{"podcast":{"title":"Aisle Seat","slug":"aisle-seat-6455567","podcast_index_feed_id":6455567,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/366803/destinations/3012314.xml","website_url":"https://www.alisonmcgill.ca/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/6/6/e/c66e8338bb15a3fb27a2322813b393ee/Aisle_Seat_PODCAST_COVER_ART_3000px.jpg","author":"Alison McGill","episode_count":161,"summary":"Are you planning a wedding, or simply wedding obsessed? You are my people! I'm Alison, a magazine editor, writer and wedding expert sharing my years of big day expertise with you via fun and fabulous guest chats with acclaimed wedding industry experts—planners, floral artists, photographers, designers—some stylish celebrity friends, as well as some real-life just marrieds. Tune in every Thursday to hear from epic guests like India Hicks, Trinny Woodall, acclaimed fashion designers Kate Halfpenny, Claire Pettibone, and Jackson Wiederhoeft, celebrity makeup artist Daniel Martin (the architect of Meghan Markle's famous wedding look), and design guru (and recent newlywed) Tiffany Pratt. Aisle Seat will inspire, educate and help you plan a wedding, but most of all it will entertain you—weddings come with a lot of joy, romance, beauty and DRAMA. I cover it all—consider Aisle Seat your front row seat to all the action!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:19:04.436251+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aisle-seat-6455567"},"episode":{"title":"💍 The Best Engagement Ring Trends of 2025 With Mercedes Smith, Owner And Designer At Alexis Gallery","slug":"the-best-engagement-ring-trends-of-2025-with-mercedes-smith-owner-and-designer-at-alexis-gallery","published_at":"2025-06-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aisle-seat-6455567/the-best-engagement-ring-trends-of-2025-with-mercedes-smith-owner-and-designer-at-alexis-gallery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aisle-seat-6455567","url":"https://aisleseat.libsyn.com/-modern-engagement-ring-trends-with-mercedes-smith-owner-and-designer-at-alexis-gallery","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aisleseat/AS_S5E16_AlexisGallery_final.mp3?dest-id=3012314","summary":"This week Alison has a sparkling chat with Mercedes Smith owner and designer at Alexis Gallery , a custom jewelry design studio in Toronto who create the most gorgeous pieces. We love to talk about diamonds, bling trends and engagement rings here and Mercedes and Alison became fast friends on this show because they speak the same love language when it comes to fine jewelry. Mercedes gets into what she's loving when it comes to engagement rings, how the average carat size for a centre diamond is on the rise (thank you lab diamonds!), how she and the team at Alexis Gallery work to create dream engagement rings for couples and more. If an engagement this summer is something you are planning for this glittery episode is for you.","meta_description":"This week Alison has a sparkling chat with Mercedes Smith owner and designer at Alexis Gallery , a custom jewelry design studio in Toronto who create the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2545,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aisle-seat-6455567/episodes/the-best-engagement-ring-trends-of-2025-with-mercedes-smith-owner-and-designer-at-alexis-gallery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aisle-seat-6455567/the-best-engagement-ring-trends-of-2025-with-mercedes-smith-owner-and-designer-at-alexis-gallery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}