{"podcast":{"title":"The Materialist : A Podcast from At Present","slug":"the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202","podcast_index_feed_id":7020202,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3032602.rss","website_url":"https://atpresent.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3032602/b23cc577c853a27e2e85620781b32946.jpg","author":"At Present","episode_count":39,"summary":"An exploration of material culture with At Present Founder Marc Bridge. Marc is a Materialist. He loves things -- the things artists make, the things we sell, the things we make part of our our lives. But he was conflicted. Why do things matter? Why do creative people dedicate their lives to crafting them? What does it mean to obsess about what we buy, wear, and put in our homes. Are we destroying our planet, our children, and ourselves through this obsession? The Materialist Podcast is an exploration of this and so much more. Join us for conversations with the world's best jewelry designers, stylists, influencers, admirers, environmentalists, academics, and a bunch of just interesting people. atpresent.substack.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T10:21:57.470188+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202"},"episode":{"title":"The Materialist : Tiffany Lopinsky","slug":"the-materialist-tiffany-lopinsky","published_at":"2025-07-23T22:09:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202/the-materialist-tiffany-lopinsky","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202","url":"https://atpresent.substack.com/p/the-materialist-tiffany-lopinsky","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169088804/56e064cf1039bde5bf145845981f9986.mp3","summary":"This week on The Materialist , I’m joined by Tiffany Lopinsky — co-founder and president of ShopMy , the platform quietly powering your favorite creators. We cover a lot of ground: the evolution of influencer marketing, why affiliate and subscription revenue might just save the creator economy, and what it takes to build something useful, without a playbook. Tiffany speaks with the clarity of someone who’s seen behind the curtain — first as a content creator herself (shout out to Boston Foodies), and now as the operator behind a platform with 175,000 creators and 30,000 brands. “There’s no playbook for something that hasn’t been done before. Otherwise, you’d have to write the playbook once you do it.” That could be the ShopMy manifesto — and it wouldn’t be a bad one for the rest of us, either. 📌 Highlights from Our Conversation • The 3 ways creators make money today Flat-fee partnerships, affiliate revenue, and subscriptions. (Spoiler: Tiffany thinks the second and third are where freedom — and taste — live.) • Why micro-influence isn’t just a buzzword The power isn’t always in scale — it's in specificity. Smart brands know that the right creator with 10k followers can outperform a scripted macro-influencer with a million. • The changing role of press & retail Legacy media and department stores are losing ground. Creators now function like boutique editors and independent shopkeepers — and they’re often better at it. • The invisible architecture of taste ShopMy isn’t just helping brands find creators — it’s helping good taste scale. 🛍 Brands Tiffany Loves (and Why) Here are a few brands Tiffany mentions in the episode — all discoverable (and shoppable) through ShopMy: * Le Monde Beryl — Elegant flats rooted in timeless design. * Emme Parsons — Sandals and refined footw…","meta_description":"This week on The Materialist , I’m joined by Tiffany Lopinsky — co-founder and president of ShopMy , the platform quietly powering your favorite creators.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3526,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202/episodes/the-materialist-tiffany-lopinsky/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-materialist-a-podcast-from-at-present-7020202/the-materialist-tiffany-lopinsky.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}