Madness Cafe

About Madness Cafe

A feminist current events/social commentary podcast where we discuss politics, health and wellness and women's rights issues.

Publisher

Raquel Howard and Jennifer Bolanos

Category

health & fitness · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Jul 2021

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 269 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   MINISODE: What Is End Times Fascism?

   Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor discuss the concept of end times fascism in this interview episode.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   263. BANNED BOOKS SERIES: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood with guest Carolyn Crane

   Host [Host Name] and guest Carolyn Crane explore Margaret Atwood's "The Year of the Flood," discussing its themes and impact.

3. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   262. Storytelling Is Powerful: Witchy Women Hammer with N.G. Avant

   Host [Host Name] interviews author N.G. Avant about her book "Witchy Women: Hammer" and the power of storytelling to shape a better future.

Inside a recent episode

262. Storytelling Is Powerful: Witchy Women Hammer with N.G. Avant

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Like it's all, it all comes from storytelling. Yeah. Like whether it's somebody who documented a battle in, in history or a religious text, you know, storytelling is how we are able to understand and like empathize and really feel things. So that's why I, I've chosen also cause I just, I love to write even though I'm dyslexic, but I, I really feel that there's a lot of power in storytelling. I think that storytelling can, can influence culture. And then once we influence culture, that's when policies can be influenced. Government laws change because the, People's the culture around what people believe to be acceptable or not acceptable changes. […]

Who has been a guest on Madness Cafe

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Carolyn Crane
• NG Avant
• Linda Gambill
• Sam Cross
• Jen Gallagher

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

76,285

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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