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Megan Twohey: She Said

For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long circulated. But in 2017, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation into the prominent Hollywood producer for the New York Times and later ended up winning a Pulitzer prize for it.During months of confidential interviews with top actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, Jodi and Megan found disturbing and long-buried allegations and numerous secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements all hiding experiences of sexual harassment.On October 5th 2017, Megan and Jodi released their NYT report detailing these accounts. Nothing could have prepared them for what followed. On this episode, you will hear from Megan Twohey who will share the journey that both her and Jodie undertook to tell a story that changed the world — and enabled every woman everywhere to share their story too.
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Shay Rowbottom: How to make LinkedIn work for you

It’s no secret that gender bias affects everything, from job applications to interviews to everyday office life. A new study shows that sexist norms also infiltrate the way men and women present themselves on LinkedIn. For example, men tend to include more information and promote their skills more aggressively, and they have larger networks than women. Men also tend to skew their professional brands to highlight more senior-level experience, often removing junior-level roles altogether.Women are more likely to have shorter profile summaries. And in the US, women include 11% fewer skills than men do, on their profile. This matters because members with five or more skills are likely to receive 17 times more profile views.On today’s episode, we will be hearing from Shay Rowbottom, a LinkedIn content exert and influencer who will share strategies that each of us can use to grow our online profile, influence and career opportunities – in a way that still feels authentic.
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The Macho Paradox: Dr. Jackson Katz

Studies show that nearly 1 in 3 American women and almost 1 in 6 American men experience some form of sexual violence during their lifetimes. Dr. Jackson Katz is a leader in the field of gender based violence. He holds a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in cultural studies and education from UCLA.Recently, Jackson updated his classic, bestselling book The Macho Paradox, which originally came out in 2006 and paints a positive vision of masculinity, which is especially relevant in the post #MeToo era. In this episode, you will hear from Jackson who will share why violence against women is not a ‘woman’s issue’ despite the fact that this is something women are encouraged to tackle on their own. He will also share how gender equality is key to women and men’s safety, wellbeing and survival. If you are a victim of gender based violence please reach out for help and check out these resources:www.womenshealth.gov/relationships-and-safety/get-help/state-resourcesAlso watch Jackson's Ted Talk "Violence against women — it's a men's issue":www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue
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Jada Gomez: Celebrating #BlackJoy with Bustle

According to research undertaken by the non-profit firm Catalyst, the barriers facing Black women at work include things like more frequent questioning of their credibility and authority; and a lack of institutional support. Black women reported experiencing a “double outsider” status — unlike white women or Black men, who share gender or race in common with most colleagues or managers. Black women report exclusion from informal networks, and conflicted relationships with white women, amongst some of the challenges they face.What can often make these challenges harder is the stereotypical prototype of Black women and limited range of stories shared in the media. This is why global media company Bustle launched the Black & Thriving package, which provides a platform for Black writers and editors to express the joy, heartwarming nostalgia, and the incredible honor that it is to be Black in America. In this episode, you will hear from Jada Gomez, Executive Director at Bustle. Jada will share why Bustle is determined to celebrate Black Joy, and how each of us can support this important initiative.
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Liz Plank: Mindful Masculinity

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2018 shows that gender roles are alive and well today. These create a lot of challenges for women wanting to lead and advance in organizations, and for men — most of which never really get talked about. That’s why, Liz Plank, an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer of Divided States of Women at Vox Media and host of Facebook Watch’s Consider It has released her first book: For the Love of Men, which sets out a New Vision for Mindful Masculinity. In this episode, Liz will share how being a man in the world needs to evolve, and why mindfully approaching gender is something that both women and men should be doing.
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Mika Brzezinski: Knowing Your Value

We wanted to share one of our favorite episodes from 2018 featuring MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski. In 2012, Mika released her book entitled, “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You’re Worth”, a best-selling book that tackles one of the most important questions for women today: Why are we often overlooked and underpaid? In this episode, she shares with us practical and incredibly powerful advice on how women can achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.
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Heather Penney: Kamikaze Mission on 9/11

First Lieutenant Heather “Lucky” Penney graduated from Purdue University, majoring in literature. She’d planned on being a teacher. But when combat aviation was opened up to women, Heather immediately signed up. On September 11, 2001, Heather was attending a briefing when they were told that an airplane hit the World Trade Center. That was the moment that changed Heather's life, as she was assigned to bring down Flight 93 in a kamikaze mission.In this extended episode, Heather will share her story, what it means to be brave and why every single person has the capacity to be a hero.
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Dr. Charlotte Webb: The Feminist Internet

Dr. Charlotte Webb founded the Feminist Internet, a non-profit organization on a mission to make the internet a more equal space for women and other marginalized groups.Many of society’s inequalities are encoded in the internet’s structures, processes and communities. Examples are online abuse against women on digital platforms, lack of workforce diversity in the tech sector, or biased data collection reinforcing privileges.In this episode, Charlotte will share how the Feminist Internet is tackling these issues through a range of initiatives like building a feminist Alexa, educating people on artificial intelligence bias and raising awareness of gender inequality in technology.
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