Toni Ko, founder of NYX Cosmetics and Bespoke Beauty Brands, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's launching a new makeup line amid the pandemic. Help us shape our future coverage of women and money. Share your feedback at wsj.com/secrets

Toni Ko: On the Beauty Of Building Your Own Business

Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields, co-founders of skincare treatment Proactiv and their namesake brand, Rodan + Fields, tell WSJ's Veronica Dagher what they've learned about partnership and building companies.

Katie Rodan + Kathy Fields: Serial Skin-Care Entrepreneurs

Emily Ramshaw, cofounder of women-focused nonprofit media company the 19th*, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's adapted her organization to the coronavirus and why the untold stories of the female electorate matter.

Emily Ramshaw: On Launching a Nonprofit Amid Covid-19

Angela Yee, co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she manages multiple streams of income and what she's learned about investing.

Angela Yee: Mastering the Side Hustle

Tami Erwin, executive vice president and chief executive of Verizon Business Group, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's adapted her 26,000 employees to remote work and what managers can do to help working parents thrive in the pandemic.

Tami Erwin: Verizon Business CEO On Leading a Global Team Remotely

Marla Beck, co-founder and chief executive of beauty company Bluemercury, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's adapted her business amid the pandemic and what's ahead for the luxury beauty industry.

Marla Beck: How Covid-19 is Changing the Beauty Business

Vanessa Williams, award-winning actress and singer, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's coped with racism in the entertainment industry and how she's working to end inequality for other performers.

Vanessa Williams: Defying Other People's Expectations

Erin Loos Cutraro, founder of She Should Run, tells  WSJ's Veronica Dagher what prevents women from running for elected office and how she's working to change that.

Erin Loos Cutraro: On Why Women Should Run for Office

Sarah Deer, Native American lawyer and MacArthur fellow, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's worked for justice for Native survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence and why the recent Supreme Court Oklahoma land ruling matters.

Sarah Deer: Empowering Tribal Nations to Protect Native Women

Karen Altfest, executive vice president of Altfest Personal Wealth Management, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's managed a long career in finance and how she's helped women and widows.

Karen Altfest: On How Women Want To Talk About Money

Stacy Lewis, a professional golfer on the LPGA tour, explains to WSJ's Veronica Dagher how the sport has changed for women and how she's getting through the pandemic.

Stacy Lewis: Striving for Equity in Women's Golf

Jane Schwartzberg, managing director at UBS wealth management, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how serious illness forced her to get involved with her finances and why managing money before an emergency is so important.

Jane Schwartzberg: Taking Hold of Your Finances Amid Illness

In this encore episode, Carol Lavin Bernick, the former executive chairman of Alberto-Culver, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher about her family business and how she's helping restaurant owners and families during the coronavirus crisis.

Carol Lavin Bernick: Leading A Family Business

Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's helping to make the venture capital world more diverse and how far the industry still has to go.

Arlan Hamilton: Empowering Underrepresented Founders

Yeardley Smith, who plays "Lisa" on the hit show The Simpsons, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she learned to accept her voice and how she uses it to be an ally to the LGBT community.

Yeardley Smith: On Voicing Lisa Simpson and Becoming an LGBT Advocate

Lanaya Irvin, president of the Center for Talent Innovation, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher why she thinks it's important to have discussions about race in the workplace and how the killing of George Floyd sparked a conversation at her own organization.

Lanaya Irvin: Talking About Race At Work

Terri Jackson, executive director of the Women's National Basketball Players Association, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she negotiated a big pay raise on behalf of the players and how she's helping steward the league's union through the coronavirus crisis.

Terri Jackson: Playing to Win in the WNBPA

Julie Smolyansky, chief executive of Lifeway Foods, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she's coped with crises and adapted her family's cultured milk business amid the coronavirus.

Julie Smolyansky: Adapting Amid Tragedy

In this encore episode, Kelley Brooke, director of golf at the Bethpage Golf Course and the 2018 LPGA Professional of the Year, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how she thinks golf will change as courses reopen and how she's thrived as a woman in the sport.

Kelley Brooke: Reimaging Golf Amid Coronavirus

In this encore episode, comedian, writer and disabilities advocate Maysoon Zayid tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher how the coronavirus has impacted those who perform for a living and how she's coping financially.

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