Everything is Fine

Jennifer Romolini and Kim France

Everything is Fine is a series for women on life over 40. Hosted by former Lucky magazine founding editor Kim France and author and editor Jennifer Romolini, each episode digs deep into the identity shift that comes with navigating this alternately weird and liberating stage of life. A chat-show with themed episodes and interview guests from the media and entertainment worlds, we tackle our fears, our health, our careers, self-care, and how to negotiate being called “middle-aged” when you feel anything but.

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254 episodes
Updated May 5, 2025

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Jun 7, 2021 · 45 min
Middle-Aged Lady Summer
Kim and Jenn discuss the hallmarks of summer: swimsuits, self-tanner, hair removal, the young-person song they'll be listening to on repeat, and a proposed summer book club. Plus: Celebs who are actually cool IRL, encounters with the Beastie Men, ...
May 31, 2021 · 46 min
Coming Home to Yourself
Award-winning human rights technologist Sabrina Hersi Issa joins Jenn and Kim to discuss her work at the intersection of social justice and tech, how and why she takes a monthly personal inventory, the practice of living your values, and the joy in qui...
May 24, 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
"Why Don't You Just F*ck Someone on Tinder?"
Award-winning journalist Nancy Jo Sales is our guest today. Nancy Jo has a new book, "Nothing Personal," which investigates and explores the world of online dating and, specifically, her experience navigating life in the "dating...
May 17, 2021 · 49 min
The Perks of Being a Late Bloomer
Graphic memoirist Mira Jacob joins us to talk about teaching herself to draw in her 40s, moving through the fear of doing new things, the backlash from (white) comic-book bros, learning to take the business of your work seriously, and what she wishes w...
May 10, 2021 · 48 min
Turns Out, Persistence Works
Kim and Jenn talk about coming to terms with what you really really want in mid-life, overcoming rejection, and the born-out-by-life-experience benefits of persistence. Plus, friendship as we get older, the (potential?) tricks to lasting love, and how ...
May 3, 2021 · 50 min
Art & Death & Fear & Getting Older
We talk to author and arts consultant Beth Pickens about realizing our dreams in mid-life and beyond, reinvention, radical death acceptance, grappling with fear, and how it's never (ever) too late to live a creative life...
Apr 26, 2021 · 36 min
Welcome to the "Fired From Big Jobs" Club
We talk to television writer and producer Lesley Arfin about getting fired from big jobs, being a "scary girl," leadership styles, mentors, collaboration, earning respect, and how women in their 40s haven't peaked yet. Plus: Hobbies! And...
Apr 19, 2021 · 52 min
"We're Burning Other Women"
Kim and Jenn sit down with Jo Piazza, host of the acclaimed podcast "Under the Influence," to discuss the “mom influencer industrial complex,” aspirational marketing, and why so many women are soothing loneliness and isolation by hate followi...
Apr 12, 2021 · 38 min
How To Write a Novel Post-40
Author and New Yorker editor Jessica Winter joins us to discuss creativity, being a late bloomer, and her new novel, "The Fourth Child," which she wrote as a single mom with two small children and a full-time job. Also: We have a ...
Apr 5, 2021 · 39 min
Surrender Dorothy! A Frank Talk About Aging
On the occasion of their birthdays, Kim and Jenn check in about getting older, the exhilaration of rage, body image regrets, style choices in mid-life, fear, shame, ageism at work, surrendering to the unknown, and the indigni...
Mar 29, 2021 · 33 min
Redefining a "Successful" Life
We talk to author and activist Mia Birdsong about building meaningful community, the vulnerability required to find friends in midlife, how a culture of toxic individualism is making us lonely, and more from her book, "How We Sho...
Mar 22, 2021 · 42 min
Catching Up With Cat Marnell
Kim and Jenn check in with writer and former Lucky beauty editor Cat Marnell to talk addiction and recovery, the messiness of one's 20s, lying, shame, working for Jane Pratt, exercise, fake eyelashes, Cat's new beauty column, BEAUTYS...
Mar 15, 2021 · 30 min
On Cannabis and Middle Age
Dr. June Chin joins us for a lively conversation about weed in mid-life, including how cannabis can support sexual health and may help alleviate symptoms of perimenopause. Plus: debunking myths about CBD, the best delivery methods for THC, dosage recom...
Mar 8, 2021 · 44 min
Woman We Love: Amanda Fortini
Writer Amanda Fortini joins us to discuss women's magazines in the early aughts, Instagram faces, what it's really like to profile celebrities, how "geography is destiny," and living a creative and curious life in mid-life ...
Mar 1, 2021 · 43 min
Overcoming Career Hopelessness
In this moment of total professional crisis for women, the great Tiffany Dufu (author of the best-selling book "Drop the Ball") joins us for an inspiring talk about rediscovering your purpose, understanding your value, learning to as...
Feb 22, 2021 · 28 min
Change Is in the Air
And....we're back! And we have a big announcement. Plus, guest Jennifer Romolini joins us to discuss aging feet, the inherent sexiness (or not) of overalls, J.Jill's lady play clothes, and the myths of middle-aged fashion.  ...
Dec 22, 2020 · 32 min
Portraying Middle Age
Photographer Elinor Carucci is our guest, and we're talking about her tender, raw, ordinary, and profound recent work, which examines the "liberating" side of hitting midlife, as well as its attendant joy and pain. Elinor'...
Dec 8, 2020 · 44 min
All in for a Midlife Renaissance
We've got the What Not to Wear co-host and podcaster Stacy London on the episode, and the conversation is interestingly uplifting: we're talking about how you can't get to a midlife renaissance without having a midlife crisis first; why ...
Nov 24, 2020 · 24 min
Being Creative
We've got Emily Flake, cartoonist, writer, performer, and illustrator, on the show this week. We're talking about the creative process, parent rage, the fun of talking about nightmares, the benefits of "gorgeous, tattered men," and ...
Nov 10, 2020 · 33 min
Women We Love: Alison Stewart
In this episode,Tally and Kim chat with the former MTV, CBS, and ABC news personality, Alison Stewart. Alison currently hosts WNYC's All of It, and we're talking about her dream interview, how she turned it around when things went si...

Everything is Fine

Middle-Aged Lady Summer

Coming Home to Yourself

"Why Don't You Just F*ck Someone on Tinder?"

The Perks of Being a Late Bloomer

Turns Out, Persistence Works

Art & Death & Fear & Getting Older

Welcome to the "Fired From Big Jobs" Club

"We're Burning Other Women"

How To Write a Novel Post-40

Surrender Dorothy! A Frank Talk About Aging

Redefining a "Successful" Life

Catching Up With Cat Marnell

On Cannabis and Middle Age

Woman We Love: Amanda Fortini

Overcoming Career Hopelessness

Change Is in the Air

Portraying Middle Age

All in for a Midlife Renaissance

Being Creative

Women We Love: Alison Stewart