Best Katie Hafner Podcasts (2024)

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Happy Mother's Day: Nancy Adler, Who Mastered the Balancing Act of Work and Motherhood 37:46

2M ago37:46

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Nancy Adler was a renowned health psychologist who documented the powerful role that education, income and self-perceived social status play in a person's health and longevity. She was that rare person who was highly accomplished in her professional life but never lost touch with what mattered most to her: her family. As a mother, she was such a co…

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Warrior Spirit: Tom Meschery's Basketball Journey 36:51

3M ago36:51

36:51

Listen to our latest episode of The Winged “O” Podcast as we glimpse into the remarkable life and career of Tom Meschery, a true icon in the world of basketball. From his first season with The Olympic Club where he helped the Club’s team to the finals of the 1957 National AAU Tournament in Denver to his days as a standout forward for the San Franci…

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Talking Hoops with Austin Morgan 36:14

4M ago36:14

36:14

Join us for the latest episode of the Winged “O” Podcast as we sit down with men's basketball player, Austin Morgan. From his early days of shooting hoops to becoming a standout player at Yale University, Morgan shares the highs, lows, and pivotal moments that have shaped him into the player and person he is today. With a passion for basketball lea…

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A Rallying Conversation with Squash’s Casey Wong 22:03

5M ago22:03

22:03

In the Winged “O” Podcast’s first episode of 2024, we delve into the dynamic world of women's squash with none other than rising OC star, Casey Wong. Join us as we uncover the journey that has shaped Wong into the formidable force she is. Throughout this installment, host Bonta Hill speaks with Wong about her start in the junior squash circuit, her…

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2023 Club President Jim Murphy: Term in Review 22:00

7M ago22:00

22:00

In the year's final episode, 2023 Club President Jim Murphy recaps his presidential term and speaks to his love of The Olympic Club. Join us as host Bonta Hill discusses the many projects completed under Murphy's reign, including the reopening of our famed Lake Course and the creation of the Champions Bar, and looks towards potential future project…

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Albert Boyce: 2023 Olympian Award for Athletic Achievement 31:28

7M ago31:28

31:28

Listen in to our latest episode of the Winged “O” Podcast as we delve into the world of endurance, determination and triumph as we sit down with the incredible triathlete and 2023 recipient of the Olympian Award for Athletic Achievement, Albert Boyce. Join us as host Bonta Hill explores Boyce's inspiring journey from his early days as a swimmer to …

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Unveiling the Greens with Golf Architect Gil Hanse 44:13

10M ago44:13

44:13

In this captivating episode of The Winged “O” Podcast, we delve into the world of golf course restoration with renowned golf architect Gil Hanse. Listen in as we explore the intricacies of restoring our famed Lake Course as we prepare to reopen the course Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Join co-host Katie Hafner and Hanse, celebrated for his expertise in br…

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Swinging Success: Teeing Off with Daniel Connolly 35:03

10M ago35:03

35:03

Step onto the lush fairways and into the world of golf with our latest episode of The Winged “O” Podcast. In this captivating installment, we are joined by none other than member and rising star of the San Francisco golfing scene, Daniel Connolly. Join host Bonta Hill as he delves into Connolly’s golfing origins, tracing his steps from those early …

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Catherine Breed: Swimming with What the Water Gives Her 38:24

11M ago38:24

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Dive into the exhilarating world of open water swimming with a captivating episode featuring the Club’s 2022 Olympian Award recipient, Catherine Breed. In this installment of The Winged “O” Podcast, host Bonta Hill sits down with Breed to unravel the depths of her passion for open water swimming and the extraordinary experiences she has encountered…

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A Conversation with Olympian Nathan Adrian 34:44

12M ago34:44

34:44

In our first full-length episode of The Winged “O” Podcast, host Bonta Hill has the honor of speaking with Nathan Adrian, Club member and one of the most decorated Olympians of our time. Throughout the episode, Hill reflects on Adrian’s introduction to swimming, his awe-inspiring performances at multiple Olympic Games, the opportunities that prompt…

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Welcome to The Winged "O" Podcast 5:33

1y ago5:33

5:33

We welcome you to The Winged “O” Podcast, a podcast highlighting stories from and about Olympic Club members, past and present. This series highlights exceptional members of the Club to recognize their accomplishments, while also including information about Club projects, events, and other news that impacts the membership. We hope this new offering…

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The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark – A Conversation with Carol Lawson 32:13

1+ y ago32:13

32:13

A companion interview to Season 3 of Lost Women of Science, this episode is about the trailblazing mechanical engineer Yvonne Young "Y.Y." Clark. Katie talks with Y.Y,'s daughter, Carol Lawson, about what it was like to be the daughter of such a brilliant -- and pragmatic -- woman. YY has been nicknamed “The First Lady of Engineering,” because of h…

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For Father's Day. Talmadge Everett King Sr.: "If Your Father Builds a Wooden House...." 39:39

2y ago39:39

39:39

Two years ago, to mark Father’s Day, I sat in the closet I’m sitting in now (which you can see only in your mind’s eye), and had an extraordinary conversation with Dr. Talmadge E. King, Jr., a world-renowned lung specialist who is dean of the Medical School at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. King and I talked about his father, Talm…

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Eve Metz's Hidden History. A conversation with Julie Metz 35:26

2y ago35:26

35:26

Several years ago, Julie Metz found something in the back of a drawer among her mother's slips and perfumes: a small book filled with handwritten notes to her mother, who was then called Eva, later Eve. The discovery started Julie on a journey to find out much more about her mother's history. Her book, "Eva and Eve," tells the story of that journey…

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Mary Trageser, Self-Deprecating Matriarch. A Conversation with Charlie Trageser 30:53

2+ y ago30:53

30:53

Mary Trageser is about to celebrate her 100th birthday this April, but she doesn't want any fuss about it. She's had a very adventurous life, growing up as a child of the Great Depression, surviving bombings in London during World War II, then working for the UN in Paris after the war. But she doesn't want any fuss about all that, either. Mary now …

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Gladys Barry, aka Omaha Gigi, Grandma Poker Player. A Conversation With Michele Barry 30:19

2+ y ago30:19

30:19

Some women take up crafting or knitting or volunteering in their later years. For Gladys Barry, also known as Gigi, there was a different hobby: Poker. Gigi was born in Brooklyn and worked as a math teacher in elementary school. She learned to play poker from some of her friends, and realized she had a knack for it. So she began to play in low stak…

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Dorothy Nayer, Brave Survivor. A conversation with Louise Nayer 36:08

2+ y ago36:08

36:08

Dorothy Nayer was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and into her twenties, life bumped along. She went to nursing school, got married, and had two daughters. Then, when her daughters were still young children, Dorothy was in a horrible accident while the family was vacationing on Cape Cod. She was planning to light a hot water heater and it exploded, l…

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Joy Liasson, whose warmth carries on. A conversation with Mara Liasson 35:21

2+ y ago35:21

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Joy Liasson was born in Pittsburgh in 1926, a child of the Depression. She was an aspiring writer who met her husband when he accidentally burned a hole in one of the two dresses she owned. They went on to have children, including a daughter who became a well known voice in America's political news coverage. That is my guest, Mara Liasson, national…

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Ginny Hughes, Unflappable Mom. A Conversation with Mallory Woodruff 39:06

2+ y ago39:06

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When Ginny Hughes's oldest daughter, Mallory, was born, she knew something was terribly wrong. Ginny started talking to doctors, they told her she was having "the mommy worry syndrome." But Ginny was a nurse and knew to trust her instincts. Eventually Ginny took Mallory to see Dr. Celia Ores, a pediatrician in New York. All Dr. Ores had to do was k…

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Barbara Van Dusen, the Jackpot of Moms. A Conversation With Lisa Van Dusen 35:33

2+ y ago35:33

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I've known Lisa Van Dusen for nearly 40 years, and I've always loved the way Lisa talks about her mother, Barbara: with unalloyed love and respect. Barbara is truly the mother "jackpot," as Lisa likes to put it. She is positive, kind, and generous, and gave her three daughters an idyllic childhood in many ways. Now 93 and still going strong, she gr…

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Valerie Jarrett, Political Rock Star and Rock-Stable Mom. A Conversation With Laura Jarrett 36:12

3y ago36:12

36:12

Valerie Jarrett needs very little introduction. She's been a political force since the 1980s, when she worked first for Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, then for his successor, Richard Daley. In 1991, she hired a young woman named Michelle Robinson —and thus was born a long friendship and working relationship with the Obamas. Jarrett was a senior W…

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Benter Akoth, Determined to Educate Girls. A Conversation with Enos Magaga. 30:44

3y ago30:44

30:44

Benter Akoth was born and lives in Kenya, where education is often seen as an opportunity that is given only to boys. But Benter has wanted to change that ever since she was told in primary school that girls could also be things like doctors, engineers, and architects, if they got educated. Although her own education was cut short, she passed on he…

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Rita Kelly Mullan, Agent of Peaceable Change. A Conversation With Bronagh Hanley 33:46

3y ago33:46

33:46

Rita Kelly Mullan worked as a nurse, founded the nonprofit The Irish National Caucus, successfully lobbied the U.S. government to recognize human rights issues in Northern Ireland, received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, was named one of the Top 100 Peacemakers by Irish America Magazine, and testified multiple times before Congress. …

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Molly Luther, Passionate Composer. A Conversation with Meg Luther Lindholm 30:28

3y ago30:28

30:28

In her late 30s Molly Luther went back to school to become a composer. It was the 1950s and going back to school at her age was unusual as was her career choice. But she was passionate and she gambled it all — her marriage, money from her mother — to pursue her dream. And her story is like that of many people, she started off well, but then things …

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Alice Davidson, Send-Back Queen. A Conversation with Sara Davidson 32:20

3y ago32:20

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Author and journalist Sara Davidson is an award-winning storyteller, and she says she learned that skill from her mother Alice. Every night before bed, Alice would tell Sara and her sister the next installment in a serial story about a miniature girl named P Winky Smith who was so small she could fit in your pocket. But that doesn’t mean their rela…

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Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Religious Leader. A Conversation with Erin Prophet 32:35

3y ago32:35

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There is so much fascination around cults and extreme religions in popular culture, with movies like Midsommar and series like Wild Wild Country. We seem to have an endless appetite for stories about how people find themselves in thrall to a group and its ideas -- as well as its leader . But what if you were born into the inner sanctum of such a gr…

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Where is Mother Mine? 0:36

3y ago0:36

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We've heard from some of you that having Mother Mine episodes mixed in with Our Mothers Ourselves episodes is getting confusing. So we've decided to switch Mother Mine over to it's own podcast feed. To keep listening to it, just search for Mother Mine in your favorite podcast app and hit subscribe. You'll then have access to all the old episodes an…

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Luca Di Pietro: Creating community around food. A Conversation with Isabella Di Pietro 31:06

3y ago31:06

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Although we usually celebrate mothers here on Our Mothers Ourselves, once a year for Fathers' Day we celebrate a father. This year Katie Semro, from the Mother Mine mini-series, fills in for Katie Hafner as host, and talks with Isabella Di Pietro about her father Luca who owns and runs the Tarallucci e Vino restaurants in NYC. Katie talks with Isab…

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Parental Alienation: When Divorcing Parents Go Too Far 30:40

3y ago30:40

30:40

Divorce is hard on anyone, and sometimes the children of divorce become pawns in their parents' game of revenge. But what happens when that goes too far? It’s known as ‘parental alienation.' One parent uses tactics to make the children hate or fear the other parent so much that they begin to reject them as a parent altogether. That’s what happened …

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Linda Heidenreich, A Life Fully Lived. A Conversation with Brittany Zaccagnini 30:35

3y ago30:35

30:35

This week, Katie Semro, from the Mother Mine mini-series, fills in for Katie Hafner as host. Katie interviews her childhood best friend Brittany Zaccagnini about her mother Linda Steed Heidenreich’s 54 years of life lived fully. Linda was a vivacious woman who made everyone she met feel special. She loved her family, and also worked hard in a varie…

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Bernice Wachter, Mama Bear. A Conversation with Lori Wolfson and Andrea Wachter 33:27

3y ago33:27

33:27

Happy Mother's Day! Sending some extra love today to all the extraordinary mothers out there! And speaking of extraordinary mothers.... This week, Katie interviews her sisters-in law, Lori Wolfson and Andrea Wachter, about their mother, Bernice Wachter. Bernice raised her kids in quintessential “Mama Bear" mode, striking the perfect balance between…

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Lorraine Fixler -- The Long Goodbye. Sarah Kuhn on the gradual loss of the vivacious mother she once knew. 32:41

3y ago32:41

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Sarah Kuhn is a busy person. She's the founder of Juna, a community and app for moms and moms-to-be; she hosts the The Juna Women Podcast; and she's a mom herself -- three times over. In this episode, Sarah talks with Katie about her own mother, Lorraine Fixler, who was born in the UK and emigrated to the United States as a child. Lorraine met Sara…

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Helene Goldstein Wolff, who saved her children from the Nazis. A conversation with Sonia Levitin 33:47

3y ago33:47

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Sonia Levitin was born to a Jewish family in Berlin in 1934, just as Germany was entering its darkest period in history. With Hitler tightening his grip on the country, Sonia's mother, Helene Goldstein Wolff, plotted their escape. In 1938, Helene fled with her children first to Switzerland, then America. Helene instilled in her daughters a sense of…

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Nicole Harrison. @AstronautAbby talks about her pragmatic, supportive mom 33:24

3+ y ago33:24

33:24

Every month is women's history month at Our Mothers Ourselves. Still, we wanted to mark the occasion by talking to a young woman who has plans to make a big mark on history. This week, Katie speaks with Abby Harrison, also known as Astronaut Abby. Abby has wanted to be an astronaut since she was a little girl, and the 23-year-old Harvard research a…

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Harriet Turkle -- Sherry Turkle's Homage to her Mother, who plays a central role in "The Empathy Diaries" 36:24

3+ y ago36:24

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This week, Katie speaks with MIT social scientist Sherry Turkle about her charismatic and vibrant mother, Harriet. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Harriet, a spirited woman, longed for a husband and family. Her first marriage, however, did not work out. Her in-laws did not approve of her non-Kosher lifestyle and her husband had started performing Skin…

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A Mother, a Daughter, and Little Choice. A Conversation about China's One-Child Policy (独生子女政策) with Simeng Dai. 31:26

3+ y ago31:26

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As mothers, we try to raise our children with all the resources, attention, love, and support we can muster, but sometimes forces far bigger than us make doing so impossible. This week, Katie speaks with Simeng Dai, a Facebook data engineer who grew up in China under its One-Child Policy. In her conversation with Katie, Simeng discusses the challen…

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Flora Horne. "She Broke the Cycle." A Conversation with Malaika Horne and Gwen Moore 32:41

3+ y ago32:41

32:41

This week, Katie talks with Dr. Malaika Horne, a public policy scholar and author, and her sister Gwen Moor, curator at the Missouri History Museum, about their inspiring mother, Flora. Flora Horne was born in Mississippi to sharecropper parents in 1916. During the Great Migration of the 1930’s, she moved to St. Louis with her family. There, she ma…

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Maria Tallchief: By Turns Firebird, Cinderella, Mother, Muse. A Conversation with Elise Paschen 33:53

3+ y ago33:53

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Maria Tallchief was born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief in 1925 in Fairfax, Oklahoma, where her grandfather had served as chief in the Osage Nation. Seventeen years later, she found her way to New York and became one of the most famous American ballerinas of the 20th century. She rejected suggestions that she change her name to Tallchieva, at the time …

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Lea Alcott's Unerring Support for her Daughter's Golf Passion. A Conversation with Amy Alcott 28:40

3+ y ago28:40

28:40

As anyone who's watched the new HBO documentary Tiger can tell you, when you catch the golf bug as a kid, it can stick with you for a lifetime. Amy Alcott fell for golf when she was a little girl growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Her mother gave her garden over to her daughter's passion, and the front yard became a putting and chipping green.…

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh -- "You'll Have the Sky." A Conversation with Reeve Lindbergh 32:22

3+ y ago32:22

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In 1929, Anne Spencer Morrow, a 23-year-old introverted intellectual, married a man who was, at the time, arguably the most celebrated person in the world. He was Charles Lindbergh, and his incredible solo flight over the Atlantic in 1927 had catapulted him to a wild level of fame. It was Charles Lindbergh, decades before Jackie Kennedy and Princes…

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One of our favorite episodes: Julie Andrews -- She is Our Sunshine. A Conversation with Emma Walton Hamilton 36:20

3+ y ago36:20

36:20

"She's probably the most resilient person I know." -- Emma Walton Hamilton For the holidays, we're revisiting Katie's conversation with Emma Walton Hamilton, daughter of the extraordinary Julie Andrews, about her mom's difficult childhood and her determination to give her own children stability and, above all, constant love. Julie Andrews's two mem…

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Tanjeet Basra. Indian Matchmaking and the evolution of a marriage. A Conversation with Gurki Basra 26:46

3+ y ago26:46

26:46

Gurki Basra knows a thing or two about dating. She even starred in Season One of the Netflix show Dating Around, in which she went on a famously bad date. Her mother, Tanjeet Basra, on the other hand, had never been on a date, right up to the day she got married when she was 22, which also happened to be the day she met her husband for the first ti…

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David Whyte's mother, the lyrical Mary O'Sullivan, whose love radiated like the sun itself. 38:44

3+ y ago38:44

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[Note: This episode is dedicated to the late poet (and editor non pareil), David Corcoran. We miss you, David.] In this strangest of holiday seasons, when so many of us are missing our extra limb of extended family, I’m not so sure it’s just cheer we could use. As we turn this final page on our dark 2020, we might need something that transports us …

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Alison Aucoin’s mother, Lynn Evans. The Facebook Post about one Covid death that stands for 404,689 in the U.S. – and counting. 37:42

3+ y ago37:42

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Updated Jan. 21, 2021 Alison Aucoin doesn't seem like the type of person given to making profane gestures. But after her mother, Lynn Evans, contracted Covid and died last April in New Orleans, Alison -- livid with anger -- posted a photograph to Facebook that quickly went viral. Alison's post, a raw rant straight from the heart, was directed at Do…

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Rita Waterman, Soul Mother. A conversation with Ariel Leve 31:38

3+ y ago31:38

31:38

When I started this podcast just before Mother's Day 2020, my main goal was to shine a light on extraordinary mothers. I figured the world was plenty sated with books, articles, films, blogs, and podcasts about ways in which women fell short as mothers, and, given that we could use some uplifting stories, devoting attention to those who were simply…

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Liz Mitchell – Manual Not Included. A Conversation with Biz Mitchell. 35:45

3+ y ago35:45

35:45

"Yoo hoo! Look what I found down here!" Who could possibly could resist a mother's call to investigate? Elizabeth Mushinsky Mitchell came by her parenting instinctively. She lost her own mother when she was eight, but had a feel for what it took to be a great mother: true engagement, genuine pathos, and a generous dose of inventiveness. From 1992, …

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"What Would Betta Do?" Betta Ehrenfeld – A Gracious Southern Lady with an opinion or two...or three... 32:06

3+ y ago32:06

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Some people are just plain born with moxie. Meet Elizabeth "Betta" Dixon MacCarthy Ehrenfeld , who left her hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1942, at the age of 16, got on a train -- by herself -- and headed north. Her first stop was Bronxville, N.Y., and Sarah Lawrence College. By the time she was barely 21 she had a law degree from Yale…

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Costanza Pascolato – Fashion Icon. A Conversation with Consuelo Blocker (Uma conversa com Consuelo Blocker) 32:12

3+ y ago32:12

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She's considered Brazil's "Pope of Fashion," and to most people in the fashion world she is known simply as Costanza. Costanza's parents, Gabriella and Michele Pascolato, emigrated from Italy to Brazil in the aftermath of World War II, and in 1948 they started the Santaconstancia textile company, which became a fixture in Brazil's world of fabric a…

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Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals, 40 years on. A conversation with Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins 33:56

3+ y ago33:56

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A self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde had a poem for every occasion, says her daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, in this week’s conversation with Katie Hafner. Lorde's lifelong love of words led her to a life as a renowned poet and author of more than a dozen volumes. Her poetry is unflinching, raw and filled wit…

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Julie Andrews – She Is Our Sunshine – An Interview with Emma Walton Hamilton 35:04

3+ y ago35:04

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"She is probably the most resilient person I know." -- Emma Walton Hamilton This week, Katie talks with Emma Walton Hamilton, daughter of the extraordinary Julie Andrews, about her mom's difficult childhood and her determination to give her own children stability and, above all, constant love. Julie Andrews's two memoirs, Home, and Home Work, are a…

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