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This isn’t your average podcast—it’s a radical little book club for your ears. Each week on Assigned Reading, feminist business coach Becky Mollenkamp invites a brilliant guest to read and unpack a feminist essay. Together, they dive into the juicy, nuanced, sometimes uncomfortable questions these texts raise about power, identity, leadership, liberation, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to have big conversations about big ideas—but without having to get dressed, make small talk, or leave you ...
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Each episode deconstructs patriarchal ideologies and "Father God" archetypes, exploring spirituality, culture, and social conditioning through the lens of Black womanhood. We challenge colorism as a global extension of racism and patriarchy, and critique white-centric feminism for excluding Black women and ignoring intersections of race, class, and systemic oppression. While centering Black women and femmes, NYWWF welcomes all committed to unlearning, decolonizing, and embracing divine femin ...
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Women of Ambition

Alyssa Calder Hulme

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The Women of Ambition Podcast is a place where we explore ambition - first, the radical act of acknowledging it within ourselves, second allowing space to explore what ambition means for each of us, and third moving forward with intention. Host Alyssa Calder Hulme navigates stories of women accepting and thriving in their ambition through guest interviews and reflections.
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In this episode of Assigned Reading, Becky and Kim unpack Barbara Love’s essay on developing a liberatory consciousness. Using the framework of the “4 A’s”—Awareness, Analysis, Action, and Accountability—they reflect on the deeply personal work of moving from complicity to liberation. This episode explores queer identity, internalized oppression, w…
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Aging, feminism, and power collide in this juicy conversation. Becky and podcast producer Ana Xavier discuss Susan Sontag’s The Double Standard of Aging and how it still resonates decades later. From gray hair and menopause to child-free choices and decentering men, this feminist talk gets real about the aging double standard and what it means to o…
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What happens when the law can't see you? This episode dives into Kimberle Crenshaw’s landmark 1989 essay on intersectionality, exploring how courts systematically erase Black women. Becky and Tori break down Crenshaw’s trapdoor metaphor, legal analysis, and the continuing relevance of intersectional feminism today. This week’s text ✍️ “Demarginaliz…
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In this episode, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown dive deep into Sylvia Rivera’s 2001 speech, "Bitch on Wheels." They unpack Rivera’s righteous rage, explore the erasure of trans voices in LGBTQ history, and reflect on the importance of solidarity and intersectionality in the fight for liberation. This raw speech from a legendary activist is just a…
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In this powerful conversation, Becky Mollenkamp and Faith Clarke unpack Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s iconic essay *We Should All Be Feminists*. They explore how feminism intersects with race, colonization, shame, and identity. Faith shares deep insights from a Black Caribbean lens, and the two reflect on how culture is created—and can be disrupted. T…
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✍️ This week’s essay: “Love as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks 🎙 This week’s guest: Heather Vickery is a coach, speaker, podcast host, and joy-bringer. Her work centers around intentional living, courageous leadership, and aligning action with values. Heather brings radical honesty and warmth to everything she does—even when it’s tough love.…
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This week’s text: ✍️ “What No One Else Will Tell You About Feminism” by Lindy West This week’s guest: Paige Worthy (she/her) is a writer, editor, and brand messaging strategist for progressive entrepreneurs. Known for her spicy takes, thoughtful wordcraft, and zero tolerance for misogynist bullshit, Paige shows up in business and life as a truth-te…
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🎙 Episode 3: Red Rivers: Reclaiming the Sacred Womb (pt 1) This series dives deep into the global and historical demonization of menstruation, sacred womb wisdom, and the spiritual power of menstrual blood across cultures. Through the lens of patriarchy, colonization, and religious doctrine—particularly in Abrahamic traditions—we explore how someth…
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🎙 Episode 2: The Goddess Was First: Matriarchy, Patriarchy, and the Power Shift In this episode of Not Your White Woman’s Feminism, host Sibyl takes us on a journey through ancient matriarchal societies, goddess temples, and the rise of patriarchal religions. We explore what was lost when power shifted from the Divine Mother to the Father God—and w…
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🎙 Episode 1: This Ain’t Your Mama’s Feminism Welcome to Not Your White Woman’s Feminism — a bold space for Black women and femmes of all background's reclaiming feminism, divinity, and truth. In our debut episode, we dive into patriarchy’s dirty roots: how it rewrote spiritual history, shaped modern womanhood, and shows up in pop culture, religion,…
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This week’s text: ✍️ “Speaking of Nature” by Robin Wall Kimmerer This week’s guest: Nancy Harris (she/her) is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and facilitator supporting leaders and organizations committed to equity, people-centered work, and transformational change. She’s the founder of Restart Consulting, host of The Intersection podcast, and…
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This week’s text: ✍️ “Compulsary Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” by Adrienne Rich This week’s guest: Lindsay Johnson, aka The Radical Connector, is a sales & visibility coach for misfit entrepreneurs building their businesses to the beat of their own drums and radical enough to believe they can change the world! Lindsay’s superpower is getti…
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This week’s text: ✍️ “Joy” by Zadie Smith (New York Review of Books) This week's guest: Jordan Maney is the Radical Joy Coach™ helping Black, brown, and queer folks recover their softness, reclaim their joy, and rest without guilt. She’s a writer, speaker, and coach whose work centers joy as a liberatory, ancestral practice. Jordan’s presence is su…
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This week’s text: ✍️ “Abolition Can Mend Our Democracy” by Angela Y. Davis (Inquest) This week’s guest: Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster, and producer with a PhD in philosophy. She’s the founder of Softer Sounds, a feminist podcast studio for entrepreneurs and creatives, and host of Off the Grid, a podcast about leaving social media wit…
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Welcome to Assigned Reading—the feminist podcast where we read bold, brilliant essays and talk about them like real people. In this short trailer, host Becky Mollenkamp introduces the show and what to expect: weekly conversations about powerful feminist essays, deep questions, occasional confusion, and a whole lot of curiosity. Each episode feature…
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Welcome to the women of ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hume. And today we are going to look specifically at ambition for women as per normal, but we're going to be looking at it through the lens of culture and how religion and socialization and so many other factors come into play for women and how we are socialized to be able to ex…
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Alyssa Calder Hulme: [00:00:00] Welcome to the women of ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Culler Hume. And today we have a fantastic guest on our show. Nina Simons is co founder and chief relationship officer at Bioneers and leads it's every woman leadership program throughout her career, spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corpo…
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Alyssa Calder Hulme: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hume, and today we have Whitney Knox Lee. Whitney is a civil rights attorney, an equity and inclusion consultant, a mother and wife, and the host of the Empatrix podcast. Whitney Knox Lee, Esq.: Yes. Alyssa Calder Hulme: Thank you so much for bein…
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What does it mean to be a good ancestor? Why should we reckon with the horrible stories of our ancestors as well as the peaceful ones? How does colonization affect how we think about family, record histories, and relate to our relatives? Join Alyssa Calder Hulme and Miyamoto Loretta Jensen, the Polynesian Genealogist, in a chat about data sovereign…
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Alyssa: [00:00:00] Hello everybody and welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hulme, and today we're gonna do something that we haven't done for a little while now, and that is a PostPod, and this is where we. Look at the last podcast that got published and digested a little bit, talk about it, contextualize some thi…
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Alyssa: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hulme , and today we are going to be beginning a little bit of a shift in our podcast experience together where we've been examining ambition, how women experience that and talk about that. And we're gonna continue on that same path, but I really want to start…
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Ambition, gender roles, deviance... what does it all mean? Join me for a brief overview of my research into the pain many of my guests and listeners face as they express and exercise their ambition. Why is it so hard? What is that sense of disapproval we get from society? What can we do about it? This this first episode of season 4 I explain what s…
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Join us for a fantastic chat about ambitious friendship and the challenges and rewards found therein. We are all dealing with the fallout of Roe V. Wade being overturned - some are celebrating, others mourning. What does that mean for friends with differing views? Can deep friendship exist when fundamental beliefs differ? And what about the in-pers…
