Tilted: A Lean In Podcast

For our last episode of this season, we’re passing the mic to our listeners. We asked women from our global community how they’re planning to make the world less tilted in 2021, and today, you'll hear from two of them—Ifeoma Finnih and Jen Shyu. Ifeoma works in investment banking and wants to demystify the industry, so more women find their way to careers in finance. Jen is an experimental musician and is building a powerful support network for underrepresented musicians, which is especially important during COVID-19. They're both paving the way for the next generation and they're doing it with gusto. These conversations gave us a huge boost, and we hope they do the same for you.More about our guests:Ifeoma Finnih is an investment banker and a Senior Vice President at FBNQuest Merchant Bank. She has over twelve years of banking experience primarily focused on financial advisory & structuring - closing deals worth billions of dollars across the Energy and Infrastructure sectors. With a passion for promoting work-life integration, Ifeoma is interested in all forms of counselling particularly marriage, the education/proper development of children and the economic advancement of women. She is engaged with a number of NGOs that address these issues. Follow @HerFinanceStory and @IfeomaFinnih on Instagram and Ifeoma Finnih on LinkedIn to stay updated on her leadership series for women in finance.  Jen Shyu is a multilingual vocalist-composer-multi-instrumentalist-dancer. Born in Peoria, Illinois, to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants and the first female and vocalist bandleader on Pi Recordings, Jen has produced seven albums, performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. To get involved with Mutual Mentorships for Musicians, head to their website at mutualmentorshipformusicians.org. You can also follow Jen on Facebook at @JenShyuMusic, Instagram at @JenShyu, and Twitter at @JenShyu—as well as support her work through her Patreon page. Show notes:We want to hear from you! As we begin planning for Season 3 of Tilted, we'd love to hear your ideas and the topics you’d like us to cover. Please drop us a line at tilted@leanin.org.Get involved in our global Circles community. Head to leanin.org/circles — we'd love to have you.

We’ve always believed the world would be better if more countries and companies were run by women. And 2020 proved us right: women leaders consistently stood out for their empathetic and effective response to Covid-19. In this episode, we talk to two notable women leaders—Shellye Archambeau and Sheryl Sandberg—about how they navigated an incredibly difficult year, how our definition of a “good” leader is evolving, and how all leaders can take steps to get working women through this crisis.More about our guests:Shellye Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology, leading organizations focused on business to business as well as business to consumer. As CEO of MetricStream, she was one of Silicon Valley’s first Black women CEOs and built the company from a struggling startup into a global market leader. She currently serves on the boards of Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies, and Okta. She is also a strategic advisor to Forbes Ignite and to the President of Arizona State University and serves on the boards of two national nonprofits, Catalyst, and Braven. Check out her new book, "Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms."Sheryl Sandberg is the chief operating officer at Facebook, overseeing the firm's business operations. Prior to Facebook, Sheryl was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Clinton, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank.

The COVID-19 crisis has brought America’s childcare crisis into sharp relief. Millions of women are struggling to work while caring for their kids. But our childcare system was broken long before the pandemic – the cost of childcare has doubled over the past 20 years, while wages have remained about the same. What will it take to fix the system once and for all? In this episode, we talk to Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, and Dr. Angela Rachidi, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, to find out.Sign up for Lean In's newsletter here: leanin.org/signup

For many women, “joking around” is something we do when we’re uncomfortable. Humor is a way to deflect an unwanted sexual advance, brush off a sexist comment, or cope with anything else that makes us cringe. But when we wield humor intentionally and unapologetically, it can be much more than a defense mechanism—it can be a tool to take back power. For this episode of Tilted, we asked two outstanding women in comedy—Lauren Lapkus and Cameron Esposito—to tell us all about how they’re doing that, and how we can do it, too.For an upcoming episode of season 2, we want to hear from YOU; how are you planning to make the world a little less tilted in 2021? Give us a call at (855)-4-TILTED, that’s (855)-484-5833, and leave a 30-second voice mail telling us how you plan to make the world a little less tilted in 2021. We’ll share the messages that inspire us most — and we might even follow up with you to learn more. Excited to hear from you! Sign-up for LeanIn.Org's newsletter here.

We know gender stereotypes hurt girls. But what are they doing to boys? From a young age, our society tells boys they must be dominant and tough. They learn not to show vulnerability or ask for help. That emotional suppression makes it hard for boys to cope with, well, everything—and it’s painful for the people who love them, too. So this week on Tilted, we’re talking about how toxic masculinity puts boys in “man boxes” and how we can help them get out. We’re joined by two experts on the topic: Peggy Orenstein, author of Boys and Sex, and Dr. Michael Reichert, author of How to Raise a Boy.Sign-up for LeanIn.Org's newsletter here.

We know big problems require big solutions. But change almost always starts small, with one person rolling up their sleeves and deciding to go all in. In this episode of Tilted, we talk to two people who did exactly that. Jamie Margolin and Shannon Watts both started grassroots movements aimed at addressing huge environmental and social challenges. They share stories from their early days as activists, tips for starting or joining a movement, and suggestions for driving change in your own life.More about our guests: Jamie Margolin is a Colombian-American writer, community organizer, and the founder of Zero Hour, an international youth climate justice movement that led the first Youth Climate March in Washington, D.C., and 25 other cities around the world. Youth To Power, her debut book, is a guide to change-making, with advice on pitching op-eds, organizing successful events and peaceful protests, utilizing media to spread a message, and sustaining long-term action. Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that protect people from gun violence. Moms Demand Action has established a chapter in every state of the country and is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, with nearly six million supporters. In addition, Shannon is an active board member of Emerge America, one of the nation’s leading organizations for recruiting and training women to run for office.Sign-up for LeanIn.Org's newsletter here.

Exhausted. Stressed. Anxious. Berating yourself for “not doing enough.” These are all signs of burnout—and too many women are intimately familiar with them. For years we’ve known burnout affects women more than men, and now COVID-19 has made it even worse. This week, we’re talking with two experts on burnout: Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and Thrive Global, and Emily Nagoski, author of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Arianna and Emily tell personal stories about burnout, teach us how to recognize it, and share tips for preventing and addressing it in our own lives.

More than a third of Gen Zers know someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns. But the binary view of gender is still deeply ingrained in our society. For this episode of Tilted, we’re taking a close look at what it would mean to really break the gender mold. We talk to two amazing non-binary artists—Joey Soloway, creator of the hit TV series Transparent, and Jacob Tobia, actor, producer, and author of the memoir Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story—about their personal journeys with their gender identities and what we can all do to be more open and inclusive.