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Electric Ladies Podcast

Engaging and enlightening interviews with women leaders on energy, climate, sustainability and corporate responsibility -- ESG, environment,social and governance issues. Business, policy and technology, money, the arts and careers.

Podcast · By Joan Michelson · Afar · US · Official site

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Women's History On Wall Street– Paulina Bren, Author of "She Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street," Professor at Vassar College (opens the original)

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    " Obviously that question of women, money, and wealth changed over time….We don't talk about women wanting money all that much…Women were excited to become gradually big earners, but they treated money very differently. T hey treated money as a way to create protection for themselves and their family, as a way to create a legacy that would continue. They were not into big spending as much…. What I hadn't realized was to what extent these early women…were saying, "I was the only woman in the room

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Study Shows Green Manufacturing Supports Economic Growth– Bethia Burke, President, The Fund For Our Economic Future (opens the original)

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    "It's really that investment to transition from a legacy industry into a future industry…that is aiming to drive more sustainability and manufacturing processes and products overall…One of the things that we fundamentally see as being important in this economic shift, and we say it in this Practical Guide to the Green Economy, is that this transition we believe will favor places that make things.… and we want to make them better and more sustainable." Bethia Burke o n Electric Ladies Podcast As

  3. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    Organic Cotton From Female Farmers: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect (opens the original)

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    "I've been particularly passionate about working with women in those communities to teach them about new techniques so they can understand how to run their farm more effectively, but also understand their rights as women in those communities so they have a stronger voice…. And because they were called an 'ambassador,' their status in the village rose." Alison Ward o n Electric Ladies Podcast If you're shopping for back-to-school clothes or a new fall wardrobe, you'll look at the labels a bit dif

  4. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    How Hotel Rooms Affect Your Health & The Planet – JoAnna Abrams, Founder/CEO of MindClick (opens the original)

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    " We did a study where we shared the story of the careful thought that went into products that were better for people and the planet … Then we administered the standard guest satisfaction survey, and what we found, Joan, was 150% increase in satisfaction, loyalty numbers… Why?...They equated it to service. They said a hotel that goes out of its way to choose products that are better for me and the planet is a hotel that I have confidence is going to take better care of me while I'm there." JoAnn

  5. Episode · Aug 4, 2026

    Make A Difference Where You Are – Laur Hesse Fisher, MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative (opens the original)

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    " There are those individual actions that we can take. But if I can work with my community or work inside of my company, or if I can work inside of my house of worship and we can build some community and some action that way, it will have a much bigger impact than anything that I can do as an individual… The communities that they're already a part of, whether they're residential, like in their neighborhoods, or it's the nonprofits that they're a part of, or the places where they have other kinds

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