Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFired from My Own Company — By My Husband: Chocolatier Katrina Markoff on Trusting Yourself and Making Bold Decisions
Episode 36
Katrina Markoff built a globally successful chocolate empire, only to lose it all in a devastating corporate and personal betrayal. In this episode o…
12 hours ago
“Who the Hell Do I Think I Am?”: Melissa Ben-Ishay on Running Baked by Melissa While Doubting Herself
Episode 35
What happens 48 hours after you get fired? For Melissa Ben-Ishay, it was the beginning of Baked by Melissa. But this isn’t just a startup success sto…
1 week ago
Fully Clogged: Gary Vee on Forgiveness, Living Fearlessly, and the Reality of AI
Episode 34
Gary Vaynerchuk opens up to Maryam about fear, self-esteem, forgiveness, AI, leadership, and what he believes is a growing crisis of “late adulthood.…
2 weeks ago
Driven by Love and Addicted to “What’s Next”: Fashion Insider Sojin Lee
Episode 33
Sojin Lee has built startups, helped scale Net-a-Porter, won fashion industry awards — and watched businesses collapse. In this candid conversation, …
3 weeks ago
The Man Who Dressed America: Fashion Legend Mickey Drexler
Episode 32
Mickey Drexler built the Gap into a $15 billion empire, created Old Navy, helped redefine J.Crew, and shaped American retail culture. And then? He wa…
1 month ago
From Fired to Fashion Powerhouse: Jeweler Marla Aaron
Episode 31
At what point does a side hustle stop being a hobby? On this episode of The Messy Parts, Marla Aaron tells Maryam the exact moment she realized she c…
1 month, 1 week ago
Becoming the CEO of Me: Communications Icon Sally Susman
Episode 30
Is it possible to be successful, exhausted, uncertain, and stuck — all at the same time? In this episode of The Messy Parts, former Pfizer communicat…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Best of The Messy Parts: Humor, Resilience & Rewriting the Rules
Season 1 Episode 29
This week, we are looking back at some of the most powerful, hilarious, and vulnerable moments from The Messy Parts. We created this episode with Har…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Katie Sturino on Building Megababe, Owning the Mess, and Dreaming Big (Re-Release)
Season 1 Episode 28
We're going back to our first episode: Katie Sturino is no stranger to reinvention—from fashion PR hustler to viral dog-momager to founder of Megabab…
3 months ago
Ana Gasteyer Gets Real About Wicked, SNL, and the Hustle of Showbiz (Re-Release)
Season 1 Episode 27
What does it really take to build a career across Saturday Night Live, Broadway’s Wicked, network TV, and music? In this re-release of one of our fav…
3 months, 1 week ago