Jill Sorensen sits down with entrepreneur, investor, and financial advisor Kathy Checchi to discuss “financial feminism,” the importance of taking charge of your financial future, and economic empowerment for women.  

In the Season 2 premier of The New Feminist Podcast, Jill Sorensen sits down with guest Fraidy Reiss to talk about her escape from a forced marriage, her Orthodox Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, and her fight to end forced and child marriage in the U.S. with her organization Unchained At Last.

Donald Hilton, MD, is a neurosurgeon and internationally recognized expert on the neuroscience of pornography. Jill and Dr. Hilton talk about the ways that pornography rewires the brain, and explore themes of addiction, domestic violence, and the way scenes in porn model sexual behavior. 

In this episode, host Jill Sorensen is joined by Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali to talk about her new book, Prey. 

Actress Kelly Rutherford and Sara Ell share their experiences with the family court system, a system rife with sexism and abuse that traumatizes children and their families. Kelly talks about her own highly-publicized custody battle, and how she is navigating it as both a mother and a public figure who is now actively speaking out on the issue. 

Jill interviews her co-producer on The New Feminist Podcast, Sienna Jackson, about life, identity, and what feminism means to her. Sienna also shares her personal experiences working at The Weinstein Company, and the dawn of the #MeToo movement. What do two feminists from different countries, ethnicities and generations have to teach each other? Tune in to find out! 

In the wake of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the War in Afghanistan, Jill Sorensen engages in an insightful and raw dialogue with advocate and writer Shireen Qudosi, an Afghani-Pakistani advocate and writer who tackles extremism, radicalization, polarization and ideological wars. 

Our friend Carré Otis returns for the final episode of the season as we ask her about the lessons she’s learned from her own life experiences. Lived and Learned is a special conversation series with inspiring women that asks us to examine our own lives as we draw inspiration from others’. 

We meet Laila Mickelwait, creator of the viral #TraffickingHub campaign and the president and founder of the Justice Defense Fund. Her work in advocating for victims of human trafficking has put her in the crosshairs of one of the largest porn companies you’ve never heard of.

One of the few women in a business dominated by men, Cynthia Sexton shares stories from her career in the music industry, not only the obstacles she overcame, but the ways in which she’s used her experiences to create opportunities for women who’ve come after her. We also learn more about the importance of mentorship and building collective power.