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Refinery29 editor-in-chief Christene Barberich and executive creative director Piera Gelardi discuss Refinery29’s first-ever book, Refinery29: Style Stalking. Preetma Singh, Market Director at Nylon, Laura Brown, executive editor of Harper’s Bazaar, and Aya Kanai, fashion director of Cosmopolitan, join them to talk about how personal style has become a full-blown movement to wear what you love and look amazing doing it.
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Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence. You can support us on Patreon, with a one-off donation, or grab some merch. Sarah Steel's debut book Do As I Say is available now. “A fascinating and well-researched look into cults and th ...
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Kinda Dating

Natasha Chandel

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Welcome to the comedy dating podcast that's flipping the script on relationships! Join comedian and dating expert, Natasha Chandel, along with influential guests as they dissect the complexities of modern dating and tackle the proverbial question: Why the fuck do we all have commitment issues?? Get ready for insightful discussions, side-splitting anecdotes, and a refreshing, practical take on contemporary love and commitment made for Millennials and Gen-Z, but that applies to everyone whethe ...
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CEOs Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries cofounded Refinery29, a transformative media and technology company that delivers a hybrid of original content and shoppable product. These passionate entrepreneurs talk about how they launched Refinery29 in 2005 from a kitchen in Brooklyn to help people discover and define their personal style by connecting and refining the world of style.
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Go Off, Sis is an R29 sub-brand: Unbothered video series that confronts the hard truths around being a Black woman in America; championing dialogues and creating a community that celebrates Black Voices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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UnStyled is a weekly podcast hosted by Refinery29 Global Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder, Christene Barberich, that explores the funny, inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love—as told through the things that we wear. Guests this season include Shailene Woodley, E. Jean Carroll, Samantha Bee, and more. For more UnStyled extras check out @christenebarberich and sign up for our exclusive UnStyled newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week. Thanks for tuning in! ...
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In Refinery29’s Money Diaries, we ask women to share their salary, their take home pay, and their monthly expenses. The series always brings up more questions than answers: Why is she putting so much into retirement? Why can’t she afford a vacation? Why do commenters hate it when diarists let boyfriends pay for the check? In the podcast, we set out to answer those questions. Every episode, a diarist calls in with a money dilemma, question, or awkward situation, and our hosts help them figure ...
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Refinery 29's award-winning podcast is back for season 4! In this five-part capsule collection, host Elisa Kreisinger dives into the world of the professional female athlete to explore how they've survived and thrived in a sports-loving country that doesn't alway love them back. Did you know that the highest grossing sport for women is tennis? Or that the US exports many of our best female athletes to China and Russia because they pay them a livable wage? This season we talk with soccer lege ...
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Rent the Runway makes high fashion more accessible by renting designer dresses and accessories online. Cofounders Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss discuss how they turned the age-old dilemma of “I don’t have anything to wear” into a breakthrough business. Moderated by Connie Wang, style director at Refinery29.
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AstroTwins

AstroTwins

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The AstroTwins, Ophira and Tali Edut, bring the stars down to earth with practical and empowering horoscopes: astrostyle.com and @astrotwins. They are also the official astrologers for ELLE and MindBodyGreen, and the authors of numerous books, including Love Zodiac, Momstrology, and a yearly horoscope guide. Their classes, like The Astrology of Success and Design Your Dream Relationship, teach methods for applying cosmic wisdom to the areas of life that matter most. Brands including Coach, R ...
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Your Political Playlist

Emily Tisch Sussman

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Your Political Playlist is your definitive guide to politics in the new Presidential administration and the new Congress, explained by the women who know it best. Every week join host Emily Tisch Sussman, a veteran of political campaigns, for smart, bite-size conversations with women at the seat of power and activism. Over the past three seasons, the show has brought you over 50 guests, including Secretary Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, broken news in The New York Time ...
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Tall Tales in the Big City

Tall Tales in the Big City

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With 13 million people in NYC every day, everyone’s got a different story. Every week Marie Faustin and her guests serve up stories and experiences that’ll have you laughing, or crying, or immediately booking a flight to "The City That Never Sleeps." Marie is a comedian and storyteller who has been featured in GQ Magazine, MTV, Refinery29, EliteDaily and a variety of other digital platforms. She co-hosts The Warm Up, a monthly show at Karma Lounge in NYC at 8pm on the second Saturday of ever ...
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Pick the Brain Podcast

Erin Falconer and Jeremy Fisher

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From the Self-Improvement Phenomenon blog PickTheBrain.com comes the Pick the Brain Podcast, the show where we pick the brains of the brightest minds in productivity, health, and self improvement. Pick the Brain has been named in over 100 “Best of the Web” lists, and Refinery29 named co-host Erin Falconer one of the Top 10 Women Changing the Digital Landscape for Good. Join hosts Erin Falconer and Jeremy Fisher as we retrain our brains to experience and expect the best from ourselves and the ...
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Got It From My Mama is the hit new Bravo Reality show… although Andy Cohen hasn’t picked it up yet, so for now it’ll just be a weekly podcast with hosts Tori Piskin (MTV’s Wild ’N Out, Refinery29, Bustle) and her mom Lulu Piskin, a professional fitness instructor. As a listener, you will feel like you are part of their relatable yet dysfunctional family. Think of them like the New York City Jewish version of the Kardashians. You will hear about their lives in NYC, from Lulu‘s aloof behavior ...
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Hosted by Steph R. Long (Chopra-certified health and meditation instructor, well-being advocate, and the former Deputy Director of Enterprise for Refinery29 Unbothered), In Case Nobody Told You is a wellness podcast aimed to ground, uplift and empower. Every other Sunday, Steph guides listeners in reconnecting with their authentic being and helps them explore what it means to be aligned in mind, body and spirit. From exploring the benefits of meditation and the importance of self-care to unc ...
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Our School Leavers podcast is on a mission to raise awareness about the huge range of choices there are out there for young people after school. We're ditching the prehistoric stigmas around apprenticeships and diving into the incredible training and opportunities they offer.
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The brightest entrepreneurial minds discuss all that it takes – the grit, the money, the obstacles, the passion, and the humor – to build a company from launch to exit. Join in with hosts and renowned leaders, Erin Patinkin (CEO & Founder of Ovenly) and Natasha Case (CEO & Founder of Coolhaus) every Thursday for fascinating conversations about the journey to succeed in business. Produced by Eater and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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For his 2017 PhD, John Hunter put forward a hypothesis that offers insights into both the “transformational” experiences associated with large group awareness training (LGAT) participation and the common claims of psychological harm and problematic behaviour associated with participation. Dr Hunter presented his work at the 2023 International Culti…
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Comedians Natasha Chandel and Razzle Dangerously discuss the rising Passport Bros movement among men, and if there is any legitimacy to it. Seems Western men are tired of progressive Western women and seeking foreign women with more traditional values! Comedian Razzle Dangerously is back with Natasha Chandel to talk about the rising movement of Pas…
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A little update from Sarah about what to expect with Let's Talk About Sects now that we're winding up the sixth season of the show. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere! But there are a few small changes to make sure that this project remains sustainable. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ltaspod https://www.ltaspod.com/supporters Subscrib…
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If you’ve been on TikTok, you know all about “the ick.” Comedian Razzle Dangerously joins Natasha Chandel to break down the new dating term that goes beyond turn offs and veers straight toward repulsion. When can the ick creep up in a relationship? Is the ick trying to tell you something bigger about your relationship? Can you ever really get over …
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Straight from the vault! This episode was originally recorded in October 2016! It all starts with the kiss. Comedian and influencer, Laura Clery, and Natasha Chandel get into the nuts and bolts of first base, including their first and worst kiss ever, their pet peeves, and they even pack on the own PDA (in other words - they kiss)! Laura recaps her…
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In the last episode of season 5, we looked into a Boulder, Colorado community then known as Divine Madness and led by Marc Tizer, usually referred to as 'Yo'. Its members were recognised for some amazing results in ultramarathons. At the time of researching that episode, updates about the current status of the group were hard to come by. Deru Youma…
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We realized some of our early episodes got deleted in Apple Podcasts, and many were legit classics, so we decided to repost our favorites! This episode was originally recorded in September 2016 and features clinical social worker, Jody Frank. It was our 4th episode ever, and recorded right after Natasha Chandel’s ex broke up with her, so it really …
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Journalist Emma Lehman is the creator of the independent podcast Gooned, which dives into the Troubled Teen Industry or TTI – a network of for-profit congregate care facilities for youth ranging from wilderness programs to therapeutic boarding schools. In the podcast, Emma interviews survivors, parents, staff members, experts and activists. Across …
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Your girls are back together and discussing their least favorite day of the year! Okay, least favorite day for one of them. Natasha Chandel and Aisha Holden reunite in this special episode on Valentine’s Day. Is the holiday still even a thing?! The pair drop some personal news, and talk about everything from Gen Z’s changing habits around V-Day, PA…
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Harry Palmer created Avatar after his presidency of the Church of Scientology's Elmira Mission ended in the mid-1980s, as a result of legal proceedings around trademark infringement. Avatar says that it aims to create an 'enlightened planetary consciousness' or EPC through its courses, which are expensive and numerous. Former students say they have…
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Thomas Parsons joined the Twelve Tribes community in Hiddenite, North Carolina in April 2019, and left in November 2021. With Hiddenite being the unofficial headquarters of the organisation, he had direct contact with a number of senior leaders of the Tribes. Following last week’s live episode release, this conversation with Thomas provides an inte…
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This episode was recorded live at Woodford Folk Festival on 1 January 2024. Many people in the audience would have come across the Twelve Tribes previously at that very festival, as they used to build a big Common Ground cafe by the lake where tens of thousands of festival-goers ate and drank over the years. Numerous wonderful people have devoted t…
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We all grew up on fairytales but what if they were all the big fat lie? Damona Hoffman (author, The Dates & Mates podcast host, dating expert on the Drew Barrymore Show) joins Natasha Chandel to discuss her new book “F the Fairytale” where she reveals the four dating myths holding you back from love. The pair talk about soulmates and the annoying T…
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It’s a new year, and Bumble has released its dating trends for 2024! Natasha Chandel and Rithu Jagannath (writer, producer, podcaster) analyze the list, and discuss what feels like a real shift versus the same stuff we’ve seen year over year. From cross-gen romance, val-core dating to hitting the self-improvement plateau, and even open-hearted masc…
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Recorded: November 2020 We hear it in the dating world all the time: know your worth. But how do we do that? Psychologist, Dr. Eris Huemer is back with Natasha Chandel to help us understand how our childhood affects our sense of self and worth. How can feeling unworthy manifest in your dating life? What kinds of actions do people take with a health…
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Holiday season has begun, which means it’s the season of the ghosts of past, present, and future. Today, Natasha Chandel and Rithu Jagannath (writer, producer, podcaster) discuss the ghosts of their past, and how they have kept them there in order to invite a more positive future. They share practical tips on how to let go, including setting bounda…
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Matson Browning is a law enforcement officer who, along with his wife Tawni, spent years undercover infiltrating various hate groups to research and report on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacy in the United States. Together they wrote the book The Hate Next Door: Undercover Within the New Face of White Supremacy, which was published in Ju…
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Yaakov Aharon and Shula Kirovsky’s lives in Sydney’s famous beach suburb of Bondi were lived largely separate from mainstream society, within the Chassidic sect of Chabad. Their families’ lifestyles were a world away from the fashionable bikini and boardshorts-wearing demographics usually associated with the area. Though Yaakov disconnected himself…
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“That’s a dealbreaker.” It might be one of the most overused phrases in dating. Jack Selby (co-host of Iced Coffee Hour podcast) joins Natasha Chandel for a candid discussion on their annoyance with that phrase, and what truly qualifies as a dealbreaker, as opposed to preferences. They get super real about what men consider dealbreakers versus wome…
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Emotions are at the core of all relationships, but sometimes we are blinded by them. Thais Gibson (author and founder of the Personal Development School) is back with Natasha Chandel to help us understand our emotions. Why do we get emotional in certain areas of our lives versus others? What is the fine line between mastering your emotions and bein…
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We’ve all got a core wound that’s eating away at us, and our quality of life. Thais Gibson (author and founder of the Personal Development School) sits down with Natasha Chandel and explains how her Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory helps bridge the gap between your attachment style and your subconscious belief patterns. She breaks down how the d…
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Lulu picks from Woodberry Common Shopping spree. Skims making men's clothing? Why Tyler Perry documentaries is a must-watch! And who is the rising star comedian Matt Rife? Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm! TICKET LINK If you liked this episode, please Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes Follow us…
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In this special Thanksgiving episode, Natasha Chandel drops some bombshell news! She makes a life-changing announcement and brings on two of her best friends - Aisha Holden and childhood BFF Diya Dadlani - to talk about the events that led to the moment no one saw coming. They discuss the importance of being grateful for your past (even those f-boy…
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Rachel Bernstein is an LA-based therapist who has specialized in cult intervention and re-acclimation for over 30 years. She serves on the advisory board of the International Cultic Studies Association and has worked with the Department of Justice providing support to cult survivors. Over the years she has made many media appearances as a cult expe…
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Dating can be anxiety-inducing for the best of us, let alone if you live with mental health issues. Allison Raskin, mental health advocate and author of “Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression” sits with Natasha Chandel to share her experience navigating dating and eventually marriage…
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