
Le vital corps Salon
Each episode, host/salonnière Kara Snyder talks with a modern woman about how they navigate BS and side-step burnout. It's a pedestal-free zone chock full of real talk among real women across different industries about real obstacles and real solutions for the real world. It's a soul-soothing space
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#0089: Sara Duchovnay on the impact of the opera diva myth, divorce rings + life on the other side of your worst fe...
During this episode, we discuss how she came to love...
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Oct 14 2020 1h 18m
#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth
Alice has participated in two historic flybys, which...
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Jul 8 2020 1h 27m
#0087: Claire Sprouse on low-waste sustainability, non-preachy activism + serving inspiring food and drinks
Today, we discuss Claire's passion for sustainabilit...
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Jun 10 2020 1h 5m
#0086: Kat Wilson on recognizing opportunities + navigating work at the 3D intersection of art and engineering
Kat holds an MFA in Metals from SUNY New Paltz and h...
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May 13 2020 1h 13m
#0085: Eileen Uchitelle on managing distractions, problem-solving + sticking tenaciously with the tedious, invisib...
Eileen is an avid open source contributor focusing o...
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Apr 8 2020 1h 30m
#0084: Dipti Mehta on persistence, pluck + playwriting to inspire social change
Dipti believes in theater as a powerful lever for so...
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Mar 11 2020 1h 12m
#0083: Deana Burke on democratizing cryptocurrency, generating financial empowerment + being a startup founder
Before founding Gracias, Deana was co-founder at str...
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Feb 26 2020 1h 33m
#0082: Julianne Holt-Lundstad on the fraying of our social fabric, social connection + our health
Additionally, Dr. Holt-Lunstad has an adjunct profes...
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Feb 12 2020 1h 26m
#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting wit...
Last year she and her husband, Mike, with their band...
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Jan 22 2020 1h 43m
#0080: Leah Penniman on farming, ending racism in the food system + creating your own trusted Council of Friends
Leah co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the miss...
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Jan 8 2020 45m
#0079: Megan Atkinson on listening loudly, operating w/ raw honesty + rebooting your creative practice
Megan (aka Megz) has also been a friend and mentor. ...
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Dec 11 2019 1h 30m
#0078: Jingmai O'Connor on flying dinosaur birds, responding to feedback + dispelling misconceptions in academia an...
Meet Jingmai O’Connor. She's a professor at the Inst...
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Nov 27 2019 1h 22m
#0077: Aja Schmeltz on just transitions, leaning on others + taking off the workplace armor
Aja believes that a successful community is not made...
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Nov 13 2019 1h 13m
#0076: Melany Dobson on rituals, regenerative agriculture + the cannabis space
In her previous roles as executive assistant for a m...
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Oct 23 2019 1h 6m
#0075: Evelyn Wright climate change, imagination + the possibility of a New Economy
At her company, Sustainable Energy Economics, she co...
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Oct 9 2019 1h 16m
#0074: Susie Thornberry on creating space, curiously meandering + exploring the human impact of conflict through ar...
Susie's extensive experience in arts, museums, festi...
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Sep 10 2019 1h 26m
#0073: Patti Wilcox on blind spots at work, her anti-burnout "rules" + pleasure
Like many women to grace this podcast, Patti is no s...
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Aug 28 2019 1h 8m
#0072: Krishna Patel on connecting, combatting human trafficking + offsetting work with humor, playfulness and pers...
After a distinguished legal career spanning more tha...
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Aug 14 2019 1h 28m
#0071: Carmen Medina on thinking better, being a rebel + befriending bureaucratic blackbelts
Carmen's story as a heretic and change agent at CIA ...
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Jul 24 2019 1h 18m
#0070: Katharine Hayhoe on studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smo...
Sometimes, I unexpectedly bump into a guest at an ev...
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Jul 10 2019 59m
#0069: Jana Blankenship on reclaiming artistic confidence, building a B Corp + not doing all the things all the tim...
If that wasn’t enough, Jana is a writer, too. She wi...
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Jun 26 2019 1h 19m
#0068: Whitney Beatty on changing things up post-anxiety attack, betting on yourself + leadership in the cannabis s...
As a single mom, Whitney bravely took on the risk of...
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Jun 12 2019 1h 17m
#0067: Kelly interviews Kara on power, coming out of the career closet + not belonging
I’ve been so fortunate to have some really, really k...
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May 22 2019 2h 6m
#0066: Mary Waldner on healing, achieving joy, navigating how to run and exit a business + measuring success
After many years of illness and being sick (since sh...
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May 8 2019 1h 27m
#0065: Doniece Sandoval on transforming how we see and engage our unhoused neighbors, designing radical hospitality...
The Lava Mae goal: to deliver hygiene and to reconne...
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Apr 24 2019 1h 13m