Daniel Humm is by all accounts one of the most celebrated chefs in the world: number 1 on the World’s Best Restaurant List, a decade-long streak of 3 Michelin stars, and a starry list of accolades for his kitchens. But after running a community food commissary during pandemic, he made the bold move to remove animal products from the menu of his acclaimed Eleven Madison Park. He talks to Martha here about the urgency of reducing our meat consumption and evolving the way we eat.   See...

This week, Martha flips the script. Instead of asking the questions, she is the one fielding them. The fashion maven Fern Mallis, who created New York Fashion Week, interviewed Martha at 92nd Street Y in New York for “Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis.” Martha gets candid with Fern about family memories, her marriage, the parties that launched her career, her friend Snoop, posing for Sports Illustrated - and more. You’ll hear a side of Martha you haven’t heard before. Listen to their...

Shonda Rhimes is the prolific and disruptive force behind Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal, Private Practice, and Bridgerton - some billions of hours of television viewed. She broke records at ABC as a writer, producer and showrunner before becoming one of Netflix’s most successful creators. She talks to Martha about the secrets of making addictive television, the characters she still misses, and the tough choices that come with an ambitious life. You won’t want to miss...

Fashion designer Wes Gordon has had a big month: he just presented his fifth collection as the Creative Director for Carolina Herrera at New York Fashion Week, and published a book that celebrates the brand’s obsession with color. At 36 years old, Wes is just getting started. He joins Martha to talk about what’s happening in fashion today, how he ascended to the top of one of America’s most iconic fashion houses, and how he finds beauty everywhere in life. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

In the 1900s, the average American lifespan was 47.7 years. Today, it is 78.8 years. 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day. In just over 10 years, 20% of the US population will be 65 and over. So, what are we doing to care for this growing population? The urgency around that question inspired Martha to start working with the Mount Sinai Health System NYC 15 years ago. Today’s episode will be the first in a series of conversations that specifically addresses the needs of our aging...

Martha spends her summers in Maine enjoying fresh lobster, nature hikes, boat rides, and quality time with family and friends like Dick Wolf. In this episode, Martha and the creator of the Law & Order, Chicago and FBI franchises take time away from their vacations to chat about their love for Maine, what brought them there, and why they want to preserve it. They also discuss Dick’s early career in advertising (he wrote campaigns for airlines and Tampax!) - and how he became one of the...

If you follow Martha very closely, you may know that she is one of the legions of puzzle players who obsessively play The New York Times’ word games. The NYT launched its famous crossword puzzle in 1942. Now, 81 years later, they are paying serious attention to the business of games. Sudoku. Wordle. Spelling Bee. Tiles. As the news organization grows its digital portfolio of games, waves of puzzle players are signing up. Martha is delighted to talk word games with Will Shortz, The New York...

Whether you're an apartment dweller or have an outdoor space, there are ways to exercise your green thumb. In this episode, Martha talks with two people who share her passion for gardening; her head gardener, Ryan McCallister, and Martha Stewart brand Creative Director and co-author of Martha’s Flowers, Kevin Sharkey. Ryan oversees Martha's extensive gardens in his job. Kevin works with plants at Martha's estates and cultivates houseplants in his New York City apartment. They talk with Martha...

What’s the value in traveling to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa in person when today, anyone with an internet-friendly device can have access to a high-resolution image? Why go to Amsterdam for a Johannes Vermeer exhibit when Dall-e AI can create credible fakes in just minutes? Yet, people flock to experience art up close, and New York Times critic-at-large, Jason Farago, has theories why. Jason catches up with Martha about blockbuster art events, safeguarding cultural treasures in Turkey...

When Kara Swisher talks, Martha takes notes - literally. Journalist Kara Swisher has covered technology on every platform during an explosive era of innovation. As those innovations transform our lives at an exponential pace, Kara continues to call out the surrounding practical, ethical and political ramifications to listeners of her hugely successful podcasts “On With Kara Swisher” and “Pivot.” Hear about Kara’s historic interviews of tech legends, and her predictions for driverless vehicles...

Have you ever contemplated starting your own business? How does a small, specialized business compete with the major retailers? Listen to Mike Geller as he talks to Martha about leaving his corporate job to get into the grocery business. He learned about agriculture during a journey in Botswana and an apprenticeship at Stone Barns, and launched Mike’s Organic, an organic food market and delivery service in Connecticut. Martha and Mike talk about the challenges of getting sustainable,...

Nathan Myhrvold is a voracious intellect: he enrolled in college at the age of 14, he has multiple degrees in mathematics, geophysics and physics, he helped build Microsoft as its Chief Technology Officer, and he has published 16 volumes of encyclopedic, visually arresting books. Martha is a longtime friend and admirer. She connects with him in his lab to talk about his latest book, Food and Drink: Modernist Cuisine Photography, and a range of other projects, from building nuclear reactors to...

