We Can Do Hard Things

Amanda is joined by Congressman Ro Khanna for a no-spin, call-it-like-it-is conversation about the dumpster fire of Trump and Congress.  

We already know who Trump is. The more urgent question is—why is Congress too cowardly to do its job to stop him?

Amanda and Rep. Khanna dig into:

– How both parties are failing us; 

– The big, dark money that is shaping their cowardice; 

– Which Democratic leaders need to go; 

– The midterm election interference we know is coming (and the plan to combat it); 

– What gives Rep. Khanna hope about a new generation of leadership; and

– Some exciting speculation about the 2028 Presidential campaign. 

This conversation is about moving past outrage and into action. What we demand. What we expect. And what must change.

About Ro Khanna:

A leader of action, courage and candor, Rep. Ro Khanna represents California’s 17th District and represents what is possible when an elected has a backbone and cares more about their duty than their next election. If you’ve been following my series here, and you listened to my show on the Billionaire class as the real American welfare queens, you will want to know about Rep. Khanna’s Make Billionaire’s Pay Their Fair Share Act with Senator Sanders. If you listened to my series walking through decades of depraved federal corruption protecting Epstein, you will know that it was Rep. Khanna’s dogged, intrepid resolve when everyone told him it was impossible, to pass his Epstein Transparency Act, together with Rep. Massie, which forced the administration to release files. If you listened to my episode on Jared Kushner and the real reasons we’re in an inane and inept war with Iran, you will want to know that Rep. Khanna sponsored a Bipartisan War Powers Resolution with Rep. Massie in an attempt to restrict unauthorized military action. He has taken on big oil for their lies about climate change and was crucial in bringing a coalition together to secure a $369 Billion climate investment. He is an advocate for oversight, anticorruption, transparency, and freeing elections from the scourge of big money influence. He puts his money where his mouth is: He cofounded the NO PAC Caucus and is one of only SEVEN out of 435 members of Congress who rejects all money from special interest PACs. And he brings the fight not only to actively complicit Republicans, but to Democrats who scream on social media but sit on their hands instead of doing what needs to be done.

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Today we’re sharing our electric conversation with Jane Fonda. This one feels especially right for this moment—because so many of us are asking the same questions Jane has been answering with her life: How do we keep aging without disappearing? How do we stay awake—to our bodies, to each other, to the truth—when everything feels so chaotic and overwhelming?

Jane reminds us that getting older doesn’t mean getting quieter—it can mean getting whole. Not perfection, but integration. Not waiting until you have it all figured out—but showing up as you are and doing your part.

- How she left her body as a child—and found her way back decades later

- Why the goal isn’t perfection—it’s becoming whole

- What she’s learned about love, power, and choosing herself

- How she kept showing up through backlash, surveillance, and public attacks

- Why you don’t have to be ready—you just have to begin

About Jane: 

Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home), producer, author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of film work that includes over 45 films and crucial work on behalf of political causes such as women’s rights, Native Americans, and the environment. She is a seven-time Golden Globe winner and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021, Stanley Kubrick Excellence in Film Award as part of BAFTA’s Britannia Awards in 2019, AFI Life Achievement Award winner in 2014, and Honorary Palme d’Or honoree in 2007. 

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The world is on fire—but we still have each other. This week, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda step away from the overwhelm to talk about what actually holds us: love, family, friendship, and truth. From their Oscars experience to a listener's question about divorce, kids, and staying in love, this episode is about staying soft while doing hard things.

- Why losing the Oscar still felt like winning

- What kids really need when they sense change at home

- The difference between leaving a relationship and giving up on love

- How to tell the truth (even when it’s hard)

- Why it’s time to get off the shore and into the boat

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Pod Squad, we’ve been doing a lot of hard things—so today, in the midst of all of it, we’re offering a little comic relief to keep us laughing, keep us dancing, keep us going.

In this episode, we’re sharing our most mortifying, cringe-inducing, please-let-me-disappear moments… along with your voicemail confessions that had us cry-laughing and peeing our pants in solidarity.

We promise you: you need this. We needed this.

- Glennon, Abby, and Amanda share their most humiliating, unforgettable stories

- Pod Squad voicemail confessions that will make you laugh until you cry

- Why normalizing our worst moments is the antidote to shame

- Our new go-to strategy for surviving humiliation (spoiler alert, it involves a prosthetic penis)

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It's birthday month for Glennon and Amanda, and if you’ve ever had a birthday that made you want to crawl into bed and also throw a parade and also cry in the shower and also text every person you’ve ever loved like: ARE WE OKAY?—welcome. You are among your people.

Because birthdays are not just cake day. Birthdays are a spotlight. A pop quiz. A referendum on: Do I matter? Am I loved? Am I seen? And if the answers don’t arrive in the exact form we imagined—texts, plans, enthusiasm, proof—our brains go: Welp. That’s that.

In this episode, we’re trying to name why birthdays bring so many feels—and how to make them suck less.

- Why birthdays can feel like a setup for disappointment

- Glennon, Abby, and Amanda’s best, worst, and most revealing birthday stories

- Why birthdays can feel like a test of your worth, love, and belonging

- How to drop the secret tests and actually ask for what you want

- Simple ways to celebrate each other all year so no one is waiting one day to feel loved

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