That's My Twenty Cents

After a short hiatus, WE'RE BACK! Our first guest of 2021 is none other than Shelley Zalis, the CEO of The Female Quotient. The Female Quotient is a company focused on advancing equality in the workplace through bringing visibility to female and diverse leaders through collaborative partnerships and creating a way for businesses to measure their equality. Shelley also authors a Forbes column that provides advice for women in the “messy middle” who are looking to rise up into leadership positions. Tune in to hear Shelley talk about how she started The Female Quotient, how she is working towards closing the pay gap, and what she is most proud of in her professional career. To stay up to date with our podcast, follow us on Instagram at @twentycentspod and check back every Thursday at 8 PM EST for a new episode!

This week, we're welcoming Kehkashan Basu onto the podcast! Kehkashan founded the Green Hope Foundation when she was only 12 years old and is passionate about world peace, climate justice, gender equality, and social justice. At age 15, she authored the book “The Tree of Hope” which launched at the UN Children's Summit, and she has also authored articles in the Washington Post and UNICEF. The recipient of countless awards, Kehkashan won the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize and was recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Tune in to hear Kehkashan discuss her passion for her work, her reaction to being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and how her organization has created real change. To stay up to date with our podcast, follow us on Instagram at @twentycentspod and check back every Thursday at 8 PM EST for a new episode!

This week, we're welcoming Kate Spaid onto the podcast. Kate is a recent graduate of Newberry College, a former student-athlete, and a current admissions counselor with the Soccer Management Institute. SMI is based in Rome, Italy and works with student-athlete graduates who are not quite ready to hang up the student-athlete lifestyle. More specifically, Kate works to recruit the women's side of the program. Tune in to hear Kate discuss her experience as a woman in sport, why having a community of strong women around you is so important, and how women in sport working abroad are often overlooked. To stay up to date with our podcast, follow us on Instagram at @twentycentspod and check back every Thursday at 8 PM EST for a new episode! **TRIGGER WARNING: Please be advised that during this episode, our guest will discuss her experience with sexual assault which may be triggering for some listeners.**

This week, we've invited Carrie Oehm to join us on the podcast! Carrie is the Social Media Manager for the GIST and the host of BlogTO. The GIST is a sports media startup that creates sports content for women, by women. Carrie has extensive experience in the sports and entertainment industry through working for Rogers TV, TSN, SportsNet, and BlogTO before working for the GIST. At the GIST she handles all things producing, editing, hosting, interviewing, and posting for their social media platforms. Tune in to hear Carrie talk about her experiences as a woman in sport, the difference between the industry in Canada and the USA, and why women's sports should be given more airtime (duh!) To stay up to date with our podcast, follow us on Instagram at @twentycentspod and check back every Thursday at 8 PM EST for a new episode!

This week, your hosts are taking it back to the basics and discussing the wage gap - tune in to hear some sobering statistics on just how much pay women miss out on in their careers due to the wage gap, what causes the wage gap, and how women can tackle this issue in their own lives. We're keeping it short and sweet - we've got all the stats you need to get informed. To stay up to date with our podcast, follow us on Instagram at @twentycentspod and check back every Thursday at 8 PM EST for a new episode!