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Molly Conger

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2355 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

Yeah. Put them on TRICARE after we've kicked the trans folks off. That's how we're making up for the gap. Yeah, it's pretty bleak, honestly. I would really encourage folks, like, if you are listening to this and thinking, oh, it fucking sucks that those people have not been granted refugee status.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

Yeah. Put them on TRICARE after we've kicked the trans folks off. That's how we're making up for the gap. Yeah, it's pretty bleak, honestly. I would really encourage folks, like, if you are listening to this and thinking, oh, it fucking sucks that those people have not been granted refugee status.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

Like, I'm thinking of, like, I met a woman from Zimbabwe when I was in Darien Gap, who had come with her daughter, right? She had faced persecution at home in Zimbabwe, a country that is not Rhodesia anymore. We're keeping score. A country that was never Rhodesia. Rhodesia never existed. Yeah, right, yeah. She... went to South Africa, right? To attempt to be safe.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

Like, I'm thinking of, like, I met a woman from Zimbabwe when I was in Darien Gap, who had come with her daughter, right? She had faced persecution at home in Zimbabwe, a country that is not Rhodesia anymore. We're keeping score. A country that was never Rhodesia. Rhodesia never existed. Yeah, right, yeah. She... went to South Africa, right? To attempt to be safe.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

Like, I'm thinking of, like, I met a woman from Zimbabwe when I was in Darien Gap, who had come with her daughter, right? She had faced persecution at home in Zimbabwe, a country that is not Rhodesia anymore. We're keeping score. A country that was never Rhodesia. Rhodesia never existed. Yeah, right, yeah. She... went to South Africa, right? To attempt to be safe.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

And persecution followed her there. So then she took this journey all across the Americas, carrying her kid through the jungles and over the mountains and through the rivers. And that's where I met them. And we've stayed in touch, right? She's in the United States now. She's working on her asylum process. And it is expensive. And it is by no means secure. And this is like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

And persecution followed her there. So then she took this journey all across the Americas, carrying her kid through the jungles and over the mountains and through the rivers. And that's where I met them. And we've stayed in touch, right? She's in the United States now. She's working on her asylum process. And it is expensive. And it is by no means secure. And this is like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

And persecution followed her there. So then she took this journey all across the Americas, carrying her kid through the jungles and over the mountains and through the rivers. And that's where I met them. And we've stayed in touch, right? She's in the United States now. She's working on her asylum process. And it is expensive. And it is by no means secure. And this is like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

a woman who has faced, who fits multiple categories, right? And they're protected, they've protected categories here, right? It's going to be very hard and very expensive for her. And it really genuinely fucking breaks my heart to see someone who like would be such an asset to any community who would, was such a ray of light, even in some of the hardest places I've ever been.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

a woman who has faced, who fits multiple categories, right? And they're protected, they've protected categories here, right? It's going to be very hard and very expensive for her. And it really genuinely fucking breaks my heart to see someone who like would be such an asset to any community who would, was such a ray of light, even in some of the hardest places I've ever been.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

a woman who has faced, who fits multiple categories, right? And they're protected, they've protected categories here, right? It's going to be very hard and very expensive for her. And it really genuinely fucking breaks my heart to see someone who like would be such an asset to any community who would, was such a ray of light, even in some of the hardest places I've ever been.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

She might not get to stay here. And these folks will. And that really makes me sad. But yeah, if you have a chance in your community, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

She might not get to stay here. And these folks will. And that really makes me sad. But yeah, if you have a chance in your community, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

She might not get to stay here. And these folks will. And that really makes me sad. But yeah, if you have a chance in your community, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

almost the way i sometimes find out about refugees arriving or being settled is like on next door and realize next door is mostly a site for aging racists but like sometimes people will be like hey there's an afghan family here and they don't like one of the things in california is that you can rent a house and they don't have to give you a fridge yeah a fridge is like a luxury it's not it's not for the poor's bullshit so like trying to help people find a fridge before ramadan right like

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

almost the way i sometimes find out about refugees arriving or being settled is like on next door and realize next door is mostly a site for aging racists but like sometimes people will be like hey there's an afghan family here and they don't like one of the things in california is that you can rent a house and they don't have to give you a fridge yeah a fridge is like a luxury it's not it's not for the poor's bullshit so like trying to help people find a fridge before ramadan right like

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

almost the way i sometimes find out about refugees arriving or being settled is like on next door and realize next door is mostly a site for aging racists but like sometimes people will be like hey there's an afghan family here and they don't like one of the things in california is that you can rent a house and they don't have to give you a fridge yeah a fridge is like a luxury it's not it's not for the poor's bullshit so like trying to help people find a fridge before ramadan right like

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

I have a truck. I'm a bigger guy. I can lift a fridge into the back of my truck if someone has a fridge they don't want. So that's a thing I can do to help. And it makes me happy to do that. Then I can carry a fridge upstairs. That's not something you can do. There are a million other things you can do, right? Including just having people over for dinner, cooking food for them,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

I have a truck. I'm a bigger guy. I can lift a fridge into the back of my truck if someone has a fridge they don't want. So that's a thing I can do to help. And it makes me happy to do that. Then I can carry a fridge upstairs. That's not something you can do. There are a million other things you can do, right? Including just having people over for dinner, cooking food for them,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

I have a truck. I'm a bigger guy. I can lift a fridge into the back of my truck if someone has a fridge they don't want. So that's a thing I can do to help. And it makes me happy to do that. Then I can carry a fridge upstairs. That's not something you can do. There are a million other things you can do, right? Including just having people over for dinner, cooking food for them,