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The Offscript PodcastThe path less travelled through the private legal sectorLisa Eldridge was partner at a law firm, and then she wasn't (spoiler: she found her way back to the partnership). For decades, she balanced work and life - stepping back from her partnership and raising three kids before once again making partner after racking up 30 years as a corporate litigator.She's a brilliant lawyer, passionate community activist, and long-time champion for more flexible work arrangements in the private legal sector, particularly for women.In this fun, honest conversation we cover a lot of ground: balancing work and life, being paid what you’re...
2025-02-251h 25
The Consultant's CounselGoing Offscript With Katie Rose HesterIn this week's episode of The Consultant's Counsel Podcast, Katie Rose Hester shares her deeply personal journey of navigating a quarter-life crisis, leaving behind a career in law, and embarking on a transformative six-month trip to Scotland. What started as a reset from personal and professional turmoil led to an unexpected romance, a life-changing move to the UK, and the challenges of rebuilding her career during a global pandemic. From blind job applications to landing a role in content strategy, Katie discusses the resilience, luck, and perseverance that shaped her path. Tune in to hear how she rebuilt her...
2024-10-041h 16The Offscript PodcastWhat does it mean to endure?Kelsey Creveling is a Founder, Executive Consulting Advisor, Public Speaker, Author, and StartUp Advisor. She's also an advocate for personal and professional wellness (both her own and others') and she's a big believer that the best stuff happens when we get out of our comfort zone and pursue our passions, fearlessly. In this episode, she talks about her professional journey and the power of endurance to help you overcome hardship, take risks, and create a life that makes you happy.
2024-08-301h 11The Offscript PodcastA very sisterly careers chatPatty Hester is a jet-setter, a Programme Director, and a 10-year veteran at the National Student Leadership Conference, where she holds half a dozen titles and manages teams literally 12 times bigger than any team I have ever been on, much less been in charge of. She also happens to be my little sister, and in this episode, we sat down to chat about how our careers have played out, and whether we're surprised (or not so surprised) about where each other has landed professionally.
2024-07-101h 14The Offscript PodcastStop listening just to reply (your anecdote can wait)!Steph French is a woman who has spent a lot of time working in male-dominated spaces, like construction and tech. Naturally, she has a lot to say about what it's like to build a career in environments that weren't designed to support the growth or progression of women at work. And when it comes to building a career in spite of challenges, she's something of an expert, having raised her daughter while getting her degree and working. In this episode, she shares her experience and talks about everything from the benefits of listening with intent, to her favourite question ("...
2024-05-141h 13
Dark Side of the LibraryDark Adult Fiction Coming Out April 2024 (Part 1/2)Dark Side of the Library Podcast Episode #184: Dark Adult Fiction Coming Out April 2024 (Part 1/2) (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) Bless Your Heart, by Lindy Ryan (Apr 9) https://amzn.to/48WjoVQ The Book of Thorns, by Hester Fox (Apr 2) https://amzn.to/496QIcI Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder, by Asako Yuzuki (Apr...
2024-04-1024 minThe Offscript Podcast"I don't wanna sound like a Boomer"Hillary Lundberg is a University Recruiter at the world's largest company (that'd be Microsoft). And despite managing a talent pool that spans the Americas, her work/life balance has never been better. In this episode, Hillary (not a Boomer) talks about working with Gen Z, setting boundaries at work, prioritising her mental health, and her advice for anyone who's considering a new job or career.
2024-03-191h 16The Offscript Podcast"I locked my cameras in the closet"Maryann Bates is a Pulitzer Prize nominated photographer and photojournalist with a career story that would make one helluva good movie. At the height of her career, she locked her cameras in a closet (literally) before eventually finding her way back behind the lens. She's photographed former presidents, athletes, and cultural icons, and she's had a front-row seat to some seriously impressive modern history over the course of her 40 year career. This is her story!
2024-02-201h 02
The Offscript PodcastBurn it to the ground (Lawless special episode!)In this special episode, I'm reading an excerpt from "Lawless: An Autobiographical Guide to Professional Rule-breaking," which is a project I've been working on that for reasons unknown even to myself I've decided to share here. "Burn it to the ground" is from the opening chapters and tells the tale of the two ways you can go about getting the job you want. Spoiler: one involves a bit of fire.
