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GIRL Talk is a podcast for girls, hosted by Girl Scouts River Valleys. Join Hannah and Shanna as they dive into topics like careers, STEM, culture, advocacy, nature, failure, and what it takes to be a leader. Featuring interviews with subject-matter experts, community leaders, women with cool careers, and girls like you who are out there doing amazing things. G.I.R.L.—Go-Getter, Innovator, Risk-Taker, Leader
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Episode 026: Why We Endured the Darkness – a short story by Maddy Dietz
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In this episode Idelle is joined by returning guest Maddy Dietz. Maddy is a fiction writer and aspiring journalist, a Gold Award Girl Scout, the National Student Poet representing the Midwest region, a YoungArts Finalist in Short Story, and is a candidate for US Presidential Scholar in the Arts. She is also a recent recipient of Girl Scouts River V…
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For this episode we welcomed a returning guest, Karla Benson Rutten. Karla joined Idelle to talk about a passion of hers, mindful meditation. Karla practices mindful meditation herself and with her family, but she has also incorporated it into her business as a life coach, and into our meetings at Girl Scouts. If you’ve been thinking about trying m…
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Episode 024: Peace & Happiness through Stoicism with Sarah Mikutel
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In this episode we welcomed a special guest, Sarah Mikutel, to talk about Stoicism. Sarah runs her own business as a transformation coach, using the Enneagram and Stoicism to help women replace anxiety, overwhelm, and procrastination with calm, confidence, and fast action. She is a location-independent world traveler, entrepreneur, writer, and expe…
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Episode 023: Hmong Shamanism – Kalue’s Experience
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In this episode we welcomed our Girl Scout colleague Kalue Her to the podcast to talk about Hmong Shamanism through her personal experiences. Shamanism focuses on health and balance in body and soul, and helping and healing individuals, families, and communities. It’s all about love, healing, and a connection and respect for nature and living thing…
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Episode 022: Midwest Dirt Legion – Building Equity in the Mountain Biking Community
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In this episode we’re talking with two guests, Ash Murray and Steph Aich, who are the founders of Midwest Dirt Legion – a riding club for cisgender women, gender non-conforming, and transgender mountain bikers. Ash also works with Girl Scouts River Valleys’ Girls in Gear mountain bike program, teaching Girl Scouts technical skills and taking them o…
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Episode 021: Lead Like You – with LA Film School President Tammy Elliott
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This episode features a conversation about leadership with Los Angeles Film School President Tammy Elliott. How did we get such a prestigious guest, you might ask? Spoiler alert – she’s Hannah’s mom! Tammy has built an amazing career as a leader in higher education, and she shared with us some truly amazing nuggets of wisdom about how she got there…
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Episode 020: Finding Your Calling – Veterinary Medicine with Dr. Amanda Doran
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For this episode we welcomed Dr. Amanda Doran to the show for a conversation about her unique journey in the field of veterinary medicine. We know a lot of girls are passionate about helping animals and making the world a better place, and Dr. Doran has found a way to do both of those things through her career. We think you’ll will be interested in…
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Episode 019: Finding Yourself Outside with Grace Heneghan
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In this episode we’re talking with Grace Heneghan. Grace is an expert in the field of wilderness guiding and is passionate about connecting wilderness tripping with gender, feminism, identity, and the environment. Grace talks about how she really didn’t have a lot of interest in the outdoors as a kid until she started going on trips with YMCA Camp …
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Episode 018: Becoming a Writer with Maddy Dietz
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In this episode we’re talking about creative writing with Maddy Dietz. We’ve wanted to talk to Maddy for a while now – she’s got some interests that we think a lot of listeners will identify with. She’s a high school student but is taking college courses, and shows up as a leader in Girl Scouts as part of the Girl Leadership Board and as a founding…
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In this episode, we took time to hold some space for a conversation about what’s going on in our community here in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. We checked in with our friend and former co-host Shanna to talk through what we’ve been experiencing, feeling, and doing after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25, just a month ago. W…
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Hi GIRL Talk listeners. As many of you know, Hannah and I both live in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, where there’s been a lot going on. George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was murdered by police in Minneapolis on Monday, May 25th. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis and St. Paul experienced protests that spread across the country.Our h…
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Episode 016: Finding Your Creative Outlet with Keziah Ojika
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Right now when we're releasing this episode, we're in the midst of changing and challenging times. We recorded our conversation with Keziah Ojika before everything with the COVID-19 pandemic started, but we think you'll find it interesting and maybe a little inspiring. A lot of us are stuck at home, and it might just get you thinking about doing so…
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Episode 015: Navigating Polarizing Conversations with Julia Burkstaller
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Right now when we’re releasing this episode we’re in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, and things are changing around us all the time. We recorded it a while ago before this all started, but we think you’ll still find a lot that’s relevant to what’s going on and how people are talking about it. We hope you’re safe and healthy, and that you enjoy…
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Episode 014: Hair – Expectations, Identity, & Stereotypes
