Samara chats with the television and film director about what leadership on set looks and sounds like, how to use your voice to make decisions that will not please everyone, the secret to good pitching, and who Hollywood actually *is* these days.   ****What’s going on with YOUR voice? Send Samara a question for our upcoming MAILBAG episode at PermissiontoSpeakPod.com or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod****   Host: Samara Bay Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team Theme music: Mark Cantin   For Steph Green on social: @stephanngreen For Maya Angelou in conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-book-club/id263658343?i=1000353657039 For Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise performance: youtube.com/watch?v=qviM_GnJbOM For more on Rebecca Solnit: rebeccasolnit.net/book/the-mother-of-all-questions/ For more on Lindy West: lindywest.net/the-witches-are-coming-1 For more info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers