Everything is Fine (Jennifer Romolini and Kim France)

Kim and Jenn check in with writer and former Lucky beauty editor Cat Marnell to talk addiction and recovery, the messiness of one's 20s, lying, shame, working for Jane Pratt, exercise, fake eyelashes, Cat's new beauty column, BEAUTYSHAMBLES—and more.

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Writer Amanda Fortini joins us to discuss women's magazines in the early aughts, Instagram faces, what it's really like to profile celebrities, how "geography is destiny," and living a creative and curious life in mid-life and beyond.

Also: We talk about Shani Darden's Retinol Reform, a nice cream which will probably do nothing for your neck.

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Andrea Linett’s on the show today to discuss all things post-pandemic style, summer fashion, and the easiest ways to update your wardrobe right now. Plus: Listener questions, a “Game of Thrones” redux, canned cocktails, and the questionable clothing item we just might try.

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The legendary actress and producer joins Jenn and Kim to discuss the secrets to a successful marriage, what she and her husband Phil Donahue finally stopped arguing about, and the couple's inspiring new podcast, "Double Date." 

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Tally and Kim are joined by veteran editor and all-around beauty guru Jean Godfrey-June, who clues us in on when it's worth it to shell out the big bucks, which one item every woman should be putting on her skin every day, what to do about our necks and so, so much more.

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Tally and Kim welcome Glynnis MacNicol—author of No One Tells You This: A Memoir—about the many and varied delights and freedoms of being a woman over 40 living alone. Her argument—that we need more road maps and role models for women who want to build a solo life—is very compelling. Glynnis' product rec is a fancy French oil called Patyka!

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In which Tally and Kim chat with the New York Times bestselling essayist about caftans, shame, making friends in adulthood, unfortunate menstrual accidents, not having babies and so, so much more.

The two caftan companies that Samantha recommended are Cherry Blossoms and Whitney Mero.

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Today we've got Rachel Getting Married screenwriter Jenny Lumet on the show, and we're talking about the mood in Hollywood right now (and whether things are changing), the perks of being related to famous people, giving yourself permission to write, and the time she called Russell Simmons out on sexual assault. NB: There are more expletives in this episode than usual because Jenny swears like a sailor, which might not be up your alley (it is ours) so consider yourself forewarned.

Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age.

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In this episode,Tally and Kim chat with the former MTV, CBS, and ABC news personality, Alison Stewart. Alison currently hosts WNYC's All of It, and we're talking about her dream interview, how she turned it around when things went sideways, the importance of mentors, not settling for the easy win and so much more.

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This week, Kim and Jenn talk to queer author and educator Heather Corinna about all things perimenopause and menopause and why they wanted to write their smart, irreverent, and deeply informative new book "WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You."

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Join Tally and Kim as they chat with Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation, and incoming senior vice president of the Knopf imprints Pantheon and Schocken Books. The discussion is all about reading recommendations, from what to read if you've got a pandemic-related attention-span problem to underrated authors, and it's all a lot of fun.

Here are the books mentioned, all linked on Bookshop.org that will channel your order through an indie bookstore in the US: The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by Andre Leon Talley, Luster by Raven Leilani, Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, A Burning by Megha Majumdar, Telephone by Percival Everett, Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, Books by Cathy Park Hong, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Wow, No Thank-You by Samatha Irby, The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I by Robert Caro, The Yellow House by Sarah Broom, Guts by Raina Telgemeir, New People by Danzi Senna, Caucasia by Danzi Senna, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, a book by Alice Munro, The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Working by Studs Terkel, Just Us by Claudia Rankine,

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Kim and Jenn talk about coming to terms with what you really really want in mid-life, overcoming rejection, and the born-out-by-life-experience benefits of persistence. Plus, friendship as we get older, the (potential?) tricks to lasting love, and how to stop working with and for assholes — hopefully for good. 

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Tally and Kim have a fascinating conversation with Darcey Steinke, author of Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life, a deeply inspiring book that argues that menopause can be an empowering—and not diminishing—phase in a woman’s life.

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On this episode, we've got Jennifer Romolini, author of Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, and we're talking about painting a different picture of success, why titles don't matter, how to remain relevant in the workplace after 40, why impostor syndrome might be a lie, and more. Jenn's favorite product is Everyday Oil.

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On this week's episode we've got Sallie Krawcheck, founder of women's investment firm Ellevest and widely regarded to be one of the top women on Wall Street, and we're talking money: how women are socialized to be intimidated by it; the most common mistakes women make regarding it; where you should be investing; what you need to know about saving for retirement, and so much more.

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Author Jaime Lowe joins Kim and Jenn for a frank and broad-ranging conversation about bipolar disorder, how to support loved ones through a mental health crisis, her book, MENTAL, and her latest book, BREATHING FIRE, about the struggles of women prisoners in California's female inmate firefighter program. You can find Jaime's This American Life episode, TEN SESSIONS, which documents her experience in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) by clicking here.  

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Join Tally and Kim as they talk to Soraya Chemaly, the author of Rage Becomes Her. We chat about the purpose of anger, and how to harness it to become happier, more productive people.

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Photographer Elinor Carucci is our guest, and we're talking about her tender, raw, ordinary, and profound recent work, which examines the "liberating" side of hitting midlife, as well as its attendant joy and pain. 

Elinor's book is available here or here.

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On the occasion of their birthdays, Kim and Jenn check in about getting older, the exhilaration of rage, body image regrets, style choices in mid-life, fear, shame, ageism at work, surrendering to the unknown, and the indignities of an unpredictable and ever-changing body. 

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We talk to author and arts consultant Beth Pickens about realizing our dreams in mid-life and beyond, reinvention, radical death acceptance, grappling with fear, and how it's never (ever) too late to live a creative life.

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Kim and Jenn discuss the hallmarks of summer: swimsuits, self-tanner, hair removal, the young-person song they'll be listening to on repeat, and a proposed summer book club. Plus: Celebs who are actually cool IRL, encounters with the Beastie Men, and the pure gossipy joy of Bennifer Part 2.

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We've got Emily Flake, cartoonist, writer, performer, and illustrator, on the show this week. We're talking about the creative process, parent rage, the fun of talking about nightmares, the benefits of "gorgeous, tattered men," and a whole lot more.

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As many of us watch our roots grow in—and feel the accompanying fear and dread—Tally and Kim talk to author Anne Kreamer, the author of Going Gray about how liberating it is to ditch your colorist and embrace the gray.

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Kim and Jenn discuss road trips, the perils of packing, eBay missteps, pleasure gluttony, the simple joy of liking things, and the secrets of cognitive super agers.

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Best-selling author Ashley C. Ford joins us today to talk about becoming a writer, writing about family, love, trauma, shame, positive self-talk, the full integration of the self, and ultimately learning to trust and enjoy ourselves just as we are. 

Ashley's debut memoir, Somebody's Daughter, came out earlier this year.

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Our guests today are Jo Piazza and Christine Pride, writers and interracial friends whose new, co-written novel, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM, explores the nuances and complexities of a lifelong friendship between a white woman and a Black woman when a tragedy puts their relationship to the test. Also: adventures in magazine editor's letters, Kim wants a writing partner, Is Tinder all about spitting and choking?, and the next wave young feminists eschewing the damaging aspects of porn (Gen Z: They're Just Like Us!).

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Kim's listening to the band Chicago, Jenn wants to talk about spaghetti squash — on loving all things boring and uncool. Plus! Complicated sibling relationships, answering a listener's question about shoes, the pleasures of watching shows about women over 40, laser treatments, Sandra Oh, podcasts we love and, weirdly, a whole lot more. 

In this episode:

Calzuro clogs

Sorel Lennox boot

Dr Martens Chelsea boot 

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Our guest is Kimberly Harrington, an author and humor columnist whose most recent book, BUT YOU SEEMED SO HAPPY, explores the outdated stigmas surrounding divorce. It's a book of essays about her recent — and unusual, or at least unconventional— breakup, a biography of her marriage, and a meditation on living with the choices we make as women, at any age.

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Kim and Jenn are joined by legendary beauty editor Jean Godfrey-June who talks all things beauty in midlife: skincare, haircare, dark spots, NECKS, lasers, fillers, Botox, the best mascara for thinning lashes, SPF for your hands, and if those strange LED masks *really* work. Plus: Listener questions!

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Jenn's in a foul mood. Kim cheers her up with a rousing game of "would you rather?" Plus: creative process, identity loss, the mucky middle of life, how everyone can (and should) dress like a spectacle if they want, getting called "Ma'am", monstrous female bosses, and the legend(s) of Tina Brown.  

