Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRafat Ali Plays the Long Game: This Internet Pioneer Says You Should Stop Rushing Your Career
Season 1 Episode 26
Is your path too messy for success? In this episode of The Messy Parts, Maryam talks to Rafat Ali, founder of Skift and one of the most quietly influ…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Celebrity Wedding Planner Marcy Blum Turned Fun Into a Million-Dollar Business
Season 1 Episode 25
How do you turn fun into a career? In this honest, funny, and inspiring episode of The Messy Parts, celebrity event planner Marcy Blum tells Maryam h…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Reinvent Yourself When You "Should Have Figured It Out By Now": Kelly Kopp
Season 1 Episode 24
Kelly Kopp, is now known as “New York City Kopp,” influencer, photographer, tour guide But at 40 years old, Kelly lost everything—his house in the mo…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Real Cost of Staying Silent at Work with Brooke Baldwin
Season 1 Episode 23
Could getting fired be the best thing that ever happened to you? In this deeply personal episode of The Messy Parts, journalist Brooke Baldwin sits d…
4 months ago
Turning “No” Into Opportunity: Broadway’s Michael McElroy on Rejection and Resilience
Season 1 Episode 22
Is your biggest mess also your best teacher? Broadway veteran Michael McElroy tells Maryam about his remarkable journey from rejection at Carnegie Me…
4 months, 1 week ago
Finding Light in the Darkness: Writer Jonathan Merritt on Faith, Courage, and Starting Over.
Jonathan Merritt was a pastor’s son destined to preach — until he was publicly outed online and his life imploded. When faith, identity, and ambition…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Build a $22M Company While Surviving Layoffs, Lawsuits, Losing Friends: Create and Cultivate's Jaclyn Johnson
Season 1 Episode 20
At 22, Jaclyn Johnson landed her dream magazine job — until she realized it paid less than her rent. That rejection set off a chain of bold decisions…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
From Her Parents' Basement to Editor-in-Chief (Twice): Danielle Belton's Comeback Story
Season 1 Episode 19
Think your biggest breakdown means you’ve failed? Journalist Danielle Belton was hospitalized multiple times for bipolar disorder while she was build…
5 months ago
The Real Reason You're Paralyzed in Your Career (It's Not What You Think): Farnoosh Torabi
Season 1 Episode 18
What if everything you were told about building a career was wrong? Financial expert and host of The So Money Podcast, Farnoosh Torabi, gets raw abou…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Points Guy Couldn't Get His Own Credit Card: Then He Made $28 Million (at 28 Years Old)
Season 1 Episode 17
Brian Kelly (aka The Points Guy) has been obsessed with credit card and frequent flyer points since childhood. At age 12, his dad challenged him to b…
5 months, 2 weeks ago