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The Cashflow Show: Entrepreneurship Insights for Founders, CEOs and Business LeadersRewriting Sleep: Otegha Uwagba on Sleepless Beauty and Modern Bedtime StrugglesEpisode Summary: In this engaging episode of The Cashflow Show, host Clayton M. Coke welcomes bestselling author Otegha Uwagba to discuss her innovative collaboration with Pukka Herbs, reimagining the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty as Sleepless Beauty. Otegha shares how she crafted a modern narrative tackling sleep issues, particularly among young women, drawing from her own struggles with insomnia. She explores the impact of bad habits like late-night phone use and the benefits of Pukka’s Nighttime tea in improving sleep quality. This episode offers insights into creative storytelling, sleep solutions, and the business potential of wellness tre...2025-04-2808 min
Solicited Advice with Alison Roman"Friends, Money, and Friends with Money” with Otegha UwagbaThis week Alison is joined by journalist and author of “We Need to Talk About Money” Otegha Uwagba to discuss finances. Is a lab grown diamond less meaningful than a mined one? What do I do about my friend’s constant comments about my finances? How do I help a friend budget? Why do women have to spend so much on grooming? And when is that fancy farmer’s market produce worth it? Together, Otegha and Alison explore how to navigate financial differences, the ever-expensive cost of big city living, making your jewelry anti-capitalist, and much more. Call 856-502-4816 to...2024-06-061h 01
Love LivesOtegha Uwagba on how Instagram fuels self-doubt more than a catwalkThis week, we’re joined by Sunday Times bestselling author Otegha Uwagba to discuss how she left the systemic racism and misogyny of the corporate world to pursue a career in writing.We discuss everything from the paralysis of writer’s block, to how doom-scrolling on social media impacts body image.We also discuss all things fashion, the problem with Saltburn, and if 17 minutes is an appropriate length for a voicenote.Catch Love Lives on Independent TV and YouTube, as well as all major social and podcast platforms.Supp...2024-04-1935 min
Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-SmithOtegha UwagbaOtegha Uwagba - writer, speaker and total crushaholic - is Margaret's guest this week. They've got a lot in common. Otegha tells Margaret about her first crush - who went on to be a famous actor; and the impact Peter Andre had on her in his Mysterious Girl video. From uni crushes, work dalliances, to flying across the world to stalk meet the object of her affections... Twice. Frankly, it's too much to fit in an episode! Followers of Margaret on Twitter will know already that she's currently locked ou...2023-04-2855 min
Intelligence Squared: BusinessWomen and Finance, with Otegha Uwagba and Caroline EdwardsMarried couples often comprise a CFO spouse and a non-CFO spouse. That’s how the wealth management industry has historically approached things: one partner, more often than not, the man, is responsible for the family’s finances; the other, more often than not, the woman, is sidelined. As a result, women have traditionally felt unwelcome in the wealth management space. In this episode, Y TREE’s Head of Brand and Marketing Harriet Johnston and Head of Financial Life Strategy Eliana Sydes are joined by author Otegha Uwagba and Board Member at the Cherie Blair Foundat...2023-04-0636 min
The FutureverseWomen and Finance, with Otegha Uwagba and Caroline EdwardsMarried couples often comprise a CFO spouse and a non-CFO spouse. That’s how the wealth management industry has historically approached things: one partner, more often than not, the man, is responsible for the family’s finances; the other, more often than not, the woman, is sidelined. As a result, women have traditionally felt unwelcome in the wealth management space. In this episode, Y TREE’s Head of Brand and Marketing Harriet Johnston and Head of Financial Life Strategy Eliana Sydes are joined by author Otegha Uwagba and Board Member at the Cherie Blair Foundat...2023-04-0533 min
Sentimental GarbageGirlbossing with Otegha UwagbaOtegha Uwagba is finally on the podcast and we're having a far-reaching and slightly rogue conversation about girlboss feminism, being a bad bitch, the aftermath of MeToo and how we complain. We also cover Elizabeth Holmes, Nicki Minaj and the girlboss bitches of pop culture. Baroness Von Schrader: we salute you. Otegha Uwagba is the author of several books, including We Need To Talk About Money, Whites and Little Black Book. Caroline O'Donoghue is the author of many novels, including the forthcoming The Rachel Incident Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...2023-02-231h 11
A Good ReadRia Lina and Otegha UwagbaThe comedian Ria Lina - who's appeared on the BBC’s Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You and Mock the Week - joins Otegha Uwagba - author of Little Black Book, Whites and We Need to Talk About Money - to talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.Ria chooses Moll Flanders, the 18th-century classic by Daniel Defoe. Otegha picks the popular romance story Like Water for Chocolate by Mexican author Laura Esquivel and Harriett Gilbert brings a book about motherhood; Making Babies by Anne Enright.Produced by Eliza Lo...2022-11-0127 min
How Long Gone352. - Otegha UwagbaOtegha Uwagba is writer from London. Her newest book We Need To Talk About Money is a Sunday Times bestseller and an Observer book of the year. We chat about TJ’s Ionpack DJ set, computers and phones don’t work in Florida, writers have unemployed vibes, Dixie Cups are racist, Chris has a tough time keeping his towel on, an article about how writers shouldn’t talk, women’s shoe sizes oscillate wildly, petty British gossip, rappers getting plastic surgery, fancying The Rock, getting verified on wiki feet, why Chris was cut from an article that Otegha wrote, and a Ju...2022-06-081h 06
Jamz Supernova’s DIY HandbookMoney Talk with Otegha UwagbaOtegha Uwagba is an open book literally on the subject of money! She’s honest & candid about not knowing it all but through her quest for knowledge and solutions she has some really great tips on how to manage money, ask for more, tax returns and unlearning bad habits. Jamz & Otegha talk through their money hacks as self employed creatives and how they’ve overcome moments of mismanagement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-05-3046 min
Daisy is CareeringDaisy is Careering with Otegha UwagbaThis week’s guest is the bestselling author and Women Who founder Otegha Uwagba. We talk about how she made a platform for creative women, and how an organic experiment became a career shaping success. We also talk about the experiences she describes in her book, We Need ToTalk About Money, how she left a toxic work environment, how we create our own work and finding the confidence to seek out creative challenges. If you enjoy this episode, we hope you’ll enjoy Daisy’s new novel Careering, published by Sphere and available from all retailers including Waterstones. https://www.waterstones.com/bo...2022-03-2446 min
Book Reccos: Between the PagesWe Need to Talk about Money by Otegha UwagbaIn this episode Jess and Lauren discuss a recent read they have LOVED - We Need to Talk about Money by Sunday Times Best Selling author, Otegha Uwagba. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, Assembly by Natasha Brown, The Money is Coming by Sarah Akwisombe, Women Don't Ask by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, and click here for (US) research in to the predicted salary of a stay at 'mom'.Get Free CBD Products: We are delighted that our listeners can now try Columbia Care's CBD products for f...2021-12-0141 min
Fear Itself with Cressida BonasFinancial Ruin - Otegha UwagbaAbout The EpisodeToday’s guest on Fear Itself is the brilliant Otegha Uwagba, bestselling author, speaker, consultant and podcaster. In this episode Otegha explains why one of her biggest fears is running out of money, Cressida quizzes Otegha on the issue of the so-called 'beauty tax', and we learn about the battles Otegha had to fight against misogyny in the workplace.About The GuestOtegha Uwagba is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling career guide Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women (2017), and the ac...2021-10-0643 min
In Good Company042. Ashley C. Ford. Class Transition. Money And Identity.Writer, host and educator Ashley C. Ford has written or guest-edited for publications including The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, Marie Claire, The New York Times, taught creative nonfiction writing at The New School and Catapult.Co, hosted podcasts for HBO, Audible and Mastercard, and had her work listed among Longform & Longread's Best of 2017.
Her memoir Somebody’s Daughter was published in early June and became an instant New York Times bestseller. A powerful account of a childhood defined by race, poverty, a father in prison, and Ashley’s search for a sense of self in th...2021-08-2558 minIn Good Company041. Anna Sale. Conflict Over Money. How To Talk About It.On today’s episode I’m talking to the journalist and podcaster Anna Sale, who’s the creator of Death, Sex & Money – WNYC’s hugely popular podcast about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. In June, Anna published a book, Let’s Talk About Hard Things, in which she considers her own history of facing (and sometimes avoiding) difficult subjects; subjects such as race and wealth, inequality, grief, love, death, power – basically all the things that shape our daily lives, but which we often struggle to have conversations about.
Unsurprisingly...2021-08-1855 minIn Good Company040. Lucy Moon. The Influencer Economy. Dealing With Scrutiny.Youtuber and content creator Lucy Moon has been creating content online – and being paid for it – since long before many of us had even heard of the word ‘influencer’, and so this episode is a real insider’s account of an industry and lifestyle that commands a great deal of cultural fascination, and is also largely dominated by women.
We covered alot on this episode – what it’s like participating in ‘the economy of the self’, and the pressure that comes with having your professional and financial success contingent on being ‘liked’; the gender bias in the scrutiny that many inf...2021-08-1156 minIn Good Company039. Clare Seal. Getting Into Debt. Getting Out Of Debt.In 2019, the writer Clare Seal started an Instagram account @myfrugalyear in order to anonymously document her journey out of £27,000 worth of debt. Her story immediately struck a chord, and @myfrugalyear now has 78,000 followers who’ve followed Clare’s journey – that of a working mother of two on an average salary trying her best to take control of her financial situation. Last year Clare published Real Life Money: An Honest Guide To Taking Control Of Your Finances, which is very much a realistic approach to personal finance that addresses many of the deeper causes of debt and financial difficulties, and offers...2021-08-0453 minIn Good Company038. Yomi Adegoke. Buying A Flat. Class And Race.Yomi Adegoke is a multi award-winning journalist and author who writes about race, feminism, class, politics and how those things intersect. Besides having columns in both Vogue and the Guardian, Yomi is also the co-author of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible, an inspirational guide to life for Black British women, as well as series of follow-up titles including Slay In Your Lane: The Journal, and most recently Loud Black Girls, an anthology of Black British writing featuring essays from the voices of twenty emerging and established Black British writers.
We chatted about the emotional sig...2021-07-2857 minIn Good Company037. Vicky Spratt. Renting And Homeownership. Class And Social Mobility.Journalist Vicky Spratt is the i Paper’s housing correspondent as well as an editor at Refinery29 UK, and has been reporting on the UK’s housing crisis for a number of years. In 2016 she created a successful campaign, Make Renting Fair, designed to highlight the plight of ‘Generation Rent’, and which resulted in the government announcing a ban on letting agency fees for tenants. Her forthcoming book Tenants will be published next year, and is set to be the most comprehensive look at the human impact of the housing crisis yet.
On this episode, Vicky carefully explains...2021-07-211h 00
The WalletOvercoming anxiety around money, with Otegha UwagbaOtegha Uwagba is a writer, speaker, and consultant. Her debut book, Little Black Book, made The Sunday Times bestseller list, and she’s just published her third book, We Need To Talk About Money — a personal and candid memoir exploring her relationship with money.We Need To Talk About Money was born out of a lack of cultural transparency around finances. It follows Otegha’s process in uncovering her deep-rooted beliefs and patterns around money and discusses how she has overcome financial anxiety. Today on The Wallet: 1/ Otegha shares her early ex...2021-07-1546 minIn Good Company036. Mona Chalabi. Money Dysmorphia. Cultural Attitudes To Money.Mona Chalabi is a data journalist, producer and presenter whose work has appeared in publications ranging from the New Yorker to the Guardian, and who’s also written for radio and TV networks including NPR, Gimlet, Netflix, and the BBC, as well as being one half of the team that created an Emmy-nominated video series called Vagina Dispatches. Plus she’s an illustrator, with much of her artwork focusing on bringing data to life by visualizing important information around various political and social issues, from poverty and wealth to women’s health issues and racial inequities.
On this e...2021-07-1456 min
Squanderlust with Martha Lawton32: Otegha Uwagba says "We Need to Talk About Money"Otegha Uwagba is a Sunday times bestselling writer, speaker, podcaster and much more. Her latest book, "We Need to Talk About Money" is part memoir, part cultural commentary on the culture surrounding money in modern Britain. We talked about damaging secrecy around salaries; how social status is more complicated than just being upper, middle or working class; media representation and the race beat; and why being "good with money", in the sense of being very frugal and saving every penny, is not the same thing as financial wellbeing.Support the show with a donation or affiliate...2021-07-1346 min
The Guilty Feminist262. Money with Yomi Adegoke and special guest Otegha UwagbaThe Guilty FeministPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Yomi Adegoke Episode 262: Moneywith special guest Otegha Uwagba Recorded 1 July 2021 via Zoom. Released 12 July 2021. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW https://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-book More about Yomi Adegoke https://twitter.com/yomiadegoke https://www.instagram.com/yomi.adegoke More about Otegha Uwagba https://twitter.com/OteghaUwagba https://www.waterstones.com/book/we-need-to-talk-about-money/otegha-uwagba/9780008489304 For more information about this and...2021-07-121h 28
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Title: We Need to Talk About Money
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:13:16
Language: English
Release date: 07-08-21
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Politics, Personal Finance, Current Affairs
Summary:
One of the most original and talented young writers we have. Sathnam Sanghera
A must-read. Elizabeth Day
A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling. Owen Jones
An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money,We Need...2021-07-089h 13
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Release date: July 8, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Accounting & Finance
Publisher's Summary:
‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ Sathnam Sanghera ‘A must-read.’ Elizabeth Day ‘A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.’ Owen Jones An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk About Money is a vital explorat...2021-07-089h 13Explore This Transformative Full Audiobook — Perfect During Your Workout.We Need to Talk About Money by Otegha UwagbaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465480to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Need to Talk About Money
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Release date: July 8, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ Sathnam Sanghera ‘A must-read.’ Elizabeth Day ‘A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.’ Owen Jones An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk About Money is a vital exploration of...2021-07-089h 13
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Title: We Need to Talk About Money
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Release date: July 8, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ Sathnam Sanghera ‘A must-read.’ Elizabeth Day ‘A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.’ Owen Jones An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk About Money is a vital exp...2021-07-089h 13
Explore the Latest Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsWe Need to Talk About Money by Otegha UwagbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About Money Author: Otegha Uwagba Narrator: Otegha Uwagba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 8, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ Sathnam Sanghera ‘A must-read.’ Elizabeth Day ‘A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.’ Owen Jones An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk About Money is a vi...2021-07-0805 minIn Good Company035. Ann Friedman. Negotiating Your Rates. Self-Employment Finances.Journalist, essayist, and media entrepreneur is co-host of the long-running and phenomenally popular podcast Call Your Girlfriend, and has written for publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, the LA Times, The Gentlewoman, and The Guardian. She also has a newsletter called The Ann Friedman Weekly, which is a curation of great writing and interesting gems from far-flung corners of the Internet. Most recently Ann and her podcast co-host Aminatou Sow co-wrote Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, which was an instant New York Times bestseller on publication last year, and is now out in...2021-07-071h 00
But Why?OTEGHA UWAGBA ON MONEYWE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MONEY? That’s the title of Otegha’s brilliant new book (published today) and exactly what Clemmie and her cover in this week’s episode of the podcast.
Learning to look at your relationship with money.
Being aware of your emotional connection to it, as well as patterns and habits you tend to fall into.
Knowing when they serve you and when they hinder.
Trying to enjoy what you earn.
The link between work and money
Toxic workplace culture: how to spot it and what to do about it.
There was...2021-07-071h 03
You're BookedOtegha Uwagba - You're BookedFor our series finale, we are thrilled to present this conversation with author, podcaster and all-round inspiration Otegha Uwagba! Otegha is the author of the bestselling career guide Little Black Book and the essay collection Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods which was picked as one of the Guardian’s Books of The Year. Her latest book is the memoir We Need To Talk About Money. We talked to her about Enid Blyton deep cuts, books about families, jumping aboard the Ferrante bandwagon and why some books are like catnip.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Insatiable2021-07-0548 min
Is This Working?Otegha Uwagba on toxic workplacesA conversation with best-selling author Otegha Uwagba on toxic workplaces, privilege and money.LINKS:We Need to Talk About Money: https://amzn.to/3wenuo9 Otegha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OteghaUwagbaIn Good Company podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-good-company/id1294215581 The Writers Co-op Podcast. Listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-writers-co-op/id1498113138Website: https://www.thewriterscooppod.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWC_pod💌 Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can...2021-07-0556 minIn Good CompanyBONUS EPISODE: We Need To Talk About Money (Extract)Delighted to share an extract from my forthcoming memoir We Need To Talk About Money, all about my childhood and teenage years, going to a private school, and the early money lessons I learned during that period of my life.
We Need To Talk About Money is published by 4th Estate on 8th July and available to pre-order now in hardback, eBook and audio, with signed copies available from Waterstones.com.
Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/we-need-to-talk-about-money/otegha-uwagba/9780008489304
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Need-Talk-About-Money/dp/0008350388
Hive: https://www.hive.c...2021-06-3036 min
All The Small ThingsOtegha Uwagba on Money, Class & Private School PrivilegeOtegha Uwagba is the author of the Sunday Times Bestselling Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women published in 2017 and Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods in 2020. She is also a speaker, brand consultant and founder of Women Who, a London-based multi-media platform aimed at creative women that operated from 2016 - 2020. She also hosts the culture and ideas podcast In Good Company. Her forthcoming book We Need To Talk About Money - part memoir, part cultural commentary - is published by 4th Estate on 8 July. I gained so much from this book and it will no doubt be...2021-06-2951 minIn Good Company034. Paris Lees. Class Transition. Gender And Identity.Paris Lees is a prominent journalist and British Vogue columnist whose incredible memoir and debut book What It Feels Like For A Girl is published this week. Born and raised in Hucknall, near Nottingham, Paris has written for publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph and VICE, and presented programmes for BBC Radio 1 and Channel 4, as well as having been a vocal campaigner for the transgender community.
What It Feels Like For A Girl is a boldly-written account of an extraordinary life story, and in our conversation we touch on everything from how Paris feels about...2021-05-2651 min
Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize PodcastSHORTLIST BOOKCLUB SPECIAL: The Vanishing Half and No One Is Talking About ThisRaven Smith, Otegha Uwagba and Yassmin Abdel-Magied join Yomi to dive into two books from this year's Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.
