She Launched “The Daily Show.” Now She’s Fighting Red State Abortion Bans.

The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead’s path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and then working on The Daily Show. In the early 2000s, she co-founded Air America Radio, which was designed to be a counterweight to the popularity of radio personalities on the right.

Today, as producer of the Feminist Buzzkills podcast and founder of Abortion Access Front, she’s weaving together politics and comedy to educate people about abortion laws and give them the tools to fight. 

Thank you to Abortion Access Front for the use of its video “I’m Just a Pill” at the beginning of our episode. 

Credits | Producer: Josh Sanburn | Editor: Kara McGuirk-Allison | Theme music: Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs | Production manager: Zulema Cobb | Digital producer: Nikki Frick | Interim executive producers: Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis | Host: Al Letson

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Read: The Forgotten—and Incredibly Important—History of the Abortion Pill (Mother Jones)

Watch: I’m Just a Pill (Abortion Access Front via YouTube)

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