Meek Mill
Rose met the rapper the day he was released from a Pennsylvania prison (for popping a wheelie and thus, ‘violating’ his probation). Her six-month long investigation of his criminal case was part of the Amazon documentary, Free Meek.
UN Under-Secretary General and Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka
(The Women Ep #4) Phumzile grew up under the South African apartheid regime that restricted almost every aspect of her life and person. Mentored by Nelson Mandela, she served as a cabinet minister and later became the Deputy President of South Africa. Rose met the UN Executive Director at the 2019 Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
June Diane Raphael
(The Women Ep #5) Rose and June kibbitz in 2019, at a studio in New York. The comedic actress has journeyed from Upright Citizens Brigade to Netflix star on Grace & Frankie. She co-wrote a guidebook to run for elected office, called Represent.
Charlotte Clymer
(The Women Ep #8) Rose with writer and former press secretary for rapid response of the Human Rights Campaign, an American LGBTQ civil rights organization. In Washington D.C. in 2020.
Irish Senator Colette Kelleher
(The Women Ep #16) One of the Senators who led the 2018 repeal on the abortion ban. ID: Rose and the Senator at the 2019 United Nations Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya
Rose started working in non-profit radio in 2008. She honed her production skills as a line producer, making commercials and branded content at Ogilvy & Mather.
Rose is a self-taught podcaster, and started her own podcast production company in 2016 after working at Gimlet Media.
Rose believes anyone can learn how to podcast! She loves hosting a class designed to introduce womxn to pro-tools.
Katie Couric
(Ep #24) Rose and Katie spoke during the spring of 2020, about how the response to COVID-19 compares to other major events Katie has covered, and explore how the reporter has navigated her own moments of crisis, grief, and sexism.
Aya Chebbi
Rose and the African Union Special Envoy on Youth in 2019 at the United Nations’ Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
(The Women, Ep #2) Rose in Flint, Michigan in 2019 with the pediatrician who was one of the key whistleblowers to expose that Flint’s water had lead poisoning.
Beena Sarwar
(The Women Ep #7) Rose met the Pakistani journalist and filmmaker in Boston in 2019. Beena’s work examines gender and power, and reimagines new kinds of of peaceful political realities.