Womansplain
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About this podcast
Womansplain is where female founders say the quiet parts out loud. Hosts Brooke Sowa and Sola Park, operators and investors themselves, sit down with the women building the next generation of companies: the raises, the pivots, the exits, and the moments nobody posts about. Join 200K+ listeners and a 5,000-strong founder community.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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Episodes
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- Allison McNamara: “The Hero Reveals Itself Over Time” (From Canceled TV Show to Cult Sephora Brand) · 34 min · Season 7 Episode 3Former POPSUGAR host Allison McNamara turned a canceled show into MARA, the algae skincare brand she has self-funded for eight years and grew into Sephora. She launched in 2018…
- Catherine Baxter: Talk About It Before You’re Ready (From Nonprofit Sales Lead to Dick’s Sporting Goods) · 49 min · Season 7 Episode 2Catherine Baxter is the founder and CEO of Nettie, the design-forward pickleball brand sold in Dick’s Sporting Goods nationwide and featured on the Today Show. She started it in…
- Allyse Cirillo: “Do Something Selfish for You Every Day” (From Burnt-Out Corporate Product Lead to Founder of SAINT JŌ) · 45 min · Season 7 Episode 1Allyse Cirillo helped scale a shapewear brand from $25M to $400M, then lost 85 pounds while building her own skincare company. Her manufacturer flew in to back her, and SAINT JŌ…
- Season 6 Wrap-Up: “Perfect Is the Enemy of Good” (From First Sample to $3M Round) · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 15The best moments from Season 6 of Womansplain, from Robinhood CIO Stephanie Guild to a $3M round raised at 26. Hosts Sola Park and Brooke Sowa revisit the founders behind…
- Lisa and Bryn Rhoads: "Everything Else Is Changeable" (From Healthcare VC and Parsons Stylist to Mother-Daughter Founders of The Anteros) · 50 min · Season 6 Episode 14Classical oboist turned Wharton MBA and healthcare VC Lisa Rhoads couldn't find a white shirt that fit, cost less than $1,000, and survived a spilled glass of wine, so she and…
- Sainabou Lowe: "Can I Borrow Some of That?" (From $20 Dorm Pants to a SoHo Billboard) · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 13Sainabou "Sai" Lowe started SAIbysai by painting a pair of thrifted pants in her college dorm and selling copies to classmates for $20. Now her hand-painted wearable art has been…
- Cleo Davis-Urman: "There Was No Good Reason" (From Saks Fashion Director to 4,300 Retail Doors) · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 12Cleo Davis-Urman is the co-founder and CEO of Barrière, the transdermal vitamin patch brand now in more than 4,300 retail doors including Target, Walmart, and Anthropologie. She…
- Mithu Malik: "He Slept on Top of the Container" (From Importing Ice Cream in Lagos to a Michelin Star in Houston) · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 11Mithu Malik is a trained pharmacist who co-owns Musaafer, the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in Houston, now with a second location in Tribeca and a speakeasy, SAAQI…
- "Pain Isn't a Problem to Be Solved" (From Laid Off and Cheated On to Breakup Bootcamp Founder) · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 10Amy Chan got laid off and cheated on in the same stretch, then built the first science-based breakup bootcamp from what she learned crawling out of it. Twenty years a dating…
- Robyn Berkley: "The Dumbest Idea I've Ever Heard" (From Fashion PR Burnout to a Bootstrapped Luxury Brand) · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 9Robyn Berkley spent seven years as fashion director at Kelly Cutrone's People's Revolution before her health forced her out: 16 shows in a New York season, midnight most nights…
- Ochi Vongerichten: "Finish What You Started" (From Per Se Food Runner to Michelin Guide Restaurateur) · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 8Ochi Latjuba Vongerichten co-owns Wayan and Ma•dé, and Wayan is the only Indonesian restaurant on the Michelin Guide in America. She got there by leaving Jakarta at 18 for the…
- Barbora Samieian: "It's Gonna Get Harder Before It Gets Easier" (From Salad Shop Survival Mode to Cult Furniture Brand) · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 7Barbora Samieian went from nonprofit fundraiser to co-founder of Sundays, the award-winning furniture brand she launched with her husband, his sister, and a 20-year friend, three…
- Laura Rubin: "I Was Early, But It Wasn't Wrong" (From Corporate Refugee to Simon & Schuster Author) · 52 min · Season 6 Episode 6Laura Rubin spent 15+ years running a marketing boutique after leaving a top job at USA Networks, then shut it all down to bet on AllSwell Creative and a belief that journaling…
- Odellia Etaat: "Just Show Up and Make It Good" (From Financial Planning to Booked-Out Private Chef) · 40 min · Season 6 Episode 5Odellia Etaat left three years in corporate financial planning to launch Mize Dining, the luxury private dining brand that made her the chef New York's most discerning hosts call…
- Madeleine Cohen: Her Sister Said "You're Not Doing Anything Else" (From 30 Ill-Fitting Jeans to a $1M Petite Denim Brand) · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 4Madeleine Cohen built her career inside the hottest consumer brands of the DTC era (Estée Lauder, Casper, Bala), then got laid off from her dream job and found her next company…
- Pamela Anderson Asked "Why Isn't Kailey CEO?" | Kailey Bradt, Sonsie Skin · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 3🎁 A gift from us + Sonsie: use code WOMANSPLAIN15 at sonsieskin.com for 15% off. Valid on individual SKUs, one per customer, through 7/31/26. Kailey Bradt was 16 years old…
- She Ran Barefoot Through Penn Station, Then Built the Fix | Sandra Powers Murphy · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 2🎁 A gift from us + Scarlett Chase: Use code WOMANSPLAIN10 at checkout on scarlettchase.com for 10% off, valid through the end of August. Sandra Powers Murphy spent decades at the…
- She Turned Down Robinhood, Then Called Back | Stephanie Guild, CIO of Robinhood · 50 min · Season 6 Episode 1🎟️ Stephanie is keynoting the inaugural Womansplain Summit, October 16 at The Malin Chelsea, NYC. 120 seats, most already spoken for: luma.com/7bxd1137 Season 6 is here, and…
- Season 5 Wrap-Up: The Founder Moments We Couldn't Stop Thinking About | Womansplain · 9 min · Season 5 Episode 15Season 5 is officially a wrap, and we're closing it out the only way that felt right: by going back to the moments that stuck with us. This compilation pulls together the…
- She Fixed Her Back Pain Through Her Feet and Made Insoles Cool | Libie Motchan, Co-Founder of Fulton · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 14Libie Motchan grew up in New York City, studied math and psychology at a tiny Minnesota liberal arts college with no business major, and spent her early career in consumer…
