
When she wasn't able to find the haircare products she wanted, LaShesia Holliday founded her own line of natural beauty products for women of color, and called it Naptural Beauty Supply. We talked with LaShesia about her journey to becoming an entrepreneur and the importance of creating safe, natural products for Black women to use on their hair.
Apr 12, 2020
30 min

Shimira Williams a community-focused innovator integrating technology with informal educational environments that support children, youth, and their families. She uses her voice and passion to advocate for early learning in resilient communities. She's a co-founder of C.C. Busy, a startup that uses digital assistants (like Amazon Alexa) to give the power of voice to family child care homes
Mar 6, 2020
29 min

Kinsey Casey currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the City of Pittsburgh under Mayor Bill Peduto. She comes to the City of Pittsburgh after serving as the inaugural Chief of Staff at Emerge America, a national nonprofit that trains Democratic women to run for office. Previously, she served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. Kinsey also served in the Obama Administration for seven years, as Chief of Staff for Secretary John Kerry's Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. State Department. Prior to her time at State, Kinsey was the National Security Director for Presidential Personnel at the White House, where she managed political appointments across national security-related agencies. She began her service in the Obama Administration at the Department of Homeland Security, where she managed domestic and international travel logistics for Secretary Janet Napolitano. Kinsey has worked on local, state and national campaigns and has held leadership roles in a number of large-scale events, including President Obama's 2009 Inauguration and the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. We talked to Kinsey about what exactly her job with the city involves (spoiler: there's no "typical" day) and her love of bureaucracy (really!)
Feb 27, 2020
31 min

AmyJo Brown is project editor for the Pittsburgh Media Partnership, a new collaborative of local news organizations working in the greater Pittsburgh region. A veteran investigative reporter and western Pennsylvania native, Brown has worked in local newsrooms around the country, at publications of all types — from the East Oregonian in the cowboy country of Oregon to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock to Pittsburgh's alt-weekly, the City Paper. She is a member of Take the Lead's 2019 cohort "50 Women Who Can Change the World in Journalism." Brown also teaches journalism as an adjunct instructor at Point Park University and is the secretary/treasurer of the Pittsburgh Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. We talked with her about her goals for the Pittsburgh Media Partnership and got her thoughts about local journalism and the potential for collaboration.
Feb 20, 2020
27 min

In the second half of our conversation with Pittsburgh icon Sally Wiggin, she talks about her work with the Pittsburgh Zoo and her love of animals
Feb 14, 2020
20 min

The queen mother of Pittsburgh TV journalism came on the show and spoke candidly about how she got started in TV (she wanted to do sports!) and some of her more personal challenges. Part 1 of 2.
Feb 7, 2020
25 min

Two new co-hosts, Pam Eichenbaum and Jennifer Van Dam, join Kim in the studio for the relaunch of the only podcast in Pittsburgh that passes the Bechdel test every episode.
Jan 31, 2020
13 min

We talked with the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania about what it's like being a scout in the 21st century (hint: there are a lot more badges now!)
Mar 8, 2019
34 min

Kelly Miller of Haute Sauna told us why she got into the wellness industry and about the benefits of the spa's sauna pods.
Feb 22, 2019
28 min
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