Challenges (Episode 15)

What do Diversity, Equity and Inclusion mean, internationally? What does it look like to promote DEI work in a non-U.S. setting? The United States' deep and traumatic history in terms of racial injust...

26 Apr 202244min

History was made as Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 7th. Soon to be Justice Jackson, is constantly, and will continue to be under the scrutiny of the public eye....

19 Apr 202239min

It seems as though the entire world is talking about the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Everybody has an opinion on what should have happened or who shouldn’t have done what. Howev...

12 Apr 202241min

Language changes quickly, and some of the language that has been used in DEI work for years, has now been called outdated. It can be hard to keep up, but maintaining a critical lens on your own langua...

5 Apr 202239min

In today’s economy it seems like there are more jobs than there are employees. A result, in part, of the pandemic’s historic job losses and the opportunity it afforded many to consider what they wante...

29 Mar 202237min

Have you ever considered the consequences of focusing so heavily on women and girls’ confidence, or lack thereof? If women and girls are excluded from certain spaces and careers, or don’t negotiate sa...

22 Mar 202236min

? Of The Year (Episode 77)There are a litany of awards given annually to the best person in XXX field. Today on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa talk about Time Magazine’s Women of the Year and how it h...

15 Mar 202237min

This week on the show, Shaunna and Lisa chat about mid-life crises: the what, who, and why. The generic cultural narrative usually centers a white, heterosexual, middle-aged man buying a flashy car, h...

8 Mar 202237min