ShiftMakers: Special Election Series 2024

Nov 03 2024 41 ep. 28 mins
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The ShiftMakers podcast special election series “What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? 2024” features host Marianne Schnall’s new conversations with thought leaders on key issues connected to the 2024 election, as well as timely archival content from her high-profile interviews from the What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? book. This series explores themes around the challenges and opportunities Kamala Harris will face and what we can all do to help achieve the historic milestone of electing a woman president and paving the way for more women and diversity in leadership.

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What Would It Mean to Elect a Woman President?

Nov 03 2024 23 mins  
Host Marianne Schnall shares a collection of insights on "What would it mean for the U.S. to finally elect a woman president?” from her recent interviews with an esteemed group of thought leaders about Kamala Harris's historic run for President. They each share their perspectives on what the possible impact of finally breaking that glass ceiling would be (1:23), how it could open

A Conversation with Anita Hill

Nov 03 2024 36 mins  
As the country is poised to possibly elect our first woman president who is also a woman of color, host Marianne Schnall asks law professor and activist Anita Hill to share her insights on the historic moment we’re in. Hill discusses the engagement she’s seeing from women and the younger generation in this election (3:10), the sexism and racism VP Harris has been facing (11:31)

A Conversation with Nancy Pelosi

Nov 03 2024 20 mins  
Host Marianne Schnall shares highlights from her recent conversation with former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who, being a trailblazer herself as the first woman Speaker, offers her insights on the upcoming election and the Kamala Harris campaign (3:00), as well as what it will take — and what it will mean — for Harris to be elected (9:30 & 15:15). Pelosi also discusses he

How We Got Here: A Historical Look at Women Running for President and Other Trailblazing Women in Politics

Nov 03 2024 25 mins  
Host Marianne Schnall takes a historical look at the feminist trailblazers and political milestones that helped advance women and chart the course to this pivotal moment. As we approach the 2024 election and the possibility of electing our first woman president seems closer than ever, this episode pulls from Marianne's new and archival interviews to share insights and stories from

A Conversation with María Teresa Kumar

Oct 30 2024 22 mins  
Host Marianne Schnall speaks with political and voting rights activist María Teresa Kumar, founder and president of Voto Latino, the largest Latinx voter registration and advocacy organization in the country. Kumar has many insights to offer on the upcoming election, including what it would mean to elect our first woman and woman of color president (2:28), what the drivers are for

A Conversation with Rep. Barbara Lee

Oct 30 2024 25 mins  
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who is the highest-ranking Black woman appointed to Democratic Leadership and has served in Congress for over 25 years, talks with host Marianne Schnall about the upcoming election, sharing what she imagines her mentor Shirley Chisholm would feel about this moment where we have a woman of color on the ballot for president (6:31), what doors that would ope

A Conversation with Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Oct 21 2024 33 mins  
In this powerful conversation with host Marianne Schnall, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, U.S. House of Representative for Texas’ 30th district and co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign, shares her perspectives and wisdom on a number of timely topics related to the upcoming election and beyond, including: what it would mean to elect our first woman and woman of color president (3:

What Will It Take To Make A Woman President: 2024

Aug 29 2024 23 mins  
In this introductory episode of our special election series, host Marianne Schnall shares how her young daughter’s question, “Why haven’t we ever had a woman president?” led to Schnall interviewing some of today’s most respected voices on women’s leadership for her 2013 book What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? Now, with Kamala Harris’ run making the themes ar

Racial Justice In a Gender Equal World

May 31 2024 32 mins  
Recognizing that we cannot achieve gender equality without also advancing racial equality, host Marianne Schnall has devoted this episode to looking at the intersection of gender and race and exploring how we can move the needle on both. Beginning with archival wisdom from her interviews with Black women thought leaders —Anita Hill, Maya Angelou, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and ot

Kimberlé Crenshaw - Full Interview

May 31 2024 45 mins  
Listen to host Marianne Schnall’s full conversation about advancing racial justice with civil rights activist and law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw discusses the #SayHerName movement (3:35) and book (9:24)—which she created with the African American Policy Forum to uplift the often invisible names and stories of Black women and girls who have been subject to racialized