When Aurora James was launching her luxury shoe line, Brother Vellies, she didn’t know that she’d eventually launch a non-profit and an equity fund dedicated to supporting black-owned businesses. But after the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 that’s what she did. Today, we talk to Aurora about how that’s going, and how she keeps her own company aligned with her values.

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CHANI is the second largest astrology app on the market, even though its founders have prioritized growing slowly and sustainably. Today we speak to its founders, Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi about their company's mold-breaking benefits package, what they think about work culture today, and how other companies might follow their lead. 

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Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi on Building a Business to Last

In 2014, Sophia Amoruso was the founder and CEO of Nasty Gal and her book #Girlboss was a New York Times bestseller – plus responsible for coining the hashtag-turned-cultural-phenomenon. Since then her company has folded and the "girlboss" has been declared all but dead... yet Sophia is haunted by its ghost. Today, she addresses the legacy of the phenomenon, what makes her cringe when she reads her book today, and how she’s remaking her life with new ambitions.
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Sophia Amoruso is Still Proud of #Girlboss

Chelsea Fagan first started The Financial Diet as a personal blog about her own financial mistakes. Now it’s a cross-platform media company run by a small team of women who work four days a week and share profits. This week, we talk to Chelsea all about the finances of her business. Plus, why she spent 50k of her own cash publishing a romance novel – and how she made it all back.
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The Four Day Week Works, Just Ask Chelsea Fagan

Aurora James Wants to Redefine Luxury and Build Black Wealth

Imara Jones didn't necessarily set out to be the founder of a news organization: her company, TransLash Media, grew out of a documentary series she made in 2018 about being trans in the age of Trump. The organization has been reporting on the trans community ever since — reporting that is now more urgent than ever. So today, we speak to Imara about the election and how she’s leading in this moment.
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Imara Jones on the Strategy Behind Trump’s Anti-Trans Ads

Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo love a steamy, swoony romance novel. They also love a good business opportunity (Claire &amp; Erica were behind the beloved yet shuttered retail company Of a Kind). And as they got deeper into the romance genre, they saw one: people don’t just read romance novels – they build universes around them with fan fiction and lively TikTok discussion. So Claire &amp; Erica launched 831 Stories, an entertainment media company built around romance novels. Today, we chat about what that really means, and how they’ve learned to work together over their 14-year business partnership (spoiler: it involves learning to fight). 
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Claire Mazur & Erica Cerulo Want to Give Romance the Marvel Treatment 

In 2018, Puja Patel was named editor-in-chief of Pitchfork, the legendary music criticism publication. She had a vision for the site: make it more accessible, maybe a little less pretentious. Then, in January this year, Condé Nast announced that GQ would absorb Pitchfork. Immediate uproar ensued — both from fans and musicians. Puja left the company. Today, she talks about what happened, how she negotiated her own power within a legacy institution, and what’s next for music criticism.
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Puja Patel on Leading — and Leaving — Pitchfork

Today, the start of a new special series about work. Hosted by friend of The Cut Samhita Mukhopadhyay, former executive editor of Teen Vogue and author of The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning. We’ll talk to women at the top of their fields, each with different perspectives on ambition and success. Women business leaders who pay their employees almost as much as they make. Women who have been held accountable — unfairly, or fairly — for their management decisions. And women who are very careful about the opportunities they say yes to. That’s where we start, with celebrity esthetician and skincare expert, whose products have a cult-like following: Renée Rouleau. 
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How Celebrity Esthetician Renée Rouleau Got Big by Saying No

Actor, producer, and entrepreneur Taraji P. Henson talks to Lindsay about her illustrious career, including her roles in Hustle &amp; Flow, EMPIRE and, most recently, The Color Purple. Plus, Henson talks about her fight for equal pay in the industry, her work in mental health advocacy through her Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, and why she's recently partnered with Kate Spade.

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In Her Shoes: Taraji P. Henson

Female athletes, both college and professional, continue to make gains in pay and TV-airtime equity, shatter records and break into once male-dominated sports. 
Today's conversation delves into those topics and more with three accomplished athletes. It comes to you from a rooftop panel at this year's South by Southwest conference. 
Guests: Dina Asher-Smith, World Champion and the fastest British woman in history. Haley Rosen, former professional soccer player and founder and CEO of Just Women’s Sports and Chloe Kim, American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist.

