Our Voices Matter Podcast

About Our Voices Matter Podcast

Our stories have the power to bring us closer together, if only we will listen. Emmy Award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, Linda Lorelle, guides guests through insightful, intimate conversations that reveal our common humanity. This show is not about politics; it is about finding a way to reclaim civility in the context of the contentious times in which we live, by sharing our personal and professional stories, in hopes that others might find a glimpse of themselves.

Publisher

Linda Lorelle

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Dec 2018

Latest episode

5 May 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 159 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Political Divisions Lead a Brother to Reach Out to His Sister Through This Podcast

   This is the story of a self-described Mitt Romney Republican who voted for Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, wrote in Paul Ryan, and voted for Donald Trump. Do I have your attention? More so than almost any other conversation I've brought you in the last seven and half years, this one embodies the core mission of Our Voices Matter (https://ourvoicesmatterpodcast.com/why-this-podcast/). I ask that you give my guest permission to speak his truth, and that you have the courage to listen with an open mind. In doing so, my bet is that by the end of our conversation, you will find at least one thing you have in common with him. That is my goal. Terrence Keeley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrence-keeley-3507a42b/) made his mark in the financial world as Managing Director & Global Head of BlackRock, (https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/about-us/about-blackrock) the world's largest asset manager, for more than 12 years. He was a senior financial advisor to the Vatican under Pope Francis; he now runs two financial services firms, Impact Evaluation Lab (https://impactevaluationlab.com)and 1Point Six (https://www.1pointsix.com); and he's a devout Catholic with seven siblings. Several of them are currently not speaking to him. "How could you have?" is the question now routinely making its way into the family group chat. The estrangement from his sister, Michelle, is hitting him especially hard. Their respective views of the killing of Renée Good (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Renée_Good) has torn them apart. It is one of the reasons Terry wanted to do this podcast interview. To talk about how the political divisions in the country have permeated throughout his family -- and so many other families across our nation. To explore a nuanced conversation about a variety of hot button issues, including how to disagree without demonizing the other person. To let his siblings know how much he loves them -- and help us all remember and reconnect with our shared humanity. Truthfully, it would have been difficult for me to have this conversation a few years ago. I still have lots of room for improvement, but through more than 150 conversations on this podcast, and my work as Co-founder of Civil Dialogues, (https://civildialogues.us) I'm getting better at doing this. Like anything else, it requires practice. Sometimes we stumble and fall short, but the more we do it, the better we get. At times you will hear each of us struggling to choose our words. And just so you know, nothing has been edited out. This is Terry and Linda wading into the muck and coming out on the other side in one piece. From ICE and immigration to Trump and Pope Leo, no topic was off limits. I urge you to watch or listen to the very end, especially if you are estranged from someone close to you. Michelle, this one's for you.

2. 

   29 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How Courage, Curiosity & Compassion Can Lead Us Out of the Chaos

   Award-winning director Tricia Brouk discusses how leaders can move away from ego-driven approaches and embrace compassion, curiosity, and courage to foster connection and improve outcomes; this is an interview.

3. 

   8 Aug 2025

   Why Donald Graham is Championing Undocumented Students - Donald Graham

   Most people know Donald Graham (https://www.ghco.com/board-member/donald-graham/) as the former publisher of the Washington Post. These days he is Chairman Emeritus of Graham Holdings, a conglomerate whose operations include online, print and local TV news, among many other sectors. He is also Co-founder of TheDream.US (https://www.thedream.us/), the nation’s largest college scholarship provider to undocumented students. When the state of Texas recently announced a requirement (https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/23/texas-undocumented-students-in-state-tuition/) for all public colleges and universities to identify undocumented students, I figured Graham would have some thoughts on the subject. I was right. He readily agreed to an interview which was conducted August 6th on Substack Live (https://lindalorelle.substack.com/). This podcast is a recording of that interview. It’s part of a weekly segment called “All Eyes on Texas”, highlighting issues at the forefront in the Lone Star state that often have national repercussions. With the non-stop news generated by the Trump administration 2.0, it’s easy for important topics to get lost in the shuffle. This one is too important to overlook, and after listening to this conversation, I think you’ll understand why.

Inside a recent episode

How Political Divisions Lead a Brother to Reach Out to His Sister Through This Podcast

Published 5 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] One was to really support what you're doing. Two was to make sure my brothers and sisters know how much I really love them. How I mourn the fact that these are difficult times for us in a relationship. And I'm willing to admit there's more things I can do to be an active listener, to be more empathetic. I found almost every time something negative was said about Donald Trump in the text exchange, I kind of had to do a, yeah, but, and that didn't work out so well, did it? And it never really does. And timeouts are important, but Where I also was really hoping that we could go on this is much more at a societal level. […]

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

161,421

Score snapshot 11 Oct 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

27

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