Immigrating to Canada as a teenager, Keyvan didn’t speak fluent English but strove to finish at the top of his class in high school. Fast forward to college, Keyvan had already started three different companies, but he was still determined to become a great tech founder. Live from CES, SoundHound CEO Keyvan Mohajer talks to Liz about his dream of entrepreneurship to create “something out of nothing” and the difficulty of creating a startup with the threat of failure hanging above you. He explain...
Jan 18, 2025•17 min
An eight-year-old boy from New Jersey has taken social media by storm through his comedic antics, collaborations with fellow creators and one powerful move dubbed "The Rizz Face". Christian Savasta, known as The Rizzler, talks to Liz about the first TikTok video that put him on the map, what led him to do wildly popular collaborations with the "Costco Guys", and what brands he has worked with in his short time in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 11, 2025•16 min
In 2025, you may just be planning to take a trip or two. Whether it's an island getaway, a European adventure, or a quick vacation to see family, we hope you're using some of your credit card points. Ahead of this year, certain to be filled with plenty of travel, Liz is revisiting one of her favorite episodes: Brian Kelly is the Founder of “The Points Guy,” and is the leading voice in loyalty programs, points and miles, credit cards, and travel. We revisit this episode to detail the journey to h...
Jan 04, 2025•46 min
As 2024 comes to an end, Liz is looking back at some of your favorite episodes of the podcast from this past year. Fans downloaded these episodes more than any others, so while you reflect and spend time with family, unwind with 2024's best of Everyone Talks To Liz. You can hear conversations with Philly Pretzel Factory CEO Dan DiZio, famed New York fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, Stanley Cup-winning goalie Mike Richter, and Insomnia Cookies founder Seth Berkowitz. Learn more about your ad cho...
Dec 28, 2024•33 min
On this very special bonus episode, we’re bringing you an encore from The Claman Countdown. Liz got the chance to sit down with Christian Savasta, an international social media sensation known as “The Rizzler.” On Friday, The Rizzler spoke to Liz on the Claman Countdown about his new rap commercial teaming up with the toy brand MGA Entertainment to promote his favorite toys this holiday season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 22, 2024•12 min
There's a lot of trial and error when it comes to starting a business. For two novice entrepreneurs, they made sure their product was perfect so it wouldn't end up on the island of misfit toys. Elf On The Shelf co-founders Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts join Liz to discuss the family tradition that sparked the beloved international Christmas practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 21, 2024•41 min
Leaving the Bronx for Los Angeles, Heather Dubrow had to make it on her own as an actress and singer. Now, the actress and Real Housewives’ star is an entrepreneur with a fashion line, a podcast, and multiple books—all while raising a family of four children. Real Housewives of Orange County star Heather Dubrow talks to Liz about how her passion for performing led her to an acting career, her bizarre experience moving from scripted to reality television, if the Real Housewives arguments are trul...
Dec 14, 2024•32 min
When she was young, Sarah would watch the Blue Angels blazing across the Montana sky in their F-18 Hornets, pulling off their stunning flight maneuvers. Sarah would later be in the cockpit herself, reaching her dream job as a Navy fighter pilot. But after reaching new altitudes in the Navy, she found herself called to a new goal. U.S. Navy veteran and Amazon VP Sarah Rhoads talks Liz to about the challenges she faced in becoming a Navy fighter pilot and how she found a second calling building so...
Dec 07, 2024•35 min
When Joe was just 19 years old, he had a wife and two kids to support. He drove a taxicab and a postal truck all while taking on a full college course load. Soon after, he found great success coaching at first high school and then eventually college football. After 16 years of coaching, he had a new ambition: a career on Wall Street. Former Chairman & CEO of TD Ameritrade Joe Moglia joins Liz to explain how he made the audible from a career in football to find success in a highly coveted Mer...
Nov 30, 2024•35 min
First heard exclusively on FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz sat down to speak with NVIDIA Founder & CEO Jensen Huang about the success of his company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 23, 2024•15 min
Two best friends, Amy and Daniella, met in their 20s in the fast-paced world of investment banking. When they attended Harvard Business School together, their class project to study how they would create a jewelry line quickly became a reality for them. BaubleBar co-founders Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky join Liz to explain how they found each other at UBS, the dismissive criticisms they faced when they first pitched their jewelry business, the memory of their sale, and the trajectory that th...