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In Her Shoes, at SXSW: Dina Asher-Smith, Haley Rosen & Chloe Kim

In the summer of 2018, host Lindsay Peoples wrote a piece called Everywhere and Nowhere, What it’s Really Like to be Black and Work in Fashion. It shook the table and ushered in a conversation on race in the industry. She interviewed over 100 people, including designer Tracy Reese—who's been working in fashion for more than five decades. For the fifth anniversary of the piece, Lindsay spoke to Tracy about what's changed, how far the industry has come, and how much work still needs to be done.
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In Her Shoes: Tracy Reese

Today's episode illuminates an essential foundation of Black life: namely, Black love. 
A new book from Zando Press assembles letters and original illustrations on the topic from celebrated Black writers and thinkers. The collection, Black Love Letters, explores the concept of Black love in all its facets, from diasporic connection to familial and community care to romance. Its array of contributors includes Dr. Imani Perry, Michael Eric Dyson, Tarana Burke, and the Reverend Al Sharpton.
Lindsay spoke to Natalie Johnson, who conceived of and co-edited Black Love Letters with Cole Brown, about the process of bringing the idea to life.
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In Her Shoes: Natalie Johnson and Black Love Letters

Jamila Wideman has a fascinating career trajectory that's spanned law, advocacy, and basketball—and mentorship has been a thread stitched through all of it. 
Wideman made history in 1997 when she was drafted for the inaugural WNBA season by the Los Angeles Sparks. While there, she launched an afterschool program for marginalized teens, "Hoopin' With Jamila." After playing four years in the league, she went on to attend NYU Law. 
As an attorney, she represented incarcerated people and low-income populations facing eviction. Now, Wideman works for the NBA, as Senior Vice President for Player Development. She works with rookies to help them acclimate to life as a professional athlete, and guides players in thinking about their lives holistically off the court.
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In Her Shoes: Jamila Wideman

Our guest on In Her Shoes this week is Geraldine Chung, the founder of the beloved online fashion brand LCD. 
It began as an online destination, showcasing an inspired mix of emerging independent designers. The brand grew fast—within a few years, Chung went on to open a brick and mortar location in Los Angeles. 
But like so many other small businesses, LCD took a big revenue hit during the pandemic. It's been difficult for small brands like it to regain stability, much less profitability. Earlier this month, Chung announced in a very candid Instagram post that she's shutting down the business. 
We wanted to talk to her about how she reached this decision, and ask her to reflect on what she learned in a decade of building and evolving the brand in a changing retail landscape.  
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In Her Shoes: Geraldine Chung

It's been a little over a month since the Cut wrapped its coverage of Paris Fashion Week. It's time to take the long look back at the full year in fashion. With industry vet and Cut Editor-At-Large Cathy Horyn, we review the standout designers and trends of 2023. 
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In Her Shoes: Cathy Horyn

Mara Hoffman started her eponymous label in 2002 out of her Upper East Side apartment. More than a decade in, she had an epiphany about the fashion industry: without sustainable practices, it was a toxic business that was bad for the earth. 
And with the perspective of becoming a new mom, she was also thinking about her legacy differently. Hoffman began transforming her business practices, with a commitment to sustainability as a core principle. 
This fall, Hoffman was awarded the Environmental Sustainability Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. On today's episode of In Her Shoes, we'll explore how she thinks about sustainable growth, and talk about the impact she wants to make on the wider fashion industry.
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In Her Shoes: Mara Hoffman

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has been a trailblazer pretty much her entire political career. In 2010, she was the first Black woman elected to the Boston City council and then would later go on to become the first Black woman elected Congress from Massachusetts. As a member of congress, she’s been a constant voice on issues like reproductive rights, healthcare and criminal justice reform. In this episode, she talks about her political career, her journey dealing with alopecia and what she’s hopeful about in this current political climate.
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In Her Shoes: Ayanna Pressley 

Audie Cornish is a journalism vet whose voice was our north star on NPR’s, All Things Considered for ten years. After being a public radio girl for most of her career, she’s embarking on a new journey. She’s now hosting a weekly Podcast on CNN called The Assignment with Audie Cornish. She talked about leaving NPR, her career in public radio and of course, what it’s been like starting something new.
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In Her Shoes: Audie Cornish

This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop since the genre first erupted on the scene in the Bronx. On this episode, we hear from Bevy Smith, Debra Lee and music writer Kiana Fitzgerald on how far hip hop has come and how much work still needs to be done when it comes to women in the industry.
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In Her Shoes: 50 Years of Hip Hop

As Olivia Rodrigo releases Guts, we take stock of the singer-songwriter who seemed to come out of nowhere, fully realized as an artist, back in 2021. How did Olivia surprise us so much before, and can she repeat her success a second time? Sam chats with Lindsay Zoladz, pop music critic at The New York Times, about the dualities of Olivia Rodrigo: She's an artist who is both quiet and loud, young and old at heart, and a former Disney child star whose lyrics are a gut punch. We also trace her inspirations from Alanis Morisette to Taylor Swift and explore why we can't get enough of Olivia's music in a year that's seen the pop culture power of women and girls.
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Into It: Olivia Rodrigo and the year of the girl

