The Amy Plus Podcast
Amy is a luxury lifestyle curator, fashionista, and host of The Amy Plus Podcast—where elevated living meets real conversation. If you’re looking for a fresh and fun new podcast, this is for you.
Filming from her stunning waterfront homes in Laguna Beach and Texas, Amy brings you inside a world of luxury fashion, design, travel, and meaningful conversations with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and influential voices.
This podcast goes beyond the aesthetic. It’s about the stories behind the success—the journeys, challenges, and moments that shape who we become. Expect candid interviews, personal insights, and inspiring conversations that are always authentic, always uplifting.
With the signature AmyPlusJoe brand—highlighting her life with her husband—every episode blends style, substance, and real life.
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The Amy Plus Podcast
Joe Sexton Ethics, Pressure, and an FBI Interview
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Joe’s back for Part 2. We rewind our NYC weekend (RÜFÜS, The Edge, Per Se) before diving into his career ride: lugging computers into auto-parts stores, learning to sell to skeptical owners, landing at CA during its acquisition tear, then helping scale Mercury through crisis and an eventual sale. Plus: an FBI interview, a Birkin curveball, and what “getting fired” really taught him about people, resilience, and leadership.
00:00 – Welcome back + Part 2 setup
01:02 – Outfit check & sneaker talk
05:48 – The Edge @ Hudson Yards (glass floor, 100 stories)
08:05 – “You can’t be here” (security almost-kicks Joe out)
11:16 – RÜFÜS show + suite night in New Jersey
13:44 – The Per Se play + corkage math + Penfolds Grange
14:44 – Oyster & caviar “pearls” course
15:52 – Tammy authenticates the Birkin… and it’s not
17:07 – Triad in the Kentucky hills (auto parts + computers)
17:26 – From 100k customer cards to minutes with software
18:05 – No gas to the interview → gets the job anyway
20:02 – Six-month training (Sunnyvale/Livermore)
21:08 – Two cash registers (the “government share” story)
34:19 – Joining CA under ~$63M & the acquisition machine
47:07 – Charles Wang stories: photographic memory & frugality
01:10:22 – FBI interview: tell the truth, full stop
01:14:50 – HP buys Mercury (closing chapter)
01:23:18 – Teaser: McAfee ($7.7B) & AppDynamics next episode