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Le vital corps Salon

Kara Snyder

Each episode, host/salonnière Kara Martin Snyder talks with a modern woman who is not letting BS and burnout stop her. It's a pedestal-free zone chock full of real talk among real women acro...

Episodes

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#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth

Meet Alice Bowman. She's a member of the Principal Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Alice is the S...

01:27:41Jul 8, 2020

#0087: Claire Sprouse on low-waste sustainability, non-preachy activism + serving inspiring food and drinks

Meet Claire Sprouse, the owner and culinary dynamo behind Hunky Dory, a low-waste, all-day cafe, located in Brooklyn. Claire has been recogn...

01:05:13Jun 10, 2020

#0086: Kat Wilson on recognizing opportunities + navigating work at the 3D intersection of art and engineering

Meet Kat Wilson. Kat is the Assistant Director of the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center (HVAMC). HVAMC is a 3D printing lab on the...

01:13:37May 13, 2020

#0085: Eileen Uchitelle on managing distractions, problem-solving + sticking tenaciously with the tedious, invisible things

Meet Eileen Uchitelle. She's a Staff Software Engineer on the Ruby Architecture Team at GitHub and a member of the Rails Core team. Eileen i...

01:30:49Apr 8, 2020

#0084: Dipti Mehta on persistence, pluck + playwriting to inspire social change

Meet Dipti Mehta. She is an Indian American playwright, performer, and scientist. She is best known for her portrayal of Reina in Life! Came...

01:12:18Mar 11, 2020

#0083: Deana Burke on democratizing cryptocurrency, generating financial empowerment + being a startup founder

Meet Deana Burke. She is the founder of Gracias, a mission-driven startup working to bring Bitcoin to young women and teens from diverse bac...

01:33:22Feb 26, 2020

#0082: Julianne Holt-Lundstad on the fraying of our social fabric, social connection + our health

Meet Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad. She's an award-winning professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University, where she is al...

01:26:13Feb 12, 2020

#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting with human mammals

Meet General Ruth Ungar Merenda. To say that Ruth is a multidimensional artist and collaborator is a massive understatement. She is a partne...

01:43:47Jan 22, 2020

#0080: Leah Penniman on farming, ending racism in the food system + creating your own trusted Council of Friends

Meet Leah Penniman. She is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. Sh...

45:28Jan 8, 2020

#0079: Megan Atkinson on listening loudly, operating w/ raw honesty + rebooting your creative practice

Meet Megan Atkinson (aka Megz). She's an Enterprise UX Designer and watercolorist. With curiosity and creativity at the heart of everything...

01:30:40Dec 11, 2019

#0078: Jingmai O'Connor on flying dinosaur birds, responding to feedback + dispelling misconceptions in academia and beyond

When my friend, Brandy Morris, sent me an article headlined, "Meet Jingmai O'Connor, the Punk Rock Paleontologist," I knew I had to find out...

01:22:39Nov 27, 2019

#0077: Aja Schmeltz on just transitions, leaning on others + taking off the workplace armor

Meet Aja Schmeltz. She is a worker trustee at the Good Work Institute located in the Hudson Valley (NY). Over the last 15 years, she's held...

01:13:32Nov 13, 2019

#0076: Melany Dobson on rituals, regenerative agriculture + the cannabis space

Meet Melany Dobson. She is the VP of Brand Development at Hudson Hemp and Treaty. Hudson Hemp uses regenerative farming techniques for the b...

01:06:21Oct 23, 2019

#0075: Evelyn Wright climate change, imagination + the possibility of a New Economy

Meet Evelyn Wright. She is an economist, energy analyst, meeting facilitator, and longtime cooperative enthusiast. At her company, Sustainab...

01:16:09Oct 9, 2019

#0074: Susie Thornberry on creating space, curiously meandering + exploring the human impact of conflict through art

Meet Susie Thornberry. She is the Assistant Director at Imperial War Museums where she leads public engagement for adults, young people, sch...

01:26:10Sep 10, 2019

#0073: Patti Wilcox on blind spots at work, her anti-burnout "rules" + pleasure

Meet Patti Wilcox, the Co-founder of Awestruck Ciders, which she started at age 25. Patti has a unique, uncomplicated approach to pleasure....

01:08:12Aug 28, 2019

#0072: Krishna Patel on connecting, combatting human trafficking + offsetting work with humor, playfulness and perspective

Meet Krishna Patel, a former U.S. Attorney and current activist combatting human trafficking. Krishna holds two roles - Justice Initiative D...

01:28:22Aug 14, 2019

#0071: Carmen Medina on thinking better, being a rebel + befriending bureaucratic blackbelts

Meet Carmen Medina, a former CIA change agent and co-author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within . Carmen spent 32 y...

01:18:46Jul 24, 2019

#0070: Katharine Hayhoe on studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smokescreens

Meet Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist with Atmos Research and Consulting and Professor & Director of the Climate Science Center at...

59:50Jul 10, 2019

#0069: Jana Blankenship on reclaiming artistic confidence, building a B Corp + not doing all the things all the time

Meet Jana Blankenship, the CEO/Founder/Captain at Captain Blankenship, which is a green beauty products business. Social responsibility and...

01:19:53Jun 26, 2019