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Samara chats with the groundbreaking psychologist and author of the new book How You Say It: Why You Talk The Way You Do—and What It Says About You, about what Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s changing accent tells us about human nature, how Hugh Laurie betrayed us, and the accent YOU have. As Katherine says, the language you use and the sounds you make are “so critical to feelings of identity, when you speak, you let a little bit of yourself out, for the world to interpret.” And sometimes, all hell breaks loose. From what went down at the trial of Trayvon Martin’s killer to how you yourself may very well judge a foreign accent, this conversation is about what the studies reveal about ourselves, and about what we can do about it. Enjoy this final episode for a while! Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Samara on IG: @samarabay Cat on IG: @catburt & @doublevisionprojects To sign up your kids for a study or learn more about Katherine’s work, visit: dsclab.uchicago.edu  For Katherine’s book: indiebound.org/book/9780544986558  For Adrienne Maree Brown’s book: indiebound.org/book/9781849353267  For the full clip with Rachel Maddow: youtube.com/watch?v=yjP2k3dyq48  How RBG found her voice: time.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court/  The linguistics of Rachel Jeantel: ideas.time.com/2013/06/28/rachel-jeantel-explained-linguistically/ Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com and join Samara every Thursday morning for an IGLIVE @permissiontospeakpod. And please pass this along to anyone who could use it. Leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, too. We’re grateful for all your support. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the California congresswoman who resigned in November—about how to actually run for office, the politics of politics on Capitol Hill, and what it was like to weather a very public shaming—and how to write and deliver a speech in the midst of it. With lots of swearing and free-flowing rosé, this is a bit of a departure from the rest of Katie’s press tour for her new book, She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality, but permission to speak, amirite?? Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Samara on IG: @samarabay Cat on IG: @catburt & @doublevisionprojects Katie on Twitter: @katiehill4CA Katie’s book: indiebound.org/book/9781538737002 AOC quote: twitter.com/AOC/status/1133383123503321090 Kamala & Sarah Cooper **MUST WATCH**: youtube.com/watch?v=QfU7O2ghg3k Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com – where do you need more permission? And of course, SUBSCRIBE!! And please pass this along to anyone who could use it. Leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, too. We’re grateful for your support. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the award-winning reporter and producer of Dolly Parton’s America about ALL the delicious behind-the-scenes on the hit pod series with Jad Abumrad, plus finding her own voice on the mic, the superpower of being okay with being hated, and how to land a kickass money ask. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Samara on IG: @samarabay Cat on IG: @catburt & @doublevisionprojects Shima’s latest projects: wnycstudios.org/people/shima-oliaee Quote from: diannahardy.com/ Michaela Coel’s speech: youtube.com/watch?v=odusP8gmqsg&app=desktop Virgina Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=a+room+of+one%27s+own Anna Deavere Smith’s Talk to Me: indiebound.org/book/9780385721745 Alain de Botton quote from this gorgeous pod episode: howtofail.podbean.com/e/alain-de-botton-c19/ Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com – where do you need more permission? And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. Leave us a review, rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and SUBSCRIBE to hear Permission to Speak weekly. We’re grateful for your support. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara and her pod producer Cat take listener questions on everything from vocal fry’s benefits – yes, benefits – to what we do if we think we’re too nasal, what we do if we can’t breathe because of anxiety (WHY WOULD WE HAVE ANXIETY), and how to stop apologizing for taking up time and space. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Samara on IG: @samarabay Cat on IG: @catburt & @doublevisionprojects Quote from: aeon.co/essays/if-language-began-in-the-hands-why-did-it-ever-leave Samara’s book recs IGTV at: instagram.com/p/CC_iy03pyIm/ Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com – where do YOU need more permission? And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. Click subscribe for your weekly dose of permission, and if you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara and her pod producer Cat take listener questions and talk big ideas—about how to stop people pleasing in a pandemic, how tiny choices we’ve made throughout our lives got us the voices we have now, what’s up with trying to convince others that we have authority, and a whole lot of Samara’s own juicy backstory. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Samara on IG: @samarabay Cat on IG: @catburt & @doublevisionprojects Quote: Esther 4:14 Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com – where do you need more permission? And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. If you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribed for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the president of NARAL Pro Choice America about what public speaking and leadership even mean (hello, AOC), how to find hope in a dystopia, and what it is to know our history—her new book tells the story of the politicization of abortion, and how WE can change the narrative.  Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Ilyse on IG: @ilyseh NARAL on IG: @prochoiceamerica Buy The Lie That Binds: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lie-that-binds-ilyse-hogue/1137333853?ean=9781947492509 More of Ayanna Pressley’s video: theglowup.theroot.com/exclusive-rep-ayanna-pressley-reveals-beautiful-bald-1841039847 Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com – where do you need more permission? And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. If you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribed for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the writer, comedian, and actress known for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” about how to play and trust our instincts like we did when we were kids, who the gatekeepers of funny are, and why ideas are like toilet paper. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Follow Ashley: @ashnb1 on IG and @ashleyn1cole on Twitter Ashley’s segment with Stacey Abrams: youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_newQ5exo Ashley as Trinity: youtube.com/watch?v=pULIUqK8Bt4 Ashley as The Most Annoying Girl: youtube.com/watch?v=GYsRMi92jX4&t=26s Email us at permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts about speaking up and using your voice. We're here for you. And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. If you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribed for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the author of “Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language” about the subtle ways our speech differs from men’s, and why. This is a conversation about how we talk, how we get judged, how we judge others, and what needs to change (and doesn’t!) so we can show up in the world as ourselves.    Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin “Wordslut” by Amanda Montell (new in paperback): indiebound.org/book/9780062868886 Amanda on IG: @amanda_montell “Joining the Resistance” by Carol Gilligan: indiebound.org/book/9780745651705 “Boys & Sex” by Peggy Orenstein: indiebound.org/book/9780062666970 Email permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com with any questions about your voice and Samara will answer 'em in our next mailbag episode!  And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. If you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribed for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this first pod in a special Permission to Speak series on “non-standard” English (ie. how you probably speak... ehem), Samara chats with the linguist and scholar about African American English: why Black kids internalize shame about how they sound from an early age, what “standard English” even is and who the heck decided, and how all of our assumptions around speaking "correctly" play out on the grand scale (hiring practices, college admissions, policy) and on the small scale (within our friend circles, who we choose to read and admire and trust). This is the pod on antiracism you didn't know you needed. More on Dr. Charity-Hudley: @acharityhudley on IG, annecharityhudley.com Her Slate piece: slate.com/human-interest/2014/10/english-variation-not-related-to-intelligence-code-switching-and-other-ways-to-fight-linguistic-insecurity.html Antiracist action if you're in CA -- learn more about ACA5, on the ballot this November, and consider a YES vote: latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-11/skelton-aca5-affirmative-action-proposition-209-california Nell Painter: nellpainter.com Kristin Linklater: linklatervoice.com Killer Mike’s speech: youtube.com/watch?v=kSWasOhArfM MLK’s final speech: youtube.com/watch?v=FmkwI5ItCFk Bessie Smith: npr.org/2018/01/05/575422226/forebears-bessie-smith-the-empress-of-the-blues David Crystal: thriftbooks.com/a/david-crystal/237279/ More on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland Send Samara any questions about your voice for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on IG @permissiontospeakpod And of course, please pass this along to anyone who could use it. If you’re feeling extra spicy, we’d be grateful if you left us a review or rated us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribed for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the UK author, comedian, and pod icon who says “be your own version of what you think an adult should look like and sound like, and only you get to decide what that is.” They talk the Buddhism of speaking in public, surprising lessons everyone can take from standup and improv, and tips for owning all the rooms, which, spoiler: is about the sizzle, not the composition of the sausage.  Follow Viv: @vivgroskop, vivgroskop.com/ Her latest books: penguin.co.uk/books/111/1117056/how-to-own-the-room/9781787631120.html penguin.co.uk/books/1118966/lift-as-you-climb/9781787633049.html abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781419742989-au-revoir-tristesse/ Her masterclass on How to Cope with Uncertainty at Work: youtube.com/watch?v=Og7ZAdenTaI Follow Jameela Jamil: @jameelajamilofficial Mary Portas’ book, Work like a Woman: penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115457/work-like-a-woman/9781784163624.html Mary Beard’s book, Women & Power: wwnorton.com/books/9781631494758 Tig Notaro’s standup:  youtube.com/watch?v=LSo380S8Dng youtube.com/watch?v=V97lvUKYisA&t=102s More on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland ****What’s going on with your voice these days? Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribe for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with one of the all-time greatest speechwriters (she wrote for Barack and then Michelle all eight years they were in the White House, and before that Hillary!) and gets loads of delicious tips on world-changing speechwriting and room-changing delivery: what it really means to show not tell, how to start and how to structure the damn thing, and Sarah’s best advice for sounding like a real person up there and not “disembodied authority voice.” Plus they discuss her latest book on Judaism and how to be a good human. Anne Deavere Smith’s book Talk to Me: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/168772/talk-to-me-by-anna-deavere-smith/ Sarah Hurwitz’s book Here All Along: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572627/here-all-along-by-sarah-hurwitz/ More on Martin Buber: brainpickings.org/2018/03/18/i-and-thou-martin-buber/ More info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland ****How’s it feeling to speak up these days? Let us know at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribe for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the internationally beloved cartoonist and The Simpsons artist about how to be creative when the world is a mess and we’re not in the mood to make things that are optimistic or silly or beautiful. They discuss where ideas come from, how to overcome a work culture that doesn’t take you seriously, the surprise impact Dungeons & Dragons had on her career, and how to become your own best cheerleader after a lifetime of playing small. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Follow Liz at @lizclimo on IG and thelittleworldofliz.com Follow @nayyirah.waheed & #nayyirahwaheed Follow @lizzobeating (duh) Liz’s shop is at society6.com/lizclimo For more info on honoring native lands go to usdac.us/nativeland ****How're you sounding these days? Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribe for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak. LET'S GET OURSELVES HEARD :) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara gets real real with the National SEED Project trainer, who facilitates the types of difficult conversations many of us have been in since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, if not before—with allies, with potential allies, with ourselves. For non-Black listeners, she offers advice on getting it wrong and doing it anyway, on the choice between shame and love, and on what to do when you don’t know what you don’t know (and how you got that way). Plus, below is a boatload of excellent resources for the long haul. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Black Lives Matter Allyship and Action Guide: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR3jS07-It67G_Fpj9xNU5nUOd0sEXjE2ycpclN0qbhYKZpUw97JTShBGBY#donate Lauryn Whitney’s video “Ask Yourself”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqwacSe7O0 Neelamjit references: National SEED Project: nationalseedproject.org/ Feminists in Action: fia-la.com/ The Jane Club: janeclub.com/ EXTREMELY useful resources to begin allyship work: White Supremacy Culture doc: https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/White_Supremacy_Culture_Okun.pdf Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf Casey Gerard’s TED talk: ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt Books: Stamped From the Beginning: eyeseeme.com/products/stamped-from-the-beginning-the-definitive-history-of-racist-ideas-in-america?_pos=1&_sid=ccab0502c&_ss=r White Rage: indiebound.org/book/9781632864123 How to Be an AntiRacist: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=how+to+be+an+antiracist So You Want To Talk About Race: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=how%20to%20be%20an%20antiracist Me and White Supremacy: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=me%20and%20white White Fragility: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=white+fragility To follow on IG: Mireille Charper (Ten Steps to Non-Optical Allyship): @mireillecharper Rachel Cargle: @Rachel.Cargle The Great Unlearn: @thegreatunlearn Candice Sanchez-McFarlane: @candicesanchezmcfarlane Rachel Rodgers: @rachelrodgersesq The Conscious Kid (resources for parenting): @theconsciouskid ****Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on IG @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please share this pod with a friend who needs a boost, subscribe, and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the Tony Award-winning performer and TED talk star known for chameleoning into characters, about how each of us invents and reinvents our voice—to stand out, to fit in, to stay safe, to take risks. She shares the secret to public speaking, how to overcome perfectionism (which is “a form of self-abuse and abuse of the art”), and brings with her about a dozen extra pod guests to drop their own mind-blowing wisdom. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Find Sarah Jones: @yesimsarahjones on IG and sarahjonesonline.com For Sarah’s first TED talk: youtube.com/watch?v=sucza6EOIf0 For Viv Groskop's book “Lift As You Climb”: penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118966/lift-as-you-climb/9781787633049.html For Sonya Renee Taylor’s TED talk: youtube.com/watch?v=MWI9AZkuPVg For Sonya Renee Taylor’s book “The Body is Not An Apology”: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565139/the-body-is-not-an-apology-by-sonya-renee-taylor/ ****Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on IG @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please share this pod with a friend who needs a boost, leave us a review, and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the expert voice coach about how to find your real and true voice under the layers of socialization that’s gotten in its way, and what stress does to all of us... which includes, among other things, literally making it harder to speak. This is the episode about feeling our feelings and saying what we really want to say, especially during pandemic times.  Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin For the article about women’s voices in groups, by Brittany Karford Rogers: magazine.byu.edu/article/when-women-dont-speak/ For more on Adele Cabot: adelecabot.com/la-voice-joy/welcome/ To download Adele’s voice warmups: adelecabot.com/la-voice-joy/actors/buy-voice-warm-up/ For more on Kristin Linklater: linklatervoice.com/linklater-voice/about-linklater-voice  For more on the chakras: blog.mindvalley.com/7-chakras/  For Oprah’s Golden Globes speech: youtube.com/watch?v=TTyiq-JpM-0  For more on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland ****How are you feeling about your voice? Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** Please share this pod with a friend who needs a boost, leave us a review, and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the founder and CEO of The Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign about the power of wearing your values on a shirt, speaking up (and not) when you don’t know enough, why Shine Theory is the answer to everything, and how we can center our own stories and teach it to the next generation, like today. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin For Stacey Abrams’ book: indiebound.org/book/9781250214805 For more about Families Belong Together: familiesbelongtogether.org  For more about Higher Heights: higherheightsforamerica.org  For Meena’s book pre-sale: phenomenalgirl.com  In the meanwhile, here are some kids books we love that do centering well: The Day You Begin: indiebound.org/book/9780399246531 What If…: indiebound.org/book/9780316390965 Fairy Science: indiebound.org/book/9780525581390 The Proudest Blue: indiebound.org/book/9780316519007 Julian is a Mermaid: indiebound.org/book/9780763690458  For Alicia Garza’s conversation at UChicago: youtube.com/watch?v=e9-mACdR2Cw  For more on Black Lives Matter: blacklivesmatter.com  For more on Black Futures Lab: blackfutureslab.org  For more about the Crown Act: thecrownact.com  For more about Shine Theory: shinetheory.com ****What’s going on with YOUR voice? Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod****  And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the acclaimed audiobook narrator about how to lift words from a page and turn them into something that feels alive, what sexy actually sounds like (she miiiight also narrate erotica under a pseudonym), some handy over-the-counter cure-alls when you wake up with a sore throat, and the holy grail: how to actually *like* the sound of your own voice. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin  To check out the books Amy's narrated: audible.com/search?keywords=Amy+landon&ref=a_hp_t1_header_searchGlennon Doyle’s book “Untamed”: indiebound.org/book/9781984801258 Jane Goodall’s 2002 TED talk: ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_what_separates_us_from_chimpanzees?language=en More on Jane Goodall (recent article about coronavirus): thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus-report/492357-jane-goodall-blames-disregard-for-nature-for-coronavirus-pandemic More on ASMR: vox.com/2015/7/15/8965393/asmr-video-youtube-autonomous-sensory-meridian-response More on quercetin: verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-quercetin-89071 To read more about the study suggesting we like the sound of our own voice: sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912112733.htm  To read more about the messages we get when we’re small that can influence our voices in the long term, check out Carol Gilligan’s “Joining the Resistance”: indiebound.org/book/9780745651705 To read Tara Westover’s book “Educated”: indiebound.org/book/9780399590504 More info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland ****What’s going on with YOUR voice? Send Samara a question for our next mailbag episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara and her pod producer Cat take listener questions on: how to communicate through a mask, what to do about thinking you're too soft or too loud, how to have difficult conversations with sexist coworkers or pitch old guys who don’t take you seriously, and how to use your voice to get what you want… when you’re crafting the perfect opening line on a dating app. Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin Rebecca Solnit’s essay on heroism: lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-when-the-hero-is-the-problem/ For more on code switching: thoughtco.com/code-switching-language-1689858 More about Feminist Business School: sister.is/ More about "White Fragility": robindiangelo.com/publications/ More about International Phonetic Alphabet: internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/ More about Young Entertainment Activists: youngentertainmentactivists.com/ More on strength & warmth: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311040/compelling-people-by-john-neffinger/ More on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland ****Do you have an entrance song or a power ballad to throw on our Spotify list? Visit us at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the television and film director about what leadership on set looks and sounds like, how to use your voice to make decisions that will not please everyone, the secret to good pitching, and who Hollywood actually *is* these days. ****What’s going on with YOUR voice? Send Samara a question for our upcoming MAILBAG episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod**** Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin For Steph Green on social: @stephanngreen For Maya Angelou in conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-book-club/id263658343?i=1000353657039 For Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise performance: youtube.com/watch?v=qviM_GnJbOM For more on Rebecca Solnit: rebeccasolnit.net/book/the-mother-of-all-questions/ For more on Lindy West: lindywest.net/the-witches-are-coming-1 For more info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara chats with the internationally renowned voice doc about how to speak in our natural pitch (and all the drama that comes with that), what vocal fry is really doing to us, and our biases against women’s voice--and what we can all do to listen with more generous ears. ****To send Samara a question for our upcoming ASK ME ANYTHING episode visit PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or drop a DM or voice message to @permissiontospeakpod on IG**** Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin  For Dr. Gupta on social: @reenagupta & @centerforvocalhealth For more of Julia Gillard's interview on The Guilty Feminist podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=F4LikYajJOE For the AOC link: youtube.com/watch?v=TJlpS4vhKP0 For more info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.