Margaret Brennan: the Big Picture of the News
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Hosting CBS News' Face the Nation every Sunday has forced journalist Margaret Brennan to take a step back from the relentless Twitter driven news cycle and think about the bigger picture. We talk through how to process the news in a healthier manner, how to connect the dots, and how to make sense of the changing lives of women in our politics and our workplaces.
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Fixing Digital in Politics
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Morra is joined by strategist Tara McGowan to talk progressive change in the post Cambridge Analytica world. Digital fundraising, organizing, and campaigning are fundamental to how we run for office now, but we're rightly nervous. Social media is a hugely powerful tool, and online fundraising a cash cow enabling grassroots power. As we head into the midterms, Tara and I talk through the path forward for digital strategy and politics.
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How Do You Fix a Failed System?
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Kelly Wickham Hurst says "Once writing started to happen for me, there was power there." She used her many years as an educator and the power of her voice to create Being Black at School, which advocates for equity and safety for Black students. This episode will be useful for those wondering how to make the leap from personal writing into activism, or how to take a lifetime of professional knowledge into a brave new place.
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No Match for Moms
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From the time she was five, Kelsey Wirth's dad Tim was up for reelection in Congress every two years in a swing district. Kelsey says she grew up in the spirit of both unpredictability and standing up for what you believe in. A successful entrepreneur, she now runs Mothers Out Front, where local moms and grandmothers take on often giant, entrenched utilities and corporate interests. If you're an organizing nerd you'll love listening to how Mothers Out Front has grown!
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How Can I Do My Dream Work and Pay the Bills?
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If there's one question I get over and over, it's "How can I pursue a dream career as a content creator/artist/inspirational speaker/influencer and still pay the mortgage?" Is this you? On paper everything is perfect, and yet: you're a talented, well-paid professional seeking a path of much less security, and probably, less income. Karen Walrond is a renowned speaker, coach, author, photographer and blogger. Learn about her shift from engineer and corporate lawyer to multi-hyphenate.
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The Mothers Are Coming
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"There is nothing a gun extremist has as much love for as we do for our children." That's the true theory of change behind Moms Demand Action, a 50 state strong movement of over 4 million Americans who demand legislators fix our epidemic of gun violence. What is life like as a grassroots organizer working in the perfect storm of a startup and politics? What's the organizing model that allows Moms Demand to function? Go inside how Moms Demand works, from social media to volunteer guidelines.
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Introversion, Leadership, and Patriarchy
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Gender, age, perception all color how introverts experience the world and how the world experiences us. The final episode of my season on Patriarchy brings things fill circle as we discuss introversion, patriarchy, and leadership. Morra talks with Jennifer Kahnweiler, "champion of introverts," and ask her expert advice on some of the most frequent questions about introversion. What are the top myths about introverts? What's the best meeting style for an introvert?
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Cindy Gallop Disrupts Aging
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Cindy Gallop is a former advertising executive who now runs Make Love Not Porn, a startup rewriting the rules of sex online. Cindy is 57 and she "shouts it from the rooftops."Whether you're a precocious 25 year old in a room full of older executives, a woman over 40 who feels increasingly uneasy, or a 60 something tech nerd feeling squeezed, there is a feeling that we should hide our age. Cindy doesn't do that. She dates younger men. She's a tech entrepreneur. She's a total role model.
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Black Women Winning Office: Higher Heights is Drafting the Playbook
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We have to create the leaders we want, and there is no more promising investment than Black women,” says my guest Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights, which is building a national infrastructure to harness Black women’s political power and leadership potential.
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What Does it Mean to Smash the Patriarchy
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Living life through the male gaze has become so normal, we may not even notice. That's why it's important to step back and examine the terms and constructs we use to describe and dissemble a world where men dominate. Dr. Emerald Archer joins me to put her engaging and scholarly lens and helps us think about every day life through the lens of living in patriarchy. Plus, Morra's thoughts on Aziz Ansari.
info_outlineLiving life through the male gaze has become so normal, we may not even notice. That's why it's important to step back and examine the terms and constructs we use to describe and dissemble a world where men dominate.
Dr. Emerald Archer joins me to put her engaging and scholarly lens and helps us think about every day life through the lens of living in patriarchy.
Plus, Morra's thoughts on Aziz Ansari, and how an experience with slashed tires made her get in touch with her rage. (Spoiler alert: It makes me feel my age).