Introducing 'History Becomes Her' — a new podcast by Mashable

Who inspires the women making history right now? 

Everybody needs an icon, a role model, or someone to look up to. Even the people you'd consider your personal heroines. Mashable's new podcast History Becomes Her delves into this very subject — the inspiration behind our modern-day heroines. 

Each episode, I speak to history-making women about the women of the past who paved the way for them. In powerful interviews, guests share the challenges they've faced in trying to make change in the world, and the source of their motivation and determination to fight for progress. 

Season 1 of the podcast kicks off with two very special guests: Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times reporters behind the Harvey Weinstein investigation. Within days of the story's publication, the #MeToo hashtag — a movement started a decade earlier by civil rights activist Tarana Burke — went viral. Episode 1 reveals the dramatic events that took place behind the scenes of the investigation, the obstacles Kantor and Twohey overcame, and their thoughts on the extraordinary response their investigation garnered.  Read more...

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