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This week I have a wonderful conversation with the man regarded as the merchant prince, former Gap and JCrew CEO, Mickey Drexler.

Mickey opens up about his early days in the retail industry at big names such as Bloomingdales and Ann Taylor, where he would sharpen his skills to move onto a pivotal role at the Gap. During his tenure he created the mega brand Old Navy, which would soar to unimaginable popularity, turning the Gap brand from a failing Jean shop to an $18billion retail giant.

Top selling, clean beauty founder Laney Crowell talks about her brand Saie Beauty that launched in 2019 and has shot to the top of the ranks at mega retailer Sephora and became a social media darling with its glossybounce lip gloss and glowy super skin foundation to name a few.

We are kicking Season 3 off with a venerable titan in the culinary industry, a New York Times 4 star and 3 star Michelin chef, Hamptons resident Eric Ripert whose restaurant Le Bernardin was just named number one worldwide.

This week I have a lovely interview with the two founders of Levain Bakery, Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald. You may know about their hearty and delicious chocolate walnut cookies but the pair began as friends training for triathlons and went on to become business partners for over 20 years. Starting with a small bakery on the Upper West Side of New York City and then the Hamptons, they steadfastly grew their business before the age of Social Media into a national brand that now has over 300 employees and 12 locations including Chicago and Los Angeles.

We chatted about how it all started, expanding on a national level, surviving and thriving through uncertain times, new items on the bakery roster and some of their favorite past times in the Hamptons.

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@levainbakery

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This week on the podcast we have an a fun and lively interview with Kim Murstein and her grandmother Gail who are the dynamic collaborators behind the social media hit Excise My Grandma that shares perspectives on generational differences in dating, sex and relationships.

Started during the pandemic as Kim navigated the dating world, Grandma Gail got a birds eye view of millennial relationships and had a few opinions about it so they decided to share the trials and tribulations on social media. Shortly after, the followers started pouring in and their new found fame has continued to grow ever since.

We chatted about how it all started, the mistakes that millennials might be making, dating apps, finding “the one”, summer dress codes, fun date night ideas in the Hamptons and their favorite spots to shop and eat out east.

Thank you to our sponsors for this weeks episode : The Robert Allen Foundation, US Ban and Fresh Direct.

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@madeinthehamptonsmedia
@excusemygrandma
@freshdirect
@usbank

This week we have an inspiring guest, celebrity interior designer and now author Jake Arnold. He arrived alone in the US just over 10 years ago with $1500 in his pocket, an unpaid internship in Los Angeles and a dream of becoming an interior designer. What has unfolded since then is an amazing story of steadfast determination, a rock solid work ethic, and an openness to all possibilities which has resulted in dream projects, major retail collaborations, a new online design interface that has exploded in popularity and a recent book with publisher Rizzoli.

We chatted about taking risks, managing success, approaching the design business on his own terms and what is to come with his successful online design consultation service and marketplace, The Expert. Jake also talks about redesigning one of Southampton’s most esteemed estates, a brick mansion built by Grosvenor Atterbury at the turn of the century, which is no small task in an area dedicated to traditional cedar shingle homes.

On Instagram:
@jakearnold
@theexpert
@madeinthehamptonsmedia

Thank you to our sponsors for this weeks episode : The Robert Allen Foundation, US Trust and Hamptons Air. On Instagram @hamptonsair or their website www.hamptonsair.co