Girl Power Gurus

For our latest episode, we interviewed Dr. Marilyn Waring, a prominent New Zealand economist and feminist, and a leading activist for women's human rights.  Dr. Waring was one of the youngest New Zealanders ever elected to Parliament, serving as a National MP between 1975 and 1984. She was just 23 when she entered Parliament and from 1978 to 1981 she was the only woman in the National caucus.   Af...

Our latest guest is Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, an urban anthropologist and lecturer from Philadelphia.  She co-founded the "The Women Led Cities Initiative" which aims to bring women's voices to the forefront of urban planning and design. In 2019 she was named to the "BBC's 100 Women of 2019", an annual listing of the most inspiring and influential women from around the world.  She has served as...

Our guest for today is Christina Koch, a record setting astronaut who recently completed the longest mission in space for a woman. In addition she was part of the first ever all-female spacewalk. We were very excited to talk with Ms. Koch and her interview did not disappoint us, her stories were interesting, inspiring and entertaining. We hope you enjoy our conversation with her as much as we did.

Our guest for today is Jennifer Doudna Ph. D, a world famous American biochemist. Her work and leadership with CRISPR genome editing technologies has helped launch the CRISPR revolution. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Doudna, her work has the ability to change and improve our world. We greatly appreciate Dr. Doudna taking time to share her thoughts, insights, and experien...

Today's guest is Lindsey Vonn, the most successful women's ski racer of all time. We were super excited to interview Lindsey, we both have grown up ski racing and Lindsey has been our hero since we first started skiing. We really appreciate Lindsey's open and thoughtful answers to our questions. Lindsey talked about the challenges she has faced, advice she is willing to share with our listeners an...

Today's guest is Dr. Ellen Stofan, the Director of the National Air and Space Museum and former Chief Scientist of NASA. We loved talking with Dr. Stofan as she shared her stories, wisdom, and advice. Our conversation covered a lot of topics including the search for life in space, the challenges of getting humans to Mars, flying cars, and the recent success of the Event Horizon Telescope. We hope...

Checkout our first podcast on Professor Drew Faust, the first female president of Harvard University.  Professor Faust shares her interesting life experiences and bits of wisdom/advice that we feel will be beneficial to our listeners.