The complete bio

Lauren A. Schiller is an award-winning producer/host, author, art-maker, and live event moderator who believes in the power of stories and shared experiences to spark curiosity, create connections and catalyze change.

Schiller’s current project is Relativity, a new podcast and radio show which investigates family myths, legends, and the history that shaped our American culture. Companion gallery shows have appeared at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Wood Street Galleries. Her new visual art body of work designed to spark conversation about midlife, is called Project: Menopause.

As creator and host of the groundbreaking show Inflection Point (2014-2024) she ran one of the first and only podcasts and nationally syndicated radio shows to explore how women rise up, build power and lead change for over a decade. It aired all over the country, with its home station in San Francisco at KALW Public Media. Boasting a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media, the program is now housed in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Her book distilled from the show, It’s a Good Day to Change the World: Inspiration and Advice for a Feminist Future (2023), is a guide to achieving an equal, just, and joy-filled world.

Schiller co-founded Unfiltered Productions, where she co-produced and co-hosted one of the first female-led podcasts, The Lady Brain Show which she also syndicated on television and radio.

As a moderator for live events at venues including City Arts & Lectures, The Commonwealth Club, Cal Performances, and JCCSF, Schiller’s conversations elicit surprising stories and reveal insightful truths about the world we live in, how we got here, and where we go next. She was Executive Producer of Audio for Salon Media; and a guest host for The Conversation on the BBC World Service and a LABA fellow. 

Schiller is also a strategist, studio director, and producer for artist and filmmaker, Tiffany Shlain/Let It Ripple.

Lauren began her career in advertising in NYC at Chiat/Day working on some of the world’s best brands and rose to become one of the first female partners at the San Francisco ad agency kbp.

Schiller was born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Northern California. Fun fact: she was the first girl to join the Boys Club in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood where she grew up.