Welcome to Feminist Buzzkills! - The weekly podcast from Abortion Access Front. Hosted by Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show co-creator, comedian, and founder of Abortion Access Front ) and Moji Alawode-El (writer, activist, marketing guru Abortion Access Front). These hilarious and brilliant experts on all things abortion, break down the weekly news from patriarchy’s evil trilogy of misogyny, white supremacy, and anti-abortion extremism. They make sense of all the madness, by digging in hard wit ...
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The Buzzkill Show. An amazingly offensive podcast where we discuss all things pop culture and revel in old school hip-hop and punk rock.
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Looking at life through the lens of recovery. Humorous at times, serious at times, but always real. BUZZKILL: The Sound of Change™
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Consider the American bumblebee, once the most common bee species in the United States. Its numbers have declined by 90 percent in the last two decades. We’re talking about more than just the loss of an iconic species. Three-fourths of the food crops humans grow depend on pollinators – bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and more. Industrial monocultures sap the soil. Rampant chemical use poisons our water and our bodies. Reckless stewardship of the land wastes our precious resources. Buzzkill ...
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In 30 minutes or less, three friends (Brian X. Chen, Mark Milian and Nathan Olivarez-Giles) talk tech, politics, pop culture, media and anything else they want. If any of the three get bored with the topic at hand, they hit a buzzer and the convo is killed. Onto the next topic. You can find the Buzzkill Podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, 60dB, TuneIn, Google Play, PocketCasts and other fine podcast apps and services.
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Professor Buzzkill is an exciting podcast that explores history myths in an illuminating, entertaining, and humorous way.
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The Best, Worst and Weirdest Abortion News of 2025
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51:36*Mariah Carey voice* IT’S TIIIIIIIIME… For our annual year-in-review! HOE-HOE-HOLY shit, Buzzkillianas. 2025 was a hellacious year in Abortlandia, so you already know the Feminist Buzzkills are re-hashing, re-roasting, re-raging, and even re-celebrating over what went down this year in regards to all tings repro-related. Lizz and Moji took a little…
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Fake Clinics and False Prophets Head to SCOTUS With Dr. Michele Goodwin & Kristin Hady
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47:34EPISODE TW: Physical assault. Satan’s misogynistic minions were hard at work this week… but so were we! The Supreme Court heard not one, but TWO abobo-related cases this week: First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin AND a case involving a violent clinic harasser we personally know all too well. SCOTUS is playing with the safety of pregnant…
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Holiday Survival Guide: “That Shit’s Not In the Bible” Edition With John Fugelsang
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38:16EPISODE TW: Talk about sexual assault. Fall is in the air! The crunch of crisp autumn leaves, the promise of pumpkin spice migraines, and the sound of your racist Uncle Dick popping open a Natty Light. IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIIMEEE *Mariah Carey voice* for the Feminist Buzzkills annual How-The-HELL-Am-I-Gonna-Deal-With-My-Family-During-The-Holidays SPECIAL…
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The E. Jean Carroll Experience: She **Is** Our Type! With E. Jean Carroll
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45:37Your favorite Feminist Buzzkills are BACK and getting real with the woman who dared to take on the biggest ogre on the planet (Bubba’s BFF, we’re looking at you) and WON! TWICE! THE ONE AND ONLY E. JEAN CARROLL IS IN THE HOUSE. Buckle up: the brilliant journalist, advice columnist, and slayer of the Predator-In-Chief, E. Jean Carroll, teaches us al…
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Gilead’s Next Top Handmaid With Sarah Hartshorne
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43:29So much happened this week in the abortionsphere and it was creepy with a cherry on top. Lizz and Moji discuss the right wing apoplexia that has cascaded in the wake of the FDA approving a new generic abortion pill (trigger warning: JOSH HAWLEY MENTIONED!!!!). Also in the news, JOSH HAWLEY’S WIFE AND PATRIARCHY IN THE UK. Listen up and learn exactl…
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Mifepristone - Now a Generic Bitch with Eliana Rodriguez & Jenny Zigrino
