Everything is Fine

It's just Kim and Jenn talking this week about all the things we usually talk about: aging/perimenopause, sorting out painful sex and what to do when your neck starts sweating, plus listener questions, many words on tattoos, the problem with dry shampoo, John Mulaney's new special, and a whole lot more! For exclusive bonus Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommend...

Our guest this week is author Nicole Chung whose new book "A Living Remedy" is a memoir about the loss of both of her parents within just a few years and a meditation on grief. We're also discussing writing through pain, caregiving, how the U.S. healthcare system leaves so many behind, educational privilege and class. and changing one's relationship with overwork. You can find more about Nicole on...

Kim's married! And we're talking all about her wedding, Jenn's week in New York, the importance of friendship in mid-life, a new tinted moisturizer, the easiest clogs to walk around in, putting rollers in your hair, travel tips, plus: listener questions and a whole lot more. SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES Dr. Hauschka Translucent Bronzing Tint Kitsch Ceramic / Velcro Hair Rollers Magnafied Clogs...

It's our first live show! At CaveatNYC! We don't know what we're doing! You may be able to tell! In this VERY SPECIAL EPISODE: Kim's mom, Eve France! Singer/songwriter Amy Rigby sings us some of her beautiful songs and we cry!! Plus: listener questions and a whole lot of nonsense!! To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine For Everything Is Fine m...

Our guest this week is New York Times writer Susan Dominus. Susan has worked for the Times since 2007, first as a Metro columnist and then as staff writer with The New York Times Magazine. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize, for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. And her most recent piece, " Women Have Been Misled About Menopause ," went vira...

Jenn and Kim introduce Jenn's new podcast STIFFED, from Crooked Media and iHeart media, which is available wherever you get your podcasts, including here: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/stiffed/ To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine For Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podc...

Kim and Jenn discuss not actually loving attention, how to be social in groups, human pyramids, Yellowjackets, Justine Bateman, the joy radiating from Drew Barrymore's talk show, a new shoe line Jenn loves, Kim's wedding plans and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES Jenn's new project STIFFED: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stiffed/id1678710956 Nurse Gigi on Instagram Ivy Lee Copenhagen boots: htt...

Our guest today is Valerie Monroe. Val is a return Everything Is Fine guest who appeared in one of our most popular episodes ever. She was a longtime beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine and she’s written hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics for many national publications, including The New York Times. Val writes the Substack newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face and, as of r...

This week we're talking all about religion in childhood, dumb TV we're watching, a new lipstick trick, plastic surgery without shame, wedding planning and all the stuff we always talk about. Our live show in New York is 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 This week we're re...

Carlene Bauer — author of our favorite 2022 book, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT — joins us today to talk writing, female friendship, ambition, choosing a child-free life, capturing 90s New York, what is it to be Gen X in mid-life and whole a lot more. SHOW NOTES Our live show in New York is April 9th/4pm at Caveat NYC . Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://c...

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...

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 Ho...

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...

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 c...

This week we're discussing death and also recommending mascara! It's a wild life! We all contain multitudes! If you want to support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine For Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES This week we're recommending: Poker Face Brit Box St...

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 cre...

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...

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 NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/share ALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF ep...

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....

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Our favorite books, movies, TV, comedy, podcasts, things we bought...and a few things we hated too: Here's our 2022 year in review. NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/share ALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes:  patreon.com/everythingisfine Our ...

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 No...

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! SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer Clare V...

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! NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/share ALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to s...

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 cover s, 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! NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF...