In this fifth episode of the Win-Win Podcast, I sit down with my good friend Isabelle Boemeke to discuss how competition manifests in the worlds of modelling and activism.
Isabelle's journey began her small hometown in Brazil, where she was discovered as a model at an early age, and soon found herself moving to Miami aged eighteen to launch a highly successful modelling career. But three years ago, she took a complete U-turn to become the world's first nuclear energy influencer. Adopting the alter-ego "Isodope", she began making viral videos that educate about the pros and cons of nuclear energy as a source of abundant clean energy, and as a tool to combat climate change. Her work has led to her being featured in an Oliver Stone documentary, onto the TED stage, and even changed the nuclear energy policy of California. One of the raddest people I know!
 
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:18 Games growing up
00:06:34 Modelling
00:15:54 Competition among women
00:21:33 Body Image Pressures
00:31:25 Beauty Filters and Social Media
00:37:42 Religion and Evolution
00:48:47 Nuclear Energy and the Creation of Isodope
01:01:17 Saving Diablo Canyon
01:05:31 Activism
01:21:20 Motherhood
 
Links
♾️ Isodope https://isodope.com/
♾️ https://www.tiktok.com/@isodope
♾️ https://www.instagram.com/i_sodope/?hl=en
♾️ Isabelle's TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_boemeke_nuclear_power_is_our_best_hope_to_ditch_fossil_fuels?language=en
♾️ Richard Dawkins - Greatest Show On Earth https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795
♾️ Our Inner Ape https://www.amazon.com/Our-Inner-Ape-Primatologist-Explains/dp/1594481962
♾️ Carolyn Porko (planetary scientist) https://twitter.com/carolynporco
 
CREDITS:
Hosted by: Liv Boeree
Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei
Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt