Slow Stories

Emily Schildt’s appetite for life has created the foundation for a life well-lived—and well-traveled. Emily is the founder of Pop Up Grocer, a traveling grocery store that showcases hundreds of products from over 150 innovative food, beverage, home, pet, and body care brands. Since the shop’s inception, Emily has brought Pop Up Grocer around the country and, in turn, has been able to fuse her love for food, discovery, and storytelling to create a one-of-a-kind destination. But as the world was

Novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, reader, mother, daughter: Stephanie Danler’s title isn’t singular, and perhaps that is what makes her such a compelling storyteller. If you’ve read Stephanie’s work, you might already be aware of her gift for writing about the human experience in a way that captures your heart—and sometimes breaks it. Her breakout novel-turned-television show, Sweetbitter, is the embodiment of this. Although it was a runaway success, Stephanie eventually slowed down and looked

What does it mean to build a better tomorrow? Nichole Powell of Kinfield has been crafting the answer to this question throughout her entire career. In this interview, Nichole unpacked the importance of reinvigorating Kinfield's product category, how sustainability drives everything she does both on and off duty, and why slow content is a critical component in the modern storyteller's playbook. This episode also opens with a story contributed by writer Adeline Hocine.

From jewelry design to content creation, Brandy Pham's elevated eye for design and passion for storytelling have both played an immense role in the success of her career. The culmination of her creative passions ultimately led to the inception of PLANOLY, the premier visual management and planning tool for modern marketers. With a growing suite of products, PLANOLY has quickly risen to prominence as an industry-leading resource for its 2m+ community of businesses and content creators. In this

The business world is changing for the better thanks to visionaries like Fran Hauser. The long-time media executive has seen the storytelling landscape evolve drastically throughout her career and in her roles at iconic digital media businesses, including Time Inc. and AOL. But as she transitioned into investing and advising mostly women-led startups, while taking into account her past experiences at work, Fran identified a singular problem that most modern professional women face: How do you own