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Margie Lachman, PhD, PRIMETIME: A New Vision for Midlife
Season 27 Episode 24
Midlife desperately needs a rebrand. Dr. Margie Lachman is doing just that with her research at the Lifespan Lab at Brandeis University where she tea…
2 months, 1 week ago
Lisa Katayama, THE JAPANESE WAY OF PARENTING: And What It Taught Me About Raising (Mostly) Calm, Caring, Capable Kids
Season 27 Episode 23
Tokyo-born Lisa Katayama took her parenting techniques with her to Northern California and found that what Japanese culture had to offer was quite us…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ann Tashi Slater on Life’s Impermanence
Season 27 Episode 22
Ann Tashi Slater and I spoke about life, meaning, the role of literature, travel, family, and more, inspired by her book Traveling in Bardo: The Art …
2 months, 1 week ago
Jacqueline Friedland, BREATHING UNDER WATER: A Novel
Season 27 Episode 21
Jackie Friedland, a contributor to my anthology On Being Jewish Now and past podcast guest, returns with her latest novel, Breathing Under Water! A p…
2 months, 1 week ago
Eva zu Beck, THE WILDER WAY: A Memoir of Adventure, Freedom, and an Uncharted Life
Season 27 Episode 20
Eva Zu Beck seems like an unlikely solo pioneer in the wilds of Pakistan, but her fearlessness has taken her around the world with just a van, a dog,…
2 months, 1 week ago
Stephanie Wittels Wachs, LAST DAY: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis
Season 27 Episode 19
I’m insanely impressed by Stephanie Wittels Wachs, not just because she’s the co-founder and CEO of Lemonada Media, an award-winning podcast network …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Alyssa Rosenheck, WHITE. BLONDE. JEW.: A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up, and Reclaim Center
Season 27 Episode 18
I first met Alyssa Rosenheck at a coffee shop in Nashville, TN, with my husband, Kyle. She was a notable architectural photographer whose book was be…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Caroline Hallemann, THE KENNEDYS AND THE WINDSORS: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made
Season 27 Episode 17
Anyone else a bit obsessed with the royal family? (I have a girl crush on Princess Catherine.) Caroline Hallemann, digital director of Town & Country…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ashley Kahn, DAYS OF MIRACLE AND WONDER: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
Season 27 Episode 16
Ashley Kahn was sitting on a terrace in Italy as we talked about his love letter to Paul Simon and the album Graceland, Days of Miracle and Wonder. I…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Cinelle Barnes, A WAY HOME: A Memoir of Losing Yourself, and the Beauty of Returning
Season 27 Episode 15
Cinelle Barnes was nervous. This was her first interview about her book after her brain injury which, having read the book, I completely understood. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago