Influence

And that's a wrap on our second season and 2022 year of Influence. Thank you to our listeners who have been with us the whole time, our amazing guests that joined us, and everyone who showed this podcast love and support. We'll be taking a break to start 2023 and we'll be back in February. See you all next year!

Today Joss and Jen are celebrating Christmas with a virtual podcast Christmas Party! We're joined by 3 guests (spoiler, both Jen and Joss' partners are in the hot seat), along with their childhood best friend. Listen in!

Jen and Joss are back with their festive holiday episodes and first one on the list is a movie review of Falling for Christmas. Lindsay Lohan returns to the screen for the first time since 2007 and we are not disappointed.

Today Jen and Joss are joined by Dr. Kaajal Abrol for our final Women of Influence episode. Dr. Kaajal Abrol is a Fertility Specialist in Toronto. She is committed to providing compassionate care and education to patients. She values evidence-based medicine in her clinical practice, to help her patients achieve their goals of building and growing their families, now or in the future. Dr. Abrol regularly presents on a variety of topics related to fertility treatment and fertility preservation, both within the medical community and through community outreach and social media. Dr. Abrol aims to educate patients, partners, and the public on fertility, and de-stigmatize infertility. Dr. Abrol is passionate about increasing knowledge and awareness about reproductive health, to empower people to make informed decisions about their own fertility.

Today on the pod Joss and Jen are joined by Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO of Canada Learning Code. Melissa is an entrepreneur, business leader, advisor and life-long student focused on studying and building the future of education and work. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Canada Learning Code, she leads an amazing team across the country to advocate and provide opportunities for people in Canada (especially women and youth) to learn future-proof technical skills. We talk about the gendering of technology, the importance of women in tech, female role models, and more.

Today Joss and Jen discuss the most influential women of 2022 and what kind of influence they've had on society.

Today Joss and Jen are joined by Breanne Sich, VP of Marketing for Mealshare and the Founder of The Crohn’s & Colitis Collective. Breanne talks all about what it's like to advocate for yourself for a diagnosis and how she created the collective to try and make change for her life and her sisters.

Today Jen and Joss are joined once again by Asha Dahya to continue the conversation on the fight for reproductive rights. With the midterms coming up in the US, it's such a pivotal time for this conversation. Asha has also been working hard on an animated short film called "Someone you know" and is currently working on a kickstarter campaign for funding.

Happy Halloween! To keep up their annual tradition, Joss and Jen are sharing with you their personal movie review of the 1996 classic, Scream. Watch the movie and then listen along to hear their thoughts, funny moments, and standouts.

Today Jen and Joss are joined by Sadaf Hatam, a first-generation Iranian-Canadian. She is here today to share her personal experience and perspective on the events following the death of Mahsa Amini.