Bailey Richardson
Main Host
mostly she / also they
At Work:
Bailey started People & Company with Kevin and Kai four years ago and co-author of Get Together. She’s a researcher and storyteller at heart who’s a leading voice on creator communities and how to shape the culture of a platform.
Bailey helped grow the early community around Instagram as one of the first employees. She has also worked with IDEO, Pop-Up Magazine, and StoryCorps. She serves as an advisor to Beams and the Real World Playbook. You may recognize her from the Social Dilemma.
At Play:
Bailey does interviews and runs a fan club for the Mola Mola.
Bailey’s Episodes:
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Maggie Zhang with Evan Hamilton, the Director of Community at Reddit, a network of hundreds of thousands of communities who come together over shared interests.
We talked with Evan about how he has built trust with moderators at scale.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Todd Hansen. For ten years, Todd led conference programming at South by Southwest, the annual film, interactive media, and music festival held in Austin, Texas. Recently, Todd and friends started the Artist Rescue Trust to support musicians, artists, and creatives affected by the pandemic.
We talked with Todd about how the SXSW team has built the conference over the years with attendees and how he tapped existing motivation in starting the Artist Rescue Trust.
An interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Lewis Kang'ethe, the community lead for the African chapter of The Fearless Community. They are bringing together design leaders to share knowledge and stay connected during lockdown.
We talked with Lewis about how he is bridging the gap across cultures and sparking conversation in Slack and virtual meetups.
A live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Claire Wasserman, co-founder of Ladies Get Paid. Ladies Get Paid has connected 75,000 women on their mission to close the wage gap.
We talked with Claire in front of a live Zoom audience about how she has supercharged women across the country to be advocates for their worth and her new book, titled Ladies Get Paid.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson with Adam Bedoian, the Community GM at Latitude Margaritaville in Daytona Beach. It’s one of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville-themed retirement communities.
We talked with Adam about how the beloved song comes to life, and how to build a thriving community of neighbors.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Maggie Zhang with Sarah Leung, the eldest daughter of the Leung family who started the blog The Woks of Life. The family of four started the blog to stay connected while living oceans apart.
We talked with Sarah about role modeling stories and conversations to spark a greater community.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson & Kevin Huynh with Joe Smith, Program Quality Director for District 38 of Toastmasters. Today there are more than 364,000 paying members around the world. One in three of those members also serves as a volunteer.
We talked with Joe about Toastmasters history and evolution of Toastmasters International.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Andrea Venzon, and Laura Giani, the leaders behind NOW! a global, digital-first movement bringing people from all over the world together to tackle global issues. Colombe and Andrea forged the movement as co-founders and Laura is a volunteer turned campaign manager.
We talked with them about finding a common call to action: the common reason WHY your people continue you to show up.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Najva Sol with Ceyenne Doroshow, Founder/CEO of G.L.I.T.S. which stands for Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society.
We talked with Ceyenne about how she is creating sustainable, safe housing, and cultivating the next generation of Black transgender leaders in the process.
An interview hosted by Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, and Bailey Richardson with Nicole àBeckett, the co-founder and CEO of SameSide, a platform making grassroots political action more accessible.
We talked with Nicole about empowering hosts to infuse their existing events with purposeful and participatory actions around causes they care about.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Mia Quagliarello with Anna McAfee of #LinkedInLocal.
We talked with Anna about the organic movement she sparked to connect the “people behind the profiles” on LinkedIn. At its height, #LinkedInLocal had more than 1,000 hosts leading events in 650+ cities across 92 countries.
A live interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh with Carla Fernandez, co-founder, and Mary Horn, community manager, of The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of 20- and 30-somethings who have each experienced the loss of a loved one.
We talked with Mary and Carla in front of a live Zoom audience about how this year they’ve transitioned Dinner Parties taking place around the world to virtual tables, and added 70 new tables in the process.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Whitney Ogutu, “Get Together” correspondent, with Onyango Otieno. Onyango co-leads the Nyumbani community, which creates an online safe space for men who've been sexually abused.
We talked with Onyango about the power of personal stories in the healing path and self-care as a community leader.
An interview hosted by Bailey Richardson and Marjorie Anderson, “Get Together” correspondent, with Jodianne Beckford, founder of Noire Girls Plant which provides resources that cater to healing and maintaining mental health through the caretaking of plants.
