The 43 Percent: Recent Episodes
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43 percent of women who have kids leave the workforce at some point. In this series of fireside chats with inspiring women, spanning a variety of industries and experiences, host Claudia Reuter aims to share more examples than what we typically see of what's possible for women thinking through work and family decisions. A former stay-at-home mom herself, Reuter went on to be a venture-backed CEO, an executive at a >$2B company, a board director, and a Managing Director at Techstars. She is the author of Yes, You Can Do This! Here, she profiles authors, tech executives, doctors, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms and more who share their professional journeys and advice for women grappling with work-life balance.
43 percent of women leave the traditional workforce when they have children. This podcast forgets about the leaning in or leaning out debate and talks to women about their journeys towards creating lives that include both family and career. Claudia Reuter, a former stay-at-home mom who went on to be a venture-backed CEO, speaks with authors, tech executives, doctors, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, and more who share their professional journeys and advice for women grappling with work-life balance. This season, Claudia has partnered with Stephanie Kramer, the author of Carry Strong, to explore the topic of navigating pregnancy and work.
43 percent of women leave the traditional workforce when they have children. This podcast forgets about the leaning in or leaning out debate and talks to women about their journeys towards creating lives that include both family and career. Claudia Reuter, a former stay-at-home mom who went on to be a venture-backed CEO, speaks with authors, tech executives, doctors, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, and more who share their professional journeys and advice for women grappling with work-life balance. This season, Claudia has partnered with Stephanie Kramer, the author of Carry Strong, to explore the topic of navigating pregnancy and work.
43 percent of women leave the traditional workforce when they have children. This podcast forgets about the leaning in or leaning out debate and talks to women about their journeys towards creating lives that include both family and career. Claudia Reuter, a former stay-at-home mom who went on to be a venture-backed CEO, speaks with authors, tech executives, doctors, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, and more who share their professional journeys and advice for women grappling with work-life balance.
Introducing WMN's new parenting show, Moments with Candace Parker! Each week, Candace Parker chats with friends you might recognize, from Allyson Felix to Chris & Adrienne Bosh, about stories you've never heard before. Moments with Candace Parker is a podcast that celebrates parenthood to the fullest -- the smallest victories, the messiest failures and the bravest decisions. You can listen and follow Moments with Candace Parker wherever you listen to podcasts.
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This is our final episode of this season of The 43 Percent. This week, Claudia speaks with Sabrina Tucker-Barrett, the CEO of Girls for Technology, a Connecticut-based non-profit that supports Black and brown girls and women in STEM.
In quarantine, her business has flourished. Girls and women across the country have joined Sabrina’s online courses that cover everything from building pitch decks to handling microaggressions in the office. And in uplifting these girls and women, in giving them a space to learn, and a platform to share their experiences, Sabrina teaches them: You are enough. You are valuable. And you will make a difference.
A few weeks ago, severe storms rolled through Philadelphia. They came on the heels of George Floyd’s murder, which came amid a global pandemic. And Natalie Nixon, Ph.D., a creativity consultant and author of the new book, "The Creativity Leap," felt the universe saying, “Pause.”
So this week, Natalie shares what we can learn from a pause. How taking a step back and looking around can help us see creativity as a problem solver. How we can find power in our own stories. And how, if we pause long enough, we can find optimism in the future.
Sarah Joyce is an IT healthcare executive and president of the Boston chapter for Lean In. Sarah grew up blind to the gender gap in the workplace. And then, she entered corporate America. This week, Sarah talks to Claudia from her new office -- the kitchen island -- about being the only woman at the proverbial (and sometimes literal) table, and rethinking what leadership looks like, both as a boss and a parent.
When it comes to changing the system, there are always the voices that say, "It's too complicated. It's too idealistic." But what Nina Vaca, CEO of Pinnacle Group, hears is a lack of imagination. A refusal to re-think possibility.
On the way to being a mother of four, and head of a company that is 66% women and 48% BIPOC, Nina laid out her own path. So today, Claudia and Nina talk about steps forward. How those in leadership can build lasting change and support into their infrastructure. And how mothers can thrive within a system that was not built for them.
This show, The 43 Percent, is supposed to be a show about opportunity -- in parenting, in career, in life. But the reality is that while motherhood is a universal experience, and talent is evenly distributed across society, opportunity and safety are not.
So this week, we’re not publishing a new episode. Instead, I wanted to share some resources that benefit Black mothers and families. They are listed and linked in our episode notes.
But representation beyond this week is also important. As we look to the future of this show, we are dedicating ourselves to being a platform that raises up a diverse set of experiences. Motherhood is universal. And we want to show that, fully.
