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In honor of JPMorgan Chase's seventh Annual Leadership Day, this episode features Lauren Tyler, Head of HR for J.P. Morgan Asset and Wealth Management, in conversation with two pioneers in the sports world: WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes and Sam Rapoport, the NFL's Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Together they explore themes of inclusion, motherhood, and diversity in sports. Breaking through in male-dominated fields Sheryl grew up with two brothers and began playing basketball at age 7. She emphasizes the impact that the federal Title IX legislation, passed 50 years ago this year, had on her early success and subsequent career. As a college basketball standout, Sherly couldn't understand why the women's' teams always had the smaller gyms. She brought up the inequity with her coach, who told her to wait and see: Title IX would have an impact on that. Sheryl went on to be a pioneering force of that change: the first player drafted to the WNBA, then the first player signed—and the first active player to have a baby. “I take a lot of pride in who I am and what I've been able to do,” she tells Lauren. “For every little girl out there who has had dreams of someday playing in the WNBA and to see that dream come to fruition, I honestly couldn't ask for anything better.” Sam, meanwhile, grew up playing tackle football and was a quarterback in the Women's League. She moved on to a role with the NFL 21 years ago. “And about six, seven years ago, I looked around at the NFL and I asked myself, Where the hell are all the women?” she recalls. “It was all men on the coaching side, on the scouting side, on the officiating side. And I decided that I wanted to be the one to change that. And so I did what anyone who had found their passion would do: I cornered my boss.” That boss was legendary NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who “handed me the ball, put me in touch with the right people, and a couple months later, the NFL Women's Forum was born.” The Forum is a program where women in entry-level coaching positions get to meet with NFL head coaches, general managers, and owners. “We give them an opportunity to impress and potentially get hired,” Sam explains. “At the beginning of the season, we went from zeros across the board for women in every category to 15 women in coaching positions.” Support from teammates and male leaders Both women say they wouldn't have gotten where they are today without the extended hands of both their teammates and the male leaders who invited them in. For Sam, that started with Roger Goodell. It wasn't all a smooth ride after that—she recalls plenty of pushback, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans tweeting a petition to change the team name to the Tampon Bay Buccaneers after two women were hired to the coaching staff. But one by one, NFL coaching giants signed on to help with the Women's Forum. She recalls courting Coach Bill Belichick, nervously thinking he was a longshot to help with the Women's Forum. But he emailed back within minutes, saying he'd be glad to help. She says he was enthusiastic and eager to help the female coaches he met with. “And at the end of the session, he gave all 15 coaches his personal email address, told them to email him questions, and they've all stayed in touch and continued to develop through Bill.” For her part, Sheryl says she credits her teammates with giving her the opportunity to shine. “Because I think to have a great team, you have to have different pieces and different players that are willing to accept their role,” she tells Lauren. “And without those players, there's no way I would've been the athlete that I was.” She also acknowledges male NBA stars and tells a story about meeting her hero Michael Jordan when she was pregnant. “I said, I would be honored if you would let me name my son after you,” she remembers. “And his response was, If he has a good jump shot. And my response was, He's gonna have a better jump shot than you ever had.” In the end, both women say, they're most proud of knowing that they played a role in paving the way for young girls to see themselves in male-dominated professional sports. Full transcript here
It's another pod with Carson and JT, this time joined by the beautiful and hilarious Lauren Tyler Scott. We sat down to discuss the new David Lowery film, THE GREEN KNIGHT, and then Lauren and Carson start telling JT about how they recently watched the Safdie Brothers film, GOODTIME, which just so happens to be a favorite of JT's, so drive safe, look both ways while crossing the street, and enjoy our latest episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carson-higgins2/message
Lauren & Tyler chat about traits that are "hard passes" in people. Lauren shares a story from a friendA brief interactionTyler dry heaves
A news article about a pawsible new dating appTyler shares too much information (seriously, you're gonna get to know him on this one)Lauren & Tyler both share their transformations and how their dating life changed
Episode 1 features how Lauren & Tyler met, who they are as people, why they are probably single and what makes them... them.
Lauren Tyler Scott is a singer-songwriter and current vocalist with Postmodern Jukebox.
Last episode we heard from the students that participated in our Creative Coders Camp this past summer. In this episode , we hear from a few of the teachers that participated in the event that ran concurrently, Creating Coders Camp. We learn about what brought them to this new camp. What they were able to get out of the camp and what goals they have for themselves as they started the new school year. Many talked about how engaged the students were with the coding tools. Even though it was a week during the summer (with beautiful weather I might add), the students participating within the Creative Coders Camp were very engaged within the coding tools and learning SO much more than just coding! Others also loved the space. Shoutout to Amber Bell-Christian at UMSL’s EdCollabitat for allowing us into your amazing space! Both Creative Coders & Creating Coders had access to many different coding resources. All of them are listed below. The students explored on Monday & Tuesday. Teachers came to observe their exploration on Wednesday and then got to explore on their own Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, the students taught our teacher participants how to use a particular tool. We closed the camp with some time to create an action plan to think how they want to integrate coding into the classroom. This Camp was an amazing event! The students were AMAZING, the teachers were great and the space was wonderful! I am excited to begin planning for next year’s camp! If you were not able to attend, I would be on the lookout for this camp Summer 2018! Episode’s Guests: Section 1: Aimee Valuck - 3rd Grade Teacher at Premier Charter School Kelly Foushee - 5th Grade Teacher at Premier Charter School Section 2: Kaye Rueschhoff - Lindbergh School District - @kayerueschoff Tarren Fritz - Lindbergh School District - @tarrenfritz Section 3: Lauren Tyler - 4th Grade at Premier Charter School Eric North - High School Technology innovation - Hancock Place - @ehnorth86 Coding Resources Used for Creative Coders Camp & Creating Coders Camp Ollie & Sphero Dash & Dot Bloxels Raspberry Pi LittleBits Scratch & Scratch Jr. CS First (Google) TouchDevelop (Microsoft) Swift (Apple) LEGO Mindstorms & WeDo 2.0
Luke and Monika talk to the hilarious Lauren Tyler about marathons, hillbillies, and so much more. You can watch The Barkley Marathons on Netflix Follow Lauren on Instagram @laurenofthehiddentemple