Raven Smith is a fashion columnist and author of Trivial Pursuits, Otegha Uwagba is the former founder of the working women’s network Women Who and author of three incredible books - Little Black Book, We Need to Talk About Money and Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods and Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a writer, engineer and award-winning social ad...2021-05-2049 minIn Good Company033. Pandora Sykes. Modern Dilemmas. Ambition And Success.Pandora Sykes is a journalist, podcaster and author of the Sunday Times bestselling collection of essays How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right?, which attempts to dissect and give some shape to the infinite choices that modern life presents us with.
Previously an editor at the Sunday Times Style (you may remember her days as the magazine’s Wardrobe Mistress), Pandora is also the former co-host of the wildly successful podcast The High Low Show, which during its 4-year duration grew to become one of the biggest podcasts in the UK.
In this epis...2021-05-0547 minIn Good Company032. Amy Fraser. Building A Community. Recovering From Trauma.Amy Fraser is the founder of OKREAL, a self-development platform for women that’s focused on providing the community and resources that women need to build the lives they want - both in the office and outside of it - offering everything from panel discussions and workshops, to digital content and group mentoring sessions.
In this episode we discuss the importance of building a career around your life (as opposed to the other way round), how to use career uncertainty to your advantage, the secret to cultivating a thriving community, securing brand partnerships and much more.
...2021-04-2843 minIn Good Company031. Anna Wiener. Toxic Startups. The Truth About Tech.Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker online, where she writes about Silicon Valley, start-up culture, and technology, and the author of tech memoir Uncanny Valley, which tells the story of Anna’s time working in Silicon Valley during her mid to late twenties.
Despite its tech world setting, Uncanny Valley is very much an everywoman story that will be familiar to any woman who’s ever worked in a sexist environment, and it touches on everything from gendered discrimination and emotional labour in the workplace, to why your work will never be yo...2021-04-2141 minIn Good Company030. Emma Dabiri. Inventing Whiteness. From Allyship to Coalition.Academic, activist, broadcaster and SOAS university teaching fellow Emma Dabiri joins me to discuss her latest book What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition.
Written in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder last year and the subsequent conversations on racism and anti-racism that followed it, What White People Can Do Next is a simultaneously radical and practical essay aimed at changing the way we talk about racial injustice, and featuring some incredibly nuanced and thoroughly original analyses of race, class, privilege and capitalism.
A thoroughly illuminating read – and now a Sunday Times...2021-04-1438 minIn Good Company029. Sirin Kale. Career Pivots. Government Accountability.Journalist Sirin Kale is a features writer for the Guardian, Observer, British Vogue, Wired UK, VICE, GQ, and many other publications, and was previously an editor at VICE UK, where she launched their award-winning anti-stalking campaign Unfollow Me. Sirin authors the Guardian's flagship longform series on Covid-19 deaths, Lost to the Virus, which tells the stories of the individuals who died of Covid-19 in the UK, and the structural and systemic factors that contributed to their deaths.
In this episode we covered everything from corporate lobbying and how it influences politics, to pivoting careers in your late t...2021-04-0749 minIn Good Company028. Sarah Jaffe. Hustle Culture. Exploitative Bosses.Journalist Sarah Jaffe’s work focuses on the politics of power, especially within the workplace, and her writing has appeared everywhere from the New York Times and the Atlantic to the Guardian and many, many more.
Most recently she’s written a deeply compelling new book called Work Won’t Love You Back, which seeks to examine what Sarah calls the ‘labour-of-love myth’ – the idea that certain work isn’t really work, and should be done out of love or vocational passion, and how that myth is then used to exploit workers, allowing work to encroach on almost every p...2021-03-3148 minIn Good Company027. Marjon Carlos. Working In Fashion. Conversations About Race.Journalist, public speaker, creative consultant, talk show host, fashion icon – there is nothing Marjon Carlos can’t – or does not – do.
As a journalist, Marjon’s works sits squarely at the intersection of style and culture, and covers a range of really fascinating topics and personalities, from Cardi B to intersectional feminism. She was previously a Senior Fashion Writer at Vogue, and is now the Editorial Director at lingerie brand CUUP, and her work has appeared in Vogue, Elle, Refinery29, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, Porter Magazine and many more. She’s also the host of the quarantine b...2021-03-241h 07In Good Company026. Penny Martin. Women’s Media. Celebrating Peculiarities.A wide-ranging conversation with Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of iconic women’s magazine The Gentlewoman. Widely recognised as the definitive style title for discerning women, as The Gentlewoman’s founding editor, Penny is responsible for the exacting editorial standards and refined taste that have made it so influential. Before being tapped by the publishers of Fantastic Man to head up the magazine back in 2010, Penny was previously a curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television and chair of fashion imagery at University of the Arts, London. She also contributes to numerous international publications and consults for several brands, incl...2021-03-1747 min
Intelligence SquaredOtegha Uwagba and Mariel Richards on Navigating WhitenessIn November 2020 author and podcaster Otegha Uwagba came to Intelligence Squared to discuss her new book, Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods. Containing reflections on racism, whiteness, and the mental labour required of Black people to navigate relationships with white people, Whites is a record of Uwagba’s observations on this era-defining moment in history.In the wake of George Floyd’s brutal murder, the subsequent protests and scrutiny of institutional racism, it has been impossible to ignore how race is embedded in every aspect of our lives. ‘A reluctant expert’, as she describes herself...2020-12-2955 min
The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania JarvisOtegha Uwagba on black lives matter and the burden of white guiltOtegha Uwagba is an inspiration. Aged 25, fed up with her job in advertising, she quit and decided to establish herself as a freelance writer, setting up the networking platform Women Who, and self-publishing Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women. After a sell-out print run, it was snapped up by a publisher and became a Sunday Times best-seller - and Otegha is now working on another book, We Need to Talk About Money, due out next year. But the aftermath of George Floyd’s death - and the global outpouring of anguish that ensued - prompted her to se...2020-12-1339 min
Literary FrictionLiterary Friction - The Political Essay with Otegha UwagbaDoes the written word really have the power to change things? How do you make a good argument in writing? Does the form of the essay lend itself particularly well to politics? Join us as we talk to the writer Otegha Uwagba about her brilliant essay Whites, a clear sighted, powerful comment on race in our society which examines her feelings in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and the failures of white allyship. Picking up from our discussion of the form of the essay with Brian Dillon in 2017, we’ll be exploring the strengths and limitations of the form...2020-11-241h 00
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Genres: Social Science
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‘An important, timely personal essay’ OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2020 ‘Not taking any bullshit…sharp and stylish…brutal’ GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR In this powerful and timely personal essay, best-selling author Otegha Uwagba reflects on racism, whiteness, and the mental labour required of Black people to navigate the two. Presented as a record of Uwagba’s observations on this era-defining moment in history – that is, George...2020-11-121h 04
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Title: Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1:04:11
Language: English
Release date: 11-12-20
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science
Summary:
An important, timely personal essay OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2020
Not taking any bullshitsharp and stylishbrutal GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
In this powerful and timely personal essay, best-selling author Otegha Uwagba reflects on racism, whiteness, and the mental labour required of Black people to navigate the two.
