It's All About Lee

I’m talking about the Oracle layoffs—30,000 people deleted from a payroll at 6:00 AM by a corporate noun with no face. But this isn’t just another post about “tough decisions” and “market headwinds.” It’s about the silence that follows when a decade of loyalty is answered with a DocuSign link at dawn. I talk about the reality of the corporate trenches: the political capital you burn to protect you...

I’m talking about Cleared, my second venture: what it is, why I built it, and why I’m not going to dress it up in founder mythology and sell you a story about destiny. I started this company because I’ve seen first-hand what happens when the financial system can’t read you — when you’re earning, working, building, and still somehow invisible to the infrastructure that’s supposed to let you live yo...

In this episode, I ask the important questions: do we really need another Batman? Hasn’t Cinderella had enough traumatic shoe fittings? And who exactly demanded a Mean Girls movie of the musical of the movie? We’re talking about the endless parade of remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, “gritty” reimaginings, and live-action adaptations that nobody asked for - from The Lion King: Beyoncé Edition t...

In this episode, I’m holding space for one thing and one thing only: wearing your own damn clothes. Yep, that dress you wore to brunch last month? Wear it again. Those jeans that have seen every bottomless mimosa in the city? Wear them again. Somehow we’ve ended up in a world where repeating an outfit is treated like a scandal. Instagram has tricked us into believing visibility equals expiration....

This week, I’m thinking about my first job at River Island on Oxford Street — the job that made it possible for me to intern at Vogue for free, survive London, and start building the career I have now. But if I were 16 today… would that job even exist? I was in Zara the other day, scanning my own items, realising: I didn’t speak to a single person. No one helped me, no one offered advice — it was...

Every time an artist speaks out — whether it’s about Gaza, queer rights, racism, or anything that challenges the status quo — the reaction is the same: “Just sing.” “Keep politics out of it.” “Stop ruining the vibes.” But hasn’t art always been political? From Nina Simone and Muhammad Ali to Madonna, Beyoncé, Colin Kaepernick and Taylor Swift — artists have always used their platforms to say somet...

This week, I gave in. I tried to avoid it, I really did — but the Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos wedding content got me. And while watching billionaires kiss on a yacht, I found myself thinking about Marie Antoinette, Julius Caesar, and what happens every single time extreme wealth becomes too visible for the rest of us to ignore. From Ancient Greece to Silicon Valley, history keeps reminding us: t...

Between The Gilded Age returning on HBO and Trump literally bombing Iran, I’m feeling the full-body whiplash of trying to live a normal life while everything around us quietly (and sometimes loudly) falls apart. From Gaza to AI, from pop culture distractions to the dead silence of so-called progressives, this episode is about the dissonance of being alive right now. The absurdity of flipping betwe...

In this episode, Lee reflects on the power and resilience of the women in his life - the ones who’ve done the work, set the boundaries, and chosen themselves. From solo home ownership to freezing eggs and attending weddings alone, we explore what it means when women are opting out of traditional partnerships… and what that says about the state of modern masculinity. Why are so many smart, beautifu...

There are wildly talented people out here getting zero attention — not because they’re bad at what they do, but because they’re bad at social media. Their work? Flawless. Their grid? Chaos. Meanwhile, someone with a ring light, a Canva template, and one good soundbite is booked solid. In this episode, I’m talking about how we’ve started valuing performance over skill , whether social media should...

Pride Month 2025 is here — but where did all the rainbows go? One minute brands were voguing for visibility, now they’re “keeping it internal.” In this episode, Lee gets into the quiet corporate retreat from queerness, why all that performative progress was never real, and what it means when “diversity” becomes a dirty word. We’re talking about the difference between being seen and being safe, and...

This week, Lee gets real about gym anxiety, forged PE notes, and how it only took eight years, three trainers, and six different gyms to finally feel (kind of) okay lifting heavy things in public. From dodging school sports like the plague to deadlifting like a delicate princess, this episode is for anyone who’s ever felt out of place in the gym—and needed permission to just show up anyway. Expect...

In this episode, I’m unpacking the quiet death of the in-between — that space where filmmakers, designers, and creatives used to build something sustainable , not necessarily scalable . You didn’t have to be a unicorn, you just had to be good . Remember that? But now? You’re either viral or invisible. A startup or a side hustle. Big, or broke. From streaming platforms chasing data to buyers only c...