5 Things with Lisa Birnbach: Recent Episodes
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Abigail Tucker in her book, Mom Genes, explains how mothers’ brains are transformed during pregnancy. And as far as transformations go, this is the final episode of Five Things that Make Life Better. All 150 episodes are available at lisabirnbach.com as well as on apple podcasts, google play, stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio etc. Watch this space for more from Lisa Birnbach!
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things that make her life better: 1. The people involved with the Five Things Podcast, 2. Ellen Angell Sholk, founder of the Five Things That Make Life Better Facebook fan page, 3. My guests, 4. Customer service phone numbers that get you directly to a person, 5. Cherries
Abigail Tucker’s 5 Things: 1. Escape to the Chateau, 2. Sea Buckthorn, 3. Tuff Girl Fitness, 4. The Global Babies Series, 5. Hot Vanilla
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Senator Al Franken has returned to civilian life. He is a hands-on grandpa, a podcaster, a talker, and a policy wonk. When we met for breakfast recently -- duly separated by 6 feet -- he was interrupted constantly by supportive New Yorkers urging him to run for something, anything. He still wants to help Americans, by providing help for the needy or by providing a laugh or two. Does he want to talk about what happened to him? Not really. He is looking forwards, not backwards.
Lisa Birnbach's Five things that make life better: 1) A kiss from her Grandexhibit ™, 2) Santa Barbara, 3. Recording her podcasts with her son, 4. Palm trees, 5. Inspiration
Al Franken's Five Things: 1. Friends, 2. Policy, 3. Laughing and Comedy, 4. Grandchildren, 5. His wife, Franny
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You already know Kenneth Cole from his irreverent messaging, cool footwear, and from his longstanding, passionate support for HIV-Aids research. But now Kenneth is trying to help people find the courage to deal with their mental health issues, through the Mental Health Coalition, a group of resources that you can find online at TheMentalHealthCoalition.org both to share your stories, and find some help.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. HUGGING my family, 2. Trying new foods, 4. Caring friends, 4. Pavé the Way ™, 5. Elta sunscreen.
Kenneth Cole’s 5 Things: My Family, 2. Meditation, 3. The formation of the Mental Health Coalition, 4a. Vaccine, 4b. The perfect mask, 5. Bacon.
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Who is the cool jeweler on the block? It is Marla, whirlwind on Instagram. In real life she gave up a substantial career in Corporate America to make jewelry inspired by hardware -- tools and gizmos. Now she gives away charms to single moms and is raising money for the hurting restaurant business through a sterling silver chair.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Communication, 2. My wonderful hair colorist, Angela Cosmai, 3. Everytown for Gun Safety, 4. Eating outdoors, 5. The vaccine.
Marla Aaron’s 5 Things: 1. Cabbage, 2. Getting dressed every day, 3. A funny husband. 4. Writing it down--I keep notebooks--lots of notebooks, 5. Acceptance. For myself and everyone in my life. Acceptance is magic.
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We may be two white women talking about this judicial moment, but the Minneapolis police brutality case was a crucible for everyone in this country, regardless of race. Is progress a victory? What about the hundreds of other police brutality cases from coast to coast? How will the national curriculum change and how will that change affect the thousands of microaggressions and misunderstandings which happen every day if you are Black in America? Jennifer Taub, author of Big Dirty Money, is a lively and thoughtful person with which to begin unpacking the facts from the noise.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things that make her life better: 1. The Derek Chauvin verdict, 2. Darnella Frazier, the 17 year old who used her cell phone to film the murder. 3. 85 MILLION Americans have been fully vaccinated, 4. Her new bifocal contact lenses, 5. This tableau vivant
Jennifer Taub’s 5 Things: 1. Coffee, 2. Her Puppy, 3. Poetry, 4. Friendship, 5. Sunlight.
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Nancy Jo Sales is known for her ability to connect with “the youths” of America.
Her new book, Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno, is a window into how the apps have taken over our lives both from interviews, and from being a subject of her own experimentation with the apps. In this week’s podcast interview, Lisa Birnbach discusses what Nancy Jo has learned, and what she thinks these apps are doing to society – and more importantly to our kids.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Medical insurance, 2. The sourdough bread her friend Fred introduced her to at Winner in Brooklyn 3. Digital book tours, 4. An old leather coat she has in the back of her front hall closet, 5. New York City’s endless scaffolds.
Nancy Jo Sales’s 5 Things: 1. Sake Bar Satsko, 2. Edibles, 3. Zazie, her daughter, 4. Sturdy Bookshelves, 5. Her treadmill.
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In her illustrious career as a filmmaker, Liz Garbus has made films that make you think, and often, make you act. Her documentaries have earned countless awards, and she has added scripted films to her portfolio. Her newest movie, All In: The Fight for Democracy is of the moment. With Stacey Abrams as her guide, she shows us both historically and presently how entrenched voter suppression really is. See it on Amazon Prime now!
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things That Make Her Life Better: 1. President Biden, 2. French wine, 3. Watching my puppy play with other dogs on the street, 4. Lauren Zalaznick’s weekly newsletter, the LZ Sunday Paper , 5. Photo essay from the Washington Post about 82 year old La Verne Ford Wimberly of Tulsa, OK .
Liz Garbus’s 5 Things: 1. Her family & dog, 2. Tana French mystery novels, 3. @darth on Twitter, 4. Ice House Pond, 5. Settlers of Catan .
