Our Voices Matter Podcast

What Our Voices Matter Podcast does

Our Voices Matter Podcast is an online audio and video media platform launched in late 2018 by Emmy and Gracie award-winning broadcast journalist Linda Lorelle. The podcast features intimate conversations centered on human connection, empathy, and common humanity, and is distributed through standard podcast platforms and a companion Substack newsletter. The platform functions primarily as a content marketing and brand-building asset within Linda Lorelle's broader media and professional services ecosystem.

The broader operating entity, Linda Lorelle Media (founded 2009), monetizes the brand through four professional services revenue streams: keynote speaking and event moderation, award-winning film and video production, executive coaching and media training, and podcast/content distribution. All services are delivered on a quote-based, custom-engagement model with no publicly disclosed pricing, and are acquired through direct client contact, professional referrals, and inbound demand generated by Linda's speaking appearances. The customer base spans corporate event organizers, nonprofit foundations, trade associations, and individual executives. Select named engagements include the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Association of General Contractors (2025 conference).

The business also encompasses the Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1991 that has awarded nearly $5 million in scholarships to 400+ students, and Civil Dialogues, a national democracy project co-founded in 2024 with Jean Becker in partnership with presidential library foundations and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. The organization is privately held, headquartered at 5868 Westheimer Rd, Suite 414, Houston, TX, operates with 1-10 employees, and has no institutional funding or external investors disclosed.

Name

Our Voices Matter Podcast

Legal name

Our Voices Matter Podcast

Website

https://lindalorelle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Our Voices Matter Podcast is an online audio and video media platform launched in 2018 by journalist Linda Lorelle, featuring human-interest conversations about common humanity. It operates within Linda Lorelle Media, which monetizes the brand through keynote speaking, video production, and executive coaching services for corporate and nonprofit clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Speaking & Media Services

NAICS

Sound Recording Industries (5122), Sound Recording Studios (51224)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Podcast Networks & Studio Platforms (MPAIADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE), Audio Learning Content (Podcasts, Audiobooks, Listening Programs) (EDAGALAM)

Keywords

• Podcast production
• Executive coaching services
• Keynote speaking
• Video production services
• Communications consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Speaking & Keynote Engagements: Linda Lorelle is hired as a keynote speaker, panel moderator, or emcee for corporate events, conferences, and public gatherings. This is a primary revenue stream driven by her broadcast journalism reputation and communication expertise.
2. Film & Video Production: Award-winning film and video production services for corporate clients, documentaries, and multimedia projects. Part of Linda Lorelle Media offerings.
3. Executive Coaching & Media Training: One-on-one coaching services for executives and professionals seeking to improve their communication, presentation, and media presence skills.
4. Podcast & Content: Our Voices Matter Podcast generates content for listener engagement. Monetization likely through Substack newsletter subscriptions and potential sponsorship.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Our Voices Matter Podcast is an online audio and video media platform founded in late 2018 by Emmy and Gracie award-winning journalist Linda Lorelle, featuring intimate conversations about human connection, common humanity, empathy, and understanding across differences. The podcast is part of the broader Linda Lorelle Media business, which also offers paid speaking engagements, film/video production, executive coaching, and communications consulting services.

Product overview

Our Voices Matter Podcast is a single-purpose media offering — a podcast platform launched by Linda Lorelle in late 2018 to share compelling human stories and foster connection across differences. It operates alongside related ventures: Linda Lorelle Media (a multimedia production and communications consulting firm founded in 2009), Civil Dialogues (a democracy project co-founded in 2024), and the Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund (an education non-profit established in 1991). The podcast represents the storytelling arm of Linda Lorelle's broader mission to elevate voices and promote common humanity.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Our Voices Matter Podcast Audio and video podcast featuring intimate conversations with guests about human connection, common humanity, empathy, and finding common ground across perceived differences. Available to general listeners through podcast platforms and referenced as the storytelling arm of Linda Lorelle Media.
• The EmPATHy Forward (Substack Newsletter)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly $5 million in scholarships awarded to 400+ students since 1991

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jean BeckercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-founder of Civil Dialogues democracy project alongside Linda Lorelle. Jean Becker is a fellow journalist and NY Times bestselling author. The project is touring the U.S. since 2024 in partnership with presidential library foundations, the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, and policy institutes.
• Presidential Library FoundationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with presidential library foundations for the Civil Dialogues democracy project touring the U.S. since 2024 to promote civil discourse and civic engagement.
• Kinder Institute on Constitutional DemocracycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for Civil Dialogues democracy project, providing research and constitutional democracy expertise to the touring initiative.
• Policy InstitutesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVarious policy institutes participating in Civil Dialogues democracy project focused on promoting civil discourse and thoughtful civic engagement.
• Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund (LLSF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation non-profit co-founded by Linda Lorelle in 1991, providing nearly $5 million in college scholarships and life skills training to 400+ students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to continue their education.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wondery: Wondery is an Amazon-owned podcast network and studio platform producing and distributing narrative and interview podcasts — a broad incumbent representing the scaled, professionally-backed competition in the podcast space.
• Oprah's Super Soul Conversations: Oprah's Super Soul franchise combines a podcast, interview programming, and live events on human connection and meaning — a much larger, well-funded analog targeting overlapping empathy and personal-growth themes.
• TED: TED is the dominant speaking-and-content platform, producing TED Talks videos, TED Podcasts, and TED Conferences — an incumbent in the keynote space where Our Voices Matter competes for speaker bookings and event partnerships.
• NPR Podcasts: NPR operates one of the largest public-radio podcast portfolios including interview and storytelling shows — a broad incumbent whose reach and production infrastructure dwarf independent personal-brand podcasts in the same conversational format.

Direct peers

• Brené Brown: Brené Brown is a researcher, keynote speaker, podcast host (Unlocking Us), and bestselling author who built a personal brand on vulnerability and human connection — directly comparable to Linda Lorelle's storytelling-and-empathy positioning across speaking, podcast, and content.
• Marie Forleo: Marie Forleo built a personal brand around a podcast (MarieTV), coaching programs, and keynote speaking — directly comparable to Linda Lorelle's podcast-plus-coaching-plus-speaking service mix with a single-founder structure.
• The Moth: The Moth is a nonprofit storytelling platform that produces a flagship podcast and live events featuring intimate personal narratives — the same human-connection storytelling format that Our Voices Matter Podcast centers, with a comparable mix of audio content and live programming.
• Lewis Howes (School of Greatness): Lewis Howes hosts the School of Greatness podcast and built a personal brand spanning keynote speaking, coaching, and online courses — a near-direct peer in single-founder podcast-plus-professional-services business model.
• Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss built the Tim Ferriss Show podcast into a flagship interview program and monetized via books, keynote speaking, and coaching — a comparable single-founder media-plus-services enterprise in the personal-development content space.
• StoryCorps: StoryCorps is a nonprofit oral-history project that records and broadcasts intimate conversations across differences, distributed as a podcast and radio program — a strong analog to Our Voices Matter's mission of capturing common humanity through recorded conversations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/our-voices-matter-with-linda-lorelle
• Instagraminstagram.com/lindalorelle

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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