Our guest this week is American cartoonist Emily Flake who began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008, and has had more than a hundred cartoons published in the magazine since. Her most recent project, Joke in a Box, How to Write And Draw Jokes, was just released. SHOW NOTES You can find Emily at: emilyflake.com You can buy Joke In a Box here. This week we're recommending beauty products by Merit and Kiko Milano. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com *NEW* YOU CAN...

It's an all-listener-question episode! We're talking about if neck creams ever work and whether or not you should get your colors done, the three wardrobe items we never scrimp on, what getting fired taught us, building community in mid-life, how we're feeling about the holidays and so much morre! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/ For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style...

This week! We're discussing getting snubbed, learning to love your past selves, "The Golden Bachelor," many many beauty products and a whole lot more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/ For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email...

Our guest today is Alexandra Auder, a writer and actress who was born in New York City to Viva, a Warhol superstar, and  Michel Auder, an award-winning filmmaker who directed Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol. Alex was a featured character in HBO’s High Maintenance and has acted in the films of Wim Wenders and Jodie Foster, among others. Her new book, Don’t Call Me Home, is a memoir of her unconventional childhood. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. To follow Jenn's...

It's a random week in September! Kim and Jenn are talking about anything and everything! Including: Taylor Swift, therapy, Jenn's new job, a new solution for thinning hair, an ongoing quest for just one good pair of jeans, portraits of railway children, Anne Geddes, dorm-room posters of the past and a whole lot more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. Jenn's new beauty Insta: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/ For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with...

This week! We're talking all about old and new jobs, what fashion means when you're over 40, Covid confusion, the greatness of Parker Posey, once you go Eileen Fisher can you ever go back? and a lot more. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us:...

Our guest this week is Amanda Clayman. Amanda is writer, podcaster and most of all a financial therapist widely recognized as a pioneer in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Financial Counseling. We're talking all about how thoughts, feelings, and associations shape our financial choices, and how we can identify the patterns around money that serve us —and start eradicating those that limit us.  You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine...

Our guest this week is the delightfully funny and talented novelist Edan Lepucki who talks to us all about her new book TIME'S MOUTH, along with writing and mothering and prioritizing and getting older and process over outcome and time travel and the past (and jeans of the past). Also in this episode: hot flashes, maybe the only Vitamin C serum that works, how the seasons are no longer the seasons and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES Buy Edan's book!!...

Our guest today is Kristi Coulter. Kristi is an acclaimed memoirist, essayist, and fiction writer. Her 2018 debut memoir Nothing Good Can Come from This was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She has written for The Paris Review, New York magazine, Glamour, Elle, and many other publications. Her new book, Exit Interview, The Life and Death of my Ambitious Career, is out September 12th. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine...

It's the last show of the summer! We're talking fall fashion, anticipatory anger, shows we're watching, difficult mothers-in-law, CAFTANS, the best way to support a depressed friend, listener questions and more! SHOW NOTES Organic by John Patrick cashmere Everyday Ritual caftans Telemarketers (HBO show) You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon:...

This week! Jenn's lamenting the tax we've all paid for being female. Kim wants to talk about VOGUE's "Greatest Of All Time" September cover. Jenn's similarly annoyed by Variety's cover treatment of Sydney Sweeney. Plus: Prison President, television we're watching, under-eye concealer we're trying, brief chats about senior discounts, poetry, and books we're reading, a defense of "And Just Like That...", a response to a listener comment and just a smidge more I cannot remember while writing...

It's an almost end-of-summer wrap up with conversations about work, money, politics, perimenopause, our favorite sneakers, a long rant and rave about the Barbie movie, problematic faves from our childhoods, our dream of aging inclusivity and so much more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See...

It's a week of listener questions! On the challenges of re-entry, portals to the past, short-term memory loss, existential/mid-life crises (is that all there is?), ADHD in perimenopause, reselling clothes, the worst advice we've ever received, our most embarrassing celebrity encounters, job interview questions, and more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon:...

Kim's back! We're talking all about European travel, over-40 job searches, ring lights, old women & hard candy, perimenopause, Sinead O'Connor, the writer's strike, good documentaries about not-terrible men, and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES Beauty product Womanness "Let's Neck" Man docs John Early: Now More Than Ever Turn Every Page The Andy Warhol Diaries Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Judy Kuriansky. Dr Judy is a world-renowned clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, an author, and a humanitarian. She’s written more than a half dozen books on sex and relationships, including "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship" and "How to Love a Nice Guy."  Dr. Judy is a pioneer of radio call-in advice shows: In the 80s and 90s, she hosted the popular nationally syndicated radio show “Love Phones” with Chris Jagger. She’s also...

This week we're talking all about Kim's travel anxiety, nostalgia for magazine summer Fridays, Lucky's banned word list, "Asteroid City" and Wes Anderson, "Laurel Canyon," Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Anniversary Party," "Jury Duty," plus listener reviews and a whole lot more! Products mentioned in this episode: Kosas DreamTeam SPF 40 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is author and podcast host Virginia Sole-Smith. You may know Virginia from her newsletter Burnt Toast, which explores fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. Virginia is the author of the 2018 book The Eating Instinct. Her most recent book—Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture—which going to talk about a lot today encourages us to name and navigate our anti-fat bias so we can raise happier and healthier children. You can find Virginia at...

You asked, we answered! Our best tips on everything from summer hairstyles to sunscreen, makeup to shorts. Plus: our summer reads, packing hacks, and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES For every single link to all our picks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/summer-list-85493782 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jenn and Kim are talking all about online age quizzes, octogenarian dads, cults, letting go of enemies, wedding outfits, and living through a pure failure. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Sara Schaefer. Sara is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, and artist. Sara's a longtime standup comedian who has written for numerous television programs including "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and she won two Emmy awards for her work at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The New York Times called her new solo show 'Going Up' “ambitious and nimble” and “a feat of comedy.” She’s currently touring with "Going Up" in the US and, later this summer, Europe (head’s up...

Our guest is award-winning feminist activist, writer, and editor, Jamia Wilson. We're talking all about leading with love, not being defined by our traumas, righteous accountability, emotional bravery, expecting and fostering reciprocity, spiritual practice, showing up and overcoming the shame of not being "perfect," and a whole lot more. Jamia's site: jamiawilson.com Jamia's books: This Book Is Feminist Young, Gifted, and Black Young, Gifted, and Black Too Step Into Your Power: 23 Lessons...

Our guest this week is Kristen Lisanti. For the last 25 years, Kristen has held executive-level culture, talent and communications roles at global firms, coaching CEOs, advising senior leadership teams and building healthy work cultures in businesses around the world.  Most recently, she served as Chief Culture Officer for the public relations giant BCW, stewarding cultural integration during the largest merger in public relations history and establishing an organizational culture rooted in a...

Happy Memorial Day! Happy Unofficial Start to Summer! It's EIF After Dark/a surprise nighttime episode! Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: sprucing up one's midlife resumé, coming to peace with Mother's Day, Martha Stewart's SI cover, concerts we're excited about, shows we're watching, books we're reading, plus: listeners questions and more! Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfine SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES Liz Phair concert dates! Somebody Somewhere on HBO Max Quietly Hostile by Sam Irby Quantum Criminals by Alex Pappademas and Joan Lemay ...

We're lucky enough to be joined by author (and two-time EIF guest!) Claire Dederer, whose latest book, "Monster's: A Fan's Dilemma" has got everyone — including us— thinking and talking. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES Claire's book: MONSTERS: A Fan's Dilemma here's the book Claire & Jenn mention loving: Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill Hosted on...