QUESTION EVERYTHING

Want to feel confident talking to anyone about anything, in any room? Great conversation is a skill and Vanessa Van Edwards has spent 20 years studying how to be great at it!  A self-described “recovering awkward person,” Vanessa is a behavioral investigator, bestselling author of Captivate, Cues, and The Science of People, and founder of Science of People. She's joining Danielle...

Remember that time on Question Everything when Ginny Clarke said “return to office” ??? The internet was not happy. You all had a lot of thoughts, so we brought her back. Ginny spent more than a decade recruiting executives at Spencer Stuart before leading executive recruiting at Google, which means she's spent years watching companies decide who gets hired, promoted, paid more and eve...

Bolin called himself a celebrity stylist on MySpace before he’d styled a celebrity. Then the celebrities started calling. Today, he styles actor Morris Chestnut as well having worked with Danielle Brooks, Tyra Banks, Nene Lekes. He is known for seeing someone’s next before they can see it themselves. But success changed something. The man who once moved without asking permission found...

At 22, Danielle Brooks was being chased through subway stations by Orange Is the New Black fans while still struggling to afford the life her new fame seemed to require. The series helped turn Netflix into a cultural force and made her recognizable around the world, but behind the success, Danielle was afraid to negotiate, afraid of being replaced, and increasingly willing to let other people deci...

What does it mean to raise confident, emotionally healthy kids in a world of AI, social media, beauty standards and the manosphere? Dr. Shefali Tsabary, clinical psychologist and author of the 2010 bestseller The Conscious Parent , joins Danielle to unpack her new books, Raising Conscious Daughters and Raising Conscious Sons . Dr. Shefali lays out a new reality of childhood, including the ways gir...

What happens when you start earning more than your partner, friends or even your parents?  What does it actually mean to be rich? New York Times bestselling author, Financial Feminist host and Her First $100K founder Tori Dunlap challenges the different financial lessons taught to women and men, reveals the investing mistake she sees constantly and explains why building wealth requires us to...

Priya Parker wants us all to stop running from conflict and she says there is actually an art to fighting! The bestselling author of The Art of Gathering is back with her new book The Art of Fighting , a guide to having the hard conversations that can actually bring us closer together. Priya joins Danielle to unpack why avoiding conflict may be making us lonelier, how to figure out which relations...

Danielle Bayard Jackson is one of the world's leading experts on female friendship. She's a friendship coach, researcher, and the bestselling author of Fighting for Our Friendships . Today will forever change the way you think about friendship. Danielle shares:   The two questions every friend wants answered How to handle conflict in friendships as adults How to make friends as an adult Why f...

Ever shared something vulnerable and immediately wished you could take it back? That sinking feeling has a name: the vulnerability hangover. Harvard Business School professor and behavioral scientist Dr. Leslie John joins Danielle to unpack the surprising science of self-disclosure, why we often regret what we don't say more than what we do, and how revealing a little more, at work, in dating, and...

At 23, Sydney Towle was living a bright, full life—until she felt a lump after a run and heard the words: “likely carcinoma, multiple enhancing masses.” What followed was a diagnosis of Stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive cancer typically found in people decades older. Sydney began sharing her journey online as a way to stay connected and hopeful, quickly building a...

Some friendships don't just change your life…they change who you become. In one of Savannah James and April McDaniel's most candid conversations yet, they join Danielle Robay to talk about the friendship that became the foundation for their businesses, their hit podcast Everybody's Crazy , and the lives they've built. Savannah opens up about finding her voice after years behind the scenes a...

Ariel Dumas spent more than a decade helping shape one of America's most iconic late-night shows, earning 13 Emmy nominations as Head Writer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report . In this episode, she takes Danielle inside the end of an era following the show’s official end in May. Ariel shares what it was really like writing alongside Stephen Colbert, and why the fri...

Can heartbreak change who you are forever? Or is the real challenge making sure it doesn't? In this episode of QUESTION EVERYTHING , Danielle sits down with writer, storyteller, and Love Island USA: Aftersun host Tefi Pessoa for an unforgettable conversation about heartbreak, healing, and the version of yourself you lose after being hurt. Most people think heartbreak is about grieving another pers...

