Red State Blue Mom

This episode was recorded on July 11, before the assassination attempt on Trump, the Republican National Convention, and any other big-time news prior to the posting date listed. Regardless and as always, Mama B has plenty to say as she regales her audience with stories of summer weekends spent in Nashville. In Mama B’s story of a Kentucky incest survivor, you will hear why having options inspires...

What is it like to be a Progressive Democrat in a southern state legislature with a Republican supermajority? With her first legislative session behind her, Tennessee State Representative Aftyn Behn (District 51, Nashville) sits down with Mama B. at her family’s kitchen table to discuss her unique experience. This episode is guaranteed to be interesting and informative so stay calm and listen on....

​In the last part of this three-part podcast series, Mama B. talks about a huge movement within the Christian faith, a subset of a much larger and sinister anti-democratic organization who are “Followers of Jesus” not necessarily of any particular Christian sect. These people and their organization have been around at least since the 1930’s and are exceedingly well-connected in government, busines...

As Mama B. says, “Excuses are like belly buttons, everyone has one.” Here are a few of her excuses for the much-needed pause she is taking before writing and recording “The Devil is in the Details, Part 3” to be posted next month in May.

In Part 2 of a three-part episode series, Mama B. gives a shout out to the ladies with a nod to Women’s Herstory Month, past and present. Never one to withhold an opinion, this episode does not disappoint. Mama B. also gives her cliff notes answer to the question, “How did Tennessee become such a bright red Republican supermajority state after having been one of the Democrat led Confederate States...

In the first half of February, there has been an almost daily flurry of Breaking News. In Part 1 of this podcast recorded on President’s day, Mama B. highlights some of the first few weeks of February’s breaking news including Donald Trump’s legal woes and her opinion of Nikki Haley’s presidential candidacy but served with a southern twist. As she often does, Mama B. intertwines her cultural obser...

Mama B. is back from her family’s holiday break trip to Ireland. As she shares some of her more interesting travel adventures in Ireland. . . she feels listeners may be surprised at the U.S. and Ireland’s intertwined history. She learned there are lessons from Irish history for the U.S. to heed as it gets ready to vote in what will be the most definitive Presidential election in modern American hi...

With its long holiday to-do list, December can be very stressful. Mama B. is making this month’s podcast short and pertinent with an important reading assignment for when listeners have some downtime. After reading Project 2025, you will know why this coming year will be pivotal for the United States and for all of us who love democracy and freedom.

November is Native American Heritage Month and the time of year when we observe Thanksgiving, a holiday whose beginnings were predicated on acknowledging our blessings with gratefulness for a shared, bounteous meal between two very different cultures with two very different concepts of land ownership. At this moment in time, there are two majorly horrendous wars being waged in the world. Mama B. h...

This podcast is an interview with Tennessee’s newest and youngest female State House Representative (Nashville District #51). A rare female Progressive Democrat in a governing body awash with male MAGA Republicans. Hear what she has to say. . . (Recorded on October 15, 2023)

Mama B. talks about a newly minted Tennessee State House Representative, more political news affecting Tennessee you might not be aware of that may be headed to other southern states, the influence of religion in the state on both education and affirmative action, and how country music is now as divided as the American populace.

It’s been a summer with lots of Girl Power! The color pink is dominating but there’s always the black and white reality of real life and present-day politics. In this month’s podcast, Mama B. continues her tales of politicking for her daughter’s Special Election campaign for Tennessee House Representative, discusses the next step in her daughter’s candidacy, and the aftermath in her own life from...

In this episode, Mama B. gives details about her Nashville door knocking experience in the summer heat for her daughter’s special election campaign. She also talks about a few significant SCOTUS rulings handed down in June and their implications while, yet again, giving her listeners some sage advice along the way.

Topics talked about in detail or hinted at include:  Tiger Moms, MAGA Experiences in Arizona including a new January 6th conspiracy theory, Pride Month, a stay at a Grand Old Southern Hotel in Memphis that Elvis loved, and tales from the Mississippi Delta regarding Tennessee’s very own First Grand Wizard of the KKK and his effect on the state to this very day.

May is the month known for Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. During this month we honor and celebrate the mothers, matriarchs, and the mothering influences in our lives. On Memorial Day we honor those who have died fighting for our country. In this podcast, Mama B. tells stories about the significance of the color red for both these holidays.

Mama B. weighs in on the events of March 27 through April 13, a very shameful and consequential history making more than two weeks for the state of Tennessee and American Democracy. She talks about the mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville and the stupid but not surprising political missteps of Republicans in the Tennessee House in dealing with gun reform protestors and The Tenn...

In celebration of Women’s Herstory Month, Mama B. tells listeners about a little-known Revolutionary War Soldier. She asks some thought-provoking questions of her listeners while telling some personal stories as she talks about her concerns for a new class of political refugees in this country: the LGBTQ community.

By popular demand, Mama B. continues her discussion on Sweden. In this podcast, she highlights its progressive government while making comparisons to the United States. Some of this year's February events have more of a connection to Sweden than listeners may even realize

A travelogue of Mama B.’s family trip to Sweden & the Arctic. . . ending with words of warning.

Topics of discussion all in one podcast: December celebrations, Monuments Men and Warrior Librarians, The Best of America, Irritations, and an Adventure on the Horizon

Mama B. talks about the mid-term election results most of us didn’t see coming and tells listeners a few personal stories regarding family MAGA fans. After recording last month’s podcast, Mama B. made her annual pilgrimage to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to pay her respects at Sacajawea’s gravesite and to visit one of the reservation’s mission churches. In honor of Native American Month,...

Mama B. talks about fall colors and the many shades of a color's meaning... from flying and showing one's true colors in sports and politics, to the colors of hate. Mama B. throws in some Rocky Top and Dolly too.

In this podcast's first ever interview, Mama B. chats with Anna, a long time family friend with a compelling family history. After his capture and then release by the Union Army during the Civil War, Anna's paternal ancestor became a major Victorian era figure and businessman in Knoxville, Tennessee with a legacy that continues to this day. You are going to hear Anna's story of what it's like to b...

What does the intergalactic universe have in common with our country's political universe? Mama B. sheds light on the answer to this question.

Our country has recently experienced many shock waves. Much more than half our population is depressed, feeling deep dread and uncertainty as to what the future will bring. After the rulings of this latest Supreme Court term, long held beliefs in the certainty of justice and constitutional rights have been rattled. Gun violence has not abated. The January 6th Committee findings and testimony conti...