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The Messy Parts is a podcast about the twists, turns, and pivots that shape extraordinary careers—the real messy parts along the way. Host Maryam Banikarim has been a transformative leader across media, hospitality, and tech, with more than 20 years in the C-Suite at companies like Hyatt, NBC, and Nextdoor. She brings deeply honest, vulnerable conversations with members of her influential network, asking the questions on everyone's mind.
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- 2 weeks ago24 min
“The Psych Ward Was the Best Place I'd Ever Been”: Emi Nietfeld on Hoarding, Harvard & Rewriting Her Story (Part 1)
“The psych ward was the best place I’ve ever been.” Not because it was good, but because home was worse. Emi Nietfeld grew up in Minneapolis in a house so full of her mother’s hoarding that the first rule was “don’t open the door” when the social worker came. Then her dad came out as trans. By 13, Emi was in a psych ward for the first time. On the way to Harvard she lived in a foster home, stayed on sofas and in a shelter, and slept in her car. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Emi sit...
- 3 weeks ago37 min
How Eliza Reid Went From Laid Off to First Lady of Iceland
One night in 2016, Eliza Reid was cooking dinner for her four young kids when a stranger called the family landline and asked if her husband would consider running for president. Within 24 hours, a tsunami of messages followed. Eliza, a Canadian immigrant, Oxford graduate, and freelance writer, never planned to become the First Lady of Iceland. On this episode of The Messy Parts, Maryam sits down with Eliza, author of “The First Lady Next Door,” for a candid conversation about that unexpected...
- Oct 12, 202636 min
"This Job Is Beneath Me" — How Being the Secretary for a Billionaire Launched a Global Career
Vote for The Messy Parts! We're nominated for Signal Awards in TWO categories. You can easily vote for us by clicking on the links below. Thank you! Individual Episode - Business: "'Who The Hell Do I Think I Am?' Melissa Ben-Ishay on Running Baked by Melissa While Doubting Herself" - VOTE NOW Shows - Conversation Starter: The Messy Parts - VOTE NOW "I was kicking and screaming, but I didn't have a choice." That's how Maha Abouelenein describes accepting a job as a billionaire's secretary, a r...
- Oct 5, 202640 min
Rosebud Baker on Chasing Her Dreams: “It Gets Worse With More Success"
"If your goal is to feel completed by success, it's gonna get worse and worse the more successful you get." Comedian and former SNL writer Rosebud Baker joins Maryam for a conversation that goes everywhere — sobriety, motherhood after IVF and miscarriage, growing up the granddaughter of Secretary of State James Baker, and a surprise divorce announcement that even Maryam wasn't expecting. Rosebud talks candidly about learning to operate outside of chaos, what burnout actually feels like once y...
- Sep 29, 202642 min
Jake Barton Designed the 9/11 Memorial. One Photo Still Makes Him Cry.
Jake Barton designed the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Twenty-five years later, one photograph still undoes him: a young firefighter in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, headed toward the towers, in what turned out to be the last picture ever taken of him alive. Jake joins Maryam on the blue couch to talk about the radical choice at the heart of that museum: letting the people who ran out of the burning buildings speak for themselves instead of being spoken for. And about the messier parts of his own stor...
- Sep 28, 202642 min
Jake Barton Designed the 9/11 Memorial. One Photo Still Makes Him Cry.
Jake Barton designed the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Twenty-five years later, one photograph still undoes him: a young firefighter in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, headed toward the towers, in what turned out to be the last picture ever taken of him alive. Jake joins Maryam on the blue couch to talk about the radical choice at the heart of that museum: letting the people who ran out of the burning buildings speak for themselves instead of being spoken for. And about the messier parts of his own stor...
- Sep 21, 202638 min
Aged Out, Broke, Homeless at 50: How Ron King Became “Donkey King”
He ran Southern Living and top Time Inc. titles with no college degree — then got fired, and calls it a gift. What followed was darker: broke, aged out of media at 50, and homeless. Ron King, now known as "Donkey King," rebuilt his life running a sanctuary that rescues donkeys from slaughter — 220 of them and counting. In this episode of The Messy Parts, Ron opens up to Maryam about hitting rock bottom twice, the hustle that built (and rebuilt) his career, and the simple mindset shift — "thin...
- Sep 14, 202640 min
“The Value of Your Values" — Why Jeff Jones Quit Uber & Left Millions on the Table
Jeff Jones spent his career as one of the most respected CMOs in America — Coca-Cola, Gap, Target — before making the leap to run Uber's global ride-sharing business under founder Travis Kalanick. Seven months later, at the height of Uber's pre-IPO valuation, he walked away from it all: no job lined up, no stock, no plan. On this episode of The Messy Parts, Jeff sits down with Maryam on the blue couch for his first real interview about what actually happened inside Uber during one of its most...
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About The Messy Parts
The Messy Parts is a podcast about the twists, turns, and pivots that shape extraordinary careers—the real messy parts along the way. Host Maryam Banikarim has been a transformative leader across media, hospitality, and tech, with more than 20 years in the C-Suite at companies like Hyatt, NBC, and Nextdoor. She brings deeply honest, vulnerable conversations with members of her influential network, asking the questions on everyone's mind.
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