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		<description>The Babblery features conversations about who we are and how we got this way. Modern humans can seem like the ancients building the Biblical Tower of Babel, cursed by God/nature never to understand each other. As Visiting Translators at the Tower of Babel, our guests delve into their work, their research, and their own experiences to try to explain the bits they&#039;ve learned about Earth&#039;s most perplexing species. Though we all speak different languages, here at The Babblery we aim to promote understanding, one conversation at a time.</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Translators Visit the Tower of Babble</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:author>Suki Wessling</itunes:author>
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	<title>Rooted in Service with Human Rights Commissioner Denise Miranda</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Denise Miranda is New York State's top civil rights official, the head of an agency that is charged with monitoring and promoting civil rights in the state. She's also a proud native of the Bronx, daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents, and a mother. On the Babblery, we discuss the passion for justice and rights for all that drives her work.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Denise Miranda is New York States top civil rights official, the head of an agency that is charged with monitoring and promoting civil rights in the state. Shes also a proud native of the Bronx, daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents, and a mother. On the]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Minibabble: #MeToo meets due process</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/05/minibabble-metoo-meets-due-process/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[What happens when women's fight for long-delayed justice collides with our legal tenet of due process? In this Minibabble, host Suki Wessling speaks with retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell about the #MeToo movement and how she reacted when she heard some women insist that we should "believe all women."]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What happens when womens fight for long-delayed justice collides with our legal tenet of due process? In this Minibabble, host Suki Wessling speaks with retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell about the #MeToo movement and how she reacted when she heard so]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What happens when women's fight for long-delayed justice collides with our legal tenet of due process? In this Minibabble, host Suki Wessling speaks with retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell about the #MeToo movement and how she reacted when she heard some women insist that we should "believe all women."]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Minibabble: When we open the door for others</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/04/minibabble-when-we-open-the-door-for-others/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suki Wessling]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[This month’s guest on the Babblery podcast is retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell. I first interviewed LaDoris about her work with the African American Composer Initiative. In both interviews, she gives a passionate defense of what she calls today’s “dirty word”—DEI. In this Minibabble, producer Suki Wessling reflects on what it means to hold the door open for others.

Read the full text on Babblery.Substack.com.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This month’s guest on the Babblery podcast is retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell. I first interviewed LaDoris about her work with the African American Composer Initiative. In both interviews, she gives a passionate defense of what she calls today’s “d]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This month’s guest on the Babblery podcast is retired judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell. I first interviewed LaDoris about her work with the African American Composer Initiative. In both interviews, she gives a passionate defense of what she calls today’s “dirty word”—DEI. In this Minibabble, producer Suki Wessling reflects on what it means to hold the door open for others.

Read the full text on Babblery.Substack.com.]]></content:encoded>
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Read the full text on Babblery.Substack.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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Read the full text on Babblery.Substack.com.]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Stepping through the Door with LaDoris Cordell</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/04/stepping-through-the-door-with-ladoris-cordell/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Retired judge LaDoris Cordell is known for her groundbreaking career as a judge in Northern California and then her stint as Independent Police Auditor for the City of San Jose. Join us in a wide-ranging conversation, from a segregated childhood, an unusual education, and an unlikely acceptance to Stanford Law School, to retired judge, community activist, musician, artist, and grandmother.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Retired judge LaDoris Cordell is known for her groundbreaking career as a judge in Northern California and then her stint as Independent Police Auditor for the City of San Jose. Join us in a wide-ranging conversation, from a segregated childhood, an unus]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Minibabble: The Signs of No Kings</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[An Audio Montage I walked around my local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An Audio Montage I walked around my local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all....]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Audio Montage I walked around my local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An Audio Montage I walked around my local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Minibabble: She Called to Apologize: A story of exclusion and grace</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/03/minibabble-she-called-to-apologize-a-story-of-exclusion-and-grace/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suki Wessling]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:30:56</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Suki Wessling]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>An Amazing Time to be Alive with Sandy Stone</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/03/an-amazing-time-to-be-alive-with-sandy-stone/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suki Wessling]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s women's communities to today.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s womens communities to today.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s women's communities to today.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s women's communities to today.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Two Strange Moments with Writer Joan Gelfand</title>
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	<title>Taking Care of Ourselves with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin</title>
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