1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to another bonus episode of 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Work in Progress. Over the course of the show, we 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: have gotten to talk to such a wide variety of 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: inspirational people from all walks of life, and so I 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: thought for this exclusive it might be fun to check 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: up on some of my Work in Progress guests and 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: give you all a little update on what they have 8 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: been up to since you heard them on the show. 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: But before that, I'd like to answer a few of 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: the questions that we've received in our comments and through 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: our social channels at Work in Progress. So I'm going 12 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: to dive into a few of these a heavy head 13 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: or two. What is your favorite type of question to 14 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: ask guests? It really depends on the guest. For me, 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: what they're interested in, Especially when I interview people who 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: are experts on something that I may not necessarily know 17 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: as much about. I want to really get into how 18 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: they got into their field, How did they become passionate 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: about what they do, Does it feel like a calling, 20 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: did it find them in some interesting way? And I 21 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: want to know how they view the world through the 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: lens of what they do. So, whether someone is an 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: activist or a scientist or a writer, how does the 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: thing they do every day enable them to see the 25 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: world differently? And how connected we are? So those are 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: the kinds of questions that I really like to ask 27 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: of everyone, even though they differ guests to guests. But 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 1: I will say my favorite consistent question to ask people 29 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: is who they were when they were a kid. And 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: I'm talking like single digits, you know, around eight or 31 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: nine years old, maybe ten, depending on when big things 32 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: happened in their life. But I'm always really interested to 33 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: discover if guests have always been a version of who 34 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: they are when I interview them, or if they've had 35 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: a really you know, winding life path that's changed up 36 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: a lot through the decades of their lives. So I 37 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: think that's my favorite consistent question and definitely one that 38 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: I always get out within the first, you know, five 39 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: minutes of the show. Oh and this is a good 40 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 1: question that you guys have, how do you pick your guests? Honestly, 41 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: I just asked to interview people that I'm fascinated by, 42 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: people who I'm genuinely obsessed with, whether it's about their 43 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: work or something they wrote or something they know that 44 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: I want to know more about. I feel like the 45 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: podcast gives me an excuse to ask really deep questions 46 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: of people who I'm just fascinated by. And I guess 47 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: because I'm curious about a lot of things. I have 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: a pretty wide variety of guests, So thank you for 49 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: being as into all of them as I am and 50 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: being along for the ride. Oh and this is a 51 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: great question, why and how did you come up with 52 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: the idea for the podcast? So this is sort of 53 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: where creativity meets a little bit of imposter syndrome. I 54 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: guess because for years people told me you should have 55 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: a podcast, you should have a podcast, you should interview people. Uh. 56 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: A lot of those comments came out of interviews I 57 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: was doing or um gatherings of activists, change makers, and 58 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: people would always say, you ask really good questions, why 59 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: don't you have a podcast? And guys, I kind of 60 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: just rolled my eyes about it forever. I thought, who's 61 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: really going to care? Is it really gonna matter? You 62 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: know the kinds of stuff. I guess we're all all 63 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: um a bit hampered by in our own lives. And 64 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: then a lot of you started asking me about whether 65 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: or not I would do a podcast. On social media, 66 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: I started getting a lot of feedback about it, people saying, 67 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: you know, you shared this article with us, you explained 68 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: this concept to us, You introduced me to this incredible person, 69 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: you should do a podcast so we could get more 70 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: of this than what fits in you know, an Instagram 71 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 1: essay or a tweet. And that really made me consider 72 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: it differently. And then there was a year where I 73 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: went on to really great, really successful podcasts, and I 74 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: just happened to know someone who worked on both who said, 75 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: look at this spike in the downloads when you came on, 76 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: a lot of people are really curious about what you 77 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: have to say and what you have to teach them, um, 78 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: because of these spaces that that you get to exist in. 79 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: And that to me really made something click. The idea 80 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: that having worked in activists spaces and political spaces for 81 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, almost two decades, means that I have a 82 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: privilege of access to thought leaders and culture makers, um, 83 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: also in my own industry, you know, in my day job, film, TV, music, 84 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: and that I could spend the privilege of that access 85 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: by doing this show and by offering people glimpses into 86 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: all of these brilliant minds in such an accessible manner. 