Women Rule by POLITICO

12.16.2020

‘Change comes by rolling up your sleeves’: Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter

For our final episode of 2020, Anna is joined by Alicia Garza, the activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. They look back at 2020 — a year when Americans endured crises from the pandemic to the economic...

12.02.2020

Breaking down 2020 with Carrie Budoff Brown and Elizabeth Ralph

Anna is joined by POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown and Elizabeth Ralph to talk about the strange year we’ve all lived through — from the presidential election to the global pandemic — and look forward to 2021 and beyond, and what...

11.18.2020

‘Push yourself, but take it easy’: NRCC’s Parker Poling

Now that the 2020 campaign is over, Anna speaks with Parker Poling, the executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which made substantial gains this year. Parker's job is a big responsibility — working with hundreds of campaigns, candidates,...

11.12.2020

Presenting "Global Translations": How can the US compete with China Inc.?

11.05.2020

The election is over. What just happened?: Ally Mutnick

The 2020 race is finished. And while we don't know all the results yet, we know enough to say this: There was a big gap between what was expected and what ended up happening. Joining Anna to talk it all...

10.28.2020

Introducing: Global Translations: The world's vaccine tug-of-war

10.21.2020

What I learned by listening: J.Crew CEO Jan Singer

This year, J.Crew is closing all of its stores and offices on Election Day in an effort to encourage its workers to vote. It’s not a move you’d expect from a major corporation. But Jan Singer isn’t your typical CEO....

10.07.2020

America Ferrera on 2020, Latino voters and the “Time’s Up” movement

You may know her as the star of “Ugly Betty” and “Superstore,” but right now, America Ferrera is focused on the 2020 election. As the co-founder of She Se Puede, she's working to boost the political participation of Latinas throughout...

09.23.2020

How does 2020 look for Republican women?: Julie Conway

Julie Conway is the executive director of VIEW PAC, a group dedicated to electing more Republican women to the House and Senate. She joined Anna to talk about the 2020 campaign, her tips on how to fundraise successfully, and how...

09.09.2020

Inside a $6 billion fundraising machine: ActBlue’s Erin Hill

Erin Hill is the executive director of ActBlue, the tech platform powerhouse behind most small-dollar online donations to Democrats. They've raised more than $6 billion since 2004 — including around $3 billion in the 2020 cycle alone — and have...

08.26.2020

'When is it a woman’s turn?': The Lincoln Project's Jennifer Horn

Jennifer Horn is the former chair of the New Hampshire GOP. But these days, she's better known for the Lincoln Project — the group of anti-Trump conservatives who support Joe Biden. She joins us to talk about 2020, her journey...

08.12.2020

‘This one is unprecedented’: Andrea Mitchell on 2020

Andrea Mitchell, the NBC News journalist and television icon, joins Anna to talk about what she's learned over five decades of political conventions, how life has changed for women reporters and where she sees things going from here.

07.29.2020

The psychology behind the pandemic: Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth, a Penn psychology professor and host of "No Stupid Questions," on the coronavirus pandemic and the unseen psychological reasons that explain why we act the way we do.

07.15.2020

Agility is the new superpower: Nina Garcia

Nina Garcia is a judge on "Project Runway" and editor-in-chief of Elle. Throughout her life, she’s shown an ability to adapt to new situations — whether as an immigrant who came to America for an education, as an editor as...

07.01.2020

Padma Lakshmi on how food is a gateway to empathy

Anna's joined by Padma Lakshmi, the author, model and activist who hosts “Top Chef” on Bravo and whose new show, “Taste the Nation,” is now out on Hulu. Padma said she decided to do the show after thinking about what...

06.17.2020

Curtis Sittenfeld on 'Rodham' and leading the life that's right for you

Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld joins Anna to talk about her new novel, "Rodham," which imagines a world where a young Hillary Rodham decides not to marry Bill Clinton. Though this isn't Curtis's first book, it is her first book to...

06.05.2020

Grieving, surviving but hopeful: Teresa Carlson and Dionna Dorsey

Teresa Carlson, VP of Amazon Web Services, and Dionna Dorsey, the owner and designer behind District of Clothing, join to discuss how businesses are pivoting because of the coronavirus pandemic and how the fallout from the protests over the killing...

05.20.2020

Re-open the economy? 'We're not ready yet': Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on coronavirus, why being a leader is often lonely and "the poor men who are so afraid of our talents as women."

05.08.2020

Talking coronavirus with Melinda Gates

In this special bonus episode, Melinda Gates, one of the world's most active philanthropists and public health advocates, joins Anna to talk about the coronavirus pandemic, what she wishes the Trump administration would do differently in its response and the...

05.06.2020

‘If you own your vulnerability, it becomes your strength’: Diane von Furstenberg

Fashion legend DVF on life, leadership, and why, even now, she feels imposter syndrome.

04.22.2020

Inside Facebook's 'incredibly aggressive' response to coronavirus: Fidji Simo

A conversation with Fidji Simo, head of the Facebook App, on tech, coronavirus and Facebook’s response to misinformation and anti-quarantine protests. Simo is the 34-year-old who is in charge of Facebook's app — which has 2.2 billion users. She joined...

04.08.2020

‘By December, we are going to go through this again’: Dr. Janis Orlowski

We talk coronavirus with Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges, who explains, among other things, the huge shortage of N95 masks the U.S. now faces amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

03.25.2020

How coronavirus became the 'story of our lifetime': Joanne Kenen

Joanne Kenen, the executive editor of POLITICO’s health care coverage, walks us through the COVID-19 outbreak, America’s slow response and what we should expect in the weeks and months to come.

