This season on What Does It Profit, host Dr. Dawn Carpenter steps into the worlds where women are least expected—and often least welcomed. From firehouses to funeral homes, construction sites to game design studios, meet the women breaking barriers and reshaping the meaning of work itself. Their stories reveal courage, solidarity, and the power to build a more inclusive future of work.
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I'm Dr. Dawn Carpenter, and this is What Does It Profit?, a podcast about the social and moral value of economic life. This season, we're talking about women doing the kind of work people once thought was men's work: game design, skilled trades, funeral directing, truck driving, firefighting.
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I think it's great that we all work together cohesively, and that makes everything better when we work together and help each other out. Yes, we do need more women on the job. We need more women in most places, but it's not women against men. It's us working together in unity to give everybody experience and make everyone feel comfortable.
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Why tell these stories now? Because the future of work is being written in real time. And when women enter these fields, they don't just join the work, they change it. They make it safer, more innovative, more human.
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My truck is the Black Widow. Not really black. It's like a dark purple. People are like, it's not black. Why do you call it Black Widow? Because it's a man-eater. It's not black because of the color. It's black because the truck is a man-eater.
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The economy thrives when barriers come down. And the truth is, progress in the workplace isn't just about equality. It's about unleashing potential that benefits us all, men and women alike.
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People see the faucet and stuff like that, but behind that wall is magic. It's Picasso. It's beautiful. Well, if you have a great plumber that likes to do neat work, it's beautiful.
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Over 6 episodes, you'll hear stories of women reshaping work and the lessons they carry for a world still wrestling with who belongs where. I spent a career on Wall Street financing social purpose corporations before it was cool. Now I'm here to ask, what does it profit us all when women redefine the work of our world? Subscribe now to What Does It Profit wherever you get your podcasts.
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