As people get vaccinated and the world starts to open up again this summer, this week on Professional Troublemaker, we are airing an encore episode where Luvvie is sharing her travel favorites. After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles for work and play, Luvvie has opinions to share on everything from her favorite travel products from packing cubes that will help you organize your luggage to noise-canceling headphones to tune out the world during your flight to a few tips to make your...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, we've got a bit of a change-up - instead of Luvvie being the interviewer, she's the one being interviewed. Near the end of the Professional Troublemaker press tour, Luvvie did an IG Live for Elizabeth Gilbert's Onward Book Club, and it was such a fantastic conversation, we're excited to share it here.

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with businesswoman, motivational speaker, pastor and bestselling author Sarah Jakes Roberts. Sarah is the daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes and Mrs. Serita Jakes and pastors a dynamic community of artists and professionals in Hollywood alongside her husband, Touré Roberts. During her conversation with Luvvie, Sarah shares the adversities she’s had to overcome that eventually led her to who she is today. Her story is an example of...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is speaking to Veteran political strategist, Donna Brazile. Donna is the former interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, became the first African American woman to serve as the manager of a major party presidential campaign, and is a best-selling author and speaks at colleges and universities across the country. During her conversation with Luvvie, they cover the importance of always asking why, how critical it is to lift others as...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Rachel Rodgers. Rachel is the founder of Hello Seven, a multi-million-dollar company that teaches women how to earn more money and build wealth, and she’s the author of We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power Rachel talks all about her career as a lawyer and how she shifted into the coaching and entrepreneurial space, and why she’s so passionate about making sure women – especially...

In this #ArchiveApril episode, we're re-airing Luvvie's interview with Yvette Noel-Schure - legendary media mogul and publicist to stars like Prince, Maxwell, and Beyonce. Luvvie and Yvette are talking about how she chooses happiness and has established an award-winning career built on respect, loyalty, hard work, and love.

In this Archive April episode, Luvvie is re-sharing an in-depth interview from 2018 with Sundial Brands Co-Founder and CEO Rich Dennis. In the interview, Rich shares how he went from selling soaps on 125th street in Harlem to building a business that is now a global conglomerate. He chats about why economic freedom is so critical for the Black community and breaks down the costs of (not) buying Black. He talks about buying ESSENCE Magazine and explains how he had the conviction to insist that...

On this episode of Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is bringing back an interview she did with Thasunda Brown Duckett on her previous podcast as part of Archive April. At the time of this interview, Thasunda was serving as the CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, but earlier this year she was named as the president and CEO of TIAA and is the first woman to serve in that role.

This week on Professional Troublemaker we’re kicking off Archive April! We’re reaching back into the archives from when the podcast was called Rants & Randomness and bringing you some of the conversations Luvvie has had with some amazing Professional Troublemakers over the years. For this first episode of Archive April, Luvvie is talking to her friend Bozoma Saint John. Currently Chief Marketing Officer for Netflix, at the time of this interview in 2018, Boz had just left her job at Uber...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with legendary shoe-designer and President of Fear of God Athletics, Jason Mayden. In this episode, they discuss Jason’s journey from designing girl’s names in bubble letters to designing shoes for Nike at 21. Jason and Luvvie talk all about Imposter Syndrome, the urge to give into it, and the realization of belonging in a room. They also delve into Jason's design process and the importance of the narrative when coming up with...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with communications powerhouse, Kimberly Blackwell. As the CEO of PMM, a distributor of customized promotional products, and a Fortune 100 Marketing & Strategy executive, Kimberly talks about the importance of knowing your value and honing into your superpowers as a Black woman within a predominantly white and male space. Kimberly delves into being an advocate for community, having positive women to be vulnerable with,...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is talking to WNBA superstar Sue Bird about thinking BIG and maintaining expectations in the face of adversity. Bird, who “came out of the womb shooting hoops”, discusses the importance of authenticity as a gay woman in sports and gives insight on intersectionality, knowing your value, and the power of unity. Beyond making plays on the court, Bird discusses how she contributed to the WNBA’s impactful social justice movement, in which the league...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with Nicole Walters. Nicole is the founder and CEO of a multi-million-dollar personal development and business education empire. After quitting her corporate job on livestream in front of 10,000 people Nicole uses all the skills and knowledge she learned in the corporate world and specializes in business development training and strategic coaching for emerging entrepreneurs and established business owners.

