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Laura Brown and Christina O’Neill continue to grow their family Cool girl Empire with the upcoming launch of All the wonderful girlsa multimedia podcast franchise in partnership with In the Arena Studios. This announcement comes just six months after the release of the duo’s critically acclaimed book, All the cool girls get fired.
Brown – former editor-in-chief of InStyle and Executive Special Projects Editor for Harper’s Bazaar – and O’Neill – former editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal. magazine And Executive Editor at Harper’s Bazaar – They both lost their top media jobs at the peak of their careers. Close friends and colleagues of more than 20 years turned their shared experience into a full-fledged movement, with a legendary social media post that started it all: a photo of the pair with the caption, “All the cool girls are getting fired.”
“From our ill-fated Instagram post by posting All the cool girls get fired “And then we became very aware of the need,” says Brown and O’Neill. “It’s time to flip the narrative around job loss: from insecurity and shame to ownership and self-discovery. We can’t wait to partner with In the Arena Studios and expand the conversation.”
“Laura and Christina have arrived on an incredibly important and impactful mission at a time of so much transformation in the employment landscape,” adds Chris Corcoran, founder and creative director of In the Arena Studios. “Not only have they bet on themselves and created a deeply meaningful brand to inspire others to do the same, but by creating a destination in the form of a podcast, they can now continue this conversation that is more necessary and relevant than ever.”

“All the Cool Girls Are Getting Kicked: How to Break Out and Get Back on Top”
Written by Laura Brown and Christina O’Neill.
Co-authored by Brown, O’Neill, and Corcoran. All the wonderful girls It will launch this spring as a video series across YouTube and everywhere podcasts are available, with new episodes released weekly, each around specific topics and influential guests. The series will expand further to include a network of additional programming, live events and other content pillars.
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