May 14

Bob the Drag Queen and Mae Martin

We can think of no better way to launch a podcast than with our first two guests: Mae Martin and Bob the Drag Queen. Mae (Handsome podcast, debut album “I’m a TV,” and upcoming Netflix series “Wayward”) shares their secret crush gone horribly wrong, and perhaps the most incorrect ... Show More

42m 4s

Nov 2024

I Weigh - The End but Not Goodbye: Jameela's Farewell AMA

This week Jameela is bidding a fond farewell to the I Weigh Podcast and answering listener questions. Jameela revisits how the I Weigh movement + podcast started and gives insights into what she’ll be up to next. Remember, this isn’t the end...just the beginning of new and exciti ... Show More

54m 28s

Nov 2024

Introducing The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi

We’re sharing a new podcast with you on the I Weigh feed. Host Yara Shahidi sits down with incredible changemakers to unlock their secrets to conquering life, love, career, and everything in between with unwavering confidence and hope. In this clip, Yara talks with singer, songwr ... Show More

11 m

Mar 2019

Diane Sawyer

Award-winning journalist and news anchor Diane Sawyer opens up about her career, her tireless curiosity and what fuels her passion. Diane talks about the biggest lesson her father taught her and what she learned from working in the Nixon White House during his resignation. She al ... Show More

26m 56s

Sep 2023

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month | Eva Longoria | Ana Navaro | Diane Guerrero

Eva Longoria talks about the challenges facing the Latino community right now and how she is unmasking beauty stereotypes. Co-host of "The View" and CNN political commentator Ana Navarro discusses the importance of unity among Latinos and all underrepresented groups, and how Demo ... Show More

21m 8s

Jul 2021

Loving Across Borders

At age 11, Julissa Arce came to the United States from Mexico on a visa that expired three years later. For more than a decade, she lived as an undocumented immigrant, fearful of revealing her secret to anyone. “Every phone call or email I got from human resources would make my b ... Show More

20m 55s

Mar 2024

Women tackling substance abuse

Beatriz de La Pava Hucke talks to two women committed to reducing the stigma and harm caused by drug addiction and tackling the damage done by the illegal drug trade in Europe and the United States.Angela Kennecke is a journalist in the United States who lost her 21 year old daug ... Show More

27m 25s

Oct 2017

Edna Adan Ismail

Edna Adan Ismail is a midwife and campaigner. As a 12 year old growing up in British Somaliland, her dream was to build her own hospital. It took her some 50 years and all her savings to realise her ambition, and the state of the art hospital she built is a testament to her passi ... Show More

36m 10s

Mar 2017

The 'I got the job because I'm Asian' episode – Token podcast

Freddy McConnell and Leah Green are joined by the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana. She talks about her experience of being a child of immigrants but wanting to be as white as possible, her passions for gender equality and how she’s benefited from other people’s racism ... Show More

28m 59s

Nov 2019

What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better | Erika Pinheiro

At the US-Mexico border, policies of prolonged detention and family separation have made seeking asylum in the United States difficult and dangerous. In this raw and heartfelt talk, immigration attorney Erika Pinheiro offers a glimpse into her daily work on both sides of the bord ... Show More

14m 5s

Sep 2018

Jane Fonda

Two-time Oscar-winning actress, author, political activist and fitness pioneer Jane Fonda discusses her celebrity upbringing, her film career and her controversial activism. Jane explains why it's never too late to become who you were meant to be. She was famous from the day she ... Show More

32m 54s

May 2022

Hannah Fry, Female Bouncers, Ukrainian Refugees

Hannah Fry is a professor in the Mathematics of Cities at UCL, a best selling author, a TV presenter and a podcaster. But in January 2021, her life changed when she found out she had cervical cancer. At just 36 years old, with two young daughters, she was faced with her own morta ... Show More

57m 42s