're getting messed over as citizens. Marty connects homeless individuals with bikes through his foundation, The Wheels Project, Inc.

Dr. Darnell Blackmon is an orthopedic surgeon and medical cannabis investor in Tulsa, Oklahoma who recommends medical marijuana as a healthier alternative to patients suffering from opioid abuse and to relieve the severe pain caused by cancer. Lisa and he discuss Oklahoma’s overwhelming acceptance of a plant most here find extremely beneficial. In fact, there are now about 700 dispensaries in OK and cannabis use may be completely legal for everyone 21 and over within a very short time throughout the state.

Bryan Scott is a California dad and American citizen who was disgusted when he found out an Orange County Judge he thought was a no-nonsense conservative guy who made tough decisions was actually impaired with massive bias and had a reckless history of giving lenient sentences to child rapists. So he worked with other activists in California and Illinois to have the judge recalled from the bench.

Juanita Broaddrick is this week's esteemed guest WOMENACE. One of the original (and reluctant) #metoo’s before there was even a #MeToo Movement, her 1978 sexual victimization by the General Attorney of Arkansas William J. Clinton heavily impacted the 2016 American Presidential election, and she only returned to our national consciousness because she responded to a tweet Hillary Clinton sent in 2015. Please welcome Juanita Broaddrick to the podcast. Please Stand With Survivors. 

Based in Chicago, Mike Volpe is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Daily Caller, Front Page Magazine, Washington Examiner, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter, Crime Magazine, and Counter Punch. Mike investigates judicial misconduct and corruption, has written three books, and joins Lisa to explain precisely how fathers who sexually abuse their children invoke “Parental Alienation” as their defense in Family Court.

You may recognize our wonderful guest Nanine McCool from her Jumbotron appearance with Tony Robbins, where he tried to intimidate her in front of everyone attending his worship in an arena. But I know this former Family Law attorney from Facebook, where I first noticed her for losing her bar card because she refused to pretend her client's ex-husband wasn't sexually abusing her children. Please welcome Nanine McCool.

Part 2 with our esteemed guest, Family Court Winner and Mom Rachel Bruno. Rachel and I chat more about her lawsuit against the social workers and the rest of the "professionals" who trafficked her sons through CPS and California Family Court because she brought her 4-month-old baby to the ER with a brain injury. Did the nanny get arrested? Are her son's okay? How did Rachel have the strength to make it through this horrible ordeal? Please enjoy Truth Teller and Advocate for Family Court Reform, Rachel Bruno.

Our esteemed guest, Rachel Bruno details how her children were trafficked by social workers, a doctor, hospital staff, and cops working under the jurisdiction of the State of California while the nanny who may have been responsible for her 4-month old’s brain injury was protected from prosecution… because she was married to a cop? Because the State makes money from placing our children in foster care? Because the Constitution does not apply in Family Court? Part One of our chat with Rachel Bruno, Family Court Winner, Truth Teller, Advocate for Family Court Reform.

Dr. Michael Horton, Executive Director of the Coffee Bunker, an outreach center for American Veterans. Michael is a psychologist and former UASF so he knows the battle our soldiers face coming home, like PTSD, physical trauma, moral injury, and military skills that don’t seem to fit on corporate resumes. “These are all people who have stood up and taken an oath to defend, not the flag, not the President, not Mom and apple pie, but to defend the Constitution, a living and sacred document that we hold dear.”

Noemie thought she landed her dream job at the age of 26 when she was offered the job of managing three dispensaries in Las Vegas. Then her boss suddenly couldn't pay her and another almost 200 employees. What caused the cash flow problem in a state that enjoys cannabis so much they sold out of it almost immediately after going legal? Find out what Noemie discovered about her boss as she tried to get paid. Like, how a few months before he hired her, he woke up next to the non-responsive body of the woman he was partying with the night before, moved her body, and had to explain that he wasn't actually trying to bribe the guy who called 911.

The first African-American woman elected to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives served a total of six terms in Congress and ran as the Green Party's Presidential Candidate in 2008 is our esteemed guest this week. Dr. Cynthia McKinney shares what she thinks of the FBI, American involvement in Ukraine, and what it's like to be targeted and blacklisted for telling the TRUTH, standing up for everyday people, and trying to keep America from going to war with Iraq.

Our favorite lady biker Nytro is back to tell us what BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) is doing to help survivors Break the Chains of violence in Arizona! Now in 22 countries worldwide, BACA encourages and protects victimized children, helps them stay safe and testify against their predators by giving them love, protection, and bringing them into the BACA Global Family, one brave kid at a time.

