Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

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New for 2023! A five part 6 minute mini-series for Women's History Month.

2015-2020: A weekly, one-hour show about how women rise up.

New from the creator and host of Inflection Point, a new book based on her interviews: "It's a Good Day to Change the World. Inspiration and Advice for a Feminist Future" comes out 2/28/23 from Countryman Press. Learn more at itsagooddaybook.com.

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"Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller is a gem of a radio show...an hour of engaging and intelligent conversation with women who are making a difference. Do your listeners a favor and give them a chance to hear Inflection Point." --Hawk Mendenhall, KUT, Austin, TX.

Launched in 2015, Inflection Point is one of the only women-focused nationally syndicated radio programs and one of the first podcasts ever to take a close-up look at the changing roles of women in politics, academia, the arts, business leadership, activism and more. We accepted a Gracies Award in 2020 from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.

We welcome you to continue airing the show from the back catalog. You can hear our letter to listeners at the file below. Any questions, please contact lauren@inflectionpointradio.org. Hide full description

New from the creator and host of Inflection Point, a new book based on her interviews: "It's a Good Day to Change the World. Inspiration and Advice for a Feminist Future" comes out 2/28/23 from Countryman Press. Learn more at itsagooddaybook.com.LEARN MORE:"Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller is a gem of a radio show...an hour of engaging and intelligent conversation with women who are making a difference. Do your listeners a favor and give them a chance to hear Inflection Point." --Hawk Mendenhall, KUT, Austin, TX. Launched in 2015, Inflection Point is one of the only women-focused nationally syndicated radio programs and one of the first podcasts ever to take a close-up look at the changing roles of women in politics, academia, the arts, business leadership, activism and more. We... Show full description


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Caption: Emily Ladau, Credit: Illustration by Rosy Petri
Today, we hear from Emily Ladau, a disability rights activist, about how to break down barriers. Emily Ladau has Larsen syndrome, a rare genetic jo...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Sarah McBride, Credit: Illustration by Rosy Petri
This episode we hear from Senator Sarah McBride about how to advance equality. Senator McBride became the highest-ranking openly trans official in...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Gloria Steinem, Credit: Illustration by Rosy Petri
Today, we hear from Gloria Steinem... about how to start a revolution. Through her speeches, books, documentary films, and the feminist organizatio...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Caroline Paul, Credit: Illustration by Rosy Petri
Today, we hear from Caroline Paul about the importance of being brave. Caroline should know…She's climbed the Golden Gate Bridge, gotten into Guinn...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Isha Clarke, Credit: Illustration by Rosy Petri
Isha Clarke is a founding member of Youth vs. Apocalypse, an activist organization that organized the first-ever youth climate strike in San Franci...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
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Caption: Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker, Credit: Guy Furrow
On today’s IP we go behind the scenes of the first Women’s March on Washington, in 2017, right after the election of Donald Trump. What can we lear...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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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 m...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Eve Rodsky
Eve Rodsky has spent almost a decade surveying women and men about who does what at home to understand how and why we divide up labor along gender ...

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  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Kelsey Crowe
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 an...

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  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
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Caption: Kim Chambers
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...

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  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Amber Tamblyn and Lauren Schiller
In this episode we’ll hear how Time's Up co-founder Amber Tamblyn presaged the #MeToo Movement with an OpEd about believing women; how she went fro...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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 p...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Heather McTeer Toney
Meet Heather McTeer Toney.. the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, which fights for climate safety to protect our children's health. ...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: A'shanti Gholar
A’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organizatio...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Dan Pfeiffer
You may know Dan Pfeiffer as a host of Pod Save America. You may know him as Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. Or you may know him for his ...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Gail Collins & Lauren Schiller
When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age." In the early seventies an ad decla...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
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Caption: Tiffany Shlain
Today on a special Inflection Point, we go from turning off your screens with Tiffany Shlain, author of "24/6. The Power of Unplugging One Day a We...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
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When Eve Rodsky found herself sobbing on the side of the road over a text about blueberries, she knew something had to change. Hence began her seve...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
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Isha Clarke is an activist with Youth vs Apocalypse. You may know her from a viral video where she asked Senator Dianne Feinstein to move the Green...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9