You know, if we were writing an article on the effect of candy on your teeth, you wouldn't put a seven-year-old's opinion at the same level as a dentist.

But that is exactly what is happening with the climate movement. We've got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

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

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Rachel Vindman and I'm

Melinda Hale filling in for Amanda Weinstein. So April is Earth Month, which makes this the perfect

time for us to talk about the environment and climate change. Justice and democracy are so important

and we can't stop talking about them, but at the end of the day, we all need a planet

to actually live on if we want that justice and democracy to thrive. So today, I'm really excited

to share my conversation with Nivia Chanta, a young woman who started an organization to help

busy people take action on climate change. And before that, we'll be joined by Felice Stadler,

a woman who spent her whole career leading conversations about the environment, from the National Wildlife

Federation to the Environmental Defense Fund and now with the Audubon Action Fund. But before we get

into any of that, Melinda, first,

it's so nice to meet you. I think you got a chance to fill in for me last season. So Amanda

and Rachel already got a chance to meet you, but this is my first time meeting you. So hi.

Hi, nice to meet you. I'm happy to be here. What's going on, y'all? What's going on in the

world right now besides like literally everything I feel like. Too much. There is too much. You know,

one thing that I've been thinking a lot about lately and I don't want to like suffer from confirmation

bias, but there seem to be so many people out there.

I recently tweeted about this that are doing things and they're talking a lot,

but they're not making a difference.

I really hope on this show that we inform you of something every week.

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