About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of deep listening as a transformative skill in relationships and leadership, featuring guest Emily Kasriel.

We live in a world that talks over people instead of listening to them. Debate has replaced understanding. Volume gets rewarded over vulnerability. And somehow, we’ve confused interrupting with intelligence. In this episode, we’re flipping the script. Because deep listening—the kind that transforms relationships, diffuses conflict, and actually builds connection—isn’t soft. It’s a power skill. A leadership skill. A humanity-saving skill. And there’s no one better to guide us through the how than today’s guest… Our guide today is Emily Kasriel, award-winning journalist, former BBC executive, and creator of the Deep Listening approach. With two decades of media experience, a role as Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, and a new book (Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes), Emily is here to show us how to stop talking... and actually hear each other. Listening—truly listening—isn’t passive. It’s active, intentional, and strong as hell. And in a culture that values being loud over being present, choosing to listen might just be the most rebellious, relationship-healing thing we can do. Thank you to our sponsors! Elevate your…

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Kalil

Guest: Emily Kasriel

Topics covered

• deep listening
• communication skills
• relationship building
• conflict resolution
• leadership
• self-improvement

Keywords

• listening
• communication
• relationships
• leadership
• conflict
• vulnerability
• understanding

Sponsors

Quince, Greenlight, CovePure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, King’s College London

Books & works: Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes

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