In the decades leading up to her breakout book Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay wrote every day, not knowing if anyone was ever going to read her work. It wasn’t until she was 40 years old that she had her first taste of commercial success. This episode, hear Roxane and Jessi discuss how the writer persevered through all those years of rejection, how she teaches wri ... Show More
Apr 6
Your Screen Is Changing Your Brain. Take Back Control, with Jonathan Haidt
If you feel like your attention span has shrunk, you’re not imagining it. According to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, our phones and social platforms have fundamentally reshaped childhood, work, and our ability to focus. In his bestselling book The Anxious Generation, Jon ar ... Show More
26m 54s
Mar 30
Why We Quit Too Soon, and How to Keep Going
Do you think of your beliefs as immutable facts? If so, you might be holding yourself back. In this episode of Hello Monday, Jessi Hempel sits down with Nir Eyal, bestselling author whose work sits at the intersection of psychology, technology, and human potential. His latest boo ... Show More
29m 13s
Feb 2021
“I Really Don’t Care A Lot, Do U?” (with Roxane Gay)
<p>Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss Rosamund Pike’s new film <em>I Care A Lot</em>, AIDS drama <em>It’s A Sin</em>, Daft Punk’s breakup, the internet’s Kathryn Hahn obsession, the latest Golden Globes scandals, and more. Plus, Roxane Gay joins to discuss her new MasterClass on writin ... Show More
1h 18m
May 2022
Danica Roem reclaims her own story in her memoir 'Burn the Page'
In 2017, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender woman in office when she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. In her new memoir, Burn the Page, she writes about the experiences that got her to that moment, the women who inspired her, and the ways in which she ... Show More
8m 14s
Mar 2023
330: Christina Maslach, PhD, Extinguishing burnout and workplace stigma
<p dir="ltr">Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 330, an episode with Christina Maslach, PhD, a professor of psychology (Emerita) and a researcher at the Healthy Workplaces Center at the University of California, Berkeley. </p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, we discuss the causes o ... Show More
1h 5m
Nov 2020
#34: How I Became Brave Enough: My First Steps as an Entrepreneur feat. Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS
<p>Dr. Sasha Shillcutt is the CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a company that empowers and teaches professional women to lead. She is a well published researcher in cardiac anesthesiology and gender equity, author, and international speaker.</p> <p>In 2016, she was awarded the nati ... Show More
28m 17s
Sep 2021
Saved from the Nazis, she started a unicorn software company in the 1960s staffed with only women and just £6 - Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley
Dame Stephanie Shirley, known as ‘Steve’ for reasons explained in the podcast, escaped Nazi persecution before founding a software startup in 1962 with just £6 which provided employment to hundreds of women when they weren’t taken seriously in the workplace. “I remember selling a ... Show More
48m 43s