Womenace To Society

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.