Today’s guest is Gillian Griffith. Gillian is the founder of GG Copywriting. She specializes in helping female business owners and creative entrepreneurs develop their distinctive brand voice. better tell their story. Equal parts analytical and creative, Gillian loves research and writing conversion-focused copy. With a background in both journalism and marketing, Gillian’s passion for writing helps her to tell compelling stories, change minds, and move people to action!

Welcome Gillian to WTF! Women Talk Finance.

https://ggcopywriting.com/

     Welcome back as our WTF! Women Talk Finance hosts, Candace and Jackie, present shocking financial crimes. Our hosts, who love true crime so much they have been inspired to delve into true financial crime.

     In today’s episode, Candace takes us back to the summer of 1980’s and to Lake Tahoe, specifically to Harvey’s Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe, NV.  Several men masqueraded as photocopier deliverers and were able to plant an elaborately booby-trapped bomb containing 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dynamite within the front offices of Harvey’s Resort Hotel. Candace walks us through this wacky escapade of our inept true-crime criminals.

     Then Jackie brings us a historical crime from the 1700’s, not only that we have a female fraudster (nicknamed “Golden Booze”) at the heart of our story. Beware! Confidence scams have been around for a long time, and they are STILL happening! While we take a lighthearted look at crimes from the past, we understand crimes like these are serious. For a good example, take a look at this keynote address from Ayleen Charlotte titled; “Breaking Down the Shame and Taboo of Fraud.” Ayleen was the subject of the 2022 Netflix documentary, “The Tinder Swindler,” watched by people across 200 countries around the world.

     Thanks for listening to WTF Women Talk Finance-Financial Crimes Part 2!

Welcome back as our WTF! Women Talk Finance hosts, Candace and Jackie, present TRUE ( and kind of shocking) financial crimes.

Our hosts love true crime so much they have been inspired to delve into true financial crime.

In today’s episode, Jackie brings us the story of Mark Dreier, the architect of a $400 million Ponzi scheme that was blown off the front pages by Bernie Madoff himself. Dreier’s arrest was referred to as “the most bizarre arrest in the history of white-collar crime.”

60 Minutes link to the Mark Dreier story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEH4fNOqIjM

Candace chose a Canadian true crime as she presents the Quebec Maple Syrup Heist. Yes, it’s as weird as it sounds.

True Crime Canada link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uhXzyPXQGo

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/maple-syrup-heist-theif-ordered-repay-stolen-goods-canada

Shockingly in this episode, there’s even a reference to J.T.T. (Jonathan Taylor Thomas to you non-90s kids), (mostly due to Candace’s smokin’ hot shirt) #JTTNotAFinancialCriminal

True Financial Crimes Part 2 coming soon!

Thanks for listening!

Meet Ciara Byrne the Founder & Co-CEO of Green Our Planet

Ciara is a documentary filmmaker and social impact entrepreneur. 

In 2013 Ciara and Kim MacQuarrie founded Green Our Planet and together with their team they helped create one of the largest and most comprehensive school garden and hydroponics programs in the United States. 

Currently, Green Our Planet is operating in 10 states and impacting over 140,000 students. 

In 2019 Ciara was selected from 5,000 applications along with 19 other nonprofit leaders to be a 2019 Obama Fellow. The Obama Foundation is supporting Ciara and the team at Green Our Planet to scale their program across the United States and beyond. 

In 2001, Ciara set up and ran a film production company, Lion Television, with offices in LA and New York. During that time, she managed over 60 employees and produced hundreds of films a year for PBS, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS, BBC, Fox, and E! 

Ciara uses her background in television to include educational films as a core part of the Green Our Planet offerings to schools.

Please rate and review the show. Subscribe here, follow us on TikTok and Instagram  and check out the WTF! blog! 

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Welcome back to the start of season 2 of WTF! Women Talk Finance! We’ve taken the show on the road, today’s episode was recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Our guest is Athar Haseebullah. Athar is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Nevada. He is a local Las Vegas attorney as well as a community organizer. 

Athar is the first person of color to lead the ACLU of Nevada since its founding in 1966. He most recently served as general counsel and director of strategic initiatives for Opportunity 180, a Nevada non-profit focused on improving education quality in Nevada.  

Prior to his tenure with Opportunity 180, Athar served as the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s senior government affairs and legal administrator.  He also spent several years as a litigator for both Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and the City of New York. 

Athar is a graduate of Howard University (DC) and Howard University School of Law. He is a practicing Muslim whose parents immigrated to the United States from Pakistan.

This episode focuses on:

• Overview of the ACLU for those unfamiliar with the organization 
• Current state of women’s rights, equity justice, & gender equality
• Things our listeners need to be paying attention to in the 2024 election cycle.
• How can listeners get involved in the ACLU

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*TRIGGER WARNING*  We discuss delicate issues on this podcast related to trauma, mental health, and suicide. 

The idea of “value” in our culture is one that we attach to the money we make, the weight we are, the age we are, and the job we hold. So often, our over-identification with the decimal points of a paycheck or the armor we don sets us up for failure in the remaining spaces of our lives. 

