Padma Lakshmi: “We're not taught to advocate for ourselves at the expense of maybe ruffling some feathers.”

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Padma Lakshmi has our dream job. She’s the host and executive producer of “Top Chef” and the upcoming series “Taste The Nation.” And her career has taken her all over the world to try the best food. But it’s also thrown her a few curveballs. Padma sat down with us this week to tell us how she became a serious player in the culinary world, and why her activism fuels her work. In this episode, Padma shares how she overcame imposter syndrome (13:30), why she’s a committed mentor (15:56), and how she brings her sense of activism into the culinary world (18:13). Stay tuned at the end for a spotlight on Dogdrop, a flexible dog daycare center. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here. Note: This episode contains mentions of sexual assault that may be triggering for some listeners.

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0:00.0	As women were not taught to demand or negotiate to our full potential. We're not taught to advocate for ourselves
0:15.5	at the expense of maybe ruffling some feathers.
0:18.8	The end of the day, like, you don't need friends.
0:21.6	You have friends for friends. You need jobs, you know?
0:25.0	And you need to be respected at work.
0:29.0	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:31.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:32.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:33.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:36.6	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:39.3	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:44.8	We started the skim from a couch so what better place to talk it all out than where it began
0:49.6	on a couch? couch. from three different couches. The skim is still working from home for the time
1:04.4	being because of COVID-19. Today Padma Lakshmi joins us on skimmed from the
1:11.0	couch. She is the host and executive producer of Top Chef on Bravo, a job she's been doing for over a decade and one that we very much enjoy. She's also an author and an advocate as the co-founder of the
1:24.8	Endometriosis Foundation of America and as an ambassador to the ACLU. Her new
1:30.8	show Taste the Nation debuts on Hulu this month.
1:35.0	It takes audiences on a journey across the US
1:37.6	and explores the rich food cultures of various immigrant groups.
1:41.6	Panama, we are very excited to have you with us today. Welcome to
1:44.5	Skim from the couch. Hi guys, thank you for having me on. This is like one giant
1:49.6	Skype call, so it's how, but I feel at home because it's how I talk to most of my family all over the world. So I'm used to it.
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