Episodes

Jan. 11, 2024

Episode #104: Samah Dada

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Samah Dada. She is a New York City–based recipe developer, food photographer, and the blogger behind Dada Eats. Drawing from her Indian heritage and inspired by the foodscapes of London, California, and New York, she is the host of Cooking with Samah Dada on the Today show’s digital channel. We chat with Samah about her very own Erewhon Drink Collab, her path to Dada Eats and so much more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co...
Dec. 27, 2023

Episode #103: Wyatt Ewing, Ice Barrel

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Wyatt Ewing, founder and CEO of Ice Barrel. Ice Barrel is a cold therapy training tool that offers an easy way to bring ice baths to your routine. In today’s busy world many of us suffer from stress, anxiety, poor sleep, low energy, and depression. Cold therapy is a fast, easy, and natural way to reset your body and mind. Ice Barrel will help you recover faster, feel better, and connect deeper. We couldnt be more excited to chat with Wyatt today....
Dec. 25, 2023

Episode #102: Hannah Mendoza, Clevr Blends

Today on Subscribing To Wellness, we’re joined by Hannah Mendoza, CEO of Clevr Blends. Hannah and Clevr are leading the better-for-you coffee charge, having reshaped cafe-style drinks like Matcha, Chai, and Coffee lattes, and infused them with adaptogens, functional mushrooms, and better-than-barista ingredients. Clevr has been named one of Oprah's Favorite Things two years in a row and continues to grow rapidly to this day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wel...
Dec. 1, 2023

Episode #101: Laura Katz, Helaina

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we're joined by Laura Katz, Founder and CEO of Helaina. Helaina is creating a new category of food. Using precision fermentation, Helaina is bringing the immune support of proteins found in breast milk to functional foods for people of all ages. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wellbeingintheworld/support
Nov. 10, 2023

Episode #100: Charles Coristine, LesserEvil

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Charles Coristine, CEO of LesserEvil. LesserEvil was born from a desire to make sinfully tasty snacks with clean, sustainable ingredients. And at their factory in Danbury, Connecticut, they control every single thing that goes into them, from organic, grass-fed ghee and Himalayan pink salt to cold pressed avocado oil. The company is quickly approaching $100M in revenue and we are excited for the future. --- Support this podcast: https://podcas...
Nov. 3, 2023

Episode #99, Jesse Merrill, Good Culture

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Jesse Merrill, Co-Founder and CEO of Good Culture. Good Culture's mission is to make real healing foods available to people without hurting the planet or our animals. The team is dedicated to creating the most delicious cultured dairy products made only with the highest quality ingredients you can pronounce. Good Culture's cultured dairy products are full of clean protein, live and active cultures, and have none of the bad stuff like preservativ...
Oct. 26, 2023

Episode #98: Elisa Marshall, Maman

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Elisa Marshall, Co-Founder of Maman. What started as an independent soho café and bakery in October 2014 is now a leading lifestyle brand that boasts cafés across New York City, Montreal, and Toronto, plus retail items so you can ‘take maman home’ with you. Open seven days a week, maman offers a selection of delicious baked goods, coffee, fresh breakfast and lunch options, and seated lunch, brunch, and a full bar at selected locations. They serv...
Oct. 16, 2023

Episode #97: Morgan Lerner and Annie Slabotsky, GoNanas

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by GoNanas Co-Founders, Morgan Lerner and Annie Slabotsky. Morgan and Annie were neighbors in their freshman year college dorm at the University of Michigan. What started out as a love for banana bread and baking together, turned into how can they “healthify” the staple that so many people love. They started baking mini loaves and selling them locally in Ann Arbor and eventually shifted the business to baking mixes. Today they are sold all over the ...
Oct. 8, 2023

Episode #96: Zach & Val Fishbain, Spread The Love

Today on Subscribing To Wellness we are joined by Zach & Val Fishbain, founders of Spread The Love. Spread The Love is a self-funded food brand specializing in spreadables. They only use all-natural premium ingredients in their products and produce almond butter, peanut butter and jam in small batches. They strategically focus on e-commerce and foodservice channels throughout the US and supply select natural grocery stores. They have been self-funded since the early days and we dive in on some o...
Oct. 7, 2023

Episode #95: Derek Flanzraich, Ness

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Derek Flanzraich, CEO of Ness. Ness is a fintech company that offers credit cards to reduce the cost of wellcare, so everyone can afford to be healthy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wellbeingintheworld/support
Sept. 29, 2023

Episode #94: Dan Schaefer and Pat Barron, Native Pet

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Native Pet Co-Founders, Dan Schaefer and Pat Barron. Their products utilize whole-food and superfood ingredients to harness the healing powers found in nature to bolster the health and well-being of our pets. When Dan was looking for better nutrition for his Labrador retriever, Louie, he found that brands were really missing the mark. He quickly realized that kibble was base nutrition and if he wanted to customize Louie's diet for his own unique ...
Sept. 24, 2023

Episode #93: Seven Sundays, Hannah Barnstable

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by founder and president of Seven Sundays, Hannah Barnstable. Seven Sundays is redefining the cereal aisle and breakfast time. The company is a certified B corp and all of their products are allergen friendly. The company started as solely a muesli brand and now in addition to muesli offers customers upcycled Sunflower Cereal, upcycled Oat Protein Cereal, keto granola, and protein oatmeal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...
Sept. 24, 2023

