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  1. 3H AGO

    A Psychiatrist and Her Son's Quest for Compassionate Mental Health Care with Ellen Bassuk

    Send us a text We continue to share stories that speak to our listeners especially those who are navigating motherhood and their children’s mental health. Our guest, Ellen Bassuk — psychiatrist, researcher, and clinician — brings a deeply personal perspective as she navigates psychiatry, advocacy, and motherhood through her son Daniel Schoonover’s lifelong struggle with serious mental illness, particularly schizophrenia. In this episode, Ellen walks us through her memoir as she traces Daniel’s journey through a fractured health care system, an unprepared education system, and the relentless challenges of parenting while fighting for support, dignity, and care. This story shines as both a beacon of hope and a call to action for families, caregivers, and advocates who refuse to give up. If you seek a conversation that honors courage, love, and persistence — you’ll want to listen to this episode. 🎧 Listen now!

    37 min

  2. JAN 7

    Austrian Again: Reclaiming a Lost Legacy with Anne Hand

    Send us a text We’re opening the new year with a powerful story to launch our January podcast season. Our first guest of 2026 is Anne Hand, author of Austrian Again: Reclaiming a Lost Legacy. In her book, Anne reflects on a pivotal choice — to apply for Austrian citizenship. What begins as a legal decision transforms into a deeply personal journey. As she pieces together family stories and ancestral documents, she uncovers a missing link in her history — one that reveals her family’s hidden Holocaust past. This episode invites us to explore memory, identity, and belonging, and shows how looking into the past can help us understand who we are today. If you find meaning in tracing personal history and reclaiming heritage, you’ll want to listen to this conversation. 🎧Listen now!

    44 min

  3. 11/12/2025

    Leading Sustainable Innovation with Dr. Jo North

    Send us a text How can one truly lead sustainable innovation? 🌱 For Dr. North, it begins with a question — how can what we create bring good to both people and the planet? Her work in technical industries has always been guided by this belief: innovation isn’t just about new ideas; it’s about meaningful impact. In our latest Women, Life and Science podcast episode, Dr. North shares her insights on scaling up innovations responsibly, communicating your mission with clarity, and attracting investors who care about long-term change — not just quick wins. Because in the end, sustainable innovation is more than a strategy. It’s a commitment to be part of the solution, to design a better world, and to lead with purpose. 💚 🎧 Tune in to our conversation and be inspired to innovate differently. About our guest: Jo North is an expert on sustainable innovation within technical industries, with experience spanning sectors such as transport, manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, energy, utilities, nuclear science and oil and gas. She is the Founder and CEO of The Big Bang Partnership Ltd, where she guides businesses in driving sustainable growth and capitalizing on the unique challenges and opportunities of sustainable innovation in complex STEM industries.

    33 min

  4. 10/29/2025

    Understanding Personality to Expand Your Leadership with Lisa Mazzoni

    Send us a text We are bringing you Science Cafe to our podcast Wednesday!  Do you want to create an influence that matters to you and others? Join us as we explore a powerful personality framework called Enneagram and how it will enhance self-awareness and develop practical strategies to navigate diverse communication styles to expand our leadership influence! Listen to our podcast now!

    1h 26m

  5. 10/15/2025

    The Parenthood Advantage with Mason Donovan & Mark Kaplan

    Send us a text For many professionals, becoming a parent comes with the fear of putting their career on hold. But what if parenthood is actually the turning point that shapes better, more empathetic leaders? And companies play a vital role in unlocking that potential.  In today’s episode, we sit down with Mason Donovan and Mark Kaplan, author of the book The Parenthood Advantage, to talk about reframing talent development for the modern workforce — one that sees parenthood as an asset, not a detour. Listen now! About the guests: Mason Donovan and Mark Kaplan are Managing Partners of The Dagoba Group, a global consulting firm advancing inclusive leadership, employee well-being, and organizational culture. They are also authors of the The Inclusion Dividend, a prennial best-seller leveraged in corporate and academic classrooms worldwide, as well as SET for Inclusion and The Golden Apple.

    45 min

  6. 10/09/2025

    The Luckiest with Kelly Cervantes

    Send us a text From actress to advocate for epilepsy, Kelly’s journey reflects the many transitions women experience. As women, we often lose ourselves along the way — moving through the seasons of womanhood, motherhood, and everything in between. Kelly’s story is a testament that amid transitions, grief, and even resentment, we can eventually find clarity and purpose and create something beautiful out of it. As Kelly beautifully says, “I don’t believe that everything happens for a reason, but I do believe that we can make reason out of the things that happen to us.” KELLY CERVANTES is an award-winning writer, speaker, and advocate best known for her blog Inchstones, where she shared the stress, love, and joy that came with parenting her medically complex daughter, Adelaide. Since Adelaide’s passing, just five days shy of her fourth birthday in October of 2019, Kelly has continued to write candidly about her arduous and, at times, contradictory grief journey.

    41 min

  7. 09/17/2025

    The Last Extinction with Dr. Greta Keller

    Send us a text  So, what really caused the dinosaurs to become extinct? In our podcast The Last Extinction, Dr. Gerta Keller challenges the asteroid-only theory and uncovers new insights into one of Earth’s greatest mysteries. Dr. Gerta Keller, a Princeton paleontologist, has spent decades studying mass extinctions. Her groundbreaking research challenges the asteroid-only theory and offers a new perspective on what really wiped out the dinosaurs. Tune in now to The Last Extinction and discover the story behind the science!  #TheLastExtinction  #ScienceUncovered #WednesdayPodcast

    45 min

  8. 09/10/2025

    Radical Sisters with Judith L. Pearson

    Send us a text In today’s episode, we’re honored to be joined once again by best-selling, award-winning author Judith L. Pearson. In our first conversation with Judy, we explored her book Mary Lasker and Her Crusade—a powerful biography of philanthropist Mary Lasker, whose relentless advocacy transformed medical research and led to groundbreaking advancements in the fight against cancer. This time, Judy continues to shine a light on remarkable women who helped shape the women’s health movement. Together with my co-host, Lilia Holmes, we’ll celebrate the release of Judy’s latest book, Radical Sisters—an inspiring story of three women with breast cancer who sparked a powerful movement for change in the medical system. Listen to our podcast now! #BreastCancerMovement #PodcastWednesday #MedicalSystem

    44 min
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  • Creator
    Cecilia Zapata-Harms
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    136
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Women, Life and Science
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