The ROAR Podcast

A quick takeaway from my conversation with Paulette Erato, host of La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas and founder of Latinas in Podcasting. Paulette chooses her words carefully. She calls herself childfree, not childless, because she isn’t less of a person for not having kids. I couldn’t agree more. Hear our full conversation in episode 504. About us: Hi, I’m Danielle, host of Roar with Dani...

This conversation is about reproductive rights from the other side: the choice not to become a mother at all. Paulette Erato hosts La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas and founded Latinas in Podcasting. She calls herself childfree, not child less, because nothing is missing. Together, we talk about why that distinction matters, why the moms-versus-childfree divide is manufactured, and what has...

A quick takeaway from my conversation with Amy Taylor-Kabbaz about one of the biggest women’s experiences we barely name: matrescence. Matrescence is the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual change a woman goes through when she becomes a mother. It’s being studied as the equivalent of adolescence in its scope and depth. When a teenager is struggling, we say, “Of course. They’re...

In this conversation, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz names one of the biggest female health challenges most women havenever heard of: matrescence. It's the identity shift a woman goes through as she becomes a mother, as real and disorienting as adolescence. Amy spent 15 years as a journalist and producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Then she became a mom and couldn't make sense of her ow...

In this micro episode, I share my impressions of my conversation with Dorrie Papademetriou of MudGirls Studios. One story stays with me: a man walking up to her fashion shoot and asking, "What about me?" Most of us see hard things and file them away under, "What can you do?" Dorrie answered that. Instead of only giving, she built a way for women to give to themselves. She didn&...

This conversation is about social activism you can hold in your hands. Dorrie Papademetriou founded MudGirls Studios, a nonprofit in Atlantic City that turns clay into a second chance. For 10 years, MudGirls has trained and employed womenrebuilding their lives after homelessness, abuse, and poverty. A real job, a real paycheck, and a real skill. MudGirls' 10th anniversary fundraiser, Making Ho...

Welcome to Season 5 of Roar with Danielle Davies. A few things are changing this season, and in this short episode I walk you through all three. First, micro episodes. Every Tuesday you'll get the full conversation. Every Thursday, a short episode like this one highlights what we talked about, so you can decide whether to go back and listen to the whole thing. Second, a new name. Roar is now R...

In 2017, I ran for local office. I lost that race, but I also I walked away wondering if there wasn’t a better way to fight for women than what I'd just spent all this time doing. Seven years later, I started a podcast to answer that question. I sat down with my friend Amy Stone for her show, Creator Showcase, part of the UnMuted Creator Network, where she profiles women building things in ind...

Hi, I'm Danielle. I talk about women womening: navigating ambition, culture, and all the messy stuff in between. On Roar, I interview women who are making life better for other women. Season 5 starts Tuesday, October 6, with a new conversation every Tuesday and a short takeaway episode every Thursday. Follow so you don't miss it. listentoroar.com Instagram: @roarwithdanielledavies

What if there really was something you could do? ROAR is about the women who stepped in without waiting for the credential, the title, or the permission slip — novelists, femtech founders, breast cancer advocates, and everyone in between, changing how we understand the world and making it better for other women. New episodes every Tuesday. Follow so you don't miss what's next.

What happens when a 25-year-fight for women's health begins with a bedside promise? In this episode of The Roar Podcast, Danielle Davies sits down with Robin Cohen, founder of the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation, marketing 25 years of turning isolation into community and fear into advocacy for women facing ovarian cancer. Robin's work didn't start in a boardroom or with a business plan. It...

What if nothing is wrong with you...you've just never been told what's happening? In this episode of The Roar Podcast, Danielle Davies sits down with therapist, coach, and writer Ellen Scherr to talk about a phase of life many women experience, but few fully understand. Because for women, it doesn't start with a clear moment or a diagnosis. It starts with a feeling that something is of...

What if the problem isn't your confidence, but the system measuring it? In this episode of Roar, Danielle Davies sits down with investor, founder, and power strategist, Jingjin Liu, for a conversation that dismantles one of the most persistent myths women are handed: that success is simply a matter of confidence, effort, or doing everything right. Jingjin moved from China to Germany at 16, lea...

