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Everything is FineWe're in this togetherOur returning guest this week is Democratic political consultant and women's rights advocate Jen Bluestein and we're talking about...YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can find Jenn on her Substack: jennromolini.substack.comConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-11-111h 05
Politically GeorgiaKamala Harris concedes, GOP control in congress and Georgia’s political futureVice President Kamala Harris concedes as Georgia’s GOP celebrates victory and prepares for action. On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell and Greg Bluestein break down Harris’s concession speech and her commitment to a smooth transition as former President Donald Trump returns to the White House. We also discuss the potential Republican-controlled Congress, including which Georgia lawmakers may be headed to Washington in new leadership roles. We then shift focus to Georgia’s state politics, where Republicans are poised to retain control of the General Assemb...2024-11-0755 minEverything is FineCat Ladies Unite!We're all in for Kamala and our guests this week — political operatives and advisors Jen Bluestein and Jessica Floyd — are here to talk about it. They've also helped us compile this handy list: "How To Support Kamala"Jen Bluestein has spent more than two decades in the non-profit and political sectors, working high profile roles at places like NARAL Pro-Choice America and EMILYs List. She helped found Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords’ gun violence prevention organization and lived in an abandoned building while working to elect Cory Booker the Mayor of Newark, NJ....2024-07-2949 minPolitically GeorgiaThe importance of women’s rights this election yearSenate Republicans this week voted down a Democratic measuredesigned to protect women’s access to contraception. Now, Democrats plan tocall for a vote to protect the right to in vitro fertilization. On today’sepisode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast,hosts Bill Nigut and Greg Bluestein are joined by former Democratic stateSenator Jen Jordan to discuss the role she believes women’s reproductive rightswill play in the 2024 elections.Bill and Greg later examine polls taken after Do...2024-06-0755 minPolitically GeorgiaA court hearing that could determine the future of Georgia’s Trump election conspiracy caseOn today's episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Politically Georgia" podcast, hosts Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Bill Nigut talk to former State Sen. Jen Jordan and colleague Mark Niesse. Jordan discusses the hearing that could determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade should be disqualified from the election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump. Then, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Mark Niesse joins the hosts to look at a decision by the State Election Board to reject a proposal to end no-excuse absentee voting. Niesse also discusses...2024-02-1555 min
Bendy Bodies with Dr. Linda Bluestein83. Expert Insights: Breath Work in Pain Management with Jill Miller
In this episode, YOUR guest is Jill Miller, author of the book 'Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience.' Jill has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide. Jill is the former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal, has been featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Women’s Health, O, the Today Show, and is a con...2023-12-211h 18
Political RewindPolitical Rewind: Tributes continue to pour in for Carter; A peek inside Fulton Grand JuryWednesday on Political Rewind: Tributes continue to pour in as former President Carter remains in hospice care. A new article from the Associated Press gives insights into the Fulton County special grand jury investigating the 2020 election.
The panel
Guest host Greg Bluestein, @bluestein, political reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emma Hurt, @Emma_Hurt, political reporter, Axios
Jen Jordan, @senatorjen, former state senator and Democratic nominee for attorney general
Leo Smith, @leosmithtweets, GOP consultant and president of Engaged Futures
Tia Mitchell, @ajconwashington, Washington correspondent, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Timestamps
0:00 - Introductions
2:00 - Tributes to the Carter family continue to pour in.
15:00 - The Fulton Coun...2023-02-2251 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Tributes continue to pour in for Carter; A peek inside Fulton Grand JuryWednesday on Political Rewind: Tributes continue to pour in as former President Carter remains in hospice care. A new article from the Associated Press gives insights into the Fulton County special grand jury investigating the 2020 election.
The panel
Guest host Greg Bluestein, @bluestein, political reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emma Hurt, @Emma_Hurt, political reporter, Axios
Jen Jordan, @senatorjen, former state senator and Democratic nominee for attorney general
Leo Smith, @leosmithtweets, GOP consultant and president of Engaged Futures
Tia Mitchell, @ajconwashington, Washington correspondent, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Timestamps
0:00 - Introductions
2:00 - Tributes to the Carter family continue to pour in.