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Kim and Jenn sit down with Bonnie Siegler, a longtime graphic designer whose client list includes Late Night with Seth Meyers, the New Yorker, the Criterion Collection, Random House, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, This American Life and tons more. Bonnie walks us through her early career, creative partnerships —and what it finally took to strike out on her own.

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Our guest today is Lindsey Pollak, a leading career expert and New York Times bestselling author whose most recent book, RECALCULATING, was written in response to the career uncertainty brought on by the Covid-19 crisis. Lindsey talks us through overcoming negative self talk, getting out of our own way, and the best defense for combating ageism in your career.

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In which Kim and Jenn devote a full episode to answering all your excellent and most pressing questions.  

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This week: Jenn ran away to a cabin in another country to write a book, Kim's laid up with COVID, and they're talking about escape, social media cleanses, reigniting your brain, the sense of smell, getting sick in a new relationship, the gift of creating (and appreciating) space in our lives, and how being present is more important now than ever.

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It's December and you know what that means! This week we're talking all about the holidays—giving gifts, receiving gifts, holiday traditions, unvaxxed relatives, the omnipresence of terrible Christmas music, and how to cope with all of it. Plus: Does Kim have vocal fry? And Jenn addresses the expectations and toxic positivity that can surround middle age.

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We're joined today by author, essayist, and book critic Maris Kreizman, Maris is the host of The Maris Review, a literary podcast from Lit Hub and we're talking all about ambition and the business of publishing along with the best books of 2021 and recommendations for the best books to give as gifts right now.

You can find Maris at mariskreizman.com and on Twitter @mariskreizman. And do visit her excellent Book Shop list for out-of-the-box book recommendations.

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Legendary comedy writer and Lean-In coauthor Nell Scovell holds forth on the myth that women aren't funny; developing a thick skin in the writer's room; why being the only woman in the room doesn't mean you're special; the secret she considered taking to the grave, and so much more. Nell's brilliant memoir is Just the Funny Parts.

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The one in which we discuss everything but the ongoing pandemic: Holiday cleaning, Airbnb fails, first kisses, confidence(?), bachelorette parties, go-to karaoke songs, dancing — oh, and one of us secretly believes she's an athlete.

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Our guest today is Grace Bonney, an author and founder of Design*Sponge, the daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress. Grace's most recent book is "Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women Over 50."

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A light-hearted episode in the midst of a dark-feeling time! That's right, by listener request, it's another beauty episode! Today we're joined by beauty writer and former Rookie Mag staffer Marie Lodi to talk all about the best new and notable beauty products and getting out of our beauty ruts in 2022.

Some products we discuss/recommend:

Bioderma Sensibio H2O

Tatcha Rice Powder

NYX Shine Loud Lipstick

L'oreal Lash Paradise

Kolorete Organic Luxury Beauty Lipstick

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Away Concealer

Elf Superhydrate Moisturizer

Kinship — All Skincare

Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint

Hairstory New Wash

SkinMedica TNS Advanced Serum

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This week: Overworking, underworking, and the gluttony of too much free time."Yellowjackets" and the revelation of Melanie Lynskey plus Juliette Lewis's magnificent face. Questions for the ages: To Botox or not to Botox? To gray or not to gray? Why Jenn wishes she could grow a beard. Why we love Brad Pitt. A mild review of "Somebody Somewhere." The unexpected pleasures of Coke Zero and "The Last Duel," though not at the same time. What's destroying your brain this week? And, finally: the ambient bummer of COVID in January 2022.

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Jenn calls it marshmallow brain, Kim says it's like her brain is full of whipped cream — what we're thinking about in January as we enter close to year three of the pandemic, namely, "The Artist's Way," productivity hacks, and how to schedule a balanced life. Plus: West Elm Caleb, the hell of dating apps, men who date (much) younger women, and the unbearable lightness of being and liking "And Just Like That..."

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This week we're talking about breast pain and changing breasts, about a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, about sports and sports fans, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's genius relationship, how there's no "right" way to age, and how to start seeing things and people as they really are. Plus; Kim's secret majorette past!

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Feeling lonely and like you just don't have enough friends? You're not alone. Our guest this week is Dr. Marisa G. Franco, a psychologist and friendship expert who’s researched and studied the value and meaning of friendship extensively, both in the U.S. and as it applies all over the world. In this episode Dr. Franco walks us through exactly how to make new friends as we age, the common mistakes we're making with our friendships, how to handle friend conflict, and what to do when it's time for a friendship to end.

Dr. Franco's new book, “Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making and Keeping Friends As An Adult,” will be published by Penguin Random House later this year and is available for pre-order now.

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This week we're talking about social media whiplash, the guilty joy of watching "Euphoria" when you're middle aged, the disappointment of "Pam & Tommy," regrets and the male gaze, plus: more hair talk, bummer moods, and how we're really feeling about our birthdays this year.

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A conversation about anger— when it's useful, when it's not, different types of anger, who gets to be angry, what makes us most angry, plus: how we often use anger to mask other, more vulnerable emotions/how we really feel.

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A conversation about what it's like to be hated, about learning to love your enemies, about forgiving our own younger sins, about tattoos and old friends but not tattoos as old friends, about the perfection of Pamela Adlon and her perfect show "Better Things." Plus: AA adages! Boring tales from therapy! Jenn gets called a "psychopath!" Kim gets called the "biggest bitch I've ever met!" And, last: listener reviews!

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This week! Listener questions! We're talking all about ambition, long-term relationships, happiness, work/life balance, fun, where we find joy and so much more!

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Listener Questions, part 2! In this episode, Kim and Jenn discuss anxiety, self-compassion, understanding our post-pandemic selves, accepting that which we cannot change as we age, and what it was *really* like to work at Sassy in the 90s and Condé Nast in the aughts.

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A week of travel and travel tips, post-pandemic dressing and how this stage of the pandemic feels like a bad dream. Speaking of bad: "Bad Vegan." Speaking of not-bad: "Rothaniel," and Ruth Reichl's memoir. Plus: Jenn's hair update = an episode of the Twilight Zone.

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On lazy rivers, the perils of parenting tweens, our favorite television right now, our favorite books of the moment, a mascara Kim can't stop raving about, to send or not send nudes, and an unexpectedly long rant about yacht rock and Steely Dan. Plus: Who's interesting? What does interesting even mean? Plus: Even more listener questions and listener reviews!

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Our guest today is Rebecca Soffer. Rebecca co-founded the Modern Loss website, which provides support for those who are grieving, and explores grief in all its forms. She’s also the co-author of "Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief," and author of the about-to-be-published “The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.”

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Instead of stewing in our collective outrage (and fury!) over the recently-leaked Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v Wade, now seems like a good time to talk about action. Our guests today — Rebecca Hart Holder and Jen Bluestein — have spent much of their careers fighting for abortion rights and reproductive equity. Rebecca is the executive director of Reproductive Equity Now and Jen is the former managing director of NARAL Prochoice America and the current senior director of policy and advocacy at the Schusterman family philanthropies.

In today's episode, the two explain in simple, straightforward terms where we are with abortion rights now and the best ways to channel our righteous pro-choice rage in order to actually make a difference.

Show notes for this episode/resources for protecting and expanding abortion access nationwide:

National Network of Abortion Funds

Reproductive Equity Now

Indivisible

To find and support local clinics:

Abortion Care Network

**some listeners found this Google Doc useful as well:

How to Show up For Abortion Access

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In which we talk about nothing and everything, ramble about home, our hair and hair products, trading spaces with our partners, feeling like a ghoul, aging and age-related adjustments, getting parent drunk, the rules of parties, no one wants the crudités, finding "town," must get to "town," the performance of identity, dealing with an aging body, The Leftovers, The Offer, Barry, Hacks, and why are we all still so fascinated with Anna Wintour?

Plus: Two good new hair products!

SACHAJUAN shampoo

HAIRRARI volumizing hair dust

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Alt titles: "White Button-Down Age," "F*cking Leads To Kissing," "Medicine Cabinet of the Past." Come for the accountability talk stay for the old-ass elbows. Plus listener questions!

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This week Kim and Jenn are coming in hot with takes on the comedy of middle-aged fitness, the travesty of U.S gun laws, how to avoid a life spent with jerks, and how gossip just doesn't feel right anymore. Plus: Kim has a Fiona Apple story and — hold onto your hats — it's our most lukewarm fashion advice yet.

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Tally and Kim are joined by the hugely entertaining cookbook author and New York Times columnist Melissa Clark, who shares her best tips for making meals in Corona times. Plus her kitchen secrets-- What can you sub out for garlic in a recipe if you're out? Which ingredient is the most overrated? And what, precisely, is a "jammy" egg?

Melissa's latest book is Dinner in French and you can follow her on Instagram at @clarkbar. Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age.

