Brands
The Luxury Podcast
Audio Always
4.9 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This week, William and Jonathan dive into the world of brands. From high-street staples like Wetherspoons to everyday essentials like toilet roll, they explore the brands we love, the ones we stay loyal to, and what keeps us coming back for more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the luxury podcast. My name's Jonathan Vernon Smith. With me is William Hanson. |
| 0:14.0 | This is the podcast that helps you live a more luxury life. Hello, Jonathan and I are here to help you create |
| 0:20.0 | the everyday moments of luxury |
| 0:21.2 | that make life worth living, whatever your budget. Now, in each episode of the luxury podcast, |
| 0:26.0 | William and I, of course, tackle an area of life that we think you should upgrade, |
| 0:30.6 | sorting the ons, lows from the higher sense, advising the nation in gracious living. So, William, |
| 0:36.6 | what are we going to talk about today? |
| 0:38.5 | We are going to talk about brands. Brands versus own branded. |
| 0:44.9 | Yes. Well, this is an interesting one. It is. Because some brands are definitely luxury. |
| 0:52.1 | Yeah. Others are not. And I think sometimes using unbranded alternatives could be a little more luxury. |
| 1:00.1 | Oh, really? |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah, I think so. |
| 1:01.6 | Okay. |
| 1:02.3 | I will remain to be convinced, only because I can't think of any sort of particularly off the top of my head that, you know, would be more luxury. |
| 1:10.1 | Right. |
| 1:11.4 | All right. Well, I will remind you of a story you told me about recently. |
| 1:14.8 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:15.9 | We'll discuss that later. |
| 1:17.1 | There is one thing that I will, I actually have an aversion when I go around to people's houses and they have not got this particular thing, particularly if they're asking me to do this particular job involving this particular thing, if they do not have classic fairy liquid, I can't do it. |
| 1:35.7 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:37.2 | And it has got to be, I know fairy liquid comes in all sorts of different scents and flavors, |
| 1:40.9 | or not flavors you don't eat it, ideally. |
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