The James Charles Story: Makeup, Fame & Internet Culture
Post Run High
iHeartPodcasts
1 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Kate and James sit down together after a walk around the neighborhood with James' dogs. James Charles opens up about his journey in the beauty industry, reflecting on his childhood, early passions, and the rise of his career on social media. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from his early beauty content, the success of his first products at Painted, and how moving to LA changed the trajectory of his career. James also discusses the evolution of beauty content creators, his personal experiences with makeup, and his exciting plans for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, Runner Gang? Welcome back to Post Run High. We're here today in LA with James Charles. |
| 0:09.4 | And you guys, I was so excited for this conversation. James is someone I followed online and have loved for so many years. |
| 0:18.2 | He's been in the social media space for nearly a decade, starting out as a beauty |
| 0:22.2 | creator and completely changing the game. James has built a massive platform. He recently launched |
| 0:28.1 | his own brand, and he is a key example of staying at the forefront of the industry while constantly |
| 0:34.3 | evolving. Today, we got into everything, his upbringing, how he got to where he is today, |
| 0:40.1 | his insane work ethic, how he keeps pushing himself creatively, and what it's really been like |
| 0:45.7 | navigating the highs and lows of internet fame. As you guys know, the premise of post run high |
| 0:51.0 | is we go for a run before sitting down for our full conversation. But sometimes |
| 0:55.7 | we mix up the form of movement we do. And you guys, don't worry, you get a high from all sorts of |
| 1:01.9 | workouts. So the endorphins are still always there. But today, for context, James and I went for a walk |
| 1:08.7 | in his neighborhood before sitting down for the conversation |
| 1:12.0 | you guys are about to listen to. And of course, that walk has been posted on my socials at |
| 1:18.0 | Kate Max for you guys to watch. And guys, I was low-key really excited to see James run, but that's |
| 1:24.2 | okay. Maybe we'll get him next time. As always, if you're listening here, don't forget, |
| 1:28.9 | you can watch this full episode over on YouTube. So please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you |
| 1:34.5 | haven't already. And if you want to keep up to date on all of the behind the scenes of our shows |
| 1:39.4 | and everything else we've got going on, follow me across socials at Kate Max and at post |
| 1:45.0 | run high. Okay, runner gang, let's get into today's episode of James. This is an IHeart |
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