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The cards weren't stacked for writer/actor Annabelle Gurwitch when she divorced. If she sold her house, she would never be able to buy back into the real estate market, so she had to find a new way to earn. With trepidation, she began renting out a bedroom to strangers. As a funny, thoughtful, and woke writer, Annabelle writes about regaining her finances, her sexual mojo, and many other personal topics in her new book You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility.
Annabelle Gurwitch’s 5 Things that make her life better:
- Young Jean Lee - Korean American playwright and her musical: We're Gonna Die, 2. Say My Name - the power of hearing your own name out loud, 3. Primo Levi's Quaestio de Centauris, 4. TikTok books that make you sob videos, 5.The Handshake.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things:
- Perspective, 2. Russian Doll, 3. Mark Bittman’s recipe for Creamy Vinaigrette, 4. Maya Rudolph, 5. Shtisel .
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You know her from her major roles in meaty tv series, but Gloria Reuben is one of the most prominent women of color to lead an international environmental organization, the Waterkeeper Alliance. With 350 groups under its watch, the goal of the alliance is to provide clean water to the people who live within its purviews. How does this busy actress/writer/musician do it all? Water helps.
Gloria Reuben’s 5 Things: 1. Swimming in the ocean, 2. Honest, deep, soulful and long-lasting friendships, 3. Playing the piano and singing, 4. A day when I watch the sunrise and the sunset, 5. A good hot soak in a deep tub, while sipping champagne.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Girl Scout troop 6000 2. Sunglasses, 3 Chef Emma LaPerruque videos on Food52.com, 4. Ruggable rugs, 5. Two Instagram accounts I like: T.L. Solein and Dennis Kardon
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Guests Joey and Daniella Pantoliano talk frankly and with humor about their own struggles with mental health. The award-winning actor (The Soprano's, Memento, The Matrix) and his daughter, a filmmaker have just launched a new podcast, “No Kidding, Me Too” to fight the stigma of talking about emotional troubles of all kinds.
Daniella’s Five Things: 1. Her family, 2. Her pandemic dog, David, 3. Her friends and boyfriend, 4. Nature, 5. Herself.
Joey’s Five Things: 1. Coming face to face with his traumatic past, 2. Patient loved ones, who knew he was nuts way before he did, 3. Winter & Spring 4. Thank god I found the pony..., 5. Nancy, 6. That he survived long enough to give back.
Lisa’s Five Things: 1. Her SECOND Vaccine, 2. A feeling of confidence, 3. The Biden/Harris administration 4. Her ability to work with her "exhibits", 5. Her memory
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Meet Joyce White Vance, the MSNBC legal analyst, law professor, podcaster, and chicken raiser (among her many talents). You know her from tv where she uses her experience as a prosecutor to explain the consequences of the bad and very bad behavior we experienced for four years. An incredibly well-rounded person, the five things that make her life better are...
Joyce Vance’s 5 Things: 1. Swedish baked goods, 2. Chickens, 3. Zoom drinks with girlfriends, 4. My German Shep, Bella, 5. Family meals.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. My mother’s caregivers, 2. Skincare and skincare bonding #EveLom and Augustinus Bader, 3. Dr. Jill Biden, 4. The tuna salad at Gentile’s Fine Food on Madison Avenue, NYC, 5. Pajamas.
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Lisa Birnbach’s guest this week, Journalist Mark Harris, met the director Mike Nichols when he directed "Angels in America", the iconic play written by Harris' husband, Tony Kushner, for HBO. The Broadway and film director of "Barefoot in the Park," "The Graduate", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "Carnal Knowledge", "Heartburn," "The Real Thing" and many others befriended the couple along the way, a friendship which endured until Nichols' death in 2014. The biography is exhaustive and filled with personal anecdotes and informative insights-- beyond Nichols and his body of work but also the life of the creative class from the 1950s through the present.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things that make her life better: 1. Our dog breeders, April and Sue, 2. Our dog trainer, Sam Schmidt, 3. Bulgarian Feta, 4. Dolly Parton, 5. The movie, “The Graduate”.
The 5 Things that make life better for Mark Harris: 1. The Library of America, 2. The Criterion Channel, 3. Sheet-pan cooking, 4. Headspace (meditation website), 5. My Blu-ray player.
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Lisa Birnbach chats with journalist Casey Schwartz, who was offered her first Adderall during her first semester in college. The concentration! The ability to focus became the best thing in her life; more appealing than hanging with her friends. Eventually Casey had to tackle what had become an addiction. She decided to interview scientists in the field of attention and distraction. While writing her book, Attention: A Love Story, Casey's father, legendary American music radio host Jonathan Schwartz was quickly suspended and then fired from his longtime station for #MeToo infractions. All of this is in Casey's story. But of course, she still found time to come up with the five things that makes her life better!
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Airgami Masks, 2. Spelling Bee twitter, 3. Personalized stationery, 4. Parting my hair wherever I feel like it, 5. Merrick Garland.
Casey Schwartz’s 5 (6) Things: 1. TACOS, 2. Watching my one year old take his first steps, 3, My weighted blanket, 4. Prospect Park (the only place I ever go), 5. My husband's ability to make me laugh no matter what. 6. Bonus: Heidi Cruz's leaked text chain.
