Best of Design Matters: Aminatou Sow

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Aminatou Sow discusses her extraordinary journey that took her from Africa to Texas, from a job in a toy store to Google to co-host of one of today’s most brilliant podcasts, Call Your Girlfriend.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	This archival episode of Design Matters originally dropped in June of 2018.
0:12.9	It is just not helpful to point out disparities
0:17.1	and also be complicit in creating them.
0:19.6	You know, and so this is a thing that the media does a lot
0:22.1	where they're like, well, like, there are no women in STEM.
0:24.1	And then you look at the science section
0:27.0	of most magazines or newspapers, and they're only quoting men. From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.
0:40.0	For 14 years now, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other
0:46.1	creative types about what they do, how they got to be who they are and what
0:49.5	they're thinking about. On this podcast Debbie Millman talks with Aminatu So about her podcast Debbie Millman talks with Aminatu So about her
0:54.2	podcast and her career in tech. I think that especially in tech we fetishize young
0:59.7	people so much being the best at this thing at 30 is fine, but we're literally all idiots.
1:07.0	There's another podcast you should be listening to, Ted Health, a podcast from the Ted Audio Collective
1:14.1	join host Dr. Shoshana Unger lighter as she introduces you to leading health
1:18.6	experts and breaks down the health questions you didn't know you had. Learn more
1:22.3	about the way your body works
1:23.6	and the newest insights changing the medical world. Like what a smart bra
1:27.9	means for better heart health. Three ways to prepare for the next pandemic and
1:32.0	how we can all live healthier lives.
1:35.0	Find Ted Health wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:40.0	Amina Toussou doesn't like when people tell her she can't do something.
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