Journalist and filmmaker, Ankita M. Kumar has often been the only woman in the room with a voice. She tells Amy Boyle how she learned to keep speaking up, from a grandmother who crossed during Partition to covering India's COVID-19 crisis to making her Oscar-qualifying film, "Far From Home." A feminist conversation on resilience and cultural identity with Ankita, one of the inspirational women and female leaders proving that storytelling for social change starts with refusing to be silenced.

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Six years ago, singer-songwriter Tiffany Villarreal told us why she walked away from record labels to build real community. Today, we're revisiting that conversation and discovering she was right about everything. From healing through creative work to recognizing toxic culture before it became mainstream, Tiffany's story is one of self-discovery, vulnerability, and creative resilience. Community, authenticity: then and now.

Flashback episode: taken from Episode One 11/13/2020

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Speaking of Phenomenal is created and produced by Amy Boyle. Podcast artwork by Amanda Eich. "Woman" by Tiffany Villarreal, used with permission. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review and share the podcast, and stay tuned for more inspiring conversations. Support the show with on Patreon.

Women's empowerment isn't just about winning, it's about what you do when you're right. Lisa Cornwell, keynote speaker, author, and former Golf Channel broadcaster, became central to a national conversation about workplace bias after her memoir "Troublemaker" and a Washington Post investigation. Today, she talks candidly about the cost of being right, the responsibility that comes with self-awareness, and how clarity about your own role shapes real change.

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Speaking of Phenomenal is created and produced by Amy Boyle. Podcast artwork by Amanda Eich. "Woman" by Tiffany Villarreal, used with permission. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review and share the podcast, and stay tuned for more inspiring conversations. Support the show with on Patreon.