Skimm’d While Making History
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This March, let's celebrate women whose stories will go down in the books.
Skimm’d While Listening to History
On this season of "Skimm’d from the Couch," meet the changemakers whose names you should know.
Alicia Garza
Principal at Black Futures Lab and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network
Kristen Welker
Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News and Co-Anchor of
Weekend TODAY
Dara Treseder
Head of Global Marketing & Communications
at Peloton
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Civil Rights Activist
She’s the Principal at Black Futures Lab and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network — the movement that sparked a global rallying cry last summer. Black Lives Matter has since been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, as the world recognizes the groundbreaking work Alicia and her co-founders started.
One of the things that is so important about building movements, which is the process of putting more power into the hands of more people, is that you have to build the kinds of alliances that are unexpected.
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Journalist
Kristen is a veteran journalist who’s been chasing stories and reporting the news for decades. You probably recognize her from that final 2020 presidential debate — where she kept it cool under pressure. And now she’s Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News.
This is my advice for anyone doing anything scary…. Think about it. Face it. How are you going to be prepared?
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Head of Vaccine Research, Pfizer
Kathrin is the head of vaccine research at Pfizer. So she literally helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine that’s being distributed in the US and around the world. Why stop there. It turns out, she’s developed other breakthrough vaccines throughout her career. Like the one that fights HPV.
“I did not think about failure. I did not think about success.
All I thought about is we have to come up with something that stops this pandemic.”
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Peloton
She’s the head of global marketing for Peloton — a brand that’s made at-home fitness viral during the pandemic. Case in point: Its membership has more than doubled in the last year. But this isn’t Dara’s first ride. She’s also got GE, Apple, and Goldman Sachs on her resume. So basically she’s at the top of the leaderboard.
Feedback is a gift…. I welcome critical feedback.
Now I ask for it from everybody.
Dr. Kathrin Jansen
Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer
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Peloton
She’s the head of global marketing for Peloton — a brand that’s made at-home fitness viral during the pandemic. Case in point: Its membership has more than doubled in the last year. But this isn’t Dara’s first ride. She’s also got GE, Apple, and Goldman Sachs on her resume. So basically she’s at the top of the leaderboard.
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Feedback is a gift…. I welcome critical feedback. Now I ask for it from everybody.
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Dara Treseder
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Alicia Garza
Principal at Black Futures Lab and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network
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Kristen Welker
Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News and Co-Anchor of Weekend TODAY
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COO of New York Presbyterian
Dr. Forese is the COO of New York Presbyterian, one of the largest not-for-profit hospitals in the country. And one that’s been instrumental in caring for COVID-19 patients. Also under her leadership, the hospital rolled out a comprehensive paid parental leave plan that includes extended leave for up to six months and continued benefits coverage. Oh, and we forgot to mention that she’s an orthopedic surgeon.
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People were scared. And it was on me and the rest of the leadership team to say ‘We’re going to be here with you.’
Kathrin Jansen
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Chief Operating Officer of
New York Presbyterian
Kathrin is the head of vaccine research at Pfizer.
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Shrill
Based on Lindy West’s memoir and starring Aidy Bryant from “SNL,” this comedy series is all about changing your life without changing your body or self. Yes, please.
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the script for this new drama, which details how the gov targeted the famed jazz musician for singing about the horrors of lynching.
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Pen15
Grab your gel pens and get ready to laugh, cry, and cringe. Pen15’s writers, creators, and co-stars remind us what middle school in the early 2000s was really like.
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Normal People
In case you didn’t already binge this adaption of Sally Rooney’s hit novel. Or wanna see Marianne and Connell fall in love all over again. Humble brag: we’ve chatted with the cast.
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The Great
The 1700s called. They want you to pay more attention to Catherine the Great. Because she broke glass ceilings before it was cool. Enter: this hysterical, twisted satire.
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The Mindy Project
Mindy Kaling’s rom-com sitcom follows an OB/GYN in NYC (say that three times fast) on her journey to become a better person – and find happily ever after.
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The Handmaid’s Tale
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Dr. Laura Forese
Chief Operating Officer of
New York Presbyterian
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COO of New York Presbyterian
Dr. Forese is the COO of New York Presbyterian, one of the largest not-for-profit hospitals in the country. And one that’s been instrumental in caring for COVID-19 patients. Also under her leadership, the hospital rolled out a comprehensive paid parental leave plan that includes extended leave for up to six months and continued benefits coverage. Oh, and we forgot to mention that she’s an orthopedic surgeon.
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People were scared. And it was on me and the rest of the leadership team to say ‘We’re going to be here with you.’
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Little Fires Everywhere
Reese Witherspoon knows how to turn a best-selling book into a great show. This one tackles motherhood and race relations in ‘90s suburbia. Witherspoon and Kerry Washington bring the heat.
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Dara Treseder
Head of Global Marketing & Communications at Peloton
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Dr. Kathrin Jansen
Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer
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