Presented as a record of Uwagbas observations on this era-defining...2020-11-121h 04
Storyteller with Lisa GoldenThe Violent Falsehood Of Whites | Writer Otegha UwagbaOn this slightly different episode of Storyteller, host Lisa Golden speaks to writer Otegha Uwagba about her new essay Whites: On Race And Other Falsehoods.The essay explores Uwagba’s impressions and discomfort as the Black Lives Matter movement reignited a conversation about race all over the world, as she disentangled social media reactions, anti-racist reading lists and a lifetime of experience of dealing with white people.Lisa and her best friend Zandi reflect on the lessons and warnings posed by Whites as friends who have had an ongoing conversation about how the te...2020-11-1259 minStoryteller with Lisa GoldenThe Violent Falsehood Of Whites | Writer Otegha UwagbaOn this slightly different episode of Storyteller, host Lisa Golden speaks to writer Otegha Uwagba about her new essay Whites: On Race And Other Falsehoods.The essay explores Uwagba’s impressions and discomfort as the Black Lives Matter movement reignited a conversation about race all over the world, as she disentangled social media reactions, anti-racist reading lists and a lifetime of experience of dealing with white people.Lisa and her best friend Zandi reflect on the lessons and warnings posed by Whites as friends who have had an ongoing conversation about how the te...2020-11-1259 min
The High LowNo Nut November, National Sandwich Day, and an Author Special with Otegha Uwagba on WhitesAre you familiar with No Nut November? Move over Movember, there's a slightly queasy new internet challenge in town. Also today, we discuss whether a burger is a sandwich, the concerning omission from the Sean Connery obituaries, and the new YouTube record-breaker. And we have an author special today with Otegha Uwagba, who came on to discuss her new long-form essay, Whites.E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet@thehighlowshowShop thehighlowshop.com where 100% of profits go to Fare Share2020-11-041h 05
The Beautystack Podcast001 Otegha Uwagba: Confronting My Notion of Femininity Through Cutting Off My HairThis week's guest is Otegha Uwagba, a writer and the founder of Women Who, which is a platform that connects and supports creative women through various forms of content including a newsletter, podcast, as well as live events. Her career guide, "Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women," is a Sunday Times bestseller and her forthcoming essay WHITES will be published this autumn. We discuss the realities of how hair impacts how we carry ourselves and debate the importance of make up in the work place.
Been binging #TheBeautystackPodcast? Share the love by rating and reviewing!2020-08-0841 minIn Good CompanyBONUS EPISODE: A Feminist State Of The Union.A special bonus episode produced in collaboration with the Standard Hotel as part of their new audio programming platform, Sometimes Radio, and recorded in the Library Lounge of the Standard Hotel’s London outpost.
This episode is a live recording from the Feminist State of the Union I hosted on International Women’s Day, a conversational salon about contemporary feminism featuring contributions from award-winning author Reni Eddo-Lodge, broadcaster Zezi Ifore, and Dazed Digital’s Head of Fashion, Emma Hope Allwood, and covering everything from girlboss culture and the problem with corporate feminism, to intersectionality and how we can all...2020-04-1653 min
In Good Company025: Elaine Welteroth. Harnessing Ambition. Navigating Office Politics.As the youngest ever person to be appointed editor-in-chief of a Condé Nast title – and only the second ever African American person to hold that position – former Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Elaine Welteroth was the driving force behind the magazine’s pivot to a more political, more socially conscious editorial stance that earned it an army of new readers and admirers.
An award-winning writer and New York Times bestselling author (on account of her memoir More Than Enough), Elaine has charted a pretty unprecedented course through the media industry – and she’s only just getting started.
We managed...2019-10-2955 min
In Good Company024: Funmi Fetto. Racism In Beauty. From Print To Digital.Seasoned fashion and beauty editor Funmi Fetto is something of an anomaly within the magazine world – a black journalist who’s risen to the heady heights of executive editor and beauty director of Glamour magazine, by way of a stint as beauty editor at British Vogue, and an on-going column for the Observer. She’s recently published Palette, a carefully curated beauty guide aimed specifically at women of colour that British Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful has described as “ground-breaking and essential reading”.
We get deep on the subject of racism within the beauty industry, with Funmi sharing her...2019-10-2354 min
In Good Company023: Kate Hamilton & Emily Ames. Brands And Storytelling. Business Development.Consider this episode a masterclass in brand storytelling, courtesy of Kate Hamilton and Emily Ames, co-founders of content and communications agency Sonder & Tell, which specialises in helping brands craft their messaging and figure out how best to communicate with their customers. Since setting up Sonder & Tell two years ago, the pair have worked with clients that range from food startups to sexual health apps, and earlier this year they teamed up with fashion brand Jigsaw to publish an anthology of essays by some of the UK’s leading female writers.
On this episode they share vital tips fo...2019-10-1538 min
In Good Company022: Alison Roman. Writing Accessibly. Freelance Money Lessons.Food writer and chef Alison Roman look set to be the millennial inheritor to Nigella’s domestic goddess crown – funny, sharp, and (cliché though it might sound) effortlessly cool, it’s no wonder she’s developed a cult following in the US (and racked up over 200,000 followers on Instagram). A columnist for the New York Times and contributor to food magazine Bon Appetit, Alison’s also the author of two cookbooks – Dining In, a best-selling collection of recipes published in 2017, and the forthcoming Nothing Fancy (out October 31st).
On today’s episode we talk about how she navigated the h...2019-10-0841 min
In Good Company021: Sharmadean Reid. Raising Investment. Predicting Trends.You’ll likely already be familiar with beauty and tech entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid, who made her name within the beauty industry through WAH, the nail salon and beauty brand that kicked off the nail art trend globally, and went on to shape beauty and girl culture around the world.
