Table for One with Sogand Bahadori

Lola Plaku Thinks You Can Be Both Great and Happy

In this episode, I'm joined by the brilliant Lola Plaku - aka iluvlola - someone I interviewed over a decade ago for my then-blog. Lola has spent her career building multi-platinum musicians and their brands, and has contributed to the careers of some of the world's biggest artists. We sit down to have a raw and hilarious convo about what has changed over the 10 years for both of us, and how finding love and becoming a parent has made her learn you can be both great AND happy.
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The "Real" New Year We Should Follow, and How to Break Through Limitations with Mindset Coach Stephanie Gray

Happy Lunar New Year y'all!! In this episode, one of my oldest friends and Mindset & Life Coach Stephanie Gray joins me to talk about the actual New Year our bodies follow (also explaining why I felt so shitty in January). She also tells me about the generations of trauma that live within us, how to break through it, and how we can expand past the limitations our bodies and mind set on us through lived experiences. We discuss this in the context of careers, material things we want, and love. The perfect episode for the new year. 
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Kelly Bensimon Gives Us the Dating Handbook

On this episode, the ICON herself and RHONY OG Alum, Kelly Bensimon, joins me to talk about life being a series of cinematic moments and how growth never stops for her. We also determine the dating trends and rules for 2026, as we're both on the market - applications are now open.
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Rebuilding After War and Trauma: A Story By My Mother

In today's episode, I sit down with my most important guest yet: my mother. My mom details to me what it was like growing up in Tehran, living through the Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, and the devastating execution of her brother, to then having to leave Iran to come to Canada.
From there, she details a new battle: rebuilding a life in a foreign country and raising two daughters in an unfamiliar culture. From my Mother, we learn that growth and life's beauty never stops, in fact its always just beginning. 
 
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SOLO: My Year of Transformation

Welcome to my first ever solo episode y'all! In this deeply personal episode, I walk through my transformational 2025—shedding old programming, confronting long‑standing depression and anxiety, and taking a huge chance by leaving corporate fashion to launch a marketing consulting business and podcast.
I walk you through my journey to getting to the my dream life on paper, only to then realise I wasn't very happy. I share the steps I took that gave me the courage to bet on myself and take chances to become the happiest version of myself - while knowing I'm still a work in progress. Hope you join me for the ride.
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Resources I reference in the episode:
The Wellness Process Podcast by Elizabeth Endres
Expanded Podcast by To Be Magnetic
To Be Magentic | Neural Manifestation
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Emily McDonald @emonthebrain 

Monthly Rant: Finding Love at 35, Dating in the Digital Age, & the Last Season of Six Feet Under

On the first ever monthly rant, my sister Sonia joins me on this episode to talk about turning 35 and finding love after years of dating, and I realize that dating apps aren't for me after trying to get into it. I also talk about visiting my old cities of Toronto and Montreal and realizing I'm the person I wanted to be a decade ago, Sonia tells me about her unfortunate birthday dinner (very Charlotte and Harry five-course French meal), and we discuss the finale of Six Feet Under 24 years after its premiere - so we hope you won't get mad at us for any spoilers. 
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Nikohl Boosheri on Making it through a Hollywood Shutdown and Finding Creativity in 5 Acres of Land

Actor, Artist, and fellow Canadian Nikohl Boosheri joins me to discuss her experience as a middle eastern actor in Hollywood, staying creatively stimulated during the writers strike and Covid, her current stance on dating, and her biggest creative project yet: the five acres of land she just acquired.
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Vic Mensa on Manifesting Becoming a Father, Quantum Physics, and Moving into His Next Chapter

Musician, Actor, and Artist Vic Mensa joins me on this episode to discuss going independent and being at his Table for One, manifesting having his son, falling in love, Joe Dispenza and the power of quantum physics, his love for Chicago, working with Lena Waithe on The CHI, and much much more.
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Steph Ketty on Embracing Art through Chaos, Life in Your Forties, and Learning to be More Present

Stephanie Ketty, artist and VP of BFA, joins me this week at my table to talk about embracing her art in the chaos and putting her art first, life transitions in your forties (hint: it keeps gets better), finding love, and learning to be more present in the moment.
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Julie Ragolia on New York, the State of Fashion, and Not Giving a F*ck

Fashion stylist Julie Ragolia joins me for the inaugural TFO episode to discuss her upbringing in New York, her love for the city, the art of styling and dressing to be a character, and whether she's hopeful for the future.
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Credit to Rachel Kushner's article in The New Yorker "What I Wanted, What I Got: Lifelong Lessons in Yearning and Style", which we discuss near the end of the podcast.