Lgbtq+ Episodes
Social media marketing for queer business owners – with Rylan Hoffman
Rylan Hoffman has over 100 million organic views on their own content -- but as a trans, neurodivergent and disabled content creator, they've also been subjected to doxxing, harassment, and even extremist threats. Based on their experience, Rylan has made it their mission to help LGBTQ+ and other m…
Trans and ADHD inclusion – with Trystan Reese
Trystan Reese is an award-winning author and facilitator dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with nearly two decades of experience in the trans community. He also has ADHD and identifies as neurodivergent...
Finding acceptance as an autistic biracial gay woman – with Grace Liu
Grace Liu is an autistic author, blogger, speaker and pet portrait artist based in the Midlands of England. Grace's book, “Approaching Autistic Adulthood: The Road Less Travelled,” was published in October 2021. She blogs about autism,...
Art, neurodivergence and self-discovery – with Nick Heaney
Nick Heaney is a resident artist and co-founder of Artnova Gallery in Chatham, Massachusetts. Nick has always found art to be his most authentic way of connecting with the world around him. He was diagnosed with dyslexia during elementary school. He...
Neurodivergence and gender identity – with Charlie Ocean
Charlie Ocean is an award-winning LGBTQ+ speaker, trainer, and consultant who is neuroqueer and nonbinary. They have a background in social work and over 15 years of experience with LGBTQ+ community organizing. To date, they've trained thousands of...
Trans and autistic inclusion at work – with Nate Shalev
Nate Shalev is a leading expert and advisor on inclusivity helping to create workplace cultures where both businesses and people thrive. They were named a LinkedIn Top Voice and have been highlighted in the Harvard Business Review, the New York Times,...
Fragile X and ADHD – with Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown is a New York City based podcast producer and editor. She has worked on shows such as Minority Korner, Get on Up, #Matter and Fixing the Future. She also produces her own show called The Queerience, which is a podcast all about the...
Destigmatizing Tourette Syndrome through storytelling – with Kevin He…
"You can choose to keep living your life in isolation... Or, you can break yourself out of that isolation and start to own the things that make you, you. One of which is having Tourette's, right?" Kevin Helgren's mom shared these encouraging words...
Music, theater and autistic communities – with Madge Woollard
Madge Woollard has run her own business teaching piano and keyboard since 1994. Madge was diagnosed autistic in 2016 at the age of 44. She lives in Sheffield UK with her wife who is also late-diagnosed autistic. A graduate of Cambridge University, she...
Writing autistic and ADHD characters -- with Brianne Leeson
Brianne Leeson is a writer, artist, and voice actor from Dallas, Texas. She is the creator of the queer supernatural comedy audio drama, “Today’s Lucky Winner.” Brianne was diagnosed as autistic and with ADHD at age 30, and she has since become...
Episode 136: Entrepreneurship and Your Authentic Self – with Jacob Ra…
In this episode I’m talking with Jacob Ratliff, a Client Attraction Coach and entrepreneur, about bringing your authenticity into your business. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Jacob used his identity and lived experiences as the catalyst...
Episode 121: Don’t believe everything you think – with Elaine Montilla
Elaine Montilla is an accomplished senior executive who has been an IT leader in higher education for two decades. As an immigrant, Latina, lesbian woman, Elaine has overcome many challenges to build her successful IT career. She is currently Chief...
Episode 107: Denayja Reese -- To Tell a Great Story
Denayja Reese is an event strategist, producer & writer who has worked on campaigns with Uber, the San Francisco Giants, Live Nation and Airbnb, as well as on content production at Coachella. Her full-service event production company, Girl With...
Episode 103: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace with Jennifer B…
Jennifer Brown is a leading diversity and inclusion expert, dynamic keynote speaker, best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur and host of podcast, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion. As the founder, president and CEO of ,...
Episode 99: Arlan Hamilton – It’s About Damn Time
Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015,...
Episode 93: Chasing a Stand-up Comedy Dream -- with Jessica Inserra (…
Jessica Inserra is a Los Angeles based stand-up comedian whose irreverent humor explores, among other things, themes from her life as a gay woman growing up in a colorful New York Italian family. Jessica recently commemorated 25 years of being out,...
Episode 90: Finding Your Voice On The Air -- with Ginni Saraswati
Ginni Saraswati is an award-winning journalist, radio personality and celebrity interviewer with a unique brand of comedy that includes quick-witted introductions and on-air antics. She's the founder of Ginni Media, a boutique podcast production...
Episode 72: Emily Winston -- How the perfect NY bagel came to Califor…
This week I'm doing a podcast "episode swap" with fellow podcaster Heidi Bennett, the host of the Vibrant Visionaries podcast (and my guest from )! This means that Heidi is publishing my interview episode with her on the Vibrant Visionaries...
Episode 45: Rhodes Perry – Cultivating workplace cultures of belonging
Rhodes Perry helps business leaders, change agents, and visionaries at all levels cultivate workplace cultures of belonging through his leadership & management consulting firm. He is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and...