Stephen Sills has been creating beautiful homes since his own first apartment in Dallas made it into House & Garden as a young designer. With his sophisticated, timeless interiors for clients like Tina Turner, Anna Wintour and more, he has become one of America’s preeminent interior designers. But perhaps the Stephen Sills home Martha loves best is the constantly evolving Bedford estate down the road from hers, where they spend hours in the rooms and stunning gardens, enjoying the beauty...

Martha says that if you want to celebrate anything, Darcy Miller is “the“ person you want to talk to. Darcy spent more than 25 years working with Martha, starting as an assistant at Martha Stewart Living, and eventually running Martha Stewart Weddings as the editor in chief. The personalized favors, customized touches and stunning weddings she helped orchestrate defined those magazines, and influenced the way people planned weddings and celebrations. She sits down with Martha to talk about...

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model? Just the latest barrier for the maverick Martha Stewart to break. If you’re curious why on earth Martha would want to pose for the iconic issue, listen to her interview SI Swimsuit Editor in Chief MJ Day in this latest podcast. You’ll hear MJ, who has led the iconic Swimsuit Issue for 26 years, reveal the photos to Martha for the first time, and learn why she was so determined to put Martha on the 2023 cover. MJ talks about evolving the publication and...

Martha has been in the hot seat as a guest of Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live.” Now it’s her turn to put him “on blast.” Andy can’t resist trying to flip the interviewer role onto Martha, or trying to cast her as a “Real Housewife.” They talk in today’s podcast about creating modern families, and his daily life as a father of two young children, as chronicled in his newest book, “The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up.” Don’t miss this opportunity to hear these two spill the tea.    See...

Martha admires interior designer Bunny Williams for many reasons: her design sensibility, her thriving home business, her beautiful books, and the can’t-miss garden and home benefit sale that Bunny created, Trade Secrets. You’ll be inspired by these lifestyle mavens as Martha asks Bunny about her path to becoming one of America’s most sought-after designers, how Bunny created her own beautiful home and garden, and their many shared passions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week’s episode, Martha catches up with her friend, the “futurist”,  Faith Popcorn. Faith is considered America’s foremost trend expert and is in demand by the Fortune 200 companies who want to know what’s next. From adapting to the work-from-home culture to adopting ChatGPT, Faith and Martha talk here about nothing but the future.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since Brian Chesky and his then-roommate rented out three air mattresses in their apartment in 2007, he’s been on a wild ride building Airbnb. What are the biggest challenges of building an $80-billon dollar business and disrupting the hospitality industry in the process? How do you convince people to open up their homes to strangers? What happens when the pandemic stops your breakneck growth - on a dime? Learn all of this, and more, in this engaging conversation between two passionate...

Jeffrey Loria has spent time in the studios of such renowned artists as Roy Lichtenstein, Henry Moore, and Niki de Saint Phalle; commissioned work from Salvador Dalí; and traveled the world in search of exceptional art for his clients’ collections (including Martha’s!). He pursued a second, equally high-powered career following his other great passion: baseball. As the owner of the Marlins Baseball Team, he discovered top players, built a state-of-the art baseball stadium, and experienced the...

Sarah Carey and Thomas Joseph have been in the kitchen with Martha for a long time. These two culinary experts have been behind many of Martha’s food-related businesses: the informative television shows, the beautiful magazine stories, the inspirational cookbooks, the delicious food and beverage products, the essential kitchen items – and even Martha’s first-ever restaurant. They know how to find the very best ingredients and teach the very best culinary techniques. And they share with Martha...

Eric Adams, the 110th Mayor of NYC, oversees 320,000 employees and a $101-billion dollar budget. He sits down with Martha to talk about the challenges of running what he calls the greatest city in the world - from crime, to homelessness, to his plans to hire a “rat czar.” Martha and the Mayor discuss growing up in Brooklyn and being a beat cop, before rising to the city’s top office. Mayor Adams shares how he nearly went blind, before reversing his diabetes through a vegan diet, and the two...

What does the director of such macabre television shows as “Dahmer” and “American Horror Story” have in common with the queen of domesticity? Turns out, quite a bit. In this week’s episode, Martha interviews Ryan Murphy, the prolific storyteller who has dominated American television with hits including “Glee,” and “Nip/Tuck” and many, many more. While their binge-watching tastes might diverge, they share similar passions for creativity, exploring history, and a beautiful garden. These two...

Audiences around the world are rooting for Brendan Fraser in this moment. A beloved fixture of 90s films like Encino Man, the acclaimed Gods and Monsters, and the blockbuster The Mummy franchise, Brendan’s latest role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale has fans and critics buzzing - and put him in contention for his first Oscar. He talks here with Martha about his emotionally electrifying performance as Charlie, a 600-pound English professor striving to reconnect with his daughter, the physical...

Christopher is an artist. He creates one-of-a-kind, timeless, and highly coveted lamps. In fact, he's made lamps for four different White House Administrations, the Presidential Blair House, and many other distinguished American homes. He’s also the author of A Year at Clove Brook Farm: Gardening, Tending Flocks, Keeping Bees, Collecting Antiques, and Entertaining Friends. But how did he become so successful? What drives his passions? Why lamps? Martha sits down with Christopher in this...