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Hey folks,
I went live with Julie Burkhart, and we didn’t hold back. We talked about what it means to keep fighting for reproductive freedom when the country feels like it’s going backwards. Julie’s been in the trenches for decades, and her clarity—and her calm—cut through the noise. This one’s about courage, loss, and the stubborn hope it takes to keep going.
[00:01:07] Julie talks about clinging to core values when each day brings a new “fresh hell.”
[00:06:12] Julie traces the road from working with Dr. George Tiller to building clinics where others won’t—turning loss into a calling to make care real for people who feel forgotten.
[00:12:45] The weight of post-Roe: 83% of patients in Granite City are traveling from out of state; Wyoming is seeing folks from 19 states. Need is up. Funding is up. And still—doors stay open.
[00:19:10] Heart over slogans: how knocking doors in places like Kansas, listening first, and speaking in people’s language moves neighbors from fear to solidarity.
[00:27:30] We sit with the hard truths—maternal mortality, Medicaid, and the ache of personal loss—and choose empathy as a strategy: meet people where they are, bring them with us, and win together.
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With urgency,
—Mike
