Hello and welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete! I'm replaying some old favourite episodes this week while I am on holiday. This episode was recorded in March 2019. Since then Jameela's 'i Weigh' movement has blossomed and grown - it originally started as a hashtag and has now turned into a media company with her own podcast called i weigh which I highly recommend listening to, plus a website and newsletter.
You may know Jameela from her 2008 days as co-host of Channel 4’s Freshly Squeezed and T4. In 2013 she became the first female solo presenter of Radio 1’s The Official Chart Show and an award-winning columnist in Company magazine too.
In 2016 Jameela made her move to the US, where she was cast to play the role of Tahani on NBC’s THE GOOD PLACE. The show has won both an AFI Award, a Critics Choice Award and even nominated for a Global Globe.
Hope you enjoy this episode! I interviewed her at her home in LA and it was a really refreshing, interesting conversation.
You can follow i WEIGH here: https://www.instagram.com/i_weigh/?hl=en
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#246 Frankie Bridge: An Open Book
#245 Rana Foroohar: The Rise of Big Tech
#244 Ann Napolitano: From 80 Rejections To A Global Bestseller
#243 Ruby Warrington: What Does It Mean To Be "Sober Curious"?
#242 Kiley Reid: When Fiction Does What A Thinkpiece Cannot
#241 Gillian Anderson: TV, Time Out & Trying New Things
#240 Sarah Ellis (Part 2): Confidence Gremlins & Squiggly Motherhood
#239 Sarah Ellis (Part 1): Embrace The Squiggly Career
#238 Lucy Sheridan: The Comparison Cure: Be Less ‘Them’, More You
#237 Emma Forrest: Writing & Transcendental Meditation
#236 Rachel DeLoache Williams: My Friend Anna, The Scammer
#235 Ayesha Hazarika: on Online Tribalism & Multi-Hyphening
#234 Emily Weiss: On Building Glossier
#233 Eva Chen: On Building A Brand On Instagram
#232 BONUS: How Do We Make Work Better? (with Investors In People)
#231 Elaine Welteroth: On Quitting Your Job & Carving Out A New Path
#230 Jennifer Pastiloff: On Hearing Loss & Listening For A Living
#229 Jamie Bartlett: The Missing Cryptoqueen
#228 Marie Le Conte: Gossip, Power & Politics
#227 Dawn O'Porter: Is Anyone's Life As Perfect As It Looks?
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