A Certain Age
A Certain Age—a top-ranked podcast for women navigating life at 40, 50, 60, and beyond. Midlife doesn't come with an instruction manual. So we built one. Every Monday, journalist and career coach Katie Fogarty delivers expert-backed conversations on the topics midlife women care about most—perimenopause, menopause, health, fitness, purpose, career reinvention, relationships, and money. Listeners say it’s like the best dinner party imaginable: brilliant experts, zero small talk, every conversation lights you up. For women ready to ask better questions and who want real answers. 40, 50, 60 stands for something. We say our age out loud. And we are just getting started. 280+ episodes. Top 1% globally. New every Monday. Instagram: @acertainagepod. Show notes and resources at acertainagepod.com. Join the #AgeOutLoud movement.
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October 19, 2026 • 31 mins
Sick of hearing “that’s normal” in the exam room while feeling like a stranger in your body? Pilar Guzmán, editorial director of Oprah Daily and three-time magazine editor-in-chief (Condé Nast Traveler, Martha Stewart Living, Cookie), has answers. This month she and Oprah launch “The Book of Menopause,” a science-backed guide to perimenopause, menopause and beyond. You’ll learn how to walk into y...
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October 12, 2026 • 36 mins
Starting over after divorce, empty nesting, or loss doesn’t mean starting from scratch. Ten years ago, Zibby Owens was an Upper East Side stay-at-home mom of four. Now the bestselling author, host of Totally Booked with Zibby, and founder of Zibby Media returns with her most personal project yet, the new memoir Between Chapters. We get real about reinventing your life without losing yourself: keeping friendships alive when th...
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Menopause is making major headlines, but getting good care is still a fight. Attorney and Ms. Magazine executive Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, author of Periods Gone Public and the new When in Menopause, shows you how to advocate for yourself, your community, and the next generation. You'll learn how to speak up in the doctor's office, rally friends and colleagues, spot the gaps in workplace protections, and push lawmakers for better covera...
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September 28, 2026 • 47 mins
How do you start over in midlife after watching something you built get taken apart in public? Gwen Whiting, co-founder of The Laundress (sold to Unilever for a reported $100 million), watched a massive recall of her brand make national headlines while an NDA kept her from answering customers flooding her DMs. Now she's back with The Fill Club, an aromatherapy infused cleaning line. You'll learn why she refused to rush her next cha...
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September 21, 2026 • 41 mins
Busy all day but still not getting to what matters? Blame calendar overload. This week, Fran Hauser, author of 20 Minutes Is the New Hour, owner of Bedford Books, and former Time Inc. digital president, shows us how to get more done in less time. Learn the four sneaky habits hijacking your calendar, how a "to-don't" list makes saying no easier, why messy action beats waiting until you feel ready, and the one Friday habit that frees...
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September 14, 2026 • 43 mins
Your body changed, your life changed, and your closet didn't get the memo—here's how to fix that this fall. This week, we're talking to personal stylist Tiffany Wendel, who at 52 watched menopause change her body seemingly overnight—and responded by selling two-thirds of her own closet. Now she helps women edit, resell, and rebuild a wardrobe that fits who they are—not who they were 10 years ago. You'll learn her ...
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September 7, 2026 • 45 mins
Feeling lonely even when your life looks full? This week, we explore a 10-minute fix to make you feel connected, current and caught up with the people in your life. Ann Shoket — former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen, author of The Big Life, and CEO of The Li.st — breaks down how the loneliness epidemic hits women at the peak of their careers and personal lives. You'll learn why 80% of working women feel isolated on the jo...
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August 31, 2026 • 43 mins
Exhausted yet up scrolling at 11pm? You have lots of wired-but-tired company. Nearly half of women in perimenopause deal with hormonal sleep disruption — hot flashes, 3am wake-ups. But some of what's keeping us up at midlife has nothing to do with hormones. Dr. Vanessa Hill, behavioral sleep scientist and creator of PBS/YouTube's Braincraft, breaks down bedtime procrastination research that'll change how you sleep: the 3 type...
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Six Years of Aging Out Loud! A Certain Age Birthday Bash with Katie Fogarty and Co-Host Wendi Aarons
August 24, 2026 • 36 mins
Six years of aging out loud—let's celebrate! Katie flips the script and hands the mic to award-winning humor writer Wendi Aarons (The New Yorker, McSweeney's, author of I'm Wearing Tunics Now) for our funniest birthday bash yet. Wendi grills Katie on the health advice she's ignored for six years straight, her toxic midlife trait, and a fitness confession she's never admitted on air. Plus, we dish on celebrity memoir recs and ...
