Madness Cafe
A feminist current events/social commentary podcast where we discuss politics, health and wellness and women's rights issues.
186. The Inauguration Episode: Trump and Authoritarian Populism
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In many ways, the country (and possibly the world) is trying to make sense of the 2024 election and what lies ahead. We’re doing the same. Join the postmortem and let us know how you’re processing Trump’s reelection.Â
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185. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
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Welcome to the 1st installment of our Banned Books Series! In this episode, we discuss George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto. This is a beautiful and important book. Tune in to hear our reactions to and understanding of All Boys Aren't Blue. Afterwards, let us know your thoughts about the book.Â
George M. Johnson (they/them) is an Emmy nominated, award-winning, and bestselling Black nonbinary author and activist. They have written on race, gender, sex, and culture f...
MINISODE: For Everyone Who Wears A Mask
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Sometimes a poem or a piece of writing just speaks to you. In the first book of our Banned Book Series, All Boys Aren't Blue, George M. Johnson talks about Paul Laurence Dunbar's We Wear the Mask - a poem that has significant meaning for Raquel.Â
Share with us a poem or piece of writing that has impacted you!
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184. Get to the Subconscious Root Cause of Your Symptoms and Behaviors: Rapid Transformational Therapy with guest Chloe Jimenez-Peters
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Have you ever wondered why you react in certain ways or why you have particular feelings or aches and pains? It turns out that a lot of it is based in childhood. It's our subconscious blueprint. Although there are a number of helpful techniques to uncover our blueprint, one very helpful tool is rapid transformational therapy (RTT). Our guest this week, Chloe Jimenez-Peters, is a Transformational Hypnotherapist and Trauma Informed Coach who works with women worldwide to rapidly identify and transform the subconscious blueprint...
MINISODE: Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni: Not Man Enough
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Regardless of whether you are tuned in to popular "news", chances are pretty good that you've heard something about the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni saga. We dive in with our opinions about this debacle in this minisode. What are your thoughts about all of this?
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
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183. Madness Cafe Strikes Back: Our Project 2025 - Banned Books Series
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In this week’s episode we’re telling y’all about one of the ways that we are striking back at Project 2025 - we’re doing a banned book series in 2025! For each month of the coming year we’ll discuss a book that has been banned.
In hopes that y’all will join us in this reading journey, the list of all of the books in the series below.
January - All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manife...
MINISODE: Black Trad Wives - Yay or Nay?
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We're trying something a bit different here at Madness Cafe - minisodes! These are a chance for us to pop in from time to time when we feel the urge to chat a little about a timely topic in the zeitgeist. Our very first minisode is about Black trad wives. We have opinions! (Shocker!)Â
What do you think about Black trad wives?Â
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182. Ethical Non-Monogamy, Swingers and Polyamory: Could The Lifestyle Be Right For You? with guest Lauren Hayes
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What is ethical non-monogamy? Is it the same as polyamory? Are we talking about swinging? We're talking about all that and more with Lauren Hayes, a relationship coach specializing in supporting ethically non-monogamous (ENM) couples, including swingers and the ENM-curious. You might be surprised about what you learn in this episode.
Lauren Hayes, trained in both life and relationship coaching, helps couples navigate and engage the swinging and non-monogamous community in the healthiest of ways. Her approach aims to help couples build...
181. The Normalization of Hatred and Antisemitism: Escape From Dachau with Susan Servais
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How much do we really know about our parents, grandparents, and our family history? How do they fit into the backdrop of history as a whole? Susan Servais' mother Kathe Mueller Slonim gave her family the gift of her story in the book Escape From Dachau: A True Story of Survival, Courage, and A Daring Escape in the Face of Unthinkable Evil. This book is a memoir couched in history that reads like a novel. Tune in to hear our conversation with Susan about...
180. The Truth About Immigration and H-4 Spouse Visas - Book Chat: Golden Handcuffs by Varuni Sinha
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In this week's episode, we discuss Varuni Sinha's memoir, Golden Handcuffs: An Immigrant's Pursuit of Happiness. Varuni, a New York-based writer and multimedia producer, describes her book as a story of love, strength, and resilience written with the intention of spreading peace and harmony. Golden Handcuffs is all that and so much more; it's the true story of what so many South Asian (and other immigrant) women endure in America - legal immigrants held down by 21st century laws that threaten their right to...
