Meet Emily Kratter, a dynamic actor and storyteller bringing characters to life and whose performances span film, television, and theatre. With a deep emotional range and commanding stage presence, Emily brings authenticity and energy to every role she takes on. In this conversation, Emily opens up about her journey as a performer. From her earliest inspirations to the moment she knew acting was more than just a passion, Emily shares the heart behind her craft. With a rich background in storytelling, a mezzo-soprano voice with belt, and a deep love for character work, she reflects on the path that brought her here and the exciting direction she’s heading next.

Emily produces and co-hosts the podcast "Circle This" with Andrea Bendewald, where they interview soulful women to bring healing to more people and to show our shared humanity. It's the anti smalltalk podcast where conversations go skin deep.

More about Emily: https://www.emilykratter.com/

Circle This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vedOp5rp2h2IET51LhWBP?si=84293b6d5be24d47

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Whistleblower Issy Vine sits down with Stephanie to talk about why she's suing the Metropolitan Police for institutional accountability and the misogyny poisoning our public services. For Issy Vine, her career and life trajectory changed within a 12-hour shift. It was April 2023, and she was a 999-call handler for the Metropolitan Police. One morning, she sat next to a colleague who, after speaking to a victim, made a myriad of misogynistic and racist remarks. As if it couldn’t get much worse, he followed Issy home. After reporting this call handler, she was left waiting for months with no answer. Despite being dismissed once, he was later reinstated and put back on the same shift as Issy. After five years working in the Met, Issy has left the police and is campaigning for VAWG, and institutional accountability within the police. Despite being mistreated, she continues her fight and is now suing the Met for mishandling this incident. Follow Issy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/issyvine/

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Welcome to our Male Ally Series, which invites the voices of men in support of women to change the narrative and fill the gaps. We are very excited to introduce our first male guest, Futurist John Sanei. As the world evolves unprecedentedly, old strategies and approaches quickly lose relevance. Preparing for the future requires a fresh perspective in two key areas—and this is where John Sanei excels. John Sanei, a leading futurist and keynote speaker, discusses his journey and insights on the future of work, leadership, and mental health. He emphasised the need to shift from a high beta brainwave, associated with anxiety, to an alpha brainwave, which fosters exploration and collaboration. John highlighted the importance of emotional intelligence, reverse mentorship, and meditation in building adaptability. He criticised the outdated leadership models of major companies like VW and Zara, advocating for dual teams: one focused on current efficiency and another on future innovation. Sanei also shared his personal growth journey, including overcoming bankruptcy and developing a kinder internal dialogue through practices like the "Happy Mayor Game." John Sanei: Futurist, Keynote Speaker and Best-Selling Author - https://johnsanei.com/

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Jill Taylor is a former nurse who has dedicated her career to fixing the problem of how business is broken. Jill is the Co-founder and CEO of three businesses, including The HuPerson Project. In today's episode, she discusses her journey from pediatric nursing to business leadership, emphasising the importance of meaning and purpose in corporate environments. Jill has devoted her career to fostering unique transformation methods for individuals, teams and companies. Using Burgerville as a case study, she highlighted the project's methods for fostering resilience, creativity, and awareness among employees. Taylor advocated for stopping tariffs to mitigate the global economic impact. She stressed the need for businesses to prioritise life over profit, build trust, and honour individual uniqueness. Taylor also shared her leadership philosophy, which is rooted in feminine values, and her goals for the project, including global collaboration and preparing the next generation. With The HuPerson Project, you can change the way business fundamentally does business. The HuPerson Project presents an alternative, executive-customised design for CEOs and their teams. We are dedicated to co-designing a profitable enterprise with you while helping you become a powerful remedy the world needs today. The HuPerson Project: https://thehupersonproject.com

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Without clear role models, it’s hard to be what you cannot see. With this in mind, Dezita Taylor has dedicated her career to creating inclusive cultures within healthcare and higher education, promoting fair and equitable opportunities for growth across both sectors. Dezita is an Associate Professor—pre-qualifying Practice and College of Nursing and Midwifery Academic Lead for Apprenticeships at Birmingham City University. With over 25 years of experience in healthcare and education, she is passionate about fostering education, learning, and professional development as key catalysts for cultivating a growth mindset in both individuals and teams. Her leadership approach centres around a collaborative, communicative culture that prioritises staff well-being and implements practical, forward-thinking policies. Throughout her career, she has embraced opportunities to apply inclusive and transformative leadership to address the shifting demands of healthcare and education.

