The Breadwinners

By Rachael Lowell

"The Breadwinners" is a podcast about the realities of working, earning, leading and balancing - and the choices we make when the workplace and the world don’t match what was promised. Hosted by workp... more

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The podcast currently has 187 episodes available.

The Breadwinners episodes:

May 04, 2021 Anywhere but Here: Summer Travel Plans? EP 114
As vaccines reach more adults and older teens, families with younger kids have a new equation to solve when it comes to making summer plans. Will this be the second year of no summer camp, limited travel and shocking amounts of screentime? (#askingforafriend)

In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the latest advice on family travel and share how they’re navigating the long days of summer with kids.

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Family Travel Gets Complicated Without a Covid Vaccine for Kids

You’re Vaccinated. Your Kids Are Not. What Now?

Summer Vacation With Unvaccinated Kids: Here's What You Can Do

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19min
April 29, 2021 Finding Clarity in a Pandemic EP 113
A time of isolation and stress can also be one of clarity, helping you to answer the essential (and eternal) question: What is your Why?

Executive and personal coach Shoshanna Hecht joins Jennifer to share how she works with high-achieving women to take concrete and powerful actions toward their goals — and how lessons we’re learning now will impact our lives as breadwinners in the future.

“Boundaries will save our lives.” — Shoshanna Hecht
 
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These Work-from-home Tips Can Help You Take 'control Over Your' Day

Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Shift Gender Roles Once and for All?
 
 
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26min
April 27, 2021 The Fight for Predictable Hourly Work Schedules  EP 112
In a move to increase job satisfaction and lower hardship, Seattle has passed a law requiring major employers post schedules 14 days in advance. 

In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the 58 percent of U.S. workers paid an hourly wage (82 million) and the impact that unpredictable work schedules can have on their lives and families.

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Seattle’s Secure Scheduling Ordinance: Year 2 Worker Impact Report
 
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20min
April 22, 2021 Breadwinning and Buying Gender Fair EP 111
One of the biggest weapons in the fight for gender equality comes from how we spend our money. Since 2014, journalist Amy Cross has been working to make it easier for consumers to do just that by assessing thousands of companies through Gender Fair. 
In this episode, we consider how to make the world a fairer place, one purchase at a time.
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Five Minutes With Amy Cross, Founder of Gender Fair
Gender Fair App on Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Chrome Extension.
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24min
April 20, 2021 Entrepreneurship — Or Winning Your Own Bread EP 110
In 2019, American women were starting an average of 1,817 new businesses per day. In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer consider what drives women to cut their own path, share their own experiences with entrepreneurship and revisit Morra Aarons-Mele’s excellent essay on the dangers of “entrepreneurship porn.”

In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research 

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The Dangerous Rise of “Entrepreneurship Porn”
 
Fly Female Founders: How She Build That Event

SCORE: The State of Women Entrepreneurs

Women.NYC

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22min
April 15, 2021 Caring (and Fighting) for Kids with Special Health Needs EP: 109
Today 20% of children in the U.S. have an ongoing health issue related to physiology, development, behavior, and/or mental health — and that number is rising.

Sehreen Noor Ali, co-CEO of Sleuth, a guide for early childhood health that helps parents identify solutions, resources and cures through shared stories and smart technology, joins The Breadwinners to discuss the fight parents face to get the care their kids need from our health and education systems.

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Work-Life Imbalance: Parenting a Child with Healthcare Needs

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Want more Sehreen? Visit Sleuth.com

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21min
April 13, 2021 Drawing a Roadmap to Return To Work. Ep 108
As some employers begin to reopen offices, a new survey finds that half of all workers wish to remain remote permanently. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how leading firms are considering the answers to the important questions when, how, and why should employees return to the workplace? And why no one size ever fits all.

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SHRM: Half of Workers Wish to Remain Remote Permanently

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24min
April 08, 2021 Think Like a Breadwinner — Not a Budgeter EP 107
In her new book, Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less), financial expert and author Jennifer Barrett returns to The Breadwinners to reframe what it means to be a breadwinner.
By dismantling the narrative that women don’t — and shouldn’t — take financial responsibility to create the lives they want, Jennifer reveals not only the importance of women building their own wealth but the freedom and power that comes with it.

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28min
April 06, 2021 Breadwinners Are Mad as Hell EP 106
The question is, will that anger equal action? In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider Helen Lewis’ insightful new essay, “The Pandemic Has Given Women a New Kind of Rage,” and remember how spot-on she was a year ago as the pandemic erupted. (Revisit that one in Episode 11: Breadwinning + Caregiving in a Pandemic)

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22min
April 01, 2021 How to Think Like a Writer — Even if You’re Not One EP: 105
In this episode, former magazine publishing exec Deborah Burns joins The Breadwinners to talk about what she learned about writing after completing her memoir. It’s a lesson she now shares with brands and executives alike as they seem to invent — and reinvent — themselves in her new book out this month.
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24min

FAQs about The Breadwinners:

How many episodes does The Breadwinners have?

The podcast currently has 187 episodes available.