Intelligent Luxury with Asha Saxena and Julie Faupel
Intelligent Luxury is a conversation about what cannot be automated. Hosted by Julie Faupel and Asha Saxena, the series gathers the advisors, anthropologists, and futurists operating at the highest level — for unhurried conversations on the human capacities that define their work: curiosity, discernment, nuance, cultural intelligence, the art of reading the signal others miss. Guests are drawn from REALM Global's curated network of nearly 600 luxury advisors across 21 countries, as well as educators, cultural critics and futurists shaping how we understand the intersection of AI and luxury.
Episode 13 - Intelligent Luxury: Understanding the Emerging Affluent
Episode 13 - Intelligent Luxury: Understanding the Emerging Affluent
Featured Guest: Paige Charnick — boutique independent broker/owner based in Long Beach, California, specializing in probate, trust sales, and deferred-maintenance luxury properties transferring from boomers to the next generation.
Episode Summary: Hosts Asha Saxena and Julie Faupel open Intelligent Luxury by framing the show around the intersection of AI, data, and luxury real estate. Asha then sits down with Paige Chernick to explore the massive generational wealth transfer underway (10,000+ people turning 65 daily, $100 trillion in assets changing hands) and how real estate advisors must blend AI-powered efficiency with hu...
Episode 12 - Intelligent Luxury - Intelligent Luxury: The Great Dashboard and the Migration of Wealth
Episode 12 – Intelligent Luxury: The Great Dashboard and the Migration of Wealth
Featured Guest: Philip Hordijk — principal, entrepreneur, and real estate broker/thought leader from New York City
Key takeaways:
Luxury today is defined less by a price point and more by access — to unique properties, lifestyles, and regions that maximize how people live.Clients are far more informed and skeptical than before; they fact-check agents against AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude), so agents need to bring real insight, not just sales talk.Despite the rise of AI and data, human connection and trust remain the core o...Episode 11 - Intelligent Luxury - Intelligent Luxury: AI Insights, Client Engagement & Productivity.
Episode 11 – Intelligent Luxury: AI Insights, Client Engagement & Productivity.
Featured Guest: Sally Daley, a Vero Beach, Florida-based real estate advisor with Realm, known for her "quiet luxury" approach and deep client-relationship expertise.
Key Takeaways:
Quiet luxury is intentional, not accidental. Vero Beach's understated market was shaped deliberately through 1977-era land-use policy limiting density, creating scarcity that became its own magnetism — no self-promotion needed.Nuance is the advisor's real currency. AI tools like ChatGPT or Zillow can supply data, but they can't replace the contextual, hyper-local knowledge (lot depth, neighborhood shifts, market timing) that makes advi...Episode 10 - Intelligent Luxury - The Intelligence Advantage: Data into Relationships
Episode 10 – Intelligent Luxury: "The Intelligence Advantage: Data into Relationships"
Featured Guest:
Sean O'Neill — real estate advisor based in Turks and Caicos, with a background in law. He operates an international brokerage spanning the Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Cayman Islands. He joins host Julie Faupel (and co-host Asha Saxena) at the Realm Global Collective in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Key Takeaways:
Luxury = Time — For high-net-worth clients, the greatest luxury isn't things; it's reclaiming time, especially with family across generations.Technology as a relationship-enhancer, not a replacement — Tools like Realm help identify clients...Episode 9 - Intelligent Luxury - The Intelligence Advantage: Turning Data into Relationships
Episode 9 — "The Intelligence Advantage: Turning Data into Relationships"
Featuring:
Asha Saxena — Host of Intelligent Luxury, data & AI expert, Columbia University facultyJulie Faupel — Co-host, luxury real estate (Realm)Tony Sergeant — Luxury real estate broker based in New York, author of Digital Human Advantage, multilingual background (grew up in Switzerland, Kenya, Norway, England)Key Takeaways:
Relationships > Technology — AI can deliver intelligence (IQ), but human connection and emotional intelligence (EQ) are what truly differentiate advisors in real estate and beyond.AI as a tool, not a replacement — AI automates manual tasks (scanning CRMs, optimizing listings, analyzing da...Episode 8 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Privacy and Foresight
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 7: The Art of Privacy and Foresight
Featuring: Toni Haber — Luxury Residential Real Estate Agent, Compass (40+ years in NYC real estate)
Key Takeaways:
Embrace technology early. The agents who win are the ones who jump in before everyone else — from digital photography in 1999 to AI today.Join a team when starting out. Your learning curve accelerates dramatically, and you make fewer costly mistakes.Don't fake it. If you don't know something, say so. Your reputation is built on integrity, and clients can feel it.Luxury is about meeting people where they are. It's n...Episode 7 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Reading the Human Signal
Episode 7 — Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Reading the Human Signal
Featuring:
Asha Saxena — Tech entrepreneur, Columbia University professor, best-selling author of The AI Factor and The Digital Human Advantage, host of Intelligent LuxuryJulie Faupel — CEO & Founder of Realm Global, a community for elite real estate professionalsLaura Monroe — Guest; tech and AI leader bringing feminine energy and data intelligence to the luxury space
Key Takeaways:
Episode 6 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Discernment
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 6: The Art Discernment
Featuring:
John Eric & Julie Faupel — Global Real Estate Advisor, Publisher of a luxury lifestyle magazine, and host of The Property Diplomat podcast, operating across Washington DC, London, and Los Angeles.
Key Takeaways:
Technology as a tool, not a replacement — AI should work silently in the background. If a client can "feel" the technology, you've lost the connection.People buy with both head and heart — Real estate decisions are emotional. AI can surface data, but it can't read why a client is pulling back or what's changed personally.Go globa...Episode 5 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Nuance
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 5: The Art of Nuance
Featuring:
Julie Grace Burke — Licensed Associate BrokerAsha Saxena — Tech entrepreneur, professor at Columbia University, best-selling author of The AI Factor and The Digital Human AdvantageJulie Faupel — CEO and founder of Realm Global, a community for elite real estate professionals
Key Topics Covered:
Greenwich Market
Julie Grace Burke shares that Greenwich is one of those rare "one-name towns" (like Aspen or Palm Beach) that has stayed resilient — bucking the national trend toward a buyer's market. Prices have finally surpassed the last market peak (2004–2007), and she sees...
Episode 4 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Curiosity
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 4: The Art of Curiosity
Featuring:
Asha Saxena — Tech entrepreneur, Professor at Columbia University, best-selling author (The AI Factor, The Digital Human Advantage)
Julie Faupel — CEO & Founder of Realm Global
Heather Domi — Guest; luxury real estate professional with 25+ years of experience (New York & Miami), specializing in properties ranging from $2M condos to $60M listings
Key Takeaways
Be a student of the business — If you're not constantly learning, you will get left behind. Staying current means reading, researching, and connecting with peers.Get into the advisory stack — Luxury real estate agents shoul...Episode 3 - Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Cultural Intelligence
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 3: The Art of Cultural Intelligence
Catherine Bassick — Trust & estates expert, legendary real estate broker, and the first broker in history to close a nine-figure transaction. Licensed in California and Massachusetts.
Key Takeaways
Intelligent luxury starts with respect — Elite clients didn't build wealth by being careless with money. Treat them as peers, not prospects.Be the quarterback — Position yourself as the first call for every real estate need, coordinating across a client's full portfolio and professional team (wealth advisors, CPAs, estate attorneys).Never stop learning — A license is just the entry point. Mastery of...The Art of Enhancing Humanity Through Technology
Intelligent Luxury — Episode 2: The Art of Enhancing Humanity Through Technology
Featuring:
Asha Saxena — Host, Tech Entrepreneur, Professor at Columbia University, Best-Selling Author (The AI Factor, The Digital Human Advantage)
Julie Faupel — Co-Host, CEO & Founder of Realm Global, a community for elite real estate professionals
Abigail Posner — Guest, Former Google Executive, Social Anthropologist, Creator of The Human Code podcast and newsletter
Laura Monroe — Guest, Realm Global
Key Takeaways
AI is a resource, not a replacement. As one CEO put it simply: "AI is just another resource — use it and show me the money."...The Art of Operating at the Highest Level
Intelligent Luxury: The Art of Operating at the Highest Level
featuring Abigail Posner — Anthropologist, Brand Strategist & Former Head of Creative Labs at Google
Episode Overview: In this inaugural episode, host Julie Faupel, CEO and founder of Realm Global, sits down with Abigail Posner — a rare thinker who blends anthropology, brand strategy, and technology research — to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the luxury landscape. Far from a cautionary tale, this conversation is a call to lean into your humanity, sharpen your unique point of view, and use AI as the creative partner it was always meant to be...
