Better Angels: Women Creating Change
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWeekly interviews with women—entrepreneurs, activists, business leaders, artists, authors and other visionary women--who will inspire you to live with purpose and make our world a better place.
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Changing How We Think About Aging
October 06, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBWhy are we so afraid of getting older? The truth is that most people are happier the older they get, but our culture is focused on triggering all our fears about the worst possibilities. And most of us don’t even realize how much we’re buying into ageist ideas and language. Ashton Applewhite is a leader in the growing movement to raise awareness of ageism and dismantle it. In this conversation, she talks about how fears of getting older can actually harm our health, calls out some myths, a...
How to Make Your Activism Count
September 28, 2022 12:11 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBBy now we all really understand that sitting back and watching isn’t going to create the world we want to live in. But sometimes we don’t know how to get started and how to effectively fight for change. Today’s guest, Eileen Flanagan, traces her activist awakening to the years she spent as a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana during apartheid, but it wasn’t until she was in her late forties that she found her voice as a climate activist and in teaching others how to effectively advocate for ...
Making Fashion a Force for Good
September 21, 2022 12:15 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBWhether a T-shirt costs $5 or $100, it can take 100 human hands to make it. Most of those are the hands of women who probably aren’t being paid a fair wage and often are working long hours in often unsafe conditions. When we’re stocking our closets or grabbing a cute new top on sale, we don’t think much about the true costs of our choices. In this episode, Ayesha Barenblat, founder and CEO of Remake, connects the dots between the clothes on our backs and climate and women’s issues. Ayesha i...
Where Women Athletes Make the Rules with Cassidy Lichtman
April 14, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutesWhat would a pro sports league look like if the athletes made the decisions? In this episode, pro volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman talks about coming out of retirement to play with Athletes Unlimited. Launched in 2020, Athletes Unlimited is a network of women’s pro volleyball, basketball, softball and lacrosse leagues where the players run the show. They're making decisions from recruiting to civic leadership to uniforms, and playing a shorter season in a single city to make it easier for ...
Where Women Athletes Make the Rules with Cassidy Lichtman
April 14, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBWhat would a pro sports league look like if the athletes made the decisions? In this episode, pro volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman talks about coming out of retirement to play with Athletes Unlimited. Launched in 2020, Athletes Unlimited is a network of women’s pro volleyball, basketball, softball and lacrosse leagues where the players run the show. They're making decisions from recruiting to civic leadership to uniforms, and playing a shorter season in a single city to make it easier for ...
Reinventing Yourself in Uncertain Times
December 08, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutesAre you ready to make a change in your life? Or are you ready to make a transition? If you think they're the same thing, you're not alone. But understanding the difference is a crucial first step if what you're longing for is a transformational shift in your life.After achieving a major milestone in her own career, Linda Rossetti found herself consumed by an unexpected mix of feelings that she struggled to name. She responded by making a series of changes that didn't help. Linda began resea...
A Latina Entrepreneur's Radical Approach to Healthcare Equity
December 01, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutesWhen Bronx native Ivelyse Andino witnessed the inequities in the healthcare system firsthand, she did something radical. Andino gathered neighbors around her kitchen table to talk about their experiences. Those conversations became a cornerstone of the company she soon launched to transform healthcare for underserved communities. Radical Health--the first Latina-owned and operated Benefit Corp in NYC — combines the power of conversation with technology to help people navigate the system and ...
Promoting Justice in an Amazing Space
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutesSharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms, has fulfilled an ambitious vision to build both a foundation with an interdisciplinary humanitarian mission and an intentionally-designed space that embodies hope and peace. Housed in the sinuous, innovative River building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, Grace Farms focuses on programming in five areas--justice, nature, community, faith and the arts--with a particular emphasis on addressin...
Funding Local Businesses to Tackle the Wealth Gap
November 10, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutesSmall Business Saturday is coming up on Nov. 27, reminding us to do some of our holiday shopping at small companies and the local businesses that keep our communities vibrant and create jobs. But what more can we do? In Northern California, six grassroots organizations have come together to create an innovative model to fund and support small businesses in the East Bay, an area hard hit by gentrification as well as the pandemic. The Real Peoples Fund provides financial and other resources to...
