The New York senator is a political powerhouse and feminist, and she still finds time for dinner with her family every night.

It took 10 years of working on other people’s campaigns before Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand worked up enough confidence to run herself. That’s typical for a lot of women, she says. But Gillibrand grew up surrounded by strong women — her grandmother, Polly Noonan, was a secretary in the New York State Legislature in Albany — who influenced her political ambitions.

Gillibrand, the star of this week's Breaking Big, tells OZY cofounder Carlos Watson about what drives her, how she balances time to "do parenting" and how she plans to be able to reflect on a life well spent.

OZY Media’s third prime-time television show, Breaking Big, airs Fridays at 8.30 p.m. ET on PBS stations, OZY.com and Facebook Watch. Join us as we explore the unexpected journeys to success of some of the world’s most influential stars. 

From cracking autism's code to a Jewish revival in unlikely places, here’s the best of OZY this week.

Pakistan, why not a cricketer for president? Apple, a trillion in value — that’s a lot, right? President Trump, so, you lost us — shut down the probe or sit down with the prober? Power, money, decisions — the news cycle lately has had it all and then some. But now’s not the time to sweat the small stuff. Now’s the time to relax and reboot by easing into the best of OZY this week.

Countries near China are setting up casinos to attract Chinese gamblers, and it's upsetting locals.

It was as a slow-paced town that Sihanoukville, on Cambodia's southern coast, built its reputation, for years attracting Western travelers, expats and only occasional rumors of Russian organized crime. Restaurants line long beaches with wicker chairs facing a warm ocean. But now that pace is changing, and fast, with loads of Chinese gambling enthusiasts pouring into town. In terms of money flooding in, the tide is rising fast, and yet many Cambodians are left high and dry.

The rat-a-tat of hammers and a constant cicada-like hum of saws are increasingly competing with the sounds of lapping waves, thanks to the Cambodian coast accepting massive infrastructure investment from China as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. But alongside a Chinese deepwater port in Sihanoukville, the town is investing in casinos. Sihanoukville today has 24 registered casinos — nine more than in 2015 — whose target customers do not include the local population of fewer than 100,000 people, but Chinese tourists.