Madame Speaker Says

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Madame Speaker Says is the podcast for women of colour ready to own the mic, drop that book and get paid like a legend. Join Magogodi oaMphela Makhene - author, speaker and coach - for real talk, shortcuts and receipts to help you lead with confidence — on stage, on the page and way beyond the 9–5. No caucacity, no crusty old school leadership.  Edges snatched. Script flipped. No apologies. Fresh episodes drop weekly.Pull up. 

  1. Speaking Without Filtering: Thought Leadership as Spiritual Work with Rha Goddess

    2D AGO

    Speaking Without Filtering: Thought Leadership as Spiritual Work with Rha Goddess

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me Thought Leadership Is Spiritual Work. No Ego, No Performance. What if thought leadership isn’t about influence — but about responsibility? In this powerful conversation, we explore why thought leadership is spiritual work, and what becomes possible when you speak not to be impressive, but to serve humanity. Ra invites us to reconnect with our deepest longings, reclaim imagination, and stop settling for 20% of what’s possible. We talk about courage as a practice, honoring intuition, speaking truth in rooms where silence feels safer, and what happens when you deny the voice you came here to give. This episode is for leaders, creatives, and visionaries who feel called to use their voice with integrity, depth, and soul — especially in a world that’s unraveling and asking us to dream again. ✨ If you’ve ever felt your voice mattered — this episode will remind you why: → Speaking truth in rooms that resist it → Dreaming again in uncertain times → Why your voice matters more than you think → Courage, intuition, and spiritual leadership Chapters 00:07:26 — You Came With a Charge Why denying your voice blocks joy, freedom, and fulfillment 00:10:25 — Courage as a Practice Honoring intuition and speaking truth even when it’s uncomfortable 00:19:07 — Permission to Dream Again Returning to longing, play, imagination, and childlike wonder 00:52:37 — Stop Settling for 20% What becomes possible when we remove the guardrails 01:01:06 — Thought Leadership Is Spiritual Work Speaking for, with, and to humanity — channeling real power 01:38:02 — The Moment Everything Broke Open Rock bottom, asking for help, and the beginning of healing Connect with Rha: 📚 Intentional Ambition: https://courses.movethecrowd.me/intentionalambitionbook 📱 Rha on Instagram: @rhagoddess 🌐 Website: https://rhagoddess.com/  -- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    1h 9m

  2. DEC 21

    Why You’re Tired, Angry… and Weirdly Happy

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me Tired. Angry. Happy. The Truth About This Year We Survived What if there’s nothing wrong with you for feeling tired, angry, hopeful, and joyful all at once? This week, I’m pulling back the curtain on why so many of us—especially Black women and marginalized leaders—are carrying emotional contradictions that actually make sense in this chaotic world. From political exhaustion to tiny pockets of joy, from grief to grit, from outrage to laughter…this episode is your reminder that your emotional complexity isn’t a flaw—it’s a compass. IN THIS EPISODE: Why you feel “tired” even after a year of doing everything “right”The anger behind DEI rollbacks, layoffs, and the cost-of-living crisisThe quiet joys keeping us afloat (yes, you’re allowed to have both)How to use your emotions as strategic data in your thought leadershipToolkit – A simple practice to tell the truth about what you feel…and what it’s pointing toward🔗 CONNECT with Magogodi: 📲 Instagram: @madamespeakersays @magogodimakhene 👉🏾 Website: http://www.magogodi.com 📚 Book: Innards CHAPTERS 00:02 You Don’t Have to Choose One Feeling 01:11 The Political & Cultural Exhaustion Beneath the Fatigue 03:25 Anger: The Data Point We’ve Been Taught to Ignore 05:02 Joy as a Survival Practice (And Why It Still Counts) 07:44 Using Emotional Truth to Strengthen Your Thought Leadership 09:15 Permission to Be Tired, Angry, Happy—All At Once -- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    37 min
  3. Organize Against Autocracy: From Fear to Action with Vanessa Priya Daniel | What Women of Color Teach Us About Power

    DEC 14

    Organize Against Autocracy: From Fear to Action with Vanessa Priya Daniel | What Women of Color Teach Us About Power