Five years ago, host Lindsay Peoples wrote a piece called Everywhere and Nowhere, What it’s Really Like to be Black and Work in Fashion. It shook the table and ushered in a conversation on race in the industry. She interviewed over 100 people, one of them being designer Tracy Reese who's been working in fashion for over five decades. For the fifth anniversary of the piece, Lindsay spoke to Tracy about what's changed, how far the industry has come and how much work still needs to be done.
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At the end of Britney Spears’s conservatorship in November of 2021, most of her fans rejoiced. But conspiracy theories have a subset of #FreeBritney fans convinced she’s still not really free. They focus on what they see as oddities or glitches in some of her Instagram posts. Vox reporter Rebecca Jennings says there are even theories that Britney has been replaced with AI or a body double. Rebecca and Sam talk about her current piece for New York Magazine and get into the TikTok sleuthing of this extreme set of Britney fans, how the conspiracy theories mirror QAnon, and what Britney herself thinks about her fans’ actions.
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Into It: #FreeBritney’s Dark Turn

Tracy Margolies is the Chief Merchandising Officer at Saks Fifth Avenue. She continues to create innovative conversations and connections in fashion, changing the way we think about brands and shop them too. In this episode, Tracy talks about her career, her start in the industry and what it’s like balancing motherhood.
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In Her Shoes: Tracy Margolies

Kenya Moore sits on the Mount Rushmore of Real Housewives legends but she’s been Gone With the Wind fabulous since before the show. The forever beauty queen has given us quality content since she joined the franchise in 2012. On This episode from January, Kenya talks about her career, her journey through motherhood and what it was like going through those grueling challenges when she starred in the Reality TV show, Special Forces.
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In Her Shoes: Kenya Moore

Katori Hall has a way of making the most dynamic, interesting characters come to life and there’s been no better display of that than the world she’s created on the show P-Valley. On this episode, Katori talks about her career, her writing process and what's next in her journey.
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In Her Shoes: Katori Hall

Bevy Smith knows how to command a room and she’s had our attention for over two decades. Her Ted Talk was one of the most viewed of 2022 and her book, Bevelations: Lessons From a Mutha, Auntie Bestie serves as the ultimate guide in reinventing yourself. On this episode, Lindsay and Bevy get a chance to catch up and talk about why it gets greater later.
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In Her Shoes: Bevy Smith

In 2016, Maggie Smith experienced what it was like to go viral. Her poem, Good Bones was shared all over the internet. Celebrities shared it. Mothers who could relate shared it. Even Meryl Streep read at an award show. After that moment, her life changed. In her memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, She details for us exactly how her life changed in the most painful but necessary ways.
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In Her Shoes: Maggie Smith

Christy Carlson Romano was ubiquitous on the Disney Channel in the early 2000s, starring in ‘Even Stevens,’ ‘Kim Possible,’ and ‘Cadet Kelly.’  But after the roles stopped and the checks dried up, she lost money to psychics, struggled with family relationships, and grappled with addiction. Now she processes those experiences on her popular YouTube channel, with videos like “Why I Don't Talk to Shia LaBeouf.” She talks with Sam about overcoming her past, tapping into nostalgia to find new audiences, and advocating for changes in the entertainment industry for child actors.
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Into It: Christy Carlson Romano Turns Disney Nostalgia to Her Advantage

Debra Lee is truly in a league of her own. With over 30 years of experience in the entertainment business, she was often one of the first and only women in the room. As the former CEO of BET, she was at the forefront of curating Black culture with fidelity. Now she finally gets a chance to tell her story. On this episode, she talks about her new memoir, I am Debra Lee, which details her rise to the top and the struggles along the way.
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In Her Shoes: Debra Lee

Atsuko Okatsuka is the comedian whose video you’ve probably shared with one of your friends. She has this adorable innocence and instant relatability that makes her so charming and convincing on stage. On this episode, she talks about how she got into comedy, Asian American representation in media and what it’s like going viral.
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In Her Shoes: Atsuko Okatsuka

Margaret Cho is undeniably a comedy giant and a stand up legend who paved the way for so many women in comedy we see today. She gave Asian American women the liberty to be loud, vulgar, quirky and outright hilarious. Her comedy hits on the topics of race, gender, politics, sexuality and all the controversial things we’re not supposed to talk about. On this episode she talks about her career and how race has shaped her comedy.
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In Her Shoes: Margaret Cho

Shiza Shahid has been impressive pretty much all her life. At 14, she was working as a volunteer in women’s prisons. At 18, she was off to Stanford. A few years later, she returned to her home, Pakistan, where she co-founded the Malala fund with now Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai. These days, she’s running the cookware company, Our Place that has all the Insta girlies in a frenzy. The all-in-one Always pan has been an internet fave since it popped up on the scene, but the brand has a larger mission of telling stories through meals that bring people together. On this episode, Shiza talks about her business, transitioning from the nonprofit world and what her day-to-day is like running a company.
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In Her Shoes: Shiza Shahid

Sit down, be humble? Naw, not Robin Thede. She's uncontestedly hilarious and she knows it. On this episode, she spills the details on the fourth season of a Black Lady Sketch Show, and gives us a little advice on how to take up space.
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In Her Shoes: Robin Thede

As Hollywood’s most powerful stylist, Law Roach has been the image architect for the biggest names in the industry — Zendaya, Celine Dion, Priyanka Chopra, Anne Hathaway, Ariana Grande, and Anya Taylor-Joy, to name just a few — yet he still struggles as one of the few Black stylists working with A-list talent and luxury brands. This past weekend after the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night, Law posted on Instagram a stamp graphic of one word: “retired.” The caption read, in part, “The politics, the lies, and false narratives finally got me.” On this episode, we take a stroll in his shoes. Law sat down with the Cut’s editor-in-chief, Lindsay Peoples, to give us the details on everything from what led to this moment in his life and retirement to what will happen to all of his clients at the Met Gala, racism in fashion, and what’s next.
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In His Shoes: Law Roach 

Abby Phillip is a voice and a face that's guided us through the news an anchor on CNN. Two years ago, she graced the cover of The Cut and on this episode, Lindsay and Abby reminisce on what that moment in time was like. They talk about Lindsay's first cover as Editor in Chief of the The Cut and what's changed for both her and Abby since.
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In Her Shoes: Abby Phillip - Behind the Cover

This week we’re sharing with you a panel Lindsay moderated at the New Museum a few months ago with artists Miles Greenberg and Salome Asega. Miles is a performance artist and sculptor who’s known for using the physical body as sculptural material. Salome is the Director of New Inc at the New Museum and her work explores and critiques the speed in which technology develops. In this episode, they talk about the role art plays in technology and what that means for the future of art.
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In Their Shoes: Miles Greenberg and Salome Asega

Tory Burch is one of the designers who defined the 2000s. From the timeless ballet flat, to the signature Tory Burch emblem, her brand put a mark on an era and continues to remain a household name. She does this all while empowering women along the way. We talked about her upcoming collection, the plight of ambitious women and the evolution of the Tory Burch Brand.
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In Her Shoes: Tory Burch

From Land of the Giants, here is the first episode of this season, Dating Games.
When Tinder launched in 2012, it changed dating culture and our expectations around dating forever by leveraging the iPhone and gamifying the dating experience. But did the rise of dating apps make finding romance easier or harder, and what are the consequences of playing a game that never ends?
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Tinder Changed the Game - from Land of the Giants: Dating Games

Paulina Porizkova has been famous just about her entire life. As a model in the 80s, she was once one of the highest paid supermodels in the world. Back then, she was known for being seen and not heard. At this stage in her life, she’s more focused on telling her story. Her Book, NO FILTER: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful, touches on her career as a model, unpacking the grief of her husband’s death and the way we see aging women in society.
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In Her Shoes: Paulina Porizkova 

Kenya Moore sits on the Mount Rushmore of Real Housewives legends, but she’s been Gone With the Wind fabulous since before the show. The forever beauty queen has given us quality content since she joined the franchise in 2012 and now, she’s taking on a new challenge. Kenya is one of the participants on the New Fox reality show Special Forces, which puts celebrities through the test of what it’s like to be a military special forces recruit. We talked about her career, her journey through motherhood and of course, what it was like going through those grueling challenges.
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In the Lower East Side on Orchard Street, there’s a colorful little store with a bejeweled beaded banana handle. It’s Susan Korn’s baby, the Susan Alexandra Store. Susan’s aesthetic is like if Lisa Frank, Betsy Johnson and Hello Kitty had a baby. There’s beaded purses, key chains, dog collars, wallets, jewelry and all the little trinkets to delight your inner child. It’s a place you can’t just talk about, you have to experience it. So Lindsay and her producers took a little field trip. For the first time on In Her Shoes, we go In Her Store. On this episode, we get to tour the Susan Alexandra store, learn more about Susan as a designer and how she got started in the industry.
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In Her Store: Susan Alexandra 

Alyssa Shelasky is a writer in the truest form. She's written for magazines, she's written her own book, and now, the Sex Diaries column she edits for New York Magazine is being made into a docu-series for HBO. In this episode, Alyssa talks about what it was like putting Sex Diaries on screen, the stories that have stuck with her through the years, and how she personally balances all she does while being a mom.
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In Her Shoes: Alyssa Shelasky 

What does it mean to make a binge-able show that people will rewatch for years to come? On this episode, Issa shares about what makes storytelling meaningful, why taking time to herself is so important, and what she has planned for her next steps.
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In Her Shoes: Issa Rae

Eva Longoria Baston is a true renaissance woman. Most of us were first introduced to her as Gabrielle Solis in the Show Desperate Housewives but she’s walked many different paths since her time on Wisteria Lane. The actress, producer, director, activist, entrepreneur and most recently, podcast host, joined us to talk about all of her projects, stepping behind the scenes and how her activism has shaped her work.
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In Her Shoes: Eva Longoria 

