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 :)

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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 BayExecutive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin &amp; Mark Cantin, Double Vision <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doublevisionprojects.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7Ca88d5b7efd1f4dcdb0cd08d82cfb338a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637308804694247075&amp;sdata=mEps8kiWAc6rwUNs%2F3DG8maPd8ceCFS8aiw%2BKrA3tZ0%3D&amp;reserved=0">doublevisionprojects.com</a>Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart teamTheme music: Mark Cantin Follow Ashley: @ashnb1 on IG and @ashleyn1cole on Twitter Ashley’s segment with Stacey Abrams: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzQ_newQ5exo&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7Ca88d5b7efd1f4dcdb0cd08d82cfb338a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637308804694257072&amp;sdata=wfTWfoWOoVSYqNOhGgZe%2BY7DUKxhjvXrxOVBUzgJgIE%3D&amp;reserved=0">youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_newQ5exo</a> Ashley as Trinity: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpULIUqK8Bt4&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7Ca88d5b7efd1f4dcdb0cd08d82cfb338a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637308804694257072&amp;sdata=RN2xh9D2Wtw%2Bc9v0N2zYyggp1wJ3KYMg6aTsqfQl1Ao%3D&amp;reserved=0">youtube.com/watch?v=pULIUqK8Bt4</a> Ashley as The Most Annoying Girl: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGYsRMi92jX4%26t%3D26s&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7Ca88d5b7efd1f4dcdb0cd08d82cfb338a%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637308804694267061&amp;sdata=Jgz6bH1UtdVfCgK7cnFnEhsnXrTTyCla80v1HbaYFWA%3D&amp;reserved=0">youtube.com/watch?v=GYsRMi92jX4&amp;t=26s</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com">permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com</a> 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 <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

Permission to Speak is a fun and fiery romp through how we talk and what our voice says about us with Samara Bay, speech coach to the stars and public speaking adviser back when there was a public to speak in. Each week she interviews people who specialize in how we use our voice and people in the public eye who are USING it—what it took to find their voice, when it still wavers, the crap comments they’ve gotten for being too loud or too soft or too millennial or too anything because PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS, and how to give ourselves permission to speak like we belong in rooms of power just as we are. Let’s destabilize the patriarchy together! Let’s talk about deep AF societal dysfunction and how it plays out on our bodies and voices, but, like, have fun doing it! Hi. This is for you.

Permission to Speak

How to Be Yourself with Ashley Nicole Black

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/41f6517c-422e-4851-8512-ae33003699f1/transcript

 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

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 BayExecutive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin &amp; Mark Cantin, Double Vision <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doublevisionprojects.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252582968&amp;sdata=QSZ1MvX0JLMiu7yz6dqt7KjtYi60RGfzcSlD%2FXIzAl0%3D&amp;reserved=0">doublevisionprojects.com</a>Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart teamTheme music: Mark CantinSamara on IG: @samarabayCat on IG: @catburt &amp; @doublevisionprojects To sign up your kids for a study or learn more about Katherine’s work, visit: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdsclab.uchicago.edu%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252582968&amp;sdata=jfKxOINbTC%2FIdCLJrjEVVoobCWmNN71ppDAKz%2B7uli8%3D&amp;reserved=0">dsclab.uchicago.edu</a> For Katherine’s book: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Findiebound.org%2Fbook%2F9780544986558&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252592962&amp;sdata=xdbCxSwh6qJgLkcYMPX%2BpIPbU2DDqChSVk1oEhuAkM4%3D&amp;reserved=0">indiebound.org/book/9780544986558</a> For Adrienne Maree Brown’s book: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Findiebound.org%2Fbook%2F9781849353267&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252592962&amp;sdata=tYTWjda0hwc2107s99YmFf1D4MY3t850jZq1nD%2BWxcA%3D&amp;reserved=0">indiebound.org/book/9781849353267</a> For the full clip with Rachel Maddow: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyjP2k3dyq48&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252592962&amp;sdata=OOWxADefUCz1HpmsEG4TIjXwTRsrmkCWxyXpPc5KbX8%3D&amp;reserved=0">youtube.com/watch?v=yjP2k3dyq48</a> How RBG found her voice: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252602956&amp;sdata=jqdsitsdah3pctgpvpDowZYjynIPEh1VbhUmcn2WkZE%3D&amp;reserved=0">time.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court/</a> The linguistics of Rachel Jeantel: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fideas.time.com%2F2013%2F06%2F28%2Frachel-jeantel-explained-linguistically%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C23ed566f7ee64409802d08d84ebd88be%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637345923252602956&amp;sdata=OGQehhGjq7G2SgLc0jtWT6WA3qf68l1VJ%2F%2FinZmT6WY%3D&amp;reserved=0">ideas.time.com/2013/06/28/rachel-jeantel-explained-linguistically/</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com">permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com</a> 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 <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

