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Today’s parents worry constantly about the kids: What are they doing, seeing, saying, eating? Is that shampoo safe? Are they watching too much television? Thanks to antivaccine campaigners, add measles to the list. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vacuums, washing machines, and refrigerators completely changed life for women in the 20th century. The new horizon of labor-saving devices will not only saves us time, but provide important data with which to make informed decisions about our health, homes, work, and families. Known as the "internet of things" or IoT, women are wearing, carrying, and using connected devices that capture and transmit data to user devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets.Elizabeth Rojas Levi, Director of Public Affairs & Government Relations for Nokia Corporation, and Patrice Lee Onwuka, Senior Policy Analyst for IWF, discuss the ways women are incorporating IoT into their daily lives and what the next wave of devices will offer. They also tackle the government's role in regulating the development of new technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's policy director Hadley Heath Manning interviews IWF legal fellow Erin Hawley on our latest legal brief titled Rethinking Administrative Deference. Find the brief here: http://iwf.org/publications/2804259/Legal-Brief:-Rethinking-Administrative-Deference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock, Carrie Lukas, and Amber Schwartz discuss the "lost art of boredom" with kids and summer vacation. The three moms discuss the increased pressure to keep kids constantly entertained and compare their own childhood to modern day childhood. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Carrie Lukas sits down with Jillian Melchior to discuss the Trump administration rolling back EPA regulations, specifically Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The Trump administration is seeking to help small property owners, ranchers and farmers avoid turmoil by rescinding the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that gave the federal government unprecedented authority over small bodies of water on private land. They discuss how this regulation hurts Americans and doesn't keep water clean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Patrice Onwuka and Carrie Lukas sit down to discuss a hot topic in our modern political climate: paid leave. Two conservative think thanks, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Brooking's Institute recently released a solution to paid leave. A topic near to IWF's heart, we believe their plan goes in the wrong direction. Patrice and Carrie explain why in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by IWF senior fellow and political editor at Heat Street Jillian Melchior to explain why exiting the Paris Climate Accord was absolutely necessary and the right thing to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jillian Melchior interviews Naomi Schaefer Riley on how existing progressive policies have hurt Native Americans, and on which reforms and acts of deregulation could improve their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julie Gunlock sits down with Paul Blair of Americans for Tax Reform to discuss how proposed vaping regulations would harm Americans trying to quit the smoking habit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF policy director Hadley Heath Manning interviews Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference on the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare. Hadley and the Congresswoman discuss the legislation that the U.S. House passed recently, the American Health Care Act, and specifically, they discuss how the plan would affect people with pre-existing health conditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Ashley Carter sits down with Former Representative Nan Hayworth, MD (R-NY) to discuss the importance of women in elected office. This is a preview of a featured panel at IWF's Women Lead Summit taking place on Tuesday, May 16 in Washington, DC. For more information please visit https://www.womenleadsummit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Charlotte Hays interviews IWF Director of Health Policy Hadley Heath Manning on block granting Medicaid to the states. Is this good policy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Charlotte Hays interviews columnist and IWF foreign policy fellow Claudia Rosett on her new book What To Do About The U.N. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF Managing Director Carrie Lukas sits down with IWF Legal Fellow Erin Hawley to discuss the change in senate rules and the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch. How will this affect the future of appointing justices? Why did Democrats go to lengths to stop the nomination of Justice Gorsuch? Listen Here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte Hays, IWF Director of Cultural Programs, talks with Carrie Lukas, IWF Managing Director, about the Fearless Girl of Wall Street. What's the intended message of the statue? Are women's interests at odds with Wall Street and capitalism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ashley Carter, Coalitions Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Vicki Alger, IWF Senior Fellow, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and author of the book Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children, about the future of school choice. Ashley and Vicki discuss putting the real experts back in charge of education -- those experts being parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carrie Lukas, Managing Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Patrice Onwuka, IWF Senior Fellow, about the Copyright Office and proposals to modernize the law that has created this important government agency. Patrice and Carrie explain copyrighting, the process and why it's important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carrie Lukas, Managing Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Patrice Onwuka, IWF Senior Fellow, about technology and the issue of increased automation. What are the upsides? What the downsides? Listen and find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jillian Melchior, a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, interviews Amy Oliver Cooke of the Independence Institute, who is also a member of the Trump EPA transition team. They discuss the case for optimism with America's energy and environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWV's Heather Madden, Director of Advocacy Projects, is joined by IWF’s Hadley Heath Manning, Director of Health Policy, to discuss Hadley’s recent article in the Washington Examiner which explains how Obamacare's most popular provisions are the ones undermining it.Read Hadley's piece in the Washington Examiner http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacares-most-popular-provisions-are-the-ones-killing-it/article/2611953 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Managing Director, Carrie Lukas, is joined by Senior Fellow Patrice Onwuka to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for young African-Americans. In honor of Black History Month, Carrie and Patrice consider the unique challenges that are facing Millennials and African-American families today -- from the lack of job opportunities, problems with our education system, and our justice system. They consider how better public policies can help by encouraging more job creation, increasing access to better education resources, and creating a fairer, better society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Hank Campbell, the president of American Council on Science and Health. Julie and Hank discuss Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring, which argues that manmade chemicals affect the health and safety of humans. But despite the alarmism, today more people have access to food and the rate of cancer and other diseases are on the decline. Julie and Hank discuss how her book has been debunked many times and why we shouldn't be alarmed by her point of view. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Working for Women Podcast, Julie Gunlock speaks to Yvette D'Entrement (better known as the SciBabe). Yvette recently toured Monsanto--an agriculture company that is often vilified by activists. What did Yvette learn? What does Monsanto do to help farmers and make food more accessible to people worldwide? Tune in to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Julie Gunlock and Amanda Zaluckyj, founder of the blog The Farmers Daughter talk about an upcoming event in St Louis on which they will both appear.Americans continue to get mixed messages about food and nutrition. Consumers are increasingly having trouble finding reliable information. The all-star panel will address food fears and how to sift through the alarmism to find science-based information to complex nutrition and agriculture issues. Panelists will tackle the following questions: What are the origins of food fears? How have food fears altered consumer behaviors? Why are women targeted for fear-based marketing strategies? What can the science, medical, agricultural, and academic communities to do help provide consumers better information? RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-and-fear-how-to-find-facts-in-todays-culture-of-alarmism-tickets-31064105576 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Ashley Carter interviews IWF's legal fellow Erin Hawley on Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. The two discuss why Neil Gorsuch is fit to replace Justice Scalia and an originalist and a textualist who will look to the words that the Founders and Congress have written, rather than imposing his own policy preferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock and Jillian Melchior sit down to discuss January's war on salad. Julie and Jillian have recently written on how feminist blogs are attacking salads and foodie blogs for being tools of patriarchy and how they objectify women. What do you think? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IW's Heather Madden and Charlotte Hays discuss the upcoming Women's March On Washington in this episode of Working For Women. Is the Women's March truly inclusive? What does the march claim to stand for? Is it wise for this group to turn away women who may not agree with them on everything? Charlotte and Heather will answer these questions and more on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Carrie Lukas and Charlotte Hays discuss IWF's paid leave event in DC coming up Wednesday January 11th. The D.C. City Council has given preliminary approval to require businesses to provide sixteen weeks of paid family leave. District employers would be saddled with an additional $250 million in taxes annually. So where do we go from here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's director of health policy Hadley Manning is joined by Avik Roy, a healthcare expert, president of The Foundation For Research On Equal Opportunity, and the opinion editor at Forbes to discuss what's next for health reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock and Sabrina Schaeffer discuss the importance of IWF's mission and how women benefit from market-based policies. Independent Women's Forum's entire purpose is to create a better, stronger, more prosperous society that will enable more Americans to live out their dreams. If you are interested in supporting IWF's mission, please visit: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/2gm8VIPP/Independent-Women-s-Forum/women_work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Julie Kelly to discuss Kelly's op-ed at The Federalist discussing how Kellyanne Conway would be a hero if she was liberal. Kellyanne Conway is the first successful female campaign manager--but she isn't being treated like it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning and Julie Gunlock discuss the latest election and how to discuss certain political topics with your kids in the latest Working for Women Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Paige Wolf, a publicist, author, and green-living expert who promotes manageable eco chic living. She is author of the book Spit that Out!: The Overly Informed Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in