Stacey Abrams joins My Body. My Pod. to explain why the U.S. is already in an authoritarian moment—and how abortion bans and attacks on DEI fit into a larger plan to concentrate power and control our bodies.

Stacey walks Mini through her “10 Steps to Autocracy,” exposing just how far Republicans have gone to seize power. Then, she shares her 10 steps to freedom and power: concrete ways we can defend democracy, protect reproductive freedom, and make sure our government actually delivers for people. Along the way, they dig into Dobbs, Medicaid and ACA cuts, the surveillance state targeting pregnant people, and why we cannot look the other way.

Listen in for a hopeful challenge: we don’t all have to do the same thing—but we all have to do something.

Episode recorded on November 18, 2025

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