Podcast Episodes

2018: Personal and Political Resolutions

Season 3

After a tumultuous 2017, we're looking ahead. Inspired by Ali Edwards's One Little Word, we choose our words of the year personally and for the podcast. We also talk about our political resolutions. …

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Questions for New Year's Eve reflections on the year in politics

Season 3

2017 has been a long year, to say the least. We’re reflecting on that year the same way we’ve gotten through it - with a little help from our friends

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Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

"The Governing Wing of the Republican Party" with Sarah Chamberlain

Season 3

While Sarah enjoys some holiday time, Beth shares an interview with Sarah Chamberlain, President and CEO of the Republican Main Street Partnership -- a coalition of 70 members of Congress. 

Thanks so …

Published on 8 years ago

The tax plan, Evangelicals, and gendered conversations

Season 3

We’ve been talking about the #metoo movement at length. As the year draws to a close, we’re thinking more about what gender equality could really mean. We discuss the Republican tax plan, evangelical…

Published on 8 years ago

Doug Jones and Roy Moore, the Mueller Investigation, and a Kentucky Tragedy

Season 3

Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in Alabama’s special senate election. We reflect on that race, complaints about bias in the Mueller investigation, and the tragic suicide of a Kentucky lawmaker.  Thanks…

Published on 8 years ago

Complicit: Trump, the Media, the Budget, and the 2017 Word of the Year

Season 3

Dictionary.com has made “complicit” the 2017 Word of the Year. We consider our collective responsibility and Lindy West’s powerful statement that the opposite of complicity isn’t apology; it’s fixing…

Published on 8 years ago

Jerusalem, Al Franken, and feedback

Season 3

A quick ask! We need reviews for The Nuanced Life to help us get recognized by iTunes! So, if you're enjoying the show, stop on over and give us a review. 

We discuss President Trump declaring Jerusal…

Published on 8 years ago

Michael Flynn, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, CVS and Aetna, and What Our Priorities Say About Our Care for Children

Season 3

Michael Flynn has entered a guilty plea and is cooperating with the Mueller investigation, and the Senate took a big step toward tax cuts. With very few days left in the legislative year, we’re consi…

Published on 8 years ago

Cheers to Disequilibrium: Processing Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor, and Donald Trump

Season 3

Oscar Wilde said, “everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” Sex and power continue to dominate the headlines, and we’re still processing that along with our increasingly …

Published on 8 years ago

Net Neutrality and #MeToo: Reckonings and Reflections

Season 3

The tsunami of sexual harassment and assault allegations continues and is causing cultural and political reflection. Today we continue our ongoing discussion of politics, partisanship, and the #metoo…

Published on 8 years ago