The Mother Load

Our guest this week is writer and podcaster Jane Marie. Jane is a Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist, a former producer of This American Life, the host of the acclaimed podcast, The Dream, and, more recently, Dear Jane Marie, and the co-founder of the podcast studio Little Everywhere. Her first book, Selling The Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting America came out last month. We're talking all about Jane's work along with money, class, aging, ambition, the scam of "soulmates" and a whole lot more.You can find Jane at: https://www.jane-marie.com/You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comNEW: you can find Jenn on her substack: jennromolini.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Marriage and necks and turtlenecks and moisturizers and re-watching "Sex and the City" plus listener questions and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comNEW: you can find Jenn on her substack: jennromolini.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is New York Magazine Features Writer Emily Gould. Emily was previously an editor at Gawker and a publisher of Emily Books, an imprint of Coffee House Press focusing on women’s first-person writing. She is the author of the novels PERFECT TUNES and FRIENDSHIP and the essay collection AND THE HEART SAYS WHATEVER and, most recently, she wrote the moving essay "The Lure of Divorce," which we talk about a lot in this episode, along with mental health crises, two-writer marriages, being "famous in Midtown," the great media scourge, ambition later in life and a lot more. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're live at Alt Summit and joining us is the amazing Karen Walrond to talk all about reimagining our ambition into our 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. If you want to pre-order Jenn's book about ambition and midlife, Ambition Monster, you can do that in an array of places, starting here. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comTo follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back from Palm Springs and discussing executive function, losing the thread, ADHD & admin work, rude emails, fatigue with ourselves, packing SNAFUs, the great Karen Walrond, new TV, Kathy Acker, listener questions and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's grappling with turning a big age, we're discussing birthdays, difficult conversations, the stress of packing for a weird-weather trip, listener questions and a lot more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is writer, critic and artist Lucy Sante. Lucy is the author of several books exploring subcultures and urban history, including Low Life: Lures and Snares of New York and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In 2021, at the age of 67, she transitioned, and we’re talking about her new memoir about that experience: I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition.You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the episode where Kim comes to Los Angeles and we hang out and go on a double date. Also, Jenn has a celebrity encounter that feels like a sign from the universe. Plus, headshots over 40, dip powder nails, tinting your brows AND we're headed to Alt Summit!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide**Our guest is Sloane Crosley. Sloane is the author of the novels Cult Classic and The Clasp, as well as three essay collections, including The New York Times bestsellers I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Her latest book, Grief Is for People, a memoir about grieving a close friend's death, is out this week.You can find Sloane: https://www.sloanecrosley.com/You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is journalist and author Jessica Bennett. Jessica writes on gender, sexuality and culture for The New York Times and is the co-host of the podcast In Retrospect which delves into cultural moments of the past that look different to us today. We're talking all about Jessica's most recent op-ed "The Audacity of E.Jean Carroll," evolving our feminism, staying relevant and engaged past 40, whether or not the kids are alright (spoiler: they are) and a whole lot more.You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.