Episodes

230. Tech Tools: Use Visuals to Your Advantage
Sept. 18, 2025

230. Tech Tools: Use Visuals to Your Advantage

Transform how you communicate with tools that make your message stick.

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229. Rethinks: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot
Sept. 16, 2025

229. Rethinks: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot

To celebrate its second anniversary, we revisit our favourite tools and tips from Matt’s book, Think Faster, Talk Smarter.

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228. Negotiate Your Way to Success: Empathy, Mirroring, and Labeling
Sept. 9, 2025

228. Negotiate Your Way to Success: Empathy, Mirroring, and Labeling

Be ready, stay grounded, and communicate clearly — no matter what’s at stake.

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227. Tech Tools: Move Your Audience By Moving Through Your Presentation
Sept. 4, 2025

227. Tech Tools: Move Your Audience By Moving Through Your Presentati…

Transform how you communicate with tools that make your message stick.

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226. Reinvent Yourself: Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity
Sept. 2, 2025

226. Reinvent Yourself: Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity

Reinventing your life or career starts with reflection and conversation.

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225. Speaking Fluent Internet: How Algorithms Are Changing the Way We Speak
Aug. 26, 2025

225. Speaking Fluent Internet: How Algorithms Are Changing the Way We…

In the digital age, it’s critical to craft communication that fits the context.

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224. Make Your Messages Epic: The Evolution of Words and the Stories They Carry
Aug. 21, 2025

224. Make Your Messages Epic: The Evolution of Words and the Stories …

Why modern communication still relies on ancient words and narratives.

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223. Laughing Matters: Levity, Leadership, and Lasting Connection
Aug. 19, 2025

223. Laughing Matters: Levity, Leadership, and Lasting Connection

By lightening up your communication, you can build serious connections.

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222. Discussing Through Discomfort: Why the Conversations You Avoid Cost You the Most
Aug. 12, 2025

222. Discussing Through Discomfort: Why the Conversations You Avoid C…

Some conversations are uncomfortable, but avoiding them comes with a cost.

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221. Don’t Get Lost in Translation: Staying Cool When Every Word Counts
Aug. 7, 2025

221. Don’t Get Lost in Translation: Staying Cool When Every Word Coun…

How do you stay clear, calm, and precise when every word counts and there’s no room for error?

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220. Prep Like a Pro: Communication Confidence, Clarity, and Comedy
Aug. 5, 2025

220. Prep Like a Pro: Communication Confidence, Clarity, and Comedy

Master the art of thinking on your feet and turning unpredictability into powerful communication.

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219. Six Motivations, One Workplace: Who Are You at Work?
July 29, 2025

219. Six Motivations, One Workplace: Who Are You at Work?

When communicating with their employees, most firms have no idea who they’re talking to.

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218. Teaching Truths & Tactics: Live Lessons From Stanford in Cape Town
July 24, 2025

218. Teaching Truths & Tactics: Live Lessons From Stanford in Cape To…

Real connection means understanding your audience, staying true to yourself, and creating space for others.

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217. Rethinks: How to Build Deep Connections
July 22, 2025

217. Rethinks: How to Build Deep Connections

How to be a skilled conversationalist in work, love, and life.

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216. Wired for Words: A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Influence
July 15, 2025

216. Wired for Words: A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Influence

Understanding your audience's psychology is the key to crafting communication that resonates.

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215. The New Media Landscape: Trust, Transparency, and Transformation
July 10, 2025

215. The New Media Landscape: Trust, Transparency, and Transformation

For your communication to be credible, you can’t just say it — you have to do it.

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214. From Crisis to Clarity: Simplicity, Feedback, and the Art of Being Heard
July 8, 2025

214. From Crisis to Clarity: Simplicity, Feedback, and the Art of Bei…

How to communicate clearly in any context, from newsrooms to the world stage.

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213. Rethinks: Building Trusting Relationships Through Communication
July 1, 2025

213. Rethinks: Building Trusting Relationships Through Communication

How to turn doubt and suspicion into hopefulness and trust.

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212. Break It to Make It: Disrupt Your Way to the Perfect Job Fit
June 26, 2025

212. Break It to Make It: Disrupt Your Way to the Perfect Job Fit

Career growth starts with stepping outside your comfort zone.

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211. Small Screens, Strong Signals: Mastering Modern Communication
June 24, 2025

211. Small Screens, Strong Signals: Mastering Modern Communication

In the age of virtual communication, here’s how to ensure your messages convey what you mean.

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210. First Impression to Lasting Impact: Use Status Strategically
June 17, 2025

210. First Impression to Lasting Impact: Use Status Strategically

Career success takes a status boost, not a power grab.

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209. Find Your Fit, Find Your Focus - Catalyze Your Career
June 12, 2025

209. Find Your Fit, Find Your Focus - Catalyze Your Career

How to turn curiosity, clarity, and AI into your most powerful job search tools.

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208. Ambiguity to Action: Tensions and Trade-Offs of Leadership and Communication
June 10, 2025

208. Ambiguity to Action: Tensions and Trade-Offs of Leadership and C…

Amidst constant change, clear communication is the key to navigating uncertainty.

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207. From Conflict to Connection: Having Crucial Conversations that Count
June 3, 2025

207. From Conflict to Connection: Having Crucial Conversations that C…

How victim, villain, and helpless stories sabotage our most important conversations.

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