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Deep Thoughts With Michelle HandyWomen Leading the Future of Behavior Design with Stephanie WeldySend us a textIn this episode, we take a behind-the-scenes look at how women are shaping the future of behavior design—from scaling impact in organizations to building powerful professional communities. Stephanie Weldy shares her journey from the public sector to Chief of Staff to Dr. BJ Fogg, her role as co-founder of WEB (Womxn Engaged in Behavior), and how behavior design principles are transforming industries.Episode Highlights:💡 How behavior design is being implemented at scale across industries💡 Common misconceptions about applying behavioral science in organizations💡 The role of com...2025-04-0452 min
Fat Joy with Sophia ApostolMaking Tampons Accessible -- Heather Mader & Ali KightIf you’d like to learn more about mental health care by and for fat folks, please check out Tend and Cultivate Counselling.Heather Mader (she/her) and Ali Kight (she/her) teamed up to improve how people who menstruate insert tampons. Designed in 1931 and having gone through almost no improvements since, traditional tampons weren’t designed to accommodate different body types, disabilities, injuries. Ali founded TINA Healthcare to change this, and when Heather tried the first prototype, she knew she wanted to get involved in the design of the product. This partnership is a grea...2024-04-161h 02
Ordinarily Extraordinary - Conversations with women in STEM83. Danica Bunnett - BS Product Design (Mechanical Engineering)Danica Bunnett is the Chief Operating Officer of Bluon, a mobile app and technology platform that supports the HVAC technician community. Danica shares her passion for supporting a community that hasn’t traditionally received a lot of support and for making their lives easier and better. She has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Product Design (Mechanical Engineering) from Stanford University where she was the president of Stanford Women in Design. She is an outdoor enthusiast and gets her energy from the outdoors and the sun (she says she’s “solar powered”!)Episode NotesDanic...2022-06-301h 11
Mom, I Got This!The Show Must Go On With Julia HartzThis is not the story of someone who was mystically born to be a successful founder. Julia Hartz, CEO and Co-Founder of Eventbrite, has never been a work-backwards kind of woman. We discuss how she has taken life head-on from her early days as a competitive dancer all the way through her current position as the CEO of Eventbrite, one of the world’s largest event platforms with 230 million total tickets in 2020. Julia’s journey truly embodies the “Mom, I Got This!” ethos as she takes successively larger and more jaw-drawing risks and pursues a constant curiosity throughout her care...2021-08-1137 minMom, I Got This!Roz Cyrus, a Modern Renaissance WomanRoz Cyrus is a renaissance woman. She is a writer, a computer science lecturer at Stanford, and a designer. From starting a job at the same time she started her masters degree to having a one-year-old baby a couple months before beginning her 2nd quarter teaching at Stanford, she has a talent for flirting with failure and coming out on top. Tune in to discover what it means to take smart risks to push back against the standard and find out what might happen to your dating life when you do. 2021-08-0430 minMom, I Got This!Breaking It Down with Nariman GathersProcedures. Rules. Systems. Nariman Gathers walks us through what it was like to be a budding systems designer as a neuro-atypical person. They delve into stories from collecting post-it-notes and gel pens for crafting as a kid to feeling crushed by the weight of expected-perfection in the post-college years. Now a lecturer at Stanford’s d.school (Stanford’s design institute) and design program manager at Plaid, Nari's reflection is full of laughs and fond realizations of how they designed their twisty path to happiness. In this episode, we talk about the ‘making’ moments, ‘breaking’ moments, and everything in between. 2021-07-2131 minMom, I Got This!What, Like It's Hard? with Julia HaberTwo-time CEO and founder, Julia Haber was, in her own words, “very much a sassy little kid”. Em and Iz dive into Julia’s impressive career (that’s still only on its opening pages) and uncover how a creative leader comes to be, from the colors of her childhood bedroom walls to her alternative high school experience. Hearing the story of how she started and grew her first business in her freshman year of college and her current company Home From College, it’s clear that Julia is an unstoppable force, but it’s her relatable anecdotes and off-the-sleeve comments tha...2021-07-1433 minMom, I Got This!Sending it with Kayla ClarotEm and Iz talk to Kayla Clarot, the Concept Design Leader at Specialized. Specialized designs bikes for all sorts of terrain, but with every new design, they tell a story. Kayla’s episode is full of passion and energy for her job and the stories she tells. She takes us along her journey from being a little girl sending it off jumps on her snowboard or wakeboard to her as a young adult ‘sending it’ by making tough decisions that may, or may not, pay off. This episode is full of heart and is a truly honest story of discov...2021-07-0734 min
Brandy Was Here the PodcastS2E15: How to Liberate a Community Through EducationCreating safe spaces to dialogue, learn and heal are necessary in our communities. In this episode, I chat with two individuals who are dong just that.
