MenOpod: all things fifty +

Two sisters reunite for an entire week for the first time in decades and immediately unravel. On this episode of Menopod, we spiral over dog strollers, inside vs. outside shoes, clutter shame, emotional-support storage units, and the unforgivable discontinuation of a beloved face soap. There’s sibling rivalry math, Scrabble humiliation, surprise HRT bleeding, a Thanksgiving UTI, and the creeping r...

Menopause hits like a freight train, and Menopod is your weekly ride. This episode the over-50 brain has officially left the chat. Eliana loses her lip gloss, her patience, and maybe her mind in a urogynecology waiting room run by bitchy baby bouncers guarding old-lady vaginas like VIP passes to Coachella. Leora discovers freckles are now “sunspots,” adult teeth demand Tooth Fairy payouts, and hus...

Welcome to the gloriously chaotic MenOpod Simcha Special, where weddings, bar mitzvahs, and low-budget hotel toilet paper collide. This week, Eliana and Leora recap a weekend of joy, dancing, eating, schlepping, and the kind of physical pain that only comes from wearing sparkly heels after age 50. Eliana’s ass is on fire (thank you, Angel Soft a.k.a. Devil’s Sandpaper), Leora’s pearls get murdered...

Welcome to Menopod’s Thanksgiving Spectacular - the only holiday guide that actively recommends skipping out . Eliana has officially aged out of fucks, and Leora is hanging on by a therapist’s disclaimer. Together they cover everything from peanut-oil “oopsie” homicides to the annual “you look healthy” hate crime. Expect Ozempic interrogations, bathroom ball-checks (professionally! we swear!), eme...

Eliana’s mustache is on, Leora’s eye-rolls are strong, and Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Blaise Aguirre is here to save men everywhere from the deadly combo of shame, silence, and epigenetically inherited mishegas. This Part 2 episode dives deep into why men won’t talk about mental health unless it’s Movember-branded, the rise of anxiety fueled by curated world disasters, social media turning into the...

In this kickoff to our two-part Movember special, we sit down with Ben Pargman , founder of Manny’s Band Foundation , to talk about the devastating loss of his teen son Manny to suicide. Ben opens up about the months leading up to Manny’s death, the signs nobody recognized, and the brutal truth about how young men are silently suffering behind social media perfection. We unpack the stigma around m...

It’s November, Eliana’s wearing a mustache (don’t ask), and somehow the men in our lives have decided they also have “brain fog.” The sisters spiral through doctor-appointment drama, pap-smear politics, fart etiquette (or lack thereof), kosher-shrimp-cocktail wins, microwave-pasta shrinkflation, cottage-cheese crimes, and Eliana’s new food that turns her into a human jetpack. Plus: Kristen Bell en...

Leora dials in from her “dream” family vacation in Montenegro with nine suitcases, five ungrateful kids, one crunchy air-dried wardrobe, and a husband who left his toiletry bag and sense of humor at home. Meanwhile, Eliana hunkers down in Miami (her MenOMiami home studio) declaring that vacations are just hell in prettier places. From Europe’s “pay to pee” bathrooms to pee-dripping husbands, the s...

It’s still Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s time for  more boobs!  Eliana and Leora sit down with breast radiologist and social media legend  Dr. Robyn Roth , a.k.a.  The Boobie Docs , to myth-bust everything you  think  you know about mammograms, lumps, dense breasts, deodorant drama, and Justin Trudeau’s very thorough “celebrity breast exams.” Equal parts hilarious and life-saving...

Forget small talk — Eliana’s new icebreaker is asking strangers how many  ungrateful  children they have. From there, the sisters spiral into brain fog chaos, empty-nest diplomacy,  Mimi Menopause  fashion, farting husbands who chew like farm animals, towel turf wars, and a traumatic flashback to that time Leora used Eliana’s  monogrammed college towel  as a maxi pad. 😱 If laughter burns calories...

It’s  Breast Cancer Awareness Month , and we’re talking boobs, books, and BRCA genes with the unstoppable Gila Pfeffer- author,  survivor ,  pre-vivor , and full-time badass. From prophylactic surgery to publishing her memoir  Nearly Departed , Gila’s story is equal parts heartbreaking and hysterical. We talk “free tummy tucks,” family secrets, writing through trauma, and how to find your funny wh...

Warning: this is not Katie Couric’s colonoscopy . This is a real shit-show (literally.) From $200 underwear casualties and “did I just fart or…” roulette, to baby-wipe salvation and a Costco velour jumpsuit worth dying in, we cover every messy, hilarious detail. It’s a deep, dirty, explosive dive into midlife preventative care . Come for the poop jokes, stay for the menopause real talk (and maybe...

