Rafat Ali Plays the Long Game: This Internet Pioneer Says You Should Stop Rushing Your Career
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 influential figures in digital media. This feels like a ...
1 Des 202536min
Celebrity Wedding Planner Marcy Blum Turned Fun Into a Million-Dollar Business
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 how she went from living on a failed commune in Verm...
24 Nov 202534min
How to Reinvent Yourself When You "Should Have Figured It Out By Now": Kelly Kopp
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 mortgage crisis, his restaurant job, his health (with...
17 Nov 202531min
The Real Cost of Staying Silent at Work with Brooke Baldwin
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 down with Maryam to discuss her journey from heartbr...
10 Nov 202542min
Turning “No” Into Opportunity: Broadway’s Michael McElroy on Rejection and Resilience
Is your biggest mess also your best teacher? Broadway veteran Michael McElroy tells Maryam about his remarkable journey from rejection at Carnegie Mellon to leading Broadway casts and founding the awa...
3 Nov 202542min
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 collide — what do you do? Jonathan knows that ques...
27 Okt 202549min
Build a $22M Company While Surviving Layoffs, Lawsuits, Losing Friends: Create and Cultivate's Jaclyn Johnson
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: launching a fashion blog, being sued by a former ...
19 Okt 202541min
From Her Parents' Basement to Editor-in-Chief (Twice): Danielle Belton's Comeback Story
Think your biggest breakdown means you’ve failed? Journalist Danielle Belton was hospitalized multiple times for bipolar disorder while she was building her career. In this powerful episode, she opens...
13 Okt 202542min
