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How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Facts, Not Fear (with Dr. Leah Boustan)

How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Red Wine & Blue

Health & Fitness, Politics, News, Parenting, Mental Health, Kids & Family

4.7892 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a week since the election and we’re still smiling about the results! Republicans used scare tactics and misinformation about reproductive freedom, and it didn't work. So today we’re talking about another issue that becomes more about fear than facts… immigration. We got a chance to talk to Dr. Leah Boustan, a rockstar economist who studies immigration, and she shared some real facts and data with us. She recently published a book called “Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of I...

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0:00.0

The numbers speak for themselves, and I am just continued to be absolutely elated, that people organized and fought back, and it worked, gosh darn it.

0:18.0

We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

0:25.9

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast from red, wine, and blue.

0:33.3

Hi, everyone.

0:34.3

Thanks for joining us.

0:35.1

I'm Amanda Weinstein.

0:36.3

I'm Jasmine Clark.

0:38.6

I'm Rachel Vindman.

0:45.2

And this is a suburban women problem. It's been a week since the election and I'm still smiling about the results.

0:51.8

Yes, you can see my crows feet when I'm smiling. Still smiling. Republicans use scare tactics and misinformation about reproductive freedom. And today we're talking about

0:54.8

another issue that becomes more about fear than facts, immigration. We got a chance to talk with

1:00.5

Dr. Leah Bustan, a rock star economist who studies immigration, and she shared some real facts

1:05.4

and data with us. She recently published a book called Streets of Gold, America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success.

1:12.6

And I am so excited to share our interview with her.

1:15.7

But before we get to that, how are we all feeling one week after the election?

1:20.5

Still pretty darn good.

1:22.1

Yeah, I'm still feeling good about things, still smiling, still just like happy. But I will say that although I am

1:30.5

feeling good, I do also feel the weight of, I don't know how to call them. Because I know,

1:36.9

I understand what they're trying to do, but I keep feeling like there are people who just want

1:42.3

to yuck on our yum and just be like, no, don't be happy right now.

1:46.8

Like, and just find the negative in everything.

1:50.0

And so sometimes that kind of drives me insane because I'm just like, guys, can we just have a moment where we're just like, good things happened?

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