Embracing Change
Hear how Houston pool-builder Kryshon Bratton has used the entrepreneurial "pivot" to stoke growth and create the work-life balance she wants.
View ArticleWomen Helping Women
In our first "Good on the Ground" episode, we meet Kathy Brough and Anita Saville, the founders of Chelmsford, Mass., nonprofit Budget Buddies. Learn how they're equipping homeless women to lift...
View ArticleMaking a Difference with Foster Kids
With her nonprofit One Simple Wish, Danielle Gletow is bringing the joy of childhood to the lives of foster kids, one wish at time.
View ArticleSecond Chances
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.
View ArticleReinventing the Wheelchair
Tish Scolnik is using the power of business to give people with disabilities a new sense of freedom. At MIT, she designed a wheelchair that can travel rough terrain, whether a dirt road in East Africa...
View ArticleRestoring Access to Local Farm Food
Tatiana Garcia Granados started The Common Market to bring farm food to her Philadelphia neighborhood. Now she's taking on the nation's broken food distribution system.
View ArticleHorse Business
Chelsea Harden's horses create magical spaces where kids with special needs can connect and learn. Hear how she manages the unusual business assets at the core of The H.E.A.R.T. Center.
View ArticleCommunity Housing
Angie Lozano started Angie's House to give people in need a place to lay their head at night — and reminded us all that just one person can make a real difference.
View ArticleReuse and Recycle
The women behind U Konserve and My Sister's Closet are doing their part to minimize waste and protect the environment.
View ArticleEmpowering Our Young Girls
A girl’s self-confidence peaks when she’s 9 years old. Ret. Lieutenant Colonal Dianna Flett is using her military training to run leadership workshops, dubbed Girl Smarts, for girls in 4th and 5th...
View ArticleThe Abortion Clinic Owner
Most abortion care in the U.S. is provided by independently owned clinics, not big health centers like Planned Parenthood. Amy Hagstrom Miller of Whole Woman’s Health is on a mission to make abortions...
View ArticleSaving Our Coastal Communities
Jennifer Bolstad is trying to prevent Rockaway Beach in Queens, N.Y., from sinking into the Atlantic Ocean. She's a landscape architect whose firm, Local Office Landscape and Urban Design, helps...
View ArticleTackling Student Debt
The average student graduates with $37,000 in debt. Kelly Peeler of NextGenVest has developed a text-based platform to educate Generation Z on the perils of student loans, before they become saddled by...
View ArticleHelping Native Women Heal
Native women face disproportionately high rates of sexual violence, domestic abuse -- even murder. The Justice Department estimates that 1 in 3 Native women will be raped. Part of the problem is that...
View ArticleAll About Those Periods
Celeste Mergens was shocked when she learned that girls at a Kenya orphanage were forced to stay in their rooms and sit on cardboard when they had their periods. So she created Days for Girls, a...
View ArticleThe Happiness of Reading
After a stint in the U.S., molecular biologist Rana Dajani returned to Jordan and noticed children didn't read for pleasure. "It's not a habit," she says. The literacy rate is high -- everybody knows...
View ArticleLet's Hear It For Honeybees
We talk to Kristy Allen, a beekeeper who turned her love and concern for honeybees into the thriving Minneapolis business The Beez Kneez. She maintains hives, sells honey, and teaches intensive...
View ArticleInstead of Building a Wall...
We hear plenty of talk about "build the wall." We hear much less about why caravans of migrants are leaving Central America to come to the United States. In this podcast, we talk to Kate Curran of...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Creativity
There is so much trauma in the world today, and children in particular are grappling with stress and anxiety produced by everything from school shootings and natural disasters, to domestic violence and...
View ArticleA Podcast for Dog Lovers
Once upon a time, Sherri Franklin was a successful (but uninspired) hairstylist in San Francisco To find purpose in life, she began volunteering at the SPCA...and an old dog named Heidi captured her...
View ArticleRevisiting 'Helping Native American Women Heal'
Our thanks to the Newswomen's Club of New York for honoring us with a Front Page award for this podcast on Norine Hill of Mother Nation. Native women face disproportionately high rates of sexual...
View ArticleNo More Pesticides
If you are worried about toxic chemicals in food, then this is the podcast for you. We head to Davis, California, to speak with Pam Marrone, the founder of natural pest control company Marrone Bio...
View ArticleA Chorus Grows in Brooklyn
Dianne Berkun Menaker was once a music teacher at a prestigious school in Brooklyn when she noticed something: children's choruses were almost entirely white. That didn't sit right with her. She set...
View ArticleLighting Childbirth
One night, Dr. Laura Stachel was doing a Ceasarean section when she felt a searing pain go down her back. Diagnosed with degenerating discs, Stachel was forced to give up her work as an OB-GYN and...
View ArticleChanging Immigrants' Lives Through Food
"In every kitchen in the country," says Paty Funegra, "you are going to find Latinos." But too few programs help newly arrived immigrants learn food or language skills. Listen to how Paty, who was born...
View ArticleMaking Affordable Prosthetics for Amputees
Here's one good use for plastic: Medical devices. At UMass-Lowell, plastics engineer Erin Keaney decided to re-imagine the artificial limb after learning that much of the world’s amputees couldn’t...