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me Unrig the Game: How to Organize Through Autocratic Fear with Vanessa Priya Daniel What's your part to contribute when autocracy tightens its grip and fear becomes a daily ration? For Vanessa Priya Daniel, the answer has always been: organize. But not the performative kind—the kind that might get you attacks...from your own team. The kind that moves $100 million from donor control to community power. The kind that may costs you everything and also, actually work. In her book, Unrig The Game, Vanessa breaks down what organizing actually looks like when Black and brown women social justice leaders come under attack—not from the right, but from our supposed own side. She reveals how to survive when your own team comes for your throat, how to build a thought leadership platform that fortifies resistance (not just your book sales), and why the tools women of color have used since Day 1 are exactly what we need now. But here, Vanessa goes beyond the book to give you the toolkit you need to actually speak the difficult truth that needs to be spoken and take your idea from the pit of your stomach to published and disruptive AF thought leadership, to a book tour that fortifies community power in a time of raids and authoritarian fear.  IN THIS EPISODE: The real-time playbook for when you speak truth and folks on "your side" come for your throat—because if you're doing this work right, they willHow Vanessa found an agent and publisher who align with her values, then built a book tour that fortified community and resistance (real numbers, real strategy, real receipts)Toolkit: How to channel your gifts to stand up to authoritarianism instead of metabolizing fear your body can't process🔗 CONNECT with Vanessa:  📚 Book: Unrig the Game: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books 📲IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessapriyadaniel  👩🏽‍💻Website: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/  CHAPTERS: 00:02 What's Your Part to Contribute?[Time] From Farm Laborers to Wealthy Philanthropists: What Organizing Actually Looks Like[Time] The Oligarchy Playbook: How American Philanthropy Still Runs on Donor Control[Time] Telling the Bare-Ass Truth: From Childhood Sexual Violence to Calling Out the Left[Time] When Your Own Team Attacks: The Real-Time Playbook for Survival[Time] How to Build a Book Tour That Fortifies Resistance (Not Just Sales)[Time] Your Antidote to Fear: Channeling Your Gifts Against Authoritarianism-- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    1h 11m

  4. DEC 7

    NonStop Productivity Is a Scam: The Lie Killing Your Thought Leadership

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me The Productivity Lie That's Killing Your Thought Leadership (Why Rest Is Your Secret Weapon) What if the most powerful move you can make as a thought leader isn't relentless productivity—but radical restoration? After a sudden health crisis forced me to stop everything--including a week off this podcast schedule--I'm here to unpack the toxic lie that pausing makes you irrelevant.  Here, I reveal why clarity and resonance require you to rest deeply. IN THIS EPISODE: The health scare that exposed the hidden cost of constant productivityWho actually profits from the lie that "if you pause, you'll disappear"The science of how restoration fuels clarity and focusToolkit - How to shift from chasing the optics of productivity to operating from genuine resonance🔗 CONNECT with Magogodi: 📲 Instagram: @madamespeakersays @magogodimakhene 👉🏾 Website: http://www.magogodi.com 📚 Books: Innards CHAPTERS: 00:02 Your Most Powerful Move: Restoration Over Productivity01:02 The Treadmill Lie: What Happens When You Give Yourself Permission to Rest01:50 The Health Scare That Changed Everything04:31 The Hidden Cost of Suppressing What Your Body Needs Most06:55 Is Constant Productivity Undermining Your Thought Leadership?07:28 Who Benefits When You Believe Pausing Makes You Disappear?09:12 The Catastrophic Cost to Your Clarity When You're Not Well-Rested-- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    46 min
  5. How to Get Paid to Tell Stories in Time of Resistance with Anna Malaika Tubbs

    NOV 23

    How to Get Paid to Tell Stories in Time of Resistance with Anna Malaika Tubbs

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me From Stanford Grad to Paid Storyteller: The Thought Leadership Blueprint for Resistance with Anna Malaika Tubbs What does it really take to build a career around storytelling and public speaking—especially when the world needs your voice most? Anna Malaika Tubbs, award-winning author of "The Three Mothers" and "Erased," breaks down the exact roadmap from validating your "crazy" dream to leveraging your platform as a tool for change in times of division and crisis. IN THIS EPISODE: Why your vision of getting paid to write books and speak isn't crazy—and the mindset shift that makes it possibleThe #1 thing Anna wishes she'd started sooner to accelerate her thought leadership careerHow social media has become more important than your traditional resume—especially for breaking into TV and filmWhy this moment requires you to speak up—and how to find your role in the fightHow to study legacies of resistance when you're feeling hopeless—and why learning from those who stood up before gives you clarity and actionable toolsWhat makes a true leader right now: The ability to call out BS, maintain clarity amid distractions, and equip others for the battleWhy this isn't the worst we've ever been through—and how historical perspective grounds you for actionWhy documenting your journey creates opportunities and helps others find their pathThe storytelling identity framework: Moving from private impact to public platformYour expertise as resistance: Building a thought leadership career that offers an alternative in times of division🔗 CONNECT with Anna Malaika Tubbs: Instagram: @annamalaikatubbsWebsite: annamalaikatubbs.comBooks: The Three Mothers and ErasedCHAPTERS: 51:47 From Stanford Grad to Paid Storyteller: The Career Path No One Maps Out52:08 Validating Your "Crazy" Dream: Yes, You Can Get Paid to Tell Stories52:32 The Social Media Mistake: What I Wish I'd Started Sooner53:03 Your Platform Is Your Resume: How Followers Unlock TV and Film Opportunities47:51 Documenting Your Journey: Why Capturing Moments Creates Career Opportunities25:40 This Moment Is Not Unprecedented—But Your Response Might Be26:01 Legacies of Resistance: How to Study Those Who Stood Up Before You26:24 Finding Your Role in the Fight: Clarity, Strategy, and Actionable Tools27:00 True Leadership Now: Calling Out BS and Equipping Others for Battle-- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    1h 21m
  6. Stop Waiting for Permission: How to Share Your Story & Build Your Platform with Kutloano Skosana

    NOV 16

    Stop Waiting for Permission: How to Share Your Story & Build Your Platform with Kutloano Skosana

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me 📧JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER: Madame Speaker Says Why Black Women's Stories Matter - And How to Master Yours with Kutloano Skosana Ricci Your story isn't just yours—it's a lifeline for someone walking streets halfway across the world who needs to hear they're not alone. Kutloano Skosana, founder and host of Shades and Layers podcast, reveals why mastering your personal narrative isn't optional for Black women and women of color, how the right people at the right time can transform everything, and why your voice matters more than you think in a world starved for diverse stories. IN THIS EPISODE: Why Black women's experiences are worth sharing—and why platforms celebrating us are still dangerously rareThe diaspora gap: How representation for women of color remains far from mainstream"You gave us permission to": The ripple effect of sharing your mastered expertiseThought leadership as resistance: Why women like us must take our voices seriouslyThe power of the right people at the right time—and how to find your community through technologyWhy stories aren't a joke: How personal narratives create understanding across continents and culturesFrom Soweto to Oaxaca: The universal language of Black women's lived experienceMaster storyteller framework: Understanding your past, embracing experiences, and shaping your compelling storyDynamic beings, dynamic stories: Why your narrative requires constant refinementThe universe's nudges: Turning life's pushes and conscious choices into narrative powerOwning mistakes and choices: How vulnerability shapes authentic leadershipYour story as a gift: Don't underestimate the power of bringing your truth to the world🔗 CONNECT with Kutloano: Shades and Layers PodcastInstagram: @shadesandlayersWebsite: shadesandlayers.comCHAPTERS: 04:19 Why Women Like Us Must Take Thought Leadership Seriously05:00 The Scarcity Of Platforms Celebrating Black Women05:33 Mastering Your Expertise And Giving Permission07:49 You Have A Story: Becoming The Master Of Your Narrative08:32 Understanding Your Journey: Nudges, Choices, And Mistakes08:55 Owning Your Story And Learning From Experience58:53 The Right People At The Right Time59:01 Finding Community Through Technology And Connection59:15 People Sitting In Your Earbuds: The Power Of Podcasts59:21 From Oaxaca To Soweto: Stories That Travel Across Borders59:51 People's Stories Are Not A Joke60:13 Your Story As A Gift To All Of Us-- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    1h 10m
  7. Facing Bankruptcy, Finding True Currency with Art Chang

