In 2014, Elizabeth Holmes was declared the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world by Forbes. Her start-up, Theranos, employed more than 700 people and was valued at over $9 billion.

By 2018, Theranos was worth nothing.

In part 1 of this fascinating 2-part series, we focus on the woman behind Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and her rise to success.

How did a 19-year-old dropout from Stanford start a company in Silicon Valley? What was the mission behind Theranos and the purpose of its notorious Edisons? How did Elizabeth Holmes use her role model, Steve Jobs, to craft her own persona? When and how did Sunny Balwani become COO of Theranos? And what were the key events that led to the company’s success?

The episode will make your blood run cold…

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*Content warning: This episode contains references to physical and sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

Known as the Queen of Country Pop, Shania Twain is the best-selling female artist in country music history, globally, widely praised for her ground-breaking country-to-pop crossover style.

Yet Shania has suffered a great deal of personal trauma in her life, during her childhood and also after achieving superstardom. And in this fascinating episode on the legendary Shania Twain, we discuss all of it!

What abuse did Shania both suffer and witness while growing up? Why (and how) was Shania performing in bars from the age of 8? What circumstances led to the hit album “The Woman in Me,” and how did it change the singer’s life? What health condition left Shania unable to perform for several years– at the same time her marriage was disintegrating? And why do some people say we are now in the Shaniassance?

She’s still the one… don’t miss this fascinating episode on country pop superstar Shania Twain.

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*Content warning: This episode contains mention of a stillbirth and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”

The world certainly found a kindred spirit in Anne Shirley, the young girl who famously spoke these words in the beloved 1908 classic “Anne of Green Gables.”

And in this podcast, we discuss not only the best-selling novel that ultimately led to an 8-book series, but also the author who penned the ground-breaking works, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

What real-life incident sparked the idea for “Anne of Green Gables?” How did Maud finally manage to get the book published? Just how closely did Lucy Maud Montgomery’s own life parallel the events in her famous “Anne of Green Gables” series? And what mystery surrounds the author’s death?

We discuss all this and more in this fascinating podcast that highlights BOTH strong women, the character Anne Shirley and her creator, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

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