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Waypoints podcast
by Sisterhood of Mother B
Waypoints is the podcast of the Sisterhood of Mother B - a group of U.S. Naval Academy graduates who happen to be women. We share stories, ideas, and different perspectives in order to help develop midshipmen, graduates, and each other into the best leaders we can be and to stand up for each other.For our written content and more about the Sisterhood, please see our website: http://women.usnagroups.net/sisterhood-of-mother-b/
Episodes
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September 11: Stories from academy alums around the globe
Hi everyone, Please join us for the second half of our September 11th podcast. After having the opportunity to speak with Devora Kirschner, we stayed on the line to discuss our own memories of September 11, 2001, and the complex feelings we have today, 25 years after the attacks on our nation. We...
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September 11: discussion with Devora Kirschner
September 11, 2001, impacted Americans everywhere - including those of us in the Naval Academy community - in many complex, interconnected ways. As we pass 25 years after 9/11, we wanted to mark the time and hold some space. Please join us for a discussion with Devora Kirschner in honor of her...
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Talking with VADM Sara Joyner, USNA '89, about leadership, people, and 50 years
It took us awhile to get our act together, but we finally got the chance to talk with VADM Sara Joyner, USNA '89! She spoke at the 50th celebration in April, and we'd been looking forward to the opportunity to follow up and speak with her about her experiences at USNA and in the fleet, flying…
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'82 and '98 on silencing and leadership in 2026
So back in March, we did a class of '98 (part 2) episode with Jen Salisbury, Sarah Rollings, and Susanne Weinrich. But Jen's answer to one of the questions we asked was removed in the published version of the podcast. So now, safely past the events of the 50th, we revisit Jen's comment, current...
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The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress with Ms. Monica Mohindra
Earlier this spring, SOMB got connected with the Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress (LOC) and had the opportunity to meet and speak with the VHP director, Monica Mohindra, and tour the VHP space and the LOC. And that's when we learned that the VHP needs more stories from...
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Where Sandra Fontaine '81 explains life as one of the first USNA women in the Corps
Hi everyone! Please join us (Jeannette and Kate) as we have the privilege of talking with and learning from the amazing Sandra Fontaine, USNA 81 -- part of the second class with women and one of the first women to commission into the Marine Corps out of USNA. Please join and listen to Sandra's...
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Talking with Erin Deeds Beaty '00
Please join us to meet and learn from Erin (Deeds) Beaty '00! Erin doesn't sit still well, as we've learned - from majoring in Aero (Astro track) at USNA, to serving as a SWO (and managing the stress of being a new parent with being a JO on her first ship), to being a published author (of FIVE...
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SOMB reflects on the 50th
Beware - some strong feelings here. All of the feelings. About two weeks after the 50th events, Kate, Shannon, and Jeannette met up to talk through their complex feelings and thoughts in the aftermath of that meaningful and wonderful weekend...including both how we feel about the Academy's…
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After the 50th: Ms. Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers
Hi everyone - we are thrilled to introduce this podcast episode! For this recording, we were so very honored and excited to be joined by Ms. Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers (daughter of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., CNO 19), who came on the podcast to talk with us about her father's legacy, the 50th...
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Live from the 50th: CAPT Tasya Lacy '97
Please join us for our last live episode from the 50th! This time, we get to sit down with the amazing CAPT Tasya Lacy, USNA '97, to talk about family, service, track, singing, and inclusion. We overlapped with Tasya at USNA, so it was fantastic to reconnect with her - especially as the events of...
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Live from the 50th: Admiral Lisa Franchetti, CNO 33!
We are so excited to share this episode from the 50th, where Shannon, Jenn, and Jeannette had the opportunity to sit down with Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) 33 (and, if you've been living under a rock, the first female CNO)! We recorded this on Saturday, April 18, just...
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Live from the 50th: RADM Julius Caesar (Ret.) '77
Hi everyone - this is our second episode live from the 50th events April 16-19, 2026. Please join us this time as we get the opportunity to speak with and learn from RADM Julius Caesar (Ret.), Class of '77 -- Distinguished Graduate, retired Surface Warfare Officer, leader in the Naval Academy...
