Smart Enough to Ask Dumb Questions with Nayeema Raza, Journalist, Filmmaker and Host of Smart Girl Dumb Questions

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This week on SUPERWOMEN, I’m joined by Nayeema Raza, creator and host of the newly launched podcast Smart Girl, Dumb Questions. With a background spanning global consulting, documentary storytelling and top-charting podcasts, Nayeema decided it was time to create something entirely her own. In this episode, she shares how a childhood shaped by constant change made her comfortable with reinvention, and why staying still has always felt more foreign than starting over.

For Nayeema, comfort has never been the goal. It’s the cue that it’s time to move on. Her path has been guided less by long-term plans and more by instinct: when something starts feeling too safe, that’s her “clue to unlock the next thing.”

She opens up about what drew her to launch a show built on curiosity, and why asking the “dumb” questions out loud matters more than ever. We talk about what it means to redefine ambition on your own terms, the pressure of being both the business and the brand, and the surprising freedom that can come from a failed milestone. Whether it was ending a long-term relationship, starting over in New York at 31, or launching a podcast from scratch, Nayeema’s path proves that reinvention isn’t just possible, it can be joyful, curious and entirely your own.

From navigating the realities of running her own show to reshaping what mastery looks like, Nayeema is creating a space where not knowing isn’t a weakness, it’s the starting point. This episode is a reminder that sometimes the smartest thing you can do is ask the question everyone else is too afraid to say out loud.

Thank you for listening! Don’t forget to order my book, “Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success.”

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