When one of those pieces that we attach to our worth slips, a downward spiral can occur. All too often, we see this in the media with stories like that of the Bed, Bath, and Beyond CFO, who took his own life amidst financial crisis in the company. In the warrior servant space (fire, police, military, medical, etc), it may be the very uniform they wear. “Without that, who am I?”

Dr. Steven Nicholas - our very own Dr. Phil - talks with our fearless female founders about this and more, on episode 34 (a bonus episode!) of the WTF! Women Talk Finance podcast. 

From the silver lining of one’s deepest, darkest moments, to the disservice of bios and elevator pitches, Dr. Steve dives into what it all boils down to - a sense of belonging outside of our professional work. His snippets of brilliance range from Cheetos to micro-dates, and a deep purpose in managing the world around us. 

Join us, as we get real … and then weigh in on what color couch our resident therapist needs for future episodes. This episode, our first with a male guest, should really be billed as a session…for the entire cast. 

[3:54] Why talking about mental health is so crucial.

[5:43] The concept of wealth and worth

[8:43] The concept of warrior servants - who are these people outside of the armor they wear?

[13:10] The Charlie Brown Theory 

[17:05] When did we decide that we have to have our shit figured out all the time?

[22:06] When facing darkness and pain, the darker the better.

[23:43] The concept of time in depression, anxiety, and the present moment.

[25:04] What does it mean to be congruent as people, and what’s the benefit to it?

[27:34] “You suck at dying and failing.”

[29:50] Amplifying your abilities for resistance by getting back to your basics.

[33:02] Many of us are in our ideal setting when we’re able to be small.

[33:56] If we’re going to experience financial ruin, does our life have to be over? You make that decision.

[34:47] Your self-talk, self-identity, and self-awareness are key to coming through the pain of truthfulness and emerging on the other side a better version of self.

[40:29] Let’s dial back into the key ingredients of who we are.

[43:09] You can’t be the most genuine version of yourself all the time. But you can HONOR your genuine nature.

[46:16] The power of curiosity in the darkness.

[49:41] Failure does not need to be the end.

Please rate and review the show. Subscribe here, follow us on TikTok and Instagram  and check out the WTF! blog! 

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Hashtags: #mentalhealth #suicide #depression #anxiety #finance #value #selfworth #warriorservice  #wtfWomenTalkFinancePodcast 

Tags: @wtf_podcastCandace @wtf_podcastJackie

Hi WTF! Listeners!

Thank you so much for your support as we wrap up season one of WTF! Women Talk Finance podcast. 

This was such a season of growth for us. We feel so blessed that we were able to speak to so many, intelligent, talented, generous, and just amazing women in season one. We brought you information on how to buy a house for the first time, how to ask for a raise, and inspiring stories from women from across the country. 

We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed creating these podcasts for you.

We're going to have a few special episodes that we will be dropping in the next 3 to 6 weeks. Both episodes feature the first men we've had on the podcast. We may have to change our title because it's not just Women Talking Finance anymore!

From all of us at WTF! Women Talk Finance and Rowe Capital Group, we wish you a delightful Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season. 
As we look forward to season two, send us any ideas or any questions you might have to: [email protected]

Thanks!
xo
Candace & Jackie

As we near the end of Season 1 of WTF!, we have a discussion around the many benefits millennials gained from coming of age in The Great Recession. From the well-informed buying prowess millennials show in the home-buying process to the resiliency in challenging moments, there are more silver linings than expected from The Great Recession.  

Join our fearless female leaders as they commiserate the struggles and celebrate the wins.  

You’ll hear: 

Statistics on how millennials purchase  

What millennials learned and created out of the strife of The Great Recession 

What codes millennials grew up with and how they needed to reset and reframe expectations for life 

Please rate and review the show. Subscribe here, follow us on TikTok and Instagram [https://linktr.ee/wtfwomenspodcast], and check out the blog [https://www.rowecapitalgroup.com/newsandwtfinsights].  

We love to hear from you about all things women and finance. What do you want to hear? Who should we talk to? Drop us a note at [email protected], and don't forget to Follow Us [https://linktr.ee/wtfwomenspodcast] so you don't miss a thing!  

Hashtags: 

#GreatRecession #recession #millennials #milennials #homebuying 

#wtfWomenTalkFinancePodcast  

Tags: 
@wtf_podcastCandace @wtf_podcastJackie  

Today we’re joined by strategic consultant and founder of Vancourage, Vanessa Vancour. As a DEI speaker and self-proclaimed status-quo skeptic, Vanessa works in the bilingual, strategic storytelling space for brands, organizations, and people who are deeply committed to amplifying diverse voices and doing things differently.  At the heart of her business is the desire to think critically about how we tell stories and use those stories to connect with others.

The story we tell about ourselves through words or actions can shape how others see us. When we opt out of telling our own story, others will write it for us based on their knowledge of us – however limited.  

Within the business scope, telling the story of your product or service can mean the difference between genuinely connecting with the right audience or slogging through issues from unruly clientele to misrepresented products. Learning to tell your story strategically is difficult and time-consuming…and well worth the effort.  

