“Who the Hell Do I Think I Am?”: Melissa Ben-Ishay on Running Baked by Melissa While Doubting Herself
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 story — it’s a conversation about rejection, imposter ...
9 Maalis 40min
Fully Clogged: Gary Vee on Forgiveness, Living Fearlessly, and the Reality of AI
Gary Vaynerchuk opens up to Maryam about fear, self-esteem, forgiveness, AI, leadership, and what he believes is a growing crisis of “late adulthood.” Gary shares why so many professionals feel stuck ...
2 Maalis 49min
Driven by Love and Addicted to “What’s Next”: Fashion Insider Sojin Lee
Sojin Lee has built startups, helped scale Net-a-Porter, won fashion industry awards — and watched businesses collapse. In this candid conversation, she opens up to Maryam about public failure, ambiti...
23 Helmi 50min
The Man Who Dressed America: Fashion Legend Mickey Drexler
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 was fired. No warning. No thank you. Just a card, a s...
16 Helmi 33min
From Fired to Fashion Powerhouse: Jeweler Marla Aaron
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 could no longer hedge her ambition. What began as a ...
9 Helmi 41min
Becoming the CEO of Me: Communications Icon Sally Susman
Is it possible to be successful, exhausted, uncertain, and stuck — all at the same time? In this episode of The Messy Parts, former Pfizer communications chief Sally Susman joins Maryam on the blue co...
2 Helmi 48min
The Best of The Messy Parts: Humor, Resilience & Rewriting the Rules
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 Hark Audio, gathering the standout clips that define w...
22 Joulu 202543min
Katie Sturino on Building Megababe, Owning the Mess, and Dreaming Big (Re-Release)
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 Megababe and author of the new romcom Sunny Side Up. In th...
15 Joulu 202545min