View Article"100 Years of Power" Trailer
100 years ago this August, women finally won the right to vote . Coming soon, The Story Exchange will explore the bruising battle for suffrage, the women who took up the fight, the women who are still...
View Article100 Years of Power, Part 1: Battle for Suffrage
72 years. That's how long it took for women to win the right to vote, after suffragists first rallied at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. The battle was long, heart-felt, and sometimes bitter -- with...
View Article100 Years of Power, Part 2: Slow Burn of Progress
We spend this episode looking at what happened after women got the vote. If you missed Part 1, check it out -- we looked at the long years leading up to 1920. But in Part 2, we take you on a journey...
View Article100 Years of Power, Part 3: What the Future Holds
In the conclusion to our 3-part series, we question: Is the future really female? As we head into a fierce presidential election, in a nation roiled by a pandemic and protests over police brutality, we...
View ArticleOur Award-Winning Podcast About Voting
Named "Best Audio Feature" by the Newswomen's Club of New York! Listen to the 30-second trailer for 100 Years of Power, then check out Episodes 1, 2 and 3. From the judges: "This incredibly...
View ArticleA Podcast for Horse Lovers
Horse lover Lynn Hummer was horrified to learn that that thousands of unwanted horses, including healthy trail horses and former racehorses, are sent each year to auction houses, where “kill buyers”...
View ArticleUgly Sexist AI
Trust us, you don't need to be a techno-nerd to understand this podcast. We look at how women are faring (or not faring) in the exploding field of artificial intelligence. And if you don't think you...
View ArticleThe Women in AI Are Talking
We sit down with three female founders who are running AI startups -- and they tell us exactly what it's like to be a woman in artificial intelligence. "Nobody took us seriously, not a single person,"...
View ArticleRevisiting 'Instead of Building a Wall...'
To our listeners: The migrant crisis is once again in the news with Vice President Kamala Harris's first foreign trip in office to Guatemala and Mexico. We originally released this podcast in March...
View ArticleWomen Scientists Get Respect (At Last) for Covid Vaccines
We feature the story of BioNTech's Kati Kariko, who may just win the Nobel Prize for her heroic effects despite years of setbacks. The podcast includes the song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," written...
View ArticleRecycling Fashion's Cast-Offs
Jessica Schreiber is fascinated by trash. And in New York City, where she runs a fashion recycling startup, there is plenty of it. In 2016, Schreiber left the agency to launch Fabscrap, a nonprofit...
View ArticleHealing With Animals
Come with us to Winslow Farm in Massachusetts, where owner Debra White runs a tranquil animal sanctuary that also happens to double as a place of healing for people, too. Hear Debra's inspiring story,...
View ArticleGiving Up Cardiology for Public Health
There's been an incredible uptick of interest in public health since the Covid-19 pandemic. So we wanted to talk with a woman (and CNN Hero) who's had a long and widely admired career in public...
View ArticleHer Fashion Brand Empowers Women in Guatemala
We hear so many stories of immigrant families making the painful decision to leave their homes and cross the border... but what if there were more economic opportunity in places like Guatemala? We...
View ArticleThe Moments That Made Urban Farmer Mama K's Career
The little girl who grew up in the public housing projects of New York City becomes an urban farmer, helping establish community gardens around the city and founding Rise & Root farm for the BIPOC...
View ArticleWe're Talking Beer (as an Agent of Social Change, Of Course)
Crack open a can with us and listen while we share the story of Jacquie Berglund, who sarted Finnegans back in 2000 as the first beer company in the world – that we know about – to donate 100 percent...
View ArticleEat More Crickets (Especially If Chocolate-Covered)
Did you know that crickets are considered a "perfect" protein -- and that eating insects could help save the planet? We talk to Claire Simons of 3 Cricketeers, a Minneapolis cricket farm that supplies...
View ArticleWater Women
With climate change causing more intense storms, flooding and drought, we talk to female scientists with innovative ways to get us out of this mess. Against a backdrop of thunder, we share the story...
View ArticleAnxiety Tech: Gadgets to Chill You Out
Anxiety is on the rise, especially among women, so what can we do about it? If you don't have time to meditate or take a yoga class, some new technology products promise near-instant stress relief. We...
View ArticleSavoring Indigenous Cuisine
The power of ancestral foods is on display at Owamni, winner of the 2022 James Beard Award for best new restaurant in the country. Owners Sean Sherman (a.k.a. "The Sioux Chef") and Dana Thompson have...
View ArticleAfghan Women: 'We Are Not Fragile'
It's been two years since the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan. We talk to women -- some who fled, some who stayed back -- about what life is like now. Many of the women expressed frustration...
View ArticleWe Talk to Judy Woodruff, Acclaimed Journalist
We're all about powerful women, so we bring you our interview with Judy Woodruff, the iconic journalist and the longtime anchor of the famed nightly news show, the PBS NewsHour. We had a long...
View ArticleA Seaweed Startup in Maine's Chilly Waters
We head to Maine to talk with Briana Warner, the founder of Atlantic Sea Farms, now the largest producer of farmed seaweed in the country. She specializes in kelp, a type of nutrient-dense seaweed...
View ArticleMeet Mary Claire Haver, a Top Menopause Influencer
Menopause is having a moment on social media -- and it's about damn time. We talk to the hugely popular Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified OB-GYN and nutritionist, about the lack of adequate...
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