Lorissa Rinehart Returns

About this episode

Lorissa Rinehart discusses her new book on the first woman member of Congress and various political topics.

Lorissa is an author and historian who recently published a must-read volume about the first woman member of Congress called “ Winning the Earthquake ”. She also runs a Substack you should be subscribed to: it’s called the Female Body Politic, thefemalebodypolitic.substack.com . Nothing is paywalled so it’s all FREE. Today we talked about the California primary, Graham Platner and the Maine primary next week, we talked Iran, plus the future of American politics post-Trump, and so much more. Stick around for this one. Meantime make sure to support this podcast at patreon.com/bobcescashow . Music by Logan Piercey . Brought to you by Russ Rybicki, SharePower Responsible Investing . Support our new sponsor and get free shipping at Quince.com/bob ! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Bob Cesca

Guest: Lorissa Rinehart

Topics covered

• politics
• history
• elections
• American politics
• women in Congress

Keywords

• Lorissa Rinehart
• Winning the Earthquake
• California primary
• Maine primary
• American politics

Sponsors

Quince, SharePower Responsible Investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Female Body Politic

Books & works: Winning the Earthquake

Places: California, Maine, Iran

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