15:00 - The Fulton Coun...2023-02-2251 min
FPC DallasChildren's SabbathChildren's Sabbath at FPC Dallas. Rev. Jen Bluestein, PhD preaching on Luke 2:41-52
To find out more on how you can get involved with First Presbyterian Church of Dallas visit us at fpcdallas.org and Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.2022-10-1621 min
Fabulous Over 50How to Improve Your Doctor-Patient Relationship and Get the Best CareHow to Improve Your Doctor-Patient Relationship and get the care you need I don't know about you, but I've been struggling with getting quality medical care. I've asked around and many people I know have been having the same issue. So I started thinking, is it the doctor? Or could it be... US? Well, I've used Dr. Bluestein's advice for my last hospital stay and last 3 office visits, and it's made a huge difference!! (ok, I did not take it at the end of my hospital stay...but more on that later. Did that end well? no.) The two thing...2022-08-2631 minPolitically GeorgiaThe biggest threats facing Democrats in GeorgiaIn this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, AJC political insiders Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy discuss the big issues facing voters right now and how they are becoming major hurdles that Democrats must overcome to win in the November elections. Plus, our insiders look at the latest on the abortion issue as Attorney General Chris Carr calls out his Democratic opponent, Jen Jordan, for saying she wouldn’t use taxpayer money to defend Georgia’s pending restrictive abortion law.Greg and Patricia also answer questions from the Fri...2022-07-1536 min
Bendy Bodies with Dr. Linda Bluestein50. Pushing Limits with Jen Crane, DPT
As a physical therapist for circus artists and dancers, Dr. Jen Crane regularly treats artistic athletes with hypermobility.As a circus artist and former dancer who is also diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), Jen Crane intimately understands the struggles of these athletes.How does a hypermobile artist use that hypermobility to its full advantage - the long, gorgeous, bendy lines and movement patterns - while still remaining healthy and not pressing the body beyond its limits?Dr. Crane discusses this tightrope walk with Bendy Bodies.She shares her own diagnosis...2022-05-2642 minEverything is Fine"They Are Trying to Exhaust Us"Instead of stewing in our collective outrage (and fury!) over the recently-leaked Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v Wade, now seems like a good time to talk about action. Our guests today — Rebecca Hart Holder and Jen Bluestein — have spent much of their careers fighting for abortion rights and reproductive equity. Rebecca is the executive director of Reproductive Equity Now and Jen is the former managing director of NARAL Prochoice America and the current senior director of policy and advocacy at the Schusterman family philanthropies. In today's episode, the two explain in simple, straightforward terms where we a...2022-05-1659 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Tributes Pour In For Georgia's Vernon Jordan; Battle Continues Over Voting LawsWednesday on Political Rewind: Reforms or restrictions? That's the question on the latest bundle of laws that would change the way Georgians vote. Voting access advocates are expressing concerns this legislation will make voting harder, and describe it as an attempt at voter suppression by state Republicans.
But first, we remember the life of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The Atlanta-born activist and powerbroker fought to desegregate Georgia’s universities and later served as an adviser to President Bill Clinton. He passed away Monday night at the age of 85 at his family home.
Panelists:
Greg Bluestein — Politics Reporter, The Atlanta Journa...2021-03-0352 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Tributes Pour In For Georgia's Vernon Jordan; Battle Continues Over Voting LawsWednesday on Political Rewind: Reforms or restrictions? That's the question on the latest bundle of laws that would change the way Georgians vote. Voting access advocates are expressing concerns this legislation will make voting harder, and describe it as an attempt at voter suppression by state Republicans.
But first, we remember the life of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The Atlanta-born activist and powerbroker fought to desegregate Georgia’s universities and later served as an adviser to President Bill Clinton. He passed away Monday night at the age of 85 at his family home.
Panelists:
Greg Bluestein — Politics Reporter, The Atlanta Journa...2021-03-0352 min
VoteHer PodcastEpisode 3 "Politics And The Press"We talk about OP ED's in the AJC from Governor Kemp and Jen, tweets from the dead with Herman Cain, an interview with Greg Bluestein, and why no one should mess with Katie Porter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2020-09-0843 min
Bendy Bodies with Dr. Linda Bluestein16. Empowering Flexibility with Dr. Jen Crane, DPT
Extreme flexibility has permeated social media and influenced every physical art form, from dance to ice skating and of course circus arts. As artistic athletes are asked to explore greater and more unstable end ranges of motion, performers are often left to figure out how to stay healthy for themselves. For those artists and athletes, the question isn’t IF they should work in an end range of motion, but HOW. Dr. Jen Crane, a physical therapist specializing in circus arts, chats with us on how to do just that. She talks about the difference between productive dis...2020-08-2852 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Georgia's Voices At Convention Call For Unity Behind BidenToday on Political Rewind, the second day of the Democratic National Convention brought several prominent voices from Georgia to the stage. A highly entertaining roll call featured state party chairwomen Nikema Williams report Georgia’s delegate votes before a mural of Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta.
Stacey Abrams, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Sam Park and Sally Yates all stepped into the limelight last night.
Our panel today included Greg Bluestein, Politics Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, State Sen. Jen Jordan a Democratic National Convention delegate, Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, a state Representative and first-time DNC delegate, Edward Lindsey, a former Repu...2020-08-1952 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Georgia's Voices At Convention Call For Unity Behind BidenToday on Political Rewind, the second day of the Democratic National Convention brought several prominent voices from Georgia to the stage. A highly entertaining roll call featured state party chairwomen Nikema Williams report Georgia’s delegate votes before a mural of Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta.
Stacey Abrams, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Sam Park and Sally Yates all stepped into the limelight last night.
Our panel today included Greg Bluestein, Politics Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, State Sen. Jen Jordan a Democratic National Convention delegate, Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, a state Representative and first-time DNC delegate, Edward Lindsey, a former Repu...2020-08-1952 min
Congressional Dish200: How to End Legal BribesThe currently legal ability of obscenely rich people to bribe lawmakers and law enforcers is the source of many - if not all - of our political problems. In this episode, get an update on the few democracy-enhancing bills that have moved in this Congress and Jen speaks to Sam Fieldman - the National Counsel at Wolf-PAC - who explains how we can constitutionally end the role of money in politics by going around Congress. Joe Briney joins Jen for the thank you's. Executive Producer: Randall Dibble Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links to contribute monthly or a lump sum vi...2019-07-142h 47