How She Works

Dr. Monique Sager is a Harvard psychiatrist who specializes in sex and reproductive psychiatry. She began her career as a consultant before pivoting to medicine and earning her MD MBA from the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Wharton she founded Wharton Femtech, the school’s first group dedicated to advancing women’s health. After medical school our guest continued her training at the Harvard Affiliated Psychiatry Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is now in her fourth and final year. If this wasn’t enough our guest is currently advancing her training further as a sex therapist candidate at the Modern Sex Therapy Institute.Disclaimer: All patient stories have been anonymized with identifying details changed or omitted. In some cases elements from multiple patient experiences have been combined into a composite story in order to protect the anonymity of each patient.

Michelle San Jose is on a mission to help those with memory loss live more independently. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has dedicated the last 17 years of her career to helping people with autism and developmental disabilities develop meaningful life skills. Inspired by her own sister’s traumatic brain injury, Michelle is also the founder of Memo-ries, a free mobile app designed to help people with memory loss capture daily experiences through photos, videos, voice recordings, as well as organize other aspects of their schedules that are challenging due to memory loss.

Emily Oster is on a mission to help parents make confident data-informed decisions. She is a Brown professor who holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University. Her writing includes four New York Times best-selling books that have sold over a million copies. If this wasn’t enough, Emily is also the founder and CEO of ParentData, a one stop shop for data-driven judgement-free answers to all your questions on pregnancy, parenting, and health.

Ali Jaffe Ramis is responsible for your favorite celebrity interview. She began her career as a music talent assistant for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and quickly worked her way up to senior segment producer. Her production credits include interviews with Ina Garten, Paul McCartney, and Taylor Swift. In addition to her work in late night television our guest has written several articles for the New York Times and is the author of the popular book newsletter On My Shelf.

Tracy Taylor Ward is an award winning luxury event designer specializing in effortless, fun, chic and seamless events. She has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Brides Magazine and Martha Stewart weddings. Her weddings have appeared in the New York Times, Town & Country, Over the Moon, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue.

Kiki Couchman is on a mission to heal America’s gut. After graduating from Stanford she worked for the private equity firm Alpine Investors before famously quitting to co-found the probiotic yogurt brand Sourmilk. In just a year Sourmilk has grown into a viral sensation and can be found in over 150 stores across the Northeast. In this episode Rachel and Kiki discuss all it takes to found a viral startup.

Ariel Elias was described as “a sly young comic from Kentucky” by the New York Times. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone and the Washington Post. She was named a “New Face” at the 2021 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as one of Paste Magazine’s Best Comedians of 2022. She has performed on both Jimmy Kimmel and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You can watch her standup special A Jewish Star on YouTube or catch her onstage on her national tour.In this episode Rachel and Ariel discuss Ariel's writing process, performing standup in New York, and the business of the comedy industry.

Georgia Stylianides is a quantitative investment and portfolio strategist by day, art and culture educator by night. She holds degrees in art history and mathematics from Wellesley college as well as an MBA and MFA from UPenn’s Wharton school of business and the Lauder Institute of international studies. She began her career structuring transactions for the art auction house Sotheby’s before pivoting to become an investor for BlackRock. When she is not working she is writing and creating videos where she educates the public about the finance of the art world.In this episode Rachel and Georgia discuss the origins of Georgia's love for art and math, the behind the scenes of art auction houses, the secrete history of MOMA, and how to think about the value of art.