Today, we hear from Emily Ladau, a disability rights activist, about how to break down barriers. Emily Ladau has Larsen syndrome, a rare genetic joint and muscle disorder. She is on a mission to make progress for disability rights by sharing he

A Good Day to TRANSFORM: Senator Sarah McBride on how to advance equality

Mar 21st, 2023 6m

This episode we hear from Senator Sarah McBride about how to advance equality.Senator McBride became the highest-ranking openly trans official in the country in 2020 when she was elected to the Delaware state senate. But this wasn’t the first

A Good Day to CREATE: Gloria Steinem on how to start a revolution

Mar 14th, 2023 6m

Today, we hear from Gloria Steinem about how to start a revolution. Through her speeches, books, documentary films, and the feminist organizations she’s founded, Gloria advocates for reproductive choice and ending violence against women and chi

A Good Day to PREPARE: Caroline Paul on training to be brave

Mar 7th, 2023 6m

Today, we hear from Caroline Paul about the importance of being brave. Caroline should know…She's climbed the Golden Gate Bridge, gotten into Guinness World Records for crawling and trained for the Olympic luge team. In 1989, Caroline was one o

A Good Day to IMAGINE: Isha Clarke on how to believe in your power

Feb 28th, 2023 6m

Isha Clarke is a founding member of Youth vs. Apocalypse, an activist organization that organized the first-ever youth climate strike in San Francisco. Isha has been fighting for climate justice since junior high school. That's when they spoke

It's a Good Day to Change the World - Introducing a new book and miniseries

Feb 23rd, 2023 2m 38s

Great news! We have a new book coming out based on Inflection Point interviews, called It’s a Good Day to Change the World! To give you a peek inside every Tuesday, throughout Women’s History Month, we’re bringing you a special short segment we

Dear Listeners, Supporters, and Friends

Aug 26th, 2020 4m 31s

On Inflection Point, we’ve documented the changes for women between two major milestones here in the US: From right before we thought we’d see our first woman President with Hillary Clinton, to today, when we might see our first VP woman of col

When Gender Is a Matter of Life or Death - Thread the Needle Summer Swap

Aug 5th, 2020 43m 25s

What makes a boy a “boy” and a girl a “girl”? And why from the womb are we so obsessed with gender and why just by virtue of being male or female society expects us to behave or dress certain ways, or use certain bathrooms? Or fit into other so

"So You Want To Talk About Race" author, Ijeoma Oluo

Jul 22nd, 2020 42m 23s

An awkward conversation with her white mother about “good white people” inspired Ijeoma Oluo to take on the unenviable task of writing one of the most user-friendly books on race of our time: “So You Want To Talk About Race.” In plain language,

Feminist Detective: The Case of Body Positivity - with Ruth Whippman

Jul 8th, 2020 9m

Is the body positivity movement a good thing or a bad thing in the quest for equality? Ruth Whippman joins Lauren to uncover the debate.Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation.And when you’re done, come on over to The Inf

Women World Leaders Get it Done - "The Broad Experience" Summer Swap

Jun 24th, 2020 30m 4s

Women who run countries have been getting a lot of claps on the back for their leadership during this Pandemic--not only their inclusive, unifying approach but the results--lower infection rates, higher protections for health workers, better te

Cecile Richards and Reshma Saujani - "Brave Not Perfect" Summer Swap Episode

Jun 10th, 2020 41m 23s

Welcome to the Inflection Point Summer Swap Series, where we share other great female-led podcasts. This week features an episode of Brave Not Perfect with author, Ted speaker, Girls Who Code founder, and podcast host (and a previous guest of

A Conversation To Do the Dishes By - Eve Rodsky, author of "Fair Play" returns!

May 20th, 2020 51m 17s

Could the Covid-19 pandemic be the inflection point that marks the end of the gendered division of labor at home? Now that we are all tethered to our homes, you may be doing more laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning (did I say dishes?), nose wip

How To Get Through The Worst, Together--Dr Kelsey Crowe

Apr 29th, 2020 50m 27s

I think we can all agree, it’s been a rough spring with COVID-19 taking over our lives. You may know someone who’s sick, or who’s lost a loved one or their livelihood, or any number of awful things. But as this all goes down, we don’t always kn

"Surround yourself with people who believe in you" - Solo Swimmer Kim Chambers

Apr 15th, 2020 51m 40s

Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Kim Chambers is only the sixth person ever to complete the Ocean’s Seven challenge... solo. That's seven open water channel swims. Think summiting Mount Everest in a bathing suit x 7... hours upon hours upon hou

TOOLKIT w/ Rhiana Gunn-Wright: How you can change systems that create climate change

Apr 3rd, 2020 8m 29s

In this Toolkit, learn how you can change systems that create climate change.

How To Plug Into The Green New Deal - Rhiana Gunn-Wright

Apr 1st, 2020 40m 57s

Meet the woman who helped develop The Green New Deal--and how you can make a difference in the climate crisis. Rhiana Gunn-Wright is the former policy director for New Consensus and Abdul El-Sayed’s 2018 Michigan gubernatorial campaign. She war

TOOLKIT w/ Heather McTeer Toney: How to fight for climate safety and clean energy

Mar 20th, 2020 10m 31s

Learn what you can do right now to make a difference on climate and energy.Heather was the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS and is now field director for Moms Clean Air Force.Special thanks to our fri

Meet the Climate Activist Leading the Charge for Children's Health - Heather McTeer Toney

Mar 18th, 2020 41m 26s

Meet Heather McTeer Toney, the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, which fights for climate safety to protect our children's health. She shares how her two terms as the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Gre

TOOLKIT w/ Isha Clarke: How to reverse the climate crisis

Mar 6th, 2020 6m 38s

Isha Clark is a high school senior and a youth organizer with Youth vs. Apocalypse, a Bay Area youth climate justice organization. In this toolkit we learn three actions we can take right now to reverse the climate crisis and... how to put pres

How Isha Clarke is Organizing Youth for Climate Justice

Mar 4th, 2020 35m 48s

Isha Clarke is an activist with Youth vs Apocalypse. You may know her from a viral video where she asked California Senator Dianne Feinstein to move the Green New Deal forward; she helped organize the youth Climate Strike in San Francisco that

How Actor Amber Tamblyn Created Her Own Role: Feminist Activist

Feb 19th, 2020 50m 25s

In this episode we’ll hear how Amber Tamblyn went from being an actress to being an activist--defining her own role in the feminist movement--and how we can all play a role in leading change. Amber's book is called "Era of Ignition: Coming of

How Seane Corn Brings the Principles of Yoga into Activism

Feb 5th, 2020 23m 18s

Seane Corn helps people who are committed to social change understand that to dismantle the systems that create oppression, you've got to dismantle the systems that exist within yourself. This world-renowned yoga instructor, activist and author

How A'shanti Gholar is Getting More Women of Color in Office

Jan 22nd, 2020 51m 51s

A’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organization devoted to getting more Democratic women into office. You'll hear how A’shanti went from watchi

Feminist Detective: The Case of the Unfunny Women

Jan 15th, 2020 11m 50s

A new scientific study shows that men are funnier than women. In this Feminist Detective segment, special guest, author and journalist, Ruth Whippman and Lauren get to the bottom of this finding and seize the means of humor production!