the Age of Environmental Guilt. Julie and Paige discuss their different parenting styles and finding common ground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Carrie Lukas interviews Jillian Melchior on the latest HHS report revealing astronomical rate hikes under Obamacare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Carrie Lukas interviews IWF's Jillian Melchior on wind energy and its double standard when it comes to public health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Kavin Senapathy in this week's podcast to discuss IWF's event Reasonable Mom's Unite. Kavin and Julie talked about the pressure moms are under to feed their kids in a certain way. Moms do not need to spend extra at the grocery store in order to feed their children nutritionally. The mom shaming and guilt tripping does nothing to help families but it does help the organic and boutique food companies that charge more for nutritionally equal food. Reasonable moms need to push back on this narrative and reassure moms that keeping a budget at the grocery store doesn't make you a bad mom. RSVP for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reasonable-moms-unite-how-to-fight-the-culture-that-demands-we-worry-about-everything-tickets-27995983741 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freelance writer Julie Kelly and IWF's Julie Gunlock discuss their own evolution from nervous moms to reasonable moms. Discussing food fads and nutrition scares and all the various ways mom bloggers, activists, the media and food marketers like to frighted consumers, these two moms discuss why they refuse to bow to alarmism. If you are interested in attending IWF's Reasonable Mom launch event, please visit http://iwf.org/events to RSVP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather Madden sits down with IWF's Hadley Heath Manning to discuss the latest with the Veterans Health Administration. Americans need to understand the reasons why the Veterans Health Administration is failing to fulfill its mission. It is truly a government-run health system, experiencing the same symptoms of other governmentrun systems in various parts of the world. Without individual choice and competition, bureaucracy reigns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Ashley Carter sits down with IWF's Charlotte Hays to discuss and celebrate the life of Phyllis Schlafly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Amber Schwartz interviews IWF senior fellow Julie Gunlock on anti-bullying campaigns at schools. Julie penned an op-ed at National Review Online explaining how these campaigns should target parents and not just children. Both Amber and Julie are mothers of young children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF senior fellow and spokeswoman at generation opportunity Patrice Lee Onwuka on the cost of college in this episode of Working For Women. Patrice explains the ever increasing cost of college and how students aren't getting the bang for their buck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas sits down with IWF foreign policy fellow and columnist Claudia Rosett to discuss a new revelation in the Iran Ransom deal. Claudia wrote broke the news in her latest article for the New York Sun that the US government paid Iran the $1.3B in 13 separate payments. The article reads, "Congressional investigators trying to uncover the trail of $1.3 billion in payments to Iran might want to focus on 13 large, identical sums that Treasury paid to the State Department under the generic heading of settling 'Foreign Claims.'" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer interviews IWF's Managing Director Carrie Lukas on childcare for this edition of the Working For Women podcast. Carrie and Sabrina discuss why childcare is such a hot button issue, what different groups are providing for solutions, and the costs and benefits that come with each solution. They also discuss the solutions for childcare provided in IWF's Working For Women report, released earlier this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's managing director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF senior fellow Angela Logomasini on urban development for the latest Working For Women Podcast. Angela published an IWF Policy Focus earlier this month that discusses how urban development drives up the cost of housing and the impact it has on the community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock interviews Laura Carno, the founder of I Am Created Equal, a non-profit focused on individual rights. Julie and Laura discuss Laura's new book Government Ruins Nearly Everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning is joined by Jillian Melchior, IWF senior fellow and political editor at Heat Street in this edition of Working For Women podcast. Hadley and Jillian discuss the pressure colleges and universities are facing to divest from fossil fuels. Jillian and Hadley discuss where this pressure is coming from, why they're being pressured, and the outcome on different college campuses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Julie Gunlock interviews columnist Abby Schachter. The two discuss Abby's new book "No Child Left Alone: Getting the Government Out Of Parenting." The book discusses the growing problem of government telling parents how to parent their children. From letting your kids play outside alone, what to eat, whether or not to breastfeed, Abby leaves no stone left unturned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Hadley Heath Manning talks to IWV's Heather Madden about EMP threats and how we can prepare for natural and manmade disasters. They discuss what EMP threats are and the damage they can cause our country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Ashley Carter interviews IWF senior fellow Vicki Alger on universal preschool. They will discuss some of the benefits and downsides of government-run preschool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IWF's Managing Director Carrie Lukas interviews IWF's Julie Gunlock on how big government squashes summer fun through unnecessary laws and regulations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.