The Myth of Making It with Samhita Mukhopadhyay

After trying – and failing – to lean in and girlboss our way to success, what comes next? Ashley and Sally chat with Samhita Mukhopadhyay (former executive editor for Teen Vogue) about what we can take away from those movements, how community is key to a workplace revolution, and insights from her book The Myth of Making It.

 

Books and Resources Mentioned:

The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Having It All by Helen Gurley Brown

Phillip Cardi’s interview with Samhita on Unholier Than Thou

 

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

 

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