Girl Power Gurus
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInterviews of influential and inspiring female role models.
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Katrín Davíðsdóttir - 2015 & 2016 Fittest Woman on Earth
March 10, 2024 13:14 - 49 minutes - 27.6 MBFor our latest episode, we are interviewing Katrín Davíðsdóttir, one of the worlds top CrossFit athletes and the overall female champion for both 2015 and 2016. It was a really fun interview for us, her message was both interesting and inspiring. It was great to hear about her accomplishments, but it was equally rewarding to learn about her challenges and setbacks and how she overcame them. We especially loved her quote of saying “Failing is only failing if you see it as a destination”, this...
Dr. Virginia Man-Yee Lee - Award winning biochemist and neuropathologist
February 19, 2024 22:01 - 41 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, we interview Dr. Virginia Man-Yee Lee, an award-winning biochemist and neuropathologist who specializes in the research of Alzheimer's disease at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer’s Research, Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, and the Marian S. Ware Center for Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Program. Dr. Lee’s h-index is 224 and she is listed among the 10 most highly cited AD researchers from 19...
Misty May-Treanor - 3 Time Olympic Gold Medal Champion
January 15, 2024 12:37 - 39 minutes - 24 MBWe started 2024 by interviewing three time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor. Mrs. May-Treanor is considered the greatest beach volleyball player in the history of the sport, thanks to her Olympic gold medals and her 109 career tournament victories. We really enjoyed our conversation with her, we found the story of her athletic career, her experiences outside of professional athletics and her insights as a mother to three girls both inspiring and fascinating. We hope ...
Lindsey Jacobellis - 2 time Olympic gold medalist, winningest snowboarder in history
November 30, 2023 17:07 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBFor this episode we interviewed five-time Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis is the most dominant SBX rider of all time. She is a 2x Olympic gold medalist, 1x Olympic silver medalist, 6-time world champion and 10-time X Games gold medalist. Her World Cup win in Germany marked 31 victories, making her the winningest snowboarder in history. She is a member of the U.S. Snowboardcross Team and is the inspirational leader and mentor for Super Girl Snow Pro.
Dr. Emily Carter - International leader in sustainability science at Princeton University
November 25, 2023 20:08 - 32 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode we interviewed Dr. Emily Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (ACEE), and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a member of the executive management team at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), serving as Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Laboratory Director for Applied Mater...
Dr. JoAnn Manson - Physician, Professor and Researcher at Harvard Medical School
September 23, 2023 15:21 - 43 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode we interviewd Dr. JoAnn Manson, the Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Dr. Manson is a physician epidemiologist, endocrinologist, and Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI of several research studies, including the Women’s Health Init...
Dr. Aviv Regev - Computational Biologist and Head of Genentech research and early development
September 14, 2023 20:50 - 50 minutes - 30.1 MBFor our latest episode we are talking with Dr. Aviv Regev. Dr. Regev is the head of Genentech Research and Early Development. Prior to Genentech, Regev served as Chair of the Faculty and Core Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and as Professor of Biology at MIT and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is a founding co-chair of the Human Cell Atlas.
Dr. Heidi Larson - Anthropologist and founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project
August 12, 2023 18:04 - 37 minutes - 21.4 MBThis episode's guest is Professor Heidi J. Larson, the Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project. She is a professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, Seattle; and at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research focuses on managing risk and building trust in vaccines, vaccine trials and building cooperation in the context of dise...
Dr. Zhenan Bao - Award Winning Chemist
February 15, 2023 00:58 - 45 minutes - 27 MBDr. Zhenan Bao from Stanford University is our latest exciting guest. She is currently a K.K. Lee Professor in Chemical Engineering, and with courtesy appointments in Chemistry and Material Science and Engineering. She was the Department Chair of Chemical Engineering from 2018-2022. She currently has close to 700 referenced publications and more than 80 US patents with a Google Scholar H-index 198.
Dr. Caroline Fox
February 08, 2023 16:16 - 25 minutes - 13.6 MBIn the latest episode, we interviewed Caroline Fox, MD, MPH, the Senior Vice President of Genetics and Target Discovery at a Flagship Pioneering start-up company. There, she leads a group applying a novel method of genomics to identify drug targets. Prior to that, she was Vice President and Head of Genome and Biomarker Sciences at Merck Research Labs (MRL), where she lead a group of nearly 150 scientists to leverage genetics and biomarker science to drive drug discovery and development acros...
Valerie Smith
May 31, 2022 15:27 - 46 minutes - 28.9 MBIn the latest episode, we interviewed Valerie Smith, the current president of Eli's college, Swarthmore College. She has a very impressive career in which she has served as a professor, academic administrator and a distinguished scholar of African American literature.
Marilyn Waring
March 04, 2022 12:34 - 42 minutes - 26.4 MBFor our latest episode, we interviewed Dr. Marilyn Waring, a prominent New Zealand economist and feminist, and a leading activist for women’s human rights. Dr. Waring was one of the youngest New Zealanders ever elected to Parliament, serving as a National MP between 1975 and 1984. She was just 23 when she entered Parliament and from 1978 to 1981 she was the only woman in the National caucus. After leaving politics she wrote her famous book “If Women Counted”. Due to her writings and rese...
Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman Interview
December 12, 2021 14:52 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBOur latest guest is Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, an urban anthropologist and lecturer from Philadelphia. She co-founded the “The Women Led Cities Initiative” which aims to bring women's voices to the forefront of urban planning and design. In 2019 she was named to the “BBC’s 100 Women of 2019”, an annual listing of the most inspiring and influential women from around the world. She has served as a lecturer at Drexel University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. With this episode we ...
Christina Koch - Astronaut
June 20, 2020 21:08 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBOur guest for today is Christina Koch, a record setting astronaut who recently completed the longest mission in space for a woman. In addition she was part of the first ever all-female spacewalk. We were very excited to talk with Ms. Koch and her interview did not disappoint us, her stories were interesting, inspiring and entertaining. We hope you enjoy our conversation with her as much as we did.
Dr. Jennifer Doudna - CRISPR Pioneer
December 09, 2019 14:57 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBOur guest for today is Jennifer Doudna Ph.D, a world famous American biochemist. Her work and leadership with CRISPR genome editing technologies has helped launch the CRISPR revolution. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Doudna, her work has the ability to change and improve our world. We greatly appreciate Dr. Doudna taking time to share her thoughts, insights, and experiences with us. We are sure you will enjoy learning more about Dr. Doudna!
Lindsey Vonn - All Time Great Ski Racer
July 29, 2019 01:52 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBToday’s guest is Lindsey Vonn, the most successful women’s ski racer of all time. We were super excited to interview Lindsey, we both have grown up ski racing and Lindsey has been our hero since we first started skiing. We really appreciate Lindsey’s open and thoughtful answers to our questions. Lindsey talked about the challenges she has faced, advice she is willing to share with our listeners and insights into what the Lindsey Vonn Foundation is doing to help out young girls. We hope you e...
Ellen Stofan - Director National Air & Space Museum and former NASA Chief Scientist
April 29, 2019 01:10 - 38 minutes - 55.3 MBToday’s guest is Dr. Ellen Stofan, the Director of the National Air and Space Museum and former Chief Scientist of NASA. We loved talking with Dr. Stofan as she shared her stories, wisdom, and advice. Our conversation covered a lot of topics including the search for life in space, the challenges of getting humans to Mars, flying cars, and the recent success of the Event Horizon Telescope. We hope you enjoy our talk with Dr. Stofan as much as we did.
Drew Faust - First Female President of Harvard
April 09, 2019 15:38 - 22 minutes - 27.8 MBCheckout our first podcast on Professor Drew Faust, the first female president of Harvard University. Professor Faust shares her interesting life experiences and bits of wisdom/advice that we feel will be beneficial to our listeners.