Strong Feelings
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Per My Last Email: My review sucked—now what?
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strong Feelings is ending—but we’re excited to bring you the first episode of our new show, “Per My Last Email.” If you like what you hear, ma...
Introducing: Per My Last Email
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, Strong Feelings fans! We’ve decided to retire the show…so we can focus on a brand-new one! It’s called Per My Last Email, and we cannot wai...
Toxic Gratitude
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve spent the past few months deep in a series on pandemic clarity—hearing intimate stories about people whose relationships to work have change...
Fix Systems, Not Women
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if you found out you were being paid $25,000 less than your peers, and that while they were allowed to work from home, you were expe...
The Four-Day Workweek
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joann Lee Wagner used to feel pretty guilty for taking breaks—until her organization decided to experiment with a new way of working: the four-day w...
Future Julie
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A year into the pandemic, Julie Threlkeld met with a leadership coach to talk about building her confidence in stakeholder meetings. And she left deci...
The Thunderdome of American Capitalism
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who are you beyond the bio on your LinkedIn profile? In today’s episode, we tell the story of Alison Taylor—a designer and strategist who went to ...
Introducing: Pandemic Clarity
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard about pandemic burnout. But that’s not the whole story. This season on Strong Feelings, we’re focusing on pandemic clarity: how ...
Solidarity in Action with Nora Keller
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, equity, and respect at work. The best way to do that? Unionize! Tech worker and organizer Nora Keller te...
A Soft Place to Practice with Danielle Barnes
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Design and tech events need more diverse lineups. But getting on stage? That's a big hurdle. Women Talk Design CEO Danielle Barnes joins us to talk ab...
Remaking the World with Samira Rajabi
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic broke our understanding of the world. How do we put the pieces together again? Samira Rajabi joins us to point the way—and it all start...
Feeling Ourselves with Alla Weinberg
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Take a moment to check in with your body—yeah, right now! Do you feel tension in your shoulders? A clench in your jaw? A heaviness in your chest? Th...
Nice White Ladies with Jessie Daniels
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When do white folks learn they’re white? And how do they start to understand the scope of benefits that whiteness affords them? For Jessie Daniels, ...
Life-Affirming Productivity with Paloma Medina
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if spending a few minutes each day touching a plant or staring into space could change your life? Paloma Medina has seen it happen—and tells us...
Himpathy with Kate Manne
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many people mention Brock Turner’s promising swim career, or the many Oscars Harvey Weinstein won—instead of focusing on the stories of ...
Design for Safety with Eva PenzeyMoog
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard about unethical tech products that track and surveil users. But there’s another kind of harm happening in tech: abusers co-opting ...
Become a More Courageous Leader
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Strong Feelings returns September 9th, but in the meantime, we wanted to share something with you: the Courageous Leadership Program, Sara's six-week ...
Tuning Inward with Rachael Dietkus
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us think of trauma as the capital “T” kind: war, natural disasters, serious abuse. But day-to-day life is full of smaller traumas, and t...
Practically Radical with Rachel and Travis Gertz
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most work environments prioritize profits over people. But there are other ways businesses can look—if we’re willing to imagine them.Rachel and Tr...
Platonic Longing with Kat Vellos
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even before the pandemic, Americans were experiencing a devastating loneliness epidemic. We talk to UX designer-turned-connection coach Kat Vellos abo...
Linguistic Distortion with Suzanne Wertheim
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, we saw the media regularly call Black Lives Matter protesters “rioters,” “violent,” or “thugs.” Yet on January 6, those who att...
Studying Harm with McKensie Mack, Caroline Sinders, and Yang Hong
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no secret that the shift to remote work during COVID-19 has been stressful and isolating. But for many, the online workplace has also led to in...
Courage over Comfort with Vivianne Castillo
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vivianne Castillo left counseling to become a UX researcher. What she found was an industry that talked a lot about empathy—but wasn’t very good a...
Being Vulnerable with Margot Bloomstein
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margot Bloomstein wanted to find out how companies can beat cynicism and build trust in this moment. Years of research and a new book later, she has t...
Going Rogue with Nandini Jammi
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if you built a movement powerful enough to defund hate groups online, won one of the most prestigious awards in advertising, and then had your co...
Strong Feelings is Back
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Strong Feelings—a feminist look at the messy world of being human at work. Grab your coffee and join host Sara Wachter-Boettcher thi...
Introducing: Thread the Needle with Donna Cleveland
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Strong Feelings is still on hiatus, but we’ve got a show we think you’ll love: Thread The Needle, a new podcast all about the place where feminist...
Time to Do Nothing
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back, friends! Today’s episode isn’t the glorious season opener we thought we’d have. And that’s actually ok.Tuning into your gut can ...
We Are Indivisible with Leah Greenberg
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if a Google doc you made went viral, and suddenly groups across the country were implementing your ideas to plan political action in...
The Fifth Trimester with Lauren Smith Brody
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if moms were granted the kind of parental leave they really needed to heal from childbirth, care for baby, and return to work? Lauren Smith Brody...
Fair Play with Eve Rodsky
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know all the work it takes to stay on top of laundry, not let the insurance policy lapse, and keep track of school meetings and doctor’s appoint...
Radical Daily Action with GirlTrek
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if lacing up your sneakers weren’t just an exercise habit, but a radical political act? That’s the premise of GirlTrek—the movement to help...
Walking the Tightrope with Sarah Deer
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Indigenous women and girls face some of the highest rates of violence in the United States—and often fall through the cracks of the federal and trib...
Excuse Me with Liana Finck
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make space for yourself in the world when you’re shy and a little bit weird? If you’re cartoonist Liana Finck, you channel the stuff st...
Women in Beer with Melissa Walter
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The craft beer scene has plenty of bros waxing on about hops, but more and more women are making beer, too. And if they’re Love City Brewing’s Mel...
Miraculous Bodies with Kimberly Dark
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time for riots, not diets. This week we talk about bodies, health, food, and fatness with Kimberly Dark, author of the new book, Fat, Pretty, a...
Women and War Zones with Zahra Hankir
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do we know what happens in a war zone? Most info comes from journalists—white, Western, male journalists. Zahra Hankir thinks it’s time we hea...
The Reckoning with Gloria Allred
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up, friends. Today’s episode is a wild ride. We sat down with famed feminist lawyer Gloria Allred to talk about her four-decade career fighti...
Time for Business with Stephanie Hurlburt
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard advice to hustle, work harder, and push push push. And...most of us are exhausted as a result. So this week we’re talking to someo...
Sexy Sex Ed with Tanya Turner
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did your school offer sex ed? If you grew up in the U.S., there’s a good chance it didn’t—or that the information you received was incomplete, u...
Feminist Business School with Jennifer Armbrust
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can business be a site for radical creativity and social change? Join us as we go back to school with feminist business consultant Jennifer Armbrust. ...
Funding Abortion with Seneca Joyner
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion rights are under attack across the country—from “heartbeat bills” aimed at destroying Roe v. Wade to “crisis pregnancy centers” tha...
The Politics of Feeling Good with adrienne maree brown
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are rest and joy part of your daily regimen? Maybe they should be. Author and activist adrienne maree brown joins us to talk about her new book, Pleas...
All Pleasure, No Guilt with Jasmine Guillory
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 69, y’all—and that means we’re getting steamy. Author Jasmine Guillory joins us for a look at the world of romance novels: why th...
Faith, Loss, and Fiction with R.O. Kwon
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to spend a decade working on your first novel, become a bestselling author, and still have the first thing people say about you be th...
Feeling Seen with Naj Austin
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What does community mean? How do you build one? And why do they matter—particularly for people of color? We chatted with Naj Austin this week to fin...
Reviving Girlhood with Mary Pipher & Sara Pipher Gilliam
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Mary Pipher first published Reviving Ophelia in 1994, she changed the way America thinks about teenage girls and their needs. Now she’s back wi...
Talk Money, Get Paid
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about money is uncomfortable for lots of people—including us! But way too many of us aren’t getting paid what we deserve, and if we want t...
Management Muscles with Lara Hogan
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did your first management gig come with a small pay bump and zero training? Ours too! But being good at doing a job doesn’t mean you’ll automatica...
Know Your Worth with Becca Gurney
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when one woman looks around her field and notices the leaders are mostly men? If that woman is Becca Gurney, she starts her own design st...
Friendship First with Miranda Kent & Danielle Weeks
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if—instead of waiting on the right romantic relationship—two best friends had a baby together? This week we chat with real-life and onscreen ...
