Alexia Ioannou is on the pod and I love her!! This is a fun chat about going with your gut, leading with the things you like, and learning it all as you go. Alexia reveals the influences that have shaped her vision (her mom's shoe closet!) and walks us through the process of designing her dream shoe from concept to creation. We get into how she learned how to tune out the external noise and truly honor her own aesthetic instincts - a lesson applicable far beyond the fashion world. Sometimes the most powerful tool for success is starting small and seeing what happens when you give yourself permission to try. Love her relatability, charm, and she is here to lead us to all the best shoes.

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The absolutely wonderful Jefferson Fisher is here and I couldn't be happier to have him on With Whit! He is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to straightforward communication and he breaks down the essential elements of communication that we all can apply whether navigating difficult conversations or simply wanting to express ourselves more clearly in daily life. He goes over the most common mistakes we all make in communicating, the specific things that get under his skin personally, what works for him and his partner, and the interesting dynamics of being both a well-known person and a working trial lawyer. His book The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More offers digestible tools and specific blueprints for improving our next conversations, and after this interview I ran to download the audiobook version. There's a reason why everyone loves Jefferson Fisher!

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Join me as I sit down with Tara Hopkins, Global Director of Policy at Instagram, for an illuminating conversation about digital safety and parental peace of mind in today's social media landscape. Tara takes us behind the scenes of Instagram's Teen Accounts initiative - learn how these specialized accounts are automatically implementing protections that limit who can contact teens, the content they see, and provide parents with powerful supervision tools - including the ability to block Instagram usage during specific times and monitor messaging interactions. Tara fills me in on Meta's vision for creating safer digital spaces for young users, the development of the Screen Smart Program designed to help parents navigate difficult conversations about online safety, and the latest features being added to Teen Accounts. Whether you're a parent concerned about your child's current or future social media usage or interested in how platforms are evolving to address safety challenges, this conversation offers insights into how Meta is working to balance teen independence with necessary safeguards.

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Instagram Teen Accounts —now expanding to Facebook and Messenger—are designed to give parents peace of mind that their teens are safer with the right protections in place. Learn more about Instagram Teen Accounts at https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-new-built-in-restrictions-instagram-teen-accounts-expanding-facebook-messenger/.

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