WHO RUN THE WORLD PODCAST

The title of this blog post comes from one of my favorite musicals of all time: Hamilton. Just recently, Marilyn and I went to London and watched the play about America’s forgotten founding father. We watched Hamilton on the last day of our trip, which was actually a good bookend for the first activity we did: a feminist walking tour of London (very Who Run the World, I know). How are those two things bookends? Read on, and you’ll find out exactly why. If you look up the defi

It probably won’t come as a surprise to you: I am obsessed with podcasts. I listen to them during my commute, while I get ready in the morning and right before I go to sleep at night. Sometimes, I just sit on my balcony listening to my latest audio obsession (currently it’s Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations - but more on that later). There is something really intimate about podcasts that really sucks you in. Not only that, but it’s the only content medium you can enjoy while d

For the seventh episode of Who Run the World, Marilyn talks to Elissa Freiha, co-founder and CEO of Womena, a multi-platform media company and accelerator that focuses on women- led startups. Who Run the World and Womena have a lot of things in common. We both want to highlight the incredible stories of female leaders, and most importantly we both believe these stories will ultimately lead to empowering younger women to accomplish their own dreams. Elissa champions all of the

I remember the first time Marilyn and I discussed making a podcast together. Shishas in hand (of course), our discussion quickly turned to why produce a podcast about female leadership in the first place. Sure there was the curiosity aspect, answering questions like: is female leadership different from male leadership, what challenges do women face as they navigate through different industries, what is unconscious bias, what about glass ceilings etc, etc. However, there was a

A story has the power to can change a person’s outlook on life. It can can be a strong propeller for change. And every so often a single sto

I had a tough childhood. I'll spare you the details for now, but suffice it to say the kids in our family became grown ups at a really y