We Can Do Hard Things

Women’s basketball is on the rise and The Women’s Hoops Show is here for every buzzer-beater, breakout star, and game-changing moment. Join host Jordan Robinson as she dives deep into the WNBA, college hoops, and the rise of new leagues like Unrivaled to bring you insightful conversations with players, coaches, and analysts. If you love women’s basketball, this is your year-round home for the biggest stories in the game.

395. Will Our Courts Hold? What You Need to Know with Amanda & Jessica Yellin

Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin joins Amanda to discuss the ongoing standoff between the Trump administration and the courts, dissecting whether we’re on the brink of a constitutional crisis. Could this reshape the balance of power? And what does it mean for the future of our democracy?

-How Trump’s immigration policies are clashing with judicial authority

-The fractures and challenges within the Democratic party–and potential solutions

-Plus, a rare bipartisan victory in Montana that offers a glimpse of hope

Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a pioneering Webby award-winning independent news brand -- dedicated to helping you manage your  “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy, Peabody and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent. You can follow her on Instagram at Jessica Yellin.

And also, to get real time, clear and brilliant reporting, go to substack.com and search for her page newsnotnoise and subscribe there.

Today, we’re attempting to solve birthdays. For most of us, it’s a complicated day full of mixed emotions, expectations, and comparisons.

394. Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

Actress, singer, and creator of the viral TikTok series 'Days of Girlhood,' Dylan Mulvaney, shares her story of coming out as trans and all the turns her career has taken since. 

-The truth behind Beergate and where she’s at with it now

-Why Glennon relates to Dylan’s experience so much 

-How to rediscover and appreciate joy after a dark night of the soul

On Dylan: Dylan Mulvaney is a trans actress, comic, and creator of the viral TikTok series “Days of Girlhood,” which received more than one billion views across all platforms. Dylan has been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, received a Woman of the Year by Attitude magazine, honored on the Out100 List, and has received a ThemNow Award and a Webby Special Achievement Award Dylan attended the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and played Elder White in The Book of Mormon. She now lives in LA, where she works to bring trans stories to the mainstream. 

Her debut book, PAPER DOLL: NOTES FROM A LATE BLOOMER, (the date marks Dylan’s third year of girlhood), is available now.

1. How to create lives that we don’t need to escape from.

2. Why our resentment toward others is our Secret Self-Care Signal.

3. Why refusing to be selfless is the best way to care for others and the world.

4. How to stop passing down the brutal legacy of martyrdom to our children.

5. Glennon’s life-changing spiritual practice: Habitual Quitting.

393. Inside a WTF Week: Stock Market Nosedives, Dept of Ed Decimated & the Elon Circus with Jessica Yellin 

Jessica Yellin and Amanda are together again to discuss the biggest news stories in what Jessica calls a “WTF week.” 

-How the latest tariffs will affect consumers, companies, and our electricity in the US

-The facts behind the potential government shutdown 

-The Elon Musk circus and the recent infomercial-esque promotion of Tesla by Trump

-The cuts to the Department of Education and what Project 2025 conservatives really want

Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a pioneering Webby award-winning independent news brand -- dedicated to helping you manage your “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy, Peabody and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent. You can follow her on Instagram at Jessica Yellin. And also, to get real time, clear and brilliant reporting, go to substack.com and search for her page newsnotnoise and subscribe there.

1. The inspiring pep talk Bozoma gives herself in the mirror – and why we might all want to start using it to rally ourselves.  

2. How to navigate the tightrope of corporate expectations for women: to be both self-assured and humble; both hard and soft. 

3. The revolutionary realization that you don’t have to be the savior of others – you can save yourself, too. 

4. How to know when to dig deep, and stay and fight for change – and when to stop digging and go – and the moment Bozoma knew it was time to leave Netflix.

5. Why our inability to forgive ourselves for wrong decisions keep us in bad situations – and how Boz’s “it’s not you, it’s me” philosophy can guide us out. 

About Bozoma: 

Bozoma Saint John is a Hall of Fame inducted Marketing Executive, author, entrepreneur, and general badass. Boz has led Global Consumer Marketing at Apple Music & iTunes; she was Chief Brand Officer at Uber; and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix. Boz is currently named #1 Most Influential CMO in the world by Forbes, and has been named one of Billboard’s Most Powerful Women in Music for 10 consecutive years.

In 2021, Harvard Business School published a multi-media case study on her career, titled “Leading with Authenticity and Urgency”; through which she developed and taught a program at the University aptly named “The Anatomy of a Badass.” Boz was named as an Ambassador for the African Diaspora and Special Envoy to the President of Ghana. In the Spring of 2023, Penguin Books will publish her memoir, “The Urgent Life.” Boz counts her highest achievement as being a mother to her 12 year old daughter, Lael.

TW: @badassboz

IG: @badassboz

392. Our New Book & Tour! The Secret’s Out (password for tour in pod)!

Today is a huge day for the We Can Do Hard Things Pod Squad! Abby, Amanda, and Glennon wrote a new book – We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions.  

Please pre-order the book now wherever you buy books or at treatmedia.com!

Glennon, Abby, and Amanda are also going on tour for the very first time together! Come, please. Bring a friend. This is what’s needed right now— to gather together—to be in the same room, to celebrate, to truth tell, to comfort each other, to create an evening full of joy, compassion and connection.  

They have ensured that you get the chance to get tickets before the tour goes on sale publicly, so please secure your seats today using the password/code thetour at treatmedia.com.  

Click this link and use password/code: thetour

*the password/code “thetour” is case sensitive, so please type it in all lowercase, no spaces*

GLORIA STEINEM – who dedicates her life to ensuring we know that we are not broken, but were born into a system intended to break us – lives in the DNA of millions who are giving birth to movements or to themselves.

She reminds us why there’s nothing more radical than telling the truth of our lives, and listening to the truth of others’ lives. 

She reminds us that leaving our lives unlived is no badge of honor. 

She reminds us of the thirst-quenching, life-giving, revolutionary power of laughter.   

She reminds us of the three different kinds of laughter, and that we can do hard things – like laugh our way to liberation. 

About Gloria: 

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She has spent decades traveling in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of Indigenous Peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. She lives in New York City. 

TW: @GloriaSteinem

IG: @gloriasteinem

Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin, and Amanda are together in-person, broadcasting from Washington, D.C. where Jessica has been reporting on President Trump’s recent address to Congress. Today, they follow the money to show us where this administration's priorities are – plus, a way to help organizations who are making a difference in the fight for democracy. 

-How the U.S. is increasingly shifting away from allies and aligning with Russia

-The Oval Office ambush of President Zelensky and its fallout

-How Trump’s tariffs are negatively affecting the U.S. economy

-The effort to weaken Social Security & Medicaid and what it could mean for the future

Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a pioneering Webby award-winning independent news brand -- dedicated to helping you manage your “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy, Peabody and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent. You can follow her on Instagram at Jessica Yellin. And also, to get real time, clear and brilliant reporting, go to substack.com and search for her page newsnotnoise and subscribe there.