A serial entrepreneur, Sharmadean has now turned her hand to the tech world with Beautystack, and on this episode she shares what she’s learned about building culturally influential brands and businesses over the years, touching on everything from social media strategy and trend forecasting, to raising investment and...2019-10-0150 min
In Good Company020: Jia Tolentino. Girlboss Culture. Our Online Identities.“Selfhood is the economic engine of the Internet” – so says Jia Tolentino, staff writer at the New Yorker, and author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, a razor-sharp collection of essays examining contemporary American culture that touches on everything from the commodification of feminism and the “nightmare” of personal branding, to the similarities between religion and MDMA, and our cultural obsession with ‘the scam’.
Find out how the author of one of the most talked about books of 2019 (Trick Mirror debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #2) has been navigating the paradox of self-promotion, her take on the ub...2019-09-2351 min
Ctrl Alt Delete#211 Otegha Uwagba & Polly MacKenzie on Self-Employment, Managing Your Money & Mental Health (Recorded LIVE with NatWest)Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete. This episode is a special live recording in partnership with Natwest (#ad). I recently featured in a video with NatWest and Refinery29 looking at the challenges the modern workforce faces, with a spotlight on finances. We discussed mental health, late payments and how to prepare to quit your job. So this time I wanted to ask two very knowledgeable people their thoughts on these topics. Recorded Live with Natwest at RocketSpace in London, Polly, Otegha and I discussed some of the insights from the early stages of a piece of research NatWest and Demos...2019-08-0834 min
Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast2019 WinnerFiction + our 2019 winner.
Leading up to the announcement of Tayari Jones as the winner of the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction, Zing Tsjeng chats with the guests at the awards ceremony about gender equality, the view from their industries and which brilliant women we should all be looking out for in the months ahead. Featuring Naomi Alderman, Stanley Tucci, Viv Groskop, Catherine Mayer, Otegha Uwagba, Leyla Hussein and Tayari Jones fresh from collecting her award.
Recommendations include:
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Illegal Days by Grace Paley
...2019-06-0740 min
In Good Company019: Liv Little. Raising Investment. Microaggressions.This month’s guest is Liv Little, founder of gal-dem, a media platform run by women and non-binary people of colour.
Tune in to hear us discuss the business side of building a viable digital media platform, from the ins and outs of raising money from investors to the key to successful brand partnerships.
Plus – the microaggressions that prompted Liv to start gal-dem in the first place, how we REALLY feel about Diversity Panels, and a letter from a listener debating whether or not to pursue a career as an influencer.
Thanks also to our (first ever!) show...2019-04-2955 min
In Good Company018: Elizabeth Day. Learning To Say No. Dealing With Criticism.“Everyone experiences failure, but not everyone is honest about it, so it can sometimes seem as if everyone else has perfect lives - and that adds to your sense of personal failure".
Elizabeth Day is an award-winning journalist, acclaimed author, creator of the hugely popular How To Fail podcast - and now author of a forthcoming book of the same name - and on this month's episode we cover everything from feeling like an outsider at work and surviving male-dominated newsrooms, to the major career change that helped her realise her value, and how she gained enough ag...2019-04-0355 min
In Good Company017: Dolly Alderton. Promoting A Book. Private School Privilege.Best-selling author, award-winning journalist and chart-topping podcaster Dolly Alderton joins us in the studio to chat about the whirlwind year she's had since her debut book came out, her thoughts on turning 30, the pressure (and joys!) of promoting and selling books, and how she finds the time to write. We also had an in-depth chat about privilege and private education (in light of a much-debated column Dolly recently wrote for The Sunday Times Style), the role that money has played in her career choices thus far, and the business of podcasting.
Plus – advice for a recent graduate who...2019-03-0650 min
Hashtag Authentic - for creatives, dreamers & business owners onlineEssential Wisdom for Working Women, with Otegha UwagbaThings we talk about in this episode:Why Otegha left her career in advertising for freelance lifeStarting a business by following interests and opportunities, instead of by intentWhen your personal brand is your real self, and how this can help weed out inappropriate clientsNot worrying about being liked by everyone - and not putting everyone else's needs above your ownReclaiming words like 'marketing' and 'entrepreneur', and the different ways to build a business that balance personal and commercial imperativesThe changing metrics of businesses, and the things...2019-03-0448 min
The High LowValentine's Day, Liam Neeson's Race Row & A Most Literary LiarWe couldn't not discuss Liam Neeson's race row and The New Yorker long-read setting the publishing world alight: about best-selling novelist Dan Mallory, aka AJ Finn, who built his career on an extensive web of lies. How did it take a decade for anyone to see through his deception? And what does it tell us about the publishing world - and ourselves?Also today, we discuss Valentine's Day (and reveal our best and worst and our plans for this year), the diversity of vaginas and the M&S love sausage.2019-02-1300 minIn Good Company016: Gemma Hartley. Invisible Labour. Office Housework.“Likeability is still a huge issue for women in the workforce – they can’t just be good at what they do, they have to be likeable in the process”. Sobering words from journalist Gemma Hartley, whose new book Fed Up explores the burden of invisible labour and why it tends to fall more heavily on women both at home and in the workplace - as well as offering up practical solutions on how to better navigate it.
Plus some advice for a listener who’s concerned about the lack of diversity in their office, and not sure how best t...2019-02-0849 minIn Good Company015: Abigail Bergstrom. Getting A Book Deal. Finding An Agent.This month's guest is Abigail Bergstrom, Head of Publishing at digital talent agency Gleam. If you dream of being a published author some day, Abigail's got plenty of advice on how to make that happen, from approaching literary agents, to the pros and cons of self-publishing.
Plus – an Ask Otegha segment on coping with a misogynistic work environments.
Gleam Titles: www.gleamtitles.com
Find Abigail Bergstrom on Instagram (@abigailbergstrom) and Twitter (@AbigailBergstrm)
For more career-related ideas and advice, join the Women Who community by signing up at www.womenwho.co, or follo...2018-12-1848 minIn Good Company014: Georgia Spray. Being A Sole Founder. Effective Brand Collaborations.This month we're talking about the business of curation with Georgia Spray, founder of London’s coolest affordable art platform Partnership Editions. We covered everything from her approach to building a brand identity and the importance of choosing collaborations with care, to the process of transitioning your side project into your 9 – 5, and how it’s possible to translate having good taste into an actual business model.
