Podcast Spotlight: Speaking Broadly
On Speaking Broadly, host Dana Cowin sits down with trailblazing women in food to learn about their stories. These intimate conversations delve into the challenges and successes of featured guests, etching out their journey of getting to where they are.
We’re highlighting a number of episodes from Speaking Broadly that have inspired Team HRN.
By: Vy Duong
Episode 136: For Failure s Sake: Alex Pemoulie: Is failure the best teacher? In this episode of Speaking Broadly, writer and Director of Finance at Sea Creatures Alex Pemoulie traces the arc of her relationship with failure. She shares her first perceived failures including dropping out of a semester abroad in Paris, cutting ties with the good girl within, and staying too long with an abusive boyfriend. Pemoulie then embraces failure with ferocity while working at Momofuku with Dave Chang, who is master of the art of learning from mistakes. If you ve ever doubted the power of takin
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Episode 144 The Rules According to V: V Spehar
Aired: Tuesday, January 19th 2021
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HOSTED BY Dana Cowin
From auditioning for a Dolly Parton Christmas show as a lark on their birthday, to going to a job interview, soup in hand, moments after totaling their car, to catering for Mitt Romney, V Spehar has made a lot of surprising career moves. Most recently they were head of Impact Programs for the James Beard Foundation, and are currently Executive Director of Everything Food. Listen in to hear about V s approach to changing the rules ( I learned young that having a sound argument for something and making it seem easy for other people was going to be the best way to make it through life as unscathed as possible ), dealing with trauma ( I loved being a helper, I never thought that I would love being helped ), and being a good listener, which is the key to everything.