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Live from the 50th: LtGen Lori Reynolds, USMC (Ret.) '86
Ok y'all - for the next few episodes, we'll be featuring speakers and special guests live from the Annapolis events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of women at USNA! These are shorter episodes that we managed to record amidst the craziness - thanks to our guests, who were willing to miss out on…
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Talking about the Alumni Association and Foundation with Jeff Webb '95
It's the week of the 50th anniversary events in Annapolis (and West Point and Colorado Springs)...in anticipation of the events, Jeff Webb '95, President and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation, met with Jeannette at the Fluegel Alumni Center in Annapolis. Please join us to learn...
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Great 98, Part 2: Sara and Tara join us!
Maybe we'll just keep going until you've heard from EVERY woman in '98! We don't know about you all, but we've thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with our classmates and being reminded of how absolutely awesome they are. This time, Sara Stires and Tara Golden join from Annapolis and the greater...
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Great 98, Part 1: Susanne, Sarah, and Jen join us!
Haven't had your fill of the women from '98 yet? We know, we get it - you want to hear from MORE of us. Of course you do! So...(drum roll)...we're excited to share Part 1 of a 2.5-part series - where the women of SOMB talk with their classmates. This week, Jen (Schulze) Salisbury, Susanne…
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Where Lauren (Narducci) Symmes '00 brings some wisdom and beauty to everything
Please join Shannon and Jeannette for a deep, wonderful, and inspiring discussion with Lauren (Narducci) Symmes '00! Besides being married to a '98 classmate (shout out to Mark), she is also full of wisdom, strength, and some really fantastic ideas. We talk about everything from the 40th and 50th...
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'95 joins us en masse!
We did something new this week as we build up to the 50th! Five amazing women from the great class of '95 joined Kate and Jeannette for a wide-ranging discussion... we had Molly Boron joining us from Maryland, Heidi Huerter Lenzini joining us from Virginia, Megan Humbert Schwartz joining us from...
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SOMB Talks with Julie (Nichols) Kubal '96
Please join us at Waypoints as we get to talk with another amazing USNA alumna in advance of the 50th anniversary events this spring! Today we get to meet and speak with Julie (Nichols) Kubal, class of '96 and New York City native...please listen in as we talk about fencing (which just sounds...
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Talking Diving, Sisterhood, and Trauma Recovery with Gillian (Brest van Kempen) Richards '94
Please join us as we continue our Waypoints podcasts in support of the 50th Anniversary of women at the Military Service Academies - and as we talk with and learn from Jill Richards '94. Jill service selected as an NFO into the P-3C community before her career took an sharp turn -- after nearly…
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Gender Integration in the Marine Corps Combat Arms - Research and Standards
For this episode, we're taking a break from our 50th anniversary podcasts to dive into some current events in important ways. Our 50th podcasts will pick back up in the next two weeks with interviews with women from '94 and '95. Women in combat - specifically, women in previously-closed combat...
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Discussing Disordered Eating with Lauren Narducci Symmes '00 and Lorelai Symmes
Hi everyone - please join us for an insightful discussion about disordered eating and its roots with USNA alumna Lauren Narducci Symmes '00 and her daughter Lorelai Symmes! Lorelai is a first-year doctoral student whose research broadly focuses on the psychosocial factors that influence the...
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SOMB talks with Kimberly Walz '92
Please join the Sisterhood today as we meet and talk with Kimberly Walz '92! Kim was a plankowner of the USNA women's lacrosse team, rowed crew, and bench pressed her body weight on the powerlifting team...and then went on to serve on active duty and in the reserves (where she still serves as a...
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Stefanie Goebel '80 and the Survivor Advocacy Network (warning: this is a challenging episode... please read the notes first!)
Please join us to listen to and learn from Stefanie Goebel '80, Chair of the Survivor Advocacy Network (SAN). Stefanie has joined us before in her personal capacity (in 2019!), but this time she comes on the pod to talk with us about the SAN, its origins, scope, and so much more. We are…
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SOMB talks with Kristin (Dryfuse) Barnes '92
Aaaaand we're in the 90s now! (The best decade... kidding.) Please join Jeannette and Shannon as we talk with Kristin (Dryfuse) Barnes '92, F-14 RIO, doctor of naturopathic medicine, Ironman triathlete, author of Haysoos the Honu, and so much more. Ask her how she got her call sign, Rosie... news...