What happens when the dream you've chased your whole life finally comes true... and you realize you've lost yourself along the way? Actress and director Jennifer Morrison ( House , Once Upon a Time , How I Met Your Mother , This Is Us , Yellowjackets , The Night Agent , The Five-Star Weekend ) joins Danielle for a conversation about craft, ambition, creativity, and the hidden cost of success. Afte...

On the Waking Up with Ryan podcast, coach Ryan Weiss explores how the first five minutes of your day can shape everything that follows. Through short daily audio and video episodes (10–12 minutes), he delivers powerful "moments of awakening" designed to interrupt the inertia of fear, ego, and judgment, helping listeners reconnect with themselves before the noise and demands of the day take o...

What happens when the life you planned is no longer possible? Jamie-Lynn Sigler joins Danielle to discuss living with multiple sclerosis, the shame of hiding a chronic illness while starring on The Sopranos , and the moment she realized she couldn't keep pretending everything was okay. Together they explore identity, vulnerability, healing, reinvention, and why telling the truth about our lives of...

What if the stories that stay with us are really trying to tell us something about ourselves? In this episode, Danielle speaks with legendary television creator, writer, and showrunner Mara Brock Akil, the creative force behind Girlfriends , The Game , Being Mary Jane , Love Is , and now the debut novel The Revelation of Dionne Daphne . Together they explore the deeper questions that have fueled M...

What if the biggest challenge in your relationships isn't finding the right person, but understanding the person doing the choosing? This week on QUESTION EVERYTHING, relationship therapist and bestselling author Vienna Pharaon joins Danielle to unpack the hidden wounds that shape our dating lives, relationships, and marriages. From the five core origin wounds we all carry to the surprising reason...

Kristen Kish has built an extraordinary career. She's a Top Chef winner, the host of Top Chef, NYT best selling author of the memoir Accidentally on Purpose. But this conversation isn't really about food. It's about belonging. In this episode, Kristen opens up to Danielle about being adopted from Korea and raised in Michigan, growing up feeling different from the people around her, struggling...

Peptides are everywhere. Ozempic won't leave the headlines. And social media seems determined to convince us that the next health breakthrough is only one purchase away. So what's actually worth paying attention to? In this episode, Danielle welcomes celebrity trainer, nutrition scientist, and bestselling author Harley Pasternak for an unfiltered conversation about the biggest wellness trends domi...

Women entered the workforce. We got the degrees. We built careers. So why do so many of us still feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and like we're falling behind? In this episode of Question Everything , economist, professor, and author Corinne Low helps us unpack the hidden economics of modern womanhood, from invisible labor and unequal leisure time to the surprising role our relationships play in our...

What if the version of success you’ve been chasing was inherited, not consciously chosen? In this episode, Brooke Taylor, former Google Marketing Lead turned career coach and author argues that many ambitious women are unknowingly suffering from what she calls “the success wound”: the belief that our worth has to be earned through achievement. From elite schools to prestigious ca...

What if you did everything right… and still weren't seen? NBC News anchor and author Morgan Radford is the kind of person who makes you rethink in real time. From being rejected by every local news station she applied to becoming one of NBC's most trusted correspondents and anchors, Morgan shares the truth behind her success and the moments that almost broke her. Inspired by her debut novel...

Movement can change more than your body, sometimes it changes the entire direction of your life. In this episode of Question Everything , Robin Arzón, Vice President of Fitness Programming at Peloton, bestselling author, ultramarathon runner, entrepreneur, and host of the podcast Project Swagger , opens up about leaving behind a successful career in corporate law to build a life centered ar...

On October 7, 2023, Rachel Goldberg-Polin's son Hersh was taken from the Nova Music Festival into Gaza. For 330 days, she and her husband John fought to bring him home; meeting with world leaders, speaking at the UN, and wearing a piece of tape on their chests with the changing number of days he'd been held captive. Hersh was murdered in captivity on day 330. In this raw and unforgettable conversa...