She Thinks

IWF's Julie Gunlock and Jillian Melchior sit down to discuss January's war on salad. Julie and Jillian have recently written on how feminist blogs are attacking salads and foodie blogs for being tools of patriarchy and how they objectify women. What do you think? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IW's Heather Madden and Charlotte Hays discuss the upcoming Women's March On Washington in this episode of Working For Women. Is the Women's March truly inclusive? What does the march claim to stand for? Is it wise for this group to turn away women who may not agree with them on everything? Charlotte and Heather will answer these questions and more on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

IWF's Carrie Lukas and Charlotte Hays discuss IWF's paid leave event in DC coming up Wednesday January 11th. The D.C. City Council has given preliminary approval to require businesses to provide sixteen weeks of paid family leave. District employers would be saddled with an additional $250 million in taxes annually. So where do we go from here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

IWF's director of health policy Hadley Manning is joined by Avik Roy, a healthcare expert, president of The Foundation For Research On Equal Opportunity, and the opinion editor at Forbes to discuss what's next for health reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock and Sabrina Schaeffer discuss the importance of IWF's mission and how women benefit from market-based policies. Independent Women's Forum's entire purpose is to create a better, stronger, more prosperous society that will enable more Americans to live out their dreams. If you are interested in supporting IWF's mission, please visit: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/2gm8VIPP/Inde...

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Julie Kelly to discuss Kelly's op-ed at The Federalist discussing how Kellyanne Conway would be a hero if she was liberal. Kellyanne Conway is the first successful female campaign manager--but she isn't being treated like it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning and Julie Gunlock discuss the latest election and how to discuss certain political topics with your kids in the latest Working for Women Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Paige Wolf, a publicist, author, and green-living expert who promotes manageable eco chic living. She is author of the book Spit that Out!: The Overly Informed Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in the Age of Environmental Guilt. Julie and Paige discuss their different parenting styles and finding common ground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

IWF's Carrie Lukas interviews Jillian Melchior on the latest HHS report revealing astronomical rate hikes under Obamacare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Carrie Lukas interviews IWF's Jillian Melchior on wind energy and its double standard when it comes to public health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Kavin Senapathy in this week's podcast to discuss IWF's event Reasonable Mom's Unite. Kavin and Julie talked about the pressure moms are under to feed their kids in a certain way. Moms do not need to spend extra at the grocery store in order to feed their children nutritionally. The mom shaming and guilt tripping does nothing to help families but it does help the o...

Freelance writer Julie Kelly and IWF's Julie Gunlock discuss their own evolution from nervous moms to reasonable moms. Discussing food fads and nutrition scares and all the various ways mom bloggers, activists, the media and food marketers like to frighted consumers, these two moms discuss why they refuse to bow to alarmism. If you are interested in attending IWF's Reasonable Mom launch event, ple...

Heather Madden sits down with IWF's Hadley Heath Manning to discuss the latest with the Veterans Health Administration. Americans need to understand the reasons why the Veterans Health Administration is failing to fulfill its mission. It is truly a government-run health system, experiencing the same symptoms of other governmentrun systems in various parts of the world. Without individual choice an...

IWF's Ashley Carter sits down with IWF's Charlotte Hays to discuss and celebrate the life of Phyllis Schlafly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Amber Schwartz interviews IWF senior fellow Julie Gunlock on anti-bullying campaigns at schools. Julie penned an op-ed at National Review Online explaining how these campaigns should target parents and not just children. Both Amber and Julie are mothers of young children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF senior fellow and spokeswoman at generation opportunity Patrice Lee Onwuka on the cost of college in this episode of Working For Women. Patrice explains the ever increasing cost of college and how students aren't getting the bang for their buck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas sits down with IWF foreign policy fellow and columnist Claudia Rosett to discuss a new revelation in the Iran Ransom deal. Claudia wrote broke the news in her latest article for the New York Sun that the US government paid Iran the $1.3B in 13 separate payments. The article reads, "Congressional investigators trying to uncover the trail of $1.3 billion in payme...

IWF's Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer interviews IWF's Managing Director Carrie Lukas on childcare for this edition of the Working For Women podcast. Carrie and Sabrina discuss why childcare is such a hot button issue, what different groups are providing for solutions, and the costs and benefits that come with each solution. They also discuss the solutions for childcare provided in IWF's Work...

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF senior fellow Angela Logomasini on urban development for the latest Working For Women Podcast. Angela published an IWF Policy Focus earlier this month that discusses how urban development drives up the cost of housing and the impact it has on the community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock interviews Laura Carno, the founder of I Am Created Equal, a non-profit focused on individual rights. Julie and Laura discuss Laura's new book Government Ruins Nearly Everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning is joined by Jillian Melchior, IWF senior fellow and political editor at Heat Street in this edition of Working For Women podcast. Hadley and Jillian discuss the pressure colleges and universities are facing to divest from fossil fuels. Jillian and Hadley discuss where this pressure is coming from, why they're being pressured, and the outcome on different college campuse...

IWF's Julie Gunlock interviews columnist Abby Schachter. The two discuss Abby's new book "No Child Left Alone: Getting the Government Out Of Parenting." The book discusses the growing problem of government telling parents how to parent their children. From letting your kids play outside alone, what to eat, whether or not to breastfeed, Abby leaves no stone left unturned. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning talks to IWV's Heather Madden about EMP threats and how we can prepare for natural and manmade disasters. They discuss what EMP threats are and the damage they can cause our country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Ashley Carter interviews IWF senior fellow Vicki Alger on universal preschool. They will discuss some of the benefits and downsides of government-run preschool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Managing Director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF's Julie Gunlock on how big government squashes summer fun through unnecessary laws and regulations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.