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SOMB connects with Misty (Steinberger) Hechinger '98
We took a brief hiatus with this episode to dig into current event. This past Spring, after officials at USNA removed a display of Jewish women graduates from the Jewish Midshipman Center, Shannon and Carrie sat down to talk with our '98 classmate, Misty Hechinger, about the incident as well as...
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SOMB Talks with Marie (Schanz) Burris, USNA '86
Our celebration of the 50th continues through the 1980s as we speak with Marie (Schanz) Burris, Class of 1986. Those of you who are part of the 50th anniversary committee for USNA will recognize Marie's name and voice, since she's heading up the planning for the 50th and all that comes with it....
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SOMB Talks with Pamela Pitkin USNA '82
Hi everyone! Somehow, the long and fancy episde description we submitted with the podcast didn't fully upload. Please excuse the mistake... and see the details, below. Please join SOMB today as we talk with Pamela K. Pitkin, USNA '82. We spent an afternoon with Pamela discussing the great class…
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Talking with Tatjana Qadada, USNA '83
Continuing the work to share stories from alumnae across the classes in support of the 50th anniversary of women at the Military Service Academies, in this episode, we interview an alumna of the Class of 1983, Tatjana Qadada. Tatjana's story is an incredibly powerful one, and we are grateful to…
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SOMB talks with '81 + '82: Mary Brigden, Peggy Metzger, and Kathy Bustle
As our celebration of the 50th anniversary through Waypoints podcasts continues, please join Jeannette and Shannon as we talk with three women from '81 and '82 - Mary Brigden and Peggy Metzger (both '81) and Kathy Bustle ('82). We learn more about what it felt like to be a female mid at USNA…
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50th Anniversary podcast: Where SOMB speaks with a mother-daughter duo, Sharon Hanley Disher '80 and Alie Disher Orr '10
In our 2nd 50th Anniversary podcast, Kate and Jeannette get to hear stories from mother-daughter duo Sharon Hanley Disher '80 and Alison Disher Orr '10 - and they are only two of the five (!) Disher family members who are USNA grads. Yes, all five are Navy grads! If you haven't read Sharon's 1998...
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50th anniversary podcast: Kicking things off with Janice Buxbaum '80
SOMB is excited to launch our Season 4 -- where we focus our podcast on the upcoming 50th anniversary of women at the military service acadmies. To kick things off, Jeannette and Jenn sit down with the amazing Janice Buxbaum, USNA '80. From Janice and her stories, we learn about how hard women…
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Leadership and Resilience in 2025: Waypoints Call-in/Mailbag
For our second episode of 2025, SOMB sought to hear from alumnae from across the Academies. For this episode, we posed two questions to our fellow sisters: First, how are you being impacted by current events? And second, what does your experience teach you and what can it teach us? How have you...
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SOMB Discusses Meritocracy in the Military
After a brief break as the team grappled with life, we're baaaaack... to grapple with the topic of meritocracy in the military. Meritocracy has been in the news recently, with shout-outs on the main DoD website and in the new SecDef's most recent book. When a recently-published short journal…
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Where SOMB joins forces with Paula Neira, USNA '85
After an unintended break (life happens), we finally had the tremendous opportunity to meet and talk with Paula Neira, USNA '85, and one of the most remarkable leaders we've been fortunate to learn from on this podcast. Please join us and listen to Paula's story -- it's one of significant...
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SOMB learns from Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds, USMC (Ret), Class of '86
Please join Kate and Jeannette as we talk with and learn from LtGen Lori Reynolds, USMC (Ret), class of 1986. One of only two women from '86 to commission into the Marine Corps at graduation, LtGen Reynolds was one of the (very) few, proud...eventually retiring as a three-star. Join us as we…
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S3E4: Wendy Lawrence, USNA '81, astronaut, DGA, and all-around hero (mic drop)
Please join us as we talk (aka stammer and trip over our words as we try to hide our glee and awe) with Wendy Lawrence, USNA '81, CAPT (ret), pilot, astronaut, DGA winner, and all-round amazing woman and grad. Wendy generously gave us her time, energy, and significant wisdom, Jeannette's audio...
