Left of Midlife

Before Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive care lived in the shadows. For centuries, midwives and women quietly cared from one another - until the 1800's, when male physicians and morality laws like the Comstock Act of 1873 criminalized birth control, abortion, and even information about them.
 
In this episode, the Left of Midlife crew trace that history through the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and its successor, Planned Parenthood v. Casey - exploring the people, the politics, and the decades of erosion that thinned those protections to paper.
 
It's the story of how women's healthcare was taken, reclaimed, and tested again - and what it means to live in a country still debating who controls the most private decisions of all. 

After the vote was won, America patted women on the head, handed them an apron, and said "You've had your fun - now go make me a sandwich."
 
In Burning Bras and Breaking Law: Part 3, we unpack the mid-century backlash that tried to shove women back into the kitchen - and the revolution that refused to stay quiet. From Rosie the Riveter to Gloria Steinem, from "the problem with no name" to Roe v Wade, this episode's serving up history and present day with a side of sarcasm  - and zero sandwiches.
 
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The fight for women's rights didn't end with Seneca Falls - that's just the opening act.In this episode, the Left of Midlife crew dives into the post-Civil War era, when the movement for equality got a little messy, and magnificently complicated. We'll trace the long, winding road from the suffrage schisms of the 1860's to the protests, pickets, and prison cells that finally delivered the 19th Amendment. Grab your metaphorical picket sign and join us in learning about the women history tried to footnote, and be reminded that democracy was never a gift - it was a fight. 
 
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This is an emergency mini episode - because hunger can't wait. SNAP funding could stall as soon as November 1st, living millions of kids, seniors, disabled, and working families without the help they depend on to eat.
 
The Midlife crew cuts through the lies and the stereotypes to tell the truth: most SNAP recipients work, fraud is rare, and $6 a day doesn't make anyone rich. 
 
Get the facts, get fired up, and learn how you can help - because compassion isn't radical, its essential.
 
Feed My Sheep Food Pantry - 812-254-5429
Free Thanksgiving Meals - daviesscountydem@gmail.com
Call 211 for food and financial assistance
Pace 812-882-7927
Helping His Hands - 812-494-2888
Community Compass Free Food & Nutrition Maps www.communitycompass.app/home
Impact Ministries 812-641-0067
 
 

Long before women were marching in the streets or setting their bras on fire, a few fearless minds were lighting the first sparks of rebellion - one quill stroke at a time.
 
In this episode, the Left of Midlife crew travels back to the OG feminist era: when corsets were tight, rights were nonexistent, and "well behaved women" were just getting warmed up. 
 
From Mary Wollstonecraft's revolutionary writings to Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton crashing the political boys' club, we're tracing how the earliest troublemakers laid the groundwork for every feminist fight that followed. 
 
Expect laughter, and some side eye, as we unpack the women who built the movement before it was cool - the Founding Mothers who made history, one well written hot take at a time. 
 
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In Left, Right, and Totally Wrong, the Left of Midlife crew tiptoes into the minefield between progressives and centrists — where everyone swears they’re the “reasonable one.” We’re unpacking what divides us, what still connects us, and whether compromise is collaboration… or just surrender with better PR.
 
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This week, we ditched the studio and hit the streets — from Boonville to Evansville to Vincennes — for a special No Kings Rally edition of Left of Midlife.
We’re joined by powerhouse organizer Laura King of Boonville Resistance and Hoosier Rise (https://linktr.ee/Hoosiersrise) — the group keeping democracy connected (and color-coded) across Indiana. Laura shares how she turned frustration into action, how protests really come together behind the scenes, and why staying informed is the ultimate act of resistance.
Follow Hoosier Rise for statewide protest updates: https://linktr.ee/Hoosiersrise
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The government is out to lunch - AGAIN.
Join Marsha, Lacey, and Tiffanie as they breakdown the latest shutdown drama, who’s actually paying the price (spoiler: it’s not politicians), and why D.C. feels more like daycare than democracy.
We’ll throw some shade, drop some facts, play Real Housewives or Real Politicians?, and still try to find a little hope - because someone has to be the adult. 
Listen for the laughs, stay for the rage, because if the government can crash out….why can’t we? 
Hosted by: Tiffanie Arthur- Daviess County Democratic Chair, Marsha Fleming - Knox County Democratic Chair and Lacey Pemberton - Warrick Country Democratic Vice Chair
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Left of Midlife is where three small-town, liberal women take on the chaos of politics, leadership, and life with sharp insight and plenty of laughs. From staring down the beginning of midlife to wondering what’s left of it, we’ve got stories and opinions worth sharing — and we’re all leaning left. From the quirks of Indiana politics to the national dumpster fire we’re all living in, nothing is off-limits. We’ll rant, we’ll laugh, and we’ll remind you that if we can’t find the humor in all this, we might just lose our minds.