Table for One with Sogand Bahadori

This week on Table for One, I’m joined by Renee Roden, founder and editor of Galconomist - a print magazine and community for women exploring everything from love, sex and relationships to ambition, identity and what it means to be a modern woman.

We get into what it means to start over in your 30s - moving cities, leaving behind the life you thought you were supposed to have, building something from scratch and learning to trust your own timeline. Renee shares the story behind Galconomist, including the loneliness that inspired it, the power of asking your friends for help, and why being a beginner might actually be one of the most exciting places to be.

We also get very honest about dating in your 30s, the pressure to find “the one,” heartbreak, marriage, the dating market, Sex and the City, and why sometimes you have to stop gripping so tightly onto the life you thought you wanted.

Plus: the beauty of being bad at something before you get good at it, dealing with criticism on the internet, the female gaze, the algorithm hamster wheel, taking back control of your own narrative, and Renee’s upcoming Galconomist issue all about play and fun.

This one really felt like two girlfriends sitting down and figuring life out together - careers, love, sex, friendship, ambition and all.

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On this episode of Table for One, Georgina Scholtens-Day joins my sister Sonia and me for a wine-fuelled conversation about career pivots, starting a business, women’s health, holidays - and, naturally, Fairy Porn.

Georgina is a brand and marketing leader with 20 years of experience building luxury brands across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Most recently, she was Global CMO of Versace, where she led marketing, communications, creative services, digital and customer journey globally. She’s also held senior leadership roles at Zegna and worked across brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford and Missoni.

Now, Georgina is part of the @amateur_hq founding team, sitting on boards and advising organisations navigating brand transformation, marketing, customer strategy and leadership. She’s also a brilliant friend, which is why this conversation gets considerably less corporate and considerably more chaotic.

We talk career reinvention, female leadership, entrepreneurship, building teams, women’s health and what it actually means to navigate change - before somehow arriving at Fairy Porn. As you do.

Funny, honest and full of genuinely good advice for anyone thinking about work, ambition, starting over or figuring out what comes next.

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions around female health and reproduction.

In this episode of Table for One, I sit down with Bonnie Langedijk - founder of HURS and one of the coolest women on the internet (even though she’d probably hate me saying that) - for a deeply honest conversation about ambition, desire, identity, dating, loneliness, and what it actually takes to build something meaningful.

Fresh off interviewing Emma Grede, Bonnie joins me to unpack the reality behind entrepreneurship: the self-doubt, the rejection, and the “why can’t I just want a normal life?” moments. We also get into therapy, women and desire, panic attacks, career pivots, and why becoming yourself is the most liberating thing in the world.

From building HURS from the ground up to navigating rooms full of people she once idolized, Bonnie opens up about success, vulnerability, and learning to stop apologizing for wanting more.

A conversation between two women trying to figure it out in real time, with a little oversharing, a lot of honesty, and unfortunately, no martinis (next time). We also solve the male dating pool crisis. Partially. We're working on it.

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I’m sitting down with fashion icon Dominique Deroche, who spent an incredible 40 years at Yves Saint Laurent. She takes us behind the scenes of working with Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, shares what it really looked like to juggle a high-powered career with marriage and family, and gets honest about the lessons she learned along the way.

We also talk advice for the next generation of women carving their own paths—and how she’s finding joy, balance, and a new sense of self after such a full-on career.

This one is a must-listen!!!

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Chef, food writer, New York Times bestselling author, and James Beard Award winner Andy Baraghani joins me for a heartfelt conversation about the richness of Persian culture and what he’s been navigating emotionally during a difficult moment for the Iranian community. We also get into why one toxic relationship might be more of a lesson than a mistake, the importance of treating yourself with compassion, his mission to inspire home cooks, and he settles the ultimate kitchen question: can you re-heat rice?

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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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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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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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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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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