This interview was first recorded in February 2020. The world was a very different place then from the one we face in June 2020, at the time of its release. First coronavirus, then worldwide peaceful protests in response to the murder of George

Sexism in the media, then and now | Joan Esposito

May 25th, 2020 1h 5m

Joan has been a fixture in the Chicago media landscape for more than 35 years. She first came to Chicago in 1981 as a 27-year-old reporter and weekend anchor at WGN-Channel 9, then became a Monday-Friday anchor star at both the local ABC and NB

Healing from Shame | Jennie Willoughby

May 19th, 2020 1h 1m

Jennie Willoughby became a symbol of forgiveness and compassion in early 2018 when she wrote a blog post that became a viral sensation - and sparked the global hashtag #AndSoIStayed - detailing the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-husb

Activism, redemption & love with Alicia Garza

Apr 30th, 2020 32m 1s

Alicia Garza is a civil rights activist and author with a lot of irons in the fire: she co-founded Black Lives Matter in 2013 she works with the National Domestic Workers Alliance she co-founded Supermajority in 2019 she's founded the Black

Reforming justice with Daniel Epstein

Apr 13th, 2020 58m 33s

In this episode Julia interviews Daniel Epstein, a lawyer and former candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court. Daniel and Julia discussed a number of the shortcomings of our current criminal justice system - especially in Illinois, but also ar

Seeing the child inside the Monster - with Christian Picciolini

Mar 20th, 2020 55m 30s

Christian Picciolini is an award winning television producer, peace advocate, and a former violent extremist. After leaving the Neo Nazi skinhead movement that he helped to create in Chicago in the 1980s and 90s, he began the painstaking proces

Triumph over a harasser | with Meredith Holley, Esq.

Feb 21st, 2020 1h 8m

"I had to stop being sexist against myself before I could really impact the behavioral sexism I was seeing in the environment." -- That's from this week's guest, attorney turned conflict resolution coach, Meredith Holley. Meredith is an attorn

Leading from the Heart, with Karine Jean-Pierre

Feb 1st, 2020 41m 48s

In our mission to Solve #MeToo, we must be on the lookout for people who are deeply personally empowered - and Karine Jean-Pierre is one of these people. I knew it from the way she leapt up to protect Senator Kamala Harris when, onstage in the

Be connected and powerful together, with Ai-Jen Poo

Jan 27th, 2020 52m 13s

Julia's guest on today's podcast is Ai-Jen Poo. She's an award winning organizer, social innovator, author, and a leading voice in the women's movement. She's the executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, co-director of Cari

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