Hear what it takes to become a judge–and what it takes to keep order in the court with Alameda County Superior Court judge Noel Wise. She was appointed to the court by Governor Jerry Brown in November 2014.
NOEL WISE
Ilana Lipsett: Building Safe Communities
What is creative place-making? We talk with Ilana Lipsett, the founder of FreeSpace in San Francisco about how unused real estate can bring communities--and businesses--together. FreeSpace has become a global phenomenon.
ILANA LIPSETT
Patrice Martin & Leah Hunter: Designing the Future. For Humans.
Technology is advancing so quickly--are humans becoming obsolete?
Or are humans still at the center of solutions? We'll meet Leah Hunter of Fast Company, who is writing a book about the future, and Patrice Martin, Co-Lead and Creative Director of IDEO.org. She and her team help non-profits come up with human-centered design solutions. Designing the future. For humans--that's our Inflection Point.
PATRICE MARTIN, IDEO.ORG
LEAH HUNTER, WRITER
Missy Park-The Power of Sports for Girls
Title IX was passed in 1972 to ensure that all girls have equal access to sports. So why are sports so important to girls? We talk with the CEO and Founder of Title Nine, Missy Park, about how sports can affect outcomes for girls in life and in business.
MISSY PARK, TITLE NINE
Mariam Naficy, Minted
Remember the days of shopping all weekend at the mall, going from store to store to store? One of our guests this week says that shopping has always been incredibly inefficient. But what are the alternatives? You can't possibly buy everything online, or can you? Find out when we talk with Mariam Naficy, Founder and CEO of Minted, a marketplace of independent artists.
MARIAM NAFICY, MINTED
Read the edited & condensed interview in Fortune Magazine.
Julie Bornstein-Reinventing Retail
We meet Julie Bornstein, formerly the Chief Digital Officer at Sephora, and now Chief Operating Officer at Stitch Fix--an eCommerce clothing company making personal stylists accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
Plus, find out Julie Bornstein's view on the value of working moms, and hear from Mariam Naficy why failure IS an option--and maybe even a good thing.
JULIE BORNSTEIN, STITCH FIX
Beverly Parenti & Hediana Utarti: Bringing Hope Within Reach
Human trafficking is estimated to be in the millions--yet only a fraction of it is reported. We talk to Hediana Utarti, the Community Projects Coordinator at Asian Women's Shelter which helps immigrants--including LGBT and human trafficking victims--to get out of abusive situations. And taxpayers spend $60,000 per person, per year on incarceration and rehabilitation--far more than we spend on education. Yet the return-to-prison rate is over 60%. We talk with Beverly Parenti, the founder of The Last Mile, the first non-profit of its kind to teach inmates at San Quentin Prison technology and entrepreneurship skills. Bringing hope within reach. That's our next Inflection Point.
Beverly Parenti
Hediana Utarti
Izzy Chan & Laura Pilz: The Tectonic Shift of Gender Roles
We all know the stereotypes, but the traditional family roles have shifted. Almost half of women are now the primary breadwinners. On this episode, find out how women--and men--are handling this tectonic change. With Izzy Chan, director of The Big Flip and Laura Pilz of Merrill Lynch.
IZZY CHAN, "THE BIG FLIP'
LAURA PILZ, MERRILL LYNCH
Negotiating Climate Change-Amanda Ravenhill, Shana Rappaport & Julia Prochnik
Climate change--one view is doom and gloom and destruction. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable and socially just than we can imagine. Is climate change an inevitability or an opportunity? Our guests are Shana Rappaport and Amanda Ravenhill of Project Drawdown, and Julia Prochnik, consultant to the National Resource Defense Council.
Women negotiating climate change. That's our inflection point.
AMANDA RAVENHILL AND SHANA RAPPAPORT, PROJECT DRAWDOWN
Read the edited & condensed Q&A in Fortune Magazine.
JULIA PROCHNIK, NRDC
Tanya Holland & Ann Wheat: The Grit Required of Women in the Restaurant Business
What does it take to succeed in one of the most competitive restaurant markets in the country? In a $683 billion industry, less than 5% of restaurant owners and chefs are women. Meet Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen and Ann Wheat of Millennium, named the number one vegan restaurant in the world. The grit required of women to succeed in the restaurant business. That's our inflection point.
TANYA HOLLAND, BROWN SUGAR KITCHEN
ANN WHEAT, MILLENNIUM RESTAURANT