{"podcast":{"title":"Top Floor","slug":"top-floor-6321208","podcast_index_feed_id":6321208,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/366290/rss?_ga=2.116498438.164353567.1671557087-1121528866.1656706241","website_url":"https://topfloorpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/7/e/2/c7e2393712bae1a816c3140a3186d450/TF_2026_Logo_-_Blue_BG-20260116-r48xuyo5to.png","author":"Susan Barry","episode_count":100,"summary":"Top Floor is a weekly podcast with tangible tips and excellent stories from the experts and characters who elevate hospitality. Host and elevator operator Susan Barry explores the idea that everything is marketing in the hotel business. Our interviews with creators, thought leaders and hospitality groundbreakers are designed to provide practical tactics that hoteliers, restaurateurs and travel mavens can use to promote their businesses. Along the way, we answer burning marketing questions submitted on the Emergency Call Button and share the funniest, craziest, just-plain-weirdest stories down at the Loading Dock. Need to press the Emergency Call Button? Or have a story to share at the Loading Dock? Reach us at 850.404.9630 to be featured in a future episode.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-floor-6321208"},"episode":{"title":"242 | Dog Treat Explosion","slug":"242-dog-treat-explosion","published_at":"2026-05-05T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-floor-6321208/242-dog-treat-explosion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-floor-6321208","url":"https://www.topfloorpodcast.com/episode/242","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/topfloor/242_Dog_Treat_Explosion.m4a?dest-id=3007631","summary":"Emily Goldfischer is a hospitality PR veteran turned media entrepreneur and co-founder of hertelier , a platform amplifying women's voices in the hotel industry. After a decade shaping brand narratives at Loews Hotels and a pivot into journalism in London, she uncovered a glaring gap in female representation at the top. Susan and Emily talk about advocacy, research, and storytelling. What You'll Learn: • Why personalized pitches outperform mass outreach • How to align your story with the right audience • Spotting trends like a PR pro (and why it matters) • Leadership lessons from working under iconic industry women • The \"where are the women?\" moment that sparked hertelier • Building a media brand from scratch during a pandemic • Why audience growth is harder than content creation • What 19% female leadership really reveals about hotels • The myth of motherhood as the main career barrier • How bias shows up—regardless of life choices • Why hospitality's pipeline leaks at the top • Simple ways to advocate for yourself at work • How companies can fix broken promotion pipelines • Why flexibility beats performative policies *** The Takeaway: The lack of women in leadership isn't caused by one issue (like motherhood). It's the result of systemic bias and structural barriers, and fixing it requires intentional, measurable change. Emily Goldfischer on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilygoldfischer/ hertelier https://www.hertelier.com/","meta_description":"Emily Goldfischer is a hospitality PR veteran turned media entrepreneur and co-founder of hertelier , a platform amplifying women's voices in the hotel in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/top-floor-6321208/episodes/242-dog-treat-explosion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-floor-6321208/242-dog-treat-explosion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}