87 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: And so that was kind of it that that was 88 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: the thing that really um pushed me over the hesitancy 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: edge and made me say, yes, m M, how do 90 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: I prepare for my guests? Well, this is really where 91 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: a whole team comes in. You know, there's a lot 92 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: of behind the scenes folks who make a show run 93 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: very similarly to film and television. You know, you see 94 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: the actors, but there's one plus people on stage on 95 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: the crew. Podcasts are obviously leaner, but there's a whole 96 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: team that helps us do all of this, you know, 97 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: from making sure that people's schedules work and we can 98 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: get people booked. Sometimes we book people months in advance, 99 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: and sometimes it works, you know, in a week's notice. 100 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: So it can be a lot of kind of run, run, run, 101 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: hurry up, and then also a lot of waiting. And 102 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: then for me, I like to take um. You know, 103 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: we have a team of researchers and writers who work 104 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: on a whole bunch of shows who will put together 105 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: an initial prep document for me on every guest who's 106 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: coming in. And what I like to do is take 107 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: if a guest happens to be someone that, like I said, 108 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with and I know a lot about I 109 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: take the notes that I put together for that guests 110 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: and sort of cross reference them with this prep doc. 111 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: I go back and read articles, I watch people's interviews YouTube. 112 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: I will watch their ted talks or read their books 113 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: if those are things that they've done. And then I 114 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: basically take this template of a prep doc and I 115 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: like full blown, go rustle crow in a beautiful mind. 116 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: I tear the whole thing up and add pull quotes 117 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: from things. I put my own notes into things, I 118 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: reorder questions. I kind of make it feel like my 119 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: version of, you know, a perfect script in a way. 120 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: And then it's kind of like going on a talk show. 121 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: You know, You've got this pre interview prepped, and then 122 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: sometimes they just throw the cards away. And that's kind 123 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: of what it can be like with guests. Sometimes I 124 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: follow the document that i've you know, hammered into this 125 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: very strange fashion, and sometimes I wind up completely ignoring it. 126 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: It really varies guests to guest, but I I like 127 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: to do an overabundance of prep because I just like 128 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: to feel really, really really prepared, and it's also really 129 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: fun for me when I get to interview people, some 130 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: of whom are really accustomed to this, you know, really 131 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: accustomed to having conversations of being interviewed. And when I 132 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: get someone like that and they say to me, Wow, 133 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: no one's ever asked me that, or I can't believe 134 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: you know that that happened to me as a kid. 135 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: That makes me feel really excited because I know my 136 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: obsession with research has done something cool. I I had 137 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: that experience interviewing Hillary Clinton and she couldn't believe some 138 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: of the stuff I was asking her about, and that 139 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: I really got to kick out of because I thought, 140 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: when you are, you know, a global leader and change maker, 141 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: you've probably been asked every question a hundred times. So 142 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: I like being able to come up with new and 143 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: and surprising things for my guests. Oh who's my dream guest? Guys, 144 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: this is a hard one to answer. There's so many people. 145 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, having having Secretary Clinton on was 146 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: absolutely a dream. I want to interview Oprah. I'm just 147 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: going to speak that to the universe, because she was 148 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: definitely one of the greatest sort of empathy leading journalists 149 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: who influenced me as a kid. I used to beg 150 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: my mom to pick me up fifteen minutes early from school, 151 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: so that I would get home at three PM for 152 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: the Oprah Winfrey Show, not at three twelve having missed 153 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: the beginning. I just always really loved her dynamic and 154 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: her energy, and she asks the best questions, and I 155 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: would love to ask her a bunch of questions. How 156 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: fun would that be switch places with Oprah? Come on? 157 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: What a dream? So those are five questions from you all. Uh, 158 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: like I said, coming in through our social channels, and 159 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: that we get in the comments. It's really fun to 160 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: see the things you guys are asking the most and 161 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: then answer a group of those. So five questions for you. 162 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for checking up on me, and 163 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: now we are going to check up on five of 164 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: our guests. August, we aired an amazing episode of Work 165 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: in Progress with the incomparable love E A G. E. Jones. 166 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: Since we last spoke with Lovey, she's put out a 167 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: whole new book. It's called Professional Troublemaker The Fear Fighter Manual, 168 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 1: and it is a book about fighting fear, doubt and 169 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: imposter syndrome. They are all things that Lovey has dealt 170 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: with personally that I just spoke about dealing with personally. 171 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: That I wager many of you probably all are dealing 172 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: with also, so just now that if you're feeling those 173 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: things too, you're not alone. Love's new book is already 174 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: a New York Times bestseller and is an honest and 175 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: sometimes humorous Let's be real Lovey is always humorous combination 176 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: of memoir, inspirational guidance, and self help. Lovey has also 177 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: done a really, really interesting interview with MPRS code Switch 178 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: about what it's like having, as she calls it, a 179 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: non conventional name in the United States, and the kinds 180 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: of assumptions and questions that come up during introductions as 181 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: a result. It is a really fun episode. It's a 182 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: bite size listen, so we will be dropping a link 183 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: to it in the episode description. Our friend Jay Shetty 184 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: was on Work in Progress September nineteenth of twenty nineteen, 185 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: Isn't that wild. He was one of my very first guests, 186 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: so he's got a lot going on since twenty nineteen. 187 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: Since we last spoke to j, He of course, has 188 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: continued releasing new episodes of the On Purpose podcast, featuring 189 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: guests like Guy raz and President of the Los Angeles Lakers, 190 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: Genie Bus. Some of his most recent episodes talk about 191 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: how to turn your passions into a full time job, 192 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: new ways to look at the quality of your relationship, 193 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: and strategies to build confidence. All incredible guide posts, and 194 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: he has a new book, which may or may not 195 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: be your running theme for this check in episode. Jay's book, 196 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: Think Like a Monk, is kind of an aggregate of 197 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: the wisdom he's accrued from the On Purpose podcast and 198 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: his life, and he's put it all into a digestible, 199 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: readable guide. The book has sections that are devoted to 200 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: self improvement and categories like avoiding overthinking, I need that, 201 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: translating kindness and positivity into success. We love that, and 202 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: how to build a sense of purpose we all need that. 203 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: And if that wasn't enough, Jay is actually offering a 204 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: whole new group of video courses and workshops through his website. 205 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: But let him apply his self actualization strategies to each 206 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: person who signs up on a much more personal level. 207 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: We are going to link a couple of really incredible 208 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: interviews that he's done that have been some of my 209 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: favorites this year. A podcast episode he did with Will Smith, 210 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: Jay being on The Ellen Show, and a review of 211 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: Think Like a Monk. So look out for those links. 212 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: Dr Iana Elizabeth Johnson has been on work in progress 213 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: more than once. Her most recent episode aired in April 214 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: of this year, and since then she's definitely been keeping busy. 215 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: Her book All We Can Save is now available in 216 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: a paperback and it is a multifaceted look at the 217 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: climate movement through the eyes of sixty women scientists, activists, 218 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: authors and journalists. I actually had the very good fortune 219 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: of hosting an Instagram live to talk about All we 220 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: Can Save with one of the authors whose essays I 221 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: got to read in the audiobook version, so you can 222 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: check that out on my Instagram and hear me and 223 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: some other people reading the audio on All we Can Save. 224 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: I honest podcast, How to Save a Planet is going strong. 225 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: Recent episodes of covered topics like soil is a means 226 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: of reversing climate change. This is why I compost everyone. 227 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: We got to talk about it, myths and truths about recycling. 228 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: They even had Jane Goodall as a guest, who is 229 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: my literal hero and also came to speak at my 230 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: school in eighth grade and I've never gotten over it, 231 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: so it is definitely they're worth checking out. And of 232 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: course Dr Johnson is still taking an active day to 233 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: day role to look out for how life will be 234 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: impacted by climate change, especially in coastal cities, and how 235 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: those coastal impacts actually affect all of us no matter 236 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: where we live. Through the Urban Ocean Lab, which Dr 237 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: Johnson co founded, she has started an Ocean Justice Forum 238 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: where people from all different areas and backgrounds can help 239 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: contribute to an environmentally focused policy agenda. As a matter 240 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: of fact, if that sounds like something any of our 241 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: listeners would be interested in following or participating in, we 242 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: are going to link the forum in the episode description. 243 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: Getting active on climate matters for all of us. It's 244 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: actually incredibly important, no matter where we live, how we vote, 245 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: what we believe. It should be the most bipartisan and 246 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: also most urgent action we all take. So I really 247 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: hope that everyone will gear up to follow Dr Johnson's lead. 248 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: Don't forget. All we Can Say is now available on paperback. 249 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: She's got upcoming workshops you can learn about, and you 250 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: can follow the Urban Ocean Lab and get involved with 251 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: the Ocean Justice Forum. That's where the workshops will be, 252 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: So make sure you follow the episode notes and sign up. 253 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: Next up, my Friend, My Soul sister my partner in 254 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: all things voting and advocacy, Mandana Daani. Her episode aired 255 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: on July, and since our talk with her last year, 256 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: Mandana has hosted a series in partnership with the Hebrew 257 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: Immigrant Aid Society and the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles 258 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: called Welcome to Paradise Refugees at Home in l A. 259 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: The series spotlight's refugees you've made their home in the 260 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: Los Angeles area, and it gave them a chance to 261 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: tell their stories. It's a celebration of the life that 262 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: they lead before and a look into the life that 263 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: they're leading now. If you've ever wanted to hear from 264 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: someone who escaped the Holocaust in their own word, this 265 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: is definitely something to check out. As we're seeing a 266 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: rise in really dangerous nationalism and authoritarianism, we need to 267 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: look at our history to learn how to avoid making 268 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: the same mistakes. And while it can be hard to 269 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: do so, it's really incredibly important. Projects like this one 270 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: give us the opportunity to learn about people and about ourselves, 271 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: so I can't recommend it enough. And of course, Mandana 272 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: is also continuing her effort to expand the number of 273 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: active voters in the United States through our organization I 274 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: Am a Voter. The mission statement of the movement is 275 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: to widen participation in the democratic process and educate people 276 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: on the importance of voting and inspire them to get 277 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: out there and make their voices heard. Mandana also hosts 278 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: a podcast with our friend Debor Messing called The Dissenters, 279 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: and they have featured some incredible guests like Hillary Clinton 280 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: and Jane Fonda. They wrapped their first reason in the 281 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: fall and they're coming back with the second season soon. 282 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: It is definitely worth a lesson, so be sure to 283 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: check it out and friend of the pod Natalie Portman. 284 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: Her episode aired on December. Natalie is obviously saying as 285 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: busy as ever on the acting side. We're gearing up 286 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: for her return to the Marvel Cinematic universe in Thor, 287 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: Love and Thunder. She's also producing and starring in a 288 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel The Days of Abandonment. 289 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: The book is incredible, so I am really looking forward 290 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: to seeing Natalie bring it to life on screen. We 291 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: also have an update on the Angel City Football Club, 292 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: which Natalie Portman helped to launch. Our team is attracting 293 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: big sponsors thanks to its mission of gender equality in 294 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: the world of sports, and we are now officially slated 295 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: to join the National Women's Soccer League for the season. 296 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: It is a real deal professional team now, everybody, and 297 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: as a funding investor, thanks to Natalie's gumption and bringing 298 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: us a team, I know that I will continue and 299 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: encourage all of you to continue watching in the hopes 300 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: that this can set a new standard for both the 301 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: appreciation of and the pay of female athletes. We're going 302 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: to link a couple of exciting articles about what Natalie 303 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: is up to for you in the episode notes, ranging 304 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: in coverage from National Library Week to an Angel City 305 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: Football club update, and some really great news on thor 306 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: Love and Thunder, So keep your eyes peeled and guys. 307 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: That wraps up a quick little review of some of 308 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: our favorite friends of work in progress. Thank you all 309 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: so much for the feedback that you sent us on 310 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: each of those guests, the feedback that you send us 311 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: every week. Thank you for your phenomenal questions. I love 312 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: getting to do these little aside bonus episodes for you 313 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: and give you a kind of peek into how we 314 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: make the show. What we're all inspired by and to 315 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: keep our relationships going, not only with me and all 316 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: of you as our audience, but with all of our guests. 317 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: We do consider everyone who's come on work in progress 318 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: to be part of the family, so being able to 319 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: keep up with their current projects and all the exciting 320 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: things in their life feels really lovely and I hope 321 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: you've enjoyed it. See you next time.