Inflection Point With Lauren Schiller

How do you change the face of technology? Roz Hudnell is VP of Corporate Affairs at Intel, and President of Intel Foundation. She is also one of the few senior African-American women at the company. She tells us why building a diverse workforce has been her life's work--and why it matters to tech.

How do we make space for innovation in our personal and professional lives? Move from a productivity-based metric to one that makes room for other measures of success. Amy Whitaker has written the book "Art Thinking. How to carve out creative space in a world of schedules, budgets and bosses." She tells us how a major shift in her personal life led her from business school to art school--and ultimately to write this book.

Vivien Labaton founded advocacy organization "Make It Work" to influence policies in support of paid family leave, equal pay and affordable childcare. She shares her story of growing up with a single dad, and what she experienced when the time came to care for her own child.

Building communities up through a lending network started during the Civil Rights Movement. Nancy Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity Finance Network shares why it took three calls from the White House for her to join the Women's Bureau at the Dept. of Labor and what her current organization is doing to help grow underserved communities.

Simine Vazire is a founder of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. She shares why the methods and practices in psychological science need to change--and what she is doing about it.

When it comes to girls who code must it be "perfection or bust"? Only about a quarter of computer professionals are women--and that's actually down from 1990 when it was 36%. Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization whose mission is to change all that by closing the gender gap in computer science. And we'll need them--without girls, we will literally not have enough people to fill coding jobs in the US.

Award-winning historian Dr. Amanda Foreman argues that a history that pushes women to the margins is an untruth that must be challenged. To this end, she created the four-part documentary series "The Ascent of Woman" with the BBC.

Will the debate over reproductive freedom ever end? Ilyse Hogue, the President of NARAL Pro-Choice America joins Lauren to discuss why we continue to have a clash of world-views.

Filmmaker Shannon Cohn says after breast cancer, endometriosis is "the last great health taboo" and has made a film called "Endo-What?" to change the narrative--and help women and healthcare practitioners understand and treat the disease.

Birds do it. Bees do it. But we definitely don't want to think about our teens doing it. But eventually, do "it" they will. For her new book, "Girls and Sex. Navigating the Complicated New Landscape" Peggy Orenstein set out to find out how porn, pop culture and popular attitudes about sex influence the way our girls make their way in the world.

The central tenet of today's women's movement is equality--in wages, treatment, opportunity. But what about in love and sex? Antonella Vitale is a PhD candidate at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and she is studying the practice known as fuitina, a Sicilian term used to describe the kidnapping of a woman for the purpose of rape or elopement--a practice that continues to this day, worldwide. The bottom line? It's complicated.

What does the future look like for how audio content gets distributed--and heard? And what will it take to make podcasting and broadcasting a sustainable business for producers? Kerri Hoffman, who has been with PRX since their early days, has just been named CEO. She shares her vision.

What's the secret to successfully developing the next generation of women leaders? The President of Women Unlimited, Inc. Dr. Rosina Racioppi has spent her career sharing the answer.

The goal of fundraising is to raise funds right? Fundraising expert and non-profit leader Jennifer McCrea says "money is just gas in the car."

Why is everyone so gung ho on having an optimistic attitude? It turns out that pessimism can be a good thing. Find out why. Julie Norem is a Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College.

Conversations about Autism are often focused on what people can't do. But joy and fulfillment and meaning come from what you're good at and not obsessing on your deficits. Diana shares her work on helping autistic kids, including her own triplets, become fulfilled adults. Diana O'Brien is the Founder of Impact Autism and CMO of Deloitte.

We may be staying in touch more frequently thanks to technology, but what are we missing out on by not writing more letters? Sabrina Moyle, the founder of Hello Lucky! And Tess Darrow, the founder of Egg Press are determined to bring back letter-writing, with their Write_On campaign.

Dr. Dava Newman is the Deputy Administrator of NASA. She is ushering in the next mission to Mars. Will this be one giant step for women... And a giant leap for womankind?

Have you ever thought about climbing the Golden Gate Bridge untethered, for fun? Caroline Paul has. In her latest book, "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" she not only documents her adventures, but shares what she's learned from them to inspire more adventures for all. PS she was one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco.

Crisis Text Line has processed over 14 million messages to date with trained volunteers who support people in crisis who text the word "start" to 741 741. Nancy Lublin is the Founder of Crisis Text Line. She also founded Dress For Success, and was CEO of the teen volunteer organization Do Something.