Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, public historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

001 | Zach Honig | The super weird new way to travel

001 | Zach Honig | The super weird new way to travel

Zach Honig, editor at large at The Points Guy and ultimate frequent flyer, shares how he plans to stay safe on planes, how airlines have abused customers during the pandemic and why you might want to stay local. “Those of us who are used to enjoying the journey as much

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Isabelle Roughol
All podcast episodes
Swapping the pen for the needle

Swapping the pen for the needle

A vignette of lockdown life

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Isabelle Roughol
One wounds you, the other saves you

One wounds you, the other saves you

Writing is summoning the courage to walk naked down the street, and this man pointed at my belly fat and said: “This doesn’t belong here.”

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Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Your grief isn't lesser because others suffer more

Your grief isn't lesser because others suffer more

Mourning a normal life when we have it good

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Isabelle Roughol
Notes from a locked down country

Notes from a locked down country

Despair and solace in complete isolation

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Isabelle Roughol
The must-have skill in a global job

The must-have skill in a global job

If you find yourself in charge of a team and product’s global expansion, language will be your most powerful tool.

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Isabelle Roughol
Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

I was well into adulthood when I realised that I had only been exposed to half of history. My textbooks were full of great men, despicable men, many in between, but few women. Once you took out the queens, there were hardly any left. To rebalance my education, I started

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Isabelle Roughol
American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

Lessons learned from 7 years running a global team, part 1

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Isabelle Roughol
The Lede