9 to 5ish with theSkimm

Carly Zakin, Danielle Weisberg

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audio@theskimm.com

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Booking Overview

9 to 5ish with theSkimm is a women-led career advice show where the co-founders/co-CEOs pull lessons from successful leaders and founders. For PR, it’s a strong platform to place entrepreneurial, workplace, and leadership voices in a candid, practical context that resonates with early- to mid-career listeners.

Metrics

Episodes: 348

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 11.0k subscribers

Instagram: 979.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

audio@theskimm.com

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Host

Carly Zakin - Co-founder and co-CEO of theSkimm, focused on career guidance and workplace confidence for women. Brings first-hand leadership and media experience to conversations grounded in actionable career ta...

Danielle Weisberg - Co-founder and co-CEO of theSkimm; helps listeners build career momentum through advice shaped by leadership experience and conversations with prominent leaders. Known for translating workplace rea...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Women leaders—often founders, operators, investors, and senior professionals—especially those with a distinct career arc, business-building experience, or workplace confidence expertise.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led a startup/company, Built/grew a venture-backed or bootstrapped brand, Held an executive or investing role (e.g., venture partner), Created measurable impact in a niche (gig economy, consumer brands, etc.)

Recent Guest Discussions

Leah Busque Solivan - Hiring Early Teams; Celebrating Success; Founder Lessons; Gig Economy Entrepreneurship And Startup Growth

Phoebe Gates - Proving Herself Beyond Her Family Name; Building A Company With Co-founders; Confidence And Speaking Effectively In Business

Leah Garcia - Connecting Non-linear Career Paths; Building A Beauty Brand Without Investors/pitch Deck; Burnout And Boundaries; Becoming Business-comfortable Without Training

Recent Topics

Career, Women, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Workplace

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

Power Players: Leading, Growing, and Thriving Through Every Stage of Your Career

August 10, 2026

Clean energy powers 1.4 million American jobs, and most women who'd be great at them have no idea the door's open. In this special podcast episode, presented together with American Clean Power, theSkimm sits down with clean energy leaders (Kelly Veney Darnell, Melissa Peterson, and Amanda Koonjbeharry) to unpack the industry's opportunities and meet the women in charge. Are you eyeing a career pivot? Already working in clean energy? Or navigating another male-dominated field? This conversat...

Leah Solivan, Founder of TaskRabbit: "I would look at everything in my life and question, like, "Is there a solution here?"

April 21, 2026

Leah Busque Solivan is an engineer and entrepreneur. In 2008, she became a rising star of the gig economy when she quit her job at IBM to found TaskRabbit, the mobile and online marketplace that hooks you up with people to help with everything from picking up your laundry to building your furniture. She sold her baby to IKEA in 2017 and now she’s using her expertise to help other startups as a general partner at the venture capital firm, Fuel Capital. On the Couch, Leah talks to us about how ...

Phoebe Gates on Proving Herself Beyond Her Family Name

August 27, 2025

When Phoebe Gates started her company, Phia, her parents – yes, those Mr. and Mrs. Gates – wished her good luck and didn’t invest a penny. And while her last name lends it self to opportunities other people might not get. But instead of letting the nepo-baby convo overshadow her entrepreneurship, Phoebe shares why the pressure to live up to her family name actually is a positive thing. In this episode, Phoebe also shares: The values her parents instilled in her that have nothing to do w...

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