The Life and Lessons of Kamala Harris - with author Hitha Palepu
Breaking Down Patriarchy
Amy McPhie Allebest
4.9 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Amy is joined by Hitha Palepu to discuss her book, We're Speaking: The Life Lesson of Kamala Harris, and learn more about Vice President Harris's history, the breadth and depth of her experience, and the mold-breaking significance of her current presidential campaign.
Hitha Palepu is a woman of multitudes: a feminist, a lifelong politics enthusiast, a daughter of immigrants, and a mother raising feminist sons. These multitudes spill into her multi-hyphenated career as an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker. Hitha’s passion for the news and politics is captured in #5SmartReads, a Webby honored social series that shares five must-read articles every day to keep our community informed without being overwhelmed. Hitha's longtime blog, Hitha on the Go, established her as an authority on lifestyle topics and gave way to her book and collaborations with leading brands such as Headspace, Google, and Northwestern Mutual. Her book How to Pack was published by Clarkson Potter in 2017, and her book We're Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris was published in 2021.
As CEO of Roshan Pharmaceuticals, Hitha oversees financing, partnerships, and strategy for the company. Hitha also puts her money where her values are through early-stage investing. A partner in Adama Ventures, which is her family office, she has invested in innovative companies primarily founded by women and focused on women. She is a sought-after speaker on politics and the news, investing, entrepreneurship, work-life juggle, and motherhood.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee, all the best. |
| 0:04.8 | Sometimes I encounter people, usually men, who tell me that patriarchy doesn't exist anymore. |
| 0:11.1 | And they claim that, if anything, women have more power than men in today's world. |
| 0:16.0 | One strategy that I recommend, if you're ever in a conversation like this is to ask them to simply |
| 0:21.9 | look at the complete list of U.S. presidents. It is pretty stunning to see the gallery of portraits |
| 0:28.8 | consisting of 100% men and all of them white men at that with only one exception. The patriarchy |
| 0:36.5 | in U.S. government is undeniable. But at the time of this |
| 0:42.2 | recording in October 24, we are experiencing a historic moment. This past summer, current President |
| 0:50.2 | Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, and current Vice President Kamala Harris |
| 0:55.3 | stepped forward to take on Donald Trump in the election. We are closer than ever before to |
| 1:01.2 | electing the first female president of the United States of America, and the stakes are terrifyingly |
| 1:06.9 | high. And this episode is dedicated to presidential candidate Kamala Harris. And I'm so excited to get to know |
| 1:15.0 | her better through the book, We're Speaking, The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris, How to Use Your |
| 1:21.1 | Your Own Your Own Your Own Story by Hitha Palapu. And I'm so excited to welcome the author of this book to |
| 1:29.2 | breaking down patriarchy. Welcome, Hitha. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited |
| 1:34.5 | about this conversation. And as usual, I'll introduce you first professionally. I'll read your |
| 1:39.3 | professional bio and then we'll have you introduce yourself more personally afterwards. Hitha Palapu is a woman of multitudes, a feminist, a lifelong politics enthusiast, a daughter of immigrants, and a mother raising feminist sons. |
| 1:54.2 | These multitudes spill into her multi-hyphenated career as an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker. Hitha's passion for the news |
| 2:03.7 | and politics is captured in hashtag five smart reads, a Webby-honored social series that shares |
| 2:10.2 | five must-read articles every day to keep her community informed without being overwhelmed. |
| 2:15.9 | Hitha's longtime blog, Hitha on the go, established her as an authority on lifestyle topics |
| 2:21.5 | and gave way to her book and collaborations with leading brands such as Headspace, Google, and Northwestern Mutual. |
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