Today’s the day! Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual is officially in the world. You can now purchase Professional Troublemaker wherever books are sold, including Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Bookshop, and more! In this episode, Luvvie is talking about the book, what inspired her to write it, and her mission to help a million people fight their fear.

Today's guest is comedian and social media sensation Elsa Majimbo. Pre-global pandemic, Elsa was a journalism student with just over seven thousand followers. Fast forward a few viral videos later, and Elsa is out here with major corporate partnerships, her own ASMR song about snacks on Apple Music and Spotify, and millions of people around the world waiting for her to drop her next video.

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with author, speaker, activist and founder of the Me Too movement, Tarana Burke. For more than 25 years, Tarana has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Tarana has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is sharing the audio from an IG Live conversation she had with Because of Them We Can founder Eunique Jones Gibson. Part of Fear-Fighter February, this conversation was so filled with inspiration to help people fight their fear and live audaciously, we had to share it here on the Professional Troublemaker podcast as well.

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is talking to award-winning actress and writer Gabourey Sidibe. After breaking on the scene as the title character in the Academy Award-nominated film, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Gabby has gone on to create memorable characters on several seasons of the Emmy Award-nominated anthology series “American Horror Story.” She has also appeared in the Golden Globe Award-nominated series “The Big C,” and on the smash-hit series...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is reflecting on the recent passing of her therapist and how to figure out how to process the death of the person who helps you process life. She’s talking all about the importance of therapy for everyone trying to show up as their full selves in this world and shares the reasons everyone should get therapy, how to find a therapist (including resources on finding one) and challenges listeners to start therapy if they aren’t already working with...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is talking to multiple award-winning actress and singer Cynthia Erivo. Cynthia is a Tony®, Emmy® and Grammy® Award-winning actress, as well as Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, and SAG nominee. She played Celie in the West End and Broadway revivals of the musical “The Color Purple,” and was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in “Harriet," She currently appears on the HBO series “The Outsider,” and will soon play Aretha Franklin in National...

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is talking to Founder & CEO of Uncharted Power and award-winning scientist Jessica O. Matthews. Her list of accolades is amazing. Jessica has two degrees from Harvard, Forbes 30 Under 30, Harvard Scientist of the Year, listed on over 12 patents and patents pending, including her first invention of the SOCCKET – an energy generating soccer ball she invented at the age of 19. But Jessica is a professional troublemaker, not just for all she’s...

Welcome to the Professional Troublemaker podcast with Luvvie Ajayi Jones! After almost three years of Rants & Randomness, it felt like the podcast needed a change. We’d grown up a little. We’re bringing you the same dope interviews, still Luvvie learning alongside her guests in these amazing conversations, but with a new name. In this episode, Luvvie talks all about where this new name comes from, defines what a professional troublemaker is, and why it is so needed right now.

On this episode of Rants & Randomness, we’ve got a big announcement. After almost three years of Rants & Randomness, we’re making a change. Same dope interviews, still Luvvie learning alongside her guests in these amazing conversations, but we’re giving it a new name. Starting January 5, 2021 – on Luvvie’s birthday – this podcast will be called Professional Troublemaker. If you’re already subscribed, you don’t have to do anything. We’ll have a new thumbnail picture, but all the...

This week on Rants & Randomness, Luvvie is talking veteran TV journalist and host Cari Champion. After working for nearly a decade at ESPN where she served as a SportsCenter anchor and host of ESPN Two's First Take, Cari made history earlier this year with her move to VICE TV, working alongside co-host and former guest of this podcast, Jemele Hill, as the first Black women to host a late-night cable show.