5 Things with Lisa Birnbach

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Ep. 100 - Host Lisa Birnbach - Time for a Change Jun 05, 2020

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In this special 100th episode, host Lisa Birnbach shares her thoughts on steps going forward after the killing of George Floyd.

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Ep. 99 - June Diane Raphael - Empowering Women with Comedy and Politics May 29, 2020

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Actress and activist June Diane Raphael joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss empowering women to run for politics, her new book REPRESENT, The Women's Guide to Running for Office & Changing The World, and The Jane Club

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Sarah Cooper, 2. Exhibit C, 3, Converting old video tapes to digital, 4. Visit with friends, 5. Decency.

June Diane Raphael’s ’s 5 Things: 1. Her nanny Julianna, 2. Shared photo streams on iPhone, 3. Bravo TV, 4. Money, 5. Her assistant Anna.

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Ep. 98 - with Abby Ellin - DUPED ! The con man I almost married. May 22, 2020

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Abby Ellin, author of the new book, Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and The Con Man I Almost Married, joins Host Lisa Birnbach in the examination of how it is possible that people close to to us can not be who we think they are.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Exhibit A’s exhibit™ 2. Meatless Meals, 3. Fresh Flowers, 4. Scrub Daddy Sponge, 5. Weekly phone calls/Zoom calls.

Abby Ellin’s 5 Things: 1. Passport, 2. Playing my cello, 3. Climbing mountains, 4. Larry David, 5. Wearing a mask so you can yell at people on the street and they'll never be able to identify you in a line up.

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Ep. 97 - With Maya Ajmera - a story about science, when science matters May 15, 2020

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This week Lisa Birnbach is Joined by Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science & the Public and publisher of its award-winning magazine, Science News, for a wide-ranging discussion about the love of science, the days of Covid-19, and how to get more students - especially girls to join in the scientific ranks.

Lisa’s 5 Things: Lisa’s 5 Things: 1.2. 3. Her daughter’s return to health, 4. Mother’s Day with #ExhibitC, 5. Red Wine.

Maya Ajmera’s 5 (6) Things: 1. The ability to pivot quickly and be entrepreneurial in a time of great challenges. 2. Leading a newsroom that’s providing critical coverage of COVID-19, 3. Having meals as a family every day, 4. I am thankful for telemedicine, 5. Delivery Services. Instacart, Doordash and Caviar, 6. During this time of enormous disruption, giving of time, treasure and talent to those in need is meaningful tome.

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Ep. 96 - Stephen Henderson - The 24 Hour Soup Kitchen May 08, 2020

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Stephen Henderson joins host Lisa Birnbach to talk about his new book The 24 Hour Soup Kitchen. - Soul-Stirring Lessons in Gastrophilanthropy - and how he introduced Kiwi and Couscous to Soup Kitchens.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Her mom mug painted by her daughter, Exhibit B™, 2. Online play: What Do We Need To Talk About? The Apple Family: Conversations on Zoom Written By Richard Nelson, 3. Reading more, reading again, 4. Seeing her mother and brother again this week, 5. FaceTiming with her daughter-in-law and one-year old grandson.

Stephen Henderson’s 5 Things: 1.The New York Times, 2. Chock Full of Nuts "It's the Heavenly" Coffee, 3. Being able to Google recipes, ingredients, and substitutes on a cell phone, 4. Ben Mankiewicz, one of the hosts on Turner Classic Movies, 5. Uni-Ball Jetstream Retractable Ballpoint pens, Fine Point, 0.7 mm

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Ep. 95 - with Ted Kennedy Watson - How to survive quarantine in style May 01, 2020

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Lifestyle expert and retailer Ted Kennedy Watson joins Lisa Birnbach to help listeners find out how to survive the CoronaVirus Lockdown in style.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Regularly-scheduled Zoom call with her Exhibits™, 2. Words With Exhibit C ™, 3. Roast beef sandwiches, 4. Food delivery services Fresh Direct and Instacart, 5. Seeing her mother and brother Jon.

Ted Kennedy Watson’s 5 Things: 1. His husband, 2. His pooch Bailey, 3. Flowers, 4. Seeing and being with friends, 5. The US Postal Service & FedEx delivery folks

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Ep. 94 - With Billy Shore - NO KID HUNGRY Apr 24, 2020

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Lisa Birnbach discusses how to keep our children fed in the days of Covid-19 with Billy Shore, Executive Chair and co-founder of Share Our Strength, the non-profit that runs the NO KID HUNGRY campaign. Of course they also discuss the 5 Things that Made their lives better this week.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Cooking boo-boos, 2. Clementines, 3. Her video doctor’s appointment, 4. Entertainers videos, 5. Healthcare Workers, Essential Workers, the people at our hardware store and local market.

Billy Shore’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. Creating opportunities for others to share their strength, 3. His bike, 4. Being a volunteer firefighter, 5. Writing.

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EP 93 – with comedy writer, Bess Kalb - World's funniest grandma? Apr 17, 2020

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Lisa Birnbach chats with comedy writer Bess Kalb about her new book, "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me", being a new Mom and her love hate relationship with Twitter. And of course they talk the 5 Things that make their lives better.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. My partner, 2. Going above the call of duty, 3. Making your bed every day, 4. Exercise, 5. Dr. Anthony Fauci

Bess Kalb’s 5 Things: 1. Fisher Price Rainforest Friends "Jumparoo," 2. The "block" button on Twitter, 3. Rigatoni Bolognese from Speranza in Silverlake, 4. Weekly walks with friends, 5. Begrudgingly, Alexa

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EP 92 – With Tim Gunn – The Future of Fashion and “Making The Cut” Apr 10, 2020

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Fashion guru Tim Gunn joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss the future of fashion, retail, ...tattoos and Tim's new show with Heidi Klum "Making the Cut"

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. More phone calls with friends, 2. Her partner, 3. Parmigiana cheese, 4. The Cuomos, 5. Randy Rainbow

Tim Gunn’s 5 (OK 7) Things: 1. A curious mind, 2. Books, 3.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4. Empathy, 5. Microwave popcorn, 6. Dressing up, 7. Fitness.

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EP 91 - with former Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu - Surviving a pandemic Apr 03, 2020

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Guest Chris Lu, former Obama White House Cabinet Secretary, joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss the response to the CoronaVirus pandemic, and the political implications for 2020.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. 119SEIU 2. HELP USA, 3. New York State (NY.gov), 4. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 5. No Kid Hungry

Chris Lu’s 5 Things: 1. 10K steps every day, 2. Twitter, 3. Paid media subscriptions, 4. Small businesses, 5. Career government employees

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