Might Be Something

About Might Be Something

Fifteenish is a podcast about the real, messy, beautiful stories behind what it takes to build a business as a woman. I'm Leah, and I'm kind of obsessed with founder stories. Not the highlight reel; the actual story. The moment she almost quit. The pivot no one saw coming. The decision that made zero sense but ended up changing everything. I zoom in on one moment in a founder's story and tell you that. Think of it like the cliff notes version of the part that actually matters. Because the best lessons don't come from a blueprint. They come from hearing someone else's story and thinking, "Oh shit, that's me." The name Fifteenish comes from something that shifted how I think about time. We all have little pockets throughout our day; fifteen minutes here, twenty there. Those moments aren't nothing. How we use them, whether we numb out or lean in, scroll or show up for ourselves... shapes the life we're building. This podcast is for you if you're building something. A business, a new chapter, a version of yourself you're still figuring out. We'll talk about real stories. Short enough to finish in one sitting. In roughly fifteen minutes (give or take).

Publisher

Leah

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

27 Mar 2025

Latest episode

30 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

72 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jul 2026

   From 12,000 Downloads to $125 Million — The Alex Cooper and Call Her Daddy Story

   Alex Cooper had her whole identity built around Division One soccer at Boston University until a knee injury ended it at nineteen. What came next was working entry-level media jobs in New York City, a shared apartment, and a podcast she started with her roommate called Call Her Daddy in 2018. Three episodes in, Barstool Sports came calling. The show went from twelve thousand to two million downloads in two months. In this episode I talk about what actually made it work, what happened during the very public 2020 contract dispute and why the IP piece of that story matters more than most people realize, how she pivoted the entire show from explicit sex talk to landing Michelle Obama and Kamala Harris, the sixty million dollar Spotify deal, the founding of the Unwell Network to build infrastructure for other women in podcasting, the hundred and twenty-five million dollar SiriusXM deal, and the 2025 Hulu documentary where she talked publicly for the first time about the sexual harassment she experienced from her college soccer coach. She started with no plan, no backing, and no idea it was going to become what it became. And then she just kept going. Sources & Disclaimer Variety — "Call Her Daddy Host Alex Cooper Inks Multiyear Deal With SiriusXM Worth Up to $125 Million," August 2024 Wikipedia — Call Her Daddy entry Britannica — Alex Cooper biography Forbes — Alex Cooper 30 Under 30 interview, November 2024 People — "Alex Cooper Reflects on Her Monumental 2024," December 2024 The Boston Globe — "Inside Alex Cooper's Unwell," April 2026 Hulu — Call Her Alex documentary, 2025 TIME — TIME100 Creators 2026, July 14, 2026 All facts shared in this episode are based on publicly available information at the time of recording. Any personal reflections or opinions are my own. If anything is found to be inaccurate, I'm happy to issue a correction.

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   The Honey Pot Company: How Beatrice Dixon Built a $380 Million Business in a Category Nobody Took Seriously

   Beatrice Dixon had been dealing with a bacterial infection for eight months when her late grandmother appeared to her in a dream and gave her the formula. She went to Whole Foods the next morning, bought the ingredients, and within a few days the infection was gone. That was 2014. She built the formula into The Honey Pot Company — the world's first plant-based feminine care line — with a $21,000 loan from her brother, while working full time at Whole Foods for three years. In this episode I talk about what it actually took to pitch a feminine care brand in rooms full of people who didn't want to have the conversation, how she got into Target the old-fashioned way, what happened when a Target commercial about her went viral for all the wrong reasons and she chose to say nothing, why she turned down $450 million, and what she said when Target rolled back its DEI initiatives this year. By 2023 The Honey Pot was in forty thousand stores with four point six million customers. And it all started with a dream. Sources & Disclaimer Forbes — "The Honey Pot Sold for $380 Million. Don't Call It a DEI Success Story," April 22, 2025 The Root — "Why The Honey Pot CEO Didn't Sell Her Company to the Highest Bidder," November 2025 Fortune — "The Honey Pot Sale: Founder Bea Dixon on Being a Black Female Founder," February 2024 AfroTech — "Honey Pot CEO Beatrice Dixon Discusses Selling Her Business," November 2024 Behind Her Empire Podcast — "How Beatrice Dixon Scaled The Honey Pot Company From Her Kitchen," 2021 BeautyMatter — "Inspiring A Movement of Humans with Beatrice Dixon," 2022 The Helm — "Beatrice Dixon Is Already Plotting Her Exit Strategy," 2020 Authority Magazine — "Female Disruptors: How Beatrice Dixon of The Honey Pot Is Shaking Up Feminine Care," 2020 Wikipedia — The Honey Pot Company All facts shared in this episode are based on publicly available information at the time of recording. Any personal reflections or opinions are my own. If anything is found to be inaccurate, I'm happy to issue a correction.

3. 

   16 Jul 2026

   The CEO Who Stepped Into Reformation's Worst Week and Took It to $500 Million

   In June 2020, the founder of Reformation resigned as CEO. Hali Borenstein stepped in the same day — not as a rescue from the outside, but as someone who had been inside the company for six years, including three as president. What she walked into was a company whose internal culture had publicly failed the people working there, a brand that preached ethics while some of its own employees experienced something entirely different. And it was 2020. A pandemic. The company's core product, occasion dresses, had nowhere to go. In this episode I talk about how Hali took that moment and what she built from it — the company-wide values inquiry she ran on day one, the three hundred thousand masks the factory made for Los Angeles, the decision to give up revenue and wait six months for the more sustainable fabric because the mission came first, the Monica Lewinsky campaign that generated nine billion impressions in a week, and how on June twenty-fifth of this year she filed to take Reformation public on the New York Stock Exchange with five hundred and seven million dollars in annual revenue. She didn't start this company. She's the one taking it there. Sources & Disclaimer FashionUnited UK — "Hali Borenstein: the insider taking Reformation public," July 2026 TIME — "Reformation CEO Hali Borenstein on Centering Sustainability and Taking Risks," March 11, 2026 WWD — "Reformation Files for IPO Amid Strong Growth and Sustainability Focus," June 2026 WWD — "Reformation CEO Hali Borenstein on Company Strategy," January 30, 2025 Puck — "Reformation's Hali Borenstein on Those IPO Rumors," February 2025 Permira — Candid Conversations Podcast, featuring Hali Borenstein Brand on Purpose with Aaron Kwittken — Hali Borenstein episode Reformation S-1 IPO Filing, SEC, June 25, 2026 All facts shared in this episode are based on publicly available information at the time of recording. Any personal reflections or opinions are my own. If anything is found to be inaccurate, I'm happy to issue a correction.

Who has been a guest on Might Be Something

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Reshma Saujani
• Tori Dunlap
• Mari Llewellyn
• Kendra Scott
• Whitney Wolfe Herd

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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Quality

84

Social presence

90

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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