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Our guest this week is legendary fashion journalist Teri Agins. Teri covered the industry for The Wall Street Journal for nearly 30 years and is the author of the acclaimed books, “Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers” and “The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever.” We talk all about what's changed in fashion, why clothes are so expensive, the complicated truth of fast fashion, and why designers don't prioritize older people (even though we have the $$!). Plus: Teri's best style advice for those of us who are now "mature."

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THIS WEEK! JUNE MADNESS! Kim and Jenn discuss all things mid-life makeovers, necks that appear like scrotums, thinking critically when you're becoming old and soft, the one thing we'd change in our lives if only we could, active sex lives in menopause, reclaiming "middle aged" as not a complete bummer, plus listener questions and the word Jenn can't stop mispronouncing!

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We recorded this episode before Friday's hideous Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision but still discuss just how regressive this summer already felt — from the threat of nuclear war/fighting Russia to the abortion rights rollback; from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's reunion to the overwhelming success of Top Gun2—what decade is it even? Where are we? Does time have meaning?

Plus: the open marriage conundrum, does quality inexpensive skincare exist?, what happens when you type "58 year old makeover" into Google, why we all need to get on board with trans kids' rights FFS(!), moving past "compare and despair," and talking honestly about the indignities of aging, no matter what the haters say.

SHOW NOTES: This week we talked about INKEY skincare.

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NOTE: This episode originally aired in September 2021.

Today on the show we've got Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the book "Your Turn: How To be an Adult" to talk all things adulthood: raising self-reliant kids, facing our underlying shame and anxiety around "adult" things, and how to live out the independent lives we truly want in midlife—and beyond.

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We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. You can email us at: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends.

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This week: The world continues to be a bummer and we're trying to deal with it. Can we move on from the bummer? Should we go live in a hutch in the woods? Plus: Catalina Island vs. Coney Island, scenes from an open marriage, '90s nostalgia, re-watching "Flirting With Disaster," two takes on shorts, listener questions, listener reviews AND — surprise! — we have a male listener!

HI, HELLO, HERE ARE SHOW NOTES

What we recommend this week:

Big Bud Press Shorts

This Paris Review article on Open Marriage by Jean Garnett

Flirting With Disaster, the 1996 film (streaming on Hulu!)

INKEY eye creams

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ALERT: We're briefly talking about abortion and inclusive language again! DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THESE THINGS!

Also this week: What can be done with an aging neck?/Regrets, we've had a few/ Our favorite TV right now/Our favorite books too/Zany older lady style/Good places for solo travel/To Google or not to Google your ex...plus listeners questions and so much more!

AND NOW...SHOW NOTES.

Sculptra is the neck treatment

Also: Microneedling

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

Human Blues by Elisa Albert

The Bear

Chloe

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Good Timing

J.Crew slides

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Our guest today is Angela Garbes. Angela is the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change. Her first book, Like a Mother was an NPR Best Book of 2018. Angela’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Cut, New York, Bon Appétit, and featured on Fresh Air and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. You can follow Angela Garbes on Instagram here.

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You asked, we answered! Or actually we found experts who answered...Our guests today are Dr. Claudia Levine and nurse practitioner Kate Maclaughlin, founders of Menopause Jewelbox, an online resource that provides education, vetted resources, and support to those entering and in the middle of the menopause transition. We're talking all about the perimenopause: hot flashes and hormone therapy, sleeplessness and digestion, lesser-known symptoms and what to do about them. But mostly we're answering the many (many) listener questions we received on this topic!

You can find Claudia and Kate at their site: menopausejewelbox.com

They're also on Instagram.

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Kim's back from tour, Jenn's back from the desert and we're talking about advising young people, facing failure, taking feedback as you get older, Instagram etiquette, style inspiration, straight-man Tinder don'ts, shifting priorities, discovering new interests, a BOOK recommendation!, listener reviews and so much more!

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Deuxmoi

BeReal

Isaac Fitzgerald's "Dirtbag, Massachusetts"

This NYMag story on Tinder

The Feeld dating app

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Our guest this week is Dorie Clark, the bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. Dorie helps people of all ages reimagine their careers, but she's specifically answering EIF listener questions —and advising us on work post-40 — today. You can download her free Long Game strategic thinking self-assessment at dorieclark.com/thelonggame.

SHOW NOTES! SHOW NOTES!

