Samara Bay is a downright truth-giver. She is the author of Permission to Speak: How to Change What Power Sounds Like, Starting With You (Penguin Random House, 2023). Samara coaches rising business leaders, political hopefuls, and public figures. In Hollywood, Samara worked as a speech and dialect coach on Wonder Woman 1984 with Gal Gadot, American Crime Story: Versace with Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, and Avengers: Infinity War. Her work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Fast Company, Glamour, Entrepreneur Magazine.

Books recommended by Samara Bay:

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

Women and Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

Recommended by VW bookseller/co-host, Julia:

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

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