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Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, discussed her journey from founding the movement after the Sandy Hook shooting to its growth into an 11 million-strong network. She highlighted her new book, "Fired Up," set to release on the 17th of June, which offers a guide for women to harness their potential. Watts emphasised the importance of values, abilities, and desires in personal and professional growth. She also shared her transition from leading Moms Demand Action to focusing on new endeavours, including her Firestarter University and personal projects. Shannon encourages women to pursue their passions and not shy away from leadership roles. The day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, Shannon started a Facebook group with the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. The online conversation turned into a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that protect people from gun violence. Moms Demand Action has established a chapter in every state of the country and is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organisation in the country, with nearly 11 million supporters. In addition to her full-time volunteer work with Moms Demand Action, Watts is an active board member of Emerge America, one of the nation’s leading organizations for recruiting and training women to run for office, and Advance Peace, a prominent community-based organization that works to end cyclical and retaliatory gun violence in American urban neighbourhoods by investing in the development, health, and wellbeing of those at the center of the crisis. Moms Demand Action: https://momsdemandaction.org/ Playing With Fire by Shannon Watts: https://shannonwatts.substack.com/

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Elizabeth Sheinkman joins Stephanie to chat about how she went from turning her passion for reading and writing into her profession of being a Literary Agent. Elizabeth is a native New Yorker whose publishing career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic. She worked within the US editorial department of Oxford University Press and Alfred A. Knopf before joining the Elaine Markson Literary Agency in 1996. In 2004, she moved to London to set up and run their UK office before joining Curtis Brown in 2006 as a Senior Agent and Director, where she continued to represent the Markson Agency in the UK and further develop her own list. In 2012, she moved to WME, representing a broad range of award-winning and best-selling authors, including works of literary fiction, biography, journalism and cultural history. Elizabeth is on the Creative Council of the Aspen Institute’s Summer Words Festival; has served on the faculty of the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference in Middlebury, Vermont; and has been a featured speaker at the University of East Anglia MFA writing program, the Oxford Summer Books Program, and Trinity College Dublin.Elizabeth can be found working at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop.

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Kate Daly joins Stephanie to discuss everything from becoming a divorce expert to amicable separations. Kate is one of the country’s leading experts on divorce, separation relationships and family law reform. ‍ As a co-founder of Amicable, the leading online divorce services company, Kate helps couples and separated parents navigate divorce and separation amicably. She is a certified Relationship Counsellor and resolution-trained Family Consultant, having worked with many of London’s top collaborative lawyers before starting Amicable in 2015. She co-founded Amicable after her own highly acrimonious, costly, and lengthy divorce. She is now a regular and respected commentator on divorce, separation, and relationship issues. Kate is passionate about changing the way couples divorce and campaigns for fairer divorce laws and access to justice. Although she is not a lawyer, she firmly believes that the emotional and psychological aspects of divorce should be central to the process. Kate is also the host of the well-respected fortnightly Divorce Podcast, in which she is joined by other experts to explore relationships, separation and co-parenting, among other issues. Amicable: https://amicable.io/

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The Sustainable Angle was established By Nina as a not-for-profit organisation in Switzerland in 2010 to initiate and support projects that lower the environmental impact of industry and society. The fashion and textile industries are amongst the world's most polluting industries, and as such, they have become the main focus of Nina's work. The Future Fabrics Expo was initiated to effect positive change within the industry by connecting and promoting innovators and suppliers of sustainable materials with fashion brands. To achieve this, they established a set of criteria, and researching sustainable materials that meet them became their main task. The Sustainable Angle contextualises this activity by providing much-needed educational information regarding sustainability in textiles, via workshops and informative events. In today's episode, Stephanie chats with Nina Marenzi, the Founder and Director, about the decisions that led her to start her not-for-profit, the challenges she faced along the way, her plans for the future, her top tips, and more. The Sustainable Angle: https://thesustainableangle.org/

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Christine Murphy has lived, worked, and travelled in more than a hundred countries, including eleven months in a tent on the African continent and a year as a resident in a Buddhist nunnery in the Himalayas. She is a trained Buddhistologist with a Ph.D. in religious studies. Murphy joins Stephanie to discuss everything from her top tips to writing her first novel, Notes on Surviving the Fire. Notes on Surviving the Fire is a story about vengeance, the insidious nature of rape culture and ultimately, a woman's journey to come back to herself. When Sarah’s only friend in her graduate program is found dead of an alleged heroin overdose, Sarah is forced back into the orbit of the man in their department who assaulted her. A hurtling ride of a novel—darkly funny and propulsive.

“A thriller’s bones, a satire’s glare, and a comeuppance story’s anarchic spirit.”—The New Yorker

More about Christine and her book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742169/notes-on-surviving-the-fire-by-christine-murphy/

Christine is an anarchic spirit according to The New York Times and is very good at deciphering the times we live in.

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