How to Check Your Bias: Accents with Dr. Katherine Kinzler

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b43df1dd-34c0-4890-bd1e-ae3300348330/transcript

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.

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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 BayExecutive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin &amp; Mark Cantin, Double Vision<a href="%20doublevisionprojects.com"> doublevisionprojects.com</a>Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart teamTheme music: Mark CantinSamara on IG: @samarabayCat on IG: @catburt &amp; @doublevisionprojects Katie on Twitter: @katiehill4CA Katie’s book: <a href="indiebound.org/book/9781538737002">indiebound.org/book/9781538737002</a> AOC quote:<a href="%20twitter.com/AOC/status/1133383123503321090"> twitter.com/AOC/status/1133383123503321090</a> Kamala &amp; Sarah Cooper **MUST WATCH**: <a href="youtube.com/watch?v=QfU7O2ghg3k">youtube.com/watch?v=QfU7O2ghg3k</a> 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 <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

How to Rise with Former Rep. Katie Hill

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/72c17277-3ab1-47f4-aff0-ae330034844a/transcript

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.

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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 BayExecutive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin &amp; Mark Cantin, Double Vision <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doublevisionprojects.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337265202&amp;sdata=zi700noV8pMtxiXG6acbOKjO9z7VDDLe6elJVPpg3L8%3D&amp;reserved=0">doublevisionprojects.com</a>Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart teamTheme music: Mark CantinSamara on IG: @samarabayCat on IG: @catburt &amp; @doublevisionprojects Shima’s latest projects: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwnycstudios.org%2Fpeople%2Fshima-oliaee&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337265202&amp;sdata=b%2FAk%2B0x7yT57HtJukoeJg%2BK3T1iW%2BD6E1Q7837gvrLk%3D&amp;reserved=0">wnycstudios.org/people/shima-oliaee</a> Quote from: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiannahardy.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337275200&amp;sdata=14QVS8H42%2FnvKu6LSpr7qLSUx66ujzJRqLNKbk%2Fodk8%3D&amp;reserved=0">diannahardy.com/</a> Michaela Coel’s speech: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DodusP8gmqsg%26app%3Ddesktop&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337275200&amp;sdata=NHS2a%2Fy%2FnKFxXnJ41ucQVTaX6%2FI2gBmjI7853I1lHmk%3D&amp;reserved=0">youtube.com/watch?v=odusP8gmqsg&amp;app=desktop</a> Virgina Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Findiebound.org%2Fsearch%2Fbook%3Fkeys%3Da%2Broom%2Bof%2Bone%2527s%2Bown&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337285196&amp;sdata=cwIXNXgxFtSFs3zkvO6iXwAFAOOJ1DLyjh2v0MLBVHk%3D&amp;reserved=0">indiebound.org/search/book?keys=a+room+of+one%27s+own</a> Anna Deavere Smith’s Talk to Me: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Findiebound.org%2Fbook%2F9780385721745&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337285196&amp;sdata=n2o0pf079%2Ff7cBkqcPX8SoE7yGEFeoTnulGmtSdFMyU%3D&amp;reserved=0">indiebound.org/book/9780385721745</a> Alain de Botton quote from this gorgeous pod episode: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhowtofail.podbean.com%2Fe%2Falain-de-botton-c19%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C53faf20a9fb746403b7208d84395a840%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637333657337295186&amp;sdata=ujOxbt24Xi9cakQ8zx54qF%2FiAgo7qesFDzTBDUQW7GM%3D&amp;reserved=0">howtofail.podbean.com/e/alain-de-botton-c19/</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com">permissiontospeakpod@gmail.com</a> – 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 <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

How to Make Dolly Parton Cry with Shima Oliaee

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7e590229-f2a3-4c6d-a426-ae3300348511/transcript

How to Be Yourself with Ashley Nicole Black

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