Jenn's losing her mind with book stuff, Kim's sorting through a mood, neither made a "things to talk about" list. Let's see how it goes!

You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com

NEW: you can find Jenn on her substack: jennromolini.substack.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

NEW: you can find Jenn on her substack: jennromolini.substack.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

NEW: you can find Jenn on her substack: jennromolini.substack.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, AMBITION MONSTER: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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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.com

You can pre-order Jenn's book, Ambition Monster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585

To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/

Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com

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