Dig in with us as we hear from Vanessa about the importance of telling our stories:

• why understanding our core values is crucial to telling our stories  
• how Vanessa managed to find her own story 
• what value lies in owning all parts of your story 
• who you attract by telling your story authentically 
• when Vanessa believes businesses need to look into their stories (hint: its earlier than you’d think) 

 Here's a breakdown of the episode:  

• [2:18] Why telling your own story is so important.  
• [7:08] Imposter Syndrome rears its ugly head. 
• [8:26] The differences each of us brings to the table are the reasons people interact (or do business) with us. 
• [11:29] Vanessa shares her view on how corporations and brands tell stories, and the mistakes she sees them make. 
• [14:46] Stories have the ability to build – or rupture – trust. 
• [21:33] Businesses need to have feedback loops in place. You can’t be successful without critical feedback.  

Vanessa's Bio:
Vanessa Vancour is the strategist and founder of Vancourage, a bilingual storytelling and strategic consulting firm for brands, organizations, and people who are deeply committed to amplifying diverse voices and doing things differently. Vanessa is a born storyteller, bilingual editorial consultant, and Latinx marketer who’s committed her 16+-year career to bringing diverse narratives—and meaningful conversations— to every newsroom, classroom, and ad-agency boardroom she's been a part of.

Follow us on TikTok and Instagram [https://linktr.ee/wtfwomenspodcast], and check out the blog [https://www.rowecapitalgroup.com/newsandwtfinsights].  Drop us a note at [email protected], and don't forget to Follow Us [https://linktr.ee/wtfwomenspodcast] so you don't miss a thing!  

Hashtags: #consulting #DEI #TedTalks #bilingual #storytelling #diversity #criticalthinking #wtfWomenTalkFinancePodcast 

Tags: @TEDx_official @vancourage_ @wtf_podcastCandace @wtf_podcastJackie @BreneBrown @daniellelaporte

Links:  Vanessa’s TedX talk, Brené Brown – Living Into Our Values worksheet , Brené Brown – Dare To Lead,  The Desire M

We’re back with episode 30 with the astonishing Isabelle Rodriguez-Wilson. Last week, Isabelle shared her journey from southern California farm girl to becoming the first woman to serve as Executive Director of The Office of Scheduling and Advance for the Clinton administration at the White House.

From her seemingly unshakeable confidence to her honesty about her insecurities, Isabelle takes us along a journey of her life filled with teachable moments and hilarious memories.  

If ever you wanted to sit by a fire and be told bedtime stories by your mentor and hero, this is your time and Isabelle is your woman. 

Join us for another series of fascinating tales from the life of Isabelle. You’ll hear: 

• how Isabelle moved through government, lobbying, non-profit, secretarial, law, and more within her career 
• what Isabelle believes we need to do when dealing with imposter syndrome 
• what values and passions Isabelle is rooted in 

Here's a look at the episode:  

• [4:23] So often, others see our abilities and possibilities clearer than we do. The same holds for Isabelle. 
• [6:07] Rather than a boiled frog that cooks to its demise, Isabelle describes her skill set as something that came on over time, like a lobster being cooked.  
• [10:37] With more lessons in management learned during her time in the White House, Isabelle breaks them down for us here.  
• [17:15] Here’s your breakdown on how to deal with Imposter Syndrome – Isabelle Style. 
• [20:25] The Million Mom March was produced, and brought to us, by none other than Isabelle. 
• [24:24] When General Colin Powell calls, you answer. 
• [30:41] “It’s MY car. I bought it.” 
• [32:35] Isabelle shares her true passions.  

Please rate and review the show! Subscribe here, follow us on TikTok and Instagram [https://linktr.ee/wtfwomenspodcast], and check out the blog [https://www.rowecapitalgroup.com/newsandwtfinsights].  

We love to hear from you about all things women and finance. Drop us a note at [email protected],

Isabelle's bio: 

Isabelle is a California native who has enjoyed a fascinating career. From 1993 to 1995, Isabelle served as Senior Advisor to President Bill Clinton directing details associated with domestic and international events, activities, travel, and protocol for both the President and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was the first woman to hold the Executive Director role in The Office of Scheduling and Advance in the White House, and the first person to ever hold the role for both the president and first lady. 

Isabelle produced and brought us the Million Moms March, the first gun safety rally of our generation. A phone call from General Colin Powell led her to her work on America’s Promise Alliance.  

She is now retired, and lives in Northern Nevada with her husband and 12-year-old son, Julian.  

Hashtags: #womensrights #impostersyndrome #Opportunity #wtfWomenTalkFinancePodcast  

 Tags: 
@bgcLT 
@wtf_podcastCandace 
@wtf_podcastJackie 

Links: 

• [3:15] Van Ness Feldman, LLP -VNF.com 
• [6:07] The Boiling Frog - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC534568/#:~:text=Urban%20myth%20has%20it%20that,until%20it%20boils%20to%20death. 
• [24:24] America’s Promise Alliance - https://americaspromise.org/about-us/ 
• [27:24] Girls Who Code - https://girlswhocode.com/