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S3E7: Learning from Margaret "Peg" Klein, Rear Admiral (Ret.), '81
Please join SOMB as we speak with the brilliant Rear Admiral (Ret.) Peg Klein, USNA '81, and 2022 USNA Distinguished Graduate Award recipient. We discuss education, learning, pink hair, checking in on others, and being the Commandant of Midshipmen at USNA. We wish we'd had more time to talk...…
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S3E3 - Talking with Linda "Postie" Postenrieder '82
So for some weird tech reason, the great write-up that we had for our discussion with Postie recently disappeared! We won't be able to do it justice, but please join us anyway to meet and learn from the fantastic Linda "Postie" Postenrieder, USNA '82, and current President of the USNA Women's...
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S3E2: SOMB learns from Ms. Janie Mines '80, USNA Distinguished Graduate
After our long hiatus, we are BACK! On Season 3 Episode 2, we talk with Ms. Janie Mines '80 - you may have heard of her. She is not only the first African American woman to gradudate from USNA, but she's the author of No Coincidences - Reflections of the First Black Female Graduate of the United...
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The Hiatus - season 3, episode 1
Hello long-suffering Waypoints listeners! Inspired by our 25th reunion this past weekend, we are releasing - FINALLY (after 6 weeks of verrry sloooow editing by our wonderful Chief Editor) - Season 3! (We actually started Season 2 earlier and just misnumbered). Season 3 starts with Episode 1…
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Talking Service and Leadership with Zoe Dunning '85
Ten years ago last month, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy was repealed. But what did that policy represent for servicemembers? What was it like to serve before the policy existed as well as during it - and how can we each become more empathic leaders who seek to make our own organizations more...
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Talking with Coreyanne (Rickwalt) Armstrong, '98
Y'all - it's been a while. Let's just say that the chaos of 2020/2021 caught up with us a bit. But we're baaaaack! And who better to kick things off than another great '98er - Coreyanne (Rickwalt) Armstrong, prior SWO, bagpiper extraordinaire, mother of 8, and the energy behind a story that we...
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Talking with CB Johnson, USNA '98
Roll with us on this one. Chris Haynie and CB Johnson, both '98, joined forces for a long talk about.,.well, we're not really sure because SOMB haven't listened to it yet. But we've been told it's interesting - and knowing both CB and Chris, we bet it is. Both men, classmates, friends, and Marine...
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The sisterhood talks Disordered Eating: Anorexia and Bulimia in Uniform
In this episode of Waypoints, the Sisterhood discusses our personal experience with eating disorders and the prevalence of ED in the uniformed services. Is it our type-A perfectionism that draws us both to uniform and to disordered eating? How can the military better address this serious issue?
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Sea Stories from CAPT Coward
This week, Shannon and Jeannette bring Sandy Coward, CAPT (Ret) USN, onto the show. CAPT C, USNA '64, knows his way around a sea story... and he was head of the USNA admissions board in the early 90s, spearheading some of the changes that brought more women to Annapolis and recruiting women to…
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Episode 26: The SOMB talks about racism
As summer 2020 commenced in this never-ending year from hell, the Sisterhood of Mother B wanted to discuss racism together on Waypoints. Our group is white - and the burden is on all of us to use our voices, perspectives, and this platform for change. This podcast is awkward and it's humbling…
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Episode 25 - Trishette ('97) talks about race, gender, and the standards we accept
Please join Shannon and Jeannette as they talk with Trishette (Hall) Neville, USNA '97, about racism, gender, and leadership at USNA and in the military. About the hanging of Confederate flags in Bancroft Hall. About isolation. About how complex and deep racism is, and how the fight against it…
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24 - Talking with Regina during the chaos of 2020
In episode 24, amidst the turmoil that is 2020, '98er and track star extraordinaire Regina Ware Dixon joins Jenn and Jeannette to talk about USNA, race, the Navy, roommates, and gender... and what, how, and where we can learn if we want to make changes to our world. Also, the Kearsarge was...
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Episode 23 - Talking with Phoebe and Will, USNA '13
In episode 23, Kate and Jeannette interview Phoebe Kotlikoff and Will Harris, both members of USNA Class of 98+15, both submarine officers, and married to each other. Please join us as we talk about breaking submarines (don't ask Kate and Jeannette to explain that part), dual-mil challenges and...
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Waypoints is the podcast of the Sisterhood of Mother B - a group of U.S. Naval Academy graduates who happen to be women. We share stories, ideas, and different perspectives in order to help develop midshipmen, graduates, and each other into the best leaders we can be and to stand up for each other.For our written content and more about the Sisterhood, please see our website: http://women.usnagroups.net/sisterhood-of-mother-b/
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