A new podcast launched this month by two social justice advocates will feature interviews and discussions about corporate accountability and workplace culture.
Culture Capital, hosted by Prabha Nandagopal and Mundanara Bayles, is the latest offering from the pair of high-profile human rights consultants.
The 25-minute episodes examine insights from guests including former MP and Indigenous advocate Linda Burney, cybersecurity leader and former military officer Jacqui Kernot, CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Mark Rigotti and George Williams, Vice-Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University. Episodes cover topics such as rebuilding trust, managing failure, tackling power imbalances and embedding diversity and inclusion beyond policy documents.
Bayles, the managing director and co-founder of the BlackCard, wants the show to centre the perspectives of First Nations employees in the workplace to ultimately shift the conversations about leadership from optics to accountability.
“Respect and inclusion aren’t optional anymore,” Bayles told The Indigenous Business Review. “They’re legal requirements and baseline expectations, particularly for younger generations entering the workforce.”
Bayles is the founder of BlakCast, Australia’s first podcast network owned and led by First Nations people, as well as the host of the award-winning Black Magic Woman podcast. With her new podcast, Bayles aims to bring real-life experiences, legal expertise and Indigenous voices to the most crucial workplace conversations.
“Culture Capital is a space where leaders do not share polished statements, but real stories about courage, blind spots, mistakes and accountability,” she said.
Human rights lawyer and corporate advisor Prabha Nandagopal has been involved in workplace culture reform and business and human rights for almost two decades. As the founder of Elevate Consulting Partners and SafeSpace@elevate, Australia’s first independent trauma-informed reporting and support platform, she has seen how leaders and managers avoid difficult conversations or resort to safe language that inevitably leads to employee dissatisfaction.
“The expectation-action gap is exactly where our podcast begins,” Nandagopal recently said. “We’re living through a time of deep political and cultural division, and that tension doesn’t stop at the office door.”
The former Director of Human Rights Law and Policy at the Australian Human Rights Commission pointed to a 2025 study which found that 39 per cent of Australian employees said they would leave their jobs if diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) measures were not prioritised.
“This isn’t just about policy: it’s about truth, authenticity, and having the courage to lead through cultural unrest with clarity and conviction,” Nandagopal said.
“It’s how people feel seen, valued, and safe, or not. Our conversations explore both the breaking points and the breakthroughs that define modern leadership. The content will be of interest to all leaders… those emerging as well as established ones.”
Listen to Culture Capital on Amazon or YT Music (Apple, Spotify, RSS or Web)