Host Heather Gardner sits down with Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA51) of San Diego for a wide-ranging conversation over tacos. They discuss her work championing IVF & reproductive rights in congress and why she publicly documented the process of freezing her eggs. They also discuss her work on the House Armed Services committee, Trump not seeking congressional approval for conflict with Iran and how people can organize to push back against the administration. They also discuss her growing up the daughter of a billionaire, proposed wealth taxes on billionaires and finish up with some rapid-fire questions and millennial trivia.
(This conversation was recorded on February 19th, 2026)
Timeline:
00:00 Talk & Tacos
09:00 Teaching colleagues about women’s healthcare
15:00 Freezing her eggs
20:00 War with Iran
27:00 Nobody is coming to save us, we have to do it ourselves
33:00 Growing up as the granddaughter of a billionaire
36:00 California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax
41:30 Rapid-fire round
41:15 Are you smarter than a millionaire?
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