How did politics invade my body?

Sex, Body, and Soul

Kate Roberts

Education, Relationships, Sexuality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We are all watching day by day drastic political decisions being made that are turning back the clock for women's rights, especially for control over our own bodies. Some might say we are heading toward the reality of the Handsmaid Tale. Liz Dahan is a businesswoman, former diplomat, and Congressional aide who knows firsthand the values that have always made America great. She has worked on Capitol Hill with Senator Tom Daschle and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in the Democratic Leader’s office. She has directed the Homeland Security program at the Council on Foreign Relations, and supported social protection programs in Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank. Most recently she ran for office in the state of Florida. On this show we talk about how politics seems to have crept into our bodies and our rights.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show,
0:06.4	we talk about the marvel that is our bodies and souls, what they can do and what we need to thrive.
0:13.1	You out there, listen up. We have some pretty hard, but juicy conversations here, and you need to hear this.
0:19.5	Let's go. Our next guest, Liz Dahhann, is a businesswoman, former diplomat, and congressional aid who
0:26.7	knows firsthand the values that have always made America great.
0:31.1	She's worked on Capitol Hill with Senator Tom Dashel and Secretary of State Madeline
0:36.1	Albright in the Democratic Leaders Office.
0:38.3	She has directed the Homeland Security Program at the Council on Foreign Relations
0:43.4	and supported social protection programs in Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank.
0:49.8	Most recently, she ran for office in the state of Florida,
0:53.3	and on this show we talk about how politics seems to have crept into our body and our human rights.
1:00.8	Hello, Liz.
1:01.9	Welcome to the show.
1:03.1	Oh, thank you so much for having me, Kate.
1:05.6	Well, well, well.
1:06.8	Times have changed since we last spoke, which was before the election, and you were running for office in Florida.
1:13.8	What happened, Liz? What happened? What happened to you, first of all?
1:17.7	Well, thank you so much for having me back again. So much has changed and I'm afraid not for the better.
1:24.7	So I was running as a Democratic candidate in our primary in Florida's
1:29.4	congressional district number 13, which is Clearwater St. Pete area of Pinellas County. And it was a
1:36.2	pretty competitive Democratic primary, but I believed my background, having worked for Secretary
1:42.3	Albright, who was at her side working to try to help stop authoritarian regimes,
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