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Beyond Resistance Pod

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Welcome to the Beyond Resistance Pod where we help red communities build blue power and start winning! Your hosts, Sarah Schulz and Jennifer Austin, turned the GOP mecca of Midland, MI into a blue city that votes for Democrats up and down the ballot! Now, they want to help you through guests, stories, and information that can help any community build blue power. Winning doesn’t always look like winning, so let’s start with some basics and we’ll flip that community together!

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Ep. 11 Beyond Resistance: Courage Inspires Courage 18.04.2025 31:13

Jennifer and Sarah discuss impact that real and perceived fear has on the work of activists and organizers in the current environment and how to get beyond the fear to meet what this moment requires of all of us.

Ep. 10 Beyond Resistance: The Long Game of Local Politics 28.03.2025 32:13

Jennifer and Sarah discuss taking baths, second hand shopping, and the importance of building sincere relationships locally and creating belonging as the foundation of community development and success.

Ep. 9 Beyond Resistance: How to plan a protest 08.03.2025 35:24

Jennifer and Sarah discuss the importance of exercising the right of protest and how to organize one in your community.

Ep. 8 Beyond Resistance: Feeling hopeless? Check your toolbelt. 22.02.2025 25:15

Jennifer and Sarah discuss the tools we already have in our resistance toolbelt, the importance of community and mutual aid, and why we can't afford to "wait until the midterms" while our democratic institutions continue to erode under this fascist administration.

Ep. 7 Beyond Resistance: Tell them anyway 14.02.2025 39:15

Jennifer and Sarah discuss why they are writing a book about building Blue power in traditionally Red areas.

Ep. 6 Beyond Resistance: Compliance vs Defiance 09.02.2025 26:01

Jennifer and Sarah discuss what we should expect from our Democratic leaders in Washington and the challenges of leading locally.

Ep. 5 Beyond Resistance: The Freshman Flagger 31.01.2025 30:00

Jennifer and Sarah discuss the pardon of Jan 6 participant and local active Republican Jeremy Rodgers (Also known as the "Freshman Flagger" by the FBI because he assaulted police officers with a flag pole).

Ep. 4 Beyond Resistance: Chill the F*@k out. 24.01.2025 28:32

Jennifer and Sarah discuss the flurry of activity since the inauguration, strategies for spending our energy wisely, and ways to stay calm and focused through this marathon of outrage and chaos.

Ep. 3 Beyond Resistance: No. This isn’t ”who we are.” 17.01.2025 23:46

Jennifer and Sarah dive into local and national data and find hope, motivation, and focus.

Ep. 2 Beyond Resistance: The Story Underneath the United Healthcare CEO shooting. 06.12.2024 22:52

Sarah and Jennifer discuss the headlines, the predatory insurance industry, and how politicians on both sides are missing the boat on what matters to people.

Ep. 1 Beyond Resistance: The Biden Pardon. Who cares? 04.12.2024 12:49

Jennifer and Sarah discuss the outrage from the Left regarding President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter.