About

There is no girls' club. We're building one.

Loud & Lifted isn't just a podcast — it's a platform for women who are done pretending the system works as advertised.

We name the things other women-in-leadership shows won't: the toxic bosses, the glass walls, the salary gaps, the women who undermine you instead of lifting you, and the voice in your own head telling you to play smaller. Then we hand you the scripts, the tactics, and the support system to do something about all of it.

Hosted by Betsy Hamm, former CEO who scaled Duck Donuts from 20 to nearly 200 locations, and has spent 25 years on both sides of the table.

What You'll Hear

Every other Thursday, a guest interview with women who tell the truth about what it actually takes:

The bosses no one warned you about: narcissists, micromanagers, bullies, credit-takers. How to spot them. What to say. When to leave.
The barriers you can't see until you hit them: glass walls, getting passed over, the politics nobody briefed you on.
The conversations you've been avoiding: salary, raises, hard feedback, peer betrayal. The exact phrases that work, and the ones that don't.
The work nobody else is doing: the quiet sabotage between women, and what it takes to actually lift each other instead.

Quick Lifts

Every guest interview is followed by a 10-minute Quick Lift — the tactical takeaways, the specific scripts, the part you can use on Monday morning. No filler. No motivational fluff. Just the moves.

Why Loud & Lifted

Because "women should support women" isn't a strategy. It's a slogan. And slogans haven't moved the needle in 30 years.

The hardest part of the climb isn't the men at the top. It's the women who won't lift each other, and the voice in your own head telling you to shrink. That's the real conversation — and Loud & Lifted is where we have it out loud.

We're also doing this for the women coming up behind us. The teenage daughters watching how we handle it. The young women about to walk into workplaces that still haven't figured this out. The goal isn't to warn them. It's to change the rules before they get there.

Whether you're climbing the ladder, running the company, or rebuilding after the system broke you; you belong here.

Stay loud and lifted.

About the Host

Betsy Hamm

Betsy Hamm has spent 25 years on both sides of the table. As CEO, she scaled Duck Donuts from 20 stores to nearly 200 — making the calls on who got the raise, who got the promotion, and who got quietly passed over. She's also been the woman in the room second-guessing herself, holding back, and watching another woman get the credit she earned.
She started Loud & Lifted because the polite version of the women-in-leadership conversation wasn't helping anyone. The hardest part of the climb isn't the men at the top. It's the women who won't lift each other — and the voice in your own head telling you to play smaller. That's the real conversation, and it was happening in DMs and back channels instead of out loud. She decided to put it on a microphone.
She's also doing it for her two teenage daughters — and every young woman about to walk into a workplace that still hasn't figured this out. The goal isn't to warn them. It's to make sure the rules have changed by the time they get there.
Today, Betsy runs Betsy Hamm Lifted Studio, working with executives and emerging businesses on the things that actually move the needle. She's a keynote speaker, a lifelong learner, and done holding back.
The mic isn't for the loudest voice. It's for the realest one.