Your Words Unleashed

Leslie Wang

Booking Overview

Interview-led writing and academic-career podcast focused on helping women scholars develop writing habits, publish books, and navigate professional change, with recurring guests including academics, authors, editors, and higher-education professionals. PR agencies could credibly pitch scholar-authors, academic leadership experts, developmental editors, career-transition specialists, and public scholars with practical expertise; booking difficulty is likely low because guests are generally accessible subject-matter professionals rather than major public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 117

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 35 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

leslie@yourwordsunleashed.com

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Host

Leslie Wang - Author and writing coach who helps women scholars build writing habits, develop books, and navigate academic careers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Academic authors, professors, scholars, developmental editors, higher-education leaders, career professionals, and public-facing experts with practical experience in scholarly writing, publishing, academic leadership, or career transitions.

Required Achievements:

Published academic or professional books, Faculty, research, or leadership experience in higher education, Professional expertise in scholarly writing, editing, or career development, Public scholarship or practical guidance for academics

Recent Guest Discussions

Caitlin Luetger-Schlewitt - Leaving Adjunct Teaching, Career Pivots, Professional Identity, Boundaries, And Making Career Decisions Based On Personal Values And Needs.

Jen Heemstra - Academic Leadership, Self-leadership, Time Management, Goal-setting, Difficult Conversations, Conflict Resolution, And Leading Research Teams.

Katherine Wiley - Writing Stronger Conclusions, Synthesizing Ideas, Communicating Scholarly And Real-world Implications, And Developmental Editing Strategies.

Georgiann Davis - Combining Memoir With Academic Writing, Personal Narrative, Sociological Analysis, Public Scholarship, Accessibility, And Writing About Lived Experience.

Recent Topics

Writing, Academic Writing, Book Publishing, Higher Education, Career Development

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Your Words Unleashed

Ep. 117 - AI and the Future of Scholarly Research (with Dr. Janet Salmons)

October 06, 2026

Send us Fan MailAI is changing academic writing in ways that are raising some big questions about academic honesty and what it means to be a scholar.In this episode, I talk with qualitative researcher and “free range scholar” Dr. Janet Salmons about how academic publishers are responding to generative AI and what their policies mean for researchers and writers. We dig into some of the gray areas around using AI for research and writing, including why documenting your AI use may be more import...

Ep. 116 - Leaving Academia #11: Life Beyond Adjuncting (with Caitlin Luetger-Schlewitt)

September 22, 2026

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when you love teaching but can’t make a sustainable living as an adjunct?In this episode, I talk with Caitlin Luetger-Schlewitt about her winding career journey through higher education and beyond. After eight years of “full-time adjuncting” at three colleges while juggling multiple other jobs, Caitlin eventually decided it was time for a change.She shares how she moved into mental health counseling before finding her way to career services and eventually back int...

Ep. 115 - Rethinking Leadership in Academia (with Dr. Jen Heemstra)

September 08, 2026

Send us Fan MailAcademic leadership often comes with a job description that says “professor” but a reality that says “manager, mentor, conflict resolver, and people leader.” The problem? Most academics receive very little training for that second job.In this episode, I talk with Dr. Jen Heemstra, Chair and Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis and author of Lab Work to Leadership: A Concise Guide to Thriving in the Science Job You Weren’t Trained For. We discuss what le...

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