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In this episode we’re talking about hair. Now, before you jump to any conclusions about this topic and maybe skip this episode because you’re not into talking about hair, we’re not talking tips and tricks for teasing the perfect curls or how to get out of your house in the morning with the perfect hairstyle in less than 30 minutes; we’re talking ab…
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Episode 013: Designing, Building, & Leading – Careers in the Built Environment with Jessie Houlihan
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This episode features Jessie Houlihan, who is the president of Stahl Construction in Minneapolis, MN. Jessie's passion for workplace culture development, education, empowering women, civil rights and social action, and the environment have led her to build a career that ties together STEM, sustainability, and business to create strong communities a…
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Episode 012: What It Means To Be A Leader (Part II)
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This episode is part two of our conversation with returning guest Khadra Mohamed about what it means to be a leader. In the first part we talked with Khadra about different leadership experiences and opportunities we've had throughout our lives so far, what kinds of leadership styles come naturally to us, and some things that can keep us from showi…
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Episode 011: What It Means To Be a Leader (Part I)
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This is part one of a two-part episode about what it means to be a leader with our friend and returning guest Khadra Mohamed. We talked with Khadra about different leadership experiences and opportunities we've had throughout our lives so far like working at camp, taking care of siblings, and stepping up at school or work.Leadership styles and how …
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Episode 010: Talking About Race and Difference
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This episode features a conversation with guest expert Karla Benson Rutten on how to talk about race and difference.Karla works at Girl Scouts River Valleys as the Vice President of Community Engagement, developing strategies to help Girl Scouts be culturally responsive, relevant, and accessible to girls in communities of color. She also founded an…
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Episode 009: Social Media – Eaden’s Experience
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In this episode we're talking with Eaden, who is a high school senior. We had a great conversation about her experience with social media and the huge role it plays in her friend group and school.We talked with Eaden about how social media is a big part of a lot of girls' lives when it comes to connecting with friends, keeping up with news, and sho…
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Episode 008: Girl, Stay Inside! – Video Games and Gaming
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In this episode we had a lot of fun getting into one of Hannah and Shanna's favorite subjects - video games! We know there are a lot of podcasts out there about gaming, but we hope you'll get a little something different from our conversation. We'll talk about what we love about gaming, how we got started, and what we look for in a game. We'll also…
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Episode 007: Mental Health – Maddie’s Experience
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In this episode we're talking about mental health with our friend Maddie Phelps. Maddie is a Development Associate at Girl Scouts River Valleys writing grant applications that fundraise for the Girl Scout mission. Outside of work they spend their time writing, weightlifting, and hanging out with friends.We had a great conversation with Maddie about…
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Hey GIRL Talk listeners! We’re hard at work putting together season two, coming soon! We've got all new topics and some great guests lined up for our next round of episodes. Make sure you subscribe to the show in your favorite podcast app so you'll know when they're released, and if you're listening in Apple Podcasts please rate the show and submit…
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Episode 006: Somali in America – Khadra’s Experience
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In this episode we talk with Khadra Mohamed about her experience growing up Somali in America. Khadra is a friend of ours and a young professional woman who works as a program coordinator for Girl Scouts ConnectZ bringing programming to girls in underrepresented communities. She has a degree in child psychology from the University of Minnesota and …
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Episode 005: Fear, Courage, and Being Brave
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The idea of bravery: you might think of courage, selflessness, or just not being afraid. We know bravery is not necessarily equal to not being afraid, but it can seem that way. Bravery can be navigating your own anxiety and insecurity, or fears of judgment and criticism, and putting yourself out there to try something new or stand up for yourself.F…
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Episode 004: Star Wars, Screamo, and Scientists- Girls and Women in Media
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In this episode we dive into the types of media content that shaped us when we were girls and now as adults. We're constantly taking in information and messages through media sources like YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, books, radio, magazines, movies, TV, music, and podcasts. This can have a huge impact on how we see ourselves and can be a major fac…
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Episode 003: Advocacy- Raise Your Voice and Be Heard!
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Advocacy— it’s standing up for things you believe in and influencing the decisions that affect you and your friends and family’s lives every day. We recorded this episode right in the middle of the 2018 election season, so advocacy was at the top of our minds! This made for a great conversation with our guest— Girl Scouts River Valleys' Capacity Bu…
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Getting outside is good for you! In this episode we'll get into what we like to do outside in our everyday lives as part of our own self-care, where we would go on dream adventures, and just how fascinated we are by tiny black capped chickadees and mountain-dwelling lizards.Our challenge to you: spend time outdoors! Find some green space, or snow s…
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Failure: We've all been there. It's a learning experience, right? And it can be good for us…right? But it can feel really bad! In this episode Hannah and Shanna dive into what it means to fail, why it feels so bad, and how you can turn it around to learn and grow from your mistakes. They'll get into some of their own epic fails, how it felt in scho…
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