Cindy Eckert: The Sexual Revolutionist, on owning pleasure and the female sexual revolution
The Dissenters with Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani
Dear Media, Mandana Dayani and Debra Messing
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🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Debra and Mandana sit down with Cindy Eckert to discuss building and selling two pharmaceutical companies for more than $1.5B, including the first ever FDA-approved drug for low sexual desire in women. Investing in other women, the female sexual revolution and owning pleasure.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:02.8 | Hi, this is just a friendly reminder to make sure that you are registered to vote for the |
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| 0:19.6 | more civic engagement opportunities. That's voter to 26797. |
| 0:24.4 | Hi, this is Deborah Messing. |
| 0:31.0 | Hi, this is Deborah Messing. I'm an actress and social justice advocate. I am |
| 0:35.2 | Andana Deani, creator and co-founder of the nonpartisan movement I am a voter. |
| 0:39.4 | So Mondana and I are best friends and activism is a huge part of our lives and who we are. |
| 0:44.7 | We're constantly inspired by the incredible work people are doing every day all over the world. |
| 0:49.9 | And then one day we realize something. |
| 0:52.1 | Most of these people had no intention of becoming heroes. They're just accidental activists who knew something was not okay and chose to do something about it. |
| 1:01.0 | In this podcast, we share the journeys of 20 of these |
| 1:05.0 | dissenters who blew us away. Based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic |
| 1:10.1 | I dissent slogan, a dissenter is someone who stood up to an injustice or |
| 1:14.8 | challenge the status quo, someone who fought to build a better way. |
| 1:19.2 | This week we speak with our incredible friend, Cindy Ecker. |
| 1:23.0 | Cindy is an entrepreneur pioneering sexual wellness |
| 1:26.3 | who builds and sold two pharmaceutical companies |
| 1:29.2 | for more than $1.5 billion, including the first ever FDA-approved drug for low sexual desire and women. |
| 1:37.8 | She also founded the Pink Ceiling, or Pinkubator, which invests in companies founded by or delivering products for women. |
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