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Skimm'd from The Couch

theSkimm

theSkimm's co-founders and co-CEOs, Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, started their company from a couch. Now they’re bringing it back to one, and inviting powerful female leaders to sit down and chat about everything from celebrating career wins to the worst advice they've ever received. It’s an inside look at what it’s really like on the road to success. No BS, no sugarcoating.

Episodes

Chelsea Hirschhorn, founder and CEO, Frida: “You have to have an aptitude for risk that puts you in a slightly uncomfortable position.”

Nov 18 2020 • 0 MIN

Chelsea Hirschhorn is not a natural risk taker. But she had to change when she started building Frida from the ground up. Frida is now a go-to parenting brand that helps moms and caregivers navigat...

Ramona Hood, CEO, FedEx Custom Critical: “I felt that if I could not lead [with authenticity] then I wasn’t effective.”

Nov 11 2020 • 0 MIN

Ramona Hood has been at the same company (FedEx) for nearly thirty years. She started as a receptionist…and now she’s a CEO. Ramona joined us this week to tell us how she stayed determined - and wh...

SFTC Election Special: Careers in Politics with Deesha Dyer, former social secretary, Obama administration

Nov 2 2020 • 0 MIN

Welcome to our election special of Skimm’d from The Couch, where we’re talking to women from both sides of the aisle about their careers in politics.  Deesha Dyer was the social secretary to Pre...

SFTC Election Special: Careers in Politics with Elise Jordan, former NSC communications director, George W. Bush administration

Nov 2 2020 • 0 MIN

Welcome to our election special of Skimm’d from The Couch, where we’re talking to women from both sides of the aisle about their careers in politics.  Elise Jordan is a veteran of the George W. ...

Ashley Graham, supermodel, entrepreneur and host of Pretty Big Deal: “People want to [put] you into a box. But it's your decision if you want to go along with the molding or not.”

Oct 28 2020 • 0 MIN

Ashley Graham is the ultimate multihyphenate. Think: supermodel, entrepreneur, designer, author, advocate, and a new mom. On the road to success, she’s defied every label that people have tried to ...

Dr. Yaba Blay, scholar-activist: “When I think about my relationship to the academy, part of the struggle was I don't want to talk in academic prose… Because who's gonna see it? And who's it gonna benefit?”

Oct 21 2020 • 0 MIN

Dr. Yaba Blay is a scholar-activist and cultural consultant whose work centers on the lived experiences of Black women and girls. While she’s got all of the degrees and academic accolades, Dr. Blay...