How to Own The Room: Author Viv Groskop, on Confidence & Mastering Public Speaking and Status

Hear more from us by signing up to the newsletter! Today on the podcast I am joined by Viv Groskop - writer, podcaster and comedian. Her podcast How to Own the Room has reached millions of downloads - and counts guests like Hilary Clinton, Margaret Atwood, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and is the biggest resource for public speaking in the world. But she didn’t start as a public speaker. She was more known for her words than her voice, beginning as a journalist for publications like The Guardian and The Observer. She then ventured into the world of stand up comedy, taking on a crazy project project of 100 gigs in 100 days, all with 3 children under 6 - we talk about that today. I wanted to talk to Viv as I am quickly realising that one of the most important things to do is to become better at speaking. It helps you confidently share what you care about in the world, and put yourself out there. So many of us hold back, and I love to coach people on this 1-1. In this conversation, we’ll talk about how you can get better at public speaking, what encouraged Viv to take up comedy as a second career, the downsides of fame and parasocial relationships, why stand up comedy isn’t actually scary and lots lots more. Hear more from us by signing up to the newsletter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How to Own The Room: Author Viv Groskop, on Confidence & Mastering Public Speaking and Status is an episode from Out of Hours: The Podcast by Georgia Ritter.

This episode is 57:02 long.

This episode was published on Jul 24, 2025.

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