H&M dress

J.Crew sandals

Dorie's latest book: "The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World"

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Our guest today is Sari Botton. Sari is the author of the new memoir in essays, And You May Find Yourself...Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo. She's also the founder and publisher of Oldster Magazine. We go long on what it's like to tell our stories, coming into our own later in life, burn out, the joys of marriage, acceptance and ambition in mid-life.

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This week Jenn's back in Philly for a funeral, Kim's with her family in the country and we're talking all about what it's like to go back home, the waning days of summer, the burden of home-ownership, attention neediness, owning your foibles, slowing down time, dealing with anger and rage, coming to terms with professional jealousy and so much more!

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This week we're having technical difficulties but also talking all about fall fashion, early style inspiration, personal "fitness," pop culture recs and Linda Evangelista's recent VOGUE cover. Plus listener questions and so much more !

SHOW NOTES!! SHOW NOTES!!

Simple Folk lady play clothes

Magnafied Clogs

Cheap Chic

Only When I Laugh

Maintenance Phase on BMI

Rap Shit

This Jungian Life

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On the show we've got Val Monroe, the former beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine for nearly sixteen years where she wrote the popular “Ask Val” column. Val currently writes the popular Substack newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, where she offers philosophical and practical advice for anyone who’s ever looked into a mirror.

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Kim and Jenn are joined this week by writer Carmen Rita Wong. Carmen's most recent book, "Why Didn't You Tell Me?," is a memoir about her own complicated (and, quite honestly, fascinating) family secrets and we're talking all about complex family dynamics, finding peace vs. granting forgiveness, emotional —and financial— survival, and why it's better to wait until mid-life to tell our stories.

SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES

"The Split"

Sheng Wang's comedy hour

Sandy Bullock's best .... work

Carmen's book

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This week we're discussing middle school, asteroids, marital hatred, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, what bugs us about each other, the Sassiest Girl in America, our favorite podcasts, how to re-build a wardrobe, "excitement pieces," and a lot more.

SHOW NOTES HI 

The Last Movie Stars

The Chronology of Water

Malibu Rising

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What does it mean to really take your career into your own hands? Our guest today is Laura Mayer. Laura is an audio producer and former podcast executive who has helped create and launch many beloved podcasts, including The Dream and The Just Enough Family. After several toxic, high-burnout jobs; Laura's now hosting her own podcast called Shameless Acquisition Target, a wild ride into the pitfalls of her industry, with stops in self-advocacy, owning one's competence and ambition, shameless self-promotion, and boldly setting one's career in the direction you want, even if it means biting the hand that once fed you.

We also talk about Shark Tank! And weight lifting! And the business of podcasts! Plus: SHOULD WE PUT 'EVERYTHING IS FINE' ON THE MARKET?

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It's just us this week and we're talking all about thinning hair, a funeral for moth-eaten sweaters, live music, concert friends, cleaning for the cleaning lady, signature scents, what should we know about partners before we marry them? a newfound love for Wordle, style inspiration in "When Harry Met Sally," "Crossing Delancey," "Tootsie," Beth Orton's new album, the podcast "Death Of an Artist," fall clothes and so much more!

SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES

Shearling-lined sweatpants

Maison Louis perfume oil

Portrait of a Lady parfum

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week we're talking all about what it is to be an adult and live in our own adult haunted houses, about Tina Fey, the Hulu show "Ramy," bald spots, aggressive walking, getting in trouble as a grownup, Jenna Lyons, what we're cooking, listener reviews and also: DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!

SHOW NOTES

We mention one product in this show: Hairstory Powder

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This week Kim and Jenn are talking with Gabrielle Blair, the founder of DesignMom.com and author of the new book Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way To Think About Abortion.

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Oh and here's a link to the red sherpa-lined sweatpants.

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What are the advantages of a creative life post-40? How do we know what, where, and when to create? On the show to answer these questions (and a lot more) is writer and professor Lynn Steger Strong, author of the novels Hold Still, Want, and her newest, Flight.

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This week it's a low-key conversation about eBay shopping, the joy of Bad Sisters, the new Selena Gomez documentary, side dishes and Thanksgiving, the pall of the Christmas season, being haunted by old objects, why sometimes you just need to go to f*cking IKEA, plus listener questions and more!

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A post-holiday meditation on middle age, the clothes that fit us as poorly as ex-boyfriends, our collective relationship with celebrity gossip, Frankenstein'd magazine covers, Jenn's rekindled relationship with Nutrafol, the magic of Hairstory Lift, surprise! we're Andy Rooney age, a riveting segment on socks, plus listener questions and a whole lot more!

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A week of good moods! A week of talking about Botox, pet peeves, admitting when you're the villain of your own story, ghosts, the shadow self, good and terrible Xmas music, "Fleishman Is in Trouble" and a lot more we cannot remember!

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It's a holiday season extravaganza! Kind of! Kim and Jenn discuss being secretly uptight, Triangle of Sadness, season 2 of White Lotus, Jenn's favorite new book, friendships that can't time travel, holiday party outfits when you're middle-aged, our favorite go-to gifts, mammograms, listener questions and a whole lot more!

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Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer

Clare V pouch

Commes des Garcons pouch

Harry & David pears

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Our guest this week is book influencer Lupita Aquino. Lupita runs the highly influential bookstagram account Lupita Reads and also recommends books on TikTok. Her list of most anticipated books of 2023 was recently published on Today.com.

**Books Lupita mentions on the show**

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

You Gotta Be You by Brandon Goodman

The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

The Other Mother by Rachel Harper

Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch 

South to America — Imani Perry

Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount 

The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela 

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Our favorite books, movies, TV, comedy, podcasts, things we bought...and a few things we hated too: Here's our 2022 year in review.

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Our guest this week is Lori Leibovitch, editor of the New York Times’ Well section, and we're talking all about getting and staying healthy in the new year, our new year's resolutions, and what is to live "well" in mid-life — and beyond.

The book we mention on this episode — about female friendship— is Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer.

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Kim's on tour this week so we're answering a few listener questions (like how Lucky magazine actually came to be!) and, afterwards, Jenn interviews author Beth Pickens all about tapping into creativity in the new year — how to start, what to do when you're stuck, forming new habits, finding realistic flow, and most of all: how to use our creative goals as a balm and not a weapon against ourselves.

Beth can be found on Instagram @bethpickensconsulting

Her "Homework Club" for artists and creators of all stripes can be found at bethpickens.com

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We talk to television writer and producer Lesley Arfin about getting fired from big jobs, being a "scary girl," leadership styles, mentors, collaboration, earning respect, and how women in their 40s haven't peaked yet. Plus: Hobbies! And, life update: One of us is in love.

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This week! Kim's sick and it's a short episode... but we're still recommending things!

Cleo From 5 to 7

Paul T. Goldman

Ritual vitamins: ritual.com/FINE

Shani Darden Lactic Acid Serum

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This week we're talking all about feeling "fixed" in therapy when you're really not, Harry and Meghan and taking accountability for our mistakes, archival footage of Jenn partying in 1993, Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion," writing anxiety, publishing anxiety, why do we even create in the first place?, watching "Elvis," and... "Pretty Woman." Plus Kim identifies Richard Gere's bitchface...and we have beauty recommendations!

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Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion"

Smashbox PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMER

Ilia's Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation

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This week we're talking with teacher, author, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and composer (!!!) Julia Cameron. Julia is best known for her international best seller, THE ARTIST'S WAY, which was first published in 1992. Her latest book, WRITE FOR LIFE: Creative Tools for Every Writer, was published in January. In this episode Julia helps Jenn and Kim through writing blocks, talks about creative flow as a kind of spirituality, and why she thinks it's far too daunting to think about the future.

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This week we're discussing death and also recommending mascara! It's a wild life! We all contain multitudes!

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This week we're recommending:

Poker Face

Brit Box

Stonehouse

The Super 8 Years (Annie Ernaux)

If Books Could Kill podcast (the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus episode)

How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron

Still Pictures by Janet Malcolm

Freedom App

Milk Makeup: KUSH High Volumizing Mascara

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Our guest this week is Cindy Gallop, a founder and entrepreneur and former advertising exec who now helms several of her own businesses, including the social sex platform Make Love Not Porn — the mission of which is socializing and normalizing sex. Cindy launched MakeLoveNotPorn with a TEDTalk in 2009, that talk has been viewed 2 and half million times. She’s also just launched a newsletter called Dear Cindy, where readers can ask her anything, especially, for our purposes, about having great sex in mid-life and beyond.

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This week we're recommending:

Make Love Not Porn

Dear Cindy on Substack

Black Levis Jeans

White Sneakers

Reservation Dogs on Hulu/FX

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