logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2021
40m 52s

'Machiavelli for Women'; Plus, 'What We ...

NPR
About this episode
Sam is joined by NPR's The Indicator host Stacey Vanek Smith to talk about her new book, Machiavelli for Women and how women in the workplace are still falling behind. Plus, actor Harvey Guillén on the new season of the FX show What We Do in the Shadows and not waiting for people to be comfortable with his "brownness, queerness and roundness" to be comfortable in his own skin.

You can follow us on Twitter
@NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at samsanders@npr.org.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy
Up next
Today
"George Bush doesn't care about Black people" 20 years later
On September 2, 2005, on a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurrican Katrina, Kanye West went off script and said, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." 20 years later, would those words have the same impact today?In this episode, Brittany, NPR music correspondent ... Show More
18m 3s
Aug 25
'Poverty porn' in the digital age
Social media is full of images of unhoused people that's either meant to make you angry or laugh. For Leah Goodridge, this content is a new form of 'poverty porn.' 'Poverty porn' used to refer to charity commercials showing malnourished children to evoke empathy from sympathetic ... Show More
17m 30s
Aug 22
Inside the White House meme factory
We need to talk about the memes your tax dollars paid for. What is the federal government trying to communicate with them?The social media accounts of the White House and the Department of Homeland Security have been chock-full of memes: memes that mock people being deported, mem ... Show More
20m 24s
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2021
The Women Of 'Succession' And Reflections On Navigating Corporate Sexism
The HBO show Succession is compelling in part because it portrays a world most of us will never see: the backroom deals between cutthroat billionaires and their fraught family relationships. But the show's dark comedy also gives us insight into the world we all inhabit, and how t ... Show More
12m 52s
Dec 2020
"Dazed and Centrist" (with Alison Brie)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss Matthew McConaughey's critique of Hollywood liberals, Letitia Wright's defense of sharing an anti-vax video, Elliot Page publicly sharing his transgender identity, Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special, David Fincher's new film Mank, Dionne Warwick ... Show More
1h 23m
Apr 2020
#83 - Les 10 raisons pour lesquelles le confinement nuit au féminisme
Pas de répit pour la lutte féministe. Si le harcèlement de rue, le machisme ordinaire ou le manspreading se retrouvent mis au placard, la crise du COVID-19 n’épargne pas les femmes pour autant. Entre précarité, violences conjugales, racisme, injonctions faites au corps et réparti ... Show More
32m 48s
Sep 2021
4.2 From Good Girl to Sorceress with Brita Fernandez Schmidt
If you are a people pleaser, or strive to identify as a ‘good girl,' this episode is for you. Brita is a public speaker, transformational coach, and an advocate of women's empowerment, women's rights and equality. She previously served as the Executive Director of Women for Women ... Show More
50m 1s
Jan 2024
Machiavelli for Women: Stacey Vanek Smith
Stacey Vanek Smith has reported on business and the economy for over 15 years now, first for public radio’s “Marketplace,” and as the host of Planet Money’s daily podcast “The Indicator.” Over that time, she’s seen the same barriers blocking advancement for women in the workplace ... Show More
49m 35s
Feb 2024
SMNTY Interviews: Joan Michelson
Joan Michelson of Electric Ladies Podcast (and a million other things) joins us for a very special episode to discuss climate justice, women in leadership and the amazing work women are doing. She also gives us a much needed pep talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform ... Show More
1h 7m
Sep 2021
Left Turns on Nicki Minaj, Fauci’s New Title and Immigration Madness with Kmele Foster, Matt Welch, and Michael Moynihan | Ep. 161
Megyn Kelly is joined by “The Fifth Column” podcast hosts Kmele Foster, Matt Welch, and Michael Moynihan to discuss the feud between Nicki Minaj and Joy Reid over the COVID vaccine, Fauci’s new label as “the sexiest man alive,” the ongoing hypocrisy of the elite, the Biden admini ... Show More
1h 33m
Jun 2022
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Grease stars Olivia Moore & Jocasta Almgill, Female Bouncers & the Power of Silence
As the nation celebrates the Queen’s 70 year reign this jubilee weekend we ask what impact will the changes to primogeniture mean for future British monarchs? We hear from five historians, Alison Weir, Lady Antonia Fraser, Jung Chang, Tracey Borman and Kate Williams.Author Julie ... Show More
55m 9s