Vulnerability is Everything: Yeardley Smith, Entrepreneur and Voice of Lisa Simpson

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff

Society & Culture

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Yeardley Smith may be one of the most candidly open and honest interviews we’ve had on Superwomen. The multi-talented actor and voiceover artist well-known for her role as Lisa Simpson runs her own production company, Paperclip, and hosts Small Town Dicks, a true crime podcast that gets over a million downloads per month. But Yeardley’s outward success didn’t always match the plan she had for herself. Yeardley reveals how becoming overly attached to particular outcomes caused her to lose sight of the gifts right in front of her, and how she took time to recalibrate in order to make her life match her goals and vice versa. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to order Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success. Follow Superwomen on Instagram. Social Media @yeardley_smith @smalltowndicks Big Ideas Reframing vulnerability as a source of strength, rather than once of weakness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, you're listening to Superwomen.
0:06.7	Today's guest is the incomparable Yardley Smith, the voice of the most amazing cartoon of all time, Lisa Simpson.
0:15.2	Yardley is not just the voice of Lisa Simpson.
0:17.2	Yardley co-hosts and produces the hit true crimes podcast, Smalltown Dix,
0:22.6	alongside identical twin detectives Dan and Dave.
0:27.2	They recently announced the addition of acclaimed cold case investigator, Paul
0:31.7	holds as their fourth chair for season 11.
0:35.2	Smalltown Dix follows big-time crime in Smalltown USA, with all cases told by the detectives
0:41.4	who investigated them.
0:43.4	Geardley also co-founded Paperclip Limited production company.
0:47.1	Paperclip Limited recently optioned the rights to Tom Woods' forensic science bestseller
0:51.4	Ruxden, the first modern murder to develop into an unscripted
0:54.9	podcast and limited scripted series.
0:57.4	In this episode, we talk about Yardley's Evolution as an actress to someone primarily known
1:03.4	for their voice, to how she is paving the way for so much creativity, owning a production
1:09.7	company, having a YouTube channel, co-producing a podcast,
1:13.5	and so much more. Take a listen.
1:17.5	Hi, welcome to the podcast.
1:19.8	Thank you so much for having me. It's such a huge honor. I'm a great big fan of yours.
1:25.5	Oh my gosh. That's crazy you say that. I grew up listening to you as an
1:30.1	avid Simpson watcher. So when your teen reached out, I was like, hell yeah, I'll have her on. Oh, it's my
1:37.2	pleasure. I love what you're doing on this podcast. You know that you get these remarkable stories from women we've heard of, women we've not heard as
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