Please welcome former surgical nurse turned culinary student and Founder of Abolition Bakery, Rita Ballenger. Human trafficking is the third-largest industry on the planet- 40 Million People are living in enslavement right now. Rita and her staff of volunteers are raising awareness and money for survivors in Cleveland, Ohio.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and DV affects us all. Mildred Muhammad was married to the D.C. sniper, John Muhammad who was killing innocents so he could assassinate his ex-wife & win custody of their kids. Media blacked out the truth of his intent. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of our interview with Mildred- international speaker and author - recently denied access to speak on domestic violence in China.

We're back again this week with a whole different kind of episode. Please welcome Truth Raider to the podcast as he details exactly what Bitcoin is about and how anybody can start using this new financial system which more or less eliminates the need for banks and minimizes bankster influence.

Richard Prange is a funny Phoenix comedian and news producer who was born with a rare disease called Jackson Weiss Syndrome, a deformity that affects the face and head. Since early childhood, this Emmy-winning producer has survived nearly 20 reconstructive plastic surgeries. Rich chats about the recent surgery that changed his life and how that personal win is connected to his Emmy.

Stan Chen is one of the hardest working and funniest comedians working the circuit. He’s also a commercial pilot for FedEx. We’re at Big Pine Comedy Festival in Flagstaff Arizona. Stan has been on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Please welcome Stan to the podcast. Enjoy.

Scientist and Activist Melanie Blow is back to talk about how lawyers are going to file RICO charges against the Buffalo Catholic Diocese in New York State. We're also chatting about ACE Scores, an empirical way to determine one's Adverse Childhood Experiences Score that's been scientifically proven for almost 30 YEARS but has only recently made its way into the mainstream. The higher your ACE Score, the more likely you are to develop cancer, have suicidal ideations, ADHD, a SUD, and/or diabetes!

Please welcome to the podcast one of the realest people in entertainment, DJ, writer, director, producer, collector, music journalist, Grammy-winner, and creator of 24/7Comedy, George Gimarc. This Texas native, music expert, and author talks about what drew him to producing comedy, his hit book "Punk Diary", and the footage he recently re-discovered while moving- clips of George with his friend Johnny Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten shot for VH1 at the 2000 American Democratic and Republican Conventions.

Lisa Landry gets real about her son being trafficked in Providence Family Court, how her First Amendment Rights are being infringed, and how she's being threatened by the psychotherapist in the case. Join Lisa with returning guest Chahta Summer Wesley of Choctaw Nation Oklahoma.

This episode continues with Dr. Lori Handrahan explaining how she lost custody of her two-year-old daughter to a child rapist in Maine.

Dr. Lori Handrahan has over twenty years of humanitarian and human rights work in Central Asia, Africa, and the Balkans. Her focus is on gender-based violence, conflict/post-conflict environments, UN reform, and ending child sex abuse. Please welcome Dr. Handrahan to this episode of WOMENACE to SOCIETY, where she discusses Jeffrey Epstein, child abuse occurring in Maine, and more.

Please welcome extra special WOMENACE Attorney Wendy Murphy to the podcast! Wendy is an impact litigator and an adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law Boston and you'll never believe the simple solution she has for forcing rape kits to be tested, child molesters to be arrested and actually locked up instead of getting probation, and to make sure everybody has equal standing under the law no matter their gender. All we have to do is one simple thing Wendy and I talk about on this episode, ya'll.

Kelly Nevins, Executive Director of Women’s Fund Rhode Island is back on the podcast with some great news about the Voter Registration Training happening on August 26 to celebrate the 19th Amendment which granted women the Right to Vote. Also coming up: all sorts of cool events designed to make the state a better place to live in by giving women and girls fair representation and focusing on issues that affect all the people of the Ocean State.

Sully is an Emmy-nominated TV producer, actor, stand-up comedian and dad with the dubious distinction of being the former emcee/host/ringleader of one of New York City’s most infamous afternoon mic’s- every Tuesday at Gotham Comedy Club. Sully and Lisa reminisce about Manhattan’s comedy scene in the '90s. He talks about reaching out to female comics in the aftermath of #MeToo asking, “Are we still cool?”, and Sully’s new focus: teaching kids with “special needs”.

Dr. Celia Williamson, one of the planet’s leading experts on human trafficking and sex trafficking, is back on the podcast to chat about Jeff Epstein’s arrest. Celia’s spent 25 years fighting trafficking and forced prostitution. She has a brand new podcast- Emancipation Nation- where she is teaching average, everyday people like you and me to fight modern-day slavery.

Danielle "Diva" Williams is a TV personality and Arizona comedian who doesn't smoke- but she has Stage 4 Lung Cancer. Hear how Diva is beating cancer with a positive outlook, hiking, laughter, and dressing flawlessly for chemotherapy because she's single and there are hot, available doctors at the hospital. Check Diva Williams out online, she's making funny videos to inspire others battling cancer!

Please welcome back our annual 4th of July Special Guest WOMENACE, Chahta Summer Wesley!! Summer is a Choctaw Nation activist and advocate, a former attorney who’s currently more interested in doing social work and building Indigenous communities with her foundation, Matriarch, and in her spare time she mothers five kids and dates. A lot. Summer returns to explain “Qualified Immunity”. That’s what police officers get if they rape you, beat you, tase you, shoot your kids, kill your dog, or otherwise inconvenience you because they are police and that’s the Law. Happy Fourth of July, y’all!

Barry Goldstein is a leading expert on how abusers manipulate America's Family Courts to continue savaging their ex-spouses and children emotionally, physically, financially, and mentally. Mr. Goldstein has spent decades consulting on Domestic Violence cases throughout the nation; educating lawyers and judges about how abusers game the system to perpetrate harm against women and kids and use the Court to get away with criminal acts. Barry has authored several books on Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody. His latest book, THE QUINCY SOLUTION details how the US could save 500 BILLION dollars each year if we could only convince our law and policymakers to deter child abuse- which literally causes cancer, diabetes, school shootings, mass shootings, substance use disorders, and suicide. Find out what happened when Quincy made a stand to protect kids- the statistics will SHOCK you.

Amanda Parker is the Senior Director of AHA Foundation, created by activist and free speech champion Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Amanda is back to discuss the realities of what happens when teenaged girls get married in the 48 states that do not protect their rights. The sad fact is that while the US State Department recognizes marriage under the age of 18 as a Human Rights Violation, pretty much all teenaged girls in America can be married off to a grown man who grooms and impregnates them (Statutory rape) or a guy her parents contract her to marry (Yes, that happens here). Amanda shares the scientifically-proven adverse results of teenaged girls getting married. They and their children are more likely to live in abuse and poverty, and these marriages end in divorce more than 70% of the time.

I recently saw author Zachary Lazar in The Creative Brain on Netflix where he, a Tulane Professor, was teaching creative writing to prison inmates. I’ve also enjoyed Zachary’s writing for years. (His last book Vengeance is a knockout!). Zachary talks about how his father’s murder informs his artistry, what it's like to encourage inmates to express themselves, some of the prison reforms happening in the Pelican State, and the arduous Summer ahead of him: writing his next (6th) book from Mexico City.

Medical marijuana investor and trial attorney Felina Rivera shares what it's like to be a young trial attorney in Oklahoma- where medical cannabis is now legal and you can even smoke it in a bar - so long as your doctor recommends you light up. Felina was recently admitted to practice law in Colorado, too. She's talking cannabis investing rules, what made her get barred in CO, her doofy sexist older boss, the paradigm shifts happening in the Courthouses, and the upcoming tour schedule with her band: FELINA AND THE FEELS. What kind of chick lawyer smokes weed at a job interview, wails on guitar, and has a boss that wants her to mud-wrestle opposing counsel? Better Call Felina Rivera.

Dr. Gina Barreca, designated by Ms. Magazine as "a feminist humor maven", is a brilliant author, professor, and speaker. Her syndicated column appears in The Hartford Currant; her blog for "Psychology Today" has well over 6 million views. Gina Barreca has appeared on 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, Dr. Phil, NPR, and Oprah to discuss gender, power, politics, and humor. Gina's also an English Professor at U Conn, where she won the university's highest achievement for teaching. She is a brilliant humorist.

Chris Martin, our second guest returns to chat about the new documentary about the challenges he and his life partner/soulmate/bad ass wife face. It’s hard out here for a gangapreneur. He was a licensed cultivator locked inside for six years, now he and Andi are opening two new stores, one a holistic wellness center for seniors in Sun City, Arizona. Just Say Know.

Kelly Nevins is the Executive Director of Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, a non-partisan organization that teaches and encourages women to run for office. Kelly is also instrumental in educating women on how to create ballot initiatives, seek grant money for empowerment projects, and she disseminates current research affecting women and girls on the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island website. If we want to smash the patriarchy, sisters, like most things in life, we are going to have to do it our own damn selves. So listen in and get on it!

Please help welcome Jim Conklin, President and Co-Founder of Cultivate Culinary in South Bend, Indiana. Jim and Chef Randy are feeding underserved kids who wouldn’t have food to eat from Friday until Monday if it weren’t for Cultivate Culinary connecting them with hot food donated by local schools. How are they cutting through red tape to feed the hungry kids we all want fed? Well 9 million other people watched CBS to find out and these guys are getting calls from all over the world asking, “How do we feed the hungry kids in our community, too?”

Former Marine, Gulf War Veteran and U.S. Embassy Guard in Paris and Rome, Ehren Tool now concentrates his talents and attention on creating ceramic cups.

Dr. John Tantillo has been in the Public Relations game for two decades and he’s got some phenomenal advice for creatives and other professionals looking to make a splash: Go Brand Yourself!

Caroline Finnegan is a dynamic and courageous freelance content producer. She often works with author and award-winning journalist Jill McGivering covering hard stories for the public. Caroline and Jill recently created a program for the BBC highlighting the crisis of Western men preying upon little boys in Nepal. These predators are not just abusing the kids sexually, they’re filming it for the Dark Web. Please Listen to my talk with Caroline Finnigan. Also, Listen to Caroline Finnigan's BBC Assignment: Nepal Fights Foreign Paedophiles Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit tasked with safeguarding children in Nepal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003rj9

Amanda Parker is the Senior Director at AHA Foundation, a non-profit organization for the defense of women's rights and female liberty. Founded in 2007 by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the goal of AHA Foundation is to combat crimes against women such as child marriage, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. Amanda Parker travels throughout America educating legislators, encouraging ballot initiatives that protect little girls, tweens, teens, and women from abuse. Hear what a typical day is like for Ms. Parker, the shocking number of how many girls and women in America have experienced FGM, and what survivors of the practice are doing to end it in America-where currently 22 states do not have laws criminalizing the practice.

Jenn Castillo Staats is a professional practitioner of the intuitive arts, a Spiritual Wellness and Intuitive Coach, and an Educator. Jenn has spent her entire life studying healing, spirituality, psychology, social work, trauma, and philosophy. A social worker, trauma therapist, and educator for 15 years in the Cincinnati area, Jenn recently opened her own wellness studio in downtown Montgomery, Ohio where she’s empowering clients on their journeys toward holistic wellness.

Join me for Part 2 where I conclude my conversation with Dawn Wilcox, a school nurse in Texas, who began documenting women and girls murdered, in 2018, by men in America. She's found and recorded over 1600 - with hundreds more to add - in order to complete her femicide victims' spreadsheet. In this country, an average of three to five women are murdered by men each day. This is a national emergency nobody's talking about.

Dawn Wilcox, a school nurse in Texas, began documenting women and girls murdered, in 2018, by men in America. She's found and recorded over 1600 - with hundreds more to add - in order to complete her femicide victims' spreadsheet. In this country, an average of three to five women are murdered by men each day. This is a national emergency nobody's talking about.

Brendan Burrow is a U.S. Navy Veteran who's traveled the world and lived all over America. Now in Indy with his new wife, an Immigration Defense Attorney, and their triplets, Brendan has some thoughts to share about how our nation is handling asylum-seekers, and all the good food he's grooving on in his adopted home state, Indiana.

Did you make a baby with Krampus? Do you co-parent with Jeffrey Dahmer? Do you trade weekends with John Wayne Gacy? Well, you are not alone. Dr. Joan Meier founded DV Leap to provide legal assistance to protective mothers through the appeals process. Please join us in welcoming Sasha Drobnick, Managing Attorney for DV Leap and this week's special WOMENACE.

Please welcome to the podcast special guest WOMENACE Peggy Hoffman. Peggy is the chapter leader of Stop Abuse Campaign - Pennsylvania, one of the organization’s largest chapters. She’s leading Family Court Reform in the Keystone State.

Joe Eriquez saw a need in his community, Peoria, Arizona, so he stepped up to the challenge and founded Heart For the City AZ. This dad and grandad created programs to help young people of all ethnic backgrounds, both religious and non-religious, learn how to grow gardens, develop stewardship, progress in athletics and education, and advance at life. Joe Eriquez details his good work in Arizona, which could be duplicated anywhere.

Aimee Gardiner is a mom who decided a mandate to vaccinate Rhode Island kids against HPV was unconstitutional. So she formed NoHPVMandateRI to educate her neighbors about this controversial shot. Her grassroots efforts have raised quite an awareness about informed consent and religious/philosophical exemption throughout The Ocean State, America’s birthplace of freedom of religion and religious tolerance.