Carri Twigg understands how storytelling shapes our reality. She’s the Co-founder and Head of Development for Culture House media, a Black, Brown and woman owned production company that centers the voices of those most marginalized in the industry. Culture house is behind the series, Growing up on Disney plus which came out earlier this fall. It follows the lives of ten young adults as they navigate their adolescent years. Most recently, Culture House produced Hair Tales on Hulu and OWN, which tells the story of Black hair through the decades and features women like Issa Rae, Oprah and Ayanna Presley as they walk us through their own personal hair journeys. We talked to Carri about shifting careers, how she started Culture House and the importance of telling our own stories.
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In Her Shoes: Carri Twigg

Jurnee Smollett has been on screen since before she could talk. Her career spans three decades, from sitcoms, to thrillers, to feature film. She’s done it all and she’s only 36. This summer, she starred in the Netflix film Spiderhead alongside Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller. In her latest film, LOU, she plays a desperate mother on the hunt to find her kidnapped daughter. On this episode, she about her journey through Hollywood, breaking through being pigeon-holed in her career and her new film, LOU out now on Netflix.
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In Her Shoes: Jurnee Smollett 

Kristina Blahnik walks in the footsteps of her incomparable uncle, Manolo and as CEO of the Manolo Blahnik brand, those shoes are absolutely divine. After taking over the position in 2013, she’s been able to expand the company from six to 80 employees globally and two standalone shops to 20 boutiques, all while keeping the staple artistry of the luxury shoe brand Manolo started just over 50 years ago. In this episode, she talks about maintaining the Manolo Blahnik legacy, the brand's impact in pop culture and what she hopes for the future.
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In Her Shoes: Kristina Blahnik

For this episode of In Her Shoes, we’re doing something a bit different. This summer Lindsay interviewed Michael R. Jackson in partnership with The New Museum. He’s a renowned playwright, composer, lyricist and the creative, brilliant mind behind the Broadway musical, A Strange Loop. The show has been a giant hit on Broadway for the past year and has been a critic fave for its entire run. It won a 2020 Pulitzer prize for Drama and a 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical. They talked about what it was like writing the show, his personal creative influences and representation in art. This is a taped recording of their live conversation.
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In His Shoes: Michael R. Jackson 

Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg are really good at testing things out. On their podcast, By The Book, they apply the advice given from different self help books to their own lives to see what’s actually helpful. From their discoveries, they went on to write How to be fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help books. Now, on their latest podcast, Romance Road Test, they’ve extended the experimenting to their partners. Their new show tests out relationship hacks in their marriages.
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In Her Shoes: Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg

Tamera Mowry-Housley has been a household name since her rise to fame in the early nineties. She’s an actress, producer, entrepreneur and lifestyle expert, who’s truly done it all. On this episode, we talked about starting over, the importance of family and how Tamera stays her best self despite everyday stressors.
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In Her Shoes: Tamera Mowry-Housley

Obsess better. Into It is a new podcast from Vulture and New York Magazine about the pop culture we can't stop thinking about. It's hosted by Sam Sanders, and the first episode explores How Beyonce changed the industry with her 2013 self-titled release. Find new episodes every Thursday where ever you get your podcasts.
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Into It: The Business of Beyoncé (with Sam Sanders)

In Her Shoes: Issa Rae 

Nili Lotan is a New York-based fashion designer who found success after launching her namesake label in 2003, making her own brand of classics for women. On this episode, the fashion designer talked about how she stitched her way through the industry, what makes good womenswear and her plans to shake up menswear.
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In Her Shoes: Nili Lotan

Jia is a staff writer at the New Yorker and a bestselling author of the nine-part essay collection “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion,”. On this episode, Jia talks about her latest writing on the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, coping as a new mother, and how her religious past influenced her writing. 
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In Her Shoes: Jia Tolentino

Jen Statsky has been writing her way through the industry punchline by punchline. On this episode, the co-creator of Hacks on HBO Max talks about her start in the industry, how the show got green-lit and the homage it pays to women in the business who were maligned by media.
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In Her Shoes: Jen Statsky 

Margaret Cho is a comedy legend who paved the way for so many recognizable names we see today. On this episode of In Her Shoes, she talks about her career, how race has shaped her comedy and her new film, Fire Island.
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For over twenty years, Rebecca Traister has been a leading voice in gender issues and abortion politics. The Cut Columnist joined host Lindsay Peoples to talk about the leaked Supreme Court draft and what a post Roe future could mean for many Americans.
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In Her Shoes: Rebecca Traister

No, You Shut Up author, youngest national press secretary on record, and host of a new show on MSNBC- this heady resume belongs to this week's guest- the one and only Symone Sanders. Host Lindsay Peoples Wagner is joined by Symone for a discussion on boundaries, maintaining hope in politics, and their own relationships with ambition.
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In Her Shoes: Symone Sanders

We're slowing things down this week with Celine Semaan an advocate, an author, and the founder of the climate innovation lab Slow Factory. Host Lindsay Peoples sat down with Celine to chat about career pivots, the future of sustainable fashion, and the value of hope in the fight against climate change.

