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 making sure we show our kids how to move through trauma to action.

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Trump Toxins and the American Family

Author and pastor John Pavlovitz speaks with us today about the anniversary of the Parkland massacre, and how storytelling and story-sharing holds the door open to healing the relationships broken by Trumpism and Fox News.

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The Anxiety of Totalitarianism

It’s late November, 2018 and life still feels like it’s in a weird state of suspension that started the moment Trump was announced the winner of the 2016 election. From that moment forward we have had to live with nothing but questions. How did this happen? What is Trump going to do? What will the Democrats do? Can the courts stop him? Can Mueller stop him? How can I stop this?

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Running For Office

This week, ResistanceMom.com interviews Lindsay Cross, a first time candidate for office who came within a few points of beating a powerful Republican State Senator in 2018.  Our discussion covers her journey from citizen scientist to emerging political leader.

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Russian Active Measures

Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Chris Sampson, cyber-researcher with Tapestries and researcher working with Malcolm Nance, author of the The Plot To Hack America, The Plot to Attack Democracy and others.

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Recount

Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with activist Ashley Green about the urgent campaigns to chase ballots in the Florida recount.  More than 20,000 votes have the potential to get ‘cured’ if they settle questions about their signatures and the campaigns are hard at work finding those people.

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Election Integrity

With the midterm election upon us, ResistanceMom interviews Marilyn Marks about fighting to let votes be counted in that state’s deeply conflicted Secretary of Elections (hint: he’s overseeing the election in which he himself is running for Governor).

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The ResistanceMom podcast is the story of Americans defending and rebuilding democracy today, for our own sakes and for our kids’. It is a story that ultimately will eclipse the perfect storm of Russians, billionaires and racists that lifted a mobster and traitor into the White House in 2016.

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Millions of us have now become activists: marching, knocking on doors, running for office, and teaching our kids to never look away from the atrocities of racism and white supremacy. Each of us are finding our own path to stand in defense of our communities, our democratic system, and the values to which we aspire.

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Host Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with leaders from every aspect of the resistance about how to make an impact that will last, the fight to end gun violence, movements for sustainable economies, defending America’s immigrants, and confronting white supremacy. The show does a deep dive into new frameworks for protecting speech and civil rights online. We also have a particular focus on our responsibilities to the next generation: engaging youth activists, and figuring out how to at once protect and prepare kids for the challenges built into the world they will inherit.  

Andrea Hildebran Smith

Andrea Hildebran Smith is a writer and activist who has worked in progressive advocacy and community radio for more than 30 years. She has worked on ballot measure and candidate campaigns, been a lobbyist and fundraiser fighting anti-gay ballot measures in red states and rural communities. She was the executive director of Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the public education director at GLAD in Boston, and founded an award-winning community garden in St Petersburg, FL, where she lives with her wife and son.

Listen to ResistanceMom

Listen to ResistanceMom

The ResistanceMom podcast is the story of Americans defending and rebuilding democracy today, for our own sakes and for our kids’. It is a story that ultimately will eclipse the perfect storm of Russians, billionaires and racists that lifted a mobster and traitor into the White House in 2016.

Making an Impact

Making an Impact

Millions of us have now become activists: marching, knocking on doors, running for office, and teaching our kids to never look away from the atrocities of racism and white supremacy. Each of us are finding our own path to stand in defense of our communities, our democratic system, and the values to which we aspire.

A Call to Action

A Call to Action

Host Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with leaders from every aspect of the resistance about how to make an impact that will last, the fight to end gun violence, movements for sustainable economies, defending America’s immigrants, and confronting white supremacy. The show does a deep dive into new frameworks for protecting speech and civil rights online. We also have a particular focus on our responsibilities to the next generation: engaging youth activists, and figuring out how to at once protect and prepare kids for the challenges built into the world they will inherit.

Andrea Hildebran Smith

Andrea Hildebran Smith

Andrea Hildebran Smith is a writer and activist who has worked in progressive advocacy and community radio for more than 30 years. She has worked on ballot measure and candidate campaigns, been a lobbyist and fundraiser fighting anti-gay ballot measures in red states and rural communities. She was the executive director of Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the public education director at GLAD in Boston, and founded an award-winning community garden in St Petersburg, FL, where she lives with her wife and son.

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