Women Who Podcast Magazine
October 2024 issue

Time to Elevate

by Chelsea Pegues 

Ann Lucente does everything with her whole heart. There’s no more accurate description that leaps to mind after hearing about the journey which led her to create her podcast, Time to Elevate, an interview-based show, interspersed with a plethora of topical episodes ranging from “Resuscitating a Dream” to “Does Constructive Criticism Really Exist?” Yet this isn’t any run-of-the-mill podcast relating to typical life advice and viewpoints.

To say Ann is different feels like an understatement, and that’s apparent immediately. Interestingly, she recently described her podcast to a potential guest as somewhat of a “tapestry of stories.” And that feels close, although to talk with Ann for even five minutes, guests and listeners will experience more of a cozy, quilt-like feeling. Ann is the warm, engaging, funny host who can always find a way to relate to, and elevate, any situation. This is because Ann’s humanity is so overt, her curiosity constantly piqued and her interest always genuine. She disregards anything surface level, and only wants the crux of what makes you, you. It wouldn’t be unheard of to cry and laugh, and cry again, in the first 30 minutes of your time with Ann; and it would feel like you’d known her forever the whole time.