Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
PRX
Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller - one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever \ to exclusively feature conversations with women about how to build power and lead change aired from 2015-2024. Grab a copy of the book based on the show which distills over 200 interviews into 5 steps for change, along with stories and advice for how to take care of yourself and each other: It’s a Good Day to Change the World.
Every episode is now archived at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, where you’ll hear incredible stories from leaders working towards an equal, just, and joy-filled world. You’ll come away from every conversation with context, hope and inspiration. Plus, you’ll get expert advice and the tools you need to take action on the issues that matter to you–at home, at work and in the world. Produced in partnership with KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and PRX.
Location:
United States
Description:
Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller - one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever \ to exclusively feature conversations with women about how to build power and lead change aired from 2015-2024. Grab a copy of the book based on the show which distills over 200 interviews into 5 steps for change, along with stories and advice for how to take care of yourself and each other: It’s a Good Day to Change the World. Every episode is now archived at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, where you’ll hear incredible stories from leaders working towards an equal, just, and joy-filled world. You’ll come away from every conversation with context, hope and inspiration. Plus, you’ll get expert advice and the tools you need to take action on the issues that matter to you–at home, at work and in the world. Produced in partnership with KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and PRX.
Twitter:
@laschiller
Language:
English
Contact:
510-798-6005
Episodes
A Good Day to SHARE: Emily Ladau on how to break down barriers
3/28/2023
Today, we hear from Emily Ladau, a disability rights activist, about how to break down barriers. Emily Ladau has Larsen syndrome, a rare genetic joint and muscle disorder. She is on a mission to make progress for disability rights by sharing her own story and helping others do the same on their own terms. She's won a number of awards for her activism, and her first book is Demystifying Disability:What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally.
This is episode 5 from a special segment for...
Duration:00:06:00
A Good Day to TRANSFORM: Senator Sarah McBride on how to advance equality
3/21/2023
This episode we hear from Senator Sarah McBride about how to advance equality.
Senator McBride became the highest-ranking openly trans official in the country in 2020 when she was elected to the Delaware state senate. But this wasn’t the first time she made history.
In 2009, McBride was a junior at American University when she used her social media platform to come out as a trans woman. She says coming out was the most difficult thing she'd ever done and realized she wanted to play a...
Duration:00:06:00
A Good Day to CREATE: Gloria Steinem on how to start a revolution
3/14/2023
Today, we hear from Gloria Steinem about how to start a revolution. Through her speeches, books, documentary films, and the feminist organizations she’s founded, Gloria advocates for reproductive choice and ending violence against women and children. She cofounded the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Women’s Media Center,among others. She was one of the founders of New York magazine and in 1972 she launched Ms., the first feminist magazine with national distribution.
This is episode 3 from...
Duration:00:06:00
A Good Day to PREPARE: Caroline Paul on training to be brave
3/7/2023
Today, we hear from Caroline Paul about the importance of being brave. Caroline should know…She's climbed the Golden Gate Bridge, gotten into Guinness World Records for crawling and trained for the Olympic luge team. In 1989, Caroline was one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco—1 of 15 women out of a crew of 1,500. For thirteen years, every day on the job was an adventure. She published a memoir about her experience, and later wrote The Gutsy Girl and You Are Mighty, a...
Duration:00:06:00
A Good Day to IMAGINE: Isha Clarke on how to believe in your power
2/28/2023
Isha Clarke is a founding member of Youth vs. Apocalypse, an activist organization that organized the first-ever youth climate strike in San Francisco. Isha has been fighting for climate justice since junior high school. That's when they spoke out against a coal terminal slated to be built in their hometown of Oakland, CA. A few years later they confronted senator Dianne Feinstein about the Green New Deal in a video that went viral.
Isha believes we all have the power to reverse the...
Duration:00:06:00
It's a Good Day to Change the World - Introducing a new book and miniseries
2/22/2023
Great news! We have a new book coming out based on Inflection Point interviews, called It’s a Good Day to Change the World! To give you a peek inside every Tuesday, throughout Women’s History Month, we’re bringing you a special short segment we produced with KALW San Francisco about how we can build a more feminist future–and take care of ourselves and each other along the way. You’ll hear inspiring firsthand stories and get practical tools from trailblazers for how to create an equal, just...
Duration:00:02:38
Dear Listeners, Supporters, and Friends
8/26/2020
On Inflection Point, we’ve documented the changes for women between two major milestones here in the US: From right before we thought we’d see our first woman President with Hillary Clinton, to today, when we might see our first VP woman of color, with Kamala Harris.
Inflection Point is one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever dedicated exclusively to featuring conversations with women about how we build power, what we do with it when we have it,...
Duration:00:04:31
When Gender Is a Matter of Life or Death - Thread the Needle Summer Swap
8/5/2020
What makes a boy a “boy” and a girl a “girl”? And why from the womb are we so obsessed with gender and why just by virtue of being male or female society expects us to behave or dress certain ways, or use certain bathrooms? Or fit into other so-called norms. That’s a lot of pressure on a kid, especially if your biological identity--the sex you were assigned at birth--differs from your gender identity or gender expression.
Today, as part of the Inflection Point summer swap series you’ll hear...
Duration:00:43:36
"So You Want To Talk About Race" author, Ijeoma Oluo
7/22/2020
An awkward conversation with her white mother about “good white people” inspired Ijeoma Oluo to take on the unenviable task of writing one of the most user-friendly books on race of our time: “So You Want To Talk About Race.” In plain language, Ijeoma has confronted deeply uncomfortable questions surrounding racial injustice from the school-to-prison pipeline to the Black Lives Matter movement to white feminism and intersectionality.
In our conversation recorded in 2018, Ijeoma wakes me up...
Duration:00:43:54
Feminist Detective: The Case of Body Positivity - with Ruth Whippman
7/8/2020
Is the body positivity movement a good thing or a bad thing in the quest for equality? Ruth Whippman joins Lauren to uncover the debate.
Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation.
And when you’re done, come on over to The Inflection Point Society, our Facebook group of everyday activists who seek to make extraordinary change through small, daily actions.
Duration:00:09:06
Women World Leaders Get it Done - "The Broad Experience" Summer Swap
6/24/2020
Women who run countries have been getting a lot of claps on the back for their leadership during this Pandemic--not only their inclusive, unifying approach but the results--lower infection rates, higher protections for health workers, better tech, greater commitment to the greater good. I have especially loved reading about the leader of New Zealand, Jacinta Ardern and her calm, decisive, empathetic “team New Zealand” approach. An approach literally a world away from what we’re seeing in...
Duration:00:32:21
Cecile Richards and Reshma Saujani - "Brave Not Perfect" Summer Swap Episode
6/10/2020
Welcome to the Inflection Point Summer Swap Series, where we share other great female-led podcasts.
This week features an episode of Brave Not Perfect with author, Ted speaker, Girls Who Code founder, and podcast host (and a previous guest of mine) Reshma Saujani.
Reshma sits down with one of her personal heroes, Cecile Richards, for a compelling conversation about women's political power in this episode of Brave, Not Perfect. Cecile opens up about the bravery of stepping down as head of...
Duration:00:42:20
A Conversation To Do the Dishes By - Eve Rodsky, author of "Fair Play" returns!
5/20/2020
Could the Covid-19 pandemic be the inflection point that marks the end of the gendered division of labor at home? Now that we are all tethered to our homes, you may be doing more laundry,
dishes, cooking, cleaning (did I say dishes?), nose wiping, bottom wiping and emotionally tending to your kids and teens. So it seems super timely for us to talk to the woman who has emerged as a leader in the movement to end the gendered division of labor at home and how to divvy up that labor as...
Duration:00:52:14
How To Get Through The Worst, Together--Dr Kelsey Crowe
4/29/2020
I think we can all agree, it’s been a rough spring with COVID-19 taking over our lives. You may know someone who’s sick, or who’s lost a loved one or their livelihood, or any number of awful things. But as this all goes down, we don’t always know what to say, or do, for someone who’s hurting, let alone asking for the help we might need ourselves. My guest Kelsey Crowe wrote a book, “There is No Good Card For This. What to Say and Do When Life is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to the People You...
Duration:00:50:39
"Surround yourself with people who believe in you" - Solo Swimmer Kim Chambers
4/15/2020
Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Kim Chambers is only the sixth person ever to complete the Ocean’s Seven challenge... solo. That's seven open water channel swims. Think summiting Mount Everest in a bathing suit x 7... hours upon hours upon hours of swimming in critter-filled, often quite cold water. Kim is also the first and only woman in the world to solo swim the 30 miles of shark inhabited waters from the Farallon islands to the golden gate of San Francisco. We spoke at the kickoff of...
Duration:00:52:55
TOOLKIT w/ Rhiana Gunn-Wright: How you can change systems that create climate change
4/3/2020
In this Toolkit, learn how you can change systems that create climate change.
Duration:00:08:35
How To Plug Into The Green New Deal - Rhiana Gunn-Wright
4/1/2020
Meet the woman who helped develop The Green New Deal--and how you can make a difference in the climate crisis. Rhiana Gunn-Wright is the former policy director for New Consensus and Abdul El-Sayed’s 2018 Michigan gubernatorial campaign. She warns that without a shift in our policies and systems, we could become a nation of "fortresses" and "sacrifice zones". We’ll hear where she came from and how can the way she thinks about solving problems, can solve the biggest crisis of our time.
A 2013...
Duration:00:42:12
TOOLKIT w/ Heather McTeer Toney: How to fight for climate safety and clean energy
3/20/2020
Learn what you can do right now to make a difference on climate and energy.
Heather was the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS and is now field director for Moms Clean Air Force.
Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance.
Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation.
And when you’re done, come on over to The Inflection Point Society, our...
Duration:00:10:37
Meet the Climate Activist Leading the Charge for Children's Health - Heather McTeer Toney
3/18/2020
Meet Heather McTeer Toney, the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, which fights for climate safety to protect our children's health. She shares how her two terms as the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS helps her be an even more effective activist, and what one thing motivates people to make big changes.
Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production...
Duration:00:42:41
TOOLKIT w/ Isha Clarke: How to reverse the climate crisis
3/6/2020
Isha Clark is a high school senior and a youth organizer with Youth vs. Apocalypse, a Bay Area youth climate justice organization. In this toolkit we learn three actions we can take right now to reverse the climate crisis and... how to put pressure on a power holder.
Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance.
Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation.
And when you’re done,...
Duration:00:06:44