The Moms Movement

The Moms Movement

Moms Demand, formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, is breaking the lock the NRA has on our country’s legislators for more than a generation. Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Kelly Moore of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America about...

Parenting and Internet Policy

The hazards for kids online used to be evenly matched with standard parental worries about their interest in sex and their vulnerability to strangers. But the pervasiveness of violent pornography and political disinformation campaigns means the internet pose...

One Rally at the End

Today’s episode starts with a true, day-in-the-life story of a ResistanceMom.  Me. Yesterday was a podcast recording day, with a big guest I couldn’t wait to talk to, John Pavlovitz.  It was really cool of him to agree to be interviewed at an as-yet unknown...

Activist Parenting

How do we help our kids make sense of the attacks on our democracy? Can the work of resisting racism and defending democracy be something we can do side by side with our kids? Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with author and family therapist Rebecca Thompson Hitt about...

The Shutdown’s Aftermath

It is February and the government shutdown is over, but it’s effects continue to be enormous.  The shutdown was the most direct and sustained attack on the institutions of our government that has happened in my lifetime.  Workers and contractors sneered at,...