The Kara Goldin Show

On today’s episode, we welcome Charles Coristine, CEO of LesserEvil — one of the fastest-growing better-for-you snack brands in the country. Charles' entrepreneurial journey didn't begin in the food industry. In fact, he left a successful career on Wall Street and took a chance on a struggling popcorn company that was worth less than $1 million at the time. With no food industry experience but a s...

On today’s episode, we welcome Dr. Mireille Vega, also known as Dr. Mimi V, Founder and CEO of VGAM — a PhD biochemist, former biotech executive, and the pioneer behind Skin Science 3.0. Mireille’s story starts in a Montreal drugstore, where she was a teenager standing in the skincare aisle trying to decode ingredient labels that made no sense. Years later, after building a career in immunology an...

Building clean beauty before clean beauty was even a category — that’s the magic ✨ On The Kara Goldin Show, I sit down with Sasha Plavsic, Founder of ILIA Beauty — a brand that helped redefine what modern makeup could be. We talk about how Sasha turned her own skin struggles into a category-shaping brand, why she set out to bridge the gap between natural and prestige beauty, and what it took to l...

On today’s episode, we welcome Dr. Heather Rogers, double board-certified dermatologist, Founder of Doctor Rogers Skincare, and Co-Founder of Modern Dermatology — a trusted voice of reason in a skincare world overloaded with trends, hype, and too many products. After years of seeing hundreds of patients each week, Dr. Rogers noticed a pattern: people were overdoing it. Damaged skin barriers. Irrit...

On today’s episode, we welcome Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Seraphina Therapeutics, the company behind Fatty15. Stephanie is a veterinary epidemiologist, author of The Longevity Nutrient, and one of the world’s leading experts on C15:0 — the first essential fatty acid discovered in over 90 years. Stephanie’s story starts in an unexpected place: studying aging Navy dolphins....

What if waking up in pain wasn’t something you had to accept? On today’s episode, we welcome Evita Kunke, Co-Founder of Honeydew Sleep — a company rethinking how we sleep, starting with the pillow. After struggling with a debilitating back condition and being told surgery might be her only option, Evita discovered that the right sleep setup could completely change her health — and her life. What s...

Turning activewear into technology that actually supports how you move — that’s the magic 🏃‍♀️✨ On The Kara Goldin Show, I sit down with Krystal Gillis, Founder and CEO of Tighties, a movement technology company redefining performance apparel through alignment, muscle activation, pain management, and movement support. Krystal’s journey started long before Tighties. She founded and sold her first...