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/

 

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