Pat Mitchell has shattered nearly ever glass ceiling in the media industry. She was the first woman to lead PBS, CNN, and to produce the first national program hosted by a woman for women. She has won Emmy’s, Peabody’s, and been nominated for Academy Awards. But before any of this success, Pat was an unemployed single mother in New York City navigating the gender barriers that were all around her. She joins us to talk about the grit she had to claw her way into the industry, the gumption it took to walk away from stable positions to produce content that women were craving, and the sense of obligation she feels as a woman at the top to lift up other women beside her. Today Pat is singularly focused on using her influence to elevate more women's stories and to push the media industry toward greater gender equity.
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