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SEASON ONE
One woman per episode, describing the field she works in, how she got there, and what it actually cost her. Most of them changed fields partway through. New episode every Friday.
EPISODE 001 · AEROSPACE → ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CEO and Chief Wonderer, KeepWOL
First Black woman to graduate from the University of Kansas' aerospace engineering department, six figures within a few years, and then the realization that the work did not match what she believed.
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EPISODE 002 · ADVERTISING → HIGHER EDUCATION
Marketing and management professor, consultant, speaker
Twenty plus years in consulting and organizational development, then higher education, which was not the plan and turned out to be the part she loved.
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EPISODE 003 · EMERGENCY RESPONSE → NUCLEAR
Podcast host and creator, Naked Nuclear
Firefighter, paramedic, commercial pilot, physics teacher in Vietnam, now nuclear recruiting and workforce development. Plus a fire truck seat built for someone twice her size.
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EPISODE 004 · COLLEGE → MARKETING
Marketing and sales student, Grand Canyon University
Most career shows talk to people thirty years in. This one also talks to someone standing at the very start of it.
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EPISODE 005 · AUTOMOTIVE → FITNESS
Certified FASTer Way coach, business owner
A decade in commercial fleet sales as one of the only women in her department. Now she co-owns an auto repair shop and coaches mothers over 35.
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EPISODE 006 · CAMPAIGNS → AI POLICY
Senior Advisor to the Governor of Arizona
She leads the Governor's Artificial Intelligence Steering Committee, and argues technology should make government more trustworthy, not only more efficient.
OUT 16 OCTOBER 2026
EPISODE 007 · CORPORATE FINANCE → ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CPA, co-owner and partner, High Rock Accounting
A CPA who will tell you that hiring a CPA is not your first move, which is not what most CPAs say.
OUT 23 OCTOBER 2026
EPISODE 008 · MEDICINE → NEGOTIATION
Physician, global health scholar, negotiation coach
Medical school in Nigeria, then the United States with $250 and a ten year plan. She asked for a three day week at full pay, followed up until the answer was yes, and every doctor at that hospital still has the option.
OUT 30 OCTOBER 2026