Plus – some advice for a nervous listener on how to nail public speaking.
Partnership Editions: www.partnershipeditions.com
Find Georgia Spray on Instagram (@georgiaspray)
For more car...2018-11-1446 min
How To Fail With Elizabeth DayS2, Ep4 How to Fail: Otegha UwagbaThis week my guest is writer, podcaster and all-round megawatt woman, Otegha Uwagba. Otegha joins me to talk about her failures at getting a job, dealing with sexism at work, living with depression and why she just can't seem to help being petty on Twitter (her words). We also discuss racism and how she handles daily micro-aggressions: 'I’m so conscious to be overly polite if I encounter a sort of older white person lest they then leave with a bad impression of black people generally,' Otegha says. 'I’m constantly having to code switch.' Along the way, we c...2018-10-2450 min
How To Fail With Elizabeth DayS2, Ep4 How to Fail: Otegha UwagbaThis week my guest is writer, podcaster and all-round megawatt woman, Otegha Uwagba. Otegha joins me to talk about her failures at getting a job, dealing with sexism at work, living with depression and why she just can't seem to help being petty on Twitter (her words). We also discuss racism and how she handles daily micro-aggressions: 'I’m so conscious to be overly polite if I encounter a sort of older white person lest they then leave with a bad impression of black people generally,' Otegha says. 'I’m constantly having to code switch.' Along the way, we c...2018-10-2452 min
Freaking the F OutCareers Pt 2 with Otegha UwagbaFTFO about Careers - Part 2 with Otegha Uwagba
It's a special episode this week, as they're joined in the studio by the wonderful Otegha Uwagba. Author of the best selling Little Black Book - A Toolkit for Working Women, founder of the community Women Who AND named in Forbes 2018 30 under 30 list - she's harnessing a super power right about now. They talk through Otegha's career journey, the scary things about 'freelancing' and consider whether a little bit of imposter syndrome is actually a good thing.
Contact:
Otegha can be found on twitter and instagram: @OteghaUwagba and @womenwho
Email: ftopod@gmail.com...2018-10-2244 minIn Good Company013: Laura Whateley. Money and Shame. Managing Your Finances."Being good with money isn’t a science” - so says millennial money expert Laura Whateley, who’s this month’s guest on In Good Company...and it’s a Money Special! Tune in to hear Laura explain why it’s so bloody hard to talk about money openly, how she’s gotten better at managing her finances over the years, what millennials can do to improve their chances of getting on the housing ladder, and what to do if you’re in a relationship where one partner earns significantly more than the other.
Laura Whateley’s book: Money: A Use...2018-10-161h 00In Good Company012: Katherine Ormerod. Fake Followers. Real Success.This month’s episode features fashion journalist and influencer Katherine Ormerod. Tune in to discover the highs and lows of working in the fashion industry, the various routes of making money from social media, and the not-so-glamorous side of being an influencer.
Plus – advice on how to deal with a colleague who keeps undermining you on account of your gender.
Katherine Ormerod’s book: Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
Katherine Ormerod’s anti-perfectionism platform: http://www.workworkwork.co/
Find Katherine Ormerod on Instagram (@katherine_ormerod) and Twitter (@katherine_orm)
Fo...2018-09-171h 10
In Good Company011: Missy Flynn. Redefining Success. Imposter SyndromeThis month’s episode features Missy Flynn, co-founder of Rita’s Bar and Dining talking about her changing definitions of success and failure, whilst sharing tonnes of practical advice on setting up a business on a budget and creating a distinctive brand.
Plus – some tips on how to deal with imposter syndrome when you’ve just started a new job.
Rita’s Dining: www.ritasdining.com
Find Missy Flynn on Instagram (@missyffs)
For more career-related ideas and advice, join the Women Who community by signing up at www.womenwho.co, or follow @ote...2018-08-2100 minIn Good Company010: Mona Chalabi. Fake News. Instagram Fame.On this month's episode, we've got journalist Mona Chalabi, Data Editor at the Guardian US about the popularity of her Instagram account, the trials and tribulations of being a woman of colour working in media, changing beauty standards, and her Emmy-nominated Vagina Dispatches series.
Plus – some advice for a letter writer whose terrible boss who keeps throwing her under the bus.
Find Mona Chalabi on Instagram (@monachalabi), Twitter (@monachalabi) and monachalabi.com.
For more career-related ideas and advice, join the Women Who community by signing up at www.womenwho.co, or follow @oteghauwagba and...2018-07-231h 00In Good Company009: Marina Guergova. Artful Curation. Running A Pop-Up.This month’s episode features Marina Guergova, founder of two thriving retail brands – lifestyle concept shop The Basics Store, and womenswear brand Marina London. Tune in to hear Marina get very real about the money side of running a business, share tips on how to run a successful pop-up, and let us in on her creative process when it comes to curating a seriously beautiful brand and physical space.
Plus – her thoughts on why pop-ups are the future of retail, and tips for convincing people to get on board with your business idea when you’re just starting...2018-06-2557 minIn Good Company008: Gynelle Leon. Career Pivots. Self-ConfidenceThis month we've got the fabulous Gynelle Leon in the hot seat, owner of PRICK – London’s first (and best) cacti and succulents shop - sharing her wisdom on everything from how to navigate a major career pivot, to the ins and outs of running a retail space, and defining your own personal definition of success.
Plus – advice on dealing with terrible bosses who throw you under the bus for their mistakes.
PRICK: www.prickldn.com
Find Gynelle Leon on Instagram (@bowbelle) and Twitter (@bowbelle)
For more career-related ideas and advice, join t...2018-05-2959 minIn Good Company007: Emma Gannon. Personal Brands. Confidence.On this month's episode we've got multi-hyphenate author, broadcaster and podcaster Emma Gannon in the hot seat. Expect details of her new book The Multi-Hyphen Method, a discussion about the pros and cons of 'side hustles', and Emma’s thoughts on why you shouldn't call yourself a freelancer.
Plus – a letter from a listener who's struggling with her confidence after a bit of a tough time career-wise.