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1:11:51We’re back and ready to rage hard and dive deep into this week’s mosh pit of anti-abortion ass-wagging with y’all! Prepare thyself for a full breakdown of Pregnancy Justice’s study on the shocking rise in the criminalization of pregnancy, abortion and miscarriage. Plus, hold onto your cheeks, ‘cause your Buzzkills are blowing Pam Bondi’s latest sca…
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You’ve Been Hegsethed with Kyleanne Hunter & Youngmi Mayer
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1:11:48There’s a new bombshell in the villa: a fresh episode of Feminist Buzzkills! Lizz and Moji are BACK TOGETHER for the first in a long time to raise hell! Now that RFK Jr. has officially called for an FDA investigation into medication abortion, your Buzzkills gotta break down the actual facts and the totally fictional, completely made up study that p…
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The Audacity to Care for All With Yasmin Elhady & Ali Kliegman
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1:01:03Feminist Buzzkills is officially BACK! WHEEEEE! Lizz is still out meeting with activists and speaking at screenings of the AAF documentary, “No One Asked You,” at The Colombia International Human Rights Festival (dopeness alert). And HUZZAH—joining Moji is AAF’s inimitable Head Writer, Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi to guest co-host! They’re diving into …
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ENCORE: Boom! Buzzkilled: Microdosing the Roepocalypse With Imani Gandy & Jess
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1:39:40Follow along with slideshow visuals HERE. ENCORE ALERT! The Feminist Buzzkills are out on a summer break! But, no need to fear – we’re leaving y’all with some extra brain juice to keep you company while we’re offline. We’re dropping an ENCORE POD EPISODE of when we collabed with the iconic “Boom! Lawyered” hosts Imani Gandy and Jess Pieklo IN DC an…
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How Do You Turn an Abortion Study Into a Play? With Diana Green Foster & Lesley Greene
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28:53MINI-SODE ALERT! The Feminist Buzzkills are out on a summer break! But, no need to fear—we’re leaving y’all with some extra brain juice to keep you company while we’re offline. We’re dropping a very fun MINI SPECIAL POD EPISODE that we taped earlier this summer with the geniuses (and SISTERS!) behind “The Turnaway Play,” Diana Greene Foster and Les…
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Operation Save Abortion at Netroots Nation 2025 With Abortion Access Front
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27:06Follow along with visuals here This week FBK brings you Operation Save Abortion! It’s a Podcast! It’s a Workshop! It’s a combination podcast workshop! A Podshop if you will! Your Feminist Buzzkills took some big patriarchy-smashing heat to The Big Easy and recorded a live episode that dropped some knowledge and trains you up to keep fighting agains…
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Your Reproductive Advocacy Must Include Trans Care With Peppermint & Chase Strangio
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1:09:31Your favorite Buzzkill duo are back at it with hot takes, hot guests, and plenty of RAGE! What went down this week in Abobolandia? Well… let’s just start with a win—Ken Paxton: 0 Texas abortion provider, Dr. Margaret Carpenter: 1. HUZZAH! Also, what happens in West Virginia certainly won’t stay in West Virginia—we’re laying out the latest terrible,…
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The Bigoted BS Bill is a Backdoor National Abortion Ban With Negin Farsad & Pamela Merritt
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1:14:39Have no fear! Lizz and Moji are BACK this week and bringing you a big beautiful breakdown of all the ways the Big Bullshit Bill is coming for our abortion rights, even when abortion isn’t explicitly mentioned… because why not be as sneaky as possible, amirite? AND we spill the tea on this week's crop of anti-abortion schemes to ruin our reproductiv…
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Three Years Since the Fall of Roe: Have Far Have We Fallen? With Dr. Michele Goodwin & Amy Hagstrom Miller
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43:14SPECIAL PODISODE! THREE YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF ROE? Woof. It’s been a heavy three years and an even heavier past few weeks. June 24th marks the 3rd anniversary of the fall of Roe (sobs). So, diving into what has happened to abortion access since then means bringing in THE BIG GUNS. It’s big Buzzkill energy as Lizz welcomes the incomparable constit…
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American food politics are a mess. The traditional forces driving policy in agriculture and nutrition have been wiped away, and ordinary people are struggling to figure out who is in charge, what they’re up to, and why. Every two weeks, Forked hosts Helena Bottemiller Evich of Food Fix and Theodore Ross FERN's Editor-in-chief cut through the confus…
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Quit With the Studies on Men’s Feelings With Sara Jacobs & Jackie Venson
