This Is Not a Beauty Podcast

This Is Not a Beauty Podcast

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How Naomi Osaka Unwinds, and WNBA Legend Sue Bird on Standing Out

Isabella Rossellini and Muhammad Ali have crossed paths a few times —first, while she was assisting a sports journalist as a young woman, and later, when a tragedy led the boxer to knock on her door. Hear this story and more in the final episode of season 2, which is all about sp ...  Show more

Exploring the Ancient Art of Perfume in Southern France

In this episode, Isabella Rossellini explores three stories around the world that reveal the role beauty plays in business.

Did you know flowers grown for perfume must be picked at a certain time of day when they are at their most fragrant? In our first story, we travel ...

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Coming-of-Age in the Internet Era and How #GRWM Found a New Audience

For this episode, host Isabella Rossellini presents three stories exploring the role beauty plays in internet culture — from Get Ready With Me videos to how social media is shaping a centuries-old coming-of-age tradition in Latin America.

For our first story, we speak to ...

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Finding Friendship in a Barbershop

In what ways does beauty show up in our friendships? How do barbershops act as spaces for emotional support for men? And what does line dancing and kitsch have to do with self-love and community?

In this episode of This Is Not a Beauty Podcast, Isabella Rossellini presen ...

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A Technology that Predicts How Our Skin Will Age

What is the connection between how we present ourselves and wellbeing? To answer this question, we discover three stories that each unpack the connection between beauty and health from a different angle. 

And host Isabella Rossellini has some thoughts: ”I grew up in Ital ...

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