During this episode, we discuss how she came to love opera and explore the impact of the word “diva,” including the meaning, the myth, and the potentially harmful impact of that label. We chat about the glamorous and not so glamorous sides of r

#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth

Jul 8th, 2020 1h 27m

Alice has participated in two historic flybys, which are billions of miles away. (The irony that I usually walk upstairs to work is not lost on me.) She's now the second guest who has graced this podcast from the space exploration community. Of

#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth

Jul 8th, 2020 1h 27m

#0087: Claire Sprouse on low-waste sustainability, non-preachy activism + serving inspiring food and drinks

Jun 10th, 2020 1h 5m

Today, we discuss Claire's passion for sustainability, which happens to be a primary value at Hunky Dory. It’s the driving factor behind everything they do at the restaurant. As Claire explains, you don't need to be a scientist to create sustai

#0086: Kat Wilson on recognizing opportunities + navigating work at the 3D intersection of art and engineering

May 13th, 2020 1h 13m

Kat holds an MFA in Metals from SUNY New Paltz and has over ten years of experience with CAD, 3D printing, and other fabrication technologies.Today, Kat is going to teach us all about 3D printing technology, the medical and educational applicat

#0085: Eileen Uchitelle on managing distractions, problem-solving + sticking tenaciously with the tedious, invisible things

Apr 8th, 2020 1h 31m

Eileen is an avid open source contributor focusing on the Ruby on Rails framework and its dependencies. If you are wondering what that means, don’t stress. We’ll break it down without overwhelming the non-techies among us. Eileen is passionate

#0084: Dipti Mehta on persistence, pluck + playwriting to inspire social change

Mar 11th, 2020 1h 12m

Dipti believes in theater as a powerful lever for social transformation. From that place, she created HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan.HONOUR has given Dipti a powerful platform to advocate for women's rights and engage others on wide-

#0083: Deana Burke on democratizing cryptocurrency, generating financial empowerment + being a startup founder

Feb 26th, 2020 1h 33m

Before founding Gracias, Deana was co-founder at strategic consulting firm, Agency of Trillions, which was acquired by Indiegogo in 2017. Deana is also an advisor to female-founded, travel startup, Allcall, and co-founder of CO, a co-working sp

#0082: Julianne Holt-Lundstad on the fraying of our social fabric, social connection + our health

Feb 12th, 2020 1h 26m

Additionally, Dr. Holt-Lunstad has an adjunct professorship at Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Holt-Lunstad’s research is focused on the long-term health effects of

#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting with human mammals

Jan 22nd, 2020 1h 44m

Last year she and her husband, Mike, with their band, The Mammals, toured small folk music venues for a month in Australia as a duo with their two kids, organized two community music festivals back in Upstate NY, and recorded a new full-length

#0080: Leah Penniman on farming, ending racism in the food system + creating your own trusted Council of Friends

Jan 8th, 2020 45m 33s

Leah co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim the ancestral connection to land for People of Color (POC). As co-Executive Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sov

#0079: Megan Atkinson on listening loudly, operating w/ raw honesty + rebooting your creative practice

Dec 11th, 2019 1h 30m

Megan (aka Megz) has also been a friend and mentor. And as friends, we share a megaton of nerdy intersections.Our conversation takes a winding path, from career talk to being vulnerable and creative. We start things off by talking about how she

#0078: Jingmai O'Connor on flying dinosaur birds, responding to feedback + dispelling misconceptions in academia and beyond

Nov 27th, 2019 1h 22m

Meet Jingmai O’Connor. She's a professor at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and PaleoAnthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, China. After completing her PhD, she moved to Beijing, where she has been working for the past 10 years. She became I

#0077: Aja Schmeltz on just transitions, leaning on others + taking off the workplace armor

Nov 13th, 2019 1h 13m

Aja believes that a successful community is not made up of individuals working separately, but of individuals working collaboratively on all fronts. Through her work at Good Work Institute, she helps to unite individuals, enabling them to come

#0076: Melany Dobson on rituals, regenerative agriculture + the cannabis space

Oct 23rd, 2019 1h 6m

In her previous roles as executive assistant for a major cannabis brand and as a compliance manager for Humboldt Brothers, a network of medical marijuana production firms in Northern California, she gained expertise in local regulation and stat

#0075: Evelyn Wright climate change, imagination + the possibility of a New Economy

Oct 9th, 2019 1h 16m

At her company, Sustainable Energy Economics, she consults on energy policy for local, state, and national governments as well as environmental organizations.Evelyn is also the founder of a project here in the Hudson Valley called Commonwealth

#0074: Susie Thornberry on creating space, curiously meandering + exploring the human impact of conflict through art

Sep 10th, 2019 1h 26m

Susie's extensive experience in arts, museums, festivals, and heritage includes roles with Historic Royal Palaces, Artichoke, and Battersea Arts Centre. In 2016, she was producer of London’s Burning, a festival to commemorate the 350th annivers

#0073: Patti Wilcox on blind spots at work, her anti-burnout "rules" + pleasure

Aug 28th, 2019 1h 8m

Like many women to grace this podcast, Patti is no stranger to burnout. She’s grown Awestruck Ciders as sole owner-operators with her partner and has been adding staff, ramping up production, and impressively increasing sales. Patti’s got some

#0072: Krishna Patel on connecting, combatting human trafficking + offsetting work with humor, playfulness and perspective

Aug 14th, 2019 1h 28m

After a distinguished legal career spanning more than two decades in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, Krishna has joined Grace Farms Foundation. She has worked with global leaders and international organizations to id

#0071: Carmen Medina on thinking better, being a rebel + befriending bureaucratic blackbelts

Jul 24th, 2019 1h 18m

Carmen's story as a heretic and change agent at CIA is featured in Adam Grant's bestseller Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. Carmen is passionate about many things, but namely intelligence analysis, strategic thinking, and the dive

#0070: Katharine Hayhoe on studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smokescreens

Jul 10th, 2019 59m 57s

Sometimes, I unexpectedly bump into a guest at an event, conference, or randomly out in the world. Other times, a friend, like Andrew over at the Sounds and Vision podcast, will suggest a guest because they know who or what will make me geek o

#0069: Jana Blankenship on reclaiming artistic confidence, building a B Corp + not doing all the things all the time

Jun 26th, 2019 1h 20m

If that wasn’t enough, Jana is a writer, too. She will be releasing her first book, Wild Beauty, in July. (I’ve seen it, and it’s gorgeous.)In this episode, we talk about art curation versus creation as well as Jana claiming her artistic confid

#0068: Whitney Beatty on changing things up post-anxiety attack, betting on yourself + leadership in the cannabis space

Jun 12th, 2019 1h 17m

As a single mom, Whitney bravely took on the risk of being an entrepreneur and has never looked back. Whitney is a successful entertainment industry executive-turned-cannabis storage designer who's spearheading her quickly growing startup.Inspi

#0067: Kelly interviews Kara on power, coming out of the career closet + not belonging

May 22nd, 2019 2h 6m

I’ve been so fortunate to have some really, really kickass guests! Kelly Lyndgaard, who you met in episodes 30, 56, and 57, nudged this one along. Kelly’s become a mentor, sponsor, and a dear friend to me. So, it was an honor to turn the host r

#0066: Mary Waldner on healing, achieving joy, navigating how to run and exit a business + measuring success

May 8th, 2019 1h 27m

After many years of illness and being sick (since she was a child), Mary was diagnosed at 43 with Celiac Disease. And yes, she was thrilled with finally receiving a diagnosis. In this episode, she opened up about her experience with healing as