In The Phipps of It
The show is focused on entrepreneurship, marriage, parenting and so much more! We love talking to each other and maybe others will like to listen? Maybe not, but either way we will have fun!
Episodes
12 episodes
A Great Song Still Needs A Business Plan
We get brutally honest about what it really takes to build a career in the music business without losing your values. We break down the money, the myths, and the long game behind songwriting, touring, radio, labels, and televised talent contest...
Ep.11 What Our Daughter Teaches Us About Parenting
We sit down with Brinley to hear what our work, marriage, and parenting look like from a middle schooler’s seat. She gives blunt, thoughtful takes on confidence, autonomy, friendships, and how to stay human in a world shaped by social media and...
Ep.10 Quarterly Parenting Review After Fifteen Years
Our 15-year-old son Aiden joins us as our first guest and gives an honest review of what it feels like to grow up with entrepreneur parents. We talk freedom and flexibility, the stress that comes with it, and what helps a family stay close thro...
Ep.9 Women In Business Realities
We talk honestly about the uneven playing field women face from girlhood through leadership, and how those pressures show up at work, at home, and in public. We connect safety, social expectations, and autonomy to what it really takes for women...
Ep.8 The Checkered Resume
We trace Rodney’s winding path from boarding school to kitchens to music and business building, and we show how each detour quietly becomes a skill that pays off later. We also get real about ego, imposter syndrome, and mental health, and why t...
Ep.7 From School Bus Hustle To Investment Real Estate
We trace Natasha’s career from early, scrappy sales lessons to building an investment-focused real estate business that runs on trust and long-term thinking. We talk about leaving corporate life, learning through rejection, and why doing the ri...
Ep.6 Keep Marriage Fun!
Marriage doesn’t have to turn into a running joke, a permission slip, or a scoreboard. We’re Natasha and Rodney Phipps, and we’re sharing the real reasons our relationship feels lighter and more fun now than it did years ago, even with two kids...
Ep.5 The Mirror Test
If you had to answer one question after every hard call, what would it be? We keep coming back to a simple standard: can we look at ourselves in the mirror afterward. That “mirror test” shapes how we handle business ethics, friendships, marriag...
Ep.4 Intentional Parenting
We talk through the parenting principles that guide our home: intention, time spent, and consistent messaging grounded in respect. We share how those values show up in real-life hot topics like swearing, manners in public, screen time, and the ...
Ep.3 The Long Game
We look back at the years when we’re building businesses, building assets, and building a family at the same time, with all the risk and uncertainty that comes with being self-employed. We talk about confidence, equality, trauma, and the long g...
Ep.2 Two Feet In
We tell the real story of how we went from meeting as teenagers to choosing a life built on commitment, shared goals, and intentional decisions. We connect love, money, health, and entrepreneurship to show how our partnership grows through disc...
Ep.1 Building A Life We Love
We start the podcast by sharing why we’ve been drawn to a work-from-home life where we build businesses, raise kids, and do marriage as a real partnership. We talk about the risks we’ve taken, the fears we still feel, and the habits that keep u...