How She Works

Tracy Taylor Ward is an award winning luxury event designer specializing in effortless, fun, chic and seamless events. She has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Brides Magazine and Martha Stewart weddings. Her weddings have appeared in the New York Times, Town & Country, Over the Moon, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Kiki Couchman is on a mission to heal America’s gut. After graduating from Stanford she worked for the private equity firm Alpine Investors before famously quitting to co-found the probiotic yogurt brand Sourmilk. In just a year Sourmilk has grown into a viral sensation and can be found in over 150 stores across the Northeast. In this episode Rachel and Kiki discuss all it takes to found a viral s...

Ariel Elias was described as “a sly young comic from Kentucky” by the New York Times. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone and the Washington Post . She was named a “New Face” at the 2021 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival , as well as one of Paste Magazine’s Best Comedians of 2022 . She has performed on both Jimmy Kimmel and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You can watch her standup s...

Georgia Stylianides is a quantitative investment and portfolio strategist by day, art and culture educator by night. She holds degrees in art history and mathematics from Wellesley college as well as an MBA and MFA from UPenn’s Wharton school of business and the Lauder Institute of international studies. She began her career structuring transactions for the art auction house Sotheby’s before pivot...

In this episode Rachel interviews Meg Richardson, New Yorker Cartoonist and author of Paradise Pawn. Rachel and Meg talk all things New Yorker, cartoon school, and book publishing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of How She Works Rachel Jaffe interviews political powerhouse Laura Gerrard, who began her career as Senator Elizabeth Warren’s assistant scheduler rising to deputy chief in only eight years. Rachel and Laura discuss all things politics, presidential campaigns, and blow-up dogs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do a Michelin-starred chef, a Vogue wedding planner, and a New Yorker cartoonist have in common? They’re all women with incredible stories about work, ambition, reinvention, and figuring it out as they go. I’m Rachel Jaffe — ER doctor and ultimate girls’ girl — and on How She Works , I sit down with badass women to discuss the careers they’ve built and the wins, twists, and failures that got...