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1:04:53Welcome back to your weekly dose of Feminist Buzzkilling! Moji’s off on a well-deserved vacay, but Lizz is holding it down despite this week’s abobo news spawning a major ewww alert. Prepare yourselves. We’re approaching the three-year anniversary of the obliteration of Roe and guess what? Lizz unpacks a study on how ye olde gender gap on abortion …
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A Woman’s Body Is Smarter Than the Doctor With Dr. Shelley Sella & Chanel Ali
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1:13:14Your favorite Buzzkills are BACK with a pod that is gonna knock your dang socks off. Lizz and Moji break down healthcare carpetbagger Dr. Oz’s latest EMTALA bullshit. The Grifter-In-Chief’s administration made it clear this week that they’re coming full force for a 2022 guidance that mandated hospitals provide EMERGENCY abortions. It’s giving “Make…
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Trust Black Women, Motherfuqqers With Kwajelyn Jackson & Grady Hendrix
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1:11:09Woof. The anti-abortion cretins really brought their fuckery to the yard this week. The BS popped off from the Lone Star State all the way to the UK, so Lizz and Moji are back to lay it all out for you with some incredible guests, and dish on the week’s good, bad, and mostly bad abortion stories! You know—the usual. Your Buzzkills will break down t…
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Nope, Trump Is Not Protecting Abortion Pills With Charlene Kaye & Dr. Karenne Fru
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1:06:11Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! What’s going down in abobo town this week? Lizz and Moji gotchu and are reminding everyone to HOLD THE APPLAUSE – Yes, Tru…
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Anti-Abortion Science: The Grift that Keeps on Grifting With Jenny Yang & Susan Rinkunas
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56:01Rest In Power to our dear friend and activist, Jill Sobule. We did it all with you, Jill, and will continue to carry you with us in all our work. This week, your Feminist Buzzkills are once again joined by our very own, funny AF Alyssa Al-Dookhi! Sometimes you just need an extra hand in taking out the abobo-related trash that piles up throughout th…
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It’s Vaginal Dryness Awareness Week With Shonali & Dr. Cat Duffy
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1:05:23Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! Your fav Buzzkills are talking about the trend of reclassifying things like abortion meds and birth control, and then outl…
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Not the Space Abortion Anyone Asked For With Candice King, Dr. Carole Joffe & David Cohen
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1:13:40Scared? Got questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! Your Buzzkills are BACK with a brand new episode and to remind you that in space, no one can you hear you scream… that you…
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Boom! Buzzkilled: Microdosing the Roepocalypse With Imani Gandy & Jess Pieklo from Boom! Lawyered
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1:43:39Follow along with slideshow visuals HERE. Full episode transcript HERE. Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! ATTENTION BUZZKILLAHSSSSS! WE DID A LIVE THING – i…
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When Did the US Civil War End?
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41:55Professor Michael Vorenberg joins us to address one of the most perplexing questions in US history. Did the Civil War end on April 9, at Appomattox, as conventional wisdom holds, where Lee surrendered to Grant in Wilmer McLean’s parlor? Or was it ten weeks afterward, in Galveston, where a federal commander proclaimed Juneteenth the end of slavery? …
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Texas Births the Mother of All Abortion Bans With Jean Grae & Dr. Jamila Taylor
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1:05:52Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! Ken Paxton is at it again—arresting a midwife and two colleagues for allegedly providing abortions—so we’re shredding him …
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It’s Abortion Provider Appreciation Week With Special Guest Co-Host Elizabeth Booker Houston & Dr. Ashley Jeanius
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53:40Hey Buzzkills! This week’s episode is PACKED with all the action and info you need! We’re celebrating Abortion Provider Appreciation Week, and AAF is out on the road doing the important work of showing our support for the heroes who keep abortion care alive. Dr. Ashley Jeanius, OB-GYN and abortion provider, joins us to talk about how she feels cele…
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Irish Things that are Actually British: Flashback Friday!
