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How You Find Your Voice
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How You Find Your Voice is the podcast that asks brilliant guests (mostly women) how they found or reclaimed their voices, on every level.
Through intimate conversations with writers, activists, artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs, we explore the work they've made, the lives they've lived and the inner transformations that made it all possible. We talk about turning points and resistance, doubt and silence, creative risk and process, as well as the messy business of becoming.
How You Find Your Voice asks what it means to find your voice personally, creatively and collectively. What does it take to speak up, claim space and share your story, and if you've lost your voice, how do you begin to get it back?
Join us for this voyage into voice and maybe, just maybe, we'll find ours along the way.
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Ngaio Anyia on Voice, Joy and Creative Power
Feb 2301:02:56Tap to summarizeEpisode Summary What happens when you lose your voice, not just creatively but literally? In this episode of How You Find Your Voice, host Jessie Huth speaks with singer, songwriter, DJ and producer Ngaio Anyia about the journey of losing and reclaiming voice over time. Ngaio shares how childhood bullying once led her to stop speaking altogether, and how years later a physical vocal crisis forced her into silence again. Both moments became turning points that reshaped her relationship with music, identity and creative power. Together they explore women in music production, creative confidence, rave culture, as well as the work of growing into your voice and finding your joy. This is a conversation about creative identity, rest, resilience and what it really means to find your voice in different seasons of life. Topics Covered Losing your voice both literally and metaphorically Childhood bullying and early silence Music as ritual, connection and community Women in music production and representation Creative control and stepping into production Voice texture and how it changes over time Rave culture and safer dancefloors Building Booty Bass in Bristol Creative burnout and recovery Why rest matters for creative longevity About Ngaio Anyia Ngaio Anyia is a multi-hyphenate creative: a singer, songwriter, DJ, producer, community creator and inclusion and diversity consultant. Ngaio is a versatile artist, known for her bass-heavy DJ sets, as well as her powerhouse vocal range. Her music oozes with intricate jazz harmonies, African percussion and truth-laden spoken word. Ngaio confronts the politics of black bodies, whilst poetically unravelling her mixed-race identity. You can read more about Ngaio and her work here. About the Podcast How You Find Your Voice is the podcast that asks brilliant guests (mostly women) how they found or reclaimed their voices, on every level. Through intimate conversations with writers, activists, artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs, we explore the work they've made, the lives they've lived and the inner transformations that made it all possible. We talk about turning points and resistance, doubt and silence, creative risk and process, as well as the messy business of becoming. Listen and follow How You Find Your Voice If you enjoyed this conversation, please follow the podcast for future episodes. You can also follow How You Find Your Voice on Substack for longer reflections on voice, creativity and the ideas behind the podcast. Or simply follow on Instagram for the latest updates. Keywords finding your voice podcast, Ngaio Anyia, women in music production, female creativity podcast, creative confidence, voice and identity, Booty Bass Bristol, women reclaiming their voice, creative process podcast, women in electronic music
Transcribe →Nikita Gill on Hekate, Female Rage and the Politics of Power
Feb 900:58:58Tap to summarizeA conversation about myth, survivors, voice and power under patriarchy. In this episode of How You Find Your Voice, host Jessie Huth is joined by poet and author Nikita Gill to discuss her latest book Hekate, a mythic coming-of-age story rooted in exile, survival and the politics of power. They explore Hekate as the goddess of liminal spaces and the vulnerable, why Gill chose to tell a story from the “losing” side of war, and what happens to women and children when history is written by victors. The conversation also touches on female rage, the fear it provokes, and why stories are never neutral. Ranging across Greek myth, modern politics, displacement, trauma and freedom, the episode examines the deep relationship between language, justice and voice. Topics covered What drew Nikita to Hekate, goddess of crossroads, keys, liminal spaces and magic. How Hekate begins with exile and displacement after the Titanomachy, echoing the realities of refugees and conflict in the modern world. How family history shaped Nikita’s politics and interest in displacement. What happens to women and children on the losing side of war, and why history often erases it. Why Nikita spoke to modern worshippers of Hekate and what she learned. Hekate as a goddess of survivors, including survivors of sexual assault and abuse. How patriarchy attempts to neutralise rage and why female anger is politicised. Mothers, the absence of a village, and why maternal voices are ignored. How stories and language shape politics, and how populists use narrative. What it means to find your voice when the world wants you to shrink. Quotes to Listen For “There is no point making yourself so small, that you live half a life, to appease a beast that hates you anyway.” “Poets are the emotional historians of humankind.” “If you want to find where fascism starts, it starts in language.” About Nikita Gill Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet who has the attention of 840,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. Her work offers a shift of perspective which centres women in both Greek and Hindu myth as well as folklore. She has given a TEDx Talk, spoken at every major literary festival in the UK and been shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award in poetry three times, the Childrens Poetry Award two times and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Gill has written seven poetry collections. Links For more on Nikita Gill's book, Hekate see here. Follow Nikita on Instagram here. About the Podcast How You Find Your Voice is the podcast that asks brilliant guests (mostly women) how they found or reclaimed their voices, on every level. Through intimate conversations with writers, activists, artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs, we explore the work they've made, the lives they've lived and the inner transformations that made it all possible. We talk about turning points and resistance, doubt and silence, creative risk and process, as well as the messy business of becoming. Listen and follow How You Find Your Voice If you enjoyed this conversation, please follow the podcast for future episodes. You can also follow How You Find Your Voice on Substack for longer reflections on voice, creativity and the ideas behind the podcast. Keywords: Nikita Gill, Hekate, feminist mythology, female rage, survivors, women’s voices, patriarchy, power, myth and politics, exile and refugees, displacement, storytelling and justice
