r(E)volutionary Woman:
a podcast by and about women

Tes is a long-time blogger and foodie. For the past 10 years, she’s focused her blog and work around women’s issues. Soon, she’ll launch a long-form interview podcast. She’s lined up women activists and volunteers from around the world to tell their stories and the stories of the women they work with.


Tes Silverman

Tes is a long-time blogger and foodie. For the past 10 years, she’s focused her blog and work around women’s issues. This is her long-form interview podcast. She’s lined up women activists and volunteers from around the world to tell their stories and the stories of the women they work with.

Joanna Landau – CEO of Vibe Israel

Today, Tes speaks with Joanna Landau. Joanna is a British born Israeli lawyer and CEO of Vibe Israel, a non profit dedicated to enhancing Israel’s global image. She earned BA and MA degrees in Law from Cambridge University and an MBA, cum laude, from the Reichmann University in Israel. Before establishing Vibe Israel, Joanna worked as a lawyer in the high-tech industry and established two Internet start-ups based in Tel Aviv.

Joanna is a governor of Tel Aviv University, a member of the International Education
Committee of Taglit-Birthright and the Advisory Committee of Innovation Without
Borders, and a Director of Tel Aviv Global & Tourism, Tel Aviv Municipality’s global
marketing arm. In 2017, Joanna was chosen by Forbes Israel as one of the fifty most
influential women in Israel.

She lives in Tel-Aviv with her husband, three children and two dogs.

To learn more about Joanna Landau & Vibe Israel:
Facebook: @vibeisrael
Instagram: @vibeisrael
LinkedIn: vibeisrael
Twitter: @VibeIsrael
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVSEJVPikS8

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Osprey Orielle Lake – Founder & Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International (Re-Release)

Today, Tes talks with Osprey Orielle Lake. Osprey is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International dedicated to accelerating a global women’s climate justice movement. She works nationally and internationally with grassroots and Indigenous leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized energy future. Osprey serves on the Executive Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and is the Co-Director of the Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations, and actively leads WECAN’s advocacy, policy and campaign work in areas such as Women for Forests, Divestment and Just Transition, Indigenous Rights, a Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal, and UN Forums. Osprey is the author of the award-winning book,”Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature.”

To learn more about Osprey Orielle Lake and WECAN International:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WECAN.Intl
Twitter: @WECAN_INTL
Instagram: @wecan_intl
Photo credit: Erik McGregor

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Kellie Stecher – OB/GYN, Co-Founder & President of Patient Care Heroes

Kellie Stecher is an OB/GYN and Co-Founder and President of Patient Care Heroes, as well as the Governor of the 7th District of the American Medical Women’s Association, and advisor to multiple other companies, focusing on patient and staff safety and mental health.

She has won the Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine’s Top Doctors’ Rising Star award for the last three years.

She was recently runner-up for The Sharp Index: Physician Well-Being Leader of the Year. She also won a Silver Anthem award.

Her work has made her an invaluable contributor to local and national publications, news and podcasts. Her focus is on advocacy and policy change, centering around safety and equity.

She is the author of the book, “Delivering” which is out now. The book is meant to empower women, mothers, working women, women in healthcare, and to inspire change.

To learn more about Kellie Stecher, M.D.:
Website: https://kelliestechermd.com/
Patient Care Heroes: https://www.patientcareheroes.com/
The book “Delivering”: https://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Kellie-Lease-Stecher/dp/1914560159
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-stecher-md/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kelliestecher/?hl=en
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/KellieStecherMD/

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Andrea Couture – Author of Embracing What Remains (Re-Release)

Today, Tes talks with Andrea Couture. Andrea is an author and mother of three children. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. Embracing What Remains is Andrea’s first memoir and book. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, children, and her dog.

To learn more about Andrea Couture:
Facebook: Andrea M Couture, Author
Instagram: @author.andrea.couture
Twitter: acouture22
To learn more about Andrea’s book:
Amazon book: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-What-Remains-Andrea-Couture/dp/0578928264/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Kavita Tanna – Founder of Globally Reconnect

Today’s guest is Kavita Tanna. Kavita is guided by the famous philosophy accredited to Mahatma Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Her mission is to connect with like-minded individuals who wish to empower learners through inspiring, interconnected, and globally-minded holistic education.
Kavita is a master educator and creative designer of integrated curriculum units, weaving impactful learning experiences, wellbeing, curriculum standards/ learning outcomes (state, IB, Honors, AP) and UN Sustainable Development Goals into unified experiences that restore joy to learning and teaching. She co-facilitates Project-Based Learning workshops and coaching sessions, linking staff to learners, educators, and experts around the world.
As the cofounder of Educatio Rad School with Emily Post and Nick Salmon, Kavita helped launch Montana’s first project-based, experiential learning school built upon the values of kindness, acceptance and peace, uncovered through her listening process.
In webinars, workshops and long-term partnerships, Kavita co-designs learning experiences and coaches educators with the roles they play in shaping the identities, attitudes and behaviors of learners, offering practical ideas for supporting discovery, exploration and meaning-making; building the foundations for global and intercultural-mindedness. Through her work as a passionate advocate and mentor for social-emotional-ethical intelligence and wellbeing integration in learning at all age levels, including parents, educators and administrators, her vision is to see holistic wellbeing practices embedded into global competence education.
To learn more about Kavita:
Website: https://www.globallyreconnect.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavita-t-985309153/

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