On the SUPERWOMEN podcast, I’m sitting down with Laurie Segall, the founder of Mostly Human Media and a former senior technology correspondent and editor-at-large at CNN. Throughout her award-winning career, Laurie has investigated the dangers of technology, and has interviewed some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley, like Mark Zuckerberg and Jac ... Show More
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The Triple Compounding Method That Took Invest Diva, Kiana Danial From Zero to $18 Million
She wanted a divorce. But she needed financial independence first. This week on Superwomen, I’m talking to financial expert, best-selling author, and founder of InvestDiva.com, Kiana Danial. Renowned for her Triple Compounding method, she’s sharing how she went from zero to an $1 ... Show More
40m 3s
May 7
Sexy and Saucy with Chef and Author of Tahini Baby, Eden Grinshpan
Eden Grinshpan went to culinary school… but she doesn’t cook like a chef anymore. Instead, she’s built her brand around making food (and life) more approachable, less perfect, and actually doable. A year ago, I sat down with the Top Chef Canada host, restaurateur, and author to d ... Show More
41m 18s
Apr 30
From Side Hustle to 11 Stores - How Stacey Fraser Bootstrapped Pink Chicken
What’s the true emotional cost of starting a business on your own? Just ask Stacey Fraser, founder and CEO of Pink Chicken. She sacrificed years of social events, shed tears over countless finance meetings, and carried the weight of being responsible for dozens of employees. In t ... Show More
35m 19s
Jul 2023
16: Fantasy, Fascism, and Technology: From the Frankfurt School to Silicon Valley feat. Moira Weigel
<p>Abby, Patrick, and Dan welcome writer, critic, and scholar Moira Weigel, co-founder of <em>Logic </em>magazine and co-editor with Ben Tarnoff of <em>Voices of the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do And How They Do It. </em>Moira introduces listeners to the history an ... Show More
1h 29m
Jun 2025
The Human Firewall: People-First Cybersecurity
Dr. Aleise McGowan, Chief Information Security Officer of BlackGirlsHack and a 20-year cybersecurity veteran, joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea. Aleise shares how a career-defining hack early on shifted her trajectory from developer to defender, and why she ... Show More
33m 3s
Sep 2025
(BNS) Tech:NYC CEO Julie Samuels
Julie Samuels shares her journey from a journalism major to a prominent figure in the tech advocacy space, detailing her experiences at NCSA, her work with EFF, and her role in founding Tech NYC. She discusses the evolution of the internet, the cultural differences between Silico ... Show More
56m 21s
Mar 2025
The Man Who Predicted the Downfall of Thinking
Few thinkers were as prescient about the role technology would play in our society as the late, great Neil Postman. Forty years ago, Postman warned about all the ways modern communication technology was fragmenting our attention, overwhelming us into apathy, and creating a societ ... Show More
58m 57s
Nov 2021
Business Weekly: Scary Smart with Mo Gawdat
Mo Gawdat was Chief Business Officer of Google X, the experimental development arm of the internet behemoth. He's since written books on how to find happiness and his new one, Scary Smart, warns of the potential dangers posed to the world by super-smart artificial intelligence. M ... Show More
59m 10s
May 2025
Decolonizing the Future: Karen Hao on Resisting the Empire of AI
In his New York Times review of the book, Columbia Law School professor and former White House official Tim Wu calls journalist Karen Hao’s new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI, “a corrective to tech journalism that rarely leaves Silicon Valley.” H ... Show More
44m 32s
Dec 2023
Why Tech Makes Us More Insecure w/ Astra Taylor
Paris Marx is joined by Astra Taylor to discuss how capitalism creates insecurity to sustain itself, the way tech is used to make us more insecure, and what it will take to change that.Astra Taylor is a writer, filmmaker, and political organizer. She’s the author of The Age of In ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2025
An Interview With the Herald of the Apocalypse
<p>Is artificial intelligence about to take your job? According to Daniel Kokotajlo, the executive director of the A.I. Futures Project, that should be the least of your worries. Kokotajlo was once a researcher for OpenAI, but left after losing confidence in the company’s commitm ... Show More
58m 55s