Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller - one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever \ to exclusively feature conversations with women about how to build power and lead change aired from 2015-2024. Grab a copy of the book based on the show which distills over 200 interviews into 5 steps for change, along with stories and advice for how to take care of yourself and each other: It’s a Good Day to Change the World. Every episode is now archived at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, where you’ll hear incredible stories from leaders working towards an equal, just, and joy-filled world. You’ll come away from every conversation with context, hope and inspiration. Plus, you’ll get expert advice and the tools you need to take action on the issues that matter to you–at home, at work and in the world. Produced in partnership with KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and PRX.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 12, 2016 • 26min
What's Stopping Diversity in STEM
How do you change the face of technology? Roz Hudnell is VP of Corporate Affairs at Intel, and President of Intel Foundation. She is also one of the few senior African-American women at the company. She tells us why building a diverse workforce has been her life's work--and why it matters to tech.
Sep 12, 2016 • 26min
"Art Thinking" author Amy Whitaker
How do we make space for innovation in our personal and professional lives? Move from a productivity-based metric to one that makes room for other measures of success. Amy Whitaker has written the book "Art Thinking. How to carve out creative space in a world of schedules, budgets and bosses." She tells us how a major shift in her personal life led her from business school to art school--and ultimately to write this book.
Sep 5, 2016 • 27min
How to End The "Lady Tax" - Vivien Labaton, Founder of Make It Work
Vivien Labaton founded advocacy organization "Make It Work" to influence policies in support of paid family leave, equal pay and affordable childcare. She shares her story of growing up with a single dad, and what she experienced when the time came to care for her own child.
Aug 3, 2016 • 27min
Nancy Santiago Negrón, Opportunity Finance Network
Building communities up through a lending network started during the Civil Rights Movement. Nancy Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity Finance Network shares why it took three calls from the White House for her to join the Women's Bureau at the Dept. of Labor and what her current organization is doing to help grow underserved communities.
Aug 3, 2016 • 25min
Simine Vazire, Associate Professor of Psychology, UC Davis
Simine Vazire is a founder of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. She shares why the methods and practices in psychological science need to change--and what she is doing about it.
Jun 17, 2016 • 27min
Reshma Saujani, Why We Need Girls Who Code
When it comes to girls who code must it be "perfection or bust"? Only about a quarter of computer professionals are women--and that's actually down from 1990 when it was 36%. Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization whose mission is to change all that by closing the gender gap in computer science. And we'll need them--without girls, we will literally not have enough people to fill coding jobs in the US.
Jun 10, 2016 • 31min
Dr. Amanda Foreman-"The Ascent of Woman"
Award-winning historian Dr. Amanda Foreman argues that a history that pushes women to the margins is an untruth that must be challenged. To this end, she created the four-part documentary series "The Ascent of Woman" with the BBC.
Jun 3, 2016 • 28min
Ilyse Hogue, The Fight For Reproductive Rights
Will the debate over reproductive freedom ever end? Ilyse Hogue, the President of NARAL Pro-Choice America joins Lauren to discuss why we continue to have a clash of world-views.
Jun 3, 2016 • 27min
Shannon Cohn, The Cost of Endometriosis
Filmmaker Shannon Cohn says after breast cancer, endometriosis is "the last great health taboo" and has made a film called "Endo-What?" to change the narrative--and help women and healthcare practitioners understand and treat the disease.
May 27, 2016 • 40min
Peggy Orenstein - "Girls and Sex" Pleasure? It's Complicated
Birds do it. Bees do it. But we definitely don't want to think about our teens doing it. But eventually, do "it" they will. For her new book, "Girls and Sex. Navigating the Complicated New Landscape" Peggy Orenstein set out to find out how porn, pop culture and popular attitudes about sex influence the way our girls make their way in the world.