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When Jessica's now ex-husband came out to her years ago, she had no idea what life would bring. Fast forward a decade or so and today she does something most would think is impossible: she sees her ex daily and maintains a deep, intimate connection with him while being remarried to a new man. The three of them host their own podcast and document th…
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How do I set the tone for my marriage as an ambitious woman? What if I realize my ambitious nature long after my choice to marry my spouse? How is my partnership (or lack there of) effecting my self-perception? And how can I change that? What unique challenges does my marriage face thank to my ambitious nature? How does my pursuit for growth effect…
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In this episode we celebrate Women's History Month by looking back into our own history and learning from other subversive women - specifically Susannah North Martin, convicted witch in Salem, MA in 1692. She was accused of being a witch 3 times in her life and was finally convicted at the age of 70. She is a direct ancestor of our host and a total…
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Explore how this ambitious woman intergrates her ambitions, career, travel and relationships with her children to create the life she loves. Meg has been traveling with her 4 kids and husband for over 2 years in a travel trailer, homeschooling from the road (roadschooling), all the while while running her business and incooperating every apsect of …
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Ambitious women face unique challenges and choices in our relationships with others. But before we can face outward relationships, we have to face our relationship with self. "I feel like my entire life I have been this person yelling 'HELL YES!' inside, but completely suffocating on the outside." "When you are consistently living to someone else’s…
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Are you burned out on goal setting? Do your best intentions flail or evaporate? Elle V shares her story of traditional achievement burnout. Misaligned ambition and misapplied control dragged her into a dark place before she finally gave it all up to create the life she loves. She shares concrete tools and ideas for listeners to identify their intui…
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Comedian Shay shares her story of starting life as a gay child in a small, conservative town and building out her own identify with cross country moves, career shifts, and chasing fear. Through her personal development, she transformed her comedy from being a shield and distraction from her true self, to an expression and creation of her true self.…
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Do you know how to set long lasting goals that not only get you the results you want, but help you live in alignment with your higher self everyday? Do you know how to set specific goals that keep you motivated all year long? Join Alyssa Calder Hulme as she explains her goal setting process for 2022. By applying core values to all areas of life we …
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"When in balance, my core values support my drive to achieve and my life is balanced. As I honor my core needs, I can take bigger risks with more confidence. Because I know myself better, and I choose into what is sustainable. I can play in my ideas, experiment and evolve my projects and goals."By Alyssa Calder Hulme
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"Ambition is constantly wanting to have and to be the best you can be... it can be in education, having boundaries with people, exercising, or eating properly. It's like every aspect of your life you just want that to be the best and the healthiest that it can be."By Alyssa Calder Hulme
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Today I want to talk about identifying our top core values. Core values are the top 3-10 fundamental beliefs that inform the way we live. When we can define what our core beliefs are we can more easily make decisions that will lead us to the end results we want. As ambitious women, we know we want to achieve x y z, but there are many ways to achiev…
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How does a passionate, determined, and well-educated woman decide what to devote her energy towards? How does she narrow the scope of what she will focus on? Preethi Harbuck and Alyssa Calder Hulme discuss the many facets of being ambitious women and how they narrow their focus and make space for what matters most.…
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Do you love who you are becoming on the path to achievement? How do your values factor into your chosen path? Are you achieving at the expense of your joy? Do you like the changes you see in yourself? Walk through some self-reflection with host Alyssa Calder Hulme and own your ambition with even more confidence.…
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Welcome back to the Women of Ambition Podcast! Today I’ll share an intro to the podcast as well as lay out the plan for season 2. I’m getting better organized and we have some fantastic women set up so far. First off, for newbies, Welcome! The Women of Ambition Podcast is a place where we explore ambition - first, the radical act of acknowledging i…
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