Frau Pow

Rebel Rouse, Youtube creator of Queer Girl Straight Skates, comes on Frau Pow to discuss her Youtube channel, bringing skating to people of all races, sizes, needs, and skatestyles, and learning from the skaters who have come before you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week is a little switch on DGMS, where Rags and Odd are talking about Glimmers : the opposite of triggers. They discuss the importance of finding the moments that bring joy and comfort, and how to use them in building your self care routine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the guest is the incredible Ebony, who discusses her experience as a black woman and her work as a nurse, explaining the presence of racism in the healthcare system along with the rest of society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags discuss how important it is for corporate policies and practices to consider transparency. They examine how destructive it is to encourage hiding salaries and not fully explaining promotions, especially to women and BIPOCs working those spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is the incredible Sam! They identify as a non-binary lesbian, which Rags and Odd discuss their gender identity and recognizing gender euphoria. Sam also discusses life with disability from relationships, to acess, to getting an education. Check out this episode for some really great stories from Sam and insight on life in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of DGMS is about self-diagnosis. After a visit to Reddit, Odd is interested in whether or not self-diagnosis is helpful. Odd and Rags dicsuss the merits of self-diagnosis in an unequal helath care system, and some fo the dangers of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Odd and Rags get to interivew Olive, founder of Queer Skate Alliance. Queer Skate Alliance focuses on empowering queer folks of all backgrounds who currently establish and evolve the experience of being a queer-identified skater. They talk about representation in Roller Derby and ways to further in diveristy in sports and organizations seeking change in their policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Odd and Rags follow up last week's DGMS about Black Lives Matter with a discussion about anti racism and keeping up the fight while it continues on against what feels like very slow change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's interview features Demanda, who's studying psychology and is a real life therapist working to help people manage their mental health during quaratine and the current protests. Demanda helps to explain helpful ways to address the feelings of right now, depsite how much Rags HATES talking about their feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of everything going on, of course Odd and Rags are talking about, acknowlegding, and putting work towards Black Lives Matter and the response to the murder of George Floyd. They discuss the mental health aspect of being an ally and the bets ways to offer support. PLus they rant abou racists, because we all need to do that right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags interview Rachel Rotten! Derby skater, stunt skater, taxidermy collector, Rachel Rotten is an all around amazing human, who importantly is working to support companies and businesses that normally don't get a large piece of the pie. She talk about working within a system that not meant to help anyone but white cis het men, and what we can try to do to change that. She also talks about living with Crohn's and being a bad ass derby player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Don't Get Me Started is about triggers. Espeically in a time where we're all managing our mental health and trying to not to internalize what is out of our control, learning to recognize and identify our own triggers is really important. Odd and Rags talk about how they've leanred to manage triggers, adapt, and even track their changes in reactions to them over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trigger Warning: This interview does mention suicidal ideation and sexual abuse. Please take care with yourself. If you skip this one we love you anyway. This week Odd and Rags are interviewing vigilante librarian, Revicki! Revicki talks about her experience with trauma and a new diagnosis of ADHD. It's a genuine, funny, and heart felt interview all from quarantine. Revicki even has some advice about self-isolation. Reach out with your own tips on managing time during quarantine at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! Still in quarantine but making episodes for you, dear Frau Pow fans. This week's DGMS is a surprise for Rags, a dive into horoscopes. Are they real? What's Rags birthchart? Are they a virgo or a leo? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're back! It's a shelter at home episode for Frau Pow, and hosts, Odd and Rags, are broadcasting from their apartments to give you the latest rant about the quarantine and how they're doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd interviews Rags this week about living with chronic pain and her methods in coping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week for Don't Get Me Started, Odd and Rags are talkign about the thing everyone is talking about and the thing that everyone wants to stop talking about. That's right. The Coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The amazing guest this week is Bambi! A Roller Derby player and officiant who comes on to discuss her disability and living life with it, including playing Derby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rags and Odd get a little personal as they discuss no longer being on the same team together and learning to do something new without a support system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guest this week is Arielle, founder of Sis Got Tea in Louisville, Kentucky. Odd and Rags talk to Arielle about her idea to provide a safe sober space to the LGBTQA+ community in Louisville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Frau Pow, Odd and Rags are getting started on Prude Shaming, the opposite of slut shaming. Mainly, just let people do whatever they want with their bodies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is Ace, an old friend of Rags, to talk about getting top surgery, the experience of taking T (testosterone), and working in the cannabis industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rags and Odd get all started about toxic positivity! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Frau Pow hosts, Odd and Rags, talk Neo Pronouns! They bust the myth about “grammatical correctness” and discuss pronouns in other languages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The special guest for this week on Frau Pow just happens to e a snack! And a really great partner. Odd’s husband, Tyler comes on to discuss being a supportive and patient partner to Odd through mental health, communication styles shifting, and just general life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate and Jess from Seltzer Squad Podcast join Odd in the studio to discuss their path to sobriety, and making a podcast all about it. Rags wasn't able to make it, so while we miss her, it's still a fun filled and informative ep about challenging societal norms and making sure you're healthy. Follow Frau Pow on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's DGMS is inspired by the last batch of amazing guests, Caity Brodnick, and Kate and Jess from Seltzer Squad podcast. Odd and Rags talk about how prevalent alcohol can seem in society and in the city. They discuss the stigmas surrounding getting sober and trying to be social but not drink. Follow Frau Pow on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rags and Odd interview the incredible Caitlin Brodnick! She is a breast cancer awareness advocate, comedian, author, podcast host, and Mom!! Caitlin talks about her story, which because a documentary and a book, about testing positive for BRCA and deciding to get a preventative double mastectomy. Follow Frau Pow on Facebook and Instagram Check out Caity's podcast ScamWow and her book here! Also follow Caitlin Brodnick on Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rag s and Odd get started on how independent artist are often shoved aside by big box stores and retail that takes away the need to find good original art and support the people who make it. Follow Frau Pow on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow this week is breaking down stigmas and assumptions around eating disorders and the treatment. Trigger warning : there is discussion about eating disorders, food, anorexia, and other subjects that might be triggering. Please listen with care for yourself and your needs. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Odd and Rags talk with Rapture, fellow Roller Derby pal about things rotting in weird places and the fate of the avocado. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dani is back! As a returning guest, Dani talks to Odd and Rags about her new book, Finding Identity When Chronic Pain Fades. Dani talks about her journey with an injury that lasted years, causing chronic pain and changing her life. When it was finally treated correctly and cured, Dani found herself working through what life would be like without the known company of the chronic pain. Check out Dani's book on Amazon! Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's don't get me started is about the dreaded internet communication EMAILS! And just how people communicate in general over the internet. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is the incredible Lady Trample! Odd and Rags ask Lady Trample about her experience with roller derby in New Zealand, Australia, and the US. Then they discuss the start of CIB and a bit about park skating. The interview ends with a great perspective on using language and correcting yourself when needed. NBD just listen to people! Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast and Facebook. Email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's DGMS hits close to home for Derby players and for Odd and Rags, as they discuss transphobia in sports and when people should keep their opinions to themselves. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast and on Facebook. Email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guest for this week's interview is the incredible Jumpy Mcgee! Mom, Roller Derby player, organizer, activist, social worker, Jump literally does everything. Jumpy is also the co-founder of Team Indigenous Rising, a Roller Derby team made up of indigenous skaters. Odd and Rags ask Jumpy about her process in putting the team together and her experience with Roller Derby. Champs game link: https://wftda.com/team-indigenous-vs-jewish-roller-derby-at-2019-wftda-championships/  Team Nation merch link: https://strongathletic.com/strong-athletic-line/we-are-nation-shirts/ Team Indigenous Facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/teamindigenousrollerderby/ Jewish roller derby Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jewishrollerderby/ Also write us! We'd love to hear you stories. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rags and Odd talk about the word "woke", where it came from, what it was meant for, and how it feels to use it now. They discuss the nuances and needs for activism, and where some people might get it wrong. Also write us! We'd love to hear you stories. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode Odd and Rags talk to friend and all around joy, RJ, about his path to recovery from addiction. RJ tells his own experience with addiction and how it affected his life and the people around him, and brings a really lovely outlook and sense of joy to his story of finding help and learning to love his life. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, we wanted to provide some resources that could maybe help here https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline SAMHSA's National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP https://www.helpguide.org/home-pages/addictions.htm Also write us! We'd love to hear you stories. Follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Don't Get Me Started about starers, oogglers, and CREEPS! Odd and Rags both share stories of having men be aggressive or creepy while they're at the gym trying to stay strong. Send us your stories and thoughts about gym creeps at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com and follow Frau Pow on Instagram and Facebook @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the final episode of the Immigration series! Thank you for listening. We were so proud to be able to put this series out there. Odd and Rags talk to Winna, from Liberia, who's background and experience with coming to America shed light that not all immigrants are treated the same, that the US is still a place for opportunity, and that you can love your new home through the flaws of it.  Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In one fo the final installments of the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags speak with Fransisco from El Salvador. Unlike some of the other interviews, Fransisco came to the US later in life, which created different obstacles for his story. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode, Odd and Rags interview Jerlyn, born in Dominica, who travelled to the US Virgin Islands and eventually New York. Jerlyn shares how it is to adjust to a different culture while still understanding an identity in between the two. She describes how sometimes the immigrant experience, especially as a black person is unique in the US when faced with prejudices and judgements that aren't present in other cultures. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode if the month long immigration series, Odd and Rags speak with Mike from Ghana. He tells the story of his family's move to the US, his experience with school in the states, and the test to become a naturalized citizen. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode in the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags speak with Toto, from Bulgaria. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first interview from the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags talk with Luiz, from Costa Rica. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To kick off the immigration series, a series of interviews that focuses on the experience of immigration in the US and the realities of its process, the very first interview is with Madiba Dennie, a lawyer and podcast host for Barred and Boujee. Odd, Rags, and Madiba discuss the immigration system in the US, including the visa process, how it's enforced, what are the quotas, and what is the legislation. Through personal stories, know-how, and actual professional qualifications the three try to break through bits of misinformation and contradictions in the immigration system. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the wall and the bans, everyone is talking about immigration as a "problem" without understanding what immigration in the US actually looks like. For the next 4 weeks, Frau is releasing a special series, starting with this episode about immigration in the US. For the last few months, Odd and Rags have been interviewing immigrants from all over the country, who came to the US from all over the world, about their experience with the US Immigration system and their stories of becoming a part of America. The next month will feature conversations with people with incredibly different stories, even though they all ended up doing the same thing. Coming to the US to make a home, work, and become American in one way or another. In this "Preface" episode, Odd and Rag explain why they started this series and all the listeners should take away from it. It's a completely different look at normal immigrants and how they've experienced the US, instead of focusing on economic implications, or opinions on politicians, this series is meant to relate this huge issue to the people in the middle of it. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoe Bean is the official Roller Derby Tattooer extraordinaire! An incredible artist and badass woman, Zoe Bean is an experienced tattooer with a special studio in Brooklyn, the New Moon Studio. Founded along with Drew Linden, New Moon provides a space for LGBTQA+ friendly tattoo clients to get work done without the fear of judgement or discomfort. Zoe talks about the philosophy of her tattoo space, being a mom in the suburbs, and ignoring people who try to explain how to run a business. Check out New Moon here! Follow @fraupowpodcast on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Don't Get Me Started for this week has a special guest, Zoe Bean! As a woman business owner and heavily tattooed person, Zoe shares how often she gets manplained how to do things that she's essentially an expert at. Rags shares her own experiences with being mansplained when she could truly kick a person's ass, and Odd gets started over when they get mansplained at work in a way that is so annoying! Follow Zoe Bean @zoebeantattoo Follow @fraupowpodcast on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Odd and Rags talk to Black Eyed Betty, a long time Roller Derby player. Betty has Sensory Processing Disorder, a condition symptomatic of desiring or adverting from sensory experiences. Betty also recently went through treatment for an eating disorder. By being honest and thoughtful, Betty helps break down the stigmas surrounding people with sensory processing issues and eating disorders. It's a delightful interview about heavy subjects, that might make you feel better your own relationship with textures, sounds, and feelings. Helpful links from Black Eyed Betty! https://www.etsy.com/shop/AutisticRabbithttps://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/adult-SPD-checklist.html Follow Frau pow @fraupowpodcast and email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rags and Odd have a guest for the Don't Get Me Started segment. It's Black Eyed Betty! They all cover "diet talk" and how putting calories on everything can be a trigger for people with eating disorders, not to mention the frequency to which people comment on how many calories something is or being good on their diet. It's exhausting! Food is energy, people. Just love what you eat and stop shaming people for their bodies! Anyway, there's plenty to learn about being better about how we think about food. Everyone rants for min, then gives ideas on how to be better food thinkers. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast on Instagram or email love notes to fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags get to talk to Nox, host of Nox Talks, roller derby player, and all around a funny, incredible woman! They get into the importance of the roller derby community and how Nox got started making Nox Talks. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast and email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week, Rags and Odd discuss people who use FaceTime in public, while walking, even in the car! Maybe there's a good reason for it, or maybe it's an obnoxious habit. Or maybe we're just weird. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast or contact them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags talk with Kilt Trip with week, Derby Official based in South Florida with the Gold Coast Derby Grrls about race and inclusion in Roller Derby, and specifically about an event at ECDX (East Coast Derby Extravaganza), which Kilt Trip made a reaction video about on Facebook here. They touch upon micro aggressions, encouraging inclusion, and requiring apologies for mistakes or offenses based in racism and bias. Here's some more info and pieces from fellow Derby players WFTDA AMA about racism and inclusion in Roller Derby Executive Statement and Action Items from WFTDA on Confronting Racism and Marginalization Systemic Racism in Roller Derby — Queen Loseyateefa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this week's Don't Get Me Started, Odd and Rags get wrathful! With Pride Month now over, Odd prompts the question from this Washington post article that there should be a follow up month all about wrath and ultimately, activism. They discuss the need for celebration for LGBTQ+ people, but also the need to continue standing up for rights that are still being challenged. Rags also proposes that the whole year should be dedicated to the seven deadly sins and supporting the cause all year round. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week on Frau Pow, hosts Odd and Rags talk to Roller Derby Player and powerful woman, Mount Tushmore! She talks about her experience with her own mental health, specifically with finding the diagnosis for Bi-Polar Disorder and navigating elements of it, including hypomania. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Rags and Odd get into pay inequality, using the US Women's Soccer Team as an example of how ridiculous the pay gap can be. Send your own Don't Get Me Starteds to @fraupowpodcast and fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags are going international! This week, their guest F'nick, calls in all the way from across the pond to talk about being a comic book artist, a derby player, and managing depressions and mental health. They touch on the fear of being turned down for a job based on mental health needs, and some advice on helping friends that might need immediate attention for their mental health, even though society may not consider these needs as medical. F'nick is also writing a comic about depression and mental health, along with drawing roller derby player as powerful and cute animals! Check out Sloth Comics for more of F'nick's work as well as other artists that he helps publish. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week, Odd and Rags dish about "self care." They discuss the differences between really making time for self love and just plain capitalism. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook Also check out 808 Roller Skate & Sloth Comics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week's guest is the amazing Hannah Witton, Sex Education YouTuber and Author, and new Podcaster! Hannah talks with Odd & Rags about the differences in sex education in the states and the UK, and what it's like to live with a chronic illness and navigating sexuality around it. Hannah also tells Frau Pow about her new book The Hormone Diaries, which is out June 13th and now available for pre-order. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Happy Pride Month!! It's June which means a Don't Get Me Started about Pride and what it means to support the LGBTQ+ community. Odd & Rags cover transphobic and biphobic language and discuss the best way to be truly supportive of this month and the people it's meant for. Follow Frau @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Daryl, form Team Indigenous, which includes 20 athletes from indigenous communities in Canada, the United States, South America, is an incredible Roller Derby player and former Jingle Dress Dancer. She joins Odd and Rags to talk about her indigenous background, specifically Taus Peublo, her experience getting into roller derby, and about how representation in sports matters. Check out this sweet NYT article about Team Indigenous! Follow Frau @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Don't Get Me Started gets real deep real quick. Now don't worry, there's still room for laughs. Odd and Rags talk the "A word" with guest Daryl, meaning the word Abortion. They cover how the abortion law is argued in their own circles and how often the new legislation in Georgia and Alabama is truly only affecting the most disenfranchised people.  Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the studio this week, Odd and Rags interview Texas Roller Derby player The Little Murdermaid about playing Roller Derby on a Men's team, how Roller Derby needs more representation, and being a good example of self love for her daughter. Email Frau Pow with your stories at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com and follow the podcast at @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in Frau Pow's Don't Get Me Started, our hosts and Roller Derby teammates, Odd and Rags, talk about why they have decided in this podcast to talk to other Roller Derby players, why the sport matters to them, and why anything you're passionate about should be shared with the world. They also give a little derby lesson to the listeners who may not now all the ins and outs of Roller Derby. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast or email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special interview on Frau Pow, Odd and Rags, Roller Derby teammates and hosts, speak with Merle (AKA Captain Safety) and NSO in Milwaukee, who tells his story about being a musician, his love of supporting Roller Derby, and his own issues with mental health. Merle's outlook on life is charming and loving. Odd and Rags loved talking to him about his life and his GUINEA PIGS! Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast or email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in Frau Pow's Don't Get Me Started, our hosts and Roller Derby teammates, Odd and Rags, talk about Wedding Planning! It's stressful, filled with silly traditions, and expensive. Who do you invite? What do you feed them? At the end of it all, is it easier to elope? Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast or email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the studio this week, Odd and Rags interview Roller Derby player Kate Sera Sera about her experience as an athlete, Roller Derby player, native New Yorker, and finally transgender woman. Email Frau Pow with your stories at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com and follow the podcast at @fraupowpodcast Follow Kate here on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kate Sera Sera, Roller Derby Player for the Bronx Gridlock, helps out with this week's Don't Get Me Started. Odd, Rags, and Kate discuss how frustrating it can be to be asked "those" questions about their experience as queer or trans folx, without considering that not all the stories are the same. Email Frau Pow with your stories at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com and follow the podcast at @fraupowpodcast Follow Kate here on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two roller derby teammates who wanted to tackle uncomfortable conversations and normalize societal stigmas. This week, guest Ali Clayton graces the studio with her presence to tell her story about coming from North Carolina, becoming a stand up, coming out to her family, and working with Bradley, the love of her life. Follow Ali Clayton @ACountryClayton Follow Frau Pow  @fraupowpodcast and email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Odd and Rags talked about them accents. With guest Ali Clayton, they gripe about when people judge them based on their accents and where they come from.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two roller derby teammates who love shaking off stigmas and having tough conversations. This week in the studio, Odd and Rags are joined by Mara Marek!  Mara is a comedian how started Bike Laugh Heal, where she biked all the way across the country performing comedy to help raise money for local women’s shelters to help prevent domestic violence and support survivors. She’s also the host of the podcast, Happy Never AfterFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two  roller derby teammates.This week, Odd and Rags want to talk about tattooooos and all the weird stigmas that people attach to anyone who has tattoos. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two women on the same roller derby team.This week Odd and Rags bring on Strong Woman, actress, and personal trainer Cara Brennan to discuss her transformation and her pathway to body building and radical positivity. Check out Cara’s work at barbend.com thecarabrennan.com Instagram: @captainstarbuckAshertheseries.com Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two roller derby teammates.  Odd and Rags get into what it means to have a good personal trainer and a BAD one with Cara Brennan, focusing on what to look for in a trainer. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast  Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two women on the same roller derby team.Burd Brain and Caitlin founders of the Chub CLub Collective focuses their apparel and designs for fat and fabulous skaters. Odd & Rags discuss with Caitlin and Burd Brain why they started the collective, how they learned to skate, and whatever park skating is?! Check out this fun episode and get yourself some beautiful designs from Chub Club!Chub Club: @chubclubofficial on Instagram // shopchubclub.com Chicks in Bowls (park skating resource): chicksinbowls.com Pigeon, owner of Moxi Skate shop: @pigeonskate on Instagram // www.moxilongbeach.com/Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them. iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two women on the same roller derby team.This week, Odd and Rags are fed up with traffic and especially the people who create it. Joined by Burd Brain and Caitlin from Chub Club, who drove in through NY traffic to get to the studio, they all discuss the worst habits of people behind the wheel.Chub Club: @chubclubofficial on Instagram // shopchubclub.com Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags talk with friend and guest, Smiley Cyrus, about the story of her divorce and how she manages a relationship with her ex, finds joy in Roller Derby, and stays positive. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Frau Pow Podcast, Odd and Rags discuss the new NY Reproductive Health Act, which extends abortion services to women at serious risk in the third trimester. Odd and Rags vent about those who don’t fully understand how they act works, and those who use it for their own agenda. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Frau Pow Podcast, Odd & Rags speak with junior roller derby skater and pre-teen fashion icon, Darth Skater. They also speak with Darth’s Mom about what it’s like to play the same sport as your kid, especially as mother-daughter. Email Odd & Rags at fraupowpodcast@gmail.comFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Don’t Get Me Started is about Doctors who don’t truly listen to the concerns of their patients, especially women. Odd and Rags get into their own experience with being ignored and not believed for their pain. It’s a complicated relationship with fully understand healthcare and what to expect, and the ladies encourage being honest and asking for a second opinion when in doubt. If you have any stories about struggling with communicating with a doctor or finding a care provider who went above and beyond in your needs, please share them! Email Odd & Rags at fraupowpodcast@gmail.comFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd & Rags need you you keep washing your hands, because while we all poop, it’s still important to have good hygiene! Also, they call out a story in New Jersey about a serial poop vandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by therapist and educator, Dani, who covers the facets and treatments of PTSD, Odd & Rags discuss how trauma can affect you, ways to work through it, and how therapy animals, especially horses, can help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miss Tea Maven, elite roller derby skater and mental health advocate, joins Odd and Rags to discuss her own journey with mental health and her awareness apparel line, Stop Stigma Now. This episode covers experiences with depression, anorexia, and suicide, in an effort to lift the stigmatism often placed on these issues. The ladies also cover ways to reach out and understand loved ones who share these experiences, and ways to offer help. Trigger Warning, for those who may not be in the right place to listen to discussions on these topics. Visit StopStigmaNow.com to get awareness apparel and follow Miss Tea Maven at MissTeaMaven.comFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.     iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags get into it with Miss Tea Maven about making food for people during the holidays ESPECIALLY when they don’t tell you what they won’t eat.Visit StopStigmaNow.com to get awareness apparel and follow Miss Tea Maven at MissTeaMaven.comFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd & Rags talk with teammate and firecracker,  Malice In Wonderland, about having a stroke and the experience of a life threatening event so young. Malice shows a resiliency of getting through scary moments with a sense of humor and gratefulness for those around her. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in Don’t Get Me Started, Odd and Rags dig into the issue with being nice to men, who often misconstrue friendliness as flirting.Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags Interview international best selling author and Roller Derby goddess, Crunch (Kirsten Bunch) about making a change in your own community and rethinking your life when it’s time to make that change.https://www.kirstenbunch.comFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.   iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Odd and Rags get into how calling everything basic is so annoying! And more importantly, how it’s a method of cultural appropriation that no one acknowledges.Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rags and Odd speak with Joygantor, derby queen and friend, who works in occupational therapy helping those with mental illness readjust to the community. They discuss the process and realities of institutions in America and geek out over research and great books on the subject.Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast  Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rags and Odd talk about their own struggles with anxiety and how they manage the really hard days.Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Don’t Get Me Started segment this week has some cheesy jokes. To find out more about the story referenced in this episode, check out My Favorite Murder – Swiss Cheese Pervert NBC StoryFollow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Spotify      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Frau Pow podcast, Odd & Rags interview Derby teammate and friend, Rosa Ruckus about her life and approach to mental health and her journey. Mental health and substance abuse resources: –National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264–Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): (800) 662-4357 Follow the podcast @fraupowpodcast iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Frau Pow podcast with Odd and Rags, Mistress Grimm, Roller Derby NSO, EMT and volunteer for kink events about sexual assault and creating safe spaces for consent in kink culture. -Consent tea video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbei5JGiT8-National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline: https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline //800.656.4673-Roller Derby and #MeToo: https://jezebel.com/first-came-roller-derbys-own-metoo-moment-then-came-t-1826447452 iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Part I of this episode of Frau Pow Podcast, Odd and Rags get started on cat calling and the nice guys complex.  Follow the podcast @fraupowpodcast    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows                         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two women on the same roller derby team. The episodes feature discussions on topics that you typically do not want to bring up at the dinner table, with the goal to start conversations about difficult themes and begin to normalize issues like depression and chronic illness. The hosts wanted to share conversations they were having with their teammates and friends, and the the empowerment and support that they have found in the roller derby community. No prior experience in the sport required!In this episode of Frau Pow, Rags and Odd talk with Fearless Bueller about living with depression, finding the right therapist, and the stigma of talking about depression.Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.  iTunes RadioPublic Stitcher iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow was started by two women on the same roller derby team. The episodes feature discussions on topics that you typically do not want to bring up at the dinner table, with the goal to start conversations about difficult themes and begin to normalize issues like depression and chronic illness. The hosts wanted to share conversations they were having with their teammates and friends, and the the empowerment and support that they have found in the roller derby community. No prior experience in the sport required!In this first episode of Frau Pow, Odd and Rags get into something really juicy in a segment called Don’t Even Get Me Started, and introduce the general need for the show. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast Don’t forget to Rate & Subscribe! It helps so much in getting these conversations in the ear of those who may need them.    iTunes      RadioPublic      Stitcher   iHeartRadio Google Podcasts Related Shows             Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frau Pow Podcast is hosted by Odd and Rags! Check out the trailer for a peak at Season 1, premiering on Sept 28th.  Follow Frau Pow Podcast @fraupowpodcast iTunes Coming Soon! RadioPublic Coming Soon! Stitcher Coming Soon! iHeartRadio Coming Soon! Google Podcasts Coming Soon! Related Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices