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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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Terry and Paul watch The Twilight Zone series in order and discuss each episode.

351 episodes

Strange Highways

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Terry and Paul watch The Twilight Zone series in order and discuss each episode.

351 episodes

#Cinema #Paul Steadman #Kevin Paul

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Strange Highways

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S3, Ep. 25 - Rendezvous in a Dark Place 47:51

2 days ago47:51

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This week Terry and Paul go to a funeral just for the fancy finger sandwiches and meet Mrs. Barbara LeMay, a widower who is obsessed with death. She has pushed what little family she has left away because she thinks that death will come for her any time now. Death does show up, just not for her...

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S3, Ep. 24 - Cat and Mouse 1:00:14

9 days ago1:00:14

1:00:14

This week Terry and Paul wander into the world's smallest drug store and meet Andrea, a quiet and shy woman who finds an escape in romance novels. While hoping one day for a love like those in the pages she reads, a mysterious figure enters her house...

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S3, Ep. 23 - The Wall 1:25:56

16 days ago1:25:56

1:25:56

This week Terry and Paul end up in a science basement and meet Major Alex McAndrews, an accomplished and decorated test pilot that has spent his whole life serving his country, unquestioned. When he is tasked with traveling through a glowing hole between worlds, he starts to have doubts that he is doing the right thing by just following orders...…

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S3, Ep. 22 - The Mind of Simon Foster 1:24:31

4 weeks ago1:24:31

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This week Terry, Paul, and guest Mary take a box of junk to the pawn shop and meet Mr. Simon Foster, who is unemployed and the rent is due. Simon gets an offer that will solve his current problems, but it does come with a steep cost...

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S3, Ep. 21 - Room 2426 53:59

5 weeks ago53:59

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This week Terry and Paul get thrown into Room 2426 and meet Mr. Martin Decker, a scientist who has been locked up because he won't reveal where he hid his research on a potential bioweapon. As the powers that be keep trying to break Martin, he meets another detainee who believes there is a way both of them can escape...…

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S3, Ep. 20 - A Game of Pool 1:01:52

6 weeks ago1:01:52

1:01:52

This week Terry and Paul rack'em up as meet Mr. Jesse Cardiff, a young pool shark with a chip on his shoulder that he will never be considered the best unless he beats the best there ever was, James 'Fats' Brown. Jesse gets his chance as Fats appears and challenges him to one game, for life or death...…

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S3, Ep. 19 - Something in the Walls 56:44

7 weeks ago56:44

56:44

This week Terry and Paul meet Dr. Mallory Craig on the first day of his new job, helping institutionalized patients with their various challenges. One is unlike the others, as they admitted themselves after seeing faces in every day things: wallpaper, clothing, their children's drawings...

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S3, Ep. 18 - Street of Shadows 1:12:44

8 weeks ago1:12:44

1:12:44

This week Terry and Paul stumble into a shelter to watch some football and meet Mr. Steve Cranston, a man out of work and running out time to care for his family. He decides to rob the house of a very wealthy man when a gun shot and thrown bottle of liquor changes the course of both their lives...

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S3, Ep. 17 - Stranger in Possum Meadows 1:09:09

9 weeks ago1:09:09

1:09:09

This week Terry and Paul go wandering into the woods and meet Danny (we know this because he wearing a shirt with his name on it), a young boy that lives in a trailer with his single mother. Danny then meets a man that doesn't seem to know much about the world around him...

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S3, Ep. 16 - The Cold Equations 45:08

10 weeks ago45:08

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This week Terry and Paul head to outer space and meet Mr. Thomas Bartin, a man tasked with taking needed medicine to a distant colony, who discovers that a young lady has stowed away without his knowledge. He immediately understands the dire situation that they are both in...

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S3 , Ep. 11 - The Night of the Meek (Revisited) 1:03:01

12 weeks ago1:03:01

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This week Terry and Paul revisit Rod Serling's only Christmas Twilight Zone episode, The Night of the Meek. They learn about the power of cheer and cherry bourbon...

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S3, Ep. 15 - Appointment on Route 17 34:20

13 weeks ago34:20

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This week Terry and Paul get caught in the every flowing hair of Mr. Tom Bennett, a cut throat business man that recently received a heart transplant. Soon, Tom, starts not feeling like himself and starts acting out in various ways...

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S3, Ep. 14 - The Trunk 56:18

14 weeks ago56:18

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This week Terry and Paul check into a very sleazy hotel and meet Mr. Willy Gardner, the manager and one of the few nice people to inhabit the building. After stumbling across a trunk that can give him whatever he wants, Willy tries to get the one thing it can't bring him...

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S3, Ep. 13 - There Was an Old Woman 1:05:03

15 weeks ago1:05:03

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This week Terry and Paul endure one of the most boring episodes of the Twilight Zone, There Was an Old Woman. Will they survive?

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S3, Ep. 12 - 20/20 Vision 47:25

16 weeks ago47:25