After hours · On air, in counsel, on record
On-air voice.
Narrative counsel.
Music. A house label.
National security, politics, and the stories underneath them — said plainly, from a quiet room. For listeners, for readers, and for the few who need counsel before they speak.
- 6,000
- Readers on the private list
- 201K
- X followers
- On air
- X Spaces & the show
- Grammy
- Nominated vocalist, 2003
On air
Something for Men — X Spaces
The Monica Matthews Show
Listen. Read.
Hire. Buy.
Every lane comes from the same place: a microphone, a desk, a glass of something, and the discipline to say only what's true.
01 — Listen
The show
National security and politics, without the shouting.
Enter
02 — Read
The essays
Sent first to a private list. Power, culture, faith, meaning.
Read
03 — Hire
The counsel
Narrative counsel for executives, candidates, and the people who speak for them.
Request
04 — Buy
The shelf
Records, the book, and a few studio goods. Small runs.
Shop
On air
Whatever the hell I want. With heart.
From the dinner table to the situation room: relationships, health and money, culture, policy and national security, plus conversations with consequential people who have real heart and soul. Live on X Spaces and on The Monica Matthews Show.
Private advisory
Counsel for the people who have to say the thing.
A small number of engagements at a time. Formerly a campaign manager, corporate and political consultant, and speechwriter — I help principals find the true sentence, and hold it under pressure.
Executives & boards
When the story moves faster than the facts.
Candidates & campaigns
Message, posture, the hard interview.
Communications principals
A second chair in the room.
By referral or application. Every application reviewed personally. Reply within two business days.
Essays, sent first
to the list.
Long-form, unhurried, and not on social. What I'm thinking about before it becomes a segment.
Media
How narratives get shaped — and who is holding the pen
ReadPower
What the briefing room won't say out loud
ReadMen & Nation
Something for men: duty, and who gets to define it
ReadFaith & Meaning
Burnout is a soul problem before it is a calendar problem
ReadCulture
The sentence underneath the slogan
Read
Music
Windows
Ancient liturgical hymns, newly arranged — the old and the modern in one room. Co-produced by Trammell Starks, with flutist Pedro Eustache.
- 01Tou Thipnou SouApple Music
- 02Is AyiosApple Music
- 03The Light in MeApple Music
- 04Goshen Shairemix · not on Apple Music