Check out Slow Factory
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In Her Shoes: Celine Semaan

Sustainability is often framed as an obstacle to a successful business in today's world, but Leah Thomas- aka Green Girl Leah- has carved out a career marrying the two. On this episode, host Lindsay Peoples talks shop with Leah, diving into the coinage of Intersectional Environmentalist, bringing Black joy to the environmental movement, and how she's made a career out of making the world a little more equal for everyone and a little nicer to our home planet.

Check out https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/ for more about the Intersectional Environmentalist Hub.
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In Her Shoes: Leah Thomas

How does a lady go from "breakout star" to established actress? This week, Lindsay Peoples sits down with the star of Atlanta, The Harder They Fall, and Deadpool 2, Zazie Beetz, to talk about that journey, avoiding burnout along the way, and the joys of facing fear head-on.
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In Her Shoes: Zazie Beetz

What does it take to sustain a legendary career? On this week’s episode, host Lindsay Peoples sits down with iconic designer Anna Sui to peek behind the curtain of her creative process, delve into her rich encyclopedic fashion knowledge, and celebrate New York City as an endless source of inspiration.
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In Her Shoes: Anna Sui

From How I Met Your Father, Younger, to (of course) Lizzie McGuire- In Her Shoes is breaking down what goes into building a stellar career full of iconic characters. Lindsay Peoples Wager is joined by the one and only Hilary Duff for a conversation on surviving teen stardom, aughts nostalgia, and the power in depicting positive female friendships onscreen.
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In Her Shoes: Hilary Duff

In Her Shoes is taking over The Cut, interviewing the people we love, admire, or just find interesting. Each episode explores how our guest found their path, what got in their way, and how they think about bringing others along now that they’ve arrived. On this episode, Editor-in-Chief of the Cut, Lindsay People's Wagner sits down with CEO of Black Opal and Fashion Fair, former White House social secretary, and black makeup legend Desiree Rogers for a conversation about career shifts, the Obama White House, and the future of black cosmetics.
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In Her Shoes: Desiree Rogers

On today’s In Her Shoes, host and Editor-in-Chief of The Cut Lindsay Peoples Wagner spoke with actor, reality TV star, podcaster, and author Garcelle Beauvais! Of Coming to America and Real Housewives of Beverley Hills fame, Garcelle spoke with Lindsay about immigrating to the U.S. at a young age, the trials of being the first black Housewife in her cast, and even explains the phenomenon that was requesting music videos on TV.
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In Her Shoes: Garcelle Beauvais

The ideal man seems to have shifted from Mr. Darcy to Magic Mike. Someone who makes up for their intellectual blindspots with kindness and a hot bod. But do they exist outside of films and television? The Cut’s B.A. Parker goes on a mission to find out if himbos are real.
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In Search of Himbos

After years of experimenting with drugs, Lily discovers the psychedelic underground. It’s a world of shamans and guides - people illegally practicing psychedelic therapy to treat trauma. Their secret mission is to make this treatment more widely available in order to “promote the evolution of humankind.” But what will they overlook to get there?
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I See a Sh-tshow, from Cover Story: Power Trip

In the latest episode of In Her Shoes, the Cut editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner sat down with actor Gabourey Sidibe, know for her Oscar-nominated acting debut in 2009's Precious. Since Precious, Gabourey has continued to make a career for herself in movies and television: American Horror Story, Empire, Antebellum… and now, she’s entering the world of scripted podcasting with her new show: If I Go Missing, The Witches Did It.
We spoke about Gabourey’s new gig, life after her Oscar nom, and so much more.
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In Her Shoes: Gabourey Sidibe

For model Emily Ratajkowski, there's a blurred line between empowerment and objectification. Coming up in the world of modeling, a harrowing experience with a photographer provided an early education in power dynamics, shame and what it means to be the object of desire. Her essay on that experience for The Cut went viral last year. Now, she's expanded on the ideas in that piece in a new memoir called "My Body." The Cut's executive producer Hanna Rosin talked to Emily about starring in an infamous music video, growing up with a woman's body and taking control of how that body was viewed as an adult.
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Emily Ratajkowski's Body

In this episode of In Her Shoes, The Cut's Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner sat down with actor and director Sanaa Lathan.
Born and bred in New York City, Sanaa started out as a teen guest-starring on sitcoms like Family Matters and Moesha, before becoming a staple in rom-coms like Love And Basketball, The Best Man, and Brown Sugar. She also has appeared in blockbusters like Blade and Alien Vs. Predator, where, as she’s pointed out before, she is one of the only Black women to save the world in a movie.
The pair spoke about embracing natural hair, Sanaa's directorial debut, and how much she loves transcendental meditation.
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In Her Shoes: Sanaa Lathan

