Making It with Jess Ekstrom

Making it to Adoption and Inc's Fastest Growing Company with Jessica Honegger

Recorded on location in Austin, Texas, Jess catches up with long-time friend Jessica Honegger, the visionary founder of Noonday Collection. Jessica shares the raw, inspiring origin story of how she pawned her grandmother

Making it to the Most Decorated Track & Field Athlete in the World with Allyson Felix

In this special live episode of Making It with Jess Ekstrom , recorded in front of a live audience at Mic Drop Live, Jess sits down with Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. While her me

My live book signing at Argent, hosted by Meggie Palmer

Have you ever hit the thing you were chasing — the milestone, the launch, the moment — and felt the goalpost immediately move? Have you ever wondered if ambition itself could be both the engine and the thief? This episod

Making it to a Linkedin Top Voice with Selena Rezvani

Have you ever held onto an idea so tightly — workshopping it, perfecting it, protecting it — that you never actually put it out into the world? Have you ever wondered if the path to finding your voice is less about getti

Making it to...raising Jess Ekstrom with Jess's Mom, Laurie Ekstrom

Have you ever realized that the person who shaped you most never once thought of themselves as remarkable? Have you ever sat down with someone you've known your whole life — and learned something that changed everything?

The Best Place We Ever Stayed

Have you ever realized, only after it was too late, that a person was one of the most important ones in your life? Have you ever found something life-changing somewhere you never thought to look? This episode is a story

The Power Pause: Why Stepping Back Might Be the Most Ambitious Thing You Ever Do

Have you ever made a choice that felt completely right to you — but everyone around you thought you were giving up? Have you ever wondered if slowing down and leaning in could actually be the same move? Neha Ruch was fre

From the Locker Room to Oprah's List: How Cookie Society Built a Cult Following on Grit, Data, and Really Good Cookies

Have you ever started something just to make people happy — and accidentally built a business? Have you ever landed your biggest dream moment (hi, Oprah) and found yourself on the other end of it crying... because the cr

The Power of Four Words: "Have a Nice Life"

We spend our entire lives avoiding "goodbye." We trade Instagram handles, promise to "catch up soon," and say "until next time"—all to protect ourselves from the discomfort of a finished chapter. But what happens when yo

The SNL Exit Strategy: Lindsay Shookus on Trust, Fame, and Receiving the "Motherfing Data"

Have you ever had a dream job—the kind people tell you is the "coolest job in the world"—only to realize that your identity has become so wrapped up in it that you don’t know who you are without the title? How do you wal

Crop Tops & $210M Exits: Anne Mahlum on Radical Responsibility and Winning on Your Own Terms

Have you ever felt like you had to mute your personality, change your style, or "fit the mold" just to be taken seriously in business? What if the very things people told you to tone down were actually your greatest supe

New Name, New Season Coming March 11th - Making It with Jess Ekstrom!

Should We Be “Like Men” to Get Ahead? with LauraAura

What if an algorithm could perfectly articulate the unfair advantages men have in business, and what if that knowledge was the catalyst you needed to completely change your career? In the season finale on Amplify, Jess s

How to Communicate Clearly When Life Gets Chaotic with Caitlin Gardner

The world is constantly in a state of chaos—from an unexpected crisis at work to the personal high stakes of having a baby during a global pandemic. How do you find the calm confidence needed to navigate those moments wh

Negotiate Your Way to What You Really Want with Kathryn Valentine

Have you ever confused a bigger salary with a richer life? What if the key to getting what you truly want isn’t a better tactic, but a deeper understanding of your own values? In this Amplify episode, Jess sits down with

Leading, Mothering, and TEDx with Hazel Sy

Have you ever questioned if you should quit your career to focus on family, only to realize that constant self-doubt is draining energy you could use elsewhere? What if continuing to work is not just a financial necessit

How to Use Fear as Creative Fuel with Mary Marantz

Have you ever secretly loved being underestimated? That feeling of having nothing to lose and everything to prove. But what happens when you start to succeed, and that pressure of being watched threatens to sabotage your

Amy Porterfield on How to Earn Financial Freedom through Digital Courses

Amy Porterfield really wanted freedom, flexibility, and autonomy in her career. She entered the digital course industry, which allowed her to work from home while still making money. Starting small, her first course made

How to Turn Play into Your Creative Superpower with Adam Tanaka

Have you ever felt like you're not what meets the eye, with a deep, complex backstory hidden behind a seemingly successful exterior? What if the most difficult parts of your past, the ones you tried to escape, are actual

From The Today Show to Building AI That Tells Human Stories with Patrice Poltzer

Have you ever felt completely lost in your career, only to find that your most challenging experiences became your greatest assets? And how can AI, often seen as a threat to creativity, actually unlock your most authenti