Covid, Kitchens and Midlife Coping with Author Jamie Gold
Republic of Toma
Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with Author Jamie Gold to discuss climbing Kilimanjaro, achieving your goals as well as mental, physical and emotional hygiene. Jamie is a Wellness Design Consultant, Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and the author of 3 books on design and remodeling. Her latest, Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness, and Happiness publishes September 1 by Tiller Press - a wellness imprint of Simon & Schuster. Order it on . Connect with Jamie...
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Taking A Leap Of Faith With Timothy Corrigan | Episode 4
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Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with Timothy Corrigan to discuss chateau life, taking a leap of faith and the road he took to achieve the life of his dreams. In this episode we discuss how Timothy changed careers while at the height of his 1st career and became known as the man we know him today. We discuss how we work differently in these times of the pandemic, how our priorities shift in times of crisis and how important it is to be comfortable in your life and home and to have a career that is satisfying on a...
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Wonders in Dementialand | Episode 3
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Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with German Producer, Director and Writer Radek Wegrzyn and American Author, Artist and Podcaster Suzka Collins to discuss their upcoming film Wonders in Dementialand. Coming from 3 different locations - Toma in Venice, Radek in Berlin and Suzka in Los Angeles they discuss how life in the times of the Coronavirus feels like an altered reality. Wonders in Dementialand is the name of Suzka’s book which discusses the other side of dementia. Suzka writes in her book, “Dementialand...
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Rebuilding the Renaissance | Episode 2
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Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with Dr. Rocky Ruggero to discuss how history repeats itself. While other girls might have binge watched all 12 seasons of RHONY during quarantine, Toma binged on Rocky’s popular art history podcast “Rebuilding the Renaissance” learning why 1348 was a year that changed the world. The Renaissance was born out of the plague, and with it came new arts, sciences and ideas, but also a new more egalitarian way of living. Toma proposes that hindsight is 2020. She believes this...
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When They Zig, Amy Sneider Zags | Episode 1
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Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with ASPIRE’s Editor in Chief Amy Sneider to share Amy’s vision behind the glossy magazine. Toma and Amy discuss how this former social worker and massage therapist changed the face of the interior design industry by thinking differently. This might not be the average career path for an Editor in Chief - but - there is nothing average about Amy Sneider. Join The Republic. Find out more by visiting If you’d like to join a community of like-minded individuals in pursuit of...
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Introducing The Republic of Toma
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Welcome to the Republic of Toma Podcast, presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME ! ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine is a storyteller of sublime living. For this reason, we’ve partnered with them to offer a globally chic guide to living a life less ordinary. I’m Toma Clark Haines, and I’m your host. In this podcast I’m going to share my life — and the people I meet — with you. I will sit down to have conversations with emergent and eminent architects, artisans, designers, developers, and tastemakers as well as just plain fabulous people I meet from around the globe. From Paris to London,...
info_outlineWelcome to the Republic of Toma Podcast, presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME !
ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine is a storyteller of sublime living. For this reason, we’ve partnered with them to offer a globally chic guide to living a life less ordinary. I’m Toma Clark Haines, and I’m your host. In this podcast I’m going to share my life — and the people I meet — with you. I will sit down to have conversations with emergent and eminent architects, artisans, designers, developers, and tastemakers as well as just plain fabulous people I meet from around the globe. From Paris to London, Bangkok and Beyond… I’m bringing you conversations as if you’re a guest at my dinner table. I use this word “conversations” intentionally, because these are not interviews; they are chats among friends allowing you glimpses from behind the scenes into lives that are well designed.
As for me, I’m an American and I’ve lived overseas for more than 20 years. I’ve lived in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and now I reside in Venice. But I wasn’t ‘to the manor born’ — I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and as a child, I had more cows as friends than classmates. Through a magical twist of fate, I moved overseas in my 20’s and infiltrated the luxury market in both Europe and Asia.
I’m a CEO.
I’m a multi-passionate entrepreneur.
I’m a jewelry designer, and I also have my own licensed lines of furniture.
I’m a brand and creative strategist.
For the last decade, I’ve run The Antiques Diva & Co - the world's largest antiques touring company offering one- on-one customized antique buying tours, spanning 3 continents and 16 countries.
Most of all, I’m a Dreamer — one who has figured out how to turn dreams into reality.
We will travel together - both in my imagination - and in reality. I am taking you on a voyage to The Republic of Toma. We will travel to see design inspiration, meet design muses and my personal mentors.
This is the Republic of Me, but it's also the Republic of You
You and only you have the power to create your own reality.