Tits, Wit, & Grit

Melissa Graham started her career as a photocopy clerk at 19, working a law firm by day and Jack in the Box by night. Today she is the COO of one of the nation's most recognized law firms. What happened in between is not a straight line. It was decades of earned confidence and learning the difference between getting things done and actually leading people. In this episode, Melissa gets honest abou...

Sarah Flack is a personal injury and criminal defense attorney, a solo firm owner, and a mom. She is also someone who has been through many resilience-building chapters of life, a spiral in her twenties she didn't see coming, and the daily work of building a business from scratch while still showing up fully for every client who needs her. In this episode, the force behind the Golden Lawyer gets r...

Emily Williams and Amelia Raether grew up in a house where women led, questions were encouraged, and tough love was common practice. Now navigating early careers, Laura Raether's daughters join the podcast to talk about what it actually looks like to build a life when nobody hands you a map.  In this episode, the two sisters get honest about growing up Raether, what they learned from watching thei...

Charlotte Laskos is 17 years old, weeks away from graduating high school, and heading to Belmont University to chase a career in music. She is also, by every measure, proof that grit gets passed down.  In this episode, Tracy's daughter joins the podcast for a conversation that is funny, honest, and quietly moving. She talks about what it felt like to get cut from a volleyball team and what she did...

Ilya Lerma once came close to quitting law to wash dogs at a pet store. She was drowning in self-doubt and convinced she just didn't have what it took. What turned it around wasn’t a sudden surge of confidence. It was discipline, the right mentor, and the willingness to bet on herself without a safety net. In this episode, the Phoenix-based trial attorney, firm owner, and trial coach gets radicall...

Deborah Dixon has spent her career doing things people said couldn't be done. She built her own firm, took on some of the largest corporations in the world with a team of eight, and stepped into the role of General Counsel for an NFL franchise. In this episode, the managing partner of The Dixon Firm gets refreshingly honest about what it actually takes to survive and thrive in spaces that weren't...

Gloria Campos climbed the ladder by solving problems nobody else wanted to own. Now Chief Operating Officer at McCraw Law Group, a Texas firm she helped build from the ground up, Gloria brings over 20 years of legal operations experience and a leadership philosophy shaped by the fierce, driven women who raised her. In this episode of Tits, Wit & Grit, Gloria gets real about the moment she turn...

Every great show needs an origin story. This is theirs. Sara, Laura, and Tracy introduce the podcast, the mission, and the framework driving every episode.  Tits, Wit & Grit is a podcast created to hold honest, intelligent conversations with women who lead, build, and navigate demanding professional lives. The podcast was born from a belief that women benefit from spaces where experience is ho...