Firestarters with Shannon Watts

Nov 12 2024 14 ep. 35 mins 5

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Firestarters is a podcast filled with inspiring interviews of women living audacious lives and encouraging others to do the same.

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12: First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom on the Power of Women in Action

Nov 12 2024 32 mins

“If we could get all these different female leaders who care about these different issues—whether it's repro rights or gun violence or care—focused on our common humanity and common lived experience as women, I feel like we could move policy forward in a way that's never been moved.”Today on the Firestarters podcast, I’m talking with First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom,

Post Election Debrief: Where do we go from here? With Shannon Watts

Nov 08 2024 30 mins

Thank you to everyone who joined us live yesterday for a conversation between myself and Jessica Yellin of News Not Noise. We talked about what happened in the election, the importance of women running for office, how Republicans are changing the election playbook, whether there was cheating, and how we can move forward from here. Watch the replay and be sure to download the Substa

11: Amy Nobile on Why it's Never too Late to Find Love

Oct 01 2024 43 mins

Your person will love you exactly as you are, the age you are, where you live, how tall you are, what you do, what you don't do. And it's true every single time. You have to be authentic. You really have to show who you are because that's the only way someone can find you.In this episode of the Firestarters Podcast, I spoke with Amy Nobile, a dating coach who focuses on a holistic-

10: Sharon McMahon on How Small Actions Can Lead to Big Change

Sep 03 2024 51 mins

"Sustainable change requires small, regular, concerted efforts by a lot of people doing the next right thing. All of us working together to change something has far more effect than five of us trying to do everything.”Sharon McMahon is perhaps better known as America’s Government Teacher. Previously a government, history, and law teacher, she now shares her knowledge through In

09: Gisele Fetterman on Finding Joy in a Political World

Aug 06 2024 28 mins

"I say all of my work comes from pain. I think it's really important to figure out the things that hurt and then work towards making it hurt less for the next person." - Gisele FettermanGisele Fetterman is a Brazilian born activist, philanthropist, and non profit executive. When her husband, John Fetterman, was a mayor and then lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania, she was the first

08: Emily Amick on Unleashing Your Political Power

Jul 02 2024 49 mins

“I want to see Republican women for gun reform and I want these women to start calling themselves Republicans and trying to exert more influence within their party. I want to see those Republican women step into their political power, for God's sakes, do the work. Your tears will never, ever change the current Republican Party, is really my message.”Emily Amick is a lawyer, jou

07: Sharon Salzberg on Leading an Authentic Life

Jun 04 2024 35 mins

“The philosophical framework of Buddhism saved me. I was studying Asian philosophy and there was the Buddha saying 'you're suffering in life', and for me, that became, 'you're not so different'. You belong actually.” Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, a world renowned teacher, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her books include Real Happiness and her seminal work,

06: Sandra Cisneros on the Power of Words to Shape Our Womanhood

May 07 2024 44 mins

“I tell people you don't have to say, ‘I'm just a drop in the bucket.’ Well, take care of your drop. Your drop affects so many other people and whenever you speak or are in contact with people, you're shaping and changing every day.”Sandra is a prolific poet, author, and artist, perhaps best known for her book The House on Mango Street, originally published in 1984, which h

05: Rabbi Sharon Brous Says Community Can Unlock Our Humanity

Apr 02 2024 49 mins

"Take seriously the fact that there's something in the world that you need to do and then do it now. Don’t wait — we don't know how long we have." Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and the author of the national bestseller, The Amen Effect, Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken Wo

04: Lucy McBath: Mom on a Mission

Mar 05 2024 29 mins

“I fell into flying as a flight attendant. And it was probably the best thing for me at that time, my love for travel, my love for other cultures, and ethnicities. And it's the best training ground for the work that I do now.”After hearing your enthusiasm about the first three episodes of the Firestarters Podcast, I’m excited to tell you that I’ll be continuing to share one