We trust our friends with the most intimate details of our lives. Yet for a lot of us, talking about finances feels off limits. So what happens when you find yourself in a friendship where money becomes an issue? In collaboration with NPR's Life Kit, the Cut's Jazmín Aguilera tries to find a solution. First, she talks to TikToker Tom Cruz, who went viral for showing the world a spreadsheet of his friends' incomes. He says radical transparency is the key to managing friends and money. Then she talks to Otegha Uwagba, author of "We Need To Talk About Money," on how to deal with friends who are much wealthier than you.
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How Do I Deal With My Rich Friends?

More women are putting off having kids, which means the egg freezing business is booming. But with the process costing thousands and thousands of dollars, egg freezing is mostly a luxury good at this point. Unless you're willing to donate your eggs to someone else at the same time you freeze them for yourself. The Cut’s B.A. Parker talks to journalist Anna Louie Sussman about the logistics and ethics of egg freeze and share programs, and how different women feel about giving away their eggs in order to gain a shot at becoming parents later in life.
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Would You Freeze and Share Your Eggs?

Countertop kitchen appliances — cookers that range from slow to fast — promise healthier, easier, better ways to feed the body. These gadgets of convenience have raised the standards for how much variety and excitement one can reasonably expect from a meal. But what do we do with the time we’ve saved?

Nice Try! Interior from Curbed heads into the kitchen and explores the anxiety-absolving promise of home-cooking equipment and how these inventions embody a battleground over what and how we eat. 


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The Crock-Pot, from Nice Try!

No matter who you are, inevitably there is someone telling you to “be nicer” or “stop being so nice”. Girlbosses preach that nice girls don't get the corner office, and yet Instagram slogans plead to "be nice." But what is niceness? Is it a virtue? A defense mechanism? A personality trait? And how can one try to be nice in a mean world? Avery Trufelman turns to Jonathan Van Ness for answers.
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Why Bother Being Nice?

The pandemic has left a lot of us with this sense that our friends have disappeared. So Cut producer Noor Bouzidi goes in search of a new social life. She goes on friend dates with strangers she met on Bumble. And talks to friendship expert Dr. Miriam Kirmayer and lifestyle vlogger Katherine Berry about how to connect when you're self conscious about being the kind of person who needs to connect.
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How Do I Make Friends Now?

A new culture war is playing out in public in the form of antivax protests and an avalanche of social media posts from vaccine skeptics. But the divide is also playing out in private. And it's exploding relationships between people who've chosen to get vaccinated and those who have not. This week, The Cut's Jazmín Aguilera talks with Lux Alptraum about how she broke up with her longtime personal trainer. Then, The Cut's Angelina Chapin tells the story of one woman whose parents picked their antivax ideology over going to their daughter's wedding.
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The Antivaxxer In Your Life

When it comes to our investment in celebrities and who we follow on social media, the word “parasocial” has been coming up a lot lately. But when it comes down to it, where is the line between stanning and creeping? This week, the Cut’s B.A. Parker talks to popular podcast host Sam Sanders about a fan letter he couldn’t get out of his head, and to social media star Connor Franta about what it means to have 20 million followers.
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You and I Are in a Parasocial Relationship

It's easy to dismiss your pro life mom. But what if it feels like the very reason she is pro-life, is YOU. This week, a family feud that's more intimate and impossible than the usual. The Cut's Jazmín Aguilera sits down with journalist Kathleen Walsh ...and her mother.
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Talking About Abortion With My Mom

On this week’s installment of In Her Shoes, the Cut’s editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner spoke with English actor and singer/songwriter Cynthia Erivo about her history playing legendary women, what it’s like to be so close to an EGOT, the inspiration behind her new children’s book, and the challenges she faced in creating her brand new debut album, Ch. 1 Vs. 1.
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In Her Shoes: Cynthia Erivo

With the Fall movie season in full swing, more and more films are back to being released “exclusively in theaters.” For some there’s a feeling of relief and for others a feeling of trepidation. For the Cut's B.A. Parker, an avid moviegoer and film buff, the return of the big screen means a cautious reunion. Because there’s one film that she felt drawn to -- the French thriller “Titane.” Parker talks with the film’s star Agathe Rousselle about cars, psychopaths, and “whatever French bullshit.”
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Going Back to a Theater Near You

Sparkle knew R. Kelly as a mentor and friend. She introduced her 12-year-old niece, an aspiring rapper, to him 20 years ago. And then a sex tape surfaced—a tape that Sparkle said showed Kelly was abusing her niece. When she raised the alarm, no one listened. Instead, Dave Chappelle made a parody of it, and we all laughed it off. For decades, Sparkle has been paying the price for speaking out. She spoke to us about her role in bringing Kelly to justice and her reaction to the verdict.
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20 Years Ago, She Warned Us About R. Kelly 

After a deleted tweet from actress Phylicia Rashad, discourse around how Historically Black Colleges have dealt with sexual assault has intensified. B.A. Parker -- an HBCU grad -- talks with those who’ve navigated the struggles for survivors to be believed, and seeks advice from professor and attorney Anita Hill.
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Who Gets to Be Safe at HBCUs?

