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SEASON 2
Episode .015
Jill Lyons
I’m Not Dead talks to Jill Lyons
and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Awards: She ran productions for Oprah, head creative at All State, VP at Hawkeye and makes cocktails for the personal amusement of Ryan Reynolds.
Expertise: A “lander of planes” and “fixer” who believes problems aren't problems when they have solutions.
Education: Chicago native, Second City veteran and dedicated yogi.
Super Skills: Successful working mom and an excellent pun creator.
@jill.i.lyons
Episode .014
Mary McGee
I’m Not Dead talks to Mary McGee
and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: Stay calm, twist to throttle (if you don’t know what that means watch her doc Motorcycle Mary).
Awards: 30 year racing career, shattered gender norms and was the first woman to race motorcycles in the United States and the first PERSON to ride the baja 500 solo.
Expertise: Believing the one constant you have as motorcyclist is to help others and always be kind (we believe that too).
Education: Born in Alaska on the eve of WW2, started racing cars in 1957 and was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2018.
Super Skill: After a New Year's Eve party in 1963 she began riding dirtbikes in the desert after being convinced by Steve McQueen (casual and very relatable).
@motorcycle.mary
Episode .013
Mickalene Thomas
I’m Not Dead talks to Mickalene Thomas and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: To honor the profound power unleashed when women support and celebrate each other.
Accolades: Visual artist, educator, curator with solo shows all over the world and portrait of Michele Obama in the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery.
Expertise: Unsure how many eyeglasses are in her collection but looks fabulous in all of them (Go ahead, google her).
Education: Watching, learning, and taking notes from the beauty and elegance that is her mother.
Super Skills: Admired and loved by skateboarders, Dior and Jay Z (she has collaborated with all 3).
@mickalenethomas
Episode .012
Megan Rapinoe
Sue Bird
Our Guests today are Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird and these are their credits:
Career Objectives: Create awareness and action around sports, culture and the under-represented (I mean, women are saving sports and everything else).
Accolades: Sue has her own barbie doll, Megan has a lego twin (not actually life size).
Expertise: Bringing people together with and without a uniform on (have you seen Power of the dream?).
Education: Lost games, bruised knees, and gold medals.
Super Skills: Sue is a self proclaimed sneaker head and Megan has actually had a pink head.
@mrapinoe @sbird10
Episode .011
Julianne Moore
I’m Not Dead talks to Julianne Moore and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: From Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Big Lebowski, Still Alice and the Kids are all alright and many more, Julianne Moore has played the women we desperately want to be, the women we are afraid to embrace or the women that have never felt seen.
Awards: In case you have been living under a rock, she is an Oscar winner, Time magazines one of the most influential people in the world and The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
Expertise: From concerned mother to fierce advocate she is a co founder of Everytown which focuses on gun safety, gun violence and prevention movement (this matters to us).
Education: At the age of 7 she had a hurtful nickname that she turned into a powerful children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry (still one of my kids favorite books).
Super Skills: Didn't learn to drive until she was 27, appeared in her first feature film at 30, and still a bombshell at 63.
@juliannemoore
SEASON 1
Episode .001
Jennifer Grey
Our Guest today is Jennifer Grey
and these are her credits:
Career Objective: Rewriting the line “don’t put baby in the corner”
Expertise: Not defined by one headline.
Awards: Actor in iconic movies of her generation, author, lifelong dancer and winner of Dancing with the Stars.
Relevant Skills: Mom who never missed a day of carpool.
Episode .002
Jodie Patterson
Our Guest today is Jodie Patterson and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: Prove you can have great sex over 50.
Relevant skills: Best selling author, and chic non conformist Single mom to 5 beautiful kids.
Awards: Named number one most influential Mom, Social activist and board member of The Human Rights Campaign.
Education: Native New Yorker also known as The School of Big Apple.
Soft skills: Former Circus acrobat.
Episode .003
Jenna Lyons
Our Guest today is Jenna Lyons
and these are her credits:
Professional Experience: Known as President and Creative Director of Jcrew, the “Woman who dressed American”,
Founder of beauty Brand Loveseen and reluctant reality star on the Real Housewives of New York City.
Education: self proclaimed Awkward California kid who found purpose and beauty at Parsons School of Design.
Special Skills: Synchronized swimmer
Super Special Skills: Gave permission to high low style by wearing a jean jacket to the Met Gala.
Interests: Dogs, kittens, her son, clothes that fit and probably sequins.
Episode three: I’m not dead talks to Jenna Lyons
Release date: May 16, 2024
Episode .004
Jemele Hill
Our Guest today is Jemele Hill
and these are her credits:
Professional Experience: Emmy award winning journalist, ESPN co host legend, podcaster and host of many things.
Expertise: Professional writer for 25 years and counting including her recent memoir and Oprah favorite Uphill.
Special Skills: Synchronized swimmer
Career Objectives: To write as if no one is in the room and speak as if everyone is listening.
Soft Skills: Understanding sometimes you’re the hammer and sometimes you’re the nail.
Release date: May 23, 2024
Episode .005
Emily Hikade
Our guest today is Emily Hikade
and these are her credits:
Professional Experience: 15 years as a counter terrorism case officer with the CIA.
Relevant Skills: Can put 4 boys to bed before 10pm and makes PJ’s that everyone, even royalty can wear.
Education: Built a multi million dollar pajama brand while undercover and overseas AND pregnant with her 4th child.
Soft Skills: Can easily pass a background check, a polygraph and a drug test.
Release date: May 30, 2024
@emilyhikade @petiteplume
Episode .006
Maggie Smith
Our Guest today is Maggie Smith
and these are her credits:
Professional Experience: Her book You Could Make This Place Beautiful was an instant bestseller along with her poem Good Bones which went viral.
Awards: An Academy of American Poets and Pushcart Prize winner and fellowship from the National Endowment for the arts.
Expertise: In her own words, she writes and she helps other people write.
Relevant Skills: When not creating Oprah’s favorite memoir she is hanging with her two favorite people, her daughter and son.
Release date: June 5, 2024
@maggiesmithpoet
Episode .007
Mindy Segal
Our Guest today is Mindy Segal
and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: To be delicious hot or iced
Awards: Bashful James Beard Pastry Chef Winner, best selling cookbook author,
Expertise: Bakery owner and makes delicious edibles.
Education: Chicago’s finest restaurants.
Soft Skills: Horse whisperer and ball breaker.
Release date: June 13, 2024
@mindysbakery @mindysegal
Episode .008
Maya Camille- Broussard
Tereasa Surratt
Live from Chicago
Maya Camille-Broussard
Career Objectives: To deliver amazing pies, quiches and tarts while positively impacting the lives of others through The Broussard Justice Foundation. And clearly a terrible dresser.
Awards: James Beard finalist for Outstanding Baker, Esquire’s pastry chef of the year and featured on the Netflix series, Bake Squad and on the viral sensation I’m Not Dead podcast.
Expertise: Wrote an 85 page book of recipes that also serves to highlight those that strive for social justice and equity.
Education: Chicago native, owner of Justice of the Pies which was created in honor of her late father, who firmly believed in second chances.
Super Skills: Finds forgiveness through food and with her nonprofit is devoted to eliminating food insecurity. Oh and President Obama likes her pies, no big deal.
@mayacamillebroussard
Tereasa Surratt
Career Objectives: Left imposter syndrome by the wayside by quitting her corporate job after 25 years to get to do what she actually loves.
Accolades: Award winning author, creative director and THE Queen of branding.
Expertise: Owner of world-renowned resort Camp Wandawega and can dig out a porta potty faster than getting a cup of coffee.
Education: Once a truck stop waitress now owns a highly sought out camp listed by Travel & Leisure as one of the greatest hotels in the world.
Super Skills: Setting an example for her teenager daughter so she doesn’t carry self doubt into her 40s.
Our live Guests today are
Maya Camille-Broussard and Tereasa Surratt:
@campwandawega
Episode .009
Jennifer Fisher
Our Guest today is Jennifer Fisher
and these are her credits:
Career Objectives: Earn your place and do it your way.
Awards: CFDA Accessory of the year nominee, Town and Country jewelry award winner,
ACE Influencer of the year and always a true girl's girl.
Expertise: Hoops, Salts, kitchen ninja and not giving a shit.
Education: Built a business on grit, hard work and the viral dog tag.
Super Skills: Badass entrepreneur, devoted mother with a wicked sense of humor.
@jenniferfisherjewlery
Episode .010
Sarah Clary
Christina Glickman
Our Guests today are I’m not dead
co founders
Sarah Clary & Christina Glickman
and these are their credits:
Sarah Clary
Professional Experience: Over 15 years as a brand whisperer who defined the look of crewcuts at J Crew, co-launched beauty brand Loveseen, and even did a stint on the reality TV series "Stylish with Jenna Lyons.”
Expertise: Can weigh in on a fashion editorial, reinvent a brand and mend her daughter’s broken wrist all before 9am.
Career Objectives: Be kind. Be fair. Or don’t call her.
Soft Skills: Oblivious when the guy who played Harry Potter sat right next to her but can easily identify where to find anything your heart desires.
Christina Glickman
Professional Experience: Tedx speaker, viewed over half millions times, best-selling author, early advocate for clean beauty making waves with lawmakers in DC.
Expertise: Founder of Xtra love army and hope injector.
Career Objectives: Be a good mother and help women get out of their own way.
Soft Skills: Understands the importance of a good Adidas track suit and a Gucci accessory.
@clarysarah @christinaglickman2