Gloria Steinem, “My Life on the Road”

Writer, activist, and social entrepreneur Gloria Steinem has been the face of the women's movement since many of us were born, and she is still advocating on our behalf. She founded Ms. Magazine and the Ms. Foundation and has won many awards for her journalism. In 2013 Ms. Steinem received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. She has also written a number of books...Including her latest, "My Life on the Road."

Ms. Steinem and I spoke about her new book, the influence of her dad on her life, and the best retort she ever learned. Plus she shares her advice on how to start a movement, and hypothesizes on why it's been so hard for some to picture a woman in the White House.

GLORIA STEINEM

PHOTO BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Dr. Lina Nilsson on Female Engineers

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Lina Nilsson is a bio-chemical engineer, and was the Innovation Director for the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley. She wrote an Op-Ed in the NYTimes called "How to Attract Female Engineers" and in our conversation, she shares some of the letters she received in opposition to this idea. She is now Head of Market Development at Enlitic--where the goal is to help doctors make medical diagnoses better--and faster.

Listen to the full interview above, or read the edited and condensed interview in Fortune Most Powerful Women.

DR. LINA NILSSON, ENGINEER

Mia Birdsong & Pam Scott-Redefining Solutions

The poverty level for American families has hovered at 25% for decades, in spite of billions of dollars spent. This week, we speak with Mia Birdsong of Family Story, who offers a new perspective--redefine the definition of a 'traditional family.' And my guest Pam Scott is a philanthropist who brings her corporate experience to sub-Saharan Africa: using human-centered design to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy from 50% to a 'new normal.' Learn more about this topic at PSI.org.

Special Episode: The Bottom Line--New Diaper Banks "Help a Mother Out"

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Public Assistance does not cover the cost of diapers--as a result, nearly 30%  of mothers report a time when they couldn’t afford diapers for their children. Our guest Lisa Truong started Help A Mother Out to increase access to diapers for families in need. And this Fall, she was awarded a grant from the city of San Francisco to establish and operate the San Francisco diaper bank, making it the first city in the nation to offer public assistance for diapers.

If you'd like to help a mother during this season of giving, donations can be made at helpamotherout.org.

LISA TRUONG

Abby Falik, Founder & CEO of Global Citizen Year

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One of the ways people used to "find themselves" was to join the Peace Corps after college. But what if you could take a year off between high school and college to figure out how the world works, and your place in it--before moving into that Freshman dorm? Another way is to the visit the self-help section of your local bookstore. But how much of those resources are actually helpful if you're in the middle of a millennial life crisis instead of a mid-life crisis? Our guests are Abby Falik, founder and CEO of the non-profit Global Citizen Year which offers a "bridge" year to high school grads.

ABBY FALIK, GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR

Susanne Reber and Laura Starecheski

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This week, we uncover what makes for great investigative journalism...by talking to two investigative journalists, of course. Susanne Reber is the co-Creator and Executive Editor of Reveal, the investigative show from the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and PRX. Laura Starecheski is a reporter and producer for CIR who brings us November's Reveal story on abuse in traumatic brain injury facilities--"neurorehab centers."

Before joining CIR, Reber started and led the investigative unit at NPR, and spent a good part of her career at the CBC--creating her own big break when the Berlin Wall came down. And Starecheski shares a few things she's learned as a reporter--about talking to yourself, negotiating and the value of listening.

SUSANNE REBER

LAURA STARECHESKI

Sarah Silverman-Challenging Assumptions

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Sarah Silverman--standup comedian, writer and TV star--has shocked many an audience with her outrageous humor. Now she stars in the new dramatic film "I Smile Back," in which she plays a tragically troubled housewife. She tells us about the deal her dad (in real life) made with her to leave NYU and pursue her career--and the gender assumptions she ran into when she started at Saturday Night Live in the 90s.

Read the edited and condensed interview in Fortune.

SARAH SILVERMAN, COMEDIAN/ACTRESS

Dr Sandra Steingraber & Karuna Jagger: Fighting the Cause of Cancer

The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbon on it to support breast cancer awareness, Karuna Jaggar of Breast Cancer Action says it's very possible that the contents are cancer-causing. And when it comes to fossil fuels, our guest Dr. Sandra Steingraber says our "regulatory system is deaf to the voice that the data has and the message it's trying to give." You can view the latest compendium from Concerned Health Professionals of NY here.

Find out how these two women are changing the status quo. Fighting the Cause of Cancer. That's our Inflection Point.

DR. SANDRA STEINGRABER, BIOLOGIST/ADVOCATE

KARUNA JAGGAR, BREAST CANCER ACTION

Simone Marean–Girls Leadership

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We all want our sons and daughters to grow up strong and independent, but how do we ensure that 'having it all' doesn't mean 'doing it all'?

Simone Marean, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the non-profit organization Girls Leadership shares how to set your daughter up for success--without burdening her with a fear of failure.

SIMONE MAREAN

Read the edited & condensed Q&A in Fortune Most Powerful Women

Anne-Marie Slaughter-Women’s Roles are “Unfinished Business”

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We all want our sons and daughters to grow up strong and independent, but how do we ensure that 'having it all' doesn't mean 'doing it all'?

Our guest Anne-Marie Slaughter started this conversation with her polarizing article in the Atlantic "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." She continues the conversation in her new book "Unfinished Business." She says that for true equality, "men's roles really have to change, they have to be care-givers as well as breadwinners."

ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER