Alexis McGill Johnson on Roe v. Wade

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Larry weighs in on the definition of an unborn child and his favorite Beatles album before being joined by president of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson. They start their conversation by sharing their reactions to the leaked Supreme Court document on Roe v. Wade and detailing the historic political mechanisms that led to this decision.(11:31) They then discuss the medical, racial, and economic fallout from overturning Roe and how to bridge the "believability gap" within the public's opinion on abortion rights heading into the midterm elections.(18:11) Alexis then talks about how she became involved with and eventually president of Planned Parenthood, and the organization's battle against the criminalization of women's health care in the U.S.(34:25) They end the podcast by detailing how ordinary citizens can help and contribute to the pro-choice movement.(46:57) Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Alexis McGill Johnson Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Ringers' music critic Rob Harvilla curates and explores 60 iconic songs for the 90s that define the decade.
0:05.9	Rob is joined by a variety of guests to break it all down as they turn back the clock.
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0:13.9	What a cavolo! You're kidding me! I'm a real idiot!
0:24.9	Look at this! You're kidding me!
0:28.9	Celebrate Italy not qualifying for the football with spicy Italian flavors.
0:33.9	The ultimate spicy sausage. Topped with Enduja, a sausage more fiery than a disappointed Italian fan.
0:40.9	I'm enough! Subject to availability.
0:44.9	I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses.
0:51.9	I love walking with the dog for long periods of time, hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm.
0:56.9	So I think a frozen nose is sweaty armpits because your wrap tops so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath.
1:02.9	And you get to the top and you're like, and then you can see the breath, but then your nose is still freezing to top.
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1:20.9	Hey everybody! Welcome back! This is Larry Wilmore.
1:23.9	You are listening to Black on the Air or welcome for the first time.
1:27.9	This is your first time choosing this podcast. I appreciate you dropping in on us.
1:32.9	We always have a good time here. Some good conversations with everybody from politicians, entertainers, to authors, to influencers, people doing all kinds of stuff in the world.
1:46.9	Athletes and captains of industry, whatever it is.
1:51.9	Whatever I'm interested in, musicians, even musicians. We had David Copperfield on last year.
1:56.9	You never know what you're going to get in this little black on the air. And today it's very, very cool conversation with Alexis McGill Johnson.
2:08.9	She's the head of Planned Parenthood and then they're right in the eye of the storm, the event which has happened recently with the Supreme Court decision being leaked or potential decision and all that stuff.
2:22.9	We had a good talk this morning about what's going on with that and I hope you enjoyed the conversation.
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