Darius White is a first-generation college graduate turned English teacher with both a bachelor's and master's degree from Stanford University. Almost a decade into teaching, he works as a full-time high school English teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as serves as a board member for the San Francisco Education Fund, which aims to support students and families in the local public school system. He uses his classroom and social media...2021-05-251h 52
The Blunt & Curious PodcastBlack Womxn Did It First Pt. 2This episode is part 2 of our mini series. During this episode our guests India, Jermaca, and Travelle continue getting BRAVE AF to tell us about their life experiences! This episode will continue to likely be uncomfortable for some, and that’s GOOD, as we get uncomfortable with social norms and the harmful experiences associated, we can begin to reassess and CHANGE!
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou
Take time in this episode to reflect, reassess, and maybe re-examine how you’ve considered your own...2021-04-041h 07The Blunt & Curious PodcastBlack Womxn Did It First Pt. 1This episode is part 1 of what is turning into our first mini series. During this episode we introduce the guest of the series: India, Jermaca and Travelle. Our guest are BRAVE AF! These women honor us with their time to tell us about their experiences! This episode will be uncomfortable for some, and that’s GOOD because as we get uncomfortable with social norms and the harmful experiences associated - we can begin to reassess and CHANGE.
Guests:
India - @msindiarose
Jermaca - @jermacabrown
Travelle - @travelinz
Key Te...2021-03-281h 50
Femme HiveHow to figure out what's nextShould I go to grad school? Should I quit my job? Should I pivot in my career? Should I go to a bigger company? Should I join a smaller company?As young professionals who are at the beginning of our careers, it can be tough trying to figure out what we should do next on our quest towards a fulfilling, purpose-driven life (that also pays the bills!).This week we are joined by Melanie Okuneye who is currently pursuing her MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Stanford, Melanie worked in...2021-02-2454 min
I LIKE NETWORKINGSHARLENE GANDHI: How to break into journalism, why we need diversity in the newsroom and perfecting your pitchSharlene Gandhi is a reporter at Courier Media, focusing on small business owners and modern entrepreneurs from all over the world, who are living life on their own terms. Previously a freelance climate, food and business journalist, she has previously written for the likes of gal-dem, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Dazed, and the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy. She has also spoken on the topics of climate migration, air quality, and racial inequity in the climate movement.
On this episode, she tells us how she managed a full-time job with her freelancing career, how she made t...2020-10-1554 min
Strong Runner Chick RadioEpisode 136: Rebecca Mehra on Running for Oiselle, Political Activism, and Life Outside of SportRebecca Mehra is a Pro runner for @oiselle & @runlittlewing 🏃🏻♀, Public policy nerd 🤓, Stanford Alum🌲, and lives in📍Bend, OR.
“Because as a running community we seem to be far more comfortable talking about races rather than race.” - Quote from Rebecca
Questions we ask Rebecca include:
We just wrapped up the Oiselle Womxn Run the Vote! Tell us a bit more about this and what you’re up to!
How did you get your start in running?
You shared in a recent podcast with Ali (Ali on the Run) that you thrive when having multiple task...2020-10-0847 minMom, I Got This!EntreprenHERial Spirit with Jensen Neff and Ellie ChenIt’s a home run with Jensen Neff and Ellie Chen in our Season 1 finale episode! A few months out of Stanford University's Product Design bachelor's program, these ladies are off to LA with their hearts on their sleeves and their hands on their sewing machines to pursue their passions of sustainability and textiles by starting a patchwork fashion company, Oddli, formerly known as &Papaya. You might know them from their 2 million-views on Tik Tok! Jens and Ellie really are the approachable ‘cool girls’ next door, and you don’t want to miss a word they have to say. We cover...2020-10-0346 minMom, I Got This!Life in the Big Apple… Inc. with Iris YanWe sit down with Iris Yan, currently a product manager at Brilliant Technologies, a smart home IoT startup. After earning a bachelor's in Product Design from Stanford University, she started her own consumer packing goods startup (from her dorm room!) and then went on to work at Apple for 3 years. In this episode, she gives us the inside scoop of life at one of the largest and most impressive tech companies in the world. We ask her what it’s like designing in a big firm and how you even get there. We also go back to what Iris wa...2020-09-2734 minMom, I Got This!Touchdown! What Happens when a Designer Finds VC with Morgan MahlockWe chat with Morgan Mahlock who is an investor at IQT, the non-profit strategic investor that supports the U.S. intelligence and national security community. We ask her why she, as a designer, loves VC? Hint-- it has to do with her eye-opening dream internship at the NFL! Morgan is also passionate about side hustles, as evident through her stories of teaching piano and modelling to help pay her way through college, going into what those jobs taught her about herself and the “real world”. Graduating from Stanford University with a BS in Product Design and MS in Management Scie...2020-09-1926 minMom, I Got This!A Designer, an Educator, and an Author Walk Into A Bar with Lisa Kay SolomonWhat is design? How do you design a life you love? Designer, educator, accomplished author and all-around amazing woman Lisa Kay Solomon tells us how she made the choices that shaped her life. We learn about taking leaps of faith from quitting varsity tennis on an ivy league team and shifting to part-time bartending to moving across the country to work at a startup after turning down a prestigious consulting job. Lisa is a passionate educator, author, speaker and thought leader focused on helping leaders learn how to be more creative, flexible and resilient in the face of i...2020-09-1739 min
Mom, I Got This!Introducing "Mom, I Got This!" with Stanford Womxn in DesignLaunching this Wednesday, September 16th with Stanford sophomore co-hosts Emily Redmond and Isabel Arboleda. We're here to guide you through insightful convos with amazing ladies, asking questions like "What is design?" "What happens at the intersection of design and other fields like business and education?" and, more generally, "How do I even begin to find what I'm truly passionate about??" We help make professional discussions approachable with unconventional realizations and fun anecdotes along the way. You're always welcome to pull up a chair with us on "Mom, I Got This!", so see you soon!2020-09-1501 min
Stories from the Open Govep41 - Kishawna Peck: Backstory on how the Toronto Womxn in Data Science Conference was createdKishawna Peck is the founder and Executive Director of the Womxn in Data Science Conference, an event that provides a platform to women from diverse backgrounds to showcase their career journeys and knowledge.