You Don’t Have to be Nice with Caroline Criado Perez
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that women are 17 percent more likely to die in a car crash than men—and 47 percent more likely to be seriously injured? That’s becau...
Acts of Revolution with Nanci Luna Jiménez
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Were you allowed to cry as a kid—or did someone tell you to toughen up and get over it? Nanci Luna Jiménez believes that too many of us were taught...
Empower Work with Jaime-Alexis Fowler
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever had a job, chances are you faced issues and didn't know who you could safely reach out to—especially if you’re a woman and/or a p...
Free Black Mamas with Veronica Rex
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One out of three people who are arrested in America can’t pay their bail, leaving them to sit behind bars for months while they wait for a trial—l...
Friendshipping Is a Verb with Mary Pipher
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Older women are the happiest demographic in this country—but you wouldn’t know it based on how our culture talks about them. Mary Pipher, author o...
Decolonize Everything with Christine Nobiss
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Indigenous communities face all kinds of injustice—from violence to poverty to climate change. Yet their voices are often absent from policy discuss...
Are High Heels Feminist? with Summer Brennan
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are high heels oppressive or powerful? Good or bad? Beauty or pain? What if the answer to all of those questions is...yes? We talk with Summer Brennan...
Working the Double Shift with Katherine Goldstein
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We hear lots of stories about motherhood and parenting. But not very many about moms themselves—except for ones where they feel guilty and exhausted...
Sex Work is Work with Jessica Raven
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica is the executive director at The Audre Lorde Project and an activist and organizer advocating for sex workers—first with Decrim Now and now ...
Black Women Told You with Feminista Jones
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“When black women win, everyone wins.” This week, Feminista Jones tells us all about black feminism, social media, activism, and her new book, Rec...
Therapeutic Tarot with Jessica Dore
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Self reflection. Emotional care. Therapy. And...tarot? Hell yeah. The woman behind a wildly popular daily tarot reading on Twitter, Jessica Dore, show...
Emotions at Work with Liz Fosslien
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know we love talking about feelings, and we love talking about work. So when we saw that a new book was hitting stores this month called No Hard F...
Transformative Meetings (No, Really!) with Priya Parker
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No one loves meetings, but we all attend them—probably a lot of them! So why are so many meetings so bad, and how can we make them better...or stop ...
Forget "Having it All" with Amy Westervelt
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a motherlode of an episode this week! We’re talking all about kids, work, and how the two fit together—or, way too often, don’t. From fam...
Holding Space with Kate Warren
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do a sex podcast, a photography practice, and hanging out with witches have in common? They’re all part of Kate Warren’s jam-packed schedule....
Body Politics with Cora Harrington
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cora Harrington loves lingerie—and the complex feminist questions surrounding it. On today’s show, the founder of The Lingerie Addict talks about...
That's Enough with Heather Havrilesky
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our 2019 premiere—where we dig deep on all the ways our culture tells us we’re not “enough,” and get some help figuring out what to...
Welcome to Strong Feelings
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's our 2019 trailer, y'all! Sara and Katel open up about what you'll hear on the new season of Strong Feelings—a weekly dose of intimate realtalk ...
Katel & Sara Have Strong Feelings
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
That’s it: it’s our season finale—and our last episode of No You Go, ever. Really. But don’t worry, we’re not quitting the podcast game. We’...
New Erotica for Feminists with Brooke Preston, Carrie Wittmer, and Fiona Taylor
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What if Tom Hardy drove up to your house to deliver loads of LaCroix and cash? That’s the premise of just one of the stories in New Erotica for Femi...
Unbothered with Laura Kalbag
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writing a book is hard. Writing a book as a woman in tech is even harder. So what happens when some mansplainer comes along to rain on your well-earne...
Radical Filmmaking with Emily Best
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like you see yourself and your friendships reflected in most TVs or movies? We sure don’t. Emily Best tells us why we won’t get more d...
Headed to Congress with Jenn Taylor-Skinner
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The midterms are over (though the recounts and runoffs may not be). So we make sense of what happened—and what’s next—with Jenn Taylor-Skinner, ...
How to Be Successful with Sarah Cooper
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decide when to take a huge leap in your career? What happens when your therapist thinks leaving your cushy tech job is a terrible idea—bu...
