We're Back! Guest Ryan Schuling surprises Shelley with his support of the New York Times position on defamation and Sarah Palin, smartly differentiates between the Canadian trucker protest and the local teachers' protest, and agrees with Shelley on the disturbing state of our financial crisis.  

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We’re back! Ryan Schuiling and Shelley discuss what’s in the news!

Special Guest Jessica recounts the trauma of her mother's COVID19 experience.  Shelley and Jessica discuss whether fear and politics are driving current viewpoints on COVID19, and whether schools and the economy should open up.  What do you think?  

COVID19 - Fear and Politics Versus Data

Join Shelley and Guest Scott Romano, a Senior at University of Denver studying International Business and Economics, as they discuss the differing perspective of Generation Z and Millennials on political institutions, social issues, and the 2020 election.  

Perspective - Generation Z

Join Shelley with special guest, Matt Dunn of Backbone Radio, while they discuss the impeachment proceedings, their favorite Dems in the race, Spygate, climate change, and Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's decision to give up their royal titles.

With Special Guest Matt Dunn of Backbone Radio

It's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:  Does President Trump really think Colorado is a border state? Why are Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg running sweepstakes to fly supporters across the country if civil aviation pollution is a key contributor to climate change? Abortion rates are down in Colorado - is free birth control for teens the reason why? The TX custody case for 7-year old James Younger:  is he in fact transgender as his mother claims? Did Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduce taxes only for the 'ultra-wealthy' but not the middle class? Have Seattle's public schools declared math is racist as part of their newly expanded ethnic studies program?  2 resources that we promised to share from this episode:   NYT op-ed from David Leonhardt (linking to Salt Lake Tribune reprint to avoid NYT paywall restrictions): https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/10/07/david-leonhardt-rich/    Forbes' rebuttal: https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2019/10/11/are-us-billionaires-really-paying-a-lower-tax-rate-than-working-people-probably-not/

Lightning Round! (October 2019)

Join us with special guest Alan Zibel of Public Citizen (www.citizen.org) as we discuss Alan's recent report titled "Detained for Profit: Spending Surges under U.S. Immigration Crackdown". For-profit prisons play a key role in U.S. immigration detentions and receive billions each year of our taxpayer dollars.  Are for-profit prisons a good or bad idea?  How do immigration policies like the Flores Agreement impact the number of immigrant detainees arriving at our southern border?  What are potential solutions to ensure immigrant children and families aren't waiting months for their immigration cases to be heard?  Read Alan's report for yourself here: https://www.citizen.org/article/detained-for-profit-spending-surges-under-u-s-immigration-crackdown/

For-Profit Prisons and Immigration w/guest Alan Zibel of Public Citizen

it's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:   - Do we have a right to not be offended by someone else's choice of language? - Is the transcript of the call between Trump and the Ukrainian President going to be enough to finally take down Trump via impeachment? (*NOTE*: we recorded this episode on 9/25, the day the transcript was released.  Subsequently the whistleblower report was released which includes facts not discussed in the episode e.g. the timeline for the U.S. decision to withhold foreign aid and when Ukraine was made aware of that decision.) - Do you think teenagers should be featured on a global stage to advocate on issues like climate change? - Why is the federal reserve pumping so much money into the economy? - Do you agree with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that the NRA is a domestic terrorist organization? - Do you agree that an event hall in Mississippi refusing to perform a wedding for a biracial couple is racist?  

Lightning Round! (September 2019)

Join us as we talk with Andrew Romanoff, Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate representing Colorado.  We cover a number of issues important to all voters, in Colorado as well as across the U.S., including economic policy, gun violence, healthcare, immigration and more.  You can learn more about Andrew at www.andrewromanoff.com. 