Transcribe →Sally Magnusson on Myth, Memory and Imagination
Jan 2600:37:42Tap to summarizeIn this episode of How You Find Your Voice, host Jessie Huth is joined by best-selling novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson MBE, to talk about myth, memory, and the creative courage it takes to begin again. Sally’s latest novel, The Shapeshifter’s Daughter, reimagines the Norse mythological figure of Hel, ruler of the underworld, a character long caricatured as monstrous and rarely allowed a voice of her own. Together, Jessie and Sally explore why the Norse goddesses deserve their time in the limelight, how feminist retellings can reclaim silenced figures, and what myth can teach us about death, ageing, and becoming. They also talk about memory as both a personal and cultural force, Sally’s move into fiction later in life, and the imaginative leap required to trust your own voice, especially after decades spent telling other people’s stories. Topics covered Why Sally was drawn to the Norse figure of Hel Feminist myth retellings and reclaiming silenced voices Norse mythology vs Greek mythology Memory, storytelling and cultural inheritance Writing fiction later in life and why creativity has no expiry date The courage to leap into imagination and inhabit characters fully Holding light and darkness together in art and life. Keywords How You Find Your Voice, Sally Magnusson, Norse mythology, Hel, feminist retellings, myth and memory, creativity in midlife, women’s voices, storytelling, fiction writing, imagination About the guest Sally Magnusson MBE is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She is the author of several acclaimed novels including The Seal Woman’s Gift, Music in the Dark, and The Shapeshifter’s Daughter, as well as the memoir, Where Memories Go, written after caring for her mother through dementia. Her work frequently explores myth, memory, identity and the stories that shape us. You can read more about Sally Magnusson and her work here.
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Jan 1500:02:59Tap to summarizeA longer introduction to the ideas behind How You Find Your Voice and what led me to make it.
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Jan 1500:01:07Tap to summarizeIntroducing the How You Find Your Voice podcast and what to expect in the first episodes.
Transcribe →Sonia Purnell on Writing Women Back into History
Jan 1201:06:25Tap to summarizeWho was Pamela Churchill Harriman? Only the biggest political player you've never heard of. In this episode of How You Find Your Voice, I'm joined by bestselling biographer and journalist, Sonia Purnell to explore the remarkable life of Pamela Churchill Harriman. Branded the greatest courtesan of the twentieth century and dismissed for decades as a socialite or footnote, Pamela Churchill Harriman was in fact hugely influential behind the scenes. As Sonia's book Kingmaker reveals, she played a fundamental role in shaping twentieth-century politics, diplomacy and power. And she's finally getting her due. Topics covered The extraordinary life of Pamela Churchill Harriman Why so many influential women have been written out of history The cost of being in the room when power belongs to men How biography can restore voice, authority and complexity Sonia's painstaking process as biographer What women like Pamela Churchill Harriman still have to teach us today The uneasy echoes of the period leading up to the Second World War and our present moment. This is a conversation about power, silenced voices, the truths history chose not to tell and why it's essential we hear them now. Keywords Women in history, Sonia Purnell, Pamela Churchill Harriman, Kingmaker, women and power, female biography About Sonia Purnell Sonia Purnell is an award-winning biographer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, known for shining a light on extraordinary women history tried to forget. Her books include A Woman of No Importance, the New York Times bestseller about WWII spy Virginia Hall, and First Lady, a ground-breaking biography of Clementine Churchill. Kingmaker has been named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Telegraph, Financial Times, The Guardian, and many more. Sonia Purnall has been called “one of the most accomplished biographers of our time” (Liza Mundy) and brings journalistic rigour, vivid storytelling, and feminist insight to all her work.
Transcribe →Lily Dunn on the Radical Craft of Memoir
Dec 2901:05:40Tap to summarizeWriter Lily Dunn joins host Jessie Huth for a wide-ranging conversation about writing memoir, finding a voice, and what it takes to tell the truth on the page. Drawing on her latest book Into Being Lily reflects on the power and transformative potential of memoir, the role of editing in shaping a voice, and why memoir is rarely about revelation alone. She speaks candidly about writing her critically acclaimed memoir, Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unraveling, the emotional and ethical complexity of writing about family, and what happens when private stories enter the public world. Together they explore authenticity, memory, and the vulnerability of publication, as well as the ways in which writing can be empowering and sustaining. This is a thoughtful, honest conversation about creativity, self-inquiry, and finding your voice as narrator. Topics covered Into Being and the long process of developing a writing voice Sins of My Father and the complexities of writing about family The role of editors in shaping memoir Psychoanalysis, reflection, and self-inquiry in writing Authenticity, vulnerability, and being read Writing as an empowering and healing practice Keywords voice, women’s voices, writing, creativity, memoir, personal narrative, family, truth-telling, Lily Dunn, Sins of My Father, Into Being About Lily Dunn Dr Lily Dunn is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, an editor and a lecturer at Bath Spa University. Her memoir, Sins of my Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling won The Guardian Nonfiction Book of the Year in 2022. Her latest book, Into Being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform is an essential guide to writing memoir as a radical and empowering practice. Lily co-founded the London Lit Lab at Birkbeck University in London, where she teaches creative writing. Her specialisms include memoirs, personal essays and narrative nonfiction. Books mentioned Into Being by Lily Dunn Sins of My Father by Lily Dunn Read more here About the guest Lily Dunn on Substack Listen and follow How You Find Your Voice If you enjoyed this conversation, you can follow the podcast for future episodes.
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