Far to often, we hear about sexual assault after it happens. But what if we could stop it before it begins? This week on Roar, Danielle is joined by two women working at the forefront of an effort most people don't talk about nearly enough: prevention. Jess Ladd and Kristin Hatcher are the co-founders of The Fund to Prevent Sexual Assault, an organization with a bold public health vision: to r...

What if the anxiety you feel for your kids—the urge to step in, fix it, smooth it over—is actually wired into your brain? Andwhat if the wine you pour at the end of that exhausting day is quietly making everything worse? In this episode, Danielle sits down with Jessica Lahey—educator, journalist, author of The Gift of Failure andThe Addiction Inoculation, and a woman nearly 14 years into her own r...

What if the smallest, simplest things...are the ones that carry us through the hardest moments? In this episode of Roar, Danielle sits down with writer and pie baker Beth Howard for a conversation that starts with something light, and becomes something much deeper. Because at first glance, pie doesn't feel like a serious topic. But in Beth's world, it means more than one thing. What began...

What happens when frustration becomes a lifelong operating system? In this episode of Roar, Danielle Davies sits down with Jess Ekstrom, an entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder ofboth Headbands of Hope and Mic Drop Workshop , for a conversation that is equal parts practical, personal, and unexpectedly profound.  What begins with a childhood camping trip and a tangled Walkman cord quickly...

Did you ever think of the work you naturally do as a women, mom, and/or teacher, work that holds up the whole system, isn't actually harmless? In fact, Rebekah Pierce uses a different word for it: Destructive. In this episode of Roar, Danielle Davies sits down with educator, author, and womanist, Rebekah Pierce to talk about something that feels specific to classrooms, but isn't. Because w...

What if the questions you've been quietly googling are the ones everyone else is asking too? In this episode of Roar, Danielle Davies hosts a candid, unfiltered roundtable conversation about sex, the kind women usually have in whispers, group texts, or not at all. Joined by pelvic floor PT Caitlyn Tivy, sex therapist Alex Robboy, and sexual wellness founder Lisa Kinsella, this conversation bri...

What if belonging isn’t about finding the right space—but building one? In this episode of Roar , Danielle Davies sits down with ChivonnAnderson for a conversation about what it really means to feel seen, safe, and fully yourself in the spaces you move through. Because for many people, especially those navigating identity in layered ways, it’s not just about going out, showing up, or participating...

What if the version of yourself you've been taught to be...isn't actually you? In this episode of Roar, Danielle Davies sits down with writer and speaker Sophie Jane Lee for a conversation about something many women experience, but don't always have language for: palatability. The pressure to be: likeable agreeable easy to receive And the subtle ways that pressure shapes how women spea...

Women’s visibility, leadership, and building your platform— Danielle Davies talks with This Is It Network founder Cheldin Barlatt Rumer about how women can stop waiting to be invited to the table and start amplifying their voices. ******************************************************* What does it actually mean for women to be seen—and who benefits when they are? In this episode of Roar , host Da...

✨ Get The Roar Rolodex—a living guide to women-centered resources you should know. Sign up here → https://favoritecousincopyco.kit.com/ ... What happens when you give women five days away from their lives—with art supplies, gourmet meals, a river, a campfire, and zero pressure to be anything but themselves? In this episode of Roar , host Danielle Davies sits down with Lisa Field —founder and dire...

✨ Get The Roar Rolodex—a living guide to women-centered resources you should know. Sign up here → https://favoritecousincopyco.kit.com/... ********************************************************* What does it mean for women to stay visible, powerful, joyful, and fully alive as they age? In this episode of Roar, host Danielle Davies sits down with Pamela Redmond—novelist, Substack writer, creator...

✨ Get The Roar Rolodex — a living guide to women-centered resources you should know. Sign up here → https://favoritecousincopyco.kit.com/ ... ******************************************************** We talk about the gender wage gap like it’s a single number. But what if that number is actually a map — one that reveals why women earn less, where inequity hides, and how we can change it? In this e...