Forget apples and honey — this Rosh Hashana brought kugel disguised as dessert, family we dodged like landmines, and a Deadpool betting pool on who’s kicking it first. From synagogue side-eye to sibling rivalry, we dish on why chosen family beats blood relatives every damn time, and how to get inscribed in God’s podcast guest list. Not your rabbi’s sermon—this is MenOpod’s High Holiday survival gu...

Menopause brain fog or early-onset dementia? Sandwich generation hell or just an overstuffed Oreo of crap? This week Leora is rocking her HRT patch—along with octopus-attack-level suction marks. Meanwhile, Eliana has finally found her “people” at physical therapy (middle-aged complainers with THE BEST stories.) Together we uncover the darkly hilarious world of late-in-life dating (spoiler: sometim...

Forget fasting, flogging yourself at the gym, or doomscrolling ‘til 4am. This week's guest, certified menopause coach Christie Chapman, explains why cortisol is sabotaging your body, why fasting is trash, and why food that “comes from the ground or had a mother” is your new BFF. Add in bone broth hacks, breakfast saves, and a little Canadian calm, and suddenly midlife fitness seems a whole lot...

This week’s MenOpod comes in hot from Eliana’s glam New York weekend - wedding gossip, theater reviews, and a DIY pedicure that cost less than a latte. Leora admits her contact lenses are glued to her eyeballs, Eliana admits she hasn’t updated her makeup since 1991, and both admit they’re now fully signed up for the We Do Not Care Club. Add in a side of Ozempic envy, My Kids Suck solidarity, and t...

This week the sisters are unhinged (blame no sleep, no coffee, and no poop). Eliana’s ice maker has a meltdown while Leora defends her daughter’s mattress heist like a mob boss in a dorm room. We dive into back-to-school tips that may or may not end with burner phones, unpack the rage of packing school lunches no one eats, and debate whether teachers deserve Starbucks or sainthood. Also: Leora att...

Who knew sending a kid off to grad school could feel like passing a placenta? Eliana dishes on her anxiety-soaked drop-off saga while Leora finally glued an HRT patch to her ass and is waiting to see if she glows or croaks. In this episode we cover everything from levitating teeth and insurance-funded dental torture to Target fraudsters and bougie shampoo worth more than your mortgage. Sprinkle in...

Eliana is spiraling, Leora’s got the post-hotel-sex-glow, and guest expert Allie Hill - author of The Girlfriend’s Guide to Empty Nesting - is here to talk both of them off the ledge (or at least into a guided meditation). It’s all about the meltdown before college drop-off — the anxiety, the Amazon cart spirals, the parental guilt, and whether or not your son will make his flight back from Asia i...

In this very special episode of MenOpod, the sisters are IN THE SAME ROOM. What starts as a “heartwarming” reunion quickly devolves into passive-aggressive meditation attempts, intercontinental sibling warfare, and mutual loathing over parenting styles. Eliana contemplates murdering Leora mid-recording, while Leora insists meditation will save everyone & everything—including Eliana’s fraying s...

If you've ever dropped your pants in front of your sister to discuss the state of your rear end, this one’s for you. In this episode, Leora takes a lover - by which we mean, she starts tennis lessons. Meanwhile, Eliana hates yoga, hates yoga people, and possibly hates yoga locker room small talk most of all. We also dive into swim lane politics, the smelly science of movie theater vaginas (yes...

Eliana’s still on vacation (and still not a bridesmaid), while Leora tries to reinvent herself—again—this time as a tennis queen. The sisters play the ultimate guessing game: Daughter or Date? They also cover the tragic comeback of prairie prom dresses, why men never want to do anything with their wives, and the horror of buying a vibrator in a small-town pharmacy where everyone definitely saw. Pl...

When the CEO of a billion-dollar company gets caught red handed on the kiss cam with his HR mistress, you know we had to blow up the whole show and talk about it. Eliana and Leora break down the now-infamous “ColdplayGate” affair, midlife ego trips, and why women everywhere are yelling TEAM WIFE. Then divorce financial analyst Nancy Hetrick joins us to explain the “gray divorce” phenomenon & h...

Eliana’s on vacation with five suitcases, no microphone, and possibly no pants—and Leora’s here to judge every minute of it. This week, the sisters debate whether over-packing is a mental illness, why Leora’s old fruit becomes “fruit compote,” and whether Eliana’s “Mount Crapmore” of clutter may be a trauma response of childhood. Plus, naked sleeping confessions, an homage to mom’s fruit fly kingd...

Need survival tips for summer? You won't find any here. Instead, Eliana's running on no sleep, maximum brain fog, and a deep loathing for white clothing—and Leora's just trying to keep things on the rails. Join the sisters as they tackle the ridiculousness of summer packing, hurricane prep (Florida-style), the trauma of folding laundry, and why PTA dads need to sit down and hush. Elian...