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S1E14 Why the Life You Planned May Not Be the One You're Meant to Live | Julia Libertad Villaseñor Bell
What happens when the life you carefully built — the city, the career, the plan — gets taken away?And what if every redirection, every closed door, every forced departure turned out to be exactly…
S1E13 Why Most Communities Fail — And What the Lasting Ones Do Differently | Fabian Pfortmüller
Why do some communities thrive for years while others slowly disappear?In this episode of Catch The Upswing, Jessica Espinoza speaks with Fabian Pfortmüller — entrepreneur, community weaver, and…
S1E12 Why You're Still Waiting to Feel Ready | Servane Mouazan
Why do so many people wait to feel ready — before starting, before speaking up, before stepping into something new?And what if the question you're asking is the wrong one entirely?In this episode of…
S1E11 Why Trying To Change The World Can Break You | Bonnie Chiu & Tara Sabre Collier
Why do so many people trying to create positive change end up exhausted?And why do so many workplaces and “inclusive” spaces still make people feel unseen, unsupported, or forced to hide parts of…
S1E10 What Nobody Tells You About Creating Change | Laura Coryton & Rachael Crook
Why do some people spend years fighting for change — long before anyone notices the result?And what does it actually take to keep going when people dismiss your ideas, systems resist change, and…
S1E9 Why The Wrong People Become Leaders | Marijn Wiersma
Why do we keep promoting the wrong people into leadershipIn this follow-on episode of Catch The Upswing, we continue the conversation with Marijn Wiersma — this time shaped by questions from our…
S1E8 Why Great Founders Get Rejected | The Hidden Bias in Venture Capital
Why do great founders still get rejected — even when they have strong ideas, traction, and experience?In this solo episode of Catch The Upswing, Jessica Espinoza unpacks one of the most persistent —…
S1E7 Who Writes the Checks Shapes What Gets Built | Marla Shapiro
What happens when the people writing the checks start to change?In this episode of Catch the Upswing, Jessica Espinoza sits down with Marla Shapiro, Managing Partner of Hermesa, for a candid…
S1E6 Why So Many Capable People Still Doubt Themselves | Marijn Wiersma
Why do so many capable people still feel like they’re not good enough?In this episode of Catch The Upswing, Jessica Espinoza speaks with Marijn Wiersma — impact strategist, corporate anthropologist,…
S1E5 What it really takes to build something when no one believes in you | Jana Degrott & Gosia Kramer
What does it actually take to build something from nothing?Not in theory — but in reality.In this episode of Catch The Upswing, Jessica Espinoza speaks with Jana Degrott and Gosia Kramer about what…
S1E4 Why We Need to Rethink Capital from the Ground Up | Jodi Smith
What if we’ve been thinking about the economy the wrong way around?Most investment models are built to maximize returns.But what happens when the system itself is no longer aligned with the world…
S1E3 When Everything Feels Uncertain, Keep Going | Angie Madara
When things don’t go as planned, most people stop.But what does it actually take to keep going — when the path is uncertain, the pressure is real, and the outcome isn’t guaranteed?Resilience is not…
S1E2 You’re Being Shaped By This (And You Don’t Even Notice) | Luba Kassova
You don’t see this — but it shapes how you think, what you believe, and how you see the world. In this episode of Catch the Upswing, Jessica Espinoza sits down with Luba Kassova — researcher,…
S1E1 Christiana Figueres: The Leadership the Climate Decade Demands
What does it take to lead when the stakes are global — and failure is not an option?Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres joins Jessica Espinoza on Catch the Upswing to reflect on the…
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Catch The Upswing has published 15 episodes since March 2026, covering topics in Business.
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