I’m a firm believer of continuous learning. Not only is it important for personal development, it provides new perspective — allowing you to gain critical thinking skills and discover new ways of relating to people from all different walks of life.

I’ve always been a self-help book type of girl — as I’d rather spend hours absorbing words on paper and walk away with a takeaway or two. So when podcasts started to become popular over the last several years, I knew I had to figure out a way to integrate this new medium into my life.

When I started to grow unhappy in my corporate career, I began carving out mornings where I would take time for myself in the form of self-care. This would involve exercise, meditation, gratitude, hydration, and even a little learning — read about this in depthhere. About a year into practicing this, I got clarity on what it is I wanted to do with my life — beyond a 9-5 desk job where I’d chip away at climbing the corporate ladder.

In short, I owe the leap I took to entrepreneurship to podcasts. They’ve equipped me with the knowledge and motivation to hone in on my innate strengths and try my hand at what many other multi-passionates like me have become successful in doing.

Because I feel so strongly about sharing the wealth of knowledge I’ve come across, I’m sharing my favorite podcasts — by category — for you to reference, leverage and enjoy.

My Favorite Podcasts

Business / Entrepreneurship / Marketing

Tim Ferris Show – best author known for The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim Ferris interviews world-class performers in areas of investing, entrepreneurship and very niche areas to learn and share their best tools, tactics, and tricks.
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How I Built This – from NPR, Guy Raz shares stories of innovators and entrepreneurs with the details on how they gained success. His voice, kindness and authentic curiosity always keeps me engaged.
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The GaryVee Audio Experience – hosted by jack of all trades — CEO, investor, vlogger and public speaker — Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary shares short to long jam-packed clips across interviews, keynote speeches and daily rants on marketing, business and entrepreneurship.
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TGIM – from Shopify and created for the ambitious people who can’t wait to start their work week, this podcast shares inspirational stories of people who are doing what they love as a business.
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Shopify Masters – Author Felix Thea interviews successful entrepreneurs in the e-commerce space who have built successful businesses of all kinds on Shopify.
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Well Made – hosted by Stephen Ango, co-founder at Lumi, this podcast dissects the story of how founders went about creating their e-commerce brands across design, packaging and business.
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Loose Threads – by Richie Siegal, founder of Loose Threads — this collection hosts conversations with entrepreneurs in the rapidly changing consumer, retail and commerce industry.
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Masters of Scale – by LinkedIn co-founder and investor, Reid Hoffman, this podcast shows how companies grow from zero to a million and pointing out theories with famous leaders that have shows success.
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Sessions by Matte Black – this podcast is recorded by LA based brand marketing agency Matte Black and is for the creatives who seek to learn what took successful brands from good to great.
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The Glossy Podcast – hosted by Hilary Milnes, Managing Editor at Digiday Media’s online publication Glossy — covering conversations about how technology is transforming the fashion, luxury and beauty industries.
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Unstyled – hosted by Refinery29’s Global Editor-in-Chief / Co-Founder Christene Barberich that shares stories from life, business and love as told through the things we wear.
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The Goal Digger Podcast – hosted by marketing guru Jenna Kutcher that shares motivation via workshop style recordings around how you can redefine success and chase bolder dreams.
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The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast – hosted by Lauren Evarts — the entrepreneur and creator of the blog, brand, podcast and YouTube channel, The Skinny Confidential & her husband Michael Bosstick — a serial entrepreneur and brand builder. The podcast shares unfiltered interviews with leaders across business, health, beauty and sex with a ton of value packed into each episode.
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Blogging / Influence

A Drink With James – hosted by CEO of Fohr Influencer Platform, James Nord, who loves to drink fine alcohol and share useful tips and tricks on the business behind influencer marketing.
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The Influencer Podcast – hosted by branding and marketing strategist for influencers, Julie Solomon, who explores the secrets behind the always evolving influencer marketing space.
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Blogging, Unscripted – hosted by style blogger Danielle Gervino, this podcast is small, but mighty — sharing a variety of tips across how to grow a successful brand as a blogger. Take notes.
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Health / Wellness

Almost30 – be prepared to fall in love with LA besties Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik for their raw, honest takes on conversations across wellness, entrepreneurship, spirituality and self development.
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Bulletproof Radio – hosted by the insanely inspirational Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof — this podcast shares knowledge from experts across biochemistry, nutrition, meditation and other areas around bettering one’s self.
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The goop Podcast – brought to you by Gwenyth Paltrow and goop’s Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen. These two talk with thinkers, culture changers, spiritual healers and industry disruptors on how they’re evolving and changing the conversations around important topics.
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Is there a favorite podcast you have in one of these areas that I may have missed? Drop it in the comments below!

Here’s to always learning —

// cb ✌????