Empowered & Out with Guest Sam Malone

Finding Your Authentic Voice with Sam Malone

What if the very sound of your voice could transform how the world sees you?

In this episode of Empowered & Out, host Jonathan Barbe welcomes Sam Malone, lead spoken voice lecturer in Musical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and a teacher at RADA. Sam’s students now lead West End productions like Hadestown, Mean Girls, and Les Misérables. 

Beyond the stage, he coaches executives at companies like Wagamama, Accenture, and Skadden — helping leaders speak with presence, authenticity, and calm under pressure.

Together, Jonathan and Sam explore:

• The connection between voice, identity, and authenticity
• How bias affects who gets heard in the workplace
• The nervous system’s role in communication and leadership
• Supporting trans and non-binary voices
• Why your voice — just as it is — is enough
• Sam’s upcoming book Why They Can’t Hear You: A Practical Guide to Taking Up Vocal Space

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