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Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In," which focuses on career advancement for women in corporate America, has gotten a lot of publicity recently. But ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 33:55
Caption: Judy Wicks
Judy Wicks founded the White dog Café on the first floor of her house in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from demolition, Judy g...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Ina Grau is the name of a boutique shoe line by Luisa Garcia-Gomez and Crystal Quinn. The women harmoniously combine their talents to create a coll...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:14
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Linden Wolbert, who quit her full-time job a few years back to be a professional mermaid. With skills in f...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:18
Caption: The Bobby Pickles Podcast LOGO
Bobby speaks with Wendy Oliveras, author of “Let’s Play SHESS: Succeed in your game of life and business by playing chess: from Pawn to Queen”. The...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:08:15
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
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Women stay in jobs longer then men, even when they're inwardly itching to leave. In this show, we ask why. And we meet former Wall Street analyst ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 16:30
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In this show we look at the subject of women and negotiating, but from an angle that's rarely considered. What happens when a female employee asks ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
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It's women's history month, and despite hundreds of years of working hard for equality, women still get paid less and make less over the course of ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
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Africa's economies are growing fast, and this is partly linked to entrepreneurship. Women make up a large number of African entrepreneurs, so when ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
How does a woman's age affect her life at work? Hillary Clinton may be going gangbusters at 65, but can the rest of us hope for a fruitful career l...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:30
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
In this episode we look at the way women come across in the media (where else can you wear a cocktail dress in the middle of the day?) and how that...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 18:30
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Are women ambitious? Will they be judged harshly if they admit it? The latest episode of The Broad Experience explores women's relationship with am...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:27
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First, Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist on national affairs examines recent national events to find and the result is, “Who Stole...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
Caption: Aneri Patel of UN Foundation Sustainable Energy for All
Wow are these stories great! Listen to Aneri Patel of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative tell host Joan Michelson about the innovative s...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
Caption: HOST PAM MCKISSICK
Produced for Weekend Edition programming, Pam McKissick Without Reserve is a one-hour talk show that delivers unfiltered commentary on the world of...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:15
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
In this show we hear from Amanda Pouchot, 20-something co-founder of the Levo League, whose mission is to help Generation Y women get to the top.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:42
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Molly Austin left her fashion job to focus on comedy. She's now one half of the comedy duo EmotiStyle whose YouTube channel has over 14k subscribers.

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  • Length: 15:29
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(Short commentary under 2 minutes) When the votes are counted, the election night parties are over and the mud-slinging stops, voters (according to...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
In this show we talk to a guy who did not think of himself as an obvious candidate for diversity training (he survived and thrived). Then there's t...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:01
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First, Margaux Fragoso tells her story of surviving and overcoming the scars of childhood sexual abuse by an older man. Then marketing guru Brad Fa...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
There's a lot of buzz around the topic of female entrepreneurship right now. But the statistics on female business owners haven't changed much late...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
There is no glass ceiling. So says Financial Times columnist Mrs. Moneypenny. If women aren't getting to the top, she says, they have no one to bla...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:51
Caption: Burpees in motion , Credit: Emily Friedman
If you haven't heard about CrossFit yet, chances are you will soon.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:38
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode three, we ask why so few women work...

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:56