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15:56Professor Buzzkill seems to want to make enemies in this episode. He shows that many things central to Irish culture and identity are actually British in origin -- St. Patrick, “the craic,” and “Danny Boy” come under his withering analytical gaze. But he may surprise you with the ultimate conclusions he reaches. Maybe he’s not that much of a buzzki…
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The Irish Slaves Myth: 2025 Encore
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35:41White supremacy has been rising at an alarming rate in the last few years. The “Irish Slaves” myth has been given new life by these extremists. The famous “Irish: the Forgotten White Slaves” email has been unearthed and promoted heavily again during the St. Patrick’s season. It’s an abuse of history, as well as being reprehensible morally.…
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Buzzkill Bonus Episode: “Is urban beekeeping bad for bees?”
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31:16This is an engaging conversation on urban pollinators taped live during the Buzzkill celebration in New York City on March 3, 2025, moderated by Sewell Chan, executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, with Buzzkill host Teresa Cotsirilos, Sara Hobel, executive director of the Horticultural Society of New York, and Rebecca Louie, executive …
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The Sound of Music - 60th Anniversary Show!
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58:42Carla Von Trapp Hunter (descendant of Captain and Maria Von Trapp) joins Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham to talk about The Sound of Music, the famous musical that appeared in theaters 60 years ago this week. We bust the many myths in the Sound of Music film, and show that the real story of the von Trapps is much more fascinating! Join us for one of the …
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Buzzkill: A post-pollinator world
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29:25The Golden State’s annual almond harvest shows what happens when biodiversity collapses and bees become a commodity valuable enough to steal.FERN
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Tears for Thomas and Alito, Cheers for Abortion Clinics With Joyelle Nicole Johnson & Laurie Bertram Roberts
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1:06:49Scared? Got questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! The good news trickled in this week with the Supreme Court saying hell-to-the-no to anti-abortion stalkers!! Woooohoooooo!…
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Buzzkill: Bats and the blue agave
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31:00Nearly all tequila is made from cloned plants that are vulnerable to species collapse. In Mexico, a small group of people is trying to change that – and protect an endangered, nectar-slurping, agave-pollinating bat that’s only three inches long.FERN
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eHarmony for Fetuses? Swipe Left With Mallory Johns & Leigh Finke
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1:09:07Full episode transcript HERE. Buckle up, we’ve got a banger for you! This week on Feminist Buzzkills, Lizz holds it down alone as Moji is off on a birthday vacay, so wish our favorite Pisces all the best! Missouri fucked around and found out, so Lizz drills into what the hell is going on with the “Mother of the West’s” pregnancy registry and how it…
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Buzzkill: The lawn war
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39:22A suburban couple was passionate about pollinators, native plants, and living in harmony with nature. Their neighbors were not impressed. This “battle of the backyard” turned out to have national implications.FERN
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Should I Be Scared? We’ll Let You Know. With Bitch & Amy Merrill
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59:16Full episode transcript HERE. Roses are red, violets are blue, we’re ready to fuck some shit up – how about you? Nothing says “love” like living through the current soul scorchings and still showing up every day to make a difference! On this week’s pod, your Feminist Buzzkills are diving deep into Indiana gutting HIPAA for abortion patients, redefi…
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The Bombing of Dresden: 80th Anniversary Episode
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34:11This week sees the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden on February 13-14, 1945. It was one of the most destructive of the Allies’ late-war bombing campaigns over Germany. Somewhere between 22,000 and 25,000 people were killed and a famously beautiful city was leveled. It’s been called an Allied war crime, and Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel “Sl…
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Buzzkill: Colonialism and the land
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35:33White settlers viewed farmland as a resource to be exploited, while Indigenous people saw it as a partnership for mutual benefit. Now, a Native American tribe is solving today’s environmental problems and helping pollinators with ancient techniques.FERN
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Buzzkill: The mystery of the dead bees
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40:30In Nebraska, a researcher’s bee colonies kept dying, and the evidence pointed to the ethanol plant next door – and a food system built on pesticides.FERN
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RUFKidding Me?! With Neko Case & Kimberly Smith
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1:00:29CONGRATS, you survived week two of Sir Agent Orange. And that is a feat because he’s working OVAHTIME to try and kill us all. Good news is your Feminist Buzzkills are on it, and in this episode, we bring you all the abortion news from national and local that is next-level fuckshit. You’ll meet Rep. Claudia Tenney, a gender traitor for upstate NY em…
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