Talks from The Essex Hotel

A necessary step towards learning how a huge, and innovative company works, Sarita recalls the business and life lessons learned while at Spiegel.

Little did Sarita know that working for one of Chicago's biggest McDonalds franchisee would set a course for her future. Every job she's had laid the groundwork for what what she was to become.

Today we welcome two friends of Sarita's from the uber high end domestic staffing world. While no names are mentioned, between the three of them there are numerous experiences with the TRUE Billionaire class. Very interesting stuff!

This episode has been discussed here in the studio for a LONG TIME! it finally all came out today, BUT the real answers are still out there. We know academics have analyzed this at university level and those stories are coming out more and more. What we are more interested in, is how it actually affected you? Maybe it didn't like Sarita until she reflected backwards. These are the most important c...

In today's episode Sarita and Latham discuss Sarita's long and rather impressive climb up the American Culture ladder while she really had no interest in the ladder. She started the way all really great entrepreneurs did, FROM THE BOTTOM and climbed to a point of having a great View. Fascinating story, one that will resonate with so many hard working people. Sarita is the girl next door. She was n...

Sarita and Latham are back talking about things we all think about from time to time, and we explore a few subjects that have come up in popular culture recently. Sarita and Latham had watched and worked with many entities that are shaping the contours of what we are experiencing today in an age of what seems like discourse. They don't see it as discourse. They see that the long form of conversati...

Mari Tamburo, singer and long time life partner of Arne Frager from The Plant Recording Studio in Sausalito, comes in to talk about her life, career, and living the rock and roll lifestyle in a very real way. Super interesting guest and perspective you don't hear very often outside of the music industry.

From Beyonce, to Prince, Metallica, he has recorded them all! Probably my favorite episode ever, Arne brings the HEAT! If you are a music fan this episode is a MUST LISTEN. If you want to know about the real history of music in America and the beginnings of switching from analogue to digital and who was behind the equipment and the sales and who sat with the LEGENDS....you may listen to this a few...

Sarita reflects on the last 10+ years of advice to friends, family, and others, and how this open door to the "Doctors Office" never really was a truly reciprocal relationship. As I have told her for years now, "Sarita! Stop giving the milk away for free!" Sarita explains why her role in almost all of the companies she worked with and for entailed a high level of interfacing with all members of th...

Interesting discussion on this year, and it being the Year of the Fire Horse, and all of the amazing changes in the world that we are already seeing. We also reflect back on last year, the Year of the Snake, and how a TON of things really now make sense in retrospect. As always we have a lot of free-ranging discussions on society, what these strange times are doing to all of us, and what we hope t...

We hear from the opt mentioned Marvin the Doorman, a sweet man, with a kind heart. He takes care of us everyday, and we love him for it.

Richard Habib, long time owner of Alex Artisan Rugs in Mill Valley, CA is not just a fine art rug dealer, he is a repository of knowledge on the woven arts. His knowledge on all types of rugs, carpets, tapestries, and the history therein could be lost to future generations, this is why we had him on today. Entertaining, knowledgeable and kind, Richard is a class act. If you would like to be a gues...

In this episode, we sit down with Karen Dockstader—author, wellness practitioner, and co-author of All About Balance (written with her mother, Shirley Dockstader)—for a grounded and deeply human conversation about what balance really looks like in everyday life. Karen shares how her path into healing began while she was working as an architect, where she started to recognize the parallels between...

Sarita and Latham talk about the importance of keeping the Heart in your home. What is a home today? What do people see this as when more ""professionals" become involved in the maintenance and running of their home? Sarita comes from a background of an Indian Family who owned a tobacco farm. A Very large tobacco farm, so service staff was built into her knowing of how things can operate. Latham i...

What would a Welcome to 2026 Podcast Season be without a prior year RECAP! This podcast is free-ranging and fun. Here's to a prosperous, interesting and enlightened 2026!

Joining us to discuss the very strange world of working for the billionaire class, is Larry Organ, the principal attorney at the California Civil Rights Law Group. This is a situation that many people find themselves daily, and don't know how to deal with the ramifications of witnessing illegal, immoral, or abusive behavior by their employers. Great talk with an amazing guest. If you would like to...

Another interesting and provocative subject

Sarita and Latham delve into why Art plays such a key roll in our lives and why that is SO important. These were the early days when people were not talking about art, but we were. I guess it doesn't matter now except that, we like to be at the bridge building point before things escalate or spiral down. John is an example of an artist who has made a living just doing his art. Take a listen Not on...