WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris opened a Democratic media storm on Sunday by appearing on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast about abortion, sexual abuse and other issues that resonate with women, and in some ways worked against it their GOP opponents on the way.

In the approximately 40-minute interview recorded last week, the Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the courage it takes to be a woman seeking public office, the toughness her mother taught her, and about the importance of reproductive rights in this election.

The show is the most listened-to podcast for women, with millions of fans tuning in to talk about relationships, sex, mental health and women’s empowerment. The discussion with Harris was rather slow for the show, as the vice president focused part of her message on the importance of ignoring people who doubted her.

“I don’t hear no. I urge all ‘Daddy Gang’: Don’t hear no, just don’t hear it,” she said. “I think it’s really important to not let others define you.”

The interview was part of a broader media work by Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as Democrats seek to shore up support in the final 30 days of the campaign against Republicans Donald Trump And JD Vance.

Harris was criticized for not giving more media interviews.

On the podcast, the Democratic candidate largely stuck to her usual messaging on abortion, saying that in her travels she’s seen even people who strongly oppose abortion tell her that they “now see what’s happening, and say, ‘Hmm, I did.'” “I don’t plan for any of that to happen” when they see the health problems that have occurred since the repeal of Roe v. Wade were created.

Harris denigrated Trump, as she has done in her recent speeches, leaning on his integrity and saying, “This guy is full of lies” when he talks about abortion and other issues. She dismissed Vance’s comments about “childless cat ladies” as “mean and mean.”

Trump has continued to emphasize that abortion policy should be left to the states and that doctors have a duty to provide emergency care to women whose lives are in danger. For his part, Vance said his comment about childless women was misinterpreted and that he wanted to support families.

There is much more to come from Harris and Walz.

Harris recorded an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that will air Monday night. She is booked Tuesday on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show, ABC’s “The View” and “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Walz will appear on Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show on Monday.

In an excerpt from “60 Minutes” published Sunday, Harris skirted around the question of whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “a really close ally,” saying, “The better question is: Do we have an important alliance between the American people.” and that?” Israelis? And the answer to that question is “Yes.”

And almost a week after his verbal stumbles in the only one Vice President Debate, Walz used his first campaign appearance on a Sunday news show to deflect criticism of his stance on abortion rights and to “own up” to past misrepresentations.

Walz’s Fox appearance also touched on the unrest in the Middle East, as host Shannon Bream pressed the governor of Minnesota on whether Israel had the right to launch a preemptive attack Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities in response to Tehran firing rockets against Israel. Walz didn’t fully answer that question during his debate last week with Vance, a senator from Ohio.

Walz said Sunday that “specific operations will be addressed at this time” and spoke of “consequences for what they do.”

He said Israel has the right to defend itself and that Harris worked with Israel last week to repel the Iranian attack. President Joe Biden said last week he would not support an Israeli attack on sites linked to those of Tehran Nuclear program.

Walz defended a Law he signed as governor to ensure abortion protection, saying that “the decision rests with the woman and her health care providers.”

Trump has said he will not enact a nationwide abortion ban, and during Sunday’s interview Walz was asked if he called that “a complete lie.”

“Yes…of course,” Walz said.

Walz also faced questions in the interview about false statements related to his military service, his arrest for drunken driving, his family’s infertility treatment and his claims that he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

“I will admit if I misspeak,” Walz said. “I will admit when I make a mistake.”

He said he thought voters were more concerned that Vance was unable to admit during their debate that Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden and that there might be limitations on infertility treatments, such as: intrauterine insemination that his wife Gwen received.

“I think they’re probably a lot more worried about this than my wife and I, who used IUI to have our child, and that Donald Trump would restrict that,” Walz said. “So I think people know who I am.”

Bream noted that Trump has spoken in favor of fertility treatments even as he has said abortion issues should be decided by states.