The New Feminist
by The New Feminist
Hosted by Jill Sorensen, The New Feminist Podcast brings common sense feminism from a NEW perspective. Through candid conversations, cultural critique, in-depth interviews and the occasional satirical edge, The New Feminist Podcast explores women's lives, power and the realities we are often told to ignore. Learn more at thenewfeminist.net.
Episodes
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Betrayal Trauma: Reclaiming Yourself After Betrayal
What really happens to your mind, body and sense of reality when the person you trusted most betrays you? Why is it so hard to get over? Jill is joined by her co-host for this episode — model, actress, author and activist Carre Otis and together they deep dive into Betrayal Trauma to understand…
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Motherless Daughters: Finding Yourself After Losing Your Mom
What really happens to a woman when she loses her mother? How does she find her way back to herself? The New Feminist returns after a year away. Our host Jill Sorensen lost her own mother and is back this Mother’s Day to speak with bestselling author and grief coach Hope Edelman. Hope’s mother...
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312. The Fight to Stop Selling Porn to Minors
A disturbing new study published in The New York Times revealed that 2/3 of college age girls reported being extreme choked during sex, sometimes to the point of passing out. 40% of the girls said the first time it happened was as early as age 12 to 17. The porn industry’s uncontrolled mass...
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310. Sisterhood Across Conflict
Heidi Basch-Harod, an Israeli American woman, is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and executive director of Women's Voices Now, and Nada Higuera is one of eight daughters born to Palestinian parents, now a Palestinian-American and attorney. After October 7th, they met in an interfaith…
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309. A Powerhouse for Change
Shaynna Blaze is an award-winning interior designer, author, entrepreneur, a producer, musician, and Australian television personality known for the long running series The Block and Selling Houses… And if this wasn’t enough she is also the winner of Celebrity Apprentice Australia 2021. Shaynna…
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308. Behind the Rage: Inside the Minds of Domestic Abusers
On December 7th The New Feminist joins forces with Deeyah Khan, Women’s Voices Now, Knock Out Abuse West and NYT best selling author and advocate Leslie Morgan Steiner for a special screening of Behind the Rage followed by a panel with the men and women who are fighting to end relationship abuse....
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307. Irreverent Enlightenment (with Karen Duffy)
From becoming an iconic MTV VJ, starring in Dumb and Dumber, writing a New York Times Best selling book, to being diagnosed with a life threatening disease today’s guest, my friend Karen Duffy has done it all and has wisdom and positivity in spades! With her son Jack preparing to go off to…
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306. From Victims to Suspects (with Rachel de Leon)
I saw this fantastic documentary at the Sundance Film festival called Victims/Suspects. The film follows Rachel de Leon, an investigative journalist at The Center for Investigative Reporting, and her incredible work to uncover a disturbing pattern in the US: A surprising number of legal cases...
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305. No Filter (with Paulina Porizkova)
Our guest today, super model and author Paulina Porizkova is one of the most visible women in the world, yet the last two years she has garnered a huge Instagram following sharing how invisible she feels as a middle aged woman. Something so many women relate to in youth obsessed America. Decades...
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304. Trafficked in Porn at 14: Jewell Baraka on Healing and Advocacy
Our guest today Jewell Baraka, is brave. She has survived horrors that are hard to imagine. Her father, a deeply religious man, was popular in his community in Portland, yet behind closed doors he was a sociopathic monster. When Jewell was only five years old, he started sexually abusing her. By...
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303. The Fight to End Sexual Exploitation (with Benji Nolot)
Benji Nolot might just be the most effective arch nemesis online pornography has. He is the President of Exodus Cry, an organization that works to abolish sex trafficking and sexual exploitation while assisting and empowering its victims. They have led a tireless and successful campaign to reveal...
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302. From Brothel Owner to Feminist (with Andrea Heinz)
At 22 years old, Andrea Heinz found herself $60,000 in debt from a string of abusive relationships and entered into the commercial sex industry in Canada. She worked in prostitution for seven years and had over 4000 customer sessions. She even opened a brothel herself, hoping that the women she...
