Everything is Fine

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An Announcement! Mar 06, 2023

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We're doing our first live show! When: April 9th, 4pm at Caveat NYC.

Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023

Otherwise, it's a short, sweet episode this week because we lost an interview to the recording gods but we're still talking about finding joy in aging, dressy outfits, feeling intolerant of bullshit, Condé Nast snobbery, what it is to really see another person, when online friends become IRL friends, COCAINE BEAR, wedding planning, and a whole lot more!

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Baby's Breath Is the Kiss of Death Feb 27, 2023

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This week it's just Kim and Jenn talking about: overcoming COVID, movies and TV we're watching, magic, impressions, aging hair, bag recommendations, and why baby's breath is the worst. Plus: Listener questions and a whole lot more!

SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES

"Aftersun"

"To Leslie"

"The Trip"

Marc Maron's comedy hour "From Bleak to Dark"

Clare V bags

Il Bisonte bags

Baggu bags

HAIRSTORY hair products

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BEST OF: Navigating Midlife Friendships — with Dr. Marisa Franco Feb 20, 2023

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Jenn has COVID this week so we're re-running a favorite episode on midlife friendship with Dr. Marisa Franco. Dr, Franco walks us through exactly how to make new friends as we get older, 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. Also check out Dr. Franco's new book, “Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making and Keeping Friends As An Adult,” which came out last year.

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Let's Talk About Sex, (Not-So) Baby - with Cindy Gallop! Feb 13, 2023

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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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How We Live Is How We Die Feb 06, 2023

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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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Living "The Artist's Way" — with Julia Cameron! Jan 30, 2023

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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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Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. 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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"Bitchface Is My Kink" Jan 23, 2023

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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!

SHOW NOTES

Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion"

Smashbox PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMER

Ilia's Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation

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Order That Brings Peace Jan 16, 2023

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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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Creativity As a Balm (with Beth Pickens!) Jan 09, 2023

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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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Wellness for Slackers Jan 02, 2023

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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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