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The Media Moves Fast—Here’s How to Keep Up with Nikki Ogunnaike of Marie Claire

She's So Lucky

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

#305: What does it mean to actually understand the media you’re consuming—and how does that shape how you move through the world? That’s what we’re getting into this week with our guest, Nikki Ogunnaike.

Nikki is the Editor in Chief of Marie Claire **US, host of Marie Claire’s Nice Talk podcast and one of the sharpest voices in fashion and culture today. Having held roles at Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Elle, Glamour, InStyle, and Vanity Fair, she’s spent years helping people not just look good, but think critically about what they’re watching, reading, and sharing.

In this episode, we talk about the power of media literacy, why your personal style isn’t a destination, and why having your own lens is one of the most underrated success tools out there.

We Also Talk About…

  • How we can be more conscious consumers of fashion and media
  • How running has helped her find clarity and community
  • Her “Ins and Outs” for 2025—and whether they still hold up
  • Why media literacy is a non-negotiable in today’s world
  • The difference between copying style vs. cultivating it


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:11.8

Welcome back to She's So Lucky.

0:13.8

My name is Les.

0:14.7

I'm your hostess with the Mostest, at least hopefully you think I have the Mostis if you're

0:19.8

listening to this episode and I appreciate

0:22.3

you tuning in now something that you may not know about me is that I am a really big nerd when it

0:29.5

comes to media from a very young age I was absolutely obsessed with writing magazines newspapers

0:37.4

journalism it was what I wanted to be when I grew up.

0:41.1

And although my career ended up taking a slightly different path, it is something that I'm still

0:46.0

incredibly passionate about. And I especially think right now when we have media coming at us from

0:51.5

so many different directions, it is incredibly important that we all

0:55.4

have our wits about us when it comes to consuming good media and being able to decipher

1:01.7

what's real from what's not. So today on the show, I'm really excited to be sitting down with the

1:07.8

incredibly stylish and wildly insightful Nikki Ogunaki,

1:12.2

editor-in-chief of Marie Claire U.S., host of the Marie Claire Podcast Nice Talk, and all-around media

1:18.1

powerhouse.

1:19.5

We get into her journey from intern to editor-in-chief, her take on the future of media,

1:24.6

and we are even revisiting some of her ins and outs from the beginning

1:28.4

of the year to see if she still agrees. So get ready for some real talk, nice talk, and maybe

1:34.5

a few hot takes, plus some thoughts on how to be savvier, more intentional consumers of both

1:40.4

media and fashion.

1:49.9

Nikki, welcome to the show.

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