Red State Blue Mom

Mama B. answers some fan mail, has a good deal to say about the confirmation hearings and the Senate vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson, and wants y'all to participate in Earth Day by doing a little bit more than just recycling.

Spring is the season of hope and renewal yet the world has another senseless, unprovoked war going on. It's women, as the givers of life and the keepers of hearth and home, and children who bear the brunt of any war. It's women and their resilience and creativeness in the face of adversity that Mama B. celebrates in this month's podcast.

It's Black History Month so it's time to talk about all the kerfuffle going on regarding Critical Race Theory (CRT). This concept has been around for more than 50 years in advanced academic and law circles only. It wasn't until the publication of the award-winning "1619 Project" that CRT came to be talked about by one of our major political parties, and not in a good or constructive way. Then the...

Empires rise, empires fall... Mama B. discusses her family's holiday trip to Turkey and can't help but make comparisons between her own country, the ancient land of Asia Minor, and the modern Turkey of today. In this podcast, take a trip with her through time and see how every age has its own greatness, trials, and tribulations because of the influence of faith, ideology, geography, and the vagari...

The holiday season is a time of reflection, a time for giving of yourself and your resources, a time of celebration. In Hollywood story style, Mama B. give us food for thought as she weaves a personal experience with a snake, political stories involving metaphorical snakes, and ultimately. . . a universal principle everyone on this planet should take to heart, especially during the month of Decemb...

In November, most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with grateful hearts for their many blessings and with fond memories of learning about the traditional holiday story of the Pilgrims and Indians first meal together in the New World. Since gratefulness is a memory of the heart, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday for Native Americans. . . Many Native American hearts and spirits are broken as the...

October, Part 1 of a Two-Part Podcast Series: Take a break from the daily news featuring the covid pandemic, politics, the Insurrection crime scene that is the U.S. Capitol, some stupidity and all the craziness out there... Mama B. will regale you with some stories featuring her visits to the state of Wyoming and the Wind River Indian Reservation where she pays respect to their Most Famous Tribal...

Mama B. is freshly back from her girls' trip to coastal California and her family fishing trip in Wisconsin but that doesn't mean she doesn't have something to say about some of the big news that happened while she was enjoying her time away from her homeplace in Tennessee. She has many thoughts about Afghanistan, the new Texas Abortion law, theocracy in the works, and the religious right... yet a...

This podcast is a little bit dog centric... literally at times, but mostly metaphorically. In our northern hemisphere and since ancient times, the month of August has dogged humans and beasts alike with heat, drought, fires, lethargy, and temperature driven craziness. Since the start of the covid pandemic in 2020, the world has been dogged by this infectious plague, along with great unease and rea...

Mama B. talks about the Coronavirus pandemic and it's huge effect on American women and their families, the "shecession" affecting working women, the Democrats' "Build Back Better" plans to help working women and families, Disability Pride Month, and Part II of One Great Appalachian Story centered in the Melungeon Vardy Community in East Tennessee.

This month, Americans kick off summer with national celebrations of: Pride Month, Juneteeth, Flag Day, Father's Day, and National Dairy and Dairy Alternative Month... to name a few. Mama B. discusses these nationally recognized celebrations and presents Part I of some local history as she discusses a little known but deeply rooted racial minority group in Appalachian Tennessee.

Mama B. discusses the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 also known as The Black Wall Street Massacre and the Greenwood Massacre

What can honeybees teach us about voting rights, discrimination, and how democracy should work?

What's the common thread between Dolly Parton, immortal human cells, the KKK, the COVID vaccine, and the Equality Act? A march through a potpourri of current and historical topics all intertwined in some way with February's Black History Month.

Mama B. discusses the 2020 election and subsequent controversies and events: Insurrection, Inauguration, and Impeachment...and karma's role too.

It's election time, so is it "Fall back or Spring ahead?"

How your vote, the Supreme Court, and Religion all matter in this election.

Appalachian Tennessee's role in voting rights and civil rights.