Real Talk with Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi: Career Pivots, Entrepreneurship, and Working Motherhood Ep 441
Best of Both Worlds Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 761 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi made her name in reality television. More than a decade later she's still filming while building a business that includes multiple locations of The Snooki Shop, the Messy Mawma wine brand, and maybe pickles in 2026! She talks career reinvention, working motherhood, and laundry.
In the intro, Laura and Sarah discuss their favorite Jersey shore towns.
In the Q&A, a listener wonders about handling breaks when kids attend schools with different schedules.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | Hi, I'm Laura Vanderkamp. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, and speaker. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm Sarah Hart Unger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, and course creator. |
| 0:24.6 | We are two working parents who love our careers and our families. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. |
| 0:30.6 | Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. |
| 0:34.6 | From figuring out child care to mapping out long-term career goals, |
| 0:38.6 | we want you to get the most out of life. |
| 0:45.2 | Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. This is Laura. This episode is airing in January of 26. |
| 0:51.8 | I am excited to welcome Nicole Polizzi to the show. People may remember her. |
| 0:57.0 | She first made her name as Snoopy on the Jersey Shore, but I think there's a far more interesting |
| 1:02.4 | story here about her career in the spotlight. You know, she made her name very young and then |
| 1:08.8 | pivoted from that to build a lifestyle brand with some |
| 1:12.7 | serious longevity. It's been 15 plus years in the spotlight for her now. She's running a business |
| 1:20.4 | while raising three young kids with her husband Gianni Lavelle. I am very excited about this |
| 1:25.5 | conversation. I know Sarah is going to be looking forward to listening to it as well. |
| 1:30.0 | But in the meantime, so in cases anyone is wondering, |
| 1:32.5 | we are not going to be talking that much about the Jersey Shore in this interview. |
| 1:37.0 | And so because of that, since Sarah and I are now living for me in the greater Philadelphia region, |
| 1:42.4 | and Sarah certainly grew up here, |
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