Episode recaps
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S2 E5 Never Meant to Be with Tobias Meinecke
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Tobias Meinecke is a story teller. Critically acclaimed filmmaker, sought after film director of creative projects for luxury brands, writer, actor, and, most recently, book publisher, Tobias Meinecke is the co-founder of Love Child, a company that develops stories. -
S2 E4 A Poisonous Love with Chris Santa Maria
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A pair of Nike running sneakers and a flat screen TV were two of the objects that Chris Santa Maria presented to me as possible conversation starters. Well, that's not how this episode went... and admittedly, it is longer than usual.
The desire of the next creation and the next and the next is what keeps Chris Santa Maria going, no matter how poisonous that love may be some times.
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S2 E2: The Wanderer Who Does Not Cling To Perceptions with Matt Chu
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No matter what Matt Chu decides to do, he excels at it. Data analytics at Condé Nast? Check!
Influencer account on Instagram ? Triple check! Corporate career at Bloomingdale's? Easy! A new path in technology? Why not? -
S2 Episode 1: First Came Love Then Came The Business with Charlie Roberts
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In this episode, Charlie Roberts, part of the fourth generation of the founders' family, discusses a painting by American folk artist Kathy Jacobsen. The picture belonged to his late grandmother, Dot, who was Echo's CEO for many years and long before the age of #girlboss. -
S1 Episode 12: The Man Who Bought Too Much with Steve Cardino
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Steve is a gifted storyteller. Whether he uses words or objects selected with great emotion, Steve's stories provide a bridge between the good old days of traditional American retail and the future of consumers' tastes and attitudes. -
S1 Episode 11: Untitled No. 5 with Rebecca Goodman
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Artists develop a personal discipline that includes daily rituals. It is that type of commitment that allows them to absorb details of materiality, focus on ideas, and resolve the challenge of combining it all in expressive form.
Mixed media artist Rebecca Goodman has worked both in the commercial and nonprofit worlds and seems to have made up her mind. Public art that deals with ecology and the sense of self in a high-tech future is what she likes to explore in her writing, soon in her practice as well. But that does not mean she has turned her back to discussing luxury. It is all related. Listen to this episode to find out how.
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S1 Episode 10: 12 Eggs and a Scarf with Marie Constantinesco
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Photo credit @tskqqq
Marie possesses the type of elegance that allows her to transform the most humble vintage outfit into glamorous fashion. Her vivid imagination pushes her work beyond the boundaries of filmmaking and storytelling. How does she do it and what drives her desire to create?
A talented baker and cook, Marie approaches the practice of the meal with the openness of spirit that leads to breakthroughs in writing, immersive visuals, and a sense of whimsy in her filmmaking. Oh... and she knows a lot about sourdough, farmer markets, and old recipes too! -
S1 Episode 9: He Who Runs for Pleasure Never Tires with Artur Pretto Junqueira
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Join me in this episode of Populuxe as I reconnect with my former student and now accomplished architectural photographer Artur Pretto Junqueira. Together, we explore French philosopher René Girard's work on human desire and some of the famous and emerging Brazilian architectural practitioners. And surprise, surprise! We end up talking about New York City. But how not? This is where our paths crossed and where our lives changed. -
S1 Episode 8: A Scofflaw She Ain't but One She'll Have with Daphne Howland
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A talented writer and accomplished photographer, Daphne ruminated on whether it ever gets easier to talk about luxury even for someone like her, who tackles questions on the subject on a daily basis as she delivers news on fashion, beauty, retail and luxury. -
S1 Episode 7: The Daughter of the Sun Will See you Now with Aida Sykes
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During her visit with Populuxe, Aida shared her memories of a beautiful luncheon at the Parisian Ritz and left us dreaming of amuse bouche, canapés, and pigeon au floc.
Listen to this episode to savor luxury in the presence of the Daughter of Sun. (Hint: Her identity will be revealed early on but keep listening!)
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S1 Episode 5: Majestic Measures of Being of with Sarah LaFleur
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“Luxury is to know where you come from,” the entrepreneur and young mother of three utters while reminiscing of the many times her family had to relocate although, admittedly, without the pain or stress that marks the experience of refugees. For Sarah, a daughter, who has internalized the generational narratives of a multicultural background, and a mother, who faces the inevitability of a partial erasure of precious cultural elements that are the hardest to transmit to her kids and their kids, “luxury is [synonymous with having a] home.” -
S1 Episode 4: Sneakermania, sneaker riots, and sneakerheads with Brahm Wachter
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Even though I learned then that Brahm is a talented cook with legitimate culinary school training, I never knew how a pair of sneakers had defined several major moments in his life from his first business to his application to business school and from his fashionable outfits to the pair he just gifted his newly born, beautiful daughter, Violeta.
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