Low to Grow

About Low to Grow

For the ambitious, third culture young professional. Where extraordinary people with migration in their life path, open up about how they navigated identity, non-linear careers and relationships. Hosted by Annie Wenmiao Yu (Oxford/ForbesU30/HurunU30) "I believe that asking the right questions is a productive way to navigate uncertainty and hope that the insights here will be useful to the thoughtful listeners of Low to Grow!"

Publisher

Annie Yu Wenmiao

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Apr 2025

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Rachel Hartigan: Hunting Amelia Earhart and How to Say YES

   Former National Geographic writer Rachel Hartigan joins Annie Wenmiao Yu to discuss her debut book 'Lost,' a deep dive into the enduring mystery of Amelia Earhart. She recounts joining a Pacific expedition with human remains detection dogs, working alongside Titanic discoverer Bob Ballard, and building a career from a Nevada cowboy magazine to the Washington Post's Book World. Rachel reflects on saying yes to opportunities, living with uncertainty, AI in journalism, and why unsolved mysteries still captivate ordinary people.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Bayo Adelaja: From Benefits to MBE Building Black Equity

   Bayo Adelaja MBE, founder and CEO of Do It Now, Now, joins Annie Wenmiao Yu to trace her journey from LSE researcher to redundancy, life on benefits, and rebuilding as a freelancer before founding a London-based organization that has granted over £3.5 million to Black-led organizations across the UK. She discusses structural racism in funding, the difference between intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs, autonomy and mental health at work, receiving an MBE, and how she learned to rest and set boundaries as a leader.

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Courtney Kocak: Girl Gone Wild Memoir, Reinvention & Owning Your Story

   Writer, podcaster and comedian Courtney Kocak joins Annie Wenmiao Yu to unpack her memoir Girl Gone Wild, from her small-town Minnesota roots to reinventing herself as a writer at 27 after leaving acting. She opens up about shedding shame around sexual assault, an abortion at 23, and selling t-shirts on the Girls Gone Wild tour, plus the long road to publishing with a small press. Courtney also shares her flow-state productivity approach, the power of journaling, and why it's never too late to chase a creative dream.

Who has been a guest on Low to Grow

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amar Parmar
• Lily Elsner
• Sam Minhas

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,201

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

32

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Does not typically book guests

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