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301. How We Exposed The Tinder Swindler (with Pernilla Sjöholm)
Jill speaks with Pernilla Sjöholm, one of the women who fell victim to the infamous “Tinder Swindler.” Pernilla lost her life savings when she was conned by a man she met on the dating app Tinder in 2018. The hit Netflix documentary “Tinder Swindler” tells the story of how the Swindler used the...
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210. We Need Women’s Voices Now! w/ Heidi Basch-Harod
Jill speaks with Emmy winning producer and experienced human rights advocate Heidi Basch-Harod, the executive director of Women’s Voices Now, a nonprofit dedicated to driving positive social change for women and girls worldwide through the power of impact storytelling and film. Heidi shares the...
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209. How Did Social Media Become A Strip Club? (Mandy Sanchez, Culture Reframed)
Where are kids getting their sex education? Their smartphones? In this episode, Jill speaks to Amanda "Mandy" Sanchez, program coordinator at Culture Reframed, the first organization to address hypersexualized media and pornography as “the public health crisis of the digital age.” In this…
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208. She Sings: The Divorce From Hell That Became A Musical
Jill talks to Rebecca Magnuson, vocal coach, singer and songwriter. After her 2015 divorce, Rebecca used her art to heal and tell her story. Her one-woman musical, She Sings, premiered in 2018. A television series based on the musical, “She Sings: Surviving the Narcissist” is currently in...
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207. Gender (In)equality on Film with Madeline di Nonno
Jill talks to Madeline Di Nonno, President and CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (@geenadavisorg), the only global research driven advocacy organization working within the entertainment and media industry to create gender balance, foster inclusion and reduce negative…
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206. Mental Health & Wellbeing with Mariel Hemingway
Jill talks to Academy Award and BAFTA nominated actress, producer and author Mariel Hemingway about her advocacy for mental health and the tools she uses to build mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
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205. Restore Her Voice: Women Under The Taliban
Jill talks to Ayesha Sherzai and Jahan Shahryar, founders of Restore Her Voice. Since the fall of Afghanistan’s government and the rise of Taliban rule, Restore Her Voice has been connecting outstanding Afghan women to universities, healthcare institutions, political organizations, media...
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204. Domestic Violence 101
Jill talks to Iliana Tavera, Executive Director at Haven Hillls, a nonprofit that provides shelter and services for domestic violence survivors and their families. In her role as ED, Iliana has been working to break the cycle of abuse and transform victims into empowered survivors. In this…
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203.5 The Nightmare at Playboy (Part Two)
In a special part two of "The Nightmare at Playboy," Jill Sorensen sits down to talk to Miki Garcia, a former head of promotions for Playboy's parent company, and PJ Masten, a "Bunny Mother" who managed the young women who worked at Playboy's clubs. You can hear more of their stories on “Secrets…
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203. The Nightmare at Playboy
Jill Sorensen sits down to talk to Sondra Theodore, a former Playmate and teenage girlfriend of the late Hugh Hefner to talk about her experiences at the Playboy Mansion. You can hear more of her story on “Secrets of Playboy” on A&E, a documentary series that uncovers the horrific reality behind...
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202. Financial Feminism with Kathy Checchi
Jill Sorensen sits down with entrepreneur, investor, and financial advisor Kathy Checchi to discuss “financial feminism,” the importance of taking charge of your financial future, and economic empowerment for women.
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201. My Forced Unorthodox Marriage with Fraidy Reiss
In the Season 2 premier of The New Feminist Podcast, Jill Sorensen sits down with guest Fraidy Reiss to talk about her escape from a forced marriage, her Orthodox Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, and her fight to end forced and child marriage in the U.S. with her organization Unchained At...
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113. The Brain on Porn with Dr. Donald Hilton
Donald Hilton, MD, is a neurosurgeon and internationally recognized expert on the neuroscience of pornography. Jill and Dr. Hilton talk about the ways that pornography rewires the brain, and explore themes of addiction, domestic violence, and the way scenes in porn model sexual behavior.