The race to 2020 w/guest Andrew Romanoff

We are joined by Casper Stockham, Republican candidate for Colorado's 6th Congressional District.  We cover a lot of topics that we believe are of interest to our listeners on both sides of the aisle (and even outside of Colorado) and have provided audio bookmarks in case you're interested to hear only part of our conversation (of course, we hope you'll listen to the entire thing).  Also, we've provided quite a few reference links for this episode that provide additional data, opinion and analysis on each topic we discuss. Federal spending/budget/taxes ~6:34 Voting rights ~16:55 Illegal immigration ~26:15 Education ~ 39:15 Gun violence ~52:23 Gay rights v. religious freedom ~1:17:49   References (links may only work on www.redmombluemom.com) Federal spending/budget/taxes: CBO - 2018 federal budget infographic (Jan 2019) Face it - you probably got a tax cut (NYT, April 2019) Pass-Through Deduction Will Fuel Wealth Inequality (Forbes Dec 2018) A Year After the Middle Class Tax Cut, the Rich are Winning (Bloomberg Dec 2018)   Voting rights: Voter Suppression is Warping Democracy (Atlantic, July 2018) Voter Suppression During the 2018 Midterm Election (Center for American Progress, November 2018) Election resources (National Conference of State Legislatures) YouTube - Are voter ID laws racist? (Ami Horowitz, November 2016)   Illegal immigration: Family separation by the numbers (ACLU, August 2019) The real border crisis is foreigners gaming American's asylum laws (The Federalist, December 2018) Why don’t they just get in line (American Immigration Council, 2016) If you want less illegal immigration, go after employers (Mother Jones Commentary, November 2016)   Education: Why do Republicans Suddenly Hate College So Much (Atlantic, July 2017) New Data Shows Some Colleges are Definitely Unaffordable for Many (Hechinger Report, October 2018) The immorality of student loan forgiveness and free college (Reason, August 2019) The world might be better off without college for everyone (Atlantic, January 2018)   Gun violence: 7 gun control myths that just won't die (The Federalist, October 2015) US Mass Shootings - data from 1982 - 2019 (Mother Jones, August 2019) Gun-Rights Advocates Claim Criminals Don’t Follow Gun Laws. Here’s the Research That Shows They’re Wrong. (The Trace, 2015) 2018 was by far the worst year on record for gun violence in schools (Vox, December 2018)   Gay rights v. religious freedom When Religion Becomes an Excuse to Discriminate (Advocate Opinion, February 2018) LGBT rights are under attack (Daily Beast April, 2019) Can a religious school fire a gay teacher? It's complicated. (NBC, August 2019) 

The race to 2020 with guest Casper Stockham

it's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:   - Is Trump un-American and un-patriotic for selling arms to Saudi Arabia? - Is Rep. Steve King's recent comment about comparing cultures, the Founding Fathers and American exceptionalism racist? - Did taking down the American flag and replacing it with a Mexico flag at a Colorado ICE detention facility help or hurt the cause of immigration activists? - Are pharmaceutical manufacturers complicit in the opioid crisis? - Did Macy's make the right decision when they stopped selling a set of dinnerware because some criticized the product as promoting body-shaming? Plus, a quick chat on a topic we've discussed before:  the recent shooting in Gilroy, CA and gun control.  We'll discuss this in more detail in an upcoming episode. Although we don't typically share our resources for Lightning Round episodes, here are a few things that we thought might be helpful for listeners as we specifically reference them in the episode (links may only work on www.redmombluemom.com): - Obama's Saudi arms deal: https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/critics-slam-obama-administration-hiding-massive-saudi-arms/story?id=12192558 - Opioid manufacturers flood market with pills (**behind paywall**): https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/76-billion-opioid-pills-newly-released-federal-data-unmasks-the-epidemic/2019/07/16/5f29fd62-a73e-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1ayOgSIBHksORxlW95OGLVj1gTdOjusAnVVLCx425yTgb6bZXVUmAGysc&utm_term=.1a375ae291e5

Lightning Round! (August 2019)

Trump's recent tweet suggesting that "progressive Democrat Congresswomen" (which many believe is referring to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Omar, Rep. Pressley and Rep. Tlaib, aka The Squad) go back to where they came from has caused an uproar from the Left who believe it is more evidence of his racism.  But is his tweet actually racist?  Is the word 'racism' overused?  What is the difference between explicit and implicit racism or other biases?  And ultimately what does this latest political controversy mean for the 2020 election?   References (links may only work on www.redmombluemom.com): Axios poll (July 2019)   Rasmussen poll (July 2019)   Trump's comments on Charlottesville - transcript (LA Times, Aug 2017)   Trump is leading a hate movement (Washington Post, July 2019) *behind paywall*   16 examples of Trump being racist (HuffPost, Feb 2017)   The President strikes back (Power Line Blog, July 2019)   Dissent can be patriotic, hating your country isn't (The Federalist, July 2019) 

Is saying "go back to where you came from" racist?

it's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:   - Should the College Board provide socioeconomic & demographic data about college applicants in addition to SAT scores? - Is the US women's national soccer team a national treasure or a national disgrace? - Should we tear down Columbine High School to prevent it from being used as a macabre tourist site? - Did Phoenix Police overreact to a family whose daughter stole a doll from the Dollar Store? - Did Nike 'do the right thing' by pulling back distribution of a shoe featuring the Betsy Ross flag because Colin Kaepernick asked them to? - Is the Dalai Lama sexist because he thinks his successor, if female, should be attractive?

Lightning Round! (July 2019)

June is International Pride month.  Join us as we discuss a variety of LGBT issues, including the proposed "Equality Act" that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives, civil rights v. religious freedom, Trump's policy on transgenders in the military, allowing transgenders to compete in women's sports and the idea of a "Straight Pride" parade. References: Text of Equality Act   House Passes LGBTQ Bill (Vox, May 2019)   Equality Act will crush religious freedom (USA Today, May 2019)   LGBT rights are under attack (Daily Beast April 2019)   General Mattis memo on transgenders serving in the military (February 2018)   LGBT Discrimination is Bad for Society and Bad for Business (B the Change, January 2017)   When Religion Becomes an Excuse to Discriminate (Advocate Opinion, February 2018)   Masterpiece Cakeshop fighting for 1st Amendment, not against gay marriage (RCP, June 2017)    Brief History of LGBT Military Policy (USC)   Transgender Military Ban Defies Our Values (Washington Post Opinion, March 2019)    

LGBT Issues

Abortion continues to be a hot topic in our national conversation, particularly among 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls.  We discuss recent abortion news, including new controversial laws in states like Alabama and Georgia, the role of men - especially male state legislators - in the abortion debate, the language of abortion, and Hollywood's response. References: Guidance Reminder on Abortion (NPR, May 2019)   Alabama's male legislature: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/17/deep-red-alabama-would-more-women-legislature-have-made-difference-heated-abortion-debate/?utm_term=.61aedd284196   Abortion laws in 2019 (NYT): www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html   Biden and the Hyde Amendment:  https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/politics/biden-no-longer-supports-hyde-amendment/index.html   St. Louis PP clinic: https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/judge-temporarily-protects-access-abortion-planned-parenthoods-st-louis-clinic#stream/0   Alyssa Milano's #sexstrike: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/11/alyssa-milano-calls-sex-strike-protest-anti-abortion-laws/1174983001/   Disney and Netflix respond to GA abortion law: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-08/trouble-in-y-allywood-no-1-film-state-rattled-by-abortion-law  

Abortion Updates

Introducing the Red Mom Blue Mom Podcast lightning round!! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:   - Is Trump serious about sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities? - Should we allow incarcerated felons to vote? - Why doesn't Amazon pay taxes? - Should we forgive student debts and offer free college like 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is promoting? - Is Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a credible spokesperson on climate change?

Lightning Round! (May 2019)

Red View Blue View is produced by two friends on opposite sides of the political aisle. Join us as we discuss politics, current events and social issues.