• Work in Progress: Morgan Wade
    Sep 19 2024

    Rising country music artist Morgan Wade may seem like an overnight success, but it took a lot of hustle and hard work to get to where she is now.

    The singer-songwriter chats with Sophia about being young and hungry to make it, and putting everything she had into kick-starting her career from booking her own shows, creating her own merch, and even building her own website! She reveals why her collaboration with Kesha felt like a full circle moment, and what it’s been like to tour with legends Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett. Plus, she shares that despite her busy schedule, she's already written her next record!

    Morgan gets candid about the gauntlet of media exposure — from good to bad — and how she felt reading some of the more sensational headlines about herself. She also courageously shares about her personal road to sobriety, and opens up about her double mastectomy. Conversation topics that she hopes help others too.

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    59 mins
  • Work in Progress: Karine Jean-Pierre
    Sep 12 2024

    Karine Jean-Pierre grew up the proud daughter of immigrants who came to this country for a better life. And she achieved the ultimate American Dream, making history as both the first Black woman and the first openly gay person to serve as the White House Press Secretary.

    During an in-person sit down at the White House, Sophia catches up with Karine, who reveals what really happens outside of the Briefing Room, the secret to her success, how her tough childhood shaped her, the historical significance of the room they're chatting in, and why representation matters to all of us.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Work in Progress: Nancy Pelosi
    Sep 5 2024

    From a housewife in the 1960s to the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is an inspiration. She is also one of the most influential women in American politics, whose desire to make a difference led her into public service and into our history books. For decades she has used her voice to champion human rights, full equality, affordable health care, and the environment.

    Speaker Emerita Pelosi joins Sophia to talk about her journey into politics, how motherhood played a key role in her career, being proud of her battle wounds — or as she calls them, "badges of honor” — and her hopes for future policy change. She also shares her advice for women who want to run for office.

    Together, Speaker Pelosi and Sophia rehash the DNC, and then Nancy reveals her work in progress, and the reason she wrote her new memoir, "The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House" out now.

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    58 mins
  • A New Era for Women's Sports
    Sep 2 2024

    Get ready for an inspiring chat about the shift and rise of women's sports!

    Sophia takes us back to the Paris Olympics and her chat with Li Li Leung, the President and CEO of USA Gymnastics, WNBA Player Monique Billings, and Volleyball National Champion Madisen Skinner, about the future of women's sports, including the importance of mentorship, finding balance, advice for success in collegiate sports, the athletes that inspired them, and not being afraid of doing things that scare you!

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    32 mins
  • Bonus Content
    Aug 30 2024

    Live from the DNC, our friend CNN’s Laura Coates turns the tables and interviews Sophia.

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    5 mins
  • Work in Progress: Maren Morris
    Aug 29 2024

    Fresh off her performance at the DNC, Maren Morris — singer-songwriter, activist, and mom — is in a new chapter of her life. She’s doing things her way, and is not afraid to use her voice to stand up for what's right.

    The Grammy-winning artist talks to Sophia about her emotional journey, from the highs of her recent DNC performance to the lows of coping with postpartum depression, being a different person now than she was five years ago, standing by everything she has said when she’s stood up for people in the past, and why she decided to come out as bisexual when she did.

    Plus, Maren opens up about using her art to navigate through the pain of divorce, finding the courage to hit the reset button on her life, and exploring personal change in her new EP, Intermission, which is available now.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Work in Progress: Kevin McHale
    Aug 22 2024

    TV viewers got to know him as Artie Abrams on the mega-hit series "Glee" and from his scene-stealing guest role on "The Office," but his dream to be on the small screen wasn't as an actor but as a weatherman!

    Kevin McHale joins Sophia to chat about his childhood dream and what fueled it, their thoughts on the current political climate, a gleeful recap of how he got the part of Artie, the inclusion of disability representation on network television, and the reason he finally decided to do a Glee rewatch podcast after much deliberation.

    Plus, Kevin confesses to a party faux pas that almost took out a famous singer at one of Sophia's bashes!

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Work in Progress: Symone Sanders-Townsend
    Aug 15 2024

    The presidential race is heating up, and who better to discuss all the latest developments than a former White House political strategist and co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend."

    Symone Sanders-Townsend and Sophia discuss Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election, Tim Walz being announced as the VP pick, and Donald Trump's recent comments questioning Kamala Harris' race.

    Plus, Symone talks about her incredible journey to the White House, from being the youngest presidential press secretary to becoming the first Black woman to serve as a spokesperson for a Vice President. She also reveals the advice she got from VP Harris when she decided to leave her office to pursue a new career.

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    1 hr and 6 mins