Deborah Roberts is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist.  She has graced our television screens for 30+ years, from her early days at stations in Columbus, Knoxville, and Orlando to one of the most coveted jobs in the business: co-anchoring 20/20 at ABC News.   That rise has come with its share of lessons and shifting priorities, but Deborah is now clearly at the top of her game.   

The New York Times best-selling author’s new book was inspired by her early life growing up with six sisters in Perry, Georgia.   It’s called “Sisters Loved and Treasured Stories of Unbreakable Bonds.”  In it, she interviewed a number of sisters to gain perspective on what makes this relationship so unique and essential. 

These days, Deborah and husband Al Roker are empty-nesters, and she’s knee-deep in preparation for her daughter Leila’s wedding next spring.   In this episode, Deborah opens up about working her way through the ranks of TV News, her thoughts on America’s fascination with true crime, and how she’s grown to appreciate the special relationship she has with her siblings.

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You can see more of Deborah on ABC’s 20/20 on Friday nights and streaming the next day on Hulu and Disney+. You can also hear more on the 20/20 podcast she hosts called "The After Show" - available wherever you get your podcasts and on video on Hulu and Disney Plus. 

Resources:🔗 Visit ABC News 20/20

🔗 For Information on “Sisters Loved and Treasured Stories of Unbreakable Bonds.”

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Dr. Kavita Patel is the definition of a high achiever.   She holds multiple demanding jobs: a primary care physician, a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a medical contributor for NBC News.

And those are just the roles she has right now.  Previously, she served as a director of policy in the Obama White House and a deputy staff director on health for Sen Ted Kennedy.  

So what drives her to pursue new challenges?  Dr. Patel shares with Karen Finerman how her upbringing as one of three daughters of Indian parents who owned and operated a motel in Texas shaped her approach to earning a living.  Plus, Dr. Patel explains how a friend from across the political aisle “RSVP’d” her into a new opportunity that allowed her to build generational wealth for her family, and how that experience shaped her approach to helping others.  

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📸 Follow Dr. Kavita Patel on LinkedIn 

🔗 Visit New Enterprise Associates Website 

Books Mentioned In This Podcast: 

The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Let Them by Mel Robbins

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How does one go from being a college dropout to the CEO of a billion-dollar company with a role on “Shark Tank?” If you ask Kendra Scott, the answer would be a determination to understand her customer, a hunger to keep learning, and a grateful attitude.

It’s been nearly a quarter century since Scott, then a new mom, started a small jewelry business in her spare bedroom. The focus was quality, stylish pieces that were also affordable. For 10 years, she “bootstrapped” the fashion accessories business on loans and debt until she landed her first investor. By 2016, the company was valued at one billion dollars. Scott, who had a failed retail hat business prior to launching her namesake business, grew her business by making smart hires, reinvesting wisely, and learning as much as she could along the way.  

Kendra Scott has retained majority control of her business and has placed “family, fashion, and philanthropy” as the company's pillars. In terms of her own family, she has raised three sons and is newly engaged to country superstar Zac Brown. She describes their relationship—and the whole lives they lead, along with their blended family of eight kids—as “two comets, headed in the same direction.”    

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Anglea Buchdahl has been leading one of NYC’s most influential Reform Judaism congregations since 2014.  Not only is she the first female leader of Central Synagogue in its more than 185-year history, but she is also changing the expectations around what it can look like to be a senior rabbi. 

In this episode, Rabbi Buchdahl joins Karen Finerman to discuss her memoir “Heart Of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging.” In it, she shares how her Buddhist Korean mother and Jewish American father shaped her outlook on life, faith, and God. She went on to become the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi. Building her career presented its own challenges: from navigating the realities of being a working mother to deciding when and how to pursue bigger opportunities.  Along the way, she even faced doubters who said she lacked the “gravitas.” She persevered and has established herself as a leading voice in the Reform Jewish community.  

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🔗 Visit Central Synagogue’s Website

🔗 Learn More about  “Heart Of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging”

📸 Follow Rabbi Angela Buchdahl On Instagram 

📸 Watch Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s sermons on YouTube

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BLUEY is a bona fide global phenomenon. In 2024, the animated show about a delightful Australian dog and her family saw more than 55+ billion minutes streamed in the U.S.  When you add in the first six months of 2025, it’s more than 80+ billion minutes total streamed.  That kind of success is rare, and it’s Nicki Sheard’s job to shepherd the brand and its beloved characters beyond the screen: from inside popular games like Just Dance, to appearing on the sides of Converse sneakers, and being one of the very few non-Disney brands to be brought into the Disney parks (coming in 2026.) 

It’s a career Nicki Sheard may not have had if she didn’t trust her gut. Midway through pursuing a PhD at Harvard, she realized science (and dissecting fruit flies) wasn’t the path for her.  Her determination and curiosity has helped her shape a unique professional journey that’s taken her to P&G, McKinsey Consulting, Charlotte Tilbury and the BBC. As CEO of BBC Studios Brands & Licensing, Nicki oversees the growth of Bluey (for which the BBC is co-commissioner, distributor and licensor of the multi-award-winning animated series produced by Ludo Studio) as well as brands like Dr. Who, Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With The Stars) and BBC Earth.  

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🔗 Visit Bluey’s website

🔗 Visit The Booker Prize website

📸 Follow Bluey on TikTok

📸 Follow BBC Studios on Instagram 

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It was the role of a lifetime: Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway phenomenon “Hamilton.”  But Renée Elise Goldsberry turned down the audition. Not just once, but multiple times.  

As she explains to Karen Finerman in this episode and in her new documentary “Satisfied,” it was at that same moment that the family Renée had fought so hard to create was finally coming together.  She and husband Alexis had just brought home their daughter Brielle, adopted from Ethiopia. She joined big brother Benjamin to make their family of four. After years of infertility struggles, Renée was ready to spend her energy being a mom to her very young children. 

That was her plan, until her manager implored her to at least listen to the music from what was then called “The Hamilton Mixtape.”  In the moment that she first heard Lin-Manuel Miranda singing the demo for “Satisfied,” she knew she wanted the part.  She got it, and the rest is Broadway history. 

Renée’s versatility as a singer and actress has served her well since then: she starred in the musical comedy series “Girls5Eva” and can now be seen in Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “A House of Dynamite” on Netflix.  In it, she plays the first lady as the president, played by Idris Elba, is facing a nuclear crisis.  

💬 In this episode, we explore:

🔗 Visit Renée Elise Goldsberry’s website

🔗 For Information on the SATISFIED Documentary 

🔗 For information on Netflix’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

🎧 Listen To Renee’s New Album, Who I Really Am 

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“My whole life, people have been saying you're funny,” recalled Zarna Garg. “But if you are an Indian person, what do you do with that? That means nothing to us. Like if you are good at math, you become an accountant. What do you do with funny?”

Lucky for audiences, Zarna figured it out and has become one of comedy’s hottest acts.  She’s mined her upbringing in India and a say-exactly-what-she’s-thinking attitude into comedy success.   On this episode, both Zarna and her daughter Zoya, a Stanford graduate who is now working closely with her mom, chat with Karen Finerman about their approach to building the business of Zarna Garg.  That includes tours, a New York Times best-selling memoir, a robust social presence, a family podcast, and more.    But they’re not resting on their laurels. 

“I am really focused on the mission,” Zoya shared.  “I really believe [Zarna’s business] is going to be a really big thing one day. And I find so much purpose in that.”

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Resources:

🔗 For Tour Info & More, Visit Zarna Garg’s Website 

🔗 Play Grades With Gargs 

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📸  Follow Zoya Garg on Instagram

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Being an elite athlete like Chelsea Sodaro requires a unique level of commitment. It’s about training full-time, year-round, for a handful of marquee races. None is bigger than the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaiʻi, a grueling 140-mile triathlon (a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, plus a full 26.2-mile marathon). In 2022, her rookie year, Chelsea not only outperformed her professional competitors, crossing the finish line in just under 8 hours and 34 minutes, but she did so just 18 months after giving birth to her daughter Skylar. In the process, Chelsea became only the second mother to win at Kona.  

On this episode, Chelsea joins Karen Finerman to share how she rose to the top of her sport while overcoming postpartum anxiety and depression, struggles that were compounded by her difficulty with breastfeeding and finding reliable childcare. Now, as Chelsea prepares for the 2025 Ironman World Championship, she is using her platform to make her sport a more welcoming and equitable place for new mothers.   

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Resources: Visit Chelsea Sodaro’s website 

🔗 For Information on the “Unlocking Yes” Weekend 

🔗 For information on the 2025 Iroman World Championship

📸  Follow Chelsea Sodaro on Instagram

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Ballet’s biggest superstar, Misty Copeland, will be stepping off the stage as the Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theater this fall after 25 years with the company.  So we thought this was a good time to revisit the conversation Misty and Karen Finerman shared during season 1 of the podcast.  

To be a ballet dancer, you must be a dancer, an athlete, and a performer all at the same time. It is a competitive and complex hierarchy, with thousands of dancers funneling to just a small handful at the very top. There used to be an overwhelming lack of diversity in the professional ballet world, and Misty broke that barrier at ABT with her dedication and undeniable talent.  Since then, she has worked to increase the diversity of dancers on stage and widened the audience for this beautiful art form.  After retirement, she plans to continue using her voice as an author, producer, director of documentary films, and entrepreneur. 

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🔗 Resources & Links:

📲 Follow How She Does It on Instagram: @hsdipodcast👩‍💼 Learn more about Misty Copeland at mistycopeland.com

📸 Follow Misty on Instagram: @mistyonpointe

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Julia Boorstin thought she might take a year after graduating from Princeton and have some fun working at a magazine in New York City before going to grad school. As she shares with Karen Finerman on this episode of HOW SHE DOES IT, she was hired as a reporter at Fortune magazine (despite never having taken an economics class), fell in love with the world of business news, and never looked back. 

Julia is now CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent working out of the network’s Los Angeles bureau. Beyond reporting on tech mergers and interviewing titans of the media landscape, she has developed signature franchises for the network.  Among those are the CNBC Disruptor 50, which highlights “private companies transforming the economy and challenging companies in established industries.”

She is also the author of When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them.  In it, she interviewed several female executives and combed academic research to identify the qualities and characteristics that women bring to the table and why businesses benefit from their leadership. 

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Resources:

Web: https://juliaboorstin.com/

Instagram: @juliaboorstin

Threads: @juliaboorstin

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaboorstin/

Julia Boorstin's Book: When Women Lead

CNBC Changemakers

CNBC Disruptor 50

Coming Soon:  CNBC Changemakers & Power Players Podcast with Julia Boorston 

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