Unruly with Jodi-Ann Burey

Unruly with Jodi-Ann Burey

From Black & Published by Nikesha Elise Williams

March 3, 2026 · 52 min · Season 6 · Episode 9

About this episode

Nikesha Elise Williams interviews Jodi-Ann Burey about her book on workplace discrimination and the impact of her health diagnosis on her career.

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Jodi-Ann Burey , author of the book Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work . Part memoir, part sociological study of how women, queer, disabled, and minoritized people are discriminated against in the workplace, the book is an outgrowth of Jodi-Ann’s 2020 Ted Talk on the same subject that’s been viewed nearly two million times. In our conversation, Jodi-Ann shares the life-threatening health diagnosis that shifted her relationship with work, the predatory publishing offers she received after internet virality, and why she says the future of work depends on other people. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform

People in this episode

Host: Nikesha Elise Williams

Guest: Jodi-Ann Burey

Topics covered

  • workplace discrimination
  • memoir
  • sociological study
  • queer issues
  • disabled rights
  • publishing

Keywords

  • workplace
  • discrimination
  • memoir
  • sociology
  • queer
  • disabled
  • publishing
  • Ted Talk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mahogany Books

Books & works: Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work, The Seven Daughters of Dupree

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