    NOV 9

    Facing Bankruptcy, Finding True Currency with Art Chang

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me 📧 NEWSLETTER: Madame Speaker Says (Weekly Truth Bombs) Why 98% of Immigrant Businesses Fail (And What One Bankruptcy Survivor Learned) | Art Chang on Leadership, Small Business, and the Currency Beyond Money What happens when your business dies at 27 and still, your employees don't leave you? Art Chang—NYC mayoral candidate, women's studies major, and bankruptcy survivor who went on to build dozens of wildly successful companies—reveals the hidden currency that saved him, why immigrant entrepreneurship myths are dangerous and the systemic failures killing small businesses in America. IN THIS EPISODE: Why a man majored in women's studies—and how it became his framework for understanding powerGrowing up amid racism and trauma: How immigrant childhood shapes resilient leadershipRunning for NYC mayor: Ranked choice voting, coalition building, and sharing the micCOVID exposed the tech gap: Why 98% of Chinatown businesses lost revenueStorytelling as survival: The hidden advantage separating thriving founders from struggling onesBankruptcy at 27: What the system rewards (hint: not community value)Trust as currency: Why his employees stayed when he couldn't pay themBeyond networking: Give before you get and build relationships that matterTender-hearted masculinity: Redefining leadership for a new eraSHOCKING STATS: 61% of small business owners struggle with cash flow (QuickBooks, 2021)Immigrant business owners face 2-3% higher interest rates (Harvard Business School)Small business owners often one week of revenue away from collapseABOUT ART CHANG:  NYC Mayoral Candidate 2020 | Bankruptcy Survivor | Small Business Advocate | Women's Studies Major | Champion for Immigrant-Owned Businesses Art learned the most important business lesson through bankruptcy: real currency isn't money—it's faith in people, confidence you instill in them, and genuine investment in their growth. 🔗 CONNECT with Art: LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/in/artchang Medium - http://medium.com/@achangnyc Instagram - http://instagram.com/achangnyc The Tech Mayor Project - https://techmayor.nyc/ CACF: Coalition for Asian American Children and Families - http://cacf.org/ CHAPTERS: 1:00 Show Open And Guest Introduction 3:15 Why A Man Majored In Women's Studies 6:08 Growing Up Amid Racism And Trauma 10:22 Women's Studies As A Framework For Power 14:50 Running For Mayor And The Mic 16:22 Ranked Choice Voting And Power Sharing 20:30 Small Businesses As A Lifeline 24:40 COVID Exposed The Tech Gap 28:10 Storytelling As Survival For Founders 31:00 Privilege, Access, And Who Gets To Start 34:40 Self-Education And Business Basics 38:10 The First Company's Rise And Fall 42:20 Bankruptcy, Balance Sheets, And Capitalism 46:05 Community Value Capital Doesn't Count 49:20 Paying People Back And Earning Trust 52:05 Beyond Networking: Give Before -- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

    1h 9m
  8. She Almost Died and Came Back to Tell Y'all: Stop Letting These Jobs Pimp Your Integrity

    NOV 2

    She Almost Died and Came Back to Tell Y'all: Stop Letting These Jobs Pimp Your Integrity

    🙋🏽‍♀️Like this Episode? Text me She Almost Died and Came Back to Tell Y'all: Stop Giving These Companies Your Integrity for Free What happens when you almost die—and then go back to work in a place built on performative safety? In this raw, unflinching conversation, Jodi-Ann Bury shares how a three-week hospital stay rewired everything she thought mattered about career, status and survival—and why she couldn't keep lying to protect a company's image. We get into: 💀 The hospital reckoning — When you think your life is over, the only thing left is integrity. Status symbols? Gone. The 3am emails? Irrelevant. What remains: the people who show up every single day. 🎤 The unbearable weight of the lie — Returning to public-facing leadership after nearly dying, and realizing she couldn't keep pretending her company was a "safe space" just because she was there. 🖤 Why Black women's thought leadership is under siege — Our thoughts, our leadership, and our frameworks are being actively targeted and stamped out. And if you don't know what Black women are thinking? You're in danger. 📚 Thought leadership as survival — Not magic. Not aspiration. But ancestral, collective knowledge that keeps us whole, keeps us well, and when done right, keeps us in deep community. ✍️ From concept to reality: Meet Authentic — Jodiann's book didn't start as a book. It started as a need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid and start taking her own medicine. Hear how years in startups, international development, and "let's save the Earth" organizations shaped her refusal to stay silent. Keywords: thought leadership, Black women leadership, workplace authenticity, integrity, DEI, diversity equity inclusion, speaking truth to power, corporate culture, near death experience, personal transformation, authentic leadership, Black feminist thought, professional development, career pivot, workplace toxicity, burnout recovery, leadership coaching, women of color, corporate survival, building authority This episode isn't about inspiration. It's about what happens when survival forces you to choose honesty over comfort—and why Black women's intellectual property isn't optional, it's essential for the next seven generations. -- '📚 READ - Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work  by Jodi-Ann Burey 📺 WATCH - Jodi-Ann's TED Talk 🔗 CONNECT - Learn more about Jodi-Ann's work  👉🏾TAKE THE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spo -- 👉🏾 TAKE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs. -- Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.

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Madame Speaker Says is the podcast for women of colour ready to own the mic, drop that book and get paid like a legend. Join Magogodi oaMphela Makhene - author, speaker and coach - for real talk, shortcuts and receipts to help you lead with confidence — on stage, on the page and way beyond the 9–5. No caucacity, no crusty old school leadership.  Edges snatched. Script flipped. No apologies. Fresh episodes drop weekly.Pull up. 

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