The conference itself is a two-day event where you get a chance to hear from women in academia, industry, government, and start-ups about how they apply data science to their work and the second day is a workshop.
And today, Kishawna tells us the remarkable history of this staple Toronto conference.
www.womxndsto.com
Time stamps:
1:05 - Why did Kishawna create this conference?
2:45 - The relationship between...2020-09-0834 min
The Rights PodWomxn and COVID-19On June 2nd, 2020, Stanford Human Rights Student Lauryn Johnson sat down with Nicole Baran, an academic and advocate in the field of gender studies, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting womxn. They focus on the economic consequences of the pandemic, the idea of intersectionality, and how relationship abuse is manifesting. The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the view of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University.Nicole Baran is the founding Executive Director of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, an organization focused on eliminating obstacles facing marginalized...2020-08-1821 min
Off She GoesEp. 3: STEM in the Philippines, Taking a Gap Year Before University, & Celebrating Womxn in Tech with Audrey PeAudrey Pe is the Founder and Executive Director of WiTech, a nonprofit organization that aims to educate and empower youth to make a difference using technology. Her work with WiTech has garnered her recognition as a 2019 Global Teen Leader and 2019 Zonta Women in Technology Asia-Pacific District Scholar. In this episode, Audrey talks about her experience growing up in the Philippines as someone who’s interested in tech, her gap year journey before heading to Stanford in the fall, balancing work and school as a full time student, and how she established WiTech. Follow Audrey Pe on IG @audreyisabelpe // Follow Wi...2020-05-0445 min
bamboo & glassBecoming More Politically Aware and Active ft. Vanuyen Pham2020 is the year of elections, and we've had a long journey of coming to learn anything about politics. As Asian American womxn, we may have not grown up with the familial environment in which politics are a common dinner topic, or maybe we struggled to "fit into" identity-based organizations at school where our peers were so impassioned to advocate for issues we knew little to nothing about. We wanted to share with you all our convoluted path to not only learning more about politics but also becoming more politically aware and active, and we hope that it...2020-02-181h 19
KZSU News2020.01.24-A Deeper Look: Chloe Stoddard '21 and Stanford Womxn's March; Beyond the Bubble: Women's March San Francisco 2020This woman-centric episode features Chloe Stoddard '21, co-founder of the Stanford Womxn's March and of Stanford Women in Law (SWIL), speaking about her experiences in organizing and bringing people together for crucial conversations and generating change. Also, Darlene Franklin goes Beyond the Bubble to the Women's March in San Francisco to capture the essence and spirit of the January 18 event! Plus, news this week from Ishan Gandhi and the Stanford Daily.2020-01-291h 01
CompilHER: Empowering the Next Generation of Women TechnologistsSerina: Actualizing What You Care AboutSerina Chang is a senior at Columbia University studying Computer Science and Sociology. After graduation, she will be pursuing a Ph.D. in CS at Stanford University. Currently, her research interests center on natural language processing and computational social science, which she has explored as a research assistant in Kathleen McKeown's lab at Columbia. Serina is also deeply passionate about education and student diversity, and has served as a teaching assistant in CS, Co-President of Lean In at Columbia, and Academic Chair of Columbia WiCS [Womxn in Computer Science].
Feel free to connect with Serina on LinkedIn:2019-04-1232 min
Stance Podcast with Chrystal GenesisWay With Words; Armina Mussa, Artist & Creative Director of Saint Heron; Mind: Creativity in the CityThis month, we kick off the new year with an exploration of language in our feature, “Way With Words”. How do we preserve our most endangered languages? How does a dialect become a language? Do labels like “Womxn”, “LGBTQIA”, “people of color” and “Latinx” empower or hold people back? What happens when a command of written and verbal language no longer separates robots from humans? We’ll dig into these questions and more with Animesh Garg, Robotics research scientist at Stanford; Dr. Helen Beer, Yiddish teacher at University College London; Genesee Johnson, professor at Harvard; Mel Y Chen, Associate Professor of Gender & Wo...2019-01-011h 04