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112. The Erosion of Women's Rights with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In this episode, host Jill Sorensen is joined by Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali to talk about her new book, Prey.
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111. Broken Courts, Broken Families with Kelly Rutherford and Sara Ell
Actress Kelly Rutherford and Sara Ell share their experiences with the family court system, a system rife with sexism and abuse that traumatizes children and their families. Kelly talks about her own highly-publicized custody battle, and how she is navigating it as both a mother and a public…
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110. Millennial Feminism and #MeToo with Sienna Jackson
Jill interviews her co-producer on The New Feminist Podcast, Sienna Jackson, about life, identity, and what feminism means to her. Sienna also shares her personal experiences working at The Weinstein Company, and the dawn of the #MeToo movement. What do two feminists from different countries,...
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109. The Afghanistan Episode with Shireen Qudosi
In the wake of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the War in Afghanistan, Jill Sorensen engages in an insightful and raw dialogue with advocate and writer Shireen Qudosi, an Afghani-Pakistani advocate and writer who tackles extremism, radicalization, polarization and...
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108. Lived and Learned with Carré Otis
Our friend Carré Otis returns for the final episode of the season as we ask her about the lessons she’s learned from her own life experiences. Lived and Learned is a special conversation series with inspiring women that asks us to examine our own lives as we draw inspiration from others’.
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107. Pornhub is a Trafficking Hub with Laila Mickelwait
We meet Laila Mickelwait, creator of the viral #TraffickingHub campaign and the president and founder of the Justice Defense Fund. Her work in advocating for victims of human trafficking has put her in the crosshairs of one of the largest porn companies you’ve never heard of.
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106. Women Trailblazers in the Music Industry with Cynthia Sexton
One of the few women in a business dominated by men, Cynthia Sexton shares stories from her career in the music industry, not only the obstacles she overcame, but the ways in which she’s used her experiences to create opportunities for women who’ve come after her. We also learn more about the...
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105. Married to My Abuser with Leslie Morgan Steiner
Leslie Morgan Steiner met the man of her dreams…or so she thought. Her fairytale relationship quickly turned in to a nightmare as her new husband became her abuser. In this deeply personal episode, she shares her experiences with domestic violence, and her journey to free herself from her abuser...
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104. Equality Lessons from Sweden with Birgitta Dahl
In this episode, we break down gender equity laws in Sweden and why they were an inspiration to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Jill shares what it was like growing up in a progressive, egalitarian society and how it shaped her life -- in comparison to her mother, who was born in a generation without these...
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103. Myths and Movies
It doesn’t matter where in the world you grew up: Hollywood has played an outsized role in shaping culture and cultural norms the world over. And what sort of norms has Hollywood perpetuated? This episode flips the script on pop culture with performances of classic scenes from film and television...
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102. Patriarchal Porn Culture with Dr. Gail Dines
Meet Dr. Gail Dines, a professor emerita of sociology and women’s studies and the CEO and founder of Culture Reframed, the first organization to address hypersexualized media and pornography as “the public health crisis of the digital age.” We learn how porn culture hijacks the narrative and its...
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101. Fashion’s #MeToo with Carré Otis and Ebba Karlsson
Jill sits down with American model, actress and activist Carré Otis and Ebba Karlsson to talk about the unspoken dark side of the modelling industry. Fashion’s #MeToo confronts human trafficking and rampant sexual abuse of aspiring models, many of them minors, as well as an explosive legal case...
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Jill Sorensen gives the scoop on common sense feminism from a new perspective. Featuring in-depth interviews and satirical take-downs of pop culture, The New Feminist Podcast explores women's issues and gender inequality with humor and sincerity.
About this show
Hosted by Jill Sorensen, The New Feminist Podcast brings common sense feminism from a NEW perspective. Through candid conversations, cultural critique, in-depth interviews and the occasional satirical edge, The New Feminist Podcast explores women's lives, power and the realities we are often told to ignore. Learn more at thenewfeminist.net.
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