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Season 1, Episode 5: Melinda Gates: Three barriers that hold women back
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Philanthropist Melinda Gates opens up to share her most personal stories and experiences that lead to her calling to help women and families in need in her new book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. She is joined by guest moderator and Emmy award winning actress Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Ingrid Nilson (Ingrid Nilson), and BookTubers Ariel Bissett (Ariel Bisset) and Sasha Alsberg (ABookUtopia) to discuss the importance of women’s empowerment on the global stage, the start of her career, and how she stays grounded.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Michelle Obama on the Importance of Swerving
Episode 2
Why Malcolm Gladwell used to get pulled over by the Police
Episode 3
Why Margaret Atwood waited 30 years to write a Handmaid's Tale Sequel
Episode 4
Why James Patterson used to hate books, and what changed his mind
Episode 5
Melinda Gates: Three barriers that hold women back
Episode 6
Bryan Stevenson: From the courtroom to Hollywood
Episode 7
Jacqueline Woodson: Lying in service of truth
Episode 8
David Sedaris: On Being An Open Book
Episode 9
What Best-Selling Authors are Reading At Home
Episode 10
Meaning and Resilience
Episode 11
The Bush Sisters: Our Wild and Wonderful Life
Episode 12
What Animals Teach Us About Ourselves
Episode 13
Jason Reynolds: Honesty, Joy, and Anti-Racism
Episode 14
Nick Hornby: The Importance of Empathy in Writing
Episode 15
Barack Obama on Family, Music, Science and Good Leadership
Episode 16
Alicia Garza: How to achieve REAL change
Episode 17
Matthew McConaughey: Finding Greenlights & Accelerating Forward
Episode 18
Bill Gates Talks About How To Avoid A Climate Disaster