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The Soap Box Podcast

Peta O'Brien-Day

56 episodes

1 week ago

Today's guest is Crystal Whiteaker, founder of Crystal Lily Creative, an inclusive leadership and brand development consultancy. Crystal is also the author of Brave Leadership is a Choice: An Inclusive Guide to Creating Belonging, and she works with mission-driven founders over meaningful stretches of time – starting with who you are as a leader, then aligning your messaging and your backend systems so the experience you promise is the one people actually get. With 20 years of experience acro...

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Today's guest is Crystal Whiteaker, founder of Crystal Lily Creative, an inclusive leadership and brand development consultancy. Crystal is also the author of Brave Leadership is a Choice: An Inclusive Guide to Creating Belonging, and she works with mission-driven founders over meaningful stretches of time – starting with who you are as a leader, then aligning your messaging and your backend systems so the experience you promise is the one people actually get. With 20 years of experience acro...

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Episodes (20/56)

The Soap Box Podcast

Why you can’t outsource your values, with Crystal Whiteaker

Today's guest is Crystal Whiteaker, founder of Crystal Lily Creative, an inclusive leadership and brand development consultancy. Crystal is also the author of Brave Leadership is a Choice: An Inclusive Guide to Creating Belonging, and she works with mission-driven founders over meaningful stretches of time – starting with who you are as a leader, then aligning your messaging and your backend systems so the experience you promise is the one people actually get. With 20 years of experience acro...

1 week ago

34 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How to do good and do well, with Sarah Fox

Today’s Soapbox is for anyone who’s ever tried to make things better, but found themselves wondering if it’s really making a dent. (I know that’s been me at times.) My guest, Sarah Fox, has spent years at the messy human end of change – community arts, small charities, and now coaching and supervision for leaders. She’s an accredited coach, coach supervisor, trainer, and action learning facilitator, supporting socially minded leaders, founders, freelancers, and organisations to clarify their ...

1 month ago

45 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why you should follow your gut, with Tarrah Nhari

Today on the Soap Box, I’m joined by Tarrah Nhari, CEO and co-founder of Tammwe, a platform that connects African and displaced freelancers with global opportunities. Through Tammwe’s enterprise services, Tarrah also partners with tech teams across the African continent, helping them land bigger projects while championing fair pay, skills development, and economic growth. But as is often the case with my guests, that’s just one part of her story. Tarrah is fiercely driven by equity – whether ...

2 months ago

44 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why the words you choose really matter, with Ettie Bailey-King

Today’s guest, Ettie Bailey-King, is an inclusive and accessible communication educator who’s on a mission to change the way we think about language. And you know me, I love a good ramble down a rabbit hole into the words we use every day. Ettie teaches people to understand and use inclusive language (how to talk more accurately and inclusively about age, class, disability, gender, race, sexuality and more) and to communicate accessibly in ways that work better for everybody, whether they’re ...

2 months ago

40 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why the creative industry needs a class reckoning, with Emilia Kireli-Reed

I like to think of branding and marketing as tools for connection – ways to build trust, grow communities, and reach the right people. But what if the way we’re marketing is actually widening the gap instead of closing it? What if it’s making real connection less likely? This week on The Soap Box, I’m speaking to Emilia Kireli-Reed, founder and creative director of Kireli Studio, one of the few branding studios solely focused on social and ethical impact, about how the creative industries can...

2 months ago

50 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why you don’t need confidence to tell your story, with Stacia Keogh

You know that moment when someone stands up to speak and you can feel the disconnect? Their words are polished, their slides are tidy, their branding is on point, but something’s off. It’s like they’re performing at you, not speaking with you. They’ve planned every word, they’re sticking to their script, and they’d deliver it the same way no matter who was in the room. This week’s guest, Stacia Keogh, has no time for that kind of stagecraft. She’s an embodied speaking coach, a traditional sto...

3 months ago

51 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why you need to shout louder about doing good, with Riannon Palmer

Today’s guest is building something rare in the PR world, a business that delivers results without burning people out. Riannon Palmer is the founder of Lem-uhn, an award-winning B Corp and feel-good PR agency that works exclusively with companies that care. She launched the business in 2021 to fill a very real gap in the industry: an agency that actually puts people first. Why? Because PR has a problem. 91% of PR professionals say they’ve struggled with their mental health in the past year, a...

3 months ago

30 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How AI could make our systems fairer, with Tamara Polajnar

Let’s be honest, for a lot of people in my world, AI feels like a bit of a villain right now. It’s been decimating creative industries, disrupting business models, and flooding the internet with content that’s at best soulless, and at worst, dangerous. I’m recording this just as the whole Grok-goes-anti-woke mess is playing out, so feelings are certainly mixed. I’ve got plenty of thoughts about AI, and I’m happy to talk your ear off about them (do send me a DM). But today’s guest offers a dif...

3 months ago

44 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why sex ed isn’t just for teens, with Tristin Agtarap

Take my dulcet tones off speaker and pop in your earbuds because today, we’re talking about sex. This episode is a deep dive into what it really means to talk about sex, health, and education in ways that actually land. And a lot of it might surprise you. My guest is Dr Tristin Agtarap, a psychologist, researcher, and all-round brilliant human, who specialises in sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and the cultural factors that shape our well-being. Tris works at Brook, one of th...

