We’re starting strong in our new series For the Love of Powerhouse Women, because we’re joined by one of our personal heroes: Melinda Gates. Kind and wise, Melinda leads the world largest philanthropy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to improve the lives of millions of women and children around the world, and she does it all with a listening ear and an ... Show More
Oct 8
Lights on a Similar Path: ‘Awake’ Readers Reflect On Finding Their Way
Description: In this moving episode, listeners share their own tender and personal stories inspired by Jen's bestselling book, "Awake," which debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list. The touching and heartrending voicemails coming in from readers of “Awake” ... Show More
1h 17m
Oct 1
[Encore] Turning Pain Into Possibility: The Beauty That Comes After Loss with Poet Maggie Smith
Description: Sometimes the deepest growth comes from the hardest seasons. An untreatable diagnosis, a painful divorce, the loss of hard-earned savings—when life tears apart the script we imagined for ourselves, we’re left to wrestle with who we are, what we value, and how to begi ... Show More
1h 2m
Apr 2019
Melinda Gates: The Moment of Lift
Philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates discusses her new book, “The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.” Believing that all lives have equal value, Melinda and her husband, Bill Gates, have donated more than $50 billi ... Show More
36m 18s
Feb 2023
Bill Gates : sa vie avec Melinda, et l'autre
Il lui a proposé un premier rendez-vous sur un parking, en 1987. Et ils ne se sont plus quittés, pendant presque 30 ans. Bill et Melinda Gates ont longtemps formé le couple le plus riche du monde, et sont devenus une sorte de Brangelina de la bienfaisance. Avant ça, Bill Gates ét ... Show More
35m 55s
Apr 2023
Mischief Makers: Cécile Fatiman
Cécile Fatiman (1771-1883) facilitated a special ceremony that ignited the Haitian Revolution.
This month, we’re talking about Mischief Makers: oddballs, chameleons, and nonconformists. Queens of quick wit.
History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When w ... Show More
4m 44s
Mar 2019
The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
Everyone's heard of Martin Luther King Jr. But do you know the woman Dr. King called "the architect of the civil rights movement," Septima Clark? The teacher of some of the generation's most legendary activists -- like Rosa Parks, Diane Nash, Fannie Lou Hamer and thousands more - ... Show More
13m 9s