Lynsey Addario is an award-winning American photojournalist who contributes regularly to The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. She’s documented both headline news and intimate stories all around the word. In Iraq, Syria, L

33. Sabaah Folayan: Everything Is Practice

Jan 18th, 2017 33m 5s

Sabaah Folayan is an activist and storyteller who illuminates the humanity, resilience and beauty in the struggle of communities as they mobilize and fight for justice. She merged her dedication to human rights and a newfound passion for film w

32. She Does: It's Been a Great Year

Jun 1st, 2016 39m 33s

Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg (that’s us) are co-creators, producers and hosts of this very show, She Does podcast, and maybe you got hints of this from listening to episodes of the show, but first and foremost, we’re documentary

31. Lisa Kron: Collective Imaginative Experience

Apr 4th, 2016 47m 59s

Lisa Kron has been writing and performing award-winning theatre since the mid-1980s. Most recently, Lisa wrote the lyrics and book to the musical "Fun Home," based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. Lisa, and composer Jeanine Tesori, were

30.5 Michelle Blades: She Does Music

Mar 30th, 2016

MUSIC FEATURED IN EPISODE 30Photograph provided by River Jones MusicCurated by Sarah GinsburgMichelle Blades is an eclectic musician who was born in Panama, raised in Miami, spent time in Arizona along with a handful of othe

30. Lily Baldwin: It’s Not My Own Trip

Mar 23rd, 2016 43m 9s

Lily Baldwin is a New York-based filmmaker and dancer that uses movement of the body and unconventional narrative structures to tell human stories. Her short films (Sea Meadow, A Juicebox Afternoon, Sleepover LA, and Swallowed) have played at f

29.5 Womanmay: She Does Music

Mar 20th, 2016

LIVE PERFORMANCE FEATURED IN EPISODE 29WOMANMAY is the solo project of Maylin Colmenares, Venezuelan-bred and Miami-based guitarist and vocalist. There's a lot of soul and wisdom in the experimental folk music that Womanmay puts out,

29. Almudena Toral: Focusing My Energy

Mar 9th, 2016 1h 7m

Almudena Toral is a Spanish visual journalist and the head of video at Univision News Digital in Miami. Prior to working for Univision, Almudena freelanced worldwide and worked at The New York Times and TIME. Her work has been published by The

28. Iva Radivojevic: Entering A Different State

Feb 24th, 2016 33m 10s

Iva Radivojevic is a documentary director and editor. She was born in Yugoslavia, raised in Cyprus and has lived in New York City since she was 18 years old. Much of her work explores belonging, and draws from poetry and personal experience. He

27.5 Chargaux: She Does Music

Feb 18th, 2016 14m 46s

Charly and Margaux of Chargaux are classically trained in string instruments but create music that blends traditional orchestral sounds with hip-hop, electronic music and Jazz. It's definitely music you can’t fit into one box. They started play

27. Alexis Wilkinson: Let Me Work It Out

Feb 10th, 2016 38m 54s

Alexis Wilkinson went from being the first black woman President of Harvard’s acclaimed humor publication, to writing for HBO’s hit comedy series, Veep. She’s become an outspoken public figure and writer--with work featured in Slate, Opening Ce

26.5 Alexandria Hall: She Does Music

Feb 4th, 2016 12m 20s

Alexandria Hall, a musician and poet, has been performing under the name Tooth Ache for over seven years. We featured music from her 2013 album, “Flash & Yearn," in last week's episode with Charlotte Cook. In this episode, Alexandria talks ab

26. Charlotte Cook: Look on Behalf of the Audience

Jan 27th, 2016 36m 28s

Charlotte Cook is a documentary film programmer, curator, producer and co-founder of Field of Vision. Charlotte was the Director of Programming at Hot Docs film festival for four years before she left in May of 2015 to start Field of Vision, a

25.5 The Daddyo's: She Does Music

Jan 21st, 2016

Kylie Slabby and Kylie Hastings met on the first day of 6th grade, became best friends, and started making music together in their bedrooms because their parents wouldn’t let them go to the movies on Friday nights like all the other kids did. A

25. Cocoon Central Dance Team: Speaking The Same Language

Jan 13th, 2016 44m

Cocoon Central Dance Team is a New York-based comedy dance troupe made up of three talented women: Sunita Mani, Eleanore Pienta and Tallie Medel. They are each up-and-coming actors in their own right, landing roles in indie films, big music vid

24.5 Cécile Schott of Colleen: She Does Music

Dec 9th, 2015

Cécile Schott, a musician and composer originally from outside of Paris, has been making music since she was 15 and she started releasing albums under the name Colleen at age 27. She has 6 full albums and 1 EP in total, her most recent album be

24. Molly Crabapple: What Pretty Guts

Dec 2nd, 2015 47m 39s

Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer who combines illustration, art and journalism to document societal and political issues. Her work is influenced by her own personal experiences and radical encounters with injustice around the world, and

23.5 Julianna Barwick: She Does Music

Nov 25th, 2015

Julianna Barwick's truly unique music is built around multiple loops and layers of her voice. Her experimental songs feel spontaneous, sometimes meandering, and always emotional. Julianna has lived in NYC for over 14 years, but she was born and

23. Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach: Co-Directing One Vision

Nov 18th, 2015 38m 43s

Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach are documentary filmmakers and co-directors of award-winning film "Frame by Frame.” The film follows Afghan photojournalists as they face the realities of building a free press in a country left to stand on i

22.5 Stag Hare: She Does Music

Nov 11th, 2015 14m 13s

Bonus episode featuring Zara Asha Moonbeam Biggs-Garrick and the warm, locomotive, nature-based, synth toned music she makes under Stag Hare. Episode 22 with Andrea Sisson is soundtracked by music filled with ambient drone sounds, the chirps of

22. Andrea Sisson: I Feel Purple Today

Nov 4th, 2015 36m 28s

Andrea Sisson is a multidisciplinary visual artist who creates films, photos and performance art pieces for the design, art and fashion industries. Her work has been shown online and offline, in places like the São Paulo Museum of Image and Sou

21. Ann Friedman: Successful, Whatever That Means

Oct 21st, 2015 39m 4s

Ann Friedman is a LA-based journalist and weekly columnist for NY Mag's The Cut where she writes about politics, culture and gender. She also contributes to the Columbia Journalism Review, ELLE, The Guardian, Los Angeles Magazine, The Gentlewom

20. Kiran Gandhi: In Your Flow

1 Oct 7th, 2015 35m 28s

Kiran Gandhi toured the world as M.I.A’s drummer, earned a business degree from Harvard, and trained to run a marathon, all at the same time, but there’s a lot more to her than that. She’s an outspoken, ambitious, radical young woman who pours

19.5 Jenny Tuite: She Does Music

Sep 30th, 2015 7m

Bonus episode featuring the blue-haired, badass guitarist, Jenny Tuite, from Dirty Dishes and Cloud Cover. We soundtracked Ep. 19 with Stacy Kranitz with Dirty Dishes' full album, Guilty, but this episode introduces you to some of her other wor

19. Stacy Kranitz: I Play A Little With Fire

Sep 23rd, 2015 41m 59s

Stacy Kranitz is a documentary photographer who explores history, representation and otherness. She has developed her style, one that is full of movement, emotionally raw, gritty and features individuals in high-octane environments. These indiv