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Just Something About Her with Jennifer Palmieri

Hosted by Jennifer Palmieri, a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the former communications director for President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Palmieri explores why — after decades of making steady progress — women find themselves banging up against the same glass ceilings. Featuring interviews with powerful women in business, politics, the arts, and journalism to learn how they found a way to break through and create their own path to success.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Jan 14, 2021

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan is a former lawyer, prosecutor, and state representative. As COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Detroit quickly became one of the hardest hit cities, and Governor Whitmer was quick to initiate a stay-at-home order and point out the federal government’s lack of assistance to states in need. President Trump fired back with angry tweets and the nickname “That Woman From Michigan.” In the following months, Governor Whitmer experienced armed mobs storming her state capitol, calls for her assassination, and extremists plotting to kidnap and kill her. Governor Whitmer joins Jennifer on the show to discuss the real dangers of Trump’s words, what accountability should look like, and why she thinks she’s getting more criticism than her fellow (male) governors.

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Stephanie Schriock Jan 07, 2021

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Stephanie Schriock just stepped down as the President of EMILY’s List; but during her 11-year tenure, the organization recruited and trained thousands of pro-choice candidates. Since it's founding in 1985, EMILY's List has helped elect more than 180 women to the House and Senate, and the 117th Congress begins its first session with a record number of women in office.

Jennifer and Stephanie discuss why Republican women made more gains than Democrats in the 2020 election and whether or not Democratic women have plateaued after a historic year in 2018. Stephanie shares what she’s learned from EMILY’s List, why both representation and diversity are so important for our leaders, and why women need to overcome their fear of failure.

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The Advice We’re Taking Into 2021 Dec 31, 2020

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Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at The Recount! On this episode of “Just Something About Her,” Jennifer Palmieri and producer Sari Soffer share their favorite advice from previous episodes. Spoiler alert: Valerie Jarrett taught us how to ask for our money’s worth, Lori Gottlieb changed our perspective on anxiety during the pandemic (and beyond), Sarah Cooper shared her struggles with imposter syndrome, plus a few surprises. For more advice from amazing women, make sure to go back and listen to all of our episodes from 2020!

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Grief Around the Holidays: A Conversation With My Niece Dec 24, 2020

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From all of us at “Just Something About Her,” we want to wish you a happy holiday season. We know this year has been especially tough, as many people have lost loved ones to COVID-19 or are grieving the absence of friends and family during the holiday season. To talk about all of that and more, Jennifer Palmieri invites her niece Rebecca Drago onto the show. Rebecca is the daughter of Jennifer’s oldest sister Dana, who died of early-onset Alzheimer’s in early 2017. Her passing punctuated a devastating political loss for both Jennifer and Rebecca, who were working on Hillary Clinton’s campaign during Dana’s last few months. The duo reflect on how the experience changed their relationship to worrying, how grief is not linear, and Dana's final impact on their lives.

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Hon. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina Dec 17, 2020

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Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is most known as the sentencing judge for the Larry Nassar case, where she allowed more than 150 survivors tell their story of abuse at the hands of the USA Gymnastics team doctor. But she’s also made history as the first female Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer in the Michigan Army National Guard and the first female professor to speak at the MSU College of Law Commencement in the Spring of 2018. Now she has served on the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County, MI for 12 years. Jennifer invites Judge Aquilina on the show to discuss how her personal experiences with neglect and abuse affect her style on the bench, her solutions for fixing a broken justice system, and where she derives her confidence from. For more about Judge Aquilina, her new memoir “Just Watch Me” is available on Audible.

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Lori Gottlieb Dec 10, 2020

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Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and author who wants us to start taking our mental health seriously, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. She joins Jennifer Palmieri on the show to discuss the difference between productive and unproductive anxiety, how to avoid creating a hierarchy of grief when we're surrounded by tragedy, and why we are all unreliable narrators of our own stories. Lori also shares plans for a new TV show based on her latest book “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” and some of the positives people of all ages can take away from this time in isolation.

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Alyssa Mastromonaco Dec 03, 2020

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Alyssa Mastromonaco was the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Obama White House, after serving as the Director of Scheduling and Advance in his administration and the Obama '08 campaign. Since then, she’s been COO of Vice Media, written two New York Times Best Selling books, and co-hosts the Crooked Media podcast #Hysteria. Jennifer invites her old friend Alyssa on the show to discuss the lesser-known sisterhood in the Obama White House, their experiences with depression after leaving the West Wing, and what’s in store for their next chapters.

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Anne Helen Petersen Nov 26, 2020

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Anne Helen Petersen knows what it's like to be burnt out. In fact, she wrote the book on it: "Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation," based on a viral article she wrote for BuzzFeed News in 2019.In this episode, Jennifer andAnne talk about why burnout is so difficult to self-diagnose, policies (or lack thereof) that have made burnout so prevalent among millennials, and how economic instability fuels our constant need to take on more projects. Finally, Anne shares why she decided against parenthood and gives listeners a look into the subject of her next book. For more of Anne’s insights, check out her newsletter "Culture Study."

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Ellen Pao Nov 19, 2020

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Ellen Pao has become a champion for fairness and inclusion in Silicon Valley as a long-time entrepreneur and tech investor. Her landmark gender discrimination case against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins in 2012 inspired other women to stand up against harassment and discrimination in the workplace, also known as the “Pao Effect.” As the CEO of Reddit, Ellen was the first major social platform leader to ban revenge porn, unauthorized nude photos, and cross-platform harassment. Currently, she is the CEO of nonprofit Project Include, which uses data-based solutions and recommendations for equity at tech companies. Ellen joins Jennifer Palmieri to discuss whether or not CEOs have the power and technology to control misinformation and hate, what the “Bamboo Ceiling” is, and their expectations vs. reality for women in the workplace.

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Connie Britton Nov 12, 2020

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Connie Britton is an actress and executive producer, most known for her standout role as Tami Taylor on NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” for which she received two Emmy nominations. Her following role as legendary country music superstar Rayna James in ABC’s “Nashville” scored Connie her first Golden Globe nomination and a fourth Emmy nomination. Most recently, Connie starred in the first season of Bravo Media’s “Dirty John,” based on a series of articles written in the Los Angeles Times and the true crime podcast of the same name. Jennifer Palmieri invites Connie on the show to discuss how Connie has created such meaningful and empowered female characters, why they both appreciate getting older, and what’s left before there will truly be equity in Hollywood.

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