Over the last several years, professionals have reprioritized what’s important and taken a different approach to their careers. But the process to figure out what’s right and how to make a strategic move can be daunting. In this episode of That’s a Good Question, we help our listener navigate the transition from entrepreneur into a […]
Lift Your Spirits with Club Quarantine DJ D-Nice
D-Nice is best known as a DJ having spun for President Obama during his inaugural ball – and as the creator of the phenomenon, Club Quarantine, a livestream dance party that lifted us up and brought joy to the masses during the height of the pandemic, when we needed it most. In this episode, which is […]
Best of Women Amplified | Giving Voice to All with “Sing, Unburied, Sing” Author Jesmyn Ward
We’re catching up on some rest this month, and we hope you are, too! We’ll be resurfacing some of our favorite recent episodes all month to provide an inspiring soundtrack to your R&R. We’ll be back with new speakers and new ideas in January! Get up close and personal with two-time National Book Award winner […]
Is it Too Late to Change Careers? | That’s a Good Question
Women continue to reconsider their plans, goals and priorities as a result of the pandemic. In fact, two-thirds are considering whether they should not just leave their jobs but change industries entirely. In this episode of That’s a Good Question, our listener finds herself trapped in this conundrum. She had a one single career goal: […]
Best of Women Amplified: When You’re Chronically Underpaid
Welcome to the December Best of Women Amplified series. We’re replaying some of our most-loved episodes to inform and inspire you at the close of the year. In 2021 we launched a new segment called “That’s A Good Question.” In each episode, Celeste and a guest expert work together to talk a real Women Amplified […]
Best of Women Amplified: Navigating Transitions in Unpredictable Times
Welcome to the December Best of Women Amplified series. We’re replaying some of our most-loved episodes to inform and inspire you at the close of the year. This insightful conversation about making choices when the future is unclear is as relevant today as it was when it first aired in July of 2020. We hope […]
Job Search Tips in the Great Resignation | That’s A Good Question
Women are leaving the workforce in droves, leading the charge in the Great Resignation in search of radically different work experiences with organizations that value humanity and their people above all else. Like so many of us, the pandemic was a time of deep reflection for our listener, especially after moving cross-country to care for […]
Cecilia Muñoz on Raising Children While Working in the White House
For eight years, Cecilia Muñoz served as the highest-ranking Latina in the White House under President Obama while raising two daughters. Now a senior advisor with New America, she spoke with us recently about what policies changes we need to support families—and how she managed parenting and work. Muñoz is the author of More Than […]
What to Do When You’re Chronically Underpaid | That’s A Good Question
Welcome to the first episode of “That’s A Good Question,” a new segment in which our host Celeste Headlee teams up with an expert to answer YOUR real-life work-life questions. In this episode, our listener realizes she is being paid less than her colleagues for the same work, with the same experience. Should she demand […]
What it Takes to Make History—with Dr. Jane Goodall
“I think an awful lot of what I’ve done is dependent on the amazing mother I had. I mean, she supported this crazy dream I had when I was 10 of going to Africa. When everybody else laughed at me, there was never any question that, because I was a girl, I couldn’t do these […]