Nov 16, 2024•33 min
Bill “The Big Tuna” Parcells is the only NFL coach to lead four franchises to the playoffs, three to a conference championship—not to mention bringing the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories. Since he was young, his whole life revolved around sports. But when it was time to go pro, he had his doubts. Legendary NFL coach Bill Parcells joins Liz to share the difficult path breaking into the coaching profession, the folks who gave him his first shot, and the euphoric experience of winning m...
Nov 09, 2024•39 min
On election night, viewers tuning into FOX News will witness Bill Hemmer manning the “Bill-board,” where he’ll be crunching the numbers and breaking down the data to show how America is voting in real-time. Co-host of America’s Newsroom, Bill Hemmer joins Liz to explain how he’s been preparing for the challenge of covering a historic election night, the biggest surprises of presidential elections he’s covered in the past, and the compelling stories to be told from the county vote data. Learn mor...
Nov 02, 2024•23 min
From one of the biggest stars on MTV to one of the most well-known names on Fox News & Fox Business, Kennedy chartered quite a path for herself when she started as a radio intern at the age of 18. She says she owes her career to the people at K-Rock who trusted her to lead the next generation of on-air personalities talking about the music they love. Host of the ‘Kennedy Saves The World’ podcast, Kennedy joins Liz to explain how she earned her first job broadcasting and video DJing, her anxi...
Oct 26, 2024•34 min
Jim McCann fondly remembers his humble beginnings in Queens, growing up the son of a working-class Irish Catholic family. He worked plenty of jobs before he finally bought a flower shop, with plans to become a florist and build a business. After ten years in the florist game, he had acquired nearly 40 flower shops. But the world around Jim was changing; 1-800 numbers were all the rage, and e-commerce had exploded since the embrace of the Internet. 1-800 Flowers CEO Jim McCann joins Liz to share ...
Oct 19, 2024•38 min
Steven Wang caught the startup bug early, launching his first business in the 1st grade. His parents immigrated from China, hoping to give their son a chance at the American Dream. That got complicated when Steven dropped out of high school. Once free from school, he wasted no time. He built and sold a VR company. By the age of 18, he was an engineering product manager at Apple. When he finally landed at Harvard, he soon felt the tug of a fresh new business idea calling to him. Tech CEO & DU...
Oct 12, 2024•41 min
Ryan Serhant has worn quite a lot of hats. From soap opera star to off-off-Broadway actor, before eventually settling on hustling real estate agent. Remembering his earliest experiences living in New York City as humbling ones, as the city had been rough on him financially, mentally, and physically. Giving up was tempting, but Ryan was certain this was only one chapter in his success story. Real estate mogul and star of Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan,” Ryan Serhant , joins Liz to share how he strug...
Oct 05, 2024•38 min
In 1994, the New York Rangers were in a drought—they hadn’t won a national hockey championship in 54 years. Enter goalie Mike Richter and his team, who would lead the Rangers all the way to a Stanley Cup. Reaching the heights of his hockey career in his 20’s, he never could have anticipated his next puck save would be his last. After suffering two concussions in a short eight-month span, he was given no choice but to retire from the sport. New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup-winning goalie Mike Ri...
Sep 28, 2024•47 min
Growing up the kid of Spanish immigrants living in Queens, New York—Frank was always looking up at the sky to catch a glimpse of the incredible planes flying right above him. Soaring into adulthood, he committed himself to his studies at Columbia and later Harvard Business School, determined to make his dreams a reality. He went on to manage multiple airlines, becoming known to some as ‘the Godfather of low airfare.’ Former CEO of Continental Airlines Frank Lorenzo joins Liz to share how his fir...
Sep 21, 2024•23 min
Just out of college at age 22, a cancer diagnosis upended the life Loren had planned on. After a year of chemotherapy and a stricter diet, she earns a clean bill of health, and along with it not just the will to live, but the will to thrive. Armed with a new understanding of nutrition and a delicious, healthy, vegan cookie recipe of her own design, Loren Castle launched her cookie business out of her mom’s kitchen. Founder of Sweet Loren’s, Loren Castle , joins Liz to explain how baking helped h...
Sep 14, 2024•51 min
What’s better than one friend…Two Friends! Liz is joined by Matt Halper and Eli Sones of the dynamic EDM DJ/Producer Duo, Two Friends . They share how a friendship that began on the playground in the 7th grade catapulted to taking Madison Square Garden by storm. Matt and Eli share what’s in store for the next volume of their “big bootie mixes.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 07, 2024•39 min
On this special episode commemorating Labor Day, Liz revisits conversations of passion, persistence, and grit. In this one-hour special, Liz sits down with entrepreneurs and executives about their journey from the mailroom to the boardroom and all the roadblocks along the way. Interviews featured: Retired professional boxer & entrepreneur Laila Ali , Founder of The Agency and Real Estate Superstar Mauricio Umansky , Luxury Fashion Designer and Co-founder of her own namesake company Rebecca M...
Aug 31, 2024•39 min
One of the biggest stories in the year 1990 was Operation Desert Storm, where the United States joined Saudi Arabia to fight off Iraq's rogue invasion of neighboring Kuwait. As American soldiers left home, one song rose to become a beloved patriotic anthem...'God Bless the USA.' Lee Greenwood, the singer behind the iconic song, joins Liz to discuss his early life, musical influences, and how his varied career—from blackjack dealing in Las Vegas to achieving fame—led to the creation of this timel...
Aug 24, 2024•47 min
As the sun begins to set on Summer, we hope you got some good vacation time in! More than that...we hope you used some of your credit card points. Brian Kelly is the Founder of "The Points Guy," and is the leading voice in loyalty programs, points and miles, credit cards and travel. He joins Liz on the podcast to detail the journey to his genius idea and advise listeners on how to use credit card points to their advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 17, 2024•46 min
Almost every set back has a life-altering silver lining. Our guest today was cruising along as a senior in college when his father died of a sudden heart attack, leaving his family behind with broken hearts and a failing family business. Columbia Sportswear CEO, Tim Boyle joins Liz to share how he put aside his lifelong dream of being a journalist to grow his father's tiny hat business into one of the most well-known global outdoor brands across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Aug 10, 2024•34 min
We all make excuses. Whether they are made in your personal or professional life, eventually you need to see them for what they truly are: delay tactics. After shepherding the sale of Barstool Sports to Penn Entertainment for more than half $1 billion, not only is she at the helm of a new company, CEO of Food52 Erika Ayers Badan made no excuses and wrote a book titled Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure Is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths . She joins Liz to discuss t...
Aug 03, 2024•41 min
Have you ever read a 'how-to' book that changed your life? Well, Dave Liniger was working three-part jobs when he read a 'how to flip houses' and the rest is history. Co-founder of RE/MAX Dave Liniger joins Liz to discuss how he went from being a college dropout to founding a company that today has more than 140,000 agents in nearly 9,000 offices all over the world. He describes why the business was a total disaster the first few years and how he built it to becoming an iconic worldwide brand. L...
Jul 27, 2024•34 min
What would you do if your dad approached you wanting to name a perfume after you? Dylan Lauren refused the offer from her iconic fashion designer dad, Ralph Lauren because she was saving her name for her own brand. CEO and Founder of Dylan's Candy Bar Dylan Lauren sits down with Liz to discuss how she turned her love for candy into the world's largest confectionary emporium and lifestyle brand. She describes her entrepreneurial journey from people not believing in her to hunting down products ac...
Jul 20, 2024•33 min
Anyone who has paid rent before relates to the struggle of spending all this money month after month and having nothing to show for it. But what if you could be rewarded for shelling out all that cash every month? Founder and CEO of Bilt Rewards Ankur Jain sits down with Liz to discuss how he developed a first-of-its-kind loyalty program for renters. He shares that from a young age, observing his parents' quest for the 'American Dream' inspired him to become an entrepreneur, he candidly expresse...
Jul 13, 2024•49 min
On this encore episode, Chairman of O’Leary Ventures and Beanstox, Kevin O’Leary joins Liz to share how he rose to be the mogul and “Shark” he is today. Kevin reminisces on his childhood and the early stages of his career, acknowledging that his knack for business is a gift he inherited from his family. Plus, Liz asks Kevin what key principles he lives by that have solidified his success in the industry and what advice he can offer to aspiring entrepreneurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Jul 06, 2024•46 min
