Noteworthy with Nan

Ever wonder what actually goes into a wedding that takes your breath away?  This week, Nan sits down with Augusta Cole, the event designer behind Augusta Cole Events, known for producing some of the most beautiful destination weddings.  In the episode, the women go behind the scenes on Augusta’s design forward events, the logistics (and emotions) most people never see, and the habits that keep her...

What if a family tradition turned into a business you never saw coming? This week, Nan sits down with Ann Williams, founder of the fine jewelry brand Yearly Co, inspired by her grandparents’ tradition of giving each other a gold bangle for every year of marriage. In the episode, Ann shares how she built Yearly Co. over the past 10 years – from navigating the price of gold to the leadership lessons...

Ever wish a retail insider would just explain what's really going on behind your favorite brands? Meet Sarah Shapiro, the former fashion merchant-turned-reporter behind the Substack, Private Label. This week, Nan sits down with Sarah to decode how retail actually works: what "private label" really means, what buyers and merchants do all day, which brands are on the cusp of getting b...

To celebrate 20 episodes, Nan is back with a solo episode. In this short and sweet edition, she shares her summer reading report and the TV shows she's been bingeing, makes the case for not optimizing every single corner of your life, and lets you in on how she's turned AI into a personal shopping assistant (plus the resale app she's obsessed with).  Stick around to the end, because...

What actually makes a piece of clothing high quality and how do you build an entire brand around it? This week Nan chats with Molly Moorkamp, the designer behind her namesake label, about building a classic, timeless wardrobe and the business behind making clothes in New York. After studying at FIT and working for designers like Ralph Lauren, Molly launched her namesake fashion label with her brot...

From diamond earrings to lip blushing to the importance of a great team, Brooklyn mom and Fewer Finer founder Madison Snider Podpirka shares her noteworthy advice for building a business and a life. This week Nan sits down with her friend Madison Snider Podpirka, founder of the Brooklyn-based fine jewelry brand Fewer Finer, to talk about growing a side project into a full-fledged business. From ma...

Planning a weekend in New York City and don't know where to start? Consider this your insider's guide to the perfect weekend in Manhattan. This week, Nan is joined by her friend Beth Tomashoff – a longtime New Yorker, real estate agent and content creator – to answer the question they both constantly get in their DMs: “I'm coming to the city for the weekend. What should I do?” From...

A career at Margaux, a growing community for female creatives, a social media following and three young children… how does Leah manage it all?  This week, Nan sits down with her friend Leah Melby Clinton - a writer, brand storyteller and community builder. The two women chat about Leah’s multi-hyphenate life, why it took her years to call herself an entrepreneur, and her noteworthy tips for stayin...

From sending the perfect cold email to navigating wedding etiquette and sharing a fertility journey online, Julia Lynch Eckstein of Smarter in a Sec shares her practical advice and noteworthy tips for living and working smarter. This week, Nan sits down with her friend Julia Lynch Eckstein, the content creator known as Smarter in a Sec. Julia is a creator, brand strategist and self-described conne...

This week, Nan sits down with Emily Hymes and Kyle O'Donnell, the best-friend duo behind the podcast We're Obsessed With You.  By day, Emily and Kyle book celebrity guests for Late Night with Seth Meyers and Watch What Happens Live. By the weekend, they're recording conversations with some of their favorite people on the Internet. Tune in to hear how a work friendship turned into a...

This week, Nan sits down with Jen Shoop, the writer behind the beloved blog ‘Magpie by Jen Shoop’ and author of the new book, Small Wonders . After more than a decade of writing online, Jen shares how a consistent writing practice grew into a devoted community of readers. Tune in to hear how her blog became a book, her thoughtful advice for slowing down, and living where your feet are. Find links...

This week acclaimed interior designer Lilse McKenna joins Nan to pull back the curtain on what really goes into designing a home. From her creative process and the realities of running a design firm to where she's willing to splurge, where she loves to save, and the systems that keep her organized while raising a family.  Find links to everything mentioned on our Substack: https://nanphilip.s...

This week, Nan sits down with a true multi-hyphenate. Hitha Palepu is a CEO, author, mother, wife and – somehow – an avid watcher of reality TV. Tune in to hear about how Hitha schedules her days to make everything fit, what she outsources, how she utilizes AI, and her noteworthy advice on journaling and rest.  Find links to everything mentioned here: https://nanphilip.substack.com/p/hitha-palepu-...

Artist Tara Roma Gill shares how she transformed a creative passion into a thriving business, all while raising six children. Find links to everything mentioned on our Substack: https://nanphilip.substack.com/p/tara-roma-gill   Tara Roma Gill is a mixed media artist who celebrates the exploration of whimsy and playfulness in her paintings, collages, textiles, wallpaper, and tabletop products. Nan...

Former publicist Elizabeth White Cook shares how she reinvented her career as a content creator while teaching Nan her favorite estate sale strategies, online auction tricks, and the business behind affiliate marketing. Find links to everything mentioned on our Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/nanphilip/p/nwn-podcast-109-elizabeth-white-cook In this episode, Nan sits down with Elizabeth Whi...

Tenoverten co-founder Adair Ilyinsky shares the lessons she's learned from building a beauty brand for 15 years, curating Tuckernuck's growing beauty assortment, and testing hundreds of products along the way. Plus: her best nail care advice, favorite beauty finds, and three Noteworthy Tips for staying organized and hydrated. *Note, we chat about a LOT of products throughout this episode...

In our first solo episode, Nan breaks down the book everyone's talking about, the beauty products she actually uses, and the three noteworthy tips she swears by for making her life run smoother. Links to shop everything Nan mentions:  https://nanphilip.substack.com/t/noteworthy-with-nan-podcast To start, Nan answers the same ‘favorites’ questionnaire she gives her guests – sharing the book, h...

How Michelle Pham, of Inner Child, built a business from one-woman show out of her apartment to regularly receiving wholesale orders from Anthropologie. Find links to everything mentioned on our Substack: nanphilip.substack.com/t/noteworthy-with-nan-podcast Shop the Inner Child brand: go.shopmy.us/p-61400251   use the promo code: NAN15 for 15% off one order (code expires on June 18th.)  Nan sits d...

Nan sits down with Madeleine Fawcett, a beauty publicist, co-founder of Project MM, and mother of four. The two first connected online over their shared eye of great shopping finds, only to discover their families were already connected back home on Boston’s North Shore. Madeleine walks Nan through her wild path from an unpaid PR internship in New York to launching her own boutique beauty agency w...

For the fourth episode of the podcast, Nan sits down with Priyanka Aribindi, a writer, podcast host, and content consultant whose Substack “Shit I Bought And Liked” is a can’t miss shopping newsletter. Both women have newsletters on Substack and love to shop, so they have lots to talk about.  Priyanka recounts her path from working at Time magazine to getting a DM from Crooked Media’s Jon Lovett t...

For the third episode of the podcast, Nan sits down with her friend (and former PR client!) Sarah Lederman, a New York-based interior designer and the founder of Three Fates Textiles, a brand new textile and wallpaper line that is an extension of Sarah's signature layered, collected aesthetic. They talk about the year-long journey of bringing Three Fates to market, the Greco-Roman influences...

Nan sits down with her college friend, Caroline Keogh, who works in luxury and fashion communications.  Together they chat about everything from starting new hobbies, exploring New York City, getting great restaurant reservations and Tracy Anderson workouts. Caroline takes us through her morning routine and advocates for going into the office vs working from home. We then dive into Caroline’s Note...

In our very first episode, Nan sits down with Diana Pearl, senior editor at Business of Fashion, lifelong fashion journalism insider, proud cat mom, royal family enthusiast, and just an all around positive and thoughtful friend. Diana has been covering the influencer industry since before "influencer" was even a word, and in this conversation she and Nan get into the real state of luxury...

Noteworthy with Nan is a weekly interview podcast about life in the current moment. Have you ever wondered how women who seem to have it all together are truly getting through their days? We ask those questions and get real, honest answers. Each week, Nan Philip sits down with friends and women she admires for candid, in-person conversations about real life; no polished business origin stories or...