03.11.2020

‘You’d be shocked how many ideas you have’: Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp

She’s the co-founder and CEO of one of the biggest e-commerce subscription companies in the world. Katia Beauchamp joins us to talk about how she figured out what she wanted to do, the value of starting wherever you are, and...

03.06.2020

'You are the owner of your body': Natalia Kanem

On this special "International Women's Day" episode, Anna is joined by Dr. Natalia Kanem, head of the UNFPA. Her job is to help protect and promote access to sexual and reproductive health and health education throughout the world — especially...

02.26.2020

Harris Faulkner is ‘hungrier than ever’ for the truth

The Fox News host gets real about #MeToo, the 2020 election and what it’s like as the only woman of color to anchor a weekday news show on any major cable network.

02.12.2020

‘I have no illusion about how dirty this could get’: Amy Kennedy

She’s a teacher, mental health advocate, mother of five and member of one of America’s most famous political families. But does Amy Kennedy have what it takes to oust an incumbent Republican congressman in one of America’s most closely watched...

01.29.2020

‘I have a voice and I need to try to use it’: Kathryn Murdoch

Kathryn Murdoch opens up about her famous Fox News-owning in-laws, the existential threat of climate change, why politics is so broken — and why she plans on spending $100 million to fix it.

01.15.2020

The art of managing up: Kimberly Grant

When you sit down at a restaurant to eat, there are so many things that need to happen that never occur to you. That’s where Kimberly Grant comes in. She’s the CEO of José Andrés’ company, and before that, one...

01.01.2020

‘I’m making white-man money now’: Gloria Calderón Kellett & Isabella Gomez

Live from the Women Rule summit, Anna speaks with "One Day At a Time" star Isabella Gomez and showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett about TV, Trump, Latinx representation, the stereotypes they wish would disappear, and how Hollywood is changing for women.

12.18.2019

‘I know my purpose’: Nancy Pelosi

She's the most powerful woman in America: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. At the Women Rule Summit, she sat down with Anna to talk about the impeachment of President Donald Trump, her decades-long effort to get more women elected...

12.04.2019

How to be a spokesperson when you’re afraid of public speaking: Lolwah Al-Khater

Lolwah Al-Khater is the face of Qatari diplomacy. She’s also an introvert with a fear of public speaking, and the first woman ever to hold her position. We talked about how she manages all that — on top of the...

11.20.2019

Does Amy McGrath have what it takes to defeat Mitch McConnell?

She flew 89 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was the first woman in the Marine Corps to fly an F-18 in a combat mission. Now, she’s home in Kentucky, hoping to beat the odds and bring down the...

11.06.2019

Is work-life ‘balance’ the wrong way to think about it?: Amy Howe

The president and COO of Ticketmaster North America joins to discuss the “obligation to dissent” that makes her speak up in meetings, what her years as a business consultant taught her about being a boss, and how we might be...

10.23.2019

‘An adrenaline addiction with an overdose of patriotism’: MJ Hegar

MJ Hegar doesn’t back down from a fight — whether in combat in Afghanistan, or pushing the Pentagon to revise old sexist rules, or being denied a meeting with her member of Congress, or running for U.S. Senate as a...

10.09.2019

Yes, I flipped off a Cabinet member. No, I don’t regret it: Susan Rice

You know her as President Obama's national security adviser and UN ambassador. Here's what might surprise you about Susan Rice: the time Donald Trump hugged her and said she was treated unfairly about Benghazi; or the moment she, as a...

09.25.2019

‘Oh, to be young again and know what I know now’: Cindy McCain

A year after the death of her husband, Sen. John McCain, Cindy McCain joins us to talk about the value of civility, her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in Washington, and the side of her that you...

09.11.2019

Get to know your own super power: Jamie Jones Miller

It's an important skill to have. Just ask Jamie Jones Miller. She was a college athlete, then worked as a lobbyist before a career on Capitol Hill, where she rose to become a chief of staff. Her superpower? Knowing how...

08.28.2019

‘Be yourself, and trust that that’s enough’: Kate Lewis

When you think of a c-suite executive, you probably don’t imagine a smiling, friendly person. Kate Lewis, the chief content officer for Hearst Magazines, wants that to change.

08.14.2019

What does it take to make you feel like you belong?: Jessica Rodriguez

She started out as an intern and worked her way up to become the president of Univision. Now, Jessica Rodriguez is one of the most powerful Latinas in media. And she wants to help make the c-suite more diverse —...

07.31.2019

Foreign policy isn’t just for white men: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

She was the first woman to lead a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. She was the U.S. ambassador to Malta. Now, she’s trying to open up the diplomatic world to more women and people of color.

07.17.2019

Why are so few Republican women in Congress?: Rebecca Schuller

In the 2018 elections, the number of GOP women in the House dropped to its lowest number in 25 years. That’s where Rebecca Schuller comes in: Her newly formed super PAC is aimed at increasing the number of Republican women...

07.03.2019

Mythbusting the dumb stereotype about women & tech: Katherine Maher

How do you get to be one of the most powerful women in the tech world by the time you're in your mid-30s? Maher is the head of the Wikimedia Foundation, the group that runs the fifth most popular website...

06.19.2019

Success isn’t always a straight line: Linda McMahon

She went from being a paralegal and receptionist to a CEO, self-made billionaire and member of the president’s cabinet. Linda McMahon, the former head of WWE and current chair of the pro-Trump America First Action super PAC, shares what she...

06.05.2019

Don’t confuse your passion and your career path: Chrissy Houlahan

Before joining Congress, Houlahan served in the Air Force, led a major sporting-goods company, taught high-school chemistry, and was a non-profit executive. She shares what she’s learned along the way — and how she became comfortable taking on totally new...

05.22.2019

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