Jodianne leaves us with an important reminder: don’t be afraid to start the community you’re looking for.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Steve Garguilo, partner at Cultivate, which helps organizations unlock their full potential and bring their culture to life.
We talked with Steve about his early career at Johnson & Johnson and his work now at Cultivate, sparking company culture shifts from the ground up.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Kibi Anderson who empowered the viewers of “Red Table Talk” to have raw, honest conversations like on the show in their own lives.
We talked with Kibi about why the show sparked a community as well as the tools and support her team offered their community's leaders.
An interview hosted by Maggie and Bailey with Charlie Todd who formed Improv Everywhere, a comedic performance art group based in New York City. They aim to delight strangers through positive pranks.
We talked with Charlie about why people participate in these weird, wonderful prank missions and what has kept him energized over 19 years running Improv Everywhere.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Maggie with Joe Robinson, founder of Designers + Geeks which is a mashup of his personal interests--design, art, and technology.
We talked with Joe about the nuts and bolts of creating an ongoing event series, making divisions like paid vs. free events, formatting, and cadence.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer of Allyship & Action. Over the past year, their creative production house, Palette Group, has met uncertainty with community building—creating the Freelancers Cyber Summit to make sense of the ad industry during the pandemic and Allyship & Action in response to George Floyd’s death.
We talked with Nate and Steffi about the role of storytelling, brand, and live events in bringing people together for collective action.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Maggie with Jonathan Carey, Associate Places Editor and Community Headmaster at Atlas Obscura which garners travel tips, articles, strange facts and unique events shared by travel enthusiasts around the world.
We talked with Jonathan about Atlas Obscura’s processes to capture and supercharge contributors on the platform.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Isis Miller, Community and Events Manager at Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit organization that provides young Black girls a tech education and access to peers who share their passions.
We talked with Isis about what this work means for her personally, as well as how the organization has gone virtual with online workshops and panels this year, and finally, what a meaningful partnership with Black Girls CODE looks like.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Laura Nestler, builder of the early Yelp community and current VP of Community at Duolingo.
We talked with Laura about why she’s stuck with community work for 15 years, the community playbook she developed and implemented around the world while at Yelp, and ruthlessly testing shared activities on all variables--location, timing, size, and qualifications for the leader.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Fiona Monga, Head of Writer Partnerships, and Nadia Eghbal, Writer Experience, at Substack.
We talked with Fiona and Nadia about connecting writers and how they notice, validate, and codify what works on the platform to help writers succeed.
An interview hosted by Maggie and Bailey with Cindy Au. Cindy built the early communities at Kickstarter, Zagat, and now, Brainly, the world's largest peer-to-peer learning community.
With over a decade of experience, Cindy shared how she learned by walking in the shoes of users, and how she fostered a team of niche experts that served sub-communities.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Maggie with Shana Sumers, Head of Community at HER social app, the largest community and dating app for LGBTQ+ womxn and queer people.
We talked with Shana about how the HER community has pushed Shana as a moderator, role model and leader, and how she supports superusers to take on moderation roles in the community.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with "financial hype woman" Berna Anat. Berna leads Hella Helpful, a free workshop that sparked a community of BIPOC and first-gen children of immigrants who talk finance.
We talked with Berna about leading with transparency and role modeling how you want community members to show up.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Bree Nguyen, a Mariah Carey superfan turned “Lamb” community cultivator.
In this episode, we sit back, listen, and laugh, as Bree’s shares her bonkers story. Bree went from a 16-year-old Mariah Carey superfan to working for her idol overnight, rallying “Lamb” fans online who supercharged the superstar's career. Bree shares what she learned cultivating fan communities around Mariah and later Michelle Branch, Lincoln Park, and more as Head of Partnerships at Facebook.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Kat Vellos, author of “We Should Get Together” and founder of Bay Area Black Designers.
We talked with Kat about cultivating deep friendships in a sea of busy, mobile people and sparking community in otherwise isolating situations.
An interview hosted by Bailey and Kevin with Lindsay Russell who led Facebook's investments in some of the platform's most active and important users: Group Power Admins.
We sat down with Lindsay to learn more about her experience spearheading Facebook’s big pivot towards supporting admins who were cultivating communities.
An interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Bruce Muchelule founder of DADing Different, a community to support young and first time dads.
We talked with Bruce about connecting people who are not used to being vulnerable.