The Cut’s Jazmín Aguilera has fought to be able to call herself bisexual, only to find out that the term might be a little… passé. So what label fits now? From Gen X-ers to Gen Z and even filmmaker Desiree Akhavan of "The Bisexual,” Jazmín seeks answers.
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Why Do I Feel Weird Saying I’m Bisexual?

It feels like people are getting more comfortable expressing their horniness on main... especially when it comes to the shows they're streaming. The Cut’s B.A. Parker talks about how shows like Bridgerton, Normal People and Sex/Life are capturing viewers’ attention with their intimacy. But what does it mean for how we express our desires out loud?
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Smutty TV Has Changed and So Have We

A few years back Stephanie Foo found herself burned out and anxious at the state of the world. So she decided to return to the one thing that always gave her peace: nature. But finding nature in New York City is... actually, not as hard as you think. In conversation with The Cut's Jazmin Aguilera, Stephanie describes how becoming a park steward helped her ease her climate anxiety. Then, she spends time with a horticultural therapist who uses gardening to heal.
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Maybe You Should Go Outside

We are all fried. Doctors, teachers, therapists, activists and even white collar workers and podcasts hosts are working longer hours and smashing into a wall of depletion. But what does it mean to be so burnt out, even if you have a job where you just sit in front of a computer all day? What if you’re feeling burnout in a job you’re supposed to love? And is there any way to break free? Host Avery Trufelman sets out for answers, guided by a Japanese novel, a mastermind of self care, and the one and only Esther Perel.
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 We Are All Burnt Out

With this past year being one of loss, the Cut’s B.A. Parker seeks guidance in grief. Author and journalist Kat Chow discusses her new memoir "Seeing Ghosts." After the loss of her mother, Kat discovers the depths of family history that lie just beneath the surface.
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Kat Chow Sees Ghosts

The choice to wear hijab is a personal one, but oftentimes, it's also something you need to square with the people in your life. The Cut producer Noor Bouzidi talks with Maryam Jones about being a hijabi influencer and then removing hijab, and with Radiolab's Sarah Qari about the baggage that comes with shifting your identity.
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Stay Out of My Hijabi Business

The Cut’s Jazmín Aguilera and B.A. Parker stop by Vulture’s podcast Switched on Pop. Jazmín and Parker help Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding break down the connections between festival fashion, music, and culture. We discuss how festival fashion came to be just as important as the music itself, and whether that's a problem for the real music heads. And, of course, we all discuss the iconic looks -- and performances -- of the festival to end all festivals: Coachella.
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How Coachella Took the Woodstock Look, from Switched on Pop

In the past year, we've seen at least three high-profile Black women -- Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and Megan Thee Stallion -- talk publicly about the mental health strain of their lives in the public eye. It’s shed light on how Black women are targeted both in real life and online. The Cut’s B.A. Parker talks with Moya Bailey and Zeba Blay about the mental health impact of misogynoir and what it means for the future of Black women online.
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Why Does the Internet Hate Black Women?

Finding stories in pop culture about transracial adoption are few and far between. But finding characters and storylines that reflect the complexities of growing up in white families is almost impossible. Cut producer Schuyler Swenson talks with writer Rebecca Carroll and consultant Angela Tucker about why it’s so rare to see narratives of adoption that feel accurate and how they’re bringing their experiences as transracial adoptees to the screen.
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Transracial Adoptees Are Tired of TV

Long before Britney Spears’s shocking testimony, her diehard fans had been sounding the alarm. For years they made hashtags and videos demanding the courts to “Free Britney" while the rest of the world just walked on by. But now those fans -- and maybe Britney herself-- are finally seeing redemption. The Cut’s Jazmín Aguilera and Angelina Chapin tap into the Britney fandom and explore how its devotion turned to activism.
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So Now You Wanna Free Britney Too, Huh? 

A lot of people have been sweet on Olivia Rodrigo’s new teen breakup album “Sour.” The Cut’s B.A. Parker finds a teenager who created a way to appreciate the album through a fake relationship, and reminisces about the teen heartbreak music that makes her nostalgic for being a sad girl with big feelings.
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Where’s My F--king Teenage Dream? 

From a home video locked in a safe, to an industry of performing our most intimate lives online, host Lux Alptraum traces how the heist of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape in the mid-90s forever warped the culture. The first episode of Tabloid: The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape, a series from Luminary and New York Magazine, is out now.
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