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Lisa Birnbach invites Norm Eisen to remind us why the nation may still survive despite the acquittal of Donald Trump after his second impeachment. Norm's background, intelligence, and optimism make him the perfect guest for this week. Also, did you know that Norm was a first-generation American who grew up in Los Angeles with a dad who owned a hamburger stand? His example is a successful American dream, and his life story has many great ironies and coincidences.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 things: 1. Her Uniqlo Heat-Tech pants, 2. The PupProtector™ Waterproof Throw Blanket, 3. The Brisket Sandwich at Orwasher’s Bakery, 4. A page on Facebook, called “I Grew Up in Old Manhattan” that indulges in some serious nostalgia, 5. The Covid Industrial Complex.
Norm Eisen’s 5 Things: 1. His wife and daughter, 2. 7-11 robot barista, best $2.29 x-large latte in town. 3. Rock Creek Park hiking paths, 4. TheRealReal.com, 5. KN 95 mask.
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Chris Frantz has it all — a great story, a wife he adores, and membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Drummer and co-founder of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Frantz joins Lisa to discuss his new memoir. Travels with the Ramones, working and falling out with David Byrne, love, marijuana, and happiness with Tina Weymouth, and a recording studio in the Bahamas. Check out his book, REMAIN IN LOVE: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina.
Chris Frantz's 5 Things: 1. My two beagles, Poppy and Kiki, 2. Tropical Islands, 3. Visiting Brittany in France, 4. Sailing, 5. Soul Music
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Representative Jamie Raskin, 2. a video that makes me smile, 3. Mom's 2nd Vaccine, 4. Meyer Lemons, 5. Shopping Local - SALT, Venice.
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After watching Mary Trump speak out for months on tv, it was terrific to have a longer conversation with the author, a psychologist by training and the niece of the former president. Which is her favorite of his three wives (so far), why was the Trump homestead so toxic, and after all is said and done, is Donald intelligent? You won't want to miss this episode.
Mary Trump's 5 Things that Make Her Life Better: 1. Her daughter Avary, 2. Art of all kinds, performing and fine, 3. The Sea, 4. Traveling, 5. All animals, especially her pets.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Being a grown up, 2. Earl Grey Tea, 3. My new pillow in the shape and image of my grandson, 4. Soup, 5. My Twitter Idols @sulliview and @JoyceWhiteVance
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If you think the oath of office of the president is sacred, wait until you hear the true meaning of "conservancy of the Union" as explained by Lisa's guest this week - former FBI special agent - and now MSNBC contributor, Frank Figliuzzi. If the FBI has been compromised, what happens to what Frank calls the 7 C's he lays out in his new book, The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence?
Frank Figliuzzi's 5 (actually 7) things that make his life better: 1. Code, 2. Conservancy, 3. Clarity, 4. Consequences, 5. Compassion, 6. Credibility, 7. Consistency
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Sharpened knives, 2. Bernie Memes, 3, Dr. Anthony Fauci, 4. Food52 videos, 5. Charms as mementos
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This podcast was created as a hedge against the bad news and vitriol from every Twitter-filled day of our former (yes I can say it!) FORMER president - so this is a very good day. There will be no guest today, just my meditation about the inauguration of president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris. It's a short episode, so this is a great opportunity to check out http://lisabirnbach.com/welcom and listen to some of the great conversations with past guests on this podcast.
We've talked to so many writers, policy makers, and experts of all kinds. Everyone from Counter terrorist expert Malcolm Nance to novelist Meg Wolitzer. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and former Celebrity Apprentice staffer Noel Casler. Rabble rouser Molly Jong-Fast and comedian Jacqueline Novak. Actor Richard Kind and judicial editor Dahlia Lithwick. Fashion’s Tim Gunn and musician Peter Asher. Writer E. Jean Carroll and actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi and Chef Kwame Onwoache.
In the meantime, here are the 5 Things that made made my life better this week:
1) Inaugurating the 46th president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris. 2) Sheila, TNP (The new puppy). 3) The Lambchop chew toy. 4) Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland. 5) Manners.
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Comedian, Paul Ollinger takes Lisa Birnbach on a journey from Business School to Silicon Vally to Stand Up Comedy. What makes Mark Zuckerburg laugh you ask? Find out on this weeks podcast.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Impeachment 2.0., 2. My 90 year old progenitor got her first shot this past week, 3. Sheila the puppy, 4. App Drive & Listen, 5. Codenames the game.
Paul Ollinger’s 5 Things: 1. Life Fitness Treadmill, 2. 5:00 a.m., 3. Brooklyn Brewery’s Special Effects Hoppy Amber, 4. King’s Hawaiian Buns, 5. Tom Petty and The HeartBreakers documentary Runnin’ Down a Dream.
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In one of the most compelling and revealing interviews of this series, Lisa Birnbach hears from former "Celebrity Apprentice" staffer Noel Casler - NDA be damned - about the details inside Trump's inflated celebrity world. Noel confirms stories about sex, drugs, diapers, and Trump's bottomless ambitions for power. Wow !
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things that make her life better: Sheila - the puppy, 2. Her new mattress, 3. Saying "I love you", 4. The Washington Press Corps., 5. A hot bath.
Noel Casler's 5 Things that make his life better: 1. Sunshine, 2. Birds, 3. Guitars, 4. Books, 5. Neroli Oil
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Lisa Birnbach unravels the secrets of Beethoven's love life with Patricia Morrisroe, author of The Woman in the Moonlight. Join us for this New Year's episode. Something to think about besides you know who.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Great customer service, 2. Satsuma oranges, 3. My new chair pillow, 4. My Aunt Yona, who turned 94 this past week, 4. Our youngest family member: Sheila Evelyn. She’s a 10 week old Cavapoo.
