Feminist Buzzkills Live – The Abortion Access Front Podcast
Welcome to Feminist Buzzkills Live! – The weekly podcast from Abortion Access Front. Hosted by Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show co-creator, comedian, and founder of Abortion Access Front ) Moji Alawode-El (writer, activist, marketing guru Abortion Access Front), and Marie Khan (Activist and programs director at Midwest Access Coalition.) These hilarious and brilliant experts on all things abortion, break down the weekly news from patriarchy’s evil trilogy of misogyny, white supremacy, and anti-abortion extremism. They make sense of all the madness, by digging in hard with policy experts, leaders in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements, and the activists working on the ground. Bonus-You’ll get info on what you can do to fight back!!! And because it’s a podcast from The Daily Show co-creator, we have the best comedians and musicians poppin’ in to pop off, plus plenty of scathing commentary and satirical sketches that put all these sexist ass clowns on blast. Let’s do this!
Show Hosts
Lizz Winstead
Co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show, and co-founder of Air America Radio, comedian Lizz Winstead helped change the very landscape of how people get their news. Winstead is not only a writer and creator, she was also a correspondent on The Daily Show and co-hosted Unfiltered, Air America Radio's mid-morning show, with Chuck D and Rachel Maddow. Known as one of the top political satirists in America, Winstead is recognized by all the major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, O Magazine, and as Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Most Creative People. Winstead’s first book, Lizz Free Or Die: Essays, released in 2012, garnered incredible reviews. Ms. Magazine says, “Lizz Winstead is a sharp-witted truth-teller, and Lizz Free or Die will inspire anyone who has ever talked back to the television or wished they could come up with satire as insightful as The Daily Show.” Lizz continues to do stand-up, yet spends most of her time helming Abortion Access Front, an inclusive NYC- based reproductive rights organization she founded in 2015. AAF uses humor and outrage to expose anti-choice hypocrisy and mobilizes people to take action in all 50 states. Creating Abortion Access Front was the natural next iteration of her Daily Show sensibilities and she and the organization are taking it one step further by producing and co-hosting Feminist Buzzkills Live! FBK Live! brings all of her passions together- Slaying bad guys with humor, making people smarter, and talking with folks the world needs to know. To keep up with Lizz, follow her on Twitter and Insta @lizzwinstead or like her on Facebook.
Marie Khan
In 2004, in Paul Ryan’s hometown of Janesville Wisconsin, a young Marie Khan was the product of an evangelical brainwashing that was so profound, she was convinced it was Team Bush that would lead her out of temptation. But when her studies took her to Chicago, and her first job at the University of Illinois at Chicago was helping find resources for under-resourced students. She soon learned that Bush and Co were creating the financial problems she was trying to solve, and she realized she was no longer about that conservative life. Lucky for us, she chose to combine her activism with her Midwestern and Pakistani roots, to become a pernicious thorn in the side of the patriarchy. In fact, Khan has taken her expertise of helping underserved and first generation communities in higher education, and applied it to supporting folks seeking abortion care. These days, Marie’s day-to-day work is tirelessly helping patients navigate the horrific laws that create barriers to getting care, while aiding with their travel and lodging as the Director of Programs at Midwest Access Coalition. And if that wasn’t enough, she spends her weekends escorting patients past the creeps who verbally abuse abortion patients as they enter the clinic. It should be noted too that throughout her adult life, Marie has exclusively worked at nonprofits and bars- the best training grounds for calling people to action and calling out BS! Exposing White Supremacy is a long-standing passion of Marie’s, and her favorite pastimes are chilling with her animal family and reminding the world that the Royal Family are still active OG colonizers. Marie’s compassion and encyclopedic knowledge of the landscape of reproductive care, are major keys to making Feminist Buzzkills Live, the resource for all things abortion related. Follow her on Instagram @mjkhhn and Twitter @MKhanJ