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Aspire with Emma Grede

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Build the life of your dreams and learn from the world’s most successful people.Emma Grede, one of America’s richest self-made women, wants you to make the most of your life. On ‘Aspire with Emma Grede", learn through thought-provoking conversations with some of the most successful and smartest minds on the planet, including goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, investor, philanthropist and former chair of Starbucks Mellody Hobson and international bestselling author and “On Purpose” podcast host Jay

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80:27

The Conversation Skills That Change Your Career

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/10/06

Vanessa Van Edwards has spent nearly twenty years studying what makes some people easy to talk to. Her argument is that conversation is a skill rather than a personality, and that most of us are simply out of practice.She joins Emma to talk about how to prepare for the conversations that matter, what to say when you meet someone who could change your career, and how to handle feedback and disagreement without damaging the relationship. She also explains what happened early in her own career, when

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46:16

Ari Emanuel: What Hollywood’s Ultimate Power Broker...

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2026/09/29

Ari Emanuel is one of the most powerful people in entertainment and the real-life inspiration for Ari Gold on Entourage. He started in the CAA mailroom before co-founding Endeavor with three other agents and very little money. Over the next three decades, he merged the company with William Morris, acquired IMG and UFC, and helped reshape the modern entertainment business.In this conversation, Ari and Emma examine the qualities behind that extraordinary career. Ari opens up about growing up with

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56:07

Diane von Furstenberg: How to Become the Woman You...

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2026/09/24

Diane von Furstenberg created the iconic wrap dress in her twenties and built her namesake company DVF into one of the most recognizable fashion brands in the world. More than fifty years later, as she approaches 80, she's entering a new chapter — with a lifetime of lessons to share.In this episode of Aspire, Emma sits down with her longtime friend and idol for a deeply personal conversation about self-belief, independence, motherhood, aging and becoming the woman you want to be. Diane opens up

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31:39

It’s My Birthday. Here’s Everything I Know to Be True...

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2026/09/22

On this special birthday solo of Aspire, Emma Grede shares 44 rules for life, business, and success—her personal operating system for nearly everything. This is everything she knows to be true about money, work, marriage, and motherhood, plus the beliefs she actually uses to make decisions, build companies, and recover from her mistakes.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why taking responsibility for your life is the biggest power move you'll ever makeHow to build confidence before you feel readyThe

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68:01

Andrew Rosen Built Theory and Backed SKIMS – Here’s...

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2026/09/15

Andrew Rosen has spent nearly five decades building, investing in, and shaping some of the most influential brands in American fashion. As the co-founder of Theory and an early investor in brands like TWP, rag and bone, Veronica Beard, Alice + Olivia, Good American and SKIMS, he’s also one of Emma's closest mentors. His advice comes from doing the work — and learning what happens when things don't go to plan.In this conversation, Andrew shares the lessons he took from his father, the setbacks that

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67:57

Inside Cymbiotika: How Durana Elmi Built a Wellness...

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2026/09/10

Durana Elmi knows how to build a business. Before Cymbiotika, she built and exited four companies. She then took a wellness brand with one employee, one product, and almost no infrastructure and helped scale it into a $150 million business alongside her husband Shahab.In this episode ofAspire, Emma sits down with Durana to unpack the decisions behind that growth. They also get candid about money, marriage, and leadership. Durana shares why financial independence matters deeply to her, what 27 years

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80:12

How to Build a Beauty Brand People Believe In (ft....

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/09/08

It's easier than ever to launch a beauty brand—and harder than ever to make it last. In this first-ever Aspire founders roundtable, Danessa Myricks (Danessa Myricks Beauty), Dianna Cohen (Crown Affair), and Amy Liu (Tower 28) get honest about what it actually takes to build and scale a brand people believe in. These aren’t early ideas—they’re Sephora-scale businesses: Tower 28, launched in 2019, now with a reported $228 million valuation; Crown Affair, launched in 2020 and scaled from roughly 55 to

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1:39

Introducing: Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger

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2026/09/02

There’s a lot of dopey financial advice out there. Jill Schlesinger is here to call it out, answer your questions, break down the financial news that actually matters, and help you manage your money without losing your mind. No jargon. No judgment. Just clear, actionable financial guidance about saving, investing, buying a home, managing your career, and deciding how to spend your hard-earned dollars. When it’s time to panic, Jill will tell you. When everyone else is panicking and you shouldn’t be,

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67:16

The Science of a Well-Lived Life: How to Create a...

