Le vital corps Salon

Le vital corps Salon


Latest Episodes

#0089: Sara Duchovnay on the impact of the opera diva myth, divorce rings + life on the other side of your worst fears
October 14, 2020

Meet Sara Duchovnay. Sara is an RV living professional opera singer and the owner of Songbird Sara Antique Jewelry. It’s a blast to ask my guest, Sara, some pretty rad questions, like, “How does a little girl fall in love with opera and antique jewelry,

#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth
July 08, 2020

Meet Alice Bowman. She’s a member of the Principal Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Alice is the Space Mission Operations Group supervisor and the NASA New Horizons Mission Operations Manager (MOM). And she’

#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth
July 08, 2020

Meet Alice Bowman. She’s a member of the Principal Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Alice is the Space Mission Operations Group supervisor and the NASA New Horizons Mission Operations Manager (MOM). And...

#0087: Claire Sprouse on low-waste sustainability, non-preachy activism + serving inspiring food and drinks
June 10, 2020

Meet Claire Sprouse, the owner and culinary dynamo behind Hunky Dory, a low-waste, all-day cafe, located in Brooklyn. Claire has been recognized as Esquire's top 10 "Most Imaginative Bartenders" in 2012, Food and Wine's "Best New Mixologist" list in...

#0086: Kat Wilson on recognizing opportunities + navigating work at the 3D intersection of art and engineering
May 13, 2020

Meet Kat Wilson. Kat is the Assistant Director of the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center (HVAMC). HVAMC is a 3D printing lab on the SUNY New Paltz campus - a favorite hang for the digital design and fabrication students there. Kat holds an...

#0085: Eileen Uchitelle on managing distractions, problem-solving + sticking tenaciously with the tedious, invisible things
April 08, 2020

Meet Eileen Uchitelle. She’s a Staff Software Engineer on the Ruby Architecture Team at GitHub and a member of the Rails Core team.

#0084: Dipti Mehta on persistence, pluck + playwriting to inspire social change
March 11, 2020

Meet Dipti Mehta. She is an Indian American playwright, performer, and scientist. She is best known for her portrayal of Reina in Life! Camera Action, which brought her multiple international awards and nominations. She believes in theater as a...

#0083: Deana Burke on democratizing cryptocurrency, generating financial empowerment + being a startup founder
February 26, 2020

Meet Deana Burke. She is the founder of Gracias, a mission-driven startup working to bring Bitcoin to young women and teens from diverse backgrounds.

#0082: Julianne Holt-Lundstad on the fraying of our social fabric, social connection + our health
February 12, 2020

Meet Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad. She’s an award-winning professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University, where she is also the Director of the Social Neuroscience Lab.

#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting with human mammals
January 22, 2020

Meet Ruth Ungar Merenda. To say that Ruth is a multidimensional artist and collaborator is a massive understatement. She is a partner at Humble Abode Music, a recording artist with The Mammals and Mike + Ruthy.