How I Built This
"How I Built This is a podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built."
Listen When: You want to channel your inner #girlboss and be reminded all empires started somewhere.
Favorite Episodes: Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal, Drybar: Alli Webb
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
“The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully.”
Listen When: You want to laugh, nod your head and enjoy the company of two completely relatable sisters who will soon feel like friends. Plus, they podcast regularly!
Favorite Episodes: Podcast 45: Home for the Holidays, Kansas City Edition! We Record at Winstead’s, Podcast 44: Drew Barrymore Gets Personal. And Happier.
StartUp
“StartUp is a podcast about what it’s really like to get a business off the ground.”
Listen When: You’re feeling curious about a behind-the-scenes look of starting and scaling a company.
Favorite Episodes: All of season 1! Especially #5 “How to Name Your Company”
Pop Culture Happy Hour
"Do you like movies? Television? Books? Superheroes? Toys? Hit songs? Are you fond of discussing your pop-culture memories, favorites, peeves, and possibly shameful obsessions? You have come to the right place."
Listen When: You need something light and fun to distract you. I’ll skip around based on the topics and always like tuning in after major pop-culture events.
Favorite Episodes: 12/9/16: This Is Us and Speechless, 11/18/2016: Arrival and Pop Culture Serotonin, 11/4/2016: Hamilton An American Musical
Downton Gabby
“We are a bi-coastal group of Downton Abbey fans hailing from Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Oakland. Sassy Insights, More Booze, Less Refinement.”
Listen When: You need a sassy take on TV and movies through a feminist lens or want to gab about Downton Abbey. While these ladies originally started for Downton Abbey, they continue the podcast every month with new topics.
Favorite Episodes: Season 5 Epside 2: Lady Boners, Season 4 Finale: Pretty in Pink
Fathoms Deep: A Black Sails Podcast
"An in-depth look at the narrative and character development of the epic Starz series Black Sails, by two of the show's biggest fans."
Listen When: You STILL don’t know why this show hasn’t received all of the awards and you want to fan girl over Charles Vane.
Favorite Episodes: 12/26/2016 Interview with Luke Arnold, 1/23/2017: Interview with Toby Schmitz and Jack Rackham
The Scot and the Sassenach: An Outlander Podcast
“The Scot And The Sassenach is an award-winning podcast dedicated to the Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander!”
Listen When: Droughtoutlander feels too long! The hosts are both writers who cover the themes and motifs of Outlander Season 1 and 2 plus go in-depths on the Outlander novels.
Favorite Episodes: All of Season 1
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