A podcast for sharing stories about finding the path you were meant to live. We bring you real conversations, authentic questions, vulnerable moments, advice on careers that are better for you and the world. Alongside explorations into high growth career paths and industries, we reveal roads less traveled and career choices focused on helping others.
Liza Libes Shares How Academia Turned Jane Austen Into a Colonizer (and Buried Tolstoy’s Best Lessons)
Liza Libes is defending literature like it's under siege, and after this conversation, you will understand why. Liza went to Columbia wanting to study Tolstoy and came out having read more Edward Said and Sartre she signed up for. We got into how her English degree...
Oikophobia: Why Successful Societies Turn Against Themselves with Benedict Beckeld, philosopher and author of Western Self-Contempt
What if you could name the thing tearing America apart? Benedict Beckeld joined us to trace a pattern that has played out in every great civilization in history: ancient Greece, Rome, Enlightenment France, Britain, and now America. The more successful a society...
Adam Louis Klein: How to Respond When They Call You a Zionist
Adam Louis Klein is a PhD student in anthropology at McGill who became one of the leading voices against antizionism after October 7. He was in the Amazon jungle doing fieldwork when the attacks happened. When he returned and refused to stay silent, he was...
What Your Relationship With Money Says About Your Character With Rabb Daniel Lapin
What if pursuing wealth isn't greedy, it's morally good? Rabbi Daniel Lapin has spent decades making that case, and in this conversation he makes it clearly. He's the bestselling author of Thou Shall Prosper, founder of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians,...
Reading Before You Speak: How Matt Nuclear Debates the Issues Most People Won’t Touch
Matt Nuclear is one of the most compelling young voices in political commentary right now. He went viral debating Amanda Seales on Jubilee's Surrounded series, one Black conservative among twenty, and has been building a reputation for tackling the issues most...
What Happens When the Most Trusted Newspaper Gets It Wrong?
How much power does The New York Times really have , and what happens when that power is used to shape narrative instead of pursue truth? In this episode of The Curious Middle, we speak with Ashley Rindsberg, author of The Gray Lady Winked, about the Times'...
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Business owners, entrepreneurs, writers, professionals, dreamers, seekers and others boldly questioning the status quo to give you the “why not” or “what if” moments.
Dumb Games
Great Show!
I am so honored to have been part of the podcast! Polina and Amber are so kind and–well–just inspiring. It was such a good experience, and I am grateful they included me.
Kelley Higney, Founder & CEO
Hosts, Amber and Polina, expertly guide their guests with insightful questions that draw out all details of their stories. These talented hosts, along with the impressive lineup of guests they regularly have on, makes this podcast a must listen for anyone looking for inspiration in their careers.
Deborah Huber
Engaging and inspiring podcast!
I recently discovered this podcast and have been on a mini-binge ever since. The interviews are inspiring, in-depth, and full of great ideas and information. I love the broad range of interesting and unique people interviewed and find that there are always things to learn, no matter what field the interviewee works in. Polina and Amber are insightful and engaging interviewers who do a great job drawing out the stories of people’s career journeys. I’m glad I found them.
J. Barshop
Awesome show, highly recommend!
Brianne and her guests provide some incredibly actionable and compelling content on how women can live a life with intention and meaning.
Highly recommend listening and subscribing to I Want Her Job if you want the knowledge AND mindsets to become the woman you know you’re capable of becoming (and live your best life as a result)!
Mac Prichard
Career Stories from Successful Women
Excellent in depth interviews with successful women from many fields who share professional and personal stories. Host Polina Selyutin asks smart questions as she lets her guests speak at their own pace. The conversations offer both practical and inspiring ideas. Two takeways from the recent epsiode with Barre3 co-founder Sadie Lincoln, for example: She takes challenges, not ideas, to her staff, and considers how her 95-year-old self might react to that day’s concerns.
Elena Lipson
Great interviews!
Love the diversity of guests. The interview are great and provide some deep insights into what works and what doesn’t.
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