Forever35

Poet and author Kate Baer returns to the pod four years later (almost to the day!) to discuss her latest collection, How About Now?, the ways she keeps intimacy alive within her friendships, and what she enjoys about living in the country. Plus, Doree gives us the play-by-play on her recreational tennis team’s dramatic trip to National Championships in Scottsdale! To leave a voicemail or text for...

Listeners share thoughts on our recent guest Vanessa Grigoriadis’ episode on aging parents, offer ideas for how to support a friend going through IVF, and advice for switching careers without spending a ton of money (and maybe even with the help of AI?). Plus, Doree has a triumphant tennis update!  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You...

The States Project’s Melissa Walker is back on Forever35 to discuss the importance of upcoming off-year elections, like high-stakes contests in Virginia next week. The ladies also talk about why driving powerful change at the state legislative level is vital, what door-knocking can do, and how to make the most of dramatic career pivots in your 30’s. In these final days before the election, the For...

Listeners send in their request for bath towel recs (they’re different from dish towels!), the importance of working on your executive function skills, and advice on changing careers without the side hustle.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.com for l...

What is it like to take on your aging parents' health management, finances, and the logistics of it all? Vanessa Grigoriadis, reporter and podcast producer, joins the show to get into it. She hypes her new show “ So Your Parents Are Old ,” that tackles the very real, very difficult stage of life when caretaking for parents is a subject that still has a sense of taboo around it. The ladies also gab...

Listeners send in their thoughtful notes about dealing with, moving through, and getting to the other side of burnout – especially when you like your job and your company.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything they mention on t...

Cadence Dubus (founder of Brooklyn Strength and host of the podcast Busy Body) joins Forever35 to remind us that our bodies don’t need be “optimized” and share practical reasons for getting into fitness. She also offers her take on how GLP-1s are changing the way people think about their bodies and the kinds of questions you have to ask yourself when beginning a new movement practice. Plus, Elise...

Doree and Elise hear from listeners about supporting your friends who work in the government, how to deal with burnout, and how adding some executive function hacks is working out. Plus, the link to Doree’s barrel jeans! To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.co...

Sue Dominus, New York Times writer and author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success, joins Doree and Elise to discuss how birth order does and doesn’t affect our identities, how to outsource discipline and make the home life safe and loving, and the thing she wishes she had done more with her kids. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree &...

Listeners call in with their thoughts on the efficacy of at-home laser hair removal, the joys of color analysis, opinions on THE best JLo movie, and advice for what to do with all those tiny beauty samples.  Plus, Doree volunteers at the library and Elise goes to a Patreon event.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also ema...

Beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi joins Doree and Elise to discuss her fascinating new book The House of Beauty, which goes deep on topics like how beauty products are made, produced, and distributed around the world, including the connections between fragrance and fascism; hair and the empire of exploitation; and what it really means to live well and how that connects to biohackers and transhumanist...

Listeners have thoughts about leaving your baby for a trip for the first time, plus questions about at-home laser hair removal machines and whether you can trust “expert” advice about haircuts. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything t...

The duo behind the podcasts Reading Glasses and Reading Smut , Mallory and Brea, come on the show to discuss why we’re seeing a rise in the romantasy and smut genres, how to dip your toe into romance if you’re not already into it, and they’re armed with lots of recommendations of what to read and watch. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You...

Elise wonders at the efficacy of programs like denim buybacks and Sephora’s empties trade-ins, and Doree has some strong opinions! They also hear from listeners about school self-care, JLo’s best songs, and advocating for the library as a (free!) co-working space.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at for...

Author Jade Chang joins Doree and Elise to talk about her good luck with gut health and her savory porridge dreams, what (and who) went into her new book What A Time To Be Alive, the joy of ginger, and navigating jealousies in friendship. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit f...

Doree and Elise have (just one!) dish towel rec, lots of listener recs for comfy-but-stylish mom jeans, and laser hair removal insight from listeners who’ve done it.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything they mention on the sho...

Rachel Goodwin is back from her glamorous European summer to answer your makeup questions! She’s got mascara recs for you, whether she thinks Wonderskin lip stain is worth the hype, the concealers you can use if you’re a skin picker, her favorite eyelash curlers, and more.  Plus, Elise ranks the top J Lo movies and Doree makes a case for Maid In Manhattan. To leave a voicemail or text for a f...

Doree and Elise share their co-working space suggestions, soft jean recs that aren’t mom jeans, and the SUPER truth about the experience of laser hair removal with listeners. Plus, a microjoy that will bring you a smile.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podc...

Alex Laughlin, writer, audio producer and the creator of Normal Gossip joins Doree and Elise to discuss her new show Try Hard and why it’s important to her be earnest, how she went from self-taught audio producer to building an award-winning show, and what it’s like to step away from a successful project to pursue other creative endeavors. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach D...

Elise finishes up her health scan and Doree heads to dinner with the coolest golf club in town. Then, they hear from listeners about the emotional usefulness of wigs, preparing to leave a child for the first time, and those moments when your parents shock you.   To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at f...

Former Elle columnist, journalist, and author, E. Jean Carroll joins Doree and Elise to discuss the surprise release of her new book NOT MY TYPE: One Woman vs. a President . Beyond why she was itching to write about “the absurdity” of her sexual assault case against Donald Trump, they also chat about E. Jean’s advice for giving advice, her secret to great posture at 81 years old, and what she plan...

Listeners send in yet more kitchen towel and rag recommendations! Plus, we get a post-friendship month update, and a listener asks for advice on how to handle female pattern hair loss. Plus, Doree has a dog update and Elise has a summer day out sans children! To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podca...

Disclaimer: Adult language in this episode! Comedian and writer Jena Friedman joins Forever35 to talk about her newfound joy in tennis, why she’s excited about her show at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, the emotional response crying on stage evokes, and how she came to give a TED talk about AI. Plus, a (positive) update from Elise on both Oscar’s recent misadventures and her biopsy, and from Doree abo...

Elise meets a listener in the wild, and Doree’s clean couch hates to see her dog coming! Plus, listeners turn out en masse with dish towel (and/or kitchen rag) recs and we wrap up with some listener microjoys.  To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com. Visit forever35podcast.com for...

It’s an extra-special cross-over episode when the co-hosts of GlowJob, Julia Bellary and Sasa Li, join Doree and Elise to chat about all things beauty! They get into the realities of going to aesthetician school, the future of dupes and which ones to keep an eye on, and the importance of listening to your skin about which products feel right. Plus, Doree returns from her vacation refreshed, and El...