Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)
Sep 14, 2026 · 58 min · 9 segments
On the radio show this week, we start by exploring the vital importance of moms running for office and how their unique perspectives can shape better policies for families. After that, we delve into…
Kristin Rowe-FinkbeinerHost
Skye PerrymanGuestAlexis BylanderGuestLuba Gretchen ShirleyGuest
Lauren HippGuestWe need you to vote early or at least by the end of the day on the first Tuesday in November.
Because legislators legislate on their lived experience, and our policies fail women and children, and they have for generations.
And it's a really very simple reason why this is, and it's because we have more millionaires in Congress than moms.
There are three times more men named John in the Senate than there are moms of minor children.
And we are the only industrialized nation without paid family leave, without universal healthcare, without universal childcare.
And, you know, we have the worst maternal mortality rate in the industrialized world.
We're quite literally the most dangerous place to be born and to give birth in in the industrialized world.
And the more moms there are in Congress, the better domestic policies we have.
And that is important because those domestic policies that we were just talking about don't just lift families, they lift the economy.
When moms do better, we're all doing better, no matter if you're a mom or not.
You mentioned paid family medical leave, health care, these policies, and that there are more people in Congress named John than there are moms of minor children.
We need you to vote early or at least by the end of the day on the first Tuesday in November.
Because legislators legislate on their lived experience, and our policies fail women and children, and they have for generations.
And it's a really very simple reason why this is, and it's because we have more millionaires in Congress than moms.
There are three times more men named John in the Senate than there are moms of minor children.
And we are the only industrialized nation without paid family leave, without universal healthcare, without universal childcare.
And, you know, we have the worst maternal mortality rate in the industrialized world.
We're quite literally the most dangerous place to be born and to give birth in in the industrialized world.
And the more moms there are in Congress, the better domestic policies we have.
And that is important because those domestic policies that we were just talking about don't just lift families, they lift the economy.
When moms do better, we're all doing better, no matter if you're a mom or not.
You mentioned paid family medical leave, health care, these policies, and that there are more people in Congress named John than there are moms of minor children.
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