557. Balancing Pregnancy, Motherhood and Work | Riley Gaines
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How does Riley Gaines announce her pregnancy and what does she expect for her upcoming motherhood?
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Well I understand first that you have a big event pending in your life.
We actually just announced we are expecting a little baby girl.
You've got a busy schedule ahead of you. What'll that mean for you practically? Full
steam ahead. That's how I view it.
You know, you haven't been doing political work for very long and yet you've had a massive impact.
Clearly now we're not living in twenty twenty anymore. Uh I would say twenty twenty five has been a total cultural, societal, political shift from then.
That shows that the system is responsive and and maybe that sanity can hold out against insanity.
The family that I have, the home life that I have, my parents taught me to call out an injustice when I see it.
The claims that are being made to include men in women's sports on behalf of fairness are actually being made by people who I would say, quite bluntly, they hate people like you. They hate people who've managed to move themselves ahead in consequence of virtue display centering on fairness is a masquerade hiding malicious envy. It's not that they're upset that you're unfair. They despise merit.
God has a way of laughing in your face when you express any sort of interest in your plans. He very clearly had different plans.
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Hope to see you there. Today. We spoke to Riley Gaines, who made her name. As a twelve time NCAA All American swimmer. And who in twenty twenty two had to face a male swimmer in a competition? Since then Riley has been an indefatigable opponent of the narcissistic psychopathic bullies um who believe that it's reasonable for them to enter female sports competitions and Steal the glory and the deserved accolades that they worked so hard to attain. Riley has been instrumental in changing legislation in twenty eight states. And She's now working to help. Стайт легєрсь а Congress. Define the difference between a woman and a man, since we've come to that in our culture, so that this unfair Bullying, masquerading as
Progressive virtue signalling can be brought to an end. So join us for that. Well, Riley, you know it's been just about exactly two years since we released our first podcast, right? That was May eleventh, twenty twenty three. So um the first thing I'd like to know, well I understand first that you have a big uh event pending in your life. So let's talk about that to begin with and then we'll go over the last two years.
Yeah, I do. Uh we are so excited. My husband and I, we actually just announced uh that we are expecting a little baby girl in just a few months. So
Yeah, well, congratulations. You're in for quite a quite a year. Any concerns? What are what are you looking forward to?
You know, I um have lots of siblings. I'm the second oldest, so I would say I'm I'm pretty nurturing uh in general.
Great, great. Well, you know, it is true that your life will change drastically. And the thing that surprises me, I guess, is that people reflexively assume that's a bad thing. assuming as well, I suppose, that and this may be the case for you, that their life is so spectacularly wonderful as
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How does Riley Gaines announce her pregnancy and what does she expect for her upcoming motherhood?
0:00–10:38
2
What challenges does Riley face balancing a new baby with her political activism and travel schedule?
10:38–21:14
3
How has Riley’s legislative work impacted state policies on women’s sports across the 28 states?
21:14–31:34
4
What differences does Riley see between federal and state enforcement of Title IX and related laws?
31:34–43:35
5
Why does Riley believe state‑level legislation is more effective than federal action?
43:35–54:59
6
How does Riley describe her experiences speaking on university campuses and high schools about gender‑affirming policies?
54:59–1:06:57
7
What personal motivations and past experiences drive Riley to keep fighting for women’s sports?
1:06:57–1:19:19
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What are Riley’s plans for the next year—family, activism, and legislative goals?
1:19:19–1:28:59