This episode uncovers how one woman’s fight for her children sparked the creation of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society: the first organization of its kind in the world. Host Marisa Magnatta is joined by Philly Media Personality Tomika Bryant, to explore how Dinah Nevil, a woman of Lenape and African descent, forced the "City of Brotherly Love" to confront its own contradictions, and how a small group of reformers turned a personal tragedy into a blueprint for justice that still operates today.

From a segregated church pew to a national movement, this episode explores how an act of resistance in a Philadelphia church led to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Host Marisa Magnatta is joined by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Elizabeth Wellington to unpack how faith, race, and self-determination shaped this origin story, and why Mother Bethel still matters today.

Before Girl Scout Cookies became a national phenomenon, they were sold door to door, and they launched generations of entrepreneurs. Host Marisa Magnatta is joined by Food Network champion and former Girl Scout Ashley Landerman to explore how a Philly-born bake sale became a powerful business model, and how those same lessons in confidence, community, and hustle shaped Ashley’s path from cookie booths to national TV.