What is The Authority Brief podcast?

The Authority Brief is Dominant Women's flagship weekly podcast covering executive presence, negotiation, personal brand, and power dynamics for women in leadership. It debuted alongside the newsletter in 2017 and now spans 190+ episodes across six seasons.

Where can I listen to The Authority Brief?

Episodes stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, and Pocket Casts. The show held the #3 slot in Apple Podcasts' Business > Careers category in October 2024.

How often does a new episode release?

New episodes of The Authority Brief publish every Tuesday. Each episode runs 28–55 minutes and pairs with a written essay in the companion newsletter.

Yes. The Authority Brief is free to stream on every major podcast platform, with no paywall. The companion newsletter, also called The Authority Brief, is free with email signup.

Who hosts The Authority Brief?

The podcast is hosted by Dominant Women founder Maren Holloway, a former McKinsey partner and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, alongside rotating co-hosts from the editorial team.

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The Authority Brief · A Dominant Women Original

The Authority Brief — the podcast for women who refuse to lead quietly.

Sharp, research-backed conversations on executive presence, negotiation, and power — hosted by Maren Holloway and recorded in front of a live studio audience of operators, founders, and C-suite leaders.

Maren Holloway, host of The Authority Brief

Hosted by Maren Holloway Former McKinsey partner · Forbes 30 Under 30 · 190+ episodes

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Ranked: #3 in Apple Podcasts · Business › Careers
Archive: 190+ episodes across six seasons
Cadence: New episode every Tuesday, 6 a.m. ET

This week's listen

The Compromise You Made in 2019 Is Still Costing You.

Episode 192 · The Authority Brief · Released Tuesday at 6 a.m. ET

New this week Negotiation Career inflection

The Compromise You Made in 2019 Is Still Costing You.

Most senior women can point to the exact meeting where they accepted less than they were offered — and almost none of them have ever revised the trade. This week, Maren sits down with Yasmin Ortega, the Goldman Sachs MD who walked back into her own negotiation four years later and renegotiated the deal that had quietly defined her career.

Guest Yasmin Ortega, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Host Maren Holloway
Runtime 47 minutes
Recorded Live at the Dominant Women Studio, NYC

Listen to episode 192 Show notes & transcript

The archive

190+ episodes. Six seasons. Every Tuesday.

Executive Presence Ep. 191

The Room Reads You Before You Speak.

with Dr. Imani Brooks · Princeton, organizational behavior

38 min · Released May 6

Negotiation Ep. 190

Stop Saying "Just" in the Boardroom.

with Priya Anand · former Cravath partner

44 min · Released April 29

Power Dynamics Ep. 189

The Sponsor Problem Nobody Names.

with Renee Whitfield · CHRO, Bumble

52 min · Released April 22

Money & Comp Ep. 188

Your Counter-Offer Was Already Approved.

with Tom Becker · compensation strategist, Aon

41 min · Released April 15

Browse all 190+ episodes

Episodes drop every Tuesday at 6 a.m. ET. Subscribe in your podcast app to never miss one.

How the show is made

Built for the executive who has eleven minutes and zero patience for filler.

Every episode of The Authority Brief is engineered for the same reader who built Dominant Women in the first place — the woman who has back-to-back operating reviews until 6 p.m. and still wants the one idea that will change her Monday.

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The 6.4-minute essay, spoken.

Each episode opens with a long-form editorial — the same kind of 6.4-minute read our essays are known for — read by Maren and tied to the week that just happened in the markets, the courts, and the C-suite.
02
One guest, one hard question.

One operator, founder, or researcher in the studio for the kind of conversation you would have at a closed-door dinner — no warm-up, no platitudes, one question held open until the real answer lands.
03
A directive, not a recap.

Every episode closes with a single directive: one sentence the listener is expected to act on before the next episode drops. No "let us know what you think." A brief, then a brief.
04
Backed by 14 editors and a 9-person board.

The show is produced by the same editorial team behind Dominant Women's essays — 14 full-time writers, editors, and researchers, advised by 2 bestselling authors and 3 former Fortune 500 CHROs.

The full ritual

Every Tuesday, the episode drops.
Every Thursday, The Authority Brief lands in your inbox.

Listening earns you one sharp idea a week. Reading The Authority Brief earns you the research, the sources, and the framework behind it. Eighty-four thousand women leaders read both. Free, weekly, no fluff.

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The Authority Brief — the podcast for women who refuse to lead quietly.

The Compromise You Made in 2019 Is Still Costing You.

The Compromise You Made in 2019 Is Still Costing You.

190+ episodes. Six seasons. Every Tuesday.

The Room Reads You Before You Speak.

Stop Saying "Just" in the Boardroom.

The Sponsor Problem Nobody Names.

Your Counter-Offer Was Already Approved.

Built for the executive who has eleven minutes and zero patience for filler.

The 6.4-minute essay, spoken.

One guest, one hard question.

A directive, not a recap.

Backed by 14 editors and a 9-person board.

Every Tuesday, the episode drops.Every Thursday, The Authority Brief lands in your inbox.

Every Tuesday, the episode drops.
Every Thursday, The Authority Brief lands in your inbox.