VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul

This is the transformation of a lifetime! Businesswoman and creative Allyson Justice Longshore joins VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell on this episode of VIE Speaks to discuss everything from fashion to nature and following your dreams. Allyson is the owner of STYLESTUDIOLIVE, a luxury shopping concierge agency, and Metamorph Blooms, a company that combines beautiful floral arrangements w...

On this episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast, host Lisa Marie Burwell, VIE’s CEO/editor-in-chief, sits down with Lindsay Tobias, an artist, speaker, author, certified holistic health coach, exercise physiologist, and the owner of Keep Your Plants On. She created, K eep Your Plants On because of a desire to practice bio-individuality as a means to treat each client’s n...

On this informative episode of VIE Speaks, our host, VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell, sits down with savvy Real Estate Agent, Brad Reese, to discuss the ins and outs of the current Emerald Coast Florida Real Estate market. They explore the tremendous growth the market has seen, where we are at currently, an emerging shift from purchasing vacation homes to the primary home market, and so...

Our host, VIE’s CEO and editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell, sat down with Space Perspective founder, Co-CEO, and Chief Experience Officer Jane Poynter to discuss all things outer space. Jane has a diverse background and a long-standing love of science. She has traveled the world, sailed on a research vessel, lived in Biosphere 2, and has since moved on to launch her Orlando-based space tourism com...

Soulful songstress Morgan James brightens up the holidays! On this illuminating episode of VIE Speaks, our host, VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell, sits down with vocalist, songwriter, actress, and two-time VIE cover girl Morgan James to discuss her upcoming holiday album, "A Very Magnetic Christmas." The Juilliard alumna has an incredibly inspiring story filled with determination, grit,...

In celebration of his new exclusive fine-art photography collection released by General Public Art and RH (formerly Restoration Hardware), Julian Lennon sits down with our host, VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell, for this exciting episode of VIE Speaks . Lennon is a renowned musician, author, poet, photographer, and humanitarian whose list of achievements only continues to grow. He teamed...

30A 10K Celebrates 10 Years! On this episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast, VIE's CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell sits down with guest-host Hilary Farnum-Fasth, founder and broker of Corcoran Reverie real estate, as they talk with several sponsors of the upcoming 30A 10k Road Race starting and ending in Rosemary Beach, Florida. Each year, this 10K race and fun r...

In this heartfelt episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast, our host, VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sits down with Pensacola, Florida–based fine artist and poet Margaret Biggs. In addition to creating beautiful art inspired by the nature of the Gulf Coast, Margaret is a former elite model, a world traveler, a philanthropist, and an insightful soul. She shares snip...

Our host, VIE's CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sat down with 30A creative Jonah Allen to discuss how he got his start in photography, what inspires him, and his upcoming coffee-table book, Where Waters Meet, on an all-new episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast. Jonah Allen is an American photographer whose body of work explores his relationship with the surface of th...

On this episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast, host Lisa Marie Burwell, VIE’s CEO/editor-in-chief, sits down with Todd D. Reeves, the creative director and principal at isidro dunbar Modern Interiors. idMI is a full-service showroom, retail, and design studio for modern home decor and furnishings in Miramar Beach, Florida, serving clients around the southeast and beyon...

Our host, VIE's editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sat down with Food for Thought founder Tiffanie Nelson to discuss their latest endeavors for an all-new episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul podcast. Food For Thought is a nonprofit that serves Florida's Walton and Okaloosa Counties to help fight child hunger. This engaging discussion also touches on the need to raise awareness an...

As musician and entrepreneur Brian Kelley’s debut solo album, Sunshine State of Mind, is released today, VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul is thrilled to celebrate with him! BK chats with our host, VIE editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell about his experience co-writing all 17 tracks on this country-meets-coastal album and expounds on his vision and passion for music and life. As half of the...

After a devastating experience with a house fire at six years old, Danielle Torley held onto her grief and fear for many years. She and her younger sister escaped the blaze that took their mother's life and put their father in the hospital for a month. The fire was a thief that stole a piece of her childhood and her heart, and years passed before Torley met a fire dancer in Roatán who helped her f...

VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell sits down with special guest Robert S. Davis, the founder of the idyllic town of Seaside ®, Florida, in our latest episode of VIE Speaks ! The New Urbanism community along Scenic Highway 30-A and the Gulf of Mexico celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. Robert looks back on his visions for the town alongside his wife, Daryl, and the world-class team of...

After a challenging year for arts and events in 2020, this year’s president of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County and director of events at Alys Beach, Alexis Miller, is ready to get back into the groove. She sat down with our host, VIE CEO/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, to discuss what’s coming up for the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast, including the return of Alys Beach’s premier arts even...

In the eighth episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine, our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, catches up with artist Nathan Alan Yoakum. A heartfelt and candid conversation follows detailing Nathan’s stunning resin sculptures and pop art, as well as his personal journey of living on the autism sp...

We welcome you to the ninth episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine. Our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, has been friends with the dynamic husband-and-wife creative duo, Romona Robbins and Shane Reynolds, for many years, working with them on various projects for VIE and its publisher, The Idea...

Welcome to episode seven of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine. Our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, talks with US Army veteran and fitness competitor Geoff Speyrer. His recent SET 22 Challenge—a grueling strength, endurance, and training event that took place over Memorial Day weekend in 2020—raised...

Welcome to episode six of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine. Our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sits down with health and fitness expert Zoltan “Zoli” Nagy. This former professional hockey player, now the owner and lead trainer at Destin Athletic Club in Destin, Florida, is also a VIE cover gent....

Welcome to a new episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine. Our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sits down with Brook Stetler, the executive director of The Repertory Theatre in Seaside, Florida. This small local theater company makes big waves throughout the year with a robust lineup of producti...

This episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine, features our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, and managing editor Jordan Staggs. Join us as they recount some of VIE ’s most memorable photo shoot moments from the past several years, the joys and struggles of making a monthly magazine, and their lo...

On the third episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul , a podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine, Lisa Burwell sits down with Brittney Kelley. As the cofounder, CEO, and designer for Tribe Kelley lifestyle brand along with her husband, Brian Kelley of country music duo Florida Georgia Line, Brittney has become an influential creative voice in her commu...

In the first installment of “ VIE Adventures,” our host, VIE magazine founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, chats with creative director Tracey Thomas about the history and vision of VIE . Join us for a special episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul as they share behind-the-scenes tidbits about working with fashion designer Christian Siriano on a massive cover and lifestyle sho...

Welcome to the first episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul, a new podcast and limited video series from the creators of VIE magazine. Our host, VIE founder/editor-in-chief Lisa Burwell, sits down with Laurie Hood, the founder of Alaqua Animal Refuge and the Florida state director for Animal Wellness Action. In this heartfelt and candid conversation, they discuss Hood's mission...