To That Point
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To That Point
A podcast at the intersection of business and culture hosted by Montana Blair & Jasmin Escher.
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28 episodi
09_Director's Cut Two
Jasmin wraps up Ensemble with some parting thoughts on key learnings and provocations that emerged throughout the season.
08_Finale
In the last episode of Ensemble, we reflect on our time studying New York's revival and its relation to performing art, and discuss what we collectiv...
07_Brooklyn
Our final stage is performance in everyday life, from digital stages like Instagram to intimate rooftop kickbacks.
06_East Side
We stop by Washington Square Park and stroll through Soho to see how New York artists are claiming the streets as their stage.. from buskers to fashio...
05_Downtown
Jasmin and Montana hit the streets after dark to study performance at New York's iconic nightlife staples.
04_Chelsea
We head to Hudson Yards and Chelsea, home to untraditional performing arts institutions who are challenging the essence of what a "stage" is and can b...
03_Midtown
We visit Broadway to reminisce on the set routines and rituals that come with performance, and start to identify how these traditions are being challe...
02_Uptown
As the curtain rises and shows begin once again, we visit Uptown Manhattan to take a look at how audiences and performers are returning the stage.
00_Director's Cut 1
Montana introduces the origins of the Ensemble project and gives you a glimpse at what you'll hear this season.
01_Drinks at the Crosby
Montana and Jasmin meet for drinks in Soho and chat about the reawakening of New York City and what inspired "Ensemble."
Entrepreneurship & Monetizing Your Passions
Lilia Karimi is a creative entrepreneur, yogi, and author with an impressive track record. Today, Lilia walks us through how she paved a professional...
How to pivot into (or out of) product management
Will Davis is a product manager, entrepreneur, and soon-to-be software engineer. In today's episode, Will gives us his unfiltered thoughts as he leave...
The reality of quitting corporate for a freelance career
You may recognize the name Levi Barrie as the audio engineer for To That Point, but he also wears a number of other creative hats: filmmaker, photogra...
2020 Year in Review
Jasmin & Montana recap the past few months and talk about what’s coming next in 2021 for the To That Point podcast.
Minus Us: Using thrifted clothes as a medium for art
Minus Us brings together creatives of all kinds to collaborate and design on thrifted clothes. Co-founders Johann and Reese talk about leaving a corpo...
The Canvas: Transforming vacant retail spaces into impact-driven marketplaces
In our conversation with co-founders Devin and Tegan, we learn about The Canvas' unique retail business model, debate the difference between true gree...
Renewcell: Designing a breakthrough product to close the loop on the fashion supply chain
Nora Eslander is the Brand Manager at Renewcell, a Swedish-based company that creates a raw material called Circulose from textile waste. The fiber ca...
FABCYCLE: Creating new business models for textile waste
FABCYCLE founder Irina McKenzie on creating new business models that encourage circularity in fashion by finding innovative outlets to reuse, recycle...
How Private Policy New York is making streetwear political
Co-Founder Siying Qu shares why she founded Private Policy NY, and how the brands approach to design sparks conversation on global socio-political is...
Smokewear label Sundae School on breaking stereotypes in fashion, cannabis, and society through 'higher' education
How two entrepreneurs with business backgrounds entered the world of fashion and cannabis to transform the smoker stereotype, de-stigmatize cannabis c...
What does it take to design with purpose?
We’re taking a critical look at the fashion industry to try and answer the big question: what does innovation look like in fashion when you actually c...
Business Spotlight: Harriett's Bookshop
Jeannine Cook shares why she founded Harriett's Bookshop, a black-owned indie bookstore in Philly named for historical heroine Harriett Tubman that ce...
London Business School MBA candidate Aly Yee on pursuing an international degree
An American in Europe shares her experience on what it's like to get an MBA abroad.
Second year Kellogg MBA student Ezinna Nwokonko on making the most of remote learning
This episode we’re talking to Ezinna Nwokonko, second year MBA student at the Kellogg School of Management, to learn how the value of an MBA has chan...
Harvard Graduate School of Design student Pranitha Patil on if a remote Master’s degree is worth it
First year Harvard Graduate of Design student Pranitha Patil shares why she decided to pursue an MDE, a Masters in Design Engineering, instead of an M...
Theme Intro: The New College Experience
Virtual MBA, yay or nay? We're kicking off season one with a discussion on how the pivot to virtual has impacted higher education. To start, Jasmin an...
Introducing To That Point
This is To That Point - a podcast that covers topics at the intersection of business and culture.