Episode 8: Tess Vigeland On Leaving Your Job With No Plan B

The Power of Bold

In the eighth episode of the podcast, Adam interviews Tess Vigeland, former anchor of NPR’s renowned show Marketplace and author of Leap: Leaving A Job With No Plan B To Find The Career And Life You Really Want. The interview beings with Vigeland discussing her current whereabouts since she left NPR and her early career (02:09 – 09:44), including an interview with Muhammad Ali (9:45 – 11:36) and coverage of the Tonya Harding figure skating scandal (11:37 – 12:59). She then proceeds to talk about achieving her dream to work at NPR, yet feeling dissatisfied (13:00 – 23:56). Then, she describes how she quit and the challenges she faced when leaving the job she loved (23:57 – 37:28). She concludes the interview by reflecting on anything she would have done differently (37:29 – 41:32). For show notes and a transcript of this episode, visit www.thepowerofbold.com.