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Hosted by Rich Walters & Jess Coté · society · EN
The Speaking Path explores how people find their voice, build confidence, and learn to communicate with clarity through practice and action. Hosts Rich Walters and Jess Coté bring you conversations with communicators who've done the work — showing what's possible when you stop waiting and start speaking. Whether you're stepping up at work, walking onstage for the first time, or just trying to say what you mean in everyday life, each episode gives you something to take with you and put into practice. Your voice doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be shared.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Speaking Path explores how people find their voice, build confidence, and learn to communicate with clarity through practice and action. Hosts Rich Walters and Jess Coté bring you conversations with communicators who've done the work, showing what's possible when you stop waiting and start speaking.
The Speaking Path is hosted by Rich Walters & Jess Coté. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#14, How to Lead Through Change When You Don’t Have Answers" (27 October 2026, 53 minutes), "#13, How to Develop People in a Way That Sticks, Not Just Manage Them" (13 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "#11, Why Selling Yourself Feels Hard and How to Fix It" (15 September 2026, 48 minutes).
The Speaking Path publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for The Speaking Path is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Speaking Path requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Speaking Path's contact route on record: verified email.
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Rich Walters & Jess Coté hosts The Speaking Path, a society podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #14
Jeff Burns is a longtime data leader who has guided his teams through multiple mergers and acquisitions. Jess and Rich talk with Jeff, who has spent 25 years helping companies make smarter decisions, about how to lead...
Episode #13
You can be excellent at your job and still not know how to help someone else get better at theirs. Co-hosts Jess and Rich sit down with leadership coach Sheneka Johnson, MBA, ACC, to talk about developing the people...
Episode #11
Today's guest, Albert Bellamy, has reviewed hundreds of resumes and coached countless people through interviews. After 23 years in the Marine Corps and an established career in data analytics, he now coaches fellow...
Episode #10
Classically trained musician Joseph Ittoop didn't plan to speak at his father's funeral, but something moved to get him up anyway. In this episode, Joseph joins Rich and Jess to talk about what happens when speaking...
Episode #9
Running a good meeting isn't a skill most of us were ever taught. It's one we pick up by accident, if we pick it up at all. This episode walks through the full arc of an effective meeting – setting the tone in the first...
Episode #8
Persuasion gets a bad reputation, usually because people confuse it with manipulation. In episode 8, Rich and Jess close out the skill-building arc by digging into the difference. They open with a discussion on: how...
Episode #7
Ever been put on the spot with zero time to prepare a good answer? If so, then this episode is for you. This week, Jess and Rich sit down with Antoine Basquiat Jr. — Toastmasters table topics champion, agile coach, and...
Episode #6
People don't remember facts. They remember how something made them feel. In this episode, Rich and Jess sit down with Kathy Boerner — storyteller, educator, and author — to explore what separates a story that lands from...
Episode #5
Most people think great speakers have a gift for words. They don't — they have a gift for listening. In this episode, Rich and Jess break down: why listening is the core performance skill that separates speakers who...
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What happens when you take communication skills beyond the room where you learned them? In the final episode of Arc One, Rich and Jess look at where finding your voice can actually lead — in your career, your...
Episode #3
Everyone says practice makes perfect, but what exactly are you supposed to practice? In this Episode, Rich and Jess break down the eight things a speaker gets evaluated on, from clarity and vocal variety to eye contact...
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<p>Rich and Jess break down exactly what happens inside a Toastmasters meeting; every role, every timed speech, every moment where someone holds up a colored card because you talked too long. They walk through the full...
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<p>Meet your hosts. Rich Walters and Jess Coté weren't born communicators — they got here the hard way. In this first episode, they share where they started, what made them want to get better, and what changed when they...
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