Politics
How a chess champion became Utah’s most successful Democratic lawmaker
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/stephanie-pitcher-utah-chess-champion-democrat/
The unspoken rules of the game: Politics when you are a woman
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/the-unspoken-rules-of-the-game-politics-when-you-are-a-woman-4989326#google_vignette
Running for parliament is still a man’s world, with fewer female candidates – especially in winnable seats
https://theconversation.com/running-for-parliament-is-still-a-mans-world-with-fewer-female-candidates-especially-in-winnable-seats-254187
How Trump’s CDC purge will affect reproductive health: ‘Women will die’
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/cdc-hhs-layoffs-impact-women-1235310574/
Why the next Senedd could be the least representative of women ever
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-the-next-senedd-could-be-the-least-representative-of-women-ever/
Alberta premier suggests Mark Carney has issues with ‘strong conservative women’
https://globalnews.ca/news/11120299/danielle-smith-mark-carney-jabs/?utm_campaign=The%2BRoundup&utm_medium=email&utm_source=The_Roundup_311
Japanese politician gets 8,000 death threats over call for sanitary pads in public toilets
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3304931/japanese-assemblywoman-gets-8000-death-threats-over-call-sanitary-pads-public-toilets
Chinese woman detained for expired visa dies by suicide at Border Patrol station in Arizona
https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/us-news/chinese-woman-detained-for-expired-visa-dies-by-suicide-at-border-patrol-station-in-arizona/
Why Anaida Poilievre has taken on an ‘outsized role’ in her husband’s campaign
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7501082
Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/04/05/sierra-leone-declared-an-emergency-over-a-powerful-synthetic-drug-but-women-were-left-behind/amp/
Love in the age of conspiracy: 5 tips to deal with disinformation and political polarization in relationships
https://theconversation.com/love-in-the-age-of-conspiracy-5-tips-to-deal-with-disinformation-and-political-polarization-in-relationships-251797
‘There’s an us v them mentality’: are young Australian men and women drifting apart politically?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/theres-an-us-v-them-mentality-are-young-australian-men-and-women-drifting-apart-politically
CATCH UP ON THE HONEST TALK PODCAST
Christy Clark Former Premier of BC
Holly Cole The Canadian Jazz singer takes us behind the music
