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The Women"s Current

Sylvia Beckerman & Molly Wadzeck

The Women’s Current: Is the Tide Turning? — hosted by Sylvia Beckerman, founder of Life Après, with Molly Wadzeck as co-host. Together they dive into what it really means for women to support one another across generations. From the women who broke barriers to the ones redefining power, ambition, and voice today, each episode explores how the current is shifting — and who’s helping steer the tide. Thoughtful. Candid. Intergenerational. Available wherever you listen to podcasts — including Apple

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29:30

Women In Politics

The Women"s Current ·

2024/10/15

Women in Politics – Don’t Tell Her She Can’t! It was 1973, East Hampton needed a Town Supervisor. She was told 'no one will elect a woman.' Those words would keep with her forever and blazed a future she hadn't thought of. Judith Hope ran, won and became East Hampton's first female Town Supervisor serving three terms. Turns out, Judith was the first female town supervisor in all of Long Island. Local politics and women are quite the combination. Judith ran on an environmental ticket. She got the 2%

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24:48

Sexual Abuse Survivor & Children’s Advocate

The Women"s Current ·

2024/10/09

Award-winning author Kathy Picard returns to the podcast. A survivor of sexual abuse as a child, Kathy has been a children's advocate for over twenty years. When we first met Kathy her book Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage & Justice over Childhood Sexual Abuse had just been published. It started when Kathy was only seven. She thought the abuser was her father. At seventeen Kathy learned that her abuser and rapist was actually her stepfather.

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26:08

Childhood Trauma , Adulthood and Resilience

The Women"s Current ·

2024/10/01

Sally Baker, Award-winning London-based therapist with over 25 years of experience, shares her journey of resilience after childhood trauma. At the age of seven, she was sexually assaulted, taking her 30 years to process this experience. Sally, who initially worked with women facing sexual abuse and domestic violence, emphasizes the importance of overcoming negative self-judgments and societal barriers.In her latest book, "The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out: A Practical Guide to

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44:39

She Wolves of Wall Street

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/24

Her novel The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free could have been the precursor to her newly released 'She Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street.' As author and historian Paulina Bren told me, she 'followed the women out of the Barbizon Hotel in New York to Wall Street' from the late 1950s and 1960s to 9/11, Women looking for interim work, found their way to Wall Street. Out of the three jobs that were available to women: receptionist, secretary or clerk, Wall Street paid the most

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40:19

Witch of Wall Street Breaking Glass

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/17

he 'Witch of Wall Street' breaking through the 'glass ceiling'. That would be Patricia Walsh Chadwick. When we last talked with Patricia in 2020 her first book "Little Sister, A Memoir" had just been released and we were left with the idea that there was more to come. A woman of resilience and determination, Patricia's story continues. At the age of seventeen she had been ejected from the only home she'd known since she was five. Turns out it was a cult, a cult that had cut her off from the outside

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35:59

Toscanini Musical Love Story

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/04

September is Classical Music month so let’s start with one of the greatest musicians, Maestro ArturoToscanini. For seventeen years Samuel Antek was first violinist for Toscanini. This Was Toscanini was written by Samuel Antek. His sudden death in 1958 never gave him the chance to finish. His daughter Lucy Antek Johnson expanded on her father’s story with This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me. In 2021 the hardcover was published with pictures, and the audiobook has now followed. Swapping

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32:07

Reality or TV Show?

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/04

Orange is the New Black – reality or just a TV show? Dr. Stephanie S. Covington, an internationally recognized clinician, author, organizational consultant, and lecturer. Stephanie sheds light on the realities faced by incarcerated women in her new book “HIDDEN HEALERS: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help each Other Survive.” The book highlights the brutalities these women endure within a system not designed for them. In our conversation she emphasizes the kindness they offer each other to

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31:43

Family, Marriage, Divorce, Motherhood

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/04

New York Times Bestselling author Joyce Maynard’s latest novel How the Light Gets In is a story of family dynamics. Marriage, divorce, motherhood, raising children and letting go and the realization that ‘We don’t tell our children who they should be. They tell us who they are and what they believe. And it may not always be what we want to hear.’

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40:33

Third Girl from the Left

The Women"s Current ·

2024/09/04

The Other Side of Broadway and the AIDS Epidemic Christine’s dream had come true, she was a dancer, the ‘Third Girl from the Left’ in the cast of the Tony Award-winning show A Chorus Line, first in London and then Broadway. Unfortunately it was the early 1980s and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. A conversation with Christine Barker, author of Third Girl from the Left, her story of what life was like for her, a young woman having to make impossible choices. Her start in New York, her dream job, and

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32:07

Reality or TV Show?

The Women"s Current ·

2024/08/27

Orange is the New Black - reality or just a TV show? Dr. Stephanie S. Covington, an internationally recognized clinician, author, organizational consultant, and lecturer. Stephanie sheds light on the realities faced by incarcerated women in her new book "HIDDEN HEALERS: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help each Other Survive." The book highlights the brutalities these women endure within a system not designed for them. In our conversation she emphasizes the kindness they offer each other to

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31:43

Family, Marriage, Divorce, Motherhood

The Women"s Current ·

2024/08/20

New York Times Bestselling author Joyce Maynard's latest novel How the Light Gets In is a story of family dynamics. Marriage, divorce, motherhood, raising children and letting go and the realization that 'We don't tell our children who they should be. They tell us who they are and what they believe. And it may not always be what we want to hear.'

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40:33

Third Girl from the Left

The Women"s Current ·

2024/08/13

The Other Side of Broadway and the AIDS EpidemicChristine’s dream had come true, she was a dancer, the ‘Third Girl from the Left’ in the cast of the Tony Award-winning show A Chorus Line, first in London and then Broadway. Unfortunately it was the early 1980s and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. A conversation with Christine Barker, author of Third Girl from the Left, her story of what life was like for her, a young woman having to make impossible choices. Her start in New York, her dream job, and

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34:17

Beauty Industry’s Most Feared Woman

The Women"s Current ·

2024/08/06

This week an eye-opening conversation with beauty journalist Jessica DeFino. Beauty standards have an impact on our lives, often without us even realizing it.‘The beauty industry reels us in by calling it 'beauty' and assigning it metaphysical powers. I really think we would be better off if we called the beauty industry the appearance industry.’

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Beauty Industry’s Most Feared Woman

The Women"s Current ·

2024/08/06

This week an eye-opening conversation with beauty journalist Jessica DeFino. Beauty standards have an impact on our lives, often without us even realizing it. ‘The beauty industry reels us in by calling it ‘beauty’ and assigning it metaphysical powers. I really think we would be better off if we called the beauty industry the appearance industry.’

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32:11

Flame Bearers Women Olympians & Paralympians

The Women"s Current ·

2024/07/30

Joining the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the Flame Bearers, celebrating women athletes changing the Sports Industry. This year is the first Olympics with gender parity. And it’s only fitting to have a conversation with Jamie Mittelman, Founder of Flame Bearers. Jamie doesn’t want to tell the stories of these trailblazing female athletes. No, she wants to empower these women to share their stories by telling them in their own words. Media coverage of women athletes represents just 15% of sports

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Flame Bearers Women Olympians & Paralympians

The Women"s Current ·

2024/07/30

Joining the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the Flame Bearers, celebrating women athletes changing the Sports Industry. This year is the first Olympics with gender parity. And it's only fitting to have a conversation with Jamie Mittelman, Founder of Flame Bearers. Jamie doesn't want to tell the stories of these trailblazing female athletes. No, she wants to empower these women to share their stories by telling them in their own words.Media coverage of women athletes represents just 15% of sports

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31:55

Glorious Broad Aging Imaginatively

The Women"s Current ·

2024/07/23

Maryjane Fahey is aging Imaginatively & Unapologetically. Founder of GLORIOUS BROADS, Maryjane defines a Glorious Broad as independent, unconventional and fearless. She's a woman who is funny, has had a few 'restarts' over the years and likes her wrinkles. A woman who is proud of her age and who's not done yet.Our conversation covers everything from living life on her own terms, why GLORIOUS BROADS, the women who inspired her, sex at 60+ and more. Maryjane's motto: 'It's never too late.'

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39:58

Mt. Everest Taking Risk

The Women"s Current ·

2024/07/09

Taking risk as a path to grow is exactly what Dr. Mimi Zieman believes and did. In her memoir Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure, Mimi takes us through her journey. As a 3rd year medical student Mimi joined an expedition attempting a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest as the doctor. Mimi would be the only woman. A conversation about a coming of age story and the risks we take to become our truest selves. A child of immigrants, her father a Holocaust survivor, Mimi

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26:53

Canopy Meg Einstein of the Treetops

The Women"s Current ·

2024/07/02

This week, I had the privilege of engaging in a fascinating conversation with Dr. Meg Lowman. Known as "Canopy Meg," she is a globally-renowned forest canopy scientist. The Wall Street Journal dubbed her the "Einstein of the treetops". Meg has dedicated her life to the conservation of trees and forests worldwide.A pioneer in forest canopy ecology, Meg has conducted extensive research in forests spanning 46 countries across all seven continents.. Her work has earned her the title of one of the

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58:17

Single…Nonmarried…Breaking Assumptions

The Women"s Current ·

2024/06/26

Health or happiness - why do we assume married people are healthier and happier? Pro-marriage and haves and have nots - let's get into this. Where is the raw data? What was the control group? The promise that marriage is a happy place - is that reality? Are marrieds healthier?I needed to bring back and bring together two women, Jaclyn (Jackie) Geller, Ph. D. and Joan DelFattore, Ph. D. Jackie is an expert in the field of marriage research and marriage history. Joan is a retired professor and

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