The Femme Futurists Society Podcast

Money isn’t just about numbers, it’s about power, perception, and the stories we’ve been told about who gets to build wealth… and how. As Libby Rodney , Chief Strategy Officer at The Harris Poll, makes clear: the narrative that women lack financial confidence isn’t just outdated—it’s fundamentally flawed. “Confidence,” she suggests, depends entirely on how we define it… and for too long, the defin...

 It is 100% unacceptable that globally, black women face a nine times higher risk of maternal death than their white counterparts, regardless of wealth. And that the United States is the most dangerous and expensive high-income country for childbirth, especially for Black and Indigenous women.   💫 Lailah Kara Newton, an MD with a successful UK practice specializing in women’s health who experienc...

Design is not just about products and things; it applies to systems, to life, it is human. As Carissa Carter, Stanford d-school Academic Director says, “if you care about what you put out there into the world you are a designer. Everyone has the capacity to create positive change”.  A former geo-scientist, Carissa teaches courses on the intersection of data and design for multiple sectors includin...

“By 2050 there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish”. That headline and more were what spurred Nuha Siddiqui & Kritika Tyagi to tackle what they saw as a massive opportunity: to reimagine the building blocks of plastic by pioneering new regenerative biomaterials that are now revolutionizing the plastics industry.  This is not a new story - other companies have attempted sustainable mat...

We’re honored to introduce you to the beautiful, smart and deeply heart-centered Robyn O’Brien. Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably been impacted by her work transforming the food industry, after her life changed irrevocably when her daughter had a life-threatening reaction to food, that then turned into a movement, that then changed the entire food industry. Amazing.   In our conversation...

Everything we do digitally is controlled or facilitated by third parties who then aggregate and monetize our data and interactions without any benefit to us. How then, do we build something that gives the person using it complete control? How do we create a more human internet?   Mary Camacho is CEO for Holo + Holochain, championing the integration and adoption of innovative peer-to-peer applicati...

In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore the role of new technologies in creativity with Brooke Hopper. Brooke Hopper is Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Adobe, working to deepen and enhance the creative process and allow all humans to more fully realize their creative visions.  FemmeFuturists.com 

Ila Colombo has always pushed boundaries. Whether her younger self as a medal-winning gymnast or member of the National Italian swimming team, to her current roles as global citizen and cutting-edge design innovator, she is a next-level, multi-tasking powerhouse, somehow managing to juggle the demands of a new practice, a new life in Dubai, her own design-art installations and conceptual creative...

In this episode, we sit down with Sun (Kagami) Brown for a wide-ranging conversation on the art of Deep Self Design — exploring everything from the Doodle Revolution and gamestorming to collaboration literacy, inner engineering, juicy messiness, and the practice of becoming your own best friend. One of our favorite ideas Sunni shares is shoshaku jushaku — a Zen Buddhist concept often translated as...

Most of us are likely very familiar with the ideas of dystopia and utopia as framing for what the future might look like, but Monika Bielskyte would submit they are still two sides of the same coin. Instead, she wants us to consider the in-between space that embodies all of the living world and consciousness—nature and human—where a different narrative takes place; a Protopian future that embodies...

How do we lead, live, and learn—when nothing feels certain, but everything is possible? In this deeply insightful conversation, we sit down with Ewa Pasternak, systems thinker and transformation guide, working at the intersection of systems thinking, quantum perspectives and emergent leadership to help individuals and organizations navigate liminal spaces where the old no longer fits and the new i...

Kenyan-born storyteller and global thought leader Wakanyi Hoffman explores the role of ubuntu, indigenous wisdom, and inner development in shaping a future that is more connected and compassionate - the embodiment of what it is to be human.

Erica Orange is EVP and COO of The Future Hunters, who in her new book AI + the New Human Frontier, is reimagining the future of time, trust, and truth in the Femme Futurists extraordinary women podcast series. 

INGRID LaFLEUR is founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute (TASI), merging foresight methodologies with the cultural movement of Afrofuturism to cultivate Afrofuture consciousness and inspire transformative action toward a just and harmonious future.

As the Founding Director of the Creative Industries Blockchain Lab and Director of Media Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University, Elizabeth is helping shape the future of media innovation, teaching students how to harness the power of technology, digital transformation, and the metaverse to tell immersive stories and launch successful businesses.

Co-Founded by Ila Colombo and her partner, world-renowned product designer Ross Lovegrove, DEOND , an AI & 3DPA practice in Dubai, are revolutionizing what’s possible in design and architecture by combining technology with human expertise and creativity to craft cutting-edge, innovative environments and advanced designs that are not only functional and beautiful, but also sustainable and respo...

“By 2050 there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish”. That headline and more were what spurred Nuha Siddiqui & Kritika Tyagi to tackle what they saw as a massive opportunity: to reimagine the building blocks of plastic by pioneering new regenerative biomaterials that are now revolutionizing the plastics industry.  This is not a new story - other companies have attempted sustainable mat...

Episode #39. Design is not just about products and things; it applies to systems, to life, it is human. As Carissa Carter, Stanford d-school Academic Director says, “if you care about what you put out there into the world you are a designer. Everyone has the capacity to create positive change”.  A former geo-scientist, Carissa teaches courses on the intersection of data and design for multiple sec...

Most of us are likely very familiar with the ideas of dystopia and utopia as framing for what the future might look like, but Monika Bielskyte would submit they are still two sides of the same coin. Instead, she wants us to consider the in-between space that embodies all of the living world and consciousness—nature and human—where a different narrative takes place; a Protopian future that embodies...

Everything we do digitally is controlled or facilitated by third parties who then aggregate and monetize our data and interactions without any benefit to us. How then, do we build something that gives the person using it complete control? How do we create a more human internet?   Mary Camacho is CEO for Holo + Holochain, championing the integration and adoption of innovative peer-to-peer applicati...

Episode #36: What if we told you that it’s possible to 3D print a house for around $7K and in the space of 24hrs - and not only is it possible - but entire communities are being built this way? You’d think it was pretty mind-blowing, right? That’s exactly what Melodie Yashar and her team at ICON are focused on. Engineering and visioning sustainable built environments on and off-world (we’re talkin...

Episode #35 has landed and we’re honored to introduce you to the beautiful, smart and deeply heart-centered Robyn O’Brien . Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably been impacted by her work transforming the food industry, after her life changed irrevocably when her daughter had a life-threatening reaction to food, that then turned into a movement, that then changed the entire food industry. Am...

Welcome to Episode #34. It is 100% unacceptable that globally, black women face a nine times higher risk of maternal death than their white counterparts, regardless of wealth. And that the United States is the most dangerous and expensive high-income country for childbirth, especially for Black and Indigenous women.   💫 Lailah Kara Newton, an MD with a successful UK practice specializing in women...

Episode #33: In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore how we can better develop high-tech for low resource environments to improve global health with Drea Burbank. Drea Burbank, is the CEO of Savimbo as an MD-Technologist & Serial Entrepreneur with her work ranging in things like Web3 to stem-cells. Learn more about the Femmes at Femmefuturists.com Learn...

In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we discuss the future of childhood and future fit design with Joana Lenkova. Joana Lenkova is the Futurology Director for the Lego Group and founder of Futures Forward, a strategy and innovation consultancy focused on building impactful, resilient business models to help shape and inspire positive future narratives.   ***All opin...