My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju

"If you want to get something done in Congress, people say you go to Diana DeGette." In this episode of My Body. My Pod., Mini Timmaraju sits down with Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus and one of the most effective reproductive freedom champions in Congress, to discuss the plan to restore abortion rights nationwide. From passing Colorado's landmark clin...

Four years after the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade , Rep. Ayanna Pressley joins Mini Timmaraju to reflect on power, policy, and why the fight for reproductive freedom demands both urgency and hope. In this special episode we’re joined by reproductive freedom champion Rep. Pressley, co-chair of the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus to reflect on where the movement stand...

We've got something really special for you this week. For the first time ever, we're bringing you a live recording of My Body. My Pod. from Reproductive Freedom for All's 2026 Activist Summit at the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC, where hundreds of activists from across the country gathered to build community, sharpen their organizing skills, and prepare for the fights ahead. At the heart of thi...

In this episode of My Body. My Pod. , Mini Timmaraju sits down with Skye Perryman—President and CEO of Democracy Forward and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025—to discuss the legal fights shaping reproductive freedom, voting rights, and democracy itself. From defending access to mifepristone against legally baseless fringe theories peddled by anti-abortion extremists, to challenging...

In collaboration with Abortion in America , our latest episode of My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju features Avery Davis Bell, a Georgia mother and genetics researcher who was forced to wait for emergency abortion care until complications were life-threatening. Avery was 18 weeks pregnant when her water broke—a medical emergency that made her pregnancy nonviable and placed her at risk for sever...

Abortion clinics have long been targets of coordinated blockades, harassment, and violence.  This reality has never stopped Rene Chelian, an abortion provider and advocate who has spent decades caring for patients and fighting for access. In this episode of My Body. My Pod. , Mini Timmaraju sits down with Renee, Founder and CEO of Northland Family Planning Centers, to talk about what it takes to d...

What does it take to fight back—and win? In this episode of My Body. My Pod., Mini Timmaraju sits down with New York Attorney General Leticia James to break down the critical role of attorneys general in protecting reproductive freedom in this moment. From defending abortion providers under attack, to taking on the Trump administration’s overreach, AG James is at the center of the legal fight to p...

Anti-abortion extremists are going after every single person involved in accessing abortion care—from patients to their doctors.  Abortion bans make it impossible for doctors to take care of their patients with the dignity and autonomy we deserve. When you deny people access to abortion care, women and pregnant people die.  In this episode of My Body. My Pod., Mini Timmaraju sits down with OB-GYN...

Abortion is a winning issue. Abortion bans are not. So why are some people on the left still treating reproductive freedom as if it’s negotiable? And how did a small number of anti-abortion extremists manage to chip away at our rights? In this episode of My Body. My Pod. , Mini Timmaraju sits down with journalist, author, and “Abortion, Every Day” founder Jessica Valenti to break down the current...

Award-winning journalist and executive producer Soledad O’Brien joins Mini Timmaraju on My Body. My Pod. to talk about her Oscar-nominated HBO documentary short “The Devil is Busy” that takes viewers inside a health clinic in Atlanta, where staff provide abortion care under relentless threats and a restrictive abortion ban. Told through Tracii, the clinic’s head of security, the film captures the...

In collaboration with Abortion in America , our latest episode of My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju features Julia and her daughter Daniela, a young immigrant whose access to abortion care was blocked by Florida’s abortion ban. Before we dive in, it’s important to ground ourselves in what’s happening across the country. Right now, undocumented people, immigrants, and people of color are being t...

We’re back with My Body. My Pod. — and this episode is about what happens when fear is used to control who has access to care. Mini Timmaraju sits down with U.S. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota to connect the dots between reproductive freedom, authoritarian tactics, and what communities across America are being forced to endure. Right now, undocumented people, immigrants, and people of color are b...

Most Americans agree on the right to abortion care—even when they use different words. In collaboration with Abortion in America , our latest episode of My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju features Oklahoma-based nurse Victoria Parks, who reflects on what it means to speak up in a rural community and connect with people who don’t always see themselves as “activists” or “on a side.” From a convers...

In collaboration with Abortion in America , our latest episode of My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju features Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an OB/GYN and abortion provider on the frontlines of care under abortion bans. Dr. Bernard shares how she became an abortion provider, the mentors and communities that shaped her work, and what it means to practice medicine when laws override medical judgment.  She w...

Stacey Abrams joins My Body. My Pod. to explain why the U.S. is already in an authoritarian moment—and how abortion bans and attacks on DEI fit into a larger plan to concentrate power and control our bodies. Stacey walks Mini through her “10 Steps to Autocracy,” exposing just how far Republicans have gone to seize power. Then, she shares her 10 steps to freedom and power: concrete ways we can defe...

Politics is personal—and few people embody that more than Congresswoman Sarah McBride. In this episode of My Body. My Pod., Rep. McBride joins Mini to share how caregiving for her late husband, Andy, shaped her belief that access to health care should never depend on luck—it should be a right. Together, they connect the dots between abortion bans, attacks on LGBTQIA+ communities, and Republicans’...

Episode recorded on October 27, 2025 Thanks for listening! Make sure you hit the subscribe button to get notified when new episodes drop, and share this episode with a friend. Explore more episode resources at reproforall.org/podEP6 Sign up to get involved with Reproductive Freedom for All at reproforall.org/podlistener or Text POD to 59791 . *By providing your phone number, you are consenting to...

Why can’t the media tell the full story on abortion? In this episode, Mini sits down with trailblazing journalist and trial lawyer, Katie Phang, to unpack the GOP’s coordinated playbook: the dark-money network funding anti-abortion extremism from judges to disinformation campaigns—and how mainstream coverage so often misses what’s really at stake. Phang joins RFA's Mini Timmaraju to share why she...

In California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, voters heard about abortion—and it mattered, especially when campaigns clearly defined the threats to reproductive freedom. Together, Mini and Molly map the 2026 playbook: define the threat, bring receipts, and connect abortion to everyday life. Episode recorded on October 7, 2025 Thanks for listening! Make sure you hit the subscribe button to...

We’re proud to bring you the third episode of My Body. My Pod. in partnership with Abortion in America. In addition to Mini Timmaraju’s regular episodes interviewing leading figures in the fight to protect reproductive freedom, we will periodically share the powerful stories of real people who’ve accessed – or struggled to access – the reproductive health care they need.  First up: Riata Walker’s...

My Body. My Pod. is back for our second episode, taped in the midst of the government shutdown with U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego.  💬  “Most voters are very nuanced… I’m not afraid to have discussions with voters whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent, even though we’re going to have disagreements.” Join Mini for a conversation with Sen. Ruben Gallego who grew up with a single mom and three si...

We’re officially kicking off My Body. My Pod. with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker — and he’s not holding back.  💬  “Donald Trump is the most anti-abortion president in our lifetime.”  So how did JB Pritzker become one of the fiercest governors in the fight for reproductive freedom? It started at home, folding mailers and joining abortion rights rallies (including ours!) with his mom. In this episo...

The fight for reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever. That’s why we’re bringing you My Body. My Pod. — a new podcast hosted by Mini Timmaraju, president & CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All and one of the leading voices in the fight for abortion rights. If you’re into building a nationwide movement to protect and expand health justice, reproductive equity, and the power of people to contro...