Emma Gannon’s podcast: CTRL, ALT, DELETE
Find Emma Gannon on Instagram (@emmagannonuk), Twitter (@emmagannon) and emmagannon.co.uk.
For more career-related ideas and advice...2018-05-051h 09In Good Company006: Reni Eddo-Lodge. Freelancing. Boundaries. Moving Back Home.On this month's episode I'm joined by Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of one of 2017's most talked about books: Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race. Tune in to hear us discussing the challenges of freelancing, how to create boundaries when it comes to work, and the effects of structural racism in the workplace.
Plus – advice for someone considering moving in with their parents so they can pursue a different career path.
Reni Eddo-Lodge’s book: Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race
Find Reni Eddo-Lodge on Instagram (@reniedd...2018-04-0258 min
LayersPowerAna Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith discuss power, or more specifically: "How do we dress when we want to feel powerful?"
Ultramarathon runner Sorrell Walsh tells us about dressing for physical power, while writer and 'Women Who' founder Otegha Uwagba considers "power dressing" at work - and what power dressing even means in 2018. Our latest Loved and Lost story comes from writer Eliot Haworth, who relives a very funny memory about pants in the jungle.
Otegha Uwagba is a writer, brand consultant and founder of Women Who, a community for working women. She's also the author o...2018-03-1538 minIn Good Company005: Sharmaine Lovegrove. Publishing Books. Getting Payrises.On this month's episode, we're in conversation with publishing powerhouse Sharmaine Lovegrove, head of new(ish) imprint Dialogue Books. We talk about what it's been like making the transition from self-employment and running her own businesses to joining a large company as a full-time employee, the business lessons she learned from watching The Apprentice, and how she chooses which books to publish.
Plus – some advice for someone whose bosses keep promising a payrise that's yet to materialise, who's also trying to figure out if she's even on the right career path at the same time.
Fi...2018-03-0554 minIn Good Company004: Sabine Zetteler. Promoting Projects. Rude Clients.This month we’ve got Sabine Zetteler in the hotseat, founder of one of the creative industries’ foremost PR agencies, Zetteler. Sabine is a PR maestro, so of course she shared her advice on how best to promote your projects and ideas at launch; and we also talked about how (and when) to scale from being a one-woman ‘solopreneur’ to running a fully-fledged business of many.
Plus – advice on how to deal with rude clients as a freelancer, in this month’s segment of Ask Otegha.
Zetteler: www.zetteler.co.uk
Find Sabine Zetteler on...2018-02-0455 min
Blogtacular026: Working Women Networks with Otegha UwagbaWhen we unite we're stronger than when we stand alone. In this episode Otegha Uwagba, founder of Women Who and author of The Little Black Book joins Kat. We discuss freelance work, creating inclusive working environments, why your network matters. Full show notes and links at: http://blogtacular.com/podcast2017-12-1556 minIn Good Company003: Lana Elie. Business 101. Getting Your DuesThis month we're in conversation with Lana Elie, founder of luxury e-florist Floom. From how to put together a business plan, to the pros and cons of crowdfunding, and how to manage and motivate a fast-growing team, think of this conversation as Biz 101 for budding entrepreneurs.
Plus – advice for someone who thinks they’re being treated differently at work because they’re a woman.
Floom: www.floom.com
For more career-related ideas and advice, join the Women Who community by signing up at www.womenwho.co, or follow @oteghauwagba and @womenwho on Instagram and Twi...2017-12-041h 01In Good Company002: Zing Tsjeng. Female Competition. Starting From Scratch.On this month’s episode we're talking to journalist Zing Tsjeng, the UK editor of Broadly (VICE’s female-focused channel), about everything from how best to pitch editors as a writer, to her experiences as an outspoken woman – and woman of colour – online.
Plus – some thoughts on female competition in the workplace, advice for a listener trying to pivot from a corporate field to a more creative role, and a recent grad struggling to get their foot on the career ladder.
Find Zing Tsjeng on Twitter (@misszing) and Instagram (@miss_zing)
For more career-rel...2017-11-0658 minIn Good Company001: Serena Guen. Freelancing. Bossy Colleagues.For our very first episode, we talk to Serena Guen, founder and CEO of multimedia travel brand SUITCASE, best known for its travel and fashion-inspired quarterly magazine.
Plus – we hear from a freelancer who’s having trouble getting her clients to pay her, and offer some advice on how to cope if you’re struggling with a bossy co-worker (who isn’t actually your boss).
SUITCASE: www.suitcasemag.com
Find Serena Guen on Twitter (@SerenaGuen) and Instagram (@serenaguen)
For more career-related ideas and advice, join the Women Who community by signing up at ww...2017-10-1652 min
Experience The Immersive Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!Little Black Book by Otegha UwagbaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/8678to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Little Black Book
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
Release date: 06-15-17
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Women in Business
Publisher's Summary:2017-06-151h 36
Ctrl Alt Delete#85 Otegha Uwagba: How To Build Your Own BrandOtegha Uwagba is the author of The Little Black Book and founder of Women Who.Women Who is a London-based platform she created to connect, support and and inspire creative working women. Besides running Women Who, she is also a freelance writer for places like ELLE and an occasional brand consultant, having spent years working at Vice and huge creative agencies.So in this episode we talk about her first book, Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women which I read last year when she first self-published it on her own. I’m so happy for...2017-06-1530 min
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Title: Little Black Book
Subtitle: A Toolkit for Working Women
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-15-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Business, Career Skills
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Title: Little Black Book
Author: Otegha Uwagba
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Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:36:40
Language: English
Release date: 06-15-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership
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Genres: Women in Business
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Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-15-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Business, Career Skills
Summary:
The essential career handbook for creative working women.
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Title: Little Black Book
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Release date: June 15, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1
Genres: Management & Leadership
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Title: Little Black Book
Author: Otegha Uwagba
Narrator: Otegha Uwagba
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Release date: June 15, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1
Genres: Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
‘Little Black Book is THE book of the year for working women with drive’ Refinery 29 The essential career handbook for creative working women. ‘A compact gem’ Stylist Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women is the modern career guide every creative woman needs, whether you’re just starting out or already have years of experience. Packed with fresh ideas and no-non...2017-06-151h 36
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Writer Otegha Uwagba takes you through everything you need to build a successful self-made career: from how to negotiate a payrise to building a killer personal brand, via a crash course in networking like a pr...2017-05-2306 min