A day in the life of Molly Sims, including what she eats, drinks, and focuses on to stay healthy and fit

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Molly Sims.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Molly Sims, a model, actor, founder of YSE Beauty, and host of the podcast "Lipstick on the Rim." Sims lives in Los Angeles. This story has been edited for length and clarity.

I grew up in Murray, Kentucky — very western-middle America. I started modeling when I was 21.

I went on 'Survivor' over 20 years ago. Here's how I turned talking about it into a podcast empire and my full-time job.

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Rob Cesternino has made a career out of sharing his insights on "Survivor."

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Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview

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Both Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI's CEO and president, sat down together for a rare interview. Someone paid $100,000 to release the podcast to the public.

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OpenAI just bought tech talk show TBPN: 'This is not an April Fools joke'

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OpenAI just bought TBPN.

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Apple takes on YouTube and Spotify with a new video podcast push

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Apple podcasts

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The world's most famous couples therapist spends her entire work day with other people

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Esther Perel
Esther Perel exercises with friends, goes on walks with therapy clients, and always brings guests on her work trips.

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Steven Bartlett says using AI in this way is the most important thing he's done for his business

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Steven Bartlett spoke at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026.

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Sergey Brin says his commute involves talking to an unreleased Gemini AI model about building data centers

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin is pictured.
What does Sergey Brin listen to while driving? "I do talk to Gemini Live in the car often," he said.

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We're retired lawyers who started a podcast to figure out where to live. 5 years in, we've got a new idea.

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Gilen Chan and Gene Preudhomme started a podcast to interview retirees about where they chose to settle.

Gilen Chan and Gene Preudhomme.

The old 'buy vs. rent' rule is officially dead. We break it down.

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Katie Notopoulos is joined by correspondent Emily Stewart and Zillow's Amanda Pendleton for the new "Well Spent" vodcast from Business Insider.

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