In Her Direction is a podcast about creativity, career, girlhood, and making things. Hosted by video creative Brittany Doohan, it features candid conversations with people across creative industries, alongside personal stories about building a creative life and career.
How Personal Truth & Obsessions Fuel Our Creative Work, Featuring Creative Director Laura Delarato
In this episode of In Her Direction, host Brittany Doohan sits down with Laura Delarato — creative director, writer, multidisciplinary artist, and author of My Pleasure: An Intimate Guide to Loving Your Body and Having Great Sex. Laura's work has appeared in The Cut, Vox, Sugar & Water, Refinery29, and Hello Sunshine, and through her Substack "Softcore" she explores pleasure, body image, identity, and self-trust. Laura opens up about growing up in the Bronx with her Italian-American grand...
4 Aug 2026
How to Build a Social Strategy That Connects & Bet on Yourself Creatively, Feat. Sarah Whittle
For our Season 2 premiere, I'm joined by Sarah Whittle (@rudeunicorns)—social strategist, founder of Unicorn Social, content creator, and one of the sharpest minds in social media. Sarah has built social strategies for brands like Crocs, Duolingo, and the OG YouTube comedy brand Smosh, created and piloted TV shows, and grown an audience of more than 400,000 followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. In this episode, we talk about: Why betting on yourself can change your careerSarah's fr...
21 May 2026
Advice to My Younger Self: 8 Creative Women in Media Share What They Wish They Knew Sooner
If you could tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? In this Season 1 compilation, eight creative women from film, TV, marketing and media share the one piece of advice they'd give their younger selves. Featuring: Monica Medellin (sports documentary film director, executive producer, creator of Surf Girls), Kara Barnett (award-winning senior creative and former TV producer), Diana Weisman (award-winning creative director), Leah de Leon (filmmaker and founder of Sundoc Studios), Jo...
3 Dec 2025
Road to 39M Views: How Real Stories Go Viral on Social Media & Spark Conversation w/ Director of Social Sam Yehle
Ever wonder how viral ideas are born? Or how a parenting brand turned breast milk ice cream into a national conversation and a singing farts video into 39 MILLION views? In this episode of In Her Direction, host Brittany Doohan sits down with Sam Yehle, Head of Social and in-house content creator at Nara Organics (formerly at Frida), to unpack her creative process, cultural forecasting, and the moment the internet told her exactly what to make next. Sam breaks down: How the breast milk ...
14 Oct 2025
She Built This: How to Be a Creative Leader & Run a Production Company, Feat. 3 Female Founders Who Do It
In this episode, host Brittany Doohan chats with three female founders who’ve built creative companies from the ground up: Leah de Leon, filmmaker and co-founder of Sundoc Studios a full-service documentary production companyJordan Ching, CEO and co-founder of Flipbird — an award-winning creative agencyCatherine Argyrople, filmmaker and founder of CATALYZE HER, a global production companyWe talk about their inspiration for starting their companies, what stories they thought were missing...
4 Sept 2025
Putting You In Your Work: Data, AI & the Future of Creativity, Feat. Creative Director Diana Weisman
In this episode of In Her Direction, host Brittany Doohan interviews Diana Weisman, an award-winning creative director. Diana has led creative in advertising and branded content for companies such as Bustle, W, Nylon, Popsugar, Conde Nast and most recently Code and Theory. Listen to learn how to put you into your creative work, how to use data and strategy to create campaigns that are like “Labubu,” and how AI could impact the future for creatives. Thanks for listening! Want more? ...
30 Jul 2025
Uncovering Your Path: How to Find Your Creative Identity & Pivot In Your Career, Feat. Senior Creative Kara Barnett
In this episode of In Her Direction, host Brittany Doohan chats with Kara Barnett, an award-winning senior creative and former TV producer, to talk about pivoting in your career, and finding and staying true to your creative identity. Thanks for listening! Want more? Watch full In Her Direction episodes on YouTube & Spotify Follow @inherdirectionshow on Instagram for bite-sized clips, episode announcements, and a behind-the-scenes look at how IHD is made.
7 May 2025
How to Break Into Film As a Female Filmmaker & Sell Your First TV Show, Feat. 'Surf Girls' Creator Monica Medellin
In this episode, host Brittany Doohan chats with Monica Medellin, film director and executive producer, about her journey breaking into the film and TV industry, how she created Surf Girls Hawai'i on Prime Video, and why representation matters for women and people of color in sports and media. Monica also shares what it's like to navigate a male-dominated industry, her passion for giving back through her Film Accelerator program, and offers actionable advice for aspiring filmmakers. Thanks fo...
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