STEWARD with Sophia Li

This longevity craze was not built for women. Women weren't required in U.S. clinical research until 1993. Today, less than 2% of health innovation funding goes toward female-specific conditions beyond cancer, this gap shapes everything from how we're diagnosed to whether we're believed. Host Sophia Li sits down with female experts in longevity to unpack a double bind most women will r...

Happy World Oceans Day! In this very special episode, we sat down with Dr. Sylvia Earle — marine biologist, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and one of the most celebrated ocean researchers of our time. Named by the Library of Congress as a living legend and reverently referred to around the world as “Her Deepness,” Dr. Earle has spent the past 60 years at the forefront of ocean explorat...

Happy Earth Day, stewards! To honor this day, we are having a conversation on the paradox of being a functional human today optimizing longevity during a climate crisis.  Longevity is the buzzword of 2026, but what does it mean to optimize your body while the systems that sustain all life are in decline? In this live conversation recorded at 113 Spring in New York City, host Sophia Li sits down wi...

Most creators are building brands, growing audiences, and closing deals — without ever being taught the financial infrastructure underneath it all. This changes today. Recorded live at the inaugural ShopMy x STEWARD Media event in New York City, this is Part 1 of a financial empowerment series built specifically for creators — conversations the industry usually has behind closed doors. Host Sophia...

Welcome to Season 2! This live Lunar New Year edition welcomes best-selling author and astrologist Liz Tran to unpack the Year of the Fire Horse — a rare, once-every-60-years cosmic surge of intensity, change, and opportunity. Recorded fireside at 929, Manhattan's iconic canto-pop cocktail lounge, Liz decodes what this energy means for how we make decisions, take risks, and adapt — then connects i...

Welcome back! STEWARD is evolving into exploring the vital intersection of spirituality, sustainability, and longevity, holding space for the profound dualities of our time for collective healing. This Movember, we confront a pressing issue: the crisis in men's mental health, particularly for white men who face alarming rates of loneliness, addiction, and suicide, while historically hold power in...

Introducing a new format: STEWARD Debates! Join host Sophia Li for a live debate to a sold-out audience recorded during New York Climate Week to tackle this question: Are Sustainability and Affordability Complementary or Contradictory?” A responsibly made cotton T-shirt costs twice to three times its fast-fashion equivalent. In food, organic produce can cost over 50% more than conventional options...

Sophia Li joins Outrage + Optimism for this special preview episode for the Be Hope global podcast takeover - a collaboration of shows amplifying courage and possibility in facing the greatest challenges of our time. Alongside Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson, we explore how states, cities, and communities in the US are holding the line on climate when federal leadership...

We're back! Just as we wrap up fashion month, Sophia chats with Kering’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Marie-Claire Daveu, for a live discussion on what comes next at this pivotal moment for fashion. In 2019,  Kering (home to Gucci, Balenciaga, YSL to name a few) was ranked the world’s second most sustainable company across all industries—and #1 in luxury and fashion by the Corporate Knights’ Glob...

This episode features Dr. Britt Wray, researcher, director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry and author of Generation Dread. STEWARD Asks explores the questions on everyone's mind—the complex, urgent issues of impact, climate, and sustainability—through insightful 1x1 interviews with today's leading voices. Stay up to date with us ⁠@steward.media⁠ on Instagram. Go to ⁠mill.com/steward⁠ for $75 off...

Welcome to a special Earth Month edition of STEWARD podcasts in collaboration with Beyond Noise . As the current headlines are dominated by the state of the economy, we dive into how investing in climate is good for the economy and planet and how to strategically disrupt while navigating change. Meet our roundtable speakers: Ida Liu, Former Global Head, Citi Private Bank, @idaliu1 Samina Virk, Nor...

Welcome to STEWARD Asks with award-winning journalist Sophia Li. This first podcast is asking a very hard truth: have we reached 1.5 °C? This podcast was filmed at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in conversation with acclaimed filmmaker and climate activist, Josh Tickell. He is the mastermind behind the documentary Kiss the Ground which is a three-part feature length documentary series on solutions to c...