2024-02-0811 minThe Offscript Podcast"Light me up and make me happy"Jamie Hill is a communications strategist, public affairs analyst, and community activist with an outrageously impressive work history and a positive attitude that just won't quit. She started her career in government before spending nearly ten years at Google, which she left in 2021. Since then, she's worked in start-ups with BIG missions, like redesigning the way mental health care is provided in America. She's currently a Principal at Shallot Communications in NYC, where she's busy building brands, creating communities, and redefining her approach to work/life balance (a term she thinks it's time to retire).
2024-02-051h 07The Offscript PodcastFrom lawyer to launching Offscript, Part 2After arriving from the US to the UK on the first day of the first national COVID lockdown, I spent almost an entire year applying to hundreds (if not thousands) of jobs, with only one callback. In early 2021 I finally made a connection that helped me land a gig as a content writer, and exactly one year later I was hired as the Head of Brand & Content for a business with 175 people. 19 months, 3 clients, and one (very well-timed) lay off later, I decided it was time to go all-in on myself. This is Part 2 of my journey from lawyer...
2024-02-0231 minThe Offscript PodcastFrom lawyer to launching Offscript, Part 1Buckle up and take a journey with me back to 2016, when I got fired from legal practice for asking to take a day off. Little did I know that when I left my office and walked the five blocks home with my diplomas in a cardboard box (no, literally) that I would never work as an attorney again. After such a shocking departure from the job I'd spent my entire life preparing to have, I spent almost five years trying to break into a new career, collecting a few thousand rejection emails along the way, before finally picking up...
2024-01-301h 01The Offscript PodcastWelcome to the Offscript Podcast!Welcome to the VERY FIRST episode of the Offscript Podcast!
In this intro episode, we'll briefly cover how this podcast came to be (margaritas are involved) and what you can expect from future episodes (conversations with the most brilliant, hilarious, and talented women I know).
2024-01-1819 min
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 6Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
In the final episode of this series, our producer, Katie Revell, hosts alongside LION’s Sam Siva and OOTL’s Hester Russell, who add their reflections to the pieces throughout the episode. First, psychotherapist and grower Srikanth Narayanan shares their thoughts about the fluid ways in whi...
2022-07-311h 00
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 5Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
Our host for episode 5 is Marcus MacDonald – Land in Our Names member, grower, tour manager and organiser. Marcus takes us on an auditory journey centring on the banjo, and we learn why this instrument is intricately connected to Black culture, food growing and justice.
We sit...
2022-07-2446 min
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 4Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
Episode 4 is hosted by Hester Russell and Zoe Miles, who are both from Out on the Land (OOTL), and also involved in an emerging grower’s union. In this episode, we hear more of Jass Butt and Hari Byles’s music made from recordings inside a worm...
2022-07-1748 min
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 3Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
Episode 3 is hosted by LION’s Sam Siva and Farmerama’s Dora Taylor. In this episode, we dig into the practices and meanings around callaloo, a plant that’s commonly used in Caribbean food, and can also be grown in the UK.
Glenda Trew is a worksh...
2022-07-1031 min
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 2Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
Episode 2 is hosted by Assistant Producer Nadia Mehdi and Farmerama’s Abby Rose. Woven throughout we are taken to the fields, pots and allotments of the chorus of land-based practitioners. We hear from Maymana Arefin, a community gardener, spoken-word poet, and artist. They talk to us a...
2022-07-0343 min
FarmeramaCultivating Justice: Episode 1Welcome to Cultivating Justice! Our 6-part series in collaboration with Land In Our Names (LION) and Out on the Land (OOTL, part of The Landworker’s Alliance) which weaves together interviews, conversations, music and reflections from Black people, people of colour, trans people, queer people and women, on their relationships with land, growing, and identity.
Episode 1 is hosted by OOTL’s Hester Russell and LION’s Sam Siva. Woven throughout we are taken to the fields, pots and allotments of a chorus of land-based practitioners. We are treated to a sound piece ‘Eating your castings’ by Jas Butt and Hari Byles, mad...
2022-06-2651 min