Minda Brusse is a person of action. But then COVID-19 hit. Under lockdown, she was suddenly at a loss. How could she help all these families suddenly weathering a financial crisis? So Minda, co-founder of venture firm First Row Partners, got to work. Over the last six weeks -- yes, six weeks -- she has co-founded and launched The $1K Project. Along with investor Alex Iskold, Minda has matched hundreds of families in need with peers willing to provide a thousand dollars of assistance, for three months. This week, Claudia and Minda talk about stepping up and stepping in - even when it feels messy, even when it feels like a drop in the bucket.
Being in lockdown can make our oldest friendships shine even brighter. Erin Sparler, an artist, entrepreneur and podcast, is one of Claudia’s oldest friends. They met when they were 18, in college. And they’ve stayed friends, even as they grew up and took off on their own paths. So that’s what Claudia and Erin talk about this week -- about growing up, about learning to advocate for themselves, and how to enjoy the ride, no matter how steep the path.
For Chris Laughlin and Sarah Boyd, each day is a figurative -- and sometimes, a literal -- obstacle course. Sarah is a women’s rights policy expert, currently serving as Director of Global Advocacy for data2x, a gender data initiative. Chris is the midst of an MBA program at MIT, where he focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital. They spend their days in and out of Zoom meetings, conference calls, study sessions, all while raising a two-year-old under lockdown. This week, Chris and Sarah both join Claudia to talk about their greatest parenting success -- teamwork
What do you think of, when you hear the word “hero”? Recently, that word has become an everyday phrase. Not just because people have exhibited extraordinary strength and bravery in the face of something so monumental, but because our understanding of the word has shifted. The 43 Percent has always been a show about possibility - in business, in motherhood, and in life. This week, Claudia talks to two women who have been heroes of possibility; who always looked forward, no matter the hurdle. Her mother, Maureen Vezza, and her mother-in-law, Annie Reuter.
Jenny Lawton knows a lot about getting back up. Jenny climbed the tech world ladder not once, but twice -- first as the CEO of her own tech company, and now as the Chief Innovation Officer for Techstars. In between, she opened a bookstore, went through a divorce, and Jenny re-entered the start-up world as a newly single mother of two. She got back up. And this week, Jenny and Claudia talk about how each of us can practice resilience, too, both professionally and personally.
Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness company that blends mindfulness, cardio and strength training. By most definitions, she's the boss. But here's the thing: Sadie doesn't really like the term "CEO." So she made it work for her. For Sadie, E no longer stands for Executive. E is now for Energy. And energy is what Claudia and Sadie talk about this week. How to find it, even in our darkest moments, how to inspire it in others, and how to honor our own.
Sometimes, all your big adventures are just leading you home. Claudia speaks with Elizabeth Presta, a doula and host of the podcast "Miraculous Mamas." Elizabeth discusses weathering her first pregnancy while under the coronavirus lockdown, her career as a birth worker, and her past as a reality TV contestant.
Welcome to Season 3 of The 43 Percent! The world looks really different than it did two seasons ago. The identities we’ve built for work and parenthood are suddenly blurring. This season, Claudia speaks with mothers about how they're juggling work and family like never before.
When career infuses with identity, leaving and reentering the workforce can shake a mother’s confidence. Claudia talks to Pamela Stone, professor and author of "Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work." Pamela discusses her research and the need for workforce policy change that ends discrimination against mothers.
This episode was recorded live at the Helmsley Building in New York City as part of RXR Presents: Week Of Women.
What happens when your child’s needs clash with a demanding career? And how can celebrity status intersect with parenting? Today’s guests, Lisa Oz and Jill Herzig, co-hosts of the podcast Road to Somewhere, talk about the importance of slowing down and taking life’s unexpected twists one step at a time.
Today’s guest brings a new perspective on women in leadership. Claudia talks with Marissa Orr, a former executive at Google and Facebook, and the best-selling author of "Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace."
Jennifer Gefsky is the co-founder & CEO of Après, a digital recruiting platform that connects women looking to return to or transition within the workforce. She is also the author of "Your Turn: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks--A Working Mother's Guide." In this episode, Jennifer talks about her own return to the workforce after leaving to stay at home with her kids.
Balancing career and family is an evolving challenge. Anna Barber, the Managing Director for Techstars Los Angeles, finds comfort in remembering that nothing is ever permanent. From starting a company when she was seven months pregnant, to juggling two teenagers and the tech world, Anna talks to Claudia about boredom fantasies, vision boards and following curiosity.
Podcast host Eula Scott Bynoe opens up about creating a space for the Black community in Seattle, building her career in audio, and raising her young son.
Jane Shauck quit her corporate job to pursue a newfound passion for photography and start a business, all while juggling being a new mother at the same time. Claudia talks to Jane about raising a family and managing a photography business with her partner.