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August 3, 2026 • 48 mins
Ever fantasize about quitting your 9-to-5 to move to Italy? Michelle DiBenedetto-Capobianco built something better—a life split between two places she loves. The corporate lawyer turned travel and culinary entrepreneur divides her time between a cooking school on Long Island and leading small-group trips through under-the-radar Italy—Abruzzo, Puglia, the Dolomites, and beyond. We dig into her full identity pivot and the...
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July 27, 2026 • 42 mins
Struggling with midlife weight gain even though you're doing everything right? OB/GYN and obesity medicine specialist Dr. Karen Mann, medical director at Noom, breaks down why weight gain isn't willpower — it's hormones, metabolism, and mindset. You'll learn why pairing GLP-1s with behavior coaching leads to 48% more weight loss than medication alone, how to safely combine HRT and GLP-1s (and in what order), and why perimenop...
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July 20, 2026 • 41 mins
Feeling erased by anti-aging culture? You're not broken—the messaging is toxic. You already know the beauty industry is selling you something that doesn't exist. What you might not have is a way to mark what's happening in your life right now—the identity shifts, the perimenopause and menopause transitions, the empty nest. Skylar Liberty Rose, a pro-aging advocate who's taught guided meditation to over 140,000 listeners...
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July 6, 2026 • 44 mins
You know the feeling: midlife hands you a hard reset—the layoff, the diagnosis, the divorce you didn't see coming. Amy Shoenthal, journalist and bestselling author of "The Setback Cycle," spent years studying how the most resilient women bounce back to develop a framework anyone can use—and it's nothing like the "stay positive" advice you've heard before. We also dig into the AI anxiety so many of us are feeling right n...
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What if the life that looks perfect on paper is the one quietly shrinking you? If you've ever woken up feeling like a stranger in your own life this episode is for you. Bestselling novelist Jane Green returns to A Certain Age with her memoir Rewilding, an evocative, transportive account of packing her suitcases, moving to Marrakesh, and reimagining life at 55. Jane opens up about how menopause cracked her world wide open, how psilo...
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June 22, 2026 • 62 mins
Bloating. Brain fog. Stubborn weight that won't budge. What if it's not failing hormones—it's your gut asking for help? As estrogen declines, the gut microbiome becomes midlife's new control center, driving everything from immunity and mood to metabolism and menopause weight gain. Nurse practitioner, TEDx speaker, and Everyday Wellness host Cynthia Thurlow joins us to unpack her new bestseller, The Menopause Gut. You'll learn...
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June 15, 2026 • 51 mins
Here's a shocker. Between 25 and 30% of adult women have at least one pelvic floor disorder—think bladder leaks, painful sex, chronic pelvic pressure, constipation and more, yet most just quietly live with it. Dr. Lynn Gray-Meltzer, Doctor of Physical Therapy and pelvic health specialist, is here to change that. Today, she walks us through the two types of urinary incontinence, why tight muscles can add up to pelvic dysfuncti...
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June 8, 2026 • 43 mins
We don't talk about Alzheimer's enough—and women are paying the price. We are more likely to develop it, and more likely to spend years caring for someone who has it. Two thirds of dementia caregivers are women. One in four is still raising her own kids at the same time. And the lifetime cost of care? Over $400,000, mostly uninsured, mostly falling on her. Today we're changing that conversation. Dr. Heather Snyder of the Alzh...
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June 1, 2026 • 58 mins
Midlife can shatter the life you planned—and hand you a better one. At 46, Jen Hatmaker, author of 15 books and five New York Times bestsellers, discovered her 26-year marriage was over. What followed became "Awake," an instant NYT-bestseller and a blueprint for reinvention. Jen has been on Katie's dream guest list since day one, and this conversation did not disappoint. If you've ever felt like your best years are behind you...
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Want glowy summer skin? Today’s episode is your cheat sheet. Just in time for skin-bearing season, we're sitting down with Dr. Corinne Erickson, the only physician in Georgia who is both a board-certified dermatologist and menopause-certified practitioner. We unpack the impact of peri/menopause on skin health, what to expect from your skin in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, and whether estrogen skincare works. Plus, wrinkle-so...
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Midlife has a funny way of revealing hard truths or what you neglected to build. At 50, after 35 years on Wall Street, Shelly Lombard got laid off—and her phone never rang. That painful wakeup call led her to found Schmooze,
a platform teaching woman to build relationships and network with intention and joy. Learn how one Happy New Year text landed Shelly a corporate board seat, why 80% of board roles are filled through relat...
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