HeyJaredThe Bucketwish With ERICKA NICOLE MALONE
Welcome to the Bucketwish Podcast I am your host Ericka Nicole Malone! Is there a dream sitting on your bucket list that you're just waiting to check off? Then you are in the right place! The BucketWish Podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration and action.
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Pt 2 Tara Punzone and Deborah Mars (opens the original)
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This week on Bucketwish, host Ericka Nicole Malone continues her conversation with Tara Punzone, owner of a vegan Italian restaurant born out of the pandemic and a lifetime of conviction, and Debra Mars, whose corporate career and entrepreneurial reinvention took a very different path. Punzone opens up about growing up vegan out of love for animals long before it was a trend, and how simple, honest ingredients — just flour and water — became the foundation of a restaurant that keeps every promis
Chatting with Tara Punzone and Deborah Mars (opens the original)
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"I am so excited to have with me some of the most incredible women I have ever met." In this episode of The Bucketwish, Ericka Nicole Malone welcomes two dear friends who have paved impossible paths. First, the visionary Tara Punzone, owner and operator of Pura Vita in West Hollywood—the first 100% vegan Italian restaurant in the country. Tara shares the heart behind her journey, from her grandfather’s influence to her award-winning cookbook, Vegana Italiana, and how she found the endurance to k
Tradition, Tenacity & Plant-Based Italian with Chef Tara Punzone (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Bucket Wish, where we turn bold dreams into reality. This week, Ericka Nicole Malone sits down with the visionary behind LA’s Pura Vita, Chef Tara Punzone, to celebrate the release of her new book, Vegana Italiana. From being told she’d never make it in traditional kitchens to creating a plant-based dining staple, Tara opens up about: Creating traditional Italian classics without meat or dairy. The lessons of love and hospitality were learned in her grandparents’ Brooklyn shop. Wh
Why making yourself a priority is important (opens the original)
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"We are everyone else’s number one cheerleader, but sometimes we aren’t the number one cheerleader for ourselves." In this soul-stirring episode, Erica Nicole Malone invites you to redefine what it means to live in excellence. Moving beyond the "hustle," Erica explores excellence as an act of integrity, character, and self-love. From the surprising lesson she learned from her handyman, Jose, to the "Broadway standard" she set for her cast at age seventeen, Erica illustrates how excellence isn’t
Butterfly Girl Alexia Faith (opens the original)
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Butterfly Girl" — A Conversation with Alexia Faith This week on The BucketWish, Ericka Nicole Malone sits down with someone very close to her heart — her daughter, singer-songwriter Alexia Faith. Alexia has been quietly ascending for years, and this conversation is your chance to truly meet her. She opens up about the pivotal moment that sparked *Butterfly Girl* — her breakout single with over half a million views worldwide — and what it really means to rescue yourself when the fairy tale doesn'
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