Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

What's all that screen time doing to our childrens' brains? Lauren's guest Delaney Ruston is a primary care physician and filmmaker who explores these questions with her own daughter in the new film "Screenagers."

In her world exhibition, "Women:New Portraits" Annie Leibovitz updates the photos from the book she published in 1999 with Susan Sontag, called "Women." The new collection reflects the changes in the roles of women today. Lauren sat down with Annie Leibovitz at the opening of her show in San Francisco.

Why would you open your door to a stranger with an armful of clothing? Diane Loviglio, the co-founder of Boon + Gable, is attempting to address the dressing challenge with a new business she describes as 'Style. Ordered in.'

There is a STEM teacher shortage in K-12 education--resulting in an education gap that may leave many students under-prepared for our increasingly tech focused economy. Talia Milgrom-Elcott has taken this challenge to heart--and created a non-profit organization aptly called "100kin10".

In the trades, most workers--carpentry and otherwise, are still men. Lauren's guest Maria Klemperer-Johnson thinks that this state of affairs can and should change--so she's opened a carpentry school for women called "Hammerstone" in Trumansburg, NY.

Kango was founded on the premise that it's perfectly logical to outsource your kids' transportation, along with childcare. She shares how they go the extra mile to ensure a safe experience, and why you don't have to be 25 and single to start a business.

Many groups still feel excluded from the feminist movement. Teresa shares how feminism can be a value everyone can share--across races, sexuality, economics.

What does it mean to be an 'agent of change'? Lauren talks with Laura Walker, the President and CEO of New York Public Radio about their expansion from city-owned WNYC to running multiple stations, a performance space, and her podcast initiative to include 50% female hosts.

Parisa Rouhani is the co-founder of the Center for Individual Opportunity and is studying the intersection of neuroscience, technology and design at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

It turns out that at least 80% of cut flowers sold in the US are shipped from overseas. Christina Stembel, the founder of Farmgirl Flowers thinks the flower industry could use a re-fresh.