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How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Right Matters (with Alexander Vindman)

How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Red Wine & Blue

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

4.7 • 892 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a special episode of The Suburban Women Problem! Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman—AKA the man who testified against Trump in the first impeachment hearing, AKA our lovely host Rachel Vindman’s husband—joins the pod to chat about his brand-new book and why doing the right thing matters more than ever. Rachel, along with fellow co-hosts Amanda Weinstein and Jasmine Clark, chat with Alex about Trump’s fateful phone call with the President of Ukraine, why Alex decided to report th...

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0:00.0

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

0:06.0

Suburban women helped determine the 2020 election, but there's more to us in the headlines would have you believe.

0:13.0

The suburbs aren't a homogeneity of white people in perfect houses. Real change is happening in the suburbs, and we have things to say.

0:20.0

When women share their personal stories, walls come down and barriers. real changes happening in the suburbs, and we have things to say.

0:25.6

When women share their personal stories, walls come down and barriers are broken.

0:30.9

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

0:39.0

Hi, everyone. Thanks for listening. I'm Rachel Vindman. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Amanda Weinstein.

0:54.8

And this is the suburban women problem. Thank you for joining us. Today, we are going to chat with retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, whose book Here Right Matters about his decision to testify against Donald Trump in the first impeachment hearing. And also, spoiler alert, he is my husband. Alex will join our panel here

1:01.6

in a little bit to talk about his experience. And then after that, we're going to sit down one-on-one

1:07.0

to discuss everything from how the events of the past few years impacted our relationship

1:12.5

to who we think should play each other in a movie version of our life. It was a new experience

1:18.9

for both of us, so make sure you stick around. But before we get to Alex, we could not have a

1:24.7

discussion about why Wright matters without talking about last week's

1:29.5

January 6 commission hearings and the incredibly brave officers who have spoken up.

1:35.5

For those of you who did not get a chance to watch, four brave officers gave gripping testimony

1:41.6

about their experiences on January 6, 2021.

1:45.6

They talked about being overrun, assaulted, and screamed at by rioters, branded as traitors.

1:53.0

The officers were extremely vulnerable and emotional as they shared their stories.

1:58.5

And I just want to say, if you haven't seen their opening

2:01.0

testimonies, you can watch the full video and C-SPAN. And it is certainly worth your time. It's hard to watch,

2:08.9

but you should watch. Jasmine, did you get a chance to watch? So I didn't get a chance to actually

2:15.0

watch it in real time. I have, though, seen some of the clips of some of the testimony. And it's heartbreaking to me to see our democracy really under attack this way. And I think even more so it's heartbreaking to me that,

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