What do pap smears, birth control, the Comstock Act, and Project 2025 have in common? More than you’d think—and it’s not just politics, it’s power.

In this episode, Angie and Leslie take you on a fast-paced, emotional, and honest journey through over 100 years of women’s healthcare in the U.S. We cover:

✅ The major milestones in reproductive and preventive health
✅ How Roe v. Wade was about more than just abortion—it was about privacy
✅ The chilling revival of 1800s-era laws through Project 2025
✅ What overturning Roe really means for medical freedom, contraception access, and your bodily autonomy
✅ Personal stories of miscarriage and medical trauma from our own families
✅ What you can do right now to protect reproductive rights

Whether you’re brand new to this conversation or deep in the trenches, this episode will leave you informed, fired up, and ready to act.

In this episode, Leslie and Angie dive into the murky waters of oligarchy—what it is, how it shows up in history, and why it still shapes our lives today. From ancient Greece to modern-day America, we explore how power concentrated in the hands of a few affects everyone—but especially women and the working class.

Spoiler: It’s not about pie, it’s about power. And no, sprinkles didn’t make it into our utopia.

In this episode, Angie and Leslie unpack what fascism actually is—according to philosopher Jason Stanley’s book How Fascism Works. We focus on one of its core tactics: the “us vs. them” strategy, and why it’s so effective (and dangerous). Then we walk through the ten traits of fascist politics—stuff like propaganda, anti-intellectualism, law and order rhetoric, and sexual anxiety—and connect them to what we’re seeing in American politics right now. So grab your Diet Coke or your Dr. Pepper, settle in, and let’s chat about how to recognize authoritarianism before it takes root—and how knowledge really is power.

Also: Saying big words are hard to say after night shifts. ~Angie

Welcome to the very first episode of Utah Ladies Let’s Chat! In this debut conversation, Angie and Leslie open up about why they started this podcast, their personal journeys growing up in conservative spaces, and what it means to question long-held beliefs. They will also go over being bias and why women especially need to be critical thinkers.