In Her Shoes: Shiza Shahid

The Cut

New York Magazine

Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Shiza Shahid has been impressive pretty much all her life. At 14, she was working as a volunteer in women’s prisons. At 18, she was off to Stanford. A few years later, she returned to her home, Pakistan, where she co-founded the Malala fund with now Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai. These days, she’s running the cookware company, Our Place that has all the Insta girlies in a frenzy. The all-in-one Always pan has been an internet fave since it popped up on the scene, but the brand has a larger mission of telling stories through meals that bring people together. On this episode, Shiza talks about her business, transitioning from the nonprofit world and what her day-to-day is like running a company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to In Her Shoes, I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm Editor-in-Chief of the Cut.
0:14.5	On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire, or some that we just
0:18.6	find interesting.
0:19.6	We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and
0:24.2	how they brought others along now that they've arrived.
0:34.5	Shisa Shaheed has been impressive pretty much all her life.
0:38.4	At 14, she was working as a volunteer in women's prisons.
0:42.0	At 18, she was off to Stanford.
0:44.6	And a few years later, she returned home to Pakistan where she co-founded the Malala
0:48.8	Fund was now Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala.
0:53.2	These days, she's running the cookware company Our Place that has all the instigirlies in
0:57.3	a frenzy.
0:58.3	But the brand has a larger mission of telling stories through meals that bring people together.
1:03.4	We got a chance to talk about her business, transitioning from the nonprofit world and
1:07.7	what her day-to-day is like in running a company.
1:10.5	Shisa, we always start by asking everyone on the pod, either what shoes are you wearing
1:16.2	today, or what are your favorite shoes?
1:19.9	I'm wearing my Chloe sneakers.
1:22.8	They're...
1:23.8	Oh, let me see.
1:24.8	They have a name, everybody.
1:25.8	Oh, yes.
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