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2026/09/01

Arthur C. Brooks believes we are living through an age of emptiness—a time when more people feel distracted, disconnected, and unsure of what will actually make their lives meaningful. In his latest book, The Meaning of Your Life, the Harvard professor and New York Times bestselling author examines why so many of the things we chase in pursuit of happiness can leave us feeling unsatisfied once we get them. In this episode, Emma Grede sits down with Brooks to unpack what is driving our unhappiness

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65:17

Jennifer Garner on What Only Time Can Teach You

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2026/08/25

Jennifer Garner is an award-winning actor, producer, longtime Save the Children ambassador, and co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, an organic children’s food brand. After rising to fame on Alias, she built a career spanning more than three decades before entering entrepreneurship at 45 and helping grow Once Upon a Farm into a $724 million publicly traded company.Jennifer joins Emma to talk about the side of success people rarely see: losing years of her life when Alias made her famous, disappearing

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41:54

Everything I Know About Money—and Why We Won’t Talk...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/08/18

In this solo episode, Emma shares how she thinks about money, from the lessons she learned growing up in East London to the principles she uses today. She gets into her personal financial priorities, why your earning power can matter more than your savings, how to negotiate from a position of strength, and why no woman should ever outsource the understanding of her own finances.In this episode, you’ll learn:What your financial priorities should be in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50sWhy your ability to

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62:26

Can You Turn What You Love Into a Real Business?...

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2026/08/11

Emma sits down with Krissy Cela, founder and creative director of Oner Active, for an honest conversation about building a bootstrapped business on track to generate close to $300 million this year. Before Oner, Krissy spent a decade building a fitness audience and business from a student laptop, long before either was considered a conventional career path. Today, she owns 50 percent of one of the fastest-growing brands in the category.But what happens when your life asks you to become someone you

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83:14

How to Create What People Actually Want with Erin and...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/08/04

Erin and Sara Foster have spent more than 15 years working across television, fashion, media and investing. Today, they are behind the hit Netflix series Nobody Wants This, the fashion brand Favorite Daughter, a production company, a venture fund and a growing slate of projects—but their success did not arrive according to a master plan.In this episode, they join Emma to unpack the failures, pivots and unlikely opportunities that eventually brought everything together. It is a conversation about

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60:20

What a Divorce Lawyer Wishes Every Woman Knew About...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/07/28

Every woman should understand the partnership she's entering before a crisis forces her to. This episode is that conversation.Laura Wasser has spent 32 years as one of the country's most sought-after divorce attorneys. She’s the person people call when a marriage is ending. But what makes this conversation so valuable is that almost everything she knows matters long before anyone gets divorced.This episode is about understanding what you are building when you merge your life with another person

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61:51

Emma Chamberlain On Building Chamberlain Coffee,...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/07/21

Emma Chamberlain started posting videos at 16, before anyone fully understood what the creator economy would become. Within a couple of years she’d become one of the most watched people on YouTube with over 12 million subscribers, ambassador deals with Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Lancôme, and a Spotify-exclusive podcast. She helped define a new kind of fame, built one of the most recognizable personal brands of her generation, and turned an authentic love of coffee into Chamberlain Coffee, now sold

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63:06

The Culture War Against Women (Reshma Saujani)

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2026/07/14

Reshma Saujani a leading advocate for women’s economic power, the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, and the force behind the new documentary No Country for Mothers. After helping change the culture around girls in technology, she has turned her attention to the policies and assumptions that continue to push women—especially mothers—out of the workforce.In this conversation, she joins Emma to talk about the cultural and structural forces shaping women’s ambition, motherhood, money, and power

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60:35

Kristin Cavallari on the Business That Set Her Free

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/07/07

Kristin Cavallari became a household name before she'd even graduated high school, and spent the next two decades building a life, a business, and a family under constant public scrutiny.But this conversation isn't just about the version of her life you've seen on screen. In this episode, Kristin sits down with Emma for a candid conversation about money, financial independence, and what it actually took to leave her marriage on her own terms. Together, they unpack the financial planning most people

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42:36

Ask Me Anything: Pivoting in Your 40s, Plastic...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/06/30

In today’s solo episode, Emma dives into real listener questions: the actual mechanics of building from nothing, starting a business with no capital, why having no money can be an advantage, plus more nuanced questions about navigating your career, handling tricky mentors, and knowing when to quit. She also gets into more personal reflections about her marriage, what her life looked like in her twenties, and what she does to look after herself. There’s a quick round at the end too, on everything

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66:31

How to Monetize AI and Build the Life and Career You...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/06/23

Alicia Lyttle is the CEO of AI InnoVision and one of the clearest voices teaching entrepreneurs and operators how to actually use AI to make money. Her clients run from solo founders to Fortune 500 companies and US government agencies. She's been teaching people how to build online for 25 years, long before the current AI wave. People call Lyttle the Queen of AI for good reason. The AI conversation right now is mostly hype or fear, but this is the more grounded version: specific tools, real

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59:36

Patrick Ta on Accountability, Identity and Building a...

Aspire with Emma Grede ·

2026/06/16

Patrick Ta built one of the most successful beauty brands in the world after dropping out of high school, filing for bankruptcy at 21, and spending years building his career one client at a time.What started with a makeup kit and a dream eventually led to working with some of the biggest names in the world, launching Patrick Ta Beauty, and becoming one of the most influential makeup artists of his generation. But this conversation isn't just about success. In this episode, Patrick sits down with

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