In this episode of Talking Smack 415, Jamie the Great and I sit down with Lynn Harris—founder and CEO of GOLD Comedy, the trailblazing comedy school, professional network, and content studio helping women and non-binary creatives launch their comedy careers, build community, and create hilarious, culture-shifting content.

Beyond comedy, Lynn is an award-winning journalist and novelist whose work has changed the national conversation around violence against young women—leading to new federal protections. She’s also the author of six books, including Death By Chick Lit and Breakup Girl to the Rescue!

We cover so much in this episode:

• How comedy is smashing the patriarchy
• The power of humor to create change and get people to listen
• Up-and-coming comedians to watch (Cameron Esposito, Maria Bamford, Naomi Ekperigin, Aparna Nancherla)
• Pop culture and the Coldplay cheating corporate CEO kiss-cam moment
• Gen X women having a comedy moment—challenging ageism, sexism, and invisibility on-screen
• The inside scoop on GOLD Comedy membership & programs
• Lynn’s brilliant idea for how we can finally get paid just for being us
  
  

Plus, Lynn is super generous—so much so that she’s offering a special discount code for GOLD Comedy membership. Just DM her on Insta and let her know you heard about GOLD on Talking Smack 415 to grab it!

📍 Find Lynn at goldcomedy.com
📸 On Instagram: @goldcomedy
💌 DM Lynn directly for membership details & discounts @lynnharris

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August is bringing major shifts — and it feels way better than July! In this episode, Maia shares her exciting energetic forecast for August 2025, and it’s all about luck, transformation, and alignment.

🌟 Theme of the month: Luck
🐞 Spirit animal: Ladybug — a symbol deeply connected to both Jamie the Great (who may have been one in a past life!) and Maia, who has two ladybug tattoos for her kids.
🎱 Magic 8 Ball vibes: It’s time to ask for what you want.

We’re currently in the powerful Lion’s Gate Portal, peaking on 8/8, when Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, floods the Earth with high-frequency light. Maia explains how to manifest what you want by aligning with the energy of already having it.

Don’t worry — if that sounds too woo for you, we also get real: manifestation is about taking aligned action.

🔮 Tarot Reading – Both cards are from the Disks suit (finances, health, career, physical world):

• 6 of Disks: Success, transformation, and good fortune
• 2 of Disks: Change that leads to expansion and stability
  Together they add up to 8 — reinforcing the 8/8 portal power.

⚠️ Maia’s warning: Beware of comparison. Stay in your lane, in your energy.

✨ Key topics:

• August 2025 energy forecast
• Lion’s Gate portal 8/8
• Spirit animals and signs
• Tarot reading and numerology
• Manifestation + aligned action
• How to avoid the comparison trap

Get into the frequency of success, ask for what you want, and let the universe meet you there.

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In this episode of Talking Smack 415 we chat with Career Coach and Consultant, Kate Sargent @yourcareerplusone. Kate is the founder of KJS Coaching & Consulting, where she has coached over 1,000 job seekers and helps businesses scale their people operations, and The Plus One Collective, a purpose-driven community for freelancers and consultants. She has 20 years of experience in People Ops at companies like The North Face, Method, and Allbirds.

We chat about:

• How Kate got into coaching, built her business from scratch, and blew up by word of mouth and LinkedIn
• Latest buzz word “fractional”- what it is
• The generosity flywheel & abundance mindset (it’s not just woo, it works)
• Salary negotiations - you always have to ask
• Networking reframe (and how to do it even if you’re an introvert)
• Real talk about the job market, career coaching for recent college grads, career pivots in your mid 40s, how to use LinkedIn- and more.

Plus: we take audience questions from @hey_it’st0m, @theclassieprofessor, Abby, and a surprise text mid-recording. And Kate has a mic-drop answer to the question she wishes people would ask her—but rarely do.

And yes—somehow we end up talking about butt cheeks, which makes a bizarrely appropriate segue into my latest original song, My Bikini. Make sure you listen through to the end- we go out with it. Is it a career-limiting maneuver? We’ll let you decide.

Fasten your seatbelt for this fast-talking, takeaway-packed episode. Share it with your peeps on the job hunt, in career transition, or wondering what’s next. We’d love if you rate and review so other peeps can find us too.

You can find Kate on all these links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksarge

IG: https://www.instagram.com/yourcareerplusone

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourcareerplusone

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourcareerplusone

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yourcareerplusone

And on Slack channels - the Plus One Collective and Fractional People People

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