Episode #92: 4th and Heart, Max Dichter

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are Joined by 4th and Heart CEO, Max Dichter. Ghee is a filtered butter reduction, and a staple ingredient in traditional Indian cooking. It has a higher smoke point – which makes it great for cooking – is full of healthy fats like CLA, and boasts a nutty, delicious flavor. 4th and Heart is working to bring Ghee to the mainstream and is the category leader with innovating on flavor and form factor. We talk to Max about their new ghee sticks and innovating on ...
Sept. 15, 2023

Episode #91: Mark Malinsky, Sprout Living

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by founder and CEO of Sprout Living, Mark Malinsky. Mark started Sprout in 2012. The company makes plant-based products with thoughtful formulations from the cleanest organic ingredients. The focus from the beginning has been in active nutrition, and now are slowly expanding into more functional foods and snacks geared towards everyone. The company's main product line is Epic Protein, which is a multi-source, superfood based plant protein. This is n...
Aug. 27, 2023

Episode #90: Marc Washington, Supergut

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Marc Washinton, founder and CEO of Supergut. Supergut is a brand offering clinically validated and rigorously tested shakes and bars that support gut health and overall well being. We dig into what prebiotic fiber is, the role gut health plays in our everyday lives and what resistant starch is and why it's so crucial to our overall well being. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/subtowellness/support
Aug. 27, 2023

Episode #89: Stu Davidoff, Gigantic

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Gigantic Founder, Stu Davidoff. Gigantic makes the “sortasweet candy bar.” Think about your favorite twix or hersey chocolate bar, but Plant-based and made with only 7 grams of sugar. The company has four flavors, banana pecan, almond horchata, salted peanut and double dark mink. Stu created the brand with bold, retro packaging. The bars are reminiscent of old-school candy rather than something you’d find in the health food aisle. We talk with St...
Aug. 20, 2023

Episode #88: Cole Riley, Wellfare

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Cole Riley, Founder and CEO of Wellfare. Wellfare is the first free food program in the country focused on improving access to convenient nutrition for food-insecure households. The company offers their box known as “the better box” which partners with leading brands in the CPG space to donate foods and goods. We talk to Cole about his initial idea for Wellfare, his current markets, where he sees the future of the company and much more. --- Sup...
Aug. 11, 2023

Episode #87: David & Arik Johnson, Genexa

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by David and Arik Johnson of Genexa. Genexa is the world’s first and only clean medicine company, reimagining the over the counter drug aisle for kids. Genexa was awarded Fast Company’s No. 1 Most Innovative Company in Wellness and raised $60M from top investors including Monogram Capital partners a few years back. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/subtowellness/support
Aug. 2, 2023

Episode #86: Kevin Lee, Immi

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Kevin Lee, Co-Founder of Immi. immi reinvents the delicious Asian-American foods we love with added nutrition. The company created the world's first low-carb, high-protein, and 100% plant-based instant ramen. Each serving of immi is 5g of net carbs, 22g of protein, 19g of fiber, and 35% lower in sodium. Immi was founded to help those who suffer through chronic health conditions from poor nutrition and unhealthy diets. --- Support this podcast: ...
July 19, 2023

Episode #85: Jordan Karcher, CEO of Grounds and Hounds Coffee Co.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Grounds and Hounds CEO and Founder, Jordan Karcher. Jordan started Grounds and Hounds to save rescue pups and provide great service and products that also make a positive impact on society. It all started when he adopted his own dalmatian… as a coffee lover himself he thought what better way to do good than to marry the two together. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/subtowellness/support
July 19, 2023

Episode #84: Melissa Mash, Dagne Dover

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Melissa Mash, Founder and CEO of Dagne Dover. 9 Years ago Melissa set out to launch a bag brand that thought about things you didn’t even know you needed. The care and detail that goes into each bag creation is beyond explainable. Each pocket has a purpose. We talk to Melissa about building a company from the ground up, starting with a thoughtful mission and org structure. We talk about the impact of COVID and their DTC vs retail experience. ---...
July 6, 2023

Episode #83: Noah Simon-Wadell & Jungho Oh, The Coconut Cult

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by The Coconut Cult team: Co-Founder Noah Simon-Wadell and Co-Founder / Creative Director Jungho Oh. The Coconut Cult believes in good health, and good health starts in the gut. On Noah’s journey to heal his inflammation, he made a radical change to his diet and experimented with probiotics to see what would regulate his digestion. During Noah’s research, he looked into yogurt brands that claim to have millions of good probiotics. But when he dug de...
June 26, 2023

Episode #82: Laurel Orley, Diane Orley, and Dan Stephenson, Daily Crunch

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Laurel Orley, Diane Orley, and Dan Stephenson, Co-Founders of Daily Crunch. Daily Crunch is a women-owned, mission-driven, and sustainably sourced company that makes uniquely crunchy sprouted nut snacks that taste as good as they make you feel. Daily Crunch is a superfood-infused, sprouted nut and trail nut mix without added sugars, preservatives, or additives, as well as minimal to no oil. You can find the product in 5,000+ stores across the cou...
June 16, 2023

Episode #81: Jash Mehta, Pop and Bottle

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Jash Mehta, Co-Founder of Pop and Bottle. Pop and Bottle is redefining your daily latte ritual to be more purposeful, nourishing, and gratifying — a moment of indulgence, an act of self-care. We talk to Jash about starting a bottled latte company that was initially geared towards the female consumer and yet now is loved by everyone. We also discuss how the company has scaled, new product innovation and much more. --- Support this podcast: https...