From indie film sets in New York to the earliest days at YouTube, Sara Pollack Darsky has lived at the center of culture and tech. In this conversation, she reflects on chasing dreams, surviving quarter-life crises, building a career that reshaped media, and creating a home that feels both grounded and aspirational. Along the way, she opens up about her career (she is currently the Global Head of Consumer Marketing at Pinterest), parenting, and what it means to belong—to a city, a family, and even a house.

• Pinterest
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Everything is Illuminated
• Miramax
• Fisher Stevens
• Hoffman Process
• Shou Sugi Ban
• Limewash

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Former West Virginia Governor Robert E. Wise reflects on a lifetime of public service—from long drives across one of the most sprawling districts east of the Mississippi to leading his home state through crises and change. In this conversation, he shares why he believes education is the only true passport out of poverty, how trust and humility shaped his leadership, and what “home” means after decades in Washington, Charleston, and beyond. Wise also opens up about family life in the governor’s mansion, the power of bipartisan work in education, and why he still carries with him the lessons of a high school mock election that he lost in 1965.

This episode blends personal history, political insight, and deep reflections on the meaning of service and home.

• Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) https://all4ed.org
• Future Ready Schools https://futureready.org
• Highlander Research and Education Center https://highlandercenter.org
• Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky (AppalReD Legal Aid) https://www.ardfky.org
• Chartwell school https://chartwell.org

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In this episode of Homeplace, host Anna Richardson White talks with her close friend Dr. Julie Foucher — a family physician with Wild Health, founder of the Pursuing Health podcast, four-time CrossFit Games athlete and so much more. Julie shares how growing up in the Midwest, stretching out medical school to compete in CrossFit, and later stepping into a functional medicine startup all shaped her understanding of health, home, and community.

Together, they explore how Julie balances a life of travel with her inner homebody, carrying rituals — from candles and coffee setups to fitness routines — that bring home wherever she goes. Julie reflects on community as a cornerstone of health, the importance of repairing and sustaining relationships, and why these connections are perhaps more vital than exercise or nutrition. Along the way, they talk candidly about shifting from an achievement-driven approach to life to a more authentic and vulnerable one.

It’s a conversation about home as both place and practice: grounded in community and sustained by the courage to live authentically.

• Pursuing Health website https://pursuing-health.com/
• Pursuing Health podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pursuing-health/id1019070179
• Wild Health https://www.wildhealth.com/
• CrossFit https://www.crossfit.com/

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From the Michigan lakes and Connecticut shorelines to the vineyards of Bordeaux, Kelley Moueix’s journey has been shaped by her unwavering curiosity and creativity. In this episode of Homeplace, Kelley talks about how her early interest in art and fashion led to a career in luxury beauty in New York and later Paris, where love pulled her to her current home in Southwestern France. She reflects on what she learned from each transition (or “changement d'air” as they say in French) and how she recreated her version of home every time she landed someplace new. Kelley shares some hilarious stories of her early days in Europe and how she traded a fast-paced career at L’Oréal for a new chapter as a wife, mother, hostess with the mostest, and founder of Maison Marrain, her line of beautifully designed handbags. Together, Anna and Kelley explore the importance of play as well as the rituals, relationships, and creative expressions that carry us through life. So pull up a “chaise” and enjoy this second episode of Homeplace.

• Maison Marrain https://maisonmarrain.com/
• The Wharton School https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/
• Bocconi https://www.unibocconi.it/en
• Ralph Lauren Home https://www.ralphlauren.com/home
• Giorgio Armani Cosmetics https://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorBBP8_d19bDe7Cyy8a1tXlWo3wfMTMha6JnKwls_rI1xLfC7L5
• La Fete du Cochon (The Pig Party in Peau, France) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pourcailhade
• St. Emilion, France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89milion
• Belair-Monange wine https://www.belairmonange.com/en/wines

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In this episode of Homeplace, host Anna Richardson White talks with Colin Spoelman, master distiller, writer, and co-founder of Kings County Distillery. Having grown up in Harlan, Kentucky, Colin reflects on his Appalachian roots, the small-town experiences that shaped him, and how leaving home deepened his connection to it. He shares how whiskey, film, and storytelling became ways of preserving and sharing the spirit of Eastern Kentucky with the world. All the while, trying to maintain and shape his own home with his family as they live between Los Angeles and New York. Come home with Colin, and stay awhile.

• Kings County Distillery https://www.kingscountydistillery.com/
• Kentcali https://www.kentcali.com/
• War on Poverty (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_poverty
• Colin’s books
  • Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining https://www.amazon.com/Kings-County-Distillery-Guide-Moonshining-ebook/dp/B00G50H7H8
  • The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes https://www.amazon.com/Bourbon-Drinkers-Companion-American-Distilleries-ebook/dp/B0CPC61P5Y
  • Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Distillers-History-Upstarts-American-ebook/dp/B01EKFO5U6
• Harlan County Beer Company https://harlancountybeer.com/
• Appalshop https://appalshop.org/

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Introducing Homeplace, a captivating new podcast by Anna Richardson White, Founder and CEO of Kentcali, a pioneering media & communications consultancy. Known for her previous hit podcast Craftivity, created in partnership with the art supplies retailer Michaels, Anna now brings her unique storytelling to a more personal frontier: the concept of home.

Homeplace dives deep into the places that shape us—the homes we’re born into, the ones we choose, and those we find along the way. As someone who grew up in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky and later lived in nine cities before settling in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Anna has a profound connection to the meaning of home. Her lifelong curiosity about how people’s origins and journeys define their identities forms the heart of this podcast.

Each episode of Homeplace explores the layered complexities of home—what it symbolizes, how it shapes us, and what it takes to truly feel rooted in a new place. Join Anna as she delves into thought-provoking conversations about how we define home, how long it takes to call a place our own, and how the places we inhabit impact the course of our lives. Whether you’re drawn to your hometown or continuously seeking new horizons, Homeplace uncovers the universal and deeply personal stories of where we come from and where we’re headed.

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