Since women are sparse in STEM fields, how can moms in science find guidance and community? Erica Peterson, founder of Moms Can & Co, wanted to build a solution. In this episode, Claudia hears from Erica about finding her life path, building her nonprofit, and overcoming the difficulty of working in STEM without the support of fellow women and mothers around.
Leslie Forde, a Product Management and Product Strategy Executive, talks self care, routine, and managing the more complicated moments, including breast pump explosions when traveling abroad!
We don’t learn about personal finance in school, but maybe we should. Cameron Huddleston, journalist and author of "Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances," shares how her own experience caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s inspired her first book.
Running for office as a mother is an asset. Claudia speaks to Danielle Davies and Rielly Karsh, co-founders of Moms Running about their own journeys into politics and the importance of getting other moms politically active.
Claudia chats with Nataly Kogan, author of "Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)." Nataly shares her techniques for fostering happiness and her own personal experiences as a refugee, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and mom.
Welcome to season 2 of The 43 Percent! In this show, we move beyond the leaning in vs. leaning out debate, and share the very real stories of women as they navigate family and career. Expect stories from inspiring women about their own personal and professional paths, and conversations touching on a variety of topics including self-care, travel, finances, running for office and more.
As we wrap up season 1, Claudia takes a look at what we've learned and what lies ahead.
Erica Hogue is an account director for Viral Gains, and co-founder of MOR, a purpose-driven consulting firm that offers subject matter expertise and best in class inclusion practices for working moms. She's also a mother of three kids six and under. As an early hire at Twitter she helped form the Twitter Parents employee resource group.
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Sharifah Niles-Lane is Vice President of Digital Marketing and Social Media for Eastern Bank, the oldest and largest mutual bank in the country. She's also a mother of two and a mentor. In this episode she talks about leadership at home, at work, and in her community.
Sarah Lacy is the founder and CEO of Chairman Mom. She also founded Pando.com on maternity leave in 2011 and built it into a profitable investigative journalism company. She's been a journalist for nearly 20 years, known for her fearless, outspoken reporting, and is the author of A Uterus Is a Feature Not a Bug.
Cheryl Toto is the president and CEO of the Marketing Science Institute, a job she came to after a decade as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development. Here she talks about balancing two careers in a family, why daycare drop-offs can be emotional, and how to weather unexpected changes to your life plan.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, the host of the Before Breakfast podcast, and co-host of Best of Both Worlds, and the mother of four children, ages 4 to 11. Her 2016 TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 7 million times.
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As head of HR for New Ireland Assurance, Oonagh Kelly has seen women through all phases of their careers and families, and done plenty of juggling herself, too. Here she shares her tips on negotiating the work situation you need, navigating work travel with a family, and planning for fun in a busy schedule.
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Erin McCoy Alarcon was a litigator and a partner in her firm when it became clear her youngest son was autistic. She wanted more flexibility in her schedule to be more available to her family, so she decided to take a leap toward something she'd always wanted to do: open up a mediation practice. Here she takes us on that journey, and why she encourages people to take risks and do things that scare them.
Dr. Jessie Wei did all the "right" things: went to college, then medical school, got married, had kids, and joined a thriving private practice. But she wasn't happy until she found a way to align her work with her values and forge a path toward a life that was rewarding instead of overwhelming.
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When Amy Westervelt had her first child, everyone told her the fact that she was a freelancer would make working motherhood a snap. In fact, it made her stressed and broke. Here, she lays out why, how she fixed it, and why she decided to write a book about it.
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Susan Magsamen is the Executive Director of the International Arts and Mind Lab, Brain Science Institute, at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode she digs deep into both her personal experience and her professional expertise on everything from why our society doesn't value caregiving to ways for moms to stop beating themselves up.
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Sharon Kan has created jobs for herself throughout her career, and with her newest startup Pepperlane (a platform that helps mothers start micro-businesses) she says she is calling out the elephant in the room—motherhood—and celebrating it. Here we hear how she herself juggled motherhood and startup life, and why she thinks tapping into the talents of mothers is a genius move.
Linda Zecher went from being one of the only women geophysicists in the country to leadership roles at some of the best-known tech companies, including Oracle and Microsoft. Here, she reflects on her career path, and navigating through the 3 years she took off when her son was in middle school.
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Claudia Reuter left the workforce for 3 years when she had kids and re-entered it in an unusual way: by starting a company. Like a lot of moms balancing family and work she spent many hours on important phone calls, worried her kids would burst in. Here she tells the story of one fateful call, made from the closet of her seven-year-old. It's just the sort of story you can expect to hear on this show, which moves past leaning in or leaning out to tell the more complex stories of mothers creating full lives.
Welcome to The 43 Percent, a new show about the lives of successful women and the paths they take to balance career and family.