The Women's Current

A Life Après® Podcast

Season Two
Exploring the systems shaping women’s lives—from healthcare and reproductive law to media visibility and climate activism.

Still Learning: We’re All Still Becoming

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Still Learning: We're All Still Becoming
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For the Season 2 finale of The Women’s Current, Sylvia Beckerman and Molly Wadzeck turn the microphones toward themselves for a conversation about identity, motherhood, visibility, curiosity, and what they’ve learned from their guests, from each other, and from the lives they’re living while these conversations unfold.

At four. At thirty-nine. At seventy-four.

We’re all still learning.

We’re all still becoming.

Love, Loss & What Remains with Danielle Crittenden

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Love, Loss & What Remains with Danielle Crittenden
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Author and journalist Danielle Crittenden joins The Women’s Current for a deeply personal conversation about motherhood, grief, identity, marriage, and what remains after profound loss. Drawing from her memoir Losing You, Danielle reflects on continuing bonds, enduring love, and learning to carry grief while moving forward.

Strength. Performance. Self-Belief.

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The Women's Current
Strength. Performance. Self-Belief.
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What happens when your identity becomes performance? Retired U.S. Navy Captain Jenn Donahue joins The Women’s Current for a conversation about fear, self-doubt, leadership, and redefining strength. From Afghanistan to self-belief, this is a powerful discussion about authenticity, resilience, and the women who come after us.

When Women Start Talking

A conversation from The Women’s Current exploring visibility, power, and what shifts when women begin speaking openly with one another across generations.

Education as Dignity

What if learning isn’t something women return to — but something that returns to them? In Episode 9 of The Women’s Current, a conversation with Mercy Learning Center explores how education restores dignity, confidence, and a sense of self for women rebuilding their lives.

Education as Dignity

Education as Dignity
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Education as Dignity
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Education doesn’t just open doors — it restores dignity.

In Episode 9 of The Women’s Current, Sylvia Beckerman speaks with Lindsay Wyman of Mercy Learning Center about adult education, second acts, and what happens when women are supported with trust, structure, and belief.

The Pad Project – The Power of Passing It On

A powerful intergenerational conversation with The Pad Project’s Melissa Berton and Jayna Gandhi on menstrual equity, dignity, and passing change forward.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin – Still Feminist, Still Fearless

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin – Still Feminist, Still Fearless
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Join Sylvia Beckerman and Molly Wadzeck for a powerful conversation with Letty Cottin Pogrebin—writer, activist, and founding editor of Ms. Magazine. From the early days of second-wave feminism to the challenges women face today, Letty reflects on what’s changed, what hasn’t, and why she remains—still feminist, still fearless.