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CNBC Changemakers and Power Players

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast delivers candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. Hosted by CNBC Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin, the series spotlights women from the CNBC Changemakers list and other female innovators who are redefining leadership, breaking barriers, and transforming industries. From tech and finance to sports and design, these visionaries tackle today’s toughest challenges, creating lasting impact. Follow and listen to

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00:30:34

This "accidental CEO" is helping power America's...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/03/03

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.Powell shares her unconventional path to leading the nation's largest residential solar and battery storage company. She also opens up about leading with intuition, why culture "eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner," and how to help solve

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00:37:09

The pharma executive working to end HIV in our...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/02/26

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Johanna Mercier, Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer at Gilead Sciences and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.Mercier discusses Gilead's groundbreaking HIV prevention innovation (a twice-yearly injection with 99.9% efficacy) and how her team moved within months of U.S. approval to expand access across

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00:46:04

She's the youngest woman to have led a Fortune 500...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/02/17

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Sarah London, CEO of Centene Corporation — the youngest woman to lead a Fortune 500 company and now at the helm of a $100B+ healthcare giant. London shares how a competitive mindset shaped her leadership, why she believes a CEO should "get all of the blame and none of the credit," and what excites her most about

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00:47:41

The founder who turned $30,000 in life savings into a...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/02/10

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Cassandra Morales Thurswell, founder and CEO Kitsch.Thurswell shares how she turned $30,000 in life savings into a global beauty brand without venture capital or outside investors. She discusses trusting her gut instincts over data and market research, why she deliberately avoided seeking advice from mentors and advisors early

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00:41:06

The billionaire teaching women to take risks through...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/02/03

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Jenny Just, co-founder of Peak6 and one of America's self-made female billionaires.Just started as one of the first women on the Chicago Options Exchange floor — where there wasn't even a women's restroom. In 1997, she co-founded Peak6 with $1.5 million. Today, her fintech empire powers the trading platforms millions use daily,

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00:29:09

Parker Institute CEO Karen Knudsen on the race to...

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2026/01/27

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin speaks with Karen Knudsen--CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and a 2024 CNBC Changemaker--about her professional journey from becoming the first female CEO of the American Cancer Society to leading the charge in turning all cancers into curable diseases. She discusses how the Parker Institute's unique model

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00:30:40

Lead Bank CEO Jacqueline Reses on disrupting fintech...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/01/20

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Jacqueline Reses, a 2024 CNBC Changemaker and the co-founder, chair & CEO of Lead Bank. Reses discusses her ambitions to transform fintech, managing decisively, creating critical lifelines for small businesses during the pandemic, the role of DEI, and invaluable business lessons from growing up on the Jersey Shore

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00:27:52

Clear CEO’s no-fear formula for massive growth 1/13/26

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2026/01/13

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Caryn Seidman-Becker, a 2025 CNBC Changemaker and the CEO of Clear. They discuss how Caryn transformed Clear from a bankrupt travel company into a secure identity platform serving more than 30 million members, expanding beyond airports into enterprise partnerships with DocuSign and LinkedIn, combating AI-driven

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00:28:14

Twin sisters turn medical school rejection into...

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2026/01/06

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with 2025 CNBC Changemakers Michal and Merav Mor about their journey from medical school rejection to building Lumen, a game-changing metabolism-tracking device with over 350,000 users. The twin sisters discuss how their athletic background competing in Ironman races shaped their business resilience and their unique

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00:30:42

Meet the woman behind America's biggest tech...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/12/30

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Arati Prabhakar, a former White House science and technology advisor and former head of DARPA, the government agency behind many breakthrough technologies.Prabhakar is a first-generation immigrant and the first woman to earn a PhD in applied physics from Caltech. Over her career, she has helped shape major decisions

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00:36:14

The "gross" idea that built a baby product empire...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/12/23

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Chelsea Hirschhorn, founder and CEO of Frida — the company behind one of parenting's most talked-about products. That product is the NoseFrida, often called the "snot sucker." It's a simple tool that helps parents clear a baby's stuffy nose using gentle suction and a built-in filter. Hirschhorn shares how that simple gift from

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00:26:22

Sheryl Sandberg on why AI could widen the gender gap...

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2025/12/16

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with influential leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Sheryl Sandberg, former Meta COO and author of “Lean In,” for a conversation on leadership, gender equity, and the future of work. Sandberg breaks her silence to discuss new findings from the latest Lean In–McKinsey Women in the Workplace report, revealing a growing ambition gap for women and a troubling

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00:30:24

How Tubi CEO Anjali Sud quietly built a streaming...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/12/09

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Anjali Sud, the leader behind streaming platform Tubi's explosive rise to nearly 100 million monthly viewers. Sud shares why she believes the future of TV is free, how ad-supported streaming is changing Hollywood, and what it takes to compete in one of the most crowded media spaces in the world. Follow

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00:34:04

Why midlife may be the most powerful time in a...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/12/02

The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Joanna Strober, co-founder and CEO of Midi Health — the fast-growing women's health platform rethinking perimenopause, menopause, and longevity. Strober shares how a year of being misdiagnosed and dismissed pushed her to build Midi, how the company now treats 25,000 women a week through

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00:29:40

Ashley Flowers on America's obsession with true crime...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/11/25

The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Ashley Flowers — host of the popular “Crime Junkie” podcast and founder of Audiochuck, an independent award-winning media company.Flowers shares how her curiosity sparked her storytelling career, how she helped bring a more ethical lens to true crime, and how she grew from a Crime Stoppers volunteer to

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00:35:06

How to fix America's broken healthcare system 11/18/25

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2025/11/18

The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and society. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Toyin Ajayi, the co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, whose community-centered approach is redefining what healthcare can look like in America.Ajayi shares why trust is the most undervalued driver of health, and how Cityblock is designing a system that meets people where they are: in their homes,

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00:28:37

How to solve the $3 trillion global economic problem...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/11/11

The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Wawira Njiru — the CEO of Food4Education who’s using data, technology, and heart to fight hunger in Africa.Njiru explains how she turned a $1,250 fundraiser into an organization feeding 600,000 children a day, why giving with dignity matters, and how to build solutions that support communities for the long term. She also

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00:28:43

How CEO Kourtney Gibson is redefining retirement for...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/11/04

The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Kourtney Gibson — the CEO of TIAA Retirement Solutions — who's bringing new energy, innovation, and purpose to one of America’s most trusted financial institutions.Gibson opens up about how she went from intern to executive, what resilience has taught her about leadership, and why she believes retirement security isn’t

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00:33:15

Why a top world banker says the future of business is...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/10/28

The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid conversations with trailblazing women redefining leadership and innovation. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Marisa Drew — Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered and one of the most influential voices in sustainable finance. Drew shares how she turned skepticism into innovation, why she believes purpose and profit can go hand in hand, and how a little bit of rebellion helped her change the way global

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00:32:22

How Mayor Kate Gallego is leading Phoenix into a tech...

CNBC Changemakers and Power Players ·

2025/10/21

The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with trailblazing women redefining leadership and innovation. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego — a former MBA student who once envisioned a career in tech but found her purpose in public service. Gallego shares how she bet on herself during a time of personal struggles, led one of America's fastest-growing cities through a massive tech boom, and why she believes being an

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