Madness Cafe

Apr 09 2025 201 ep. 59 mins 1
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A feminist current events/social commentary podcast where we discuss politics, health and wellness and women's rights issues.

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198. Book Chat: briefly perfectly human by Alua Arthur

Apr 09 2025 59 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! How much thought have you given to death? Not just who gets what when you're gone, but also who you want around you in your last moments, what your passwords are, and how you want to be memorialized, just to name a few. Death is easily one of the most difficult topics to talk about. We all know that death is

197. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Apr 02 2025 59 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! It's time for the next installment of our Banned Books Series! This month's book is The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Published in 2018, The Poet X tells the story of a 15-year-old Dominican American girl finding her voice as she grows up and comes to terms with life, school, and family. Although The Poet X i

196. The Second Act: Health and Wellness, Home Ownership, VanLife, Making Money and More

Mar 26 2025 56 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! So much has happened in our lives since our last life episode that we decided to give y'all an update. Tune in to hear what's going on with us! Mentioned in this episode: Money Mindset Financial Coaching: website, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Munk's Motors: website Support the show Be part of the conversation

195. Live UTI Free Ltd. and Women's Health with guest Saoirse Nash

Mar 19 2025 58 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! This week's guest Saoirse Nash shares her personal story of living with a long-time chronic UTI and the struggle to get the necessary testing and treatment. Saoirse is a director, content contributor and patient liaison at Live UTI Free Ltd., a globally recognized women's health research and education organi

194. Period Education and Women's Bodies Explained with guest Amy Orr

Mar 12 2025 59 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! Do you remember sex ed from your school days? Did you actually learn anything? Is sex ed even taught in schools anymore? If it is, its days are likely numbered in this political climate. It turns out lack of adequate, comprehensive sex education is universal. In this week's episode we talk to someone who is

193. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

Mar 05 2025 60 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! This month's selection is The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. Published in 2022, The Last White Man is the fifth novel by the British Pakistani novelist and consultant Mohsin Hamid. Written as an extended allegory, it tells the story of an unnamed town in an unnamed country whose white inhabitants have all b

192. Ending Poverty is a Policy Choice with guest Devon Gray

Feb 26 2025 68 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, poverty continues to be a seemingly unsolvable issue in the United States. But is it really unsolvable? This week's guest, Devon Gray, argues that poverty is a problem that can be solved. In this episode, we speak with Devon about possible solutions t

191. "Travel is the university of life." with guest Anika Pavel

Feb 19 2025 57 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! In this episode we speak with guest Anika Pavel about her memoir Encounter with the Future, chronicling her journey from childhood in communist Czechoslovakia to her experience as an immigrant to her life now as a writer. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Every life tells a story, and Anika's is no exc

190. Redefining Self After Indoctrination with Guest (and Super Fan) Susannah Cragwick

Feb 12 2025 59 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! In this episode, we have the genuine pleasure of chatting with our Super Fan Susannah Cragwick! After all of the mutual admiration, we dove into Susannah's incredible story of redefining herself after growing up in a high control, conservative religious environment, adjusting to living in a foreign country w

189. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Feb 05 2025 58 mins  
Join the conversation by letting us know what you think about the episode! Welcome to the 2nd installment of our Banned Books Series! This month's book is Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, a 2003 novel that Atwood described as speculative fiction rather than pure science fiction because it doesn't deal with things we can't yet do but goes beyond the amount of realism she associates