We knew it. You weren't hearing this on cable news that these elections were going to come down to what was going on in the schools.

I think of you guys as like the antithesis to like mansplaining, because I feel like Fox News was like, let me mansplain your school to you and what's going on.

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

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

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

And you're listening to The Suburban Women Problem. Thanks for tuning in. It is such a big week. There's an election and I got to talk to Alyssa Milano. I mean, how much bigger can you get? But it's also a little scary, right? We're recording this on Monday, the day before the election, and by the time

it comes out on Wednesday, we'll hopefully know the results. And later on in this episode, we're

going to talk to Katie Paris, the founder of Red, Wine and Blue, about all the amazing work

suburban women have been doing across the country in the lead-up to Election Day. But this

week's election and me getting to talk to

Alyssa Milano aren't the only things happening right now. We also just got some disappointing news.

It looks like paid leave is going to get cut from the spending bill. I feel like I've gone through

all five stages of grief. And Rachel, I know you have some strong feelings about it too.

Yeah. So I get it.

I get the frustration. I've actually worked through my feelings on this pretty well because I'm

writing something on it. And that always helps clarify, you know, really what I feel. And you

know, when I distilled it down in writing, you know what I was mad at? For who?

The 50 Republicans. Yes. Yeah, I knew it was going to be a who. Yes, exactly. I think they are

completely getting left out of the conversation. We have given two people the spotlight and completely

left 50 Republicans who will run on the things that are in the

Build Back Better Act. As soon as it passes, they will run on these things. They will say, look what I

did for you, and they are all going to vote no. And I think that is being lost in the conversation.

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