How to Make Connections That Matter
November 03, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutesInstead of asking people you meet to help with your career or business, what if you asked what you can do for them? That shift is key to building connections that not only support your success but bring more meaning to your life--something we’re all looking for more than ever. Susan McPherson has put all she’s learned as a serial connector and social impact leader into the three-step formula described in her new book, The Lost Art of Connecting. Founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a c...
Ep. 4 - The Multimillion-Dollar Brand Taking a Bite Out of Landfills
October 27, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBLindsay McCormick had one of those business ideas that make you instantly ask: why didn’t someone think of that before? Lindsay was a TV producer when she began thinking about all the landfill waste we make when we toss out toothpaste tubes. Soon she was talking to dentists, learning about chemistry, and mixing up ingredients at home to create the first all-natural toothpaste tablets. From that clever idea she went on to build a multimillion-dollar oral care brand with a line of all-natura...
The Multimillion-Dollar Brand Taking a Bite Out of Landfills
October 27, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutesLindsay McCormick had one of those business ideas that make you instantly ask: why didn’t someone think of that before? Lindsay was a TV producer when she began thinking about all the landfill waste we make when we toss out toothpaste tubes. Soon she was talking to dentists, learning about chemistry, and mixing up ingredients at home to create the first all-natural toothpaste tablets. From that clever idea she went on to build a multimillion-dollar oral care brand with a line of all-natura...
Ep. 3 - Pop Culture as a Force for Good
October 19, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBThe power of storytelling is indisputable, but who is--and isn’t--telling those stories shapes our world far more than how much we simply enjoy a film or book. Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke are leaders in building a more inclusive Hollywood and creating cultural change through storytelling in all its forms. In 2016, they founded the Pop Culture Collaborative, a network of more than 5,000 creators, activists, and philanthropists who are reshaping pop culture. They have worked w...
Pop Culture as a Force for Good
October 19, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutesThe power of storytelling is indisputable, but who is--and isn’t--telling those stories shapes our world far more than how much we simply enjoy a film or book. Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke are leaders in building a more inclusive Hollywood and creating cultural change through storytelling in all its forms. In 2016, they founded the Pop Culture Collaborative, a network of more than 5,000 creators, activists, and philanthropists who are reshaping pop culture. They have worked w...
Ep. 2 - Choosing Love over Fear with Scarlett Lewis
October 06, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn our divisive world, it can seem that values such as love and compassion are slipping further away. But during these turbulent times we need one another more than ever. Today's guest, Scarlett Lewis, faced the unthinkable when her son, Jesse, was killed in his first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary. Rather than letting anger and grief define her, Scarlett chose forgiveness. Inspired by a three-word message Jesse had left before he was killed, she founded the Choose Love Movement to...
Choosing Love over Fear with Scarlett Lewis
October 06, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutesIn our divisive world, it can seem that values such as love and compassion are slipping further away. But during these turbulent times we need one another more than ever. Today's guest, Scarlett Lewis, faced the unthinkable when her son, Jesse, was killed in his first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary. Rather than letting anger and grief define her, Scarlett chose forgiveness. Inspired by a three-word message Jesse had left before he was killed, she founded the Choose Love Movement to...
Leveling the Startup Playing Field with Jaime Schmidt
October 05, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutesJaime Schmidt started Schmidt’s Naturals in her kitchen and in only seven years scaled it to an acquisition by Unilever. Now Jaime is empowering other entrepreneurs through her inclusive investment firm, Color, and Supermaker, a media company that celebrates inclusive and disruptive independent brands. Her book, Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, follows her journey as an entrepreneur and is packed with advice about turning a passion project into a thriving business. Jaime is n...
Ep. 1 - Leveling the Startup Playing Field with Jaime Schmidt
October 05, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBJaime Schmidt started Schmidt’s Naturals in her kitchen and in only seven years scaled it to an acquisition by Unilever. Now Jaime is empowering other entrepreneurs through her inclusive investment firm, Color, and Supermaker, a media company that celebrates inclusive and disruptive independent brands. Her book, Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, follows her journey as an entrepreneur and is packed with advice about turning a passion project into a thriving business. Jaime is n...