What do a Michelin-starred chef, a Vogue wedding planner, and a New Yorker cartoonist have in common? They’re all women with incredible stories about work, ambition, reinvention, and figuring it out as they go. I’m Rachel Jaffe, Resident ER Doctor and ultimate girls’ girl, and on How She Works I sit down with badass women to talk about the careers they’ve built and the wins, twists, and failures that got them there.
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Colleen Slagen is a professional baby name consultant and author of the book Naming Bebe. Her social media content has reached millions of people worldwide and her work has been featured on NPR, ABC News, Today, the Washington Post, BBC and more.
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21 Sept 2026
The High Risk Labor & Postpartum Nurse: Sarah (Labor Junkie RN)
Sarah (Labor Junkie RN) is on a mission to help women feel more informed and empowered throughout pregnancy and birth. For more than fifteen years, Sarah has worked as a high-risk labor and postpartum nurse and educator. Through her social media platforms, our guest has built a community of more than one million followers by sharing judgment-free, evidence-based insights on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum care.
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7 Sept 2026
The Happy Isles Salon Founder: Lily Kaizer
Lily Kaizer is a pioneer in bridal fashion. She is the founder of Happy Isles Salon, the luxury vintage bridal boutique redefining what it means to shop for a wedding dress. Since its founding in 2016, Happy Isles has helped bring vintage bridal into the mainstream, becoming a destination for brides looking for something with more history, personality, and character. With salons in Los Angeles and New York City, Happy Isles has built a cult following among brides, stylists, and celebrities alike, with its brides featured in Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Over the Moon, and Vogue.
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24 Aug 2026
The MMA Champion & Survivor Advocate: Jamie Miller
Jamie Miller is a Mixed Martial Arts champion, Brazilian Jitsu Black Belt and domestic violence survivor advocate. After escaping a six-and-a-half-year abusive relationship, an experience that led to homelessness and temporary shelter placement with her daughter, Jamie rebuilt her life through martial arts, personal resilience, and an unwavering commitment to ensuring no woman walks that path alone. She went on to become an MMA champion and a two-time UFC Contender as well as the founder and head instructor of Philly Self Defense: an organization that makes self defense successful to all through workshops, corporate training, and community programs. Through Philly Self-Defense and her service across multiple city-wide boards and coalitions, our guest has provided court accompaniment, crisis resource navigation, safety planning, and trauma-informed self-defense education to survivors from every background.
Advisory: This episode discusses adult themes of abuse.
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14 Aug 2026
The Harvard Reproductive Psychiatrist: Dr. Monique Sager
Dr. Monique Sager is a Harvard psychiatrist who specializes in sex and reproductive psychiatry. She began her career as a consultant before pivoting to medicine and earning her MD MBA from the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Wharton she founded Wharton Femtech, the school’s first group dedicated to advancing women’s health. After medical school our guest continued her training at the Harvard Affiliated Psychiatry Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is now in her fourth and final year. If this wasn’t enough our guest is currently advancing her training further as a sex therapist candidate at the Modern Sex Therapy Institute.
Disclaimer: All patient stories have been anonymized with identifying details changed or omitted. In some cases elements from multiple patient experiences have been combined into a composite story in order to protect the anonymity of each patient.
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6 Aug 2026
The Woman Who Designed an App to Help the Memory Impaired: Michelle San Jose
Michelle San Jose is on a mission to help those with memory loss live more independently. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has dedicated the last 17 years of her career to helping people with autism and developmental disabilities develop meaningful life skills. Inspired by her own sister’s traumatic brain injury, Michelle is also the founder of Memo-ries, a free mobile app designed to help people with memory loss capture daily experiences through photos, videos, voice recordings, as well as organize other aspects of their schedules that are challenging due to memory loss.
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21 Jul 2026
The Parenting Expert: Emily Oster
Emily Oster is on a mission to help parents make confident data-informed decisions. She is a Brown professor who holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University. Her writing includes four New York Times best-selling books that have sold over a million copies. If this wasn’t enough, Emily is also the founder and CEO of ParentData, a one stop shop for data-driven judgement-free answers to all your questions on pregnancy, parenting, and health.
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14 Jul 2026
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Producer: Ali Jaffe Ramis
Ali Jaffe Ramis is responsible for your favorite celebrity interview. She began her career as a music talent assistant for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and quickly worked her way up to senior segment producer. Her production credits include interviews with Ina Garten, Paul McCartney, and Taylor Swift. In addition to her work in late night television our guest has written several articles for the New York Times and is the author of the popular book newsletter On My Shelf.
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6 Jul 2026
The Vogue Wedding Planner: Tracy Taylor Ward
Tracy Taylor Ward is an award winning luxury event designer specializing in effortless, fun, chic and seamless events. She has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Brides Magazine and Martha Stewart weddings. Her weddings have appeared in the New York Times, Town & Country, Over the Moon, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue.
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25 Jun 2026
The Sourmilk Founder: Kiki Couchman
Kiki Couchman is on a mission to heal America’s gut. After graduating from Stanford she worked for the private equity firm Alpine Investors before famously quitting to co-found the probiotic yogurt brand Sourmilk. In just a year Sourmilk has grown into a viral sensation and can be found in over 150 stores across the Northeast. In this episode Rachel and Kiki discuss all it takes to found a viral startup.
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17 Jun 2026
The Comedian: Ariel Elias
Ariel Elias was described as “a sly young comic from Kentucky” by the New York Times. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ariel-elias-beer-throw-comedy-club-maga-hecklers-1234607923/) and the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/11/ariel-elias-comedian-heckler-can/). She was named a “New Face” at the 2021 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival (https://deadline.com/2021/07/just-for-laughs-new-faces-2021-lineup-1234799893/), as well as one of Paste Magazine’s Best Comedians of 2022 (https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/best-of-2022/best-comedians-2022). She has performed on both Jimmy Kimmel and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You can watch her standup special A Jewish Star on YouTube or catch her onstage on her national tour.
In this episode Rachel and Ariel discuss Ariel's writing process, performing standup in New York, and the business of the comedy industry.
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12 Jun 2026
The Art Quant: Georgia Stylianides
Georgia Stylianides is a quantitative investment and portfolio strategist by day, art and culture educator by night. She holds degrees in art history and mathematics from Wellesley college as well as an MBA and MFA from UPenn’s Wharton school of business and the Lauder Institute of international studies. She began her career structuring transactions for the art auction house Sotheby’s before pivoting to become an investor for BlackRock. When she is not working she is writing and creating videos where she educates the public about the finance of the art world.
In this episode Rachel and Georgia discuss the origins of Georgia's love for art and math, the behind the scenes of art auction houses, the secrete history of MOMA, and how to think about the value of art.
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2 Jun 2026
The New Yorker Cartoonist: Meg Richardson
In this episode Rachel interviews Meg Richardson, New Yorker Cartoonist and author of Paradise Pawn. Rachel and Meg talk all things New Yorker, cartoon school, and book publishing.
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26 May 2026
The Congressional Staffer: Laura Gerrard
In this episode of How She Works Rachel Jaffe interviews political powerhouse Laura Gerrard, who began her career as Senator Elizabeth Warren’s assistant scheduler rising to deputy chief in only eight years. Rachel and Laura discuss all things politics, presidential campaigns, and blow-up dogs.
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24 May 2026
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What do a Michelin-starred chef, a Vogue wedding planner, and a New Yorker cartoonist have in common? They’re all women with incredible stories about work, ambition, reinvention, and figuring it out as they go. I’m Rachel Jaffe — ER doctor and ultimate girls’ girl — and on How She Works, I sit down with badass women to discuss the careers they’ve built and the wins, twists, and failures that got them there.
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