Episode 15: Alessandra De Tommasi Gets Real On What It’s Really Like Being An Entertainment Journalist
Alessandra De Tommasi is one of the entertainment industry’s top journalists, writing for Vanity Fair Italia, Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan Italia, and others. She talks about her journey from Lecce to where she is now, the hardships of being an entertainment journalist in these times, the exciting moments of the job, our private moment we had with Leonardo di Caprio and Casey Affleck, and no matter how stressful the industry can get, why she wouldn’t dream of doing anything else.
Episode 14: From Discovering Lady Gaga To Modeling In Fashion Weeks Around The World, Wendy Starland Gets Candid About Her Journey
In this podcast episode, Wendy talks about her music career and what led her to do modeling. She also drops some practical life applications, something that we can all glean from.
Episode 13: A Chat With Ellen Mirojnick, The Costume Designer For Oppenheimer
Ellen Mirojnick has been in the business of designing costumes for film and TV for over thirty years, and she’s known for inspiring men’s fashion in the early 90s, when she created bold patterned ties, colorful suspenders, and crisp suits for the 1987 Wall Street film.
Episode 12: Hunter Clowdus, Grabbing Life By The Horns
Full of joy, actor and motivational speaker Hunter Clowdus is a happy person. In this interview we talk about success and some of those wisdom nuggets he’s known for, faith, his clothing line, and briefly his TV show All American, on the CW. For someone still so young he has accomplished quite a lot, but he doesn’t boast about having obtained it all yet. But, in some ways it’s as if he’s just getting started.
Episode 11: Oscar-Winning Costume Director Catherine Martin Opens Up About The Film Elvis
Catherine Martin is a two-time Academy Award winning costume designer, wife, and mother. Her work transcends her as she is leaving her imprint on the film industry. She’s done the costumes for Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet, Australia, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby- the latter two she won Academy Awards for.
Episode 10: Alber Elbaz, A Memory
This interview was done in February 2021, two months before Alber Elbaz died. He was an inspiring and kind man. He speaks about his journey in fashion and the lessons he learned.
Episode 9: The Story Box Founder Jay Fantom Opens Up About Depression, His New Book, and Faith
The Story Box Founder, Jay Fantom shares how a relationship at 17 years old affected his mental health, and with ups and downs of depression, and, an attempted suicide attempt, he stood up and said no more. Since the beginning of The Story Box in November 2019, Jay has had the privilege of unboxing the stories of more than seven hundred high-profile, world-class leaders from every field. He opens up about his story and his new book The Path Of An Eagle.
Episode 8: A Conversation With Scotty McCreery Ahead of C2C 2022
Scotty McCreery is an American Country Music Singer and the 10th season winner of American Idol. He opens Up right before the C2C Festival that took place between London, Dublin, and Glasgow.
Episode 7: New York Wedding Dress Designer Danielle Frankel Is Turning Heads with Her Unique Take on Bridal Gowns
Colored wedding gowns? Danielle Frankel certainly thinks so. The American New York-based designer has a fresh and modern approach to wedding gowns, which are catching the attention of brides all over the world. Sitting down she talks her journey, what inspired her to come away from the traditional wedding gown look, cultures that inspire her collections, trends from the pandemic in bridal gowns, her newest collection, and more.
Episode 6: Acting On Her Italian Artisanal Heritage, Luxury Sustainable Shoemaker Jennifer Stucko Talks Launching Her Brand During The Pandemic
Italian-American luxury shoe designer Jennifer Stucko has been on a mission to combine sustainability and luxury with her brand Prota Fiori.
Episode 5: Unexpectedly Discovered To Model, Anok Yai Talks Her Journey From Refugee To The Runway
Anok Yai has an incredible life story and she’s only 23 years old. She was born in Cairo, Egypt as a refugee to South Sudanese parents, who were able to move their family to the US as they fled a civil war in their nation. Attending Howard University’s homecoming, Anok had her photo taken by a photographer who posted it on Instagram. The next day Anok woke up with hundreds of followers and calls from modeling agencies.
Her life hasn’t been the same since. It was the Prada AW18 show that propelled Anok’s modelling career, where she opened the show, being the first Black woman since Naomi Campbell, who opened the show in 1997. She has walked in many more shows from New York, to Milan, London and Paris- and has taken part in countless fashion campaigns.
We talk about this all, as well as her taking an active part in making sure fashion is diverse and inclusive.
Episode 4- Recuperating After The Beirut Explosion, Fashion Designer Rabih Kayrouz Has Come Back With A Shift In His Brand And A New AW21 Collection
Rabih Kayrouz founded his brand Maison Rabih Kayrouz [ MRK] in 1999, embodying a couture savoir-faire House. He was injured during Beirut’s August 4, 2020 explosion and has been recovering. He just revealed his AW21 collection during Paris Fashion Week. Enjoy this podcast episode with Rabih where he talks about how he’s been spending the past few months and his refocus of MRK.
Episode 3: Ever Bold and Ever Talented Egyptian Actress Amina Khalil Opens Up About Acting in A Time Of Corona, Fashion, and How Once Living In NYC Made Her Independent
Born in Chicago, Egyptian-American actress Amina Khalil is an influential woman. Acting is her way of connecting with people. The thirty-two-year-old and I talk about a range of topics from acting, women in the Middle East, her experience of living alone in NYC- something that’s not the norm for single Arab women, her overcoming Covid, fashion, and her charity work.
Episode 2: Tenacious Egyptian Actress Tara Emad Opens Up About Her Journey From Modeling To Film, And Why Almost Giving Up On Her Dream Was Not An Option
Sitting down with Egyptian actress Tara Emad in her hotel room during the October 2020 El Gouna Film Festival in El Gouna Egypt to do this interview we talk fashion, her acting work, the festival, her charitable work, and why giving up is not an option.
Episode 1: Never Seen Without Her Flared Pants, Country Star Lainey Wilson Opens Up About Her Fashion Style, Faith, And Music
Lainey Wilson has a distinct retro style that makes her easily spotted in a room. Since she was a child, Lainey hasn’t been seen without bell bottom flared pants, on stage or off. It’s her style and her warm and inviting Southern personality makes Lainey attractive to her fans in the US and around the world.
The Soulful Side Of Life Podcast Trailer
‘The Soulful Side Of Life’ podcast is an amalgamation of Ally’s experiences, where she interviews people in areas that have touched her life in: fashion, faith, entertainment, music, business, and entrepreneurship. The podcast is an extension of her interests in discussing people’s stories.