On a Journey to Happiness with Keah Brown
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a rough year after a rough year after…a rough year. Writer, journalist, and #disabledandcute creator Keah Brown reminds us to celebrate our w...
Pleasure is Virtuous with Sonalee Rashatwar
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Body-positivity sure seems popular right now—but that conversation is often limited to celebrating slightly larger bodies and slightly broader sizin...
I Make Things Change with Cindy Gallop
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s interview might not be safe for work—but Cindy Gallop thinks it should be. She joins us to talk about why we all need to be a lot better a...
Getting Personal with Nicole Chung
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do you share with the world—and what do you hold back? How do you talk about family secrets or childhood trauma with strangers? And what happen...
Business Breakups with Bonnie Bogle
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking up is hard to do—whether you’re ending a business relationship or a marriage. Bonnie Bogle’s done both, and she’s here to tell us abo...
Period Power with Nadya Okamoto
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the periodcast! Yep, today’s show is all about menstruation—the good, the bad, and the get me a frickin’ heating pad already. So grab...
Show Me the Data with Tracy Chou
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard companies talk big about how they value diversity. But many still aren’t willing to quantify how they’re doing: who works there?...
The Ambition Decisions with Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel like you’re facing impossible choices—tradeoffs between family and work, between money and passion, between pushing for a promoti...
Many Ways of Living and Loving with Ada Powers
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about showing up as your most authentic self at work—and about finding a space where you’re supported and respected to do...
Clean Person, Dirty Mind with Jolie Kerr
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3, friends! We’re so hyped to get back into the game with Jolie Kerr, a podcaster, writer, and New York Times bestselling author w...
Bonus: NYG Live from Vancouver, BC!
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Yep, we’ve gone international! Our very first live show was a variety hour featuring Katel & Sara at Vancouver’s Design & Content Conferen...
Welcome to Season 3: Finding a Reason to Say “F*** Yeah!”
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3 of No, You Go—a weekly show about ambition, friendship, feminism…and always finding something to say fuck yeah about. Startin...
The System is Rigged with Nicole Sanchez
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
And that’s a wrap on Season 2! What better way to head into a summer break than with Nicole Sanchez, one of the smartest, sharpest, most trusted voi...
Too PG for Jeopardy with Lilly Chin
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When Lilly Chin knew she couldn’t lose during Final Jeopardy, she decided to give a joke answer: “Who is the Spiciest Memelord?” But that joke b...
Skip the Stepping Stones with Saron Yitbarek
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Starting something new can feel super overwhelming…and kind of terrifying. The good news? A lot of us feel this way—no, really, that’s the good ...
Quiet Leadership with Rachel Robertson
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Introvert, extrovert, ambivert: how real are these labels? And how can we use them to do a better job of making space for more types of people—witho...
Know Your Numbers with Shannah Compton Game
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Savings, budgets, retirement. Oh my. No matter how on top of our lives we feel, talking about money still makes us squirm. And…well, we’re tired o...
We Think We Know What We Need with Dr. Allison Chabot
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s topic is…therapy! If that makes you a little bit nervous, you’re not alone: lots of us feel a bit scared to talk about our mental health...
Supporting Others with Sarah Drasner
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we get down to the business of being a badass woman in tech with Sarah Drasner, an engineer, author, award-winning speaker, and renowned ex...
Doing it Right with Adda Birnir
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In S2E3, we fall hard for Adda Birnir, founder and CEO of Skillcrush—the online coding school with a heart. While coding bootcamp programs tend to t...
I Gotta Make Art with Carmen Maria Machado
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not every day we chat with someone the New York Times has listed as part of “the new vanguard” in fiction. But today’s our day: Carmen Ma...
Defining Ambition with Neha Gandhi
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! We’re pumped to have you here for Season 2. Here to kick us off is Neha Gandhi, the COO and editor-in-chief of Girlboss, a new publica...
Welcome to Season 2: Living our best feminist lives at work
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of No, You Go—a weekly podcast all about building satisfying careers and businesses, getting free of toxic bullshit, and figurin...
Introducing: I Love That
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey listeners! We’re taking a tiny break while we get Season 2 rolling—launching April 17!—but we wanted to make sure you heard about the latest...
All In with Leah Culver
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We made it to Episode 10, y’all! That’s a wrap on Season 1! Who better to close out our first season than an engineer, entrepreneur, and general s...