3 months ago

51 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Unravelling the time industry, with Vikki Yaffe

If you finally work out how to time block, then you’ll get everything done on that giant to-do list of yours, right? And once Amazon delivers that tomato-shaped Pomodoro timer, you’ll finally reach those big goals. You’ll get that offer written, create the thing, write the book. Well… not necessarily, according to this week’s guest. Vikki Yaffe says we’ve created systems and norms that don’t work for 95% of the population. And instead of desperately trying to find the right tool to squeeze ou...

4 months ago

38 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

What do you REALLY need to do to market your business, with Danielle Thompson

We think we know what it takes to market a business online. A bit of Instagram wizardry here, a five-step LinkedIn funnel there, a sprinkle of referral strategy and maybe a course by someone who talks like Alex Hormozi but wears a skirt suit – and boom, marketing sorted. Right? Wrong. This isn’t technically a marketing podcast, but let’s be honest, if you’re a business owner with a social conscience, you need a way to market that actually works without selling your soul. You want to reach peo...

5 months ago

46 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How your website could save the planet, with Teresa Ferreira

Sustainability is on all of our minds right now. Whether it’s arguments about bin collections, fast fashion waste, or what the hell AI is doing to the planet, it’s everywhere. And let’s be honest, sustainability has also become big business. If people care about it in their daily lives, they’re definitely thinking about it when they make decisions about who to buy from and work with. Which is all well and good if you’re a product-based business with compostable packaging and tree-planting per...

5 months ago

43 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How to build a business by swearing on the internet, with Lauren Howard

You know that feeling when you stumble across someone on social media and immediately think, yep – they’re one of my people? That’s exactly what happened when I found Lauren, aka L2, on Threads. While most of the coaching world was busy copy-pasting their Instagram strategies onto this new platform (and wondering why it wasn’t working), Lauren stood out by doing the opposite: saying what she actually thought. Thankfully, she’s not just insightful – she’s also scathingly funny, allergic to bul...

6 months ago

52 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why it’s not your fault, with Pippa Parfait

What if the way you’ve been told to run your business isn’t working for you—not because you’re doing it wrong, but because it was never designed for you in the first place? In this episode, we sit down with Pippa Parfait, co-founder of the Disobedient Business® Co., to unpack why traditional business rules often fail us and how to build a business that truly works for you. We dive into the patriarchal origins of business norms, the pressure to follow so-called "best practices," and the guilt ...

8 months ago

49 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How to live your company values when the rubber hits the road, with Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld

What happens to your values as leaders and business owners when the rubber really hits the road? In this timely and critical episode, we explore what it truly means for businesses to live their values—not just when things are easy, but when it really counts. Recorded just a week after Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, this conversation comes at a pivotal moment as businesses across the U.S. face unprecedented challenges. With new executive orders and shifting workplace dynamics, how can leade...

9 months ago

46 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why you feel the need to belong, with Amena Chaudhry

What does it mean to belong, and why is it so important to us? In this episode, we dive deep into the profound concept of belonging with Amena, a Belonging & Emotional Resilience Strategist and Coach, who helps high-impact, high-integrity leaders master the skills to foster cultures of belonging. Together, we explore why belonging is so vital to our survival and well-being, the shifts in DEI language, and the challenges and complexities of creating inclusive environments. Amena shares h...

9 months ago

57 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Exercise is political, with Donna Noble

In this episode, we explore the intersection of politics, exercise, and social justice with Donna Noble, the inspiring Founder of CurvesomeYoga and a leading advocate for body positivity and inclusivity in wellness. Donna has been a yoga teacher since 2011, teaching all over the UK, India, and the US, and is known for her immersive yoga experiences that prove everyBODY is a yoga body. She’s also the author of Teaching Body Positive Yoga, a Wellbeing Coach, and a public speaker with over 20 y...

9 months ago

51 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

How would you lead? with Sarae Pratt

What comes to mind when you picture a leader? For many, it’s the same old stereotype: a white man in a suit, speaking and acting in a particular, "traditional" way. This narrow vision of leadership shapes how we see ourselves, particularly if we're women, and whether we even see ourselves as leaders at all. But what if there’s a different way? In this episode, I’m joined by Sarae Pratt, a coach and trainer for women in traditional male or male-dominated roles and industries. She helps them t...

11 months ago

51 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Why taxes are awesome

With rumours circulating, often planted by right-wing media, suggesting that everyone's taxes are going up and that Labour had lied in their campaigning, there's a notion that we’re heading back to the 1970s in some vague way. In light of this, I thought it best to hop on my soapbox and share my thoughts on the matter: taxes are awesome. Yes, I said it. As we approach the budget announcement where the chancellor will set various tax levels, there’s another frustrating semantic debate about wh...

1 year ago

18 minutes

The Soap Box Podcast

Enthusiastically waving goodbye to White Feminism, with Lucy Lucraft

What does your bookshelf look like? Is it a towering stack of paperbacks you bought with the best intentions, or are you more of a digital reader with a Kindle full of interesting titles? One side of my house is pretty much completely covered in books, and while I’ve read a lot of them, a good chunk are there just waiting to be cracked open. And amongst those books are a lot on allyship and anti-racism, some of which were bought around the Black Lives Matter protests. In this episode, I talk ...

1 year ago

43 minutes