Episode Summary:
In this episode, Chelsey and Jenn dive deep into [insert theme—e.g., modern censorship, erasure of historical contributions, or attacks on working-class families], drawing powerful lines between past struggles and today’s political climate. They unpack recent news, connect the dots across state and federal actions, and spotlight voices being silenced—whether through defunding public institutions or rewriting the past.

From personal stories of motherhood and activism to brutal honesty about what it's like living in a red state under regressive leadership, this episode is a rally cry for everyday Americans who refuse to stay quiet. They also highlight [insert a few key moments: e.g., the Six Triple Eight, USPS attacks, or Trump-era fascism parallels] and call on listeners to show up, speak out, and stay grounded in truth.

Topics Covered:

• Local + national news updates
• Historical connections (e.g., WWII resistance, Black women's service, or free speech issues)
• Current legislative threats
• Emotional and political labor of motherhood in red America

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In Episode 6, “She Fought the Machine, Part 2,” Chelsey and Jenn reveal the untold stories of World War II’s home-front and battlefield heroines: the Navajo Code Talkers—boarding-school survivors whose language was weaponized to save lives; Betty Masket, an aeronautical engineer who inspected SB2C Helldivers then became a NIH lab chief; Betty McIntosh, an OSS propaganda operative who wielded black-leaflet campaigns and clandestine radio as weapons; the over-looked valor of Black units from the Tuskegee Airmen to the 6888th Postal Battalion; and the ongoing erasure of these legacies through modern policy moves—from federal website purges and trans-military bans to the end of affirmative action at service academies. Through these stories, they draw a straight line from cultural genocide and segregation to today’s systematic silencing of marginalized voices—and call on listeners to reclaim memory as resistance.

Sources to Check

• Linn, Brian McAllister. The Navajo Code Talkers. Bison Books, 2002.
• Adams, David W. Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928. Univ. Press of Kansas, 1995.
• Haulman, Daniel L. “The Tuskegee Airmen’s Combat Record,” Air Force Historical Research Agency, 2019.
• Stanton, Shelby L. The Forgotten Six Triple Eight: The Incredible Story of the First All-Black Women’s Battalion in WWII. Sterling, 2020.
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. “Curtiss SB2C Helldiver,” si.edu.
• NPR, “Federal Agencies Scrub Websites of Women and BIPOC Service Member Profiles,” March 2025.

Supreme Court, Trump v. Pennsylvania (trans military ban), May 2025.

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In Episode 5, “She Fought the Machine, Part 1,” Chelsey and Jenn unpack how early-20th-century fascism weaponized gender—banning contraception, rewarding motherhood, and erasing women’s autonomy—then spotlight five trailblazers who refused to stay silent: Sophie Scholl, Nancy Wake, Noor Inayat Khan, Virginia Hall, and Hedy Lamarr. From leaflets smuggled past Gestapo checkpoints to groundbreaking frequency-hopping patents, these women show how truth, science, and sheer defiance became the first line of resistance—an inheritance we must claim again as modern-day “national renewal” efforts aim to scrub our history and silence dissent.

Key Sources

• Paxton, Robert O. The Anatomy of Fascism. Knopf, 2004.
• Pine, Lisa. “Nazi Family Policy.” Oxford Bibliographies, 1997.
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Noor Inayat Khan.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, ushmm.org.
• University of Munich White Rose Archive. Sophie Scholl trial transcripts, 1943.
• Lamarr, Hedy & Antheil, George. U.S. Patent 2,292,387, “Secret Communication System,” 1942.
• Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, project2025.org.
• Newsweek. “Trump Executive Order Targets Married Women’s Financial Autonomy,” April 2025.

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