No Country for Old Women

We're back! This week: Vacations that are really "trips," never turning off work brain, how Jenn is a Claude narc now, Kimberly's theory of the big swing, plus Matt Damon is selling water and a whole lot more! Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [INCLUDING OUR CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Limited-edition merch: nocountryforoldwomenpod.com Our Instagram: @nocountryforoldwom...

This week! A special episode dedicated to all things women and shame — love, ambition, marriage, foundational agency, whether or not to have kids, motherhood itself, divorce, and a whole lot more! Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [INCLUDING OUR CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Limited-edition merch: nocountryforoldwomenpod.com Our Instagram: @nocountryforoldwomenpod Jenn's...

* BREAKING NEWS*MERCH DROP * As promised/threatened, and just in time for the Fourth of July, we've released a limited-edition No Country for Old Women tee and a non-flimsy, actually substantial, heavyweight No Country for Old Women tote. You can pick them up (while supplies last!) at nocountryforoldwomenpod.com In this week's episode! Travel, packing, being forever "coach" people, Ivanka Trump ne...

This week! (Re)discovering your personal style, epic vintage shopping runs, the glory of small(er) cities, adult pitfalls and minimizing the dumb shit, TV character crushes, the exquisite misery of Ben Affleck, and the emotional hangover you get after a good extended hang with a great friend. Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [WITH OUR NEW CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Ou...

This week! Kimberly's hungover, Jenn's feeling uncharacteristically optimistic. Plus: White lady yoga chat, learning and re-learning how to swim in midlife, corporate retreats, the hell of icebreakers, decoupling health insurance from our jobs, and are we seeing lights at the end of the 2026 garbage tunnel? Show notes "The End Comes Before the Beginning" by Rebecca Solnit Note: The swim class Kimb...

This week! Another wild ride! Tech overlords, the AI graduation mess, an honest conversation about class, a reluctant chat about menopause, plus corrections, clarifications, and: are we just old (ish) ladies yelling at clouds? Show notes: Classy podcast What Fresh Hell Is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna Dr. Jen Gunter Where to find us:  Our Patreo...

This week! Top-tier moments amid (despite?) the sociological rubble, making a home wherever you go, and everyday tech death by a thousand cuts. Plus, internalizing the failures of the system as your own personal failures, a new plan for eminent domain, staying open to new experiences, rich-people yard sales, should we run for office? our first listener 'suggestion box,' and more! Where to find us:...

This week! Kimberly's jaunty, Jenn is stressed, and we're talking all about culottes/shants/JAMS, AI, fuse boxes, death, the jobs landscape, Bezos's Met Gala, the lives we've already lived, becoming new people, and, somewhat inexplicably, a whole lot more! Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [WITH NEW CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Our Instagram: @nocountryforoldwomenpod Jen...

This week! Kimberly's crying. Jenn's trying to "bring back joy," and they're talking all about friend breakups, Kash Patel, personal perception, Mel Robbins, information overload, and the mind-bending news channel that is Instagram. Plus self-deprecation, sarcasm, razzing, haters, and other GenX hallmarks! Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [WITH NEW CREATIVE PRO...

This week! Sex talks, arrested emotional development, vanity, talking about aging without talking about aging, can you ever find your perfect place? Plus jealousy as a guiding force, the writer Helen DeWitt and lots more! Show note Guardian story about Helen DeWitt . Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [WITH NEW CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Our Instagram: @nocountryforoldw...

This week! Marketing without consent; the compulsive need for self expression; Lena Dunham, Garfield, JD Vance, and the Pope (but not in that order); feedback loops; haters; IS THIS SHOW JUST COMPLAINING? Plus: Why we should all be writing more thank you notes and... AN ANNOUNCEMENT! Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen [WITH NEW CREATIVE PRO TIER!] Our Instagram:...

Firmly in our fall down era! Plus: Road rage, crying at the ob/gyn, GenX men, our self-help-proof moment and: how is everyone dealing right now? Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen Our Instagram: @nocountryforoldwomenpod Jenn's newsletter: jennromolini.substack.com Kimberly's newsletter: kimberlyharrington.substack.com ICYMI: We wrote some books! AMATEUR HOUR , AM...

Wiping out while attempting to get a lil' treat, the sea change in creative pursuits, late-to-the-party chats about last week's news and how no one needs April Fool's Day in Trump's America. Plus, dirtbag activism, a long talk about tattoos for the hell of it and — wah wah — will we ever write again? Where to find us:  Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen Our Instagram: @nocountryfor...

Kimberly and Jenn discover they're a top-10 new podcast?! Plus: the Lindy West memoir controversy, why writing memoir as a woman blows, how the non-stop news assault is scrambling our brains, nostalgia for old-timey reporting (support local news!) and also somehow the story of how we met and also jeans? Show notes: Rachel Cusk + Sheila Heti podcast, "Why Memoir Is a Dead End" Julie K. Brown's news...

Kimberly's in Instagram jail, Jenn's the worst student in Reiki class, and "manosphere victims" are spending $20K on strip-mall penis filler! Plus, a call for jazz-handy writing, a post mortem on our first episode, and one of us has a shameful secret about bras. Where to find us:  Our email: nocountryforoldwomenpod@gmail Our Patreon: patreon.com/NoCountryForOldWomen Our Instagram: @nocountryf...

OUR INAUGURAL EPISODE! We're talking about birthdays and long-term marriages and sharing a bed and the circle of hell that is navigating health insurance and this stupid f*cking war and men in charge wearing too-small shoes and parenting teens through the darkness. Plus: Smoking is back, so is cocaine and, apparently, Costco is the only thing currently working in the U.S. of A. Where to find us:&n...

CULTURE. CREATIVITY. POLITICS. WORK. MONEY. RELATIONSHIPS. FRIENDSHIPS. DATING. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Are you a woman just trying to live in this world? Do you often whisper to yourself “what the hell is going on?" Are you a bitch in the streets but a compulsive crier in the sheets? Do you like to laugh? Well, you’ve come to the right place. HELLO. Hosted by GenX writers Jennifer Romolini and Kimberly H...