Patricia Morrisroe’s 5 Things: 1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony– Ode to Joy, 2. Dinner with my husband in front of a crackling fire, 3. Bringing up Baby, with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, 4. Gossiping with my sister, 5. Shakespeare in the Park .
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Merry Christmas 2020. In November, Lisa Birnbach was invited to interview the incomparable author Joyce Carol Oates for the Covid challenged 2020 Miami Book Fair. This was their conversation. Unfortunately, this was not originally scheduled to air on 5 Things with Lisa - so even though we learn about Joyce's new book "Night. Sleep Death. The Stars." we didn't get to learn about the 5 things that make life better for her - but we bet that #1 would probably be her cats. Fortunately, for us, Lisa does share the 5 things that made her life better this week. Give it a listen.
Lisa's 5 Things: 1. Other peoples Podcasts - like "Smartless", & "Nice White Parents", 2. Chocolate covered almonds, 3. The joy of a new Puppy, 4. Dr. Anthony Fauchi, 5. Stella Artois Cider.
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Just in time for the holidays! Join Lisa Birnbach as she discusses Open Studio: Do-it-yourself art projects by Contemporary Artists. The new book and home art project book by Sharon Coplan Hurowitz & Amanda Benchley.
Sharon and Amanda's 5 Things: 1. The Met (Metropolitan Art Museum), 2. Central Park, 3. Sant Ambroeus 4. The Public (Theatre in NYC), 5. Friendships.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. The Vaccine, 2. The Electoral College, 3. Dr. Jill Biden, 4. Clogs, 5. Creativity.
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This week, Lisa Birnbach talks with psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee. She's the editor of the New York Times bestseller, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, and she has a warning about the mental health of Donald Trump. With all her worries about the country, she also has the optimism to identify the five things that make her life better.
Dr. Bandy Lee’s 5 Things: 1. Rembrandts, 2. Bach’s Chaconne, 3. Meditation, 3. Human thriving, 5. Learning to cook with my 8-year-old niece
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Noodles, 2. Elective officials who are not capitulating to Trump, 3. Lifetime-Kentucky Fried Chicken mini-moving trailer. 4. Chanukah, 5. Elizabeth W. Hand Sanitizer Spray
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You heard it here folks. Our guest, Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC's "The Last Word" promises our host, Lisa Birnbach, that Trumpism will surely die. Listen to find out why! They also talk about the Five Things that made their lives better this week.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. The United States Postal Service, 2. Reading glasses sprinkled around my apartment like bouquets of flowers, 3 My gift-giving skills, 4 HBO’s “The Undoing”, 5 Her measuring tape.
Lawrence O’Donnell’s 5 Things: 1. Invention of the Teleprompter, 2. The cordless phone charger in his car, 3. Rudy Giuliani’s hair dye, 4. Air Conditioning, 5. COVID-19 Facemasks.
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Happy Thanksgiving 2020. While there are so many crazy things going on in November 2020, there are still MANY things to be thankful for. There will be no guest this week, just you and me, the thing I'm most grateful for at this moment - my listeners. Of course I still have the 5 things that made my life better this week.
Lisa's 5 Things: 1. Rachel Maddow, 2. A cadre of good people in the Senate who get less attention than their colleagues, 3. Peking Duck, 4. Watching live conversations on her computer, 5. Zingerman’s pimento cheese spread.
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Chris Whipple, documentarian and author of Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency and The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future, joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about transitions - more specifically, White House presidential transitions. What could go wrong? Just in case they also talk about the 5 Things that make their lives better.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. The Queen’s Gambit, 2. Christopher Krebs, 3. Getting a medical appointment, 4. Return of Shtisel on Netflix and watching The Crown, 5. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Inauguration January 20.
Chris Whipple’s 5 Things: 1. Family, 2. Friends, 3. First Responders, 4. The Deep State, 5. The Crown .
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Lisa Birnbach is joined by legal journalist, Sr. Editor at Slate, and podcaster Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the squirrelly goings-on at the DOJ and the White House. (Hint, they are supposed to be separate). Also an insider's look at SCOTUS - - Clarence Thomas as you never imagined him!
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Joe Biden, 2. Kamala Harris, 3. The weather! 4. Tuna fish salad sandwiches, 5. Poll watchers, vote counters, Secretaries of state, and state election workers.
Dahlia Lithwick’s 5 Things: 1. Voters, 2. Arbie our new kitten (named after RBG natch), 3. Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper, 4. My parents, 5. "Team Tyranny".
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Lisa and investigative reporter Barry Levine get down to the nitty gritty in their conversation about Barry's new book The Spider: Inside The Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. There are new facts, details and explosive correlations between Epstein, Maxwell, and many high-powered and well-known figures. It's a must listen episode! But all is not lost, there are still the 5 Things that made their lives better this week.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. My Family, 2. My Health, 3. My Old Friends, 4. My New Friends! 5. The Resistance.
Barry Levine’s 5 Things: 1.Watching the animated Peanuts Charlie Brown Halloween and Christmas shows with my daughter, 2. Starting every single day, no matter where I am, with a visit to Starbucks for a Trenta black iced tea 3. Drinking dirty martinis at an old writers bar in Manhattan with former newspaper colleagues and telling war stories, 4. Going to the annual antiquarian book fair every spring at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, 5. Pulling out a reporter’s notepad and simply putting pencil to paper in this high-tech world.
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A woman and her camera. Lisa talks with documentary filmmaker, Alexandra Pelosi, about her new film American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself. A look at America at a granular level in the midst of a presidential election and Covid-19.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Voting, 2. Mom’s published humor article, 3. Decluttering, 4. Merino Wool, 5. Fake Melanias.
Alexandra Pelosi’s 5 Things: 1. YouTube series - Johnny Harris and his wife Iz Harris, 2. Justin Bieber - Lonely, 3. NYC’s Washington Square Park and the people that frequent it and help make NYC a better place, 4. Dashwood Books and other small businesses that make NYC NYC, 5. Cheap box cake.
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Lisa Birnbach talks with investigative reporter Joe Conason about his mentor, Wayne Barrett and what it takes (and what you can lose) to be a great investigator. Joe has written the intro to the new book called "Without Compromise: Wayne Barrett, and The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and the American Epidemic of Corruption" and you can tell from the conversation that Wayne was the real deal.
The 5 Things that made Lisa Birnbach’s life better: 1. Madewell jeans, 2. The Vow – the documentary series on HBO 3. NY Times Spelling Bee Article 4. Rex Chapman and twitter connections, 5.Nancy Pelosi
Joe Conason’s 5 Things: 1. Proraso shaving cream, 2. CBD oil/balm for sleep and pain, 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender with my daughter Eleanor, 4. Sailing on Sunfish and Quest with my son Edward, 5. Instant Pot Duo
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Let's hear it for young people. At age 23, Will Haskell is the youngest State Senator in Connecticut. Join Lisa Birnbach as she tries to discover what it is that compels a young man, or woman to work in the political system today - then hear about the five things made Will's and Lisa's life better this week.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Shipt, 2. Green plant for the kitchen, 3. Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris 4. Boom Again trivia game, 5. Dr. Fauci
Senator Will Haskell’s 5 Things: 1. Socks that match, 2. His campaign interns, 3. Homemade hard cider, 4. His brand new ring light, 5. His car - Subaru Forester.
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Lisa talks with the lead prosecutor in the Mueller investigation, Andrew Weissmann, about his new book "Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation". Insider information, Robert Mueller, and the Mob! What else could you ask for beside the five things that make Andrew's and Lisa's lives better this week.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Journalism, 2. Artists online, 3. Facetiming with Le Bébé, 4. Cornmeal, 5. Hope.
Andrew Weissmann’s 5 Things: 1. The FT weekend edition, 2. Carnegie Hall. 3. V&A Museum, 4. The Adirondacks, 5. The NY Subway
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MSNBC Commentator, ex-military, author, cryptologist and terrorism expert Malcolm Nance joins Lisa Birnbach for a wide ranging conversation about the international compromises caused by the Trump Administration. Even with that, they find time to discuss the 5 Things that make their lives better this week.
Lisa’s 5 Things:
- Holidays online, 2. Being home in New York with a whole closet instead of 10 heavily-rotated pieces, 3. Peking Duck, 4. My mother, 5. Patriotism
Malcolm Nance’s 5 Things:
- My wife’s grave stone at Washington Crossing national cemetery, 2. Radiant heated bathroom floors, 3. Shostakovich Jazz Suite waltz number two in Nero Wolfe TV Series, 4. “The bad wolf“ my 1985 Land Rover defender, 5. My French Foreign Legion issue Swiss Army knife.
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This week Lisa talks with witty political protester, Claude Taylor. Claude has spent the last 3 years in an effort to defeat Trump. He has created the Mad Dog PAC to plant clever billboards around the country. He's also the co-creator of "Room Rater", a twitter account which rates the zoom backgrounds of pundits working from home.
Claude Taylor's 5 Things: 1. His Kids. 2. His Dog, Pipper. 3. His Friends. 4. His Twitter Friends. 5. His Fiancé, Jessie.
Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Our monthlong California Vacation. 2. Socially distanced meals with friends. 3. Our Grandson (the baby). 4. My Birthday Celebration. 5. The Beach.
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Lisa values her young friends. Lisa Birnbach's guest this week is Amelia Nierenberg, recent Yale graduate, the co-writer of the New York Times’ Coronavirus Schools Briefing newsletter. A member of the first class of New York Times fellows, she wrote on the Food Desk, and now continues on assignment for the Times.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Fruits and vegetables from one’s garden, 2. The Citizen App, 3. Vegan and Gluten Free bakeries, 4. Reading, 5. Science.
Amelia Nierenberg’s 5 Things: 1. Crunchy Garlic with Chile Oil from H-Mart , 2. Negative Underwear's Sieve Non-Wire Bra, 3. Rapid turnaround Covid testing, 4. The movie Manto, 5. Spending the first half-hour or so reading and drinking tea and just letting myself wake up slowly and languidly.
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Author Christopher Buckley joins Lisa Birnbach on a fun discussion about the current administration, satire, and his new novel, the satire titled "Make Russia Great Again". And of course they relish the 5 things that make their lives better.
Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things:
- Burgers Never Say Die, 2. Kismet restaurant, 3. Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, 4. An afternoon visit with another family in their house and back yard, 5. #ExhibitBaby
Christopher Buckley’s 5 Things:
- Wife Katy, 2. Air conditioning, 3.Julian’s borscht soup, 4.Movie: Dr. Strangelove, 5. Pear’s Soap
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Lisa Birnbach invites James Beard award winning Chef, Kwame Onwuachi, to discuss the future of Eating out, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. They also discuss what it means to be a black man, and a chef, in America - in these days of national reckoning and the Black Lives Matter movement, his book "Notes from a Young Black Chef" and to top it all off, they talk about the 5 things that make their lives better.
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Author and commentator Kurt Andersen returns this week to talk about one of Lisa and Kurt's favorite subjects, Donald Trump. Kurt, whose SPY magazine dubbed Trump as the "short-fingered vulgarian, and Lisa, who was the first correspondent to visit Mar-Largo when Trump turned it into a club, are uniquely qualified to explore the shyster that has become President. Of course, when it's all over - there are always 5 things that make Lisa's life better.
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Writer Kurt Andersen joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about his important new book "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History" and how we got to where we are. Then of course - The 5 Things that make their lives better. Part 1 of 2 (listen next week to episode 112)
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Lisa Birnbach and author Daphne Merkin have a frank talk about obsessive sex and love, and Daphne's new book "22 Minutes of Unconditional Love". Strangely enough neither sex nor love are one of Lisa's or Dahpne's 5 Things that make life better. Listen to find out why.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Her friend Shelley’s sour cherry pie, 2. Her mother’s 90th birthday dinner, 3. Her Exhibits™, 4. Not wearing high heels anytime soon, 5. Dr. Fauci.
Daphne Merkin’s 5 (ok, 6) Things: 1. Discovering a great new book, 2. Lying in the sun by a pool or on the beach, 3. Listening to Patty Griffin, 4. That moment in writing when she is so absorbed, she forget about the time, 5. 5. Laughing hysterically about something with her daughter that only they'd get, 6. Breyer’s mint-chocolate cup ice cream.
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Actress and creator Jamie Lee Curtis, and Lisa's own "Exhibit B", Writer Boco Haft, join Lisa Birnbach to talk about their new scripted podcast Letters From Camp. Hear how a long lost letter Boco wrote to Jamie from summer camp when she was 12, became the inspiration for their new family friendly podcast from Audible. And then - the 5 Things about summer camp that made their lives better.
Lisa's 5 Things: 1. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Center for Public Safety COVID-19 Newsletter. 2. A fresh plum, 3. Marigolds, 4. Receiving packages, 5. Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Jamie Lee Curtis’s 5 Great Things About Camp: 1. Lanyards, 2. Trunks, 3. Bug juice, 4. Camp songs-The cat came back, 5. The camaraderie.
Boco Haft’s 5 Great Things About Camp: 1. Campfire Songs, 2. Friendship Bracelets, 3. No parents, 4. Color War, 5. Camp Routine.
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Harlem Chef JJ Johnson joins Lisa Birnbach in a far ranging conversation about being a Black Chef in America in 2020. Join their conversation about the joys of cooking, the beauty of rice (yes RICE!) and what it means to be a black Chef in the year of the Pandemic, his restaurant - FieldTrip, and his cookbook Between Harlem and Heaven.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. A great talk with Exhibit C, 2. Paying bills on time with checks, 3. No manicure in the time of Corona Virus, 4. No one is unreachable, 5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Chef JJ Johnson’s 5 Things: 1. Family, 2. Real friends, 3. Good partners, 4. Focus, 5. Being true to yourself
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If you watch film or television documentaries , you've seen one produced by Sheila Nevins, long time president of documentary film at HBO and this weeks guest on 5 Things That Make Life Better with Lisa Birnbach. Join Lisa and Sheila as the discuss Sheila's new book "You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales" and the five things that made their lives better this week. lisabirnbach.com/welcome
Lisa’s 5 Things:
- Lloyd's Carrot Cake, 2. Method Antibacterial Spray, 3. Blue Light Cancelling Reading Glasses, 4. Competence, 5. Dr. Fauci
Sheila Nevin’s 5 Things:
- Money in the bank, 2. My dog, 3. The tree outside my window (realizing nature has outsmarted me, 4. Eating cake without gaining weight, 5. Making people laugh / being outrageous in expressing the unexpressed - carefully, of course
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Health expert Andy Slavitt joins Lisa Birnbach on a wide ranging conversation about Health Science, the Covid-19 pandemic, health insurance, and Andy's podcast (with his son Zach) "In The Bubble". Of course they also discuss the 5 Things that made their lives better this week.
Lisa’s 5 Things:
- Sitting at my desk, 2. Frozen pastry crust, 3. Reading offline, 4. Throwing out dead pens, 5. Dr. Fauci and Science.
Andy Slavitt’s 5 Things:
- A morning with nothing he has to do, 2. Friends who let him have their back and have mine, 3. When the dog rests his head in his lap, 4. When there are people who need him and he can help without doing a lot of work, 5. A great 80s pop song.
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Kari Lizer - Comedy writer ('Will and Grace", "The new adventures of old Christine"), memoirist, and animal lover joins Lisa Birnbach for a far reaching conversation about kids, empty nests, and chickens. What ! Oh, and they talk about Kari's new book "Aren't you forgetting someone - Essays from my mid-life revenge" Of course they also talk about the 5 things that make their lives better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Framing mementos and souvenirs, 2. Covid Skin, 3. Preppy Face Masks from Rowing Blazers, 4. Rosé Wine, 5. Dr. Fauci.
Kari Lizer’s 5 Things: 1.Her dogs, 2. Always having a trip in the works, 3. Notebooks (and Uniball pens), 4. Saying No, 5. Ugly underwear.
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If you're like Lisa, you suffer from Migraine. Guest filmmaker Susanna Styron joins Lisa Birnbach to discuss her new film "Out of my head - Migraine. It's not just a headache" and explain why this condition that affects nearly a billion people world wide remains so deeply misunderstood.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Rhubarb 2. Going to the hair salon, 3. The Lincoln Project, 4. Shtisel, 5. Dr. Fauci.
Susanna Styron’s 5 Things: 1. Coffee, 2. My daughter and her partner quarantining with me, 3. Heather Cox Richardson, 4. Large bodies of water, 5. Protest.
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"Sweetbitter" author Stephanie Danler joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about her new Memoir "Stray", Surviving her early life. Family, Neglect, Love and Life, it's all so complicated!
Lisa’s 5 things: 1. Family, 2. Extended family, 3. Early voting, 4. Her kitchen scale, 5. Cured of shopping via Instagram disease.
Stephanie Danler’s 5 Things: 1. Poetry, 2. Meditation, 3.Marcella Hazan 4. Sequoia National Park, 5. Her Meyer lemon tree
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Lisa talks to funnyman Alan Zweibel. He's written for Saturday Night Live, Billy Crystal, and Gilda Radner among many others, and now he's written a new book LAUGH LINES: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier.
Lisa’s 5 Things: Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Structure, 2. Regularly scheduled Zoom and conference calls, 3. Writing and receiving mail, 4. Buying books from independent bookstores, 5. Supreme Court Decision Bostock v. Clayton County
Alan Zweibel’s 5 Things: Alan Zweibel’s 5 Things: 1. His wife Robin, 2. Marx Brother movie, DUCK SOUP, 3. Nectarines, 4. Words, 5. Empty baseball fields.
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Lisa speaks with photographer and director Jeff Vespa about his new film Voices of Parkland. With no distractions, the film allows survivors of the Parkland school shooting to express what they did and how they felt in that moment. February 14, 2018. (This interview was conducted in February 2020)
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The Press, 2. Emotional Support, 3. Alan Arkin, 4. Farm To People, 5. Learning about being black.
Jeff Vespa’s 5 Things: 1. Students and Families from Parkland, 2. Omakase Sushi, 3. Los Angeles Dodgers, 4. Great Artists: Marcel Duchamp, Eugene Atget, 5. Making art and telling stories.
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In this special 100th episode, host Lisa Birnbach shares her thoughts on steps going forward after the killing of George Floyd.
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Actress and activist June Diane Raphael joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss empowering women to run for politics, her new book REPRESENT, The Women's Guide to Running for Office & Changing The World, and The Jane Club
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Sarah Cooper, 2. Exhibit C, 3, Converting old video tapes to digital, 4. Visit with friends, 5. Decency.
June Diane Raphael’s ’s 5 Things: 1. Her nanny Julianna, 2. Shared photo streams on iPhone, 3. Bravo TV, 4. Money, 5. Her assistant Anna.
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Abby Ellin, author of the new book, Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and The Con Man I Almost Married, joins Host Lisa Birnbach in the examination of how it is possible that people close to to us can not be who we think they are.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Exhibit A’s exhibit™ 2. Meatless Meals, 3. Fresh Flowers, 4. Scrub Daddy Sponge, 5. Weekly phone calls/Zoom calls.
Abby Ellin’s 5 Things: 1. Passport, 2. Playing my cello, 3. Climbing mountains, 4. Larry David, 5. Wearing a mask so you can yell at people on the street and they'll never be able to identify you in a line up.
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This week Lisa Birnbach is Joined by Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science & the Public and publisher of its award-winning magazine, Science News, for a wide-ranging discussion about the love of science, the days of Covid-19, and how to get more students - especially girls to join in the scientific ranks.
Lisa’s 5 Things: Lisa’s 5 Things: 1.2. 3. Her daughter’s return to health, 4. Mother’s Day with #ExhibitC, 5. Red Wine.
Maya Ajmera’s 5 (6) Things: 1. The ability to pivot quickly and be entrepreneurial in a time of great challenges. 2. Leading a newsroom that’s providing critical coverage of COVID-19, 3. Having meals as a family every day, 4. I am thankful for telemedicine, 5. Delivery Services. Instacart, Doordash and Caviar, 6. During this time of enormous disruption, giving of time, treasure and talent to those in need is meaningful tome.
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Stephen Henderson joins host Lisa Birnbach to talk about his new book The 24 Hour Soup Kitchen. - Soul-Stirring Lessons in Gastrophilanthropy - and how he introduced Kiwi and Couscous to Soup Kitchens.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Her mom mug painted by her daughter, Exhibit B™, 2. Online play: What Do We Need To Talk About? The Apple Family: Conversations on Zoom Written By Richard Nelson, 3. Reading more, reading again, 4. Seeing her mother and brother again this week, 5. FaceTiming with her daughter-in-law and one-year old grandson.
Stephen Henderson’s 5 Things: 1.The New York Times, 2. Chock Full of Nuts "It's the Heavenly" Coffee, 3. Being able to Google recipes, ingredients, and substitutes on a cell phone, 4. Ben Mankiewicz, one of the hosts on Turner Classic Movies, 5. Uni-Ball Jetstream Retractable Ballpoint pens, Fine Point, 0.7 mm
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Lifestyle expert and retailer Ted Kennedy Watson joins Lisa Birnbach to help listeners find out how to survive the CoronaVirus Lockdown in style.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Regularly-scheduled Zoom call with her Exhibits™, 2. Words With Exhibit C ™, 3. Roast beef sandwiches, 4. Food delivery services Fresh Direct and Instacart, 5. Seeing her mother and brother Jon.
Ted Kennedy Watson’s 5 Things: 1. His husband, 2. His pooch Bailey, 3. Flowers, 4. Seeing and being with friends, 5. The US Postal Service & FedEx delivery folks
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Lisa Birnbach discusses how to keep our children fed in the days of Covid-19 with Billy Shore, Executive Chair and co-founder of Share Our Strength, the non-profit that runs the NO KID HUNGRY campaign. Of course they also discuss the 5 Things that Made their lives better this week.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Cooking boo-boos, 2. Clementines, 3. Her video doctor’s appointment, 4. Entertainers videos, 5. Healthcare Workers, Essential Workers, the people at our hardware store and local market.
Billy Shore’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. Creating opportunities for others to share their strength, 3. His bike, 4. Being a volunteer firefighter, 5. Writing.
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Lisa Birnbach chats with comedy writer Bess Kalb about her new book, "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me", being a new Mom and her love hate relationship with Twitter. And of course they talk the 5 Things that make their lives better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. My partner, 2. Going above the call of duty, 3. Making your bed every day, 4. Exercise, 5. Dr. Anthony Fauci
Bess Kalb’s 5 Things: 1. Fisher Price Rainforest Friends "Jumparoo," 2. The "block" button on Twitter, 3. Rigatoni Bolognese from Speranza in Silverlake, 4. Weekly walks with friends, 5. Begrudgingly, Alexa
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Fashion guru Tim Gunn joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss the future of fashion, retail, ...tattoos and Tim's new show with Heidi Klum "Making the Cut"
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. More phone calls with friends, 2. Her partner, 3. Parmigiana cheese, 4. The Cuomos, 5. Randy Rainbow
Tim Gunn’s 5 (OK 7) Things: 1. A curious mind, 2. Books, 3.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4. Empathy, 5. Microwave popcorn, 6. Dressing up, 7. Fitness.
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Guest Chris Lu, former Obama White House Cabinet Secretary, joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss the response to the CoronaVirus pandemic, and the political implications for 2020.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. 119SEIU 2. HELP USA, 3. New York State (NY.gov), 4. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 5. No Kid Hungry
Chris Lu’s 5 Things: 1. 10K steps every day, 2. Twitter, 3. Paid media subscriptions, 4. Small businesses, 5. Career government employees
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Authors Katherine Alford and Kathy Gunst join Lisa Birnbach and discuss Rage Baking - their new cookbook that helps funnel all those feelings we have about Trump, Corona Virus and the lack of ventilators in the USA into something sweet.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Governors Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom, 2. Her mom’s team of health care aides, 3. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, 4. Rufus Wainwright, 5. Religious and meditation leaders on Zoom.
Kathy Gunst’s 5 Things: 1. Family, 2. Friendship, 3. Outdoors, 4. Food. Baking. Cooking. Chopping. Eating. Repeat. 5. The written word.
Katherine Alford’s 5 Things: 1. Being by/in/or on the water, 2. Quaker Meeting, 3. Cooking with/and for Friends, 4. NY's Chinatowns, 5. Spa Castle Korean spa in NYC.
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In the face of this unprecedented global health crisis, Lisa has abandoned her usual format and instead is offering her advice and good cheer while we are all self isolating. Stay calm, keep healthy and act natural.
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Lisa Birnbach is joined by author Jesse Kornbluth to talk about Jesse's new book "JFK and Mary Meyer: A Love Story" and the 5 Things that made their lives better this week.
Lisa’s 5 things: 1. Screening of spam calls 2. “Inheritance” on Broadway 3. Her encounter with the Buttigieges, 4. Writing assignments, 5. Two of her Exhibits™ birthdays.
Jesse Kornbluth’s 5 Things: 1. Driving his17 year-old daughter 20 blocks to school, 2. Reading real books - not kindle, movies with subtitles, movies in the theatre and Turner Classics, 3. The off-season, 4. Whatever he’s writing now, 5. Whatever he’s about to write.
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Super Tuesday, Impeachment, White House Press Conferences - Joe Lockhart joins Lisa Birnbach to discuss all that and more (including the 5 Things that make their lives better).
Joe was Bill Clinton’s Press Secretary during Clinton’s last two years, he worked with John Kerry, the NFL, Facebook, and his own consulting and lobbying firm, Glover Park. These days Joe Lockhart hosts a wonderful podcast, “Words Matter” and is a contributor to CNN.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Pete Buttigieg’s speech about withdrawing from the presidential race, 2. Cooking with Ghee, 3. The New Yorker, 4. Community in tough times, 5. Youth.
Joe Lockhart’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. Maine, 3. Political passion, 4. Friends, 5. Cold beer.
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He was doing fine. Successful businessman, father of 4, then he decided that he needed to run for congress, and change the Orange County electoral map from red to blue. Join Orange County California Representative Harley Rouda and Lisa Birnbach find the things that make life better, even in the times of Donald Trump.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. My Name is Lucy Barton play, 2. Democracy, 3. Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, 4. Harvey Weinstein’s guilt, 5. Lisa’s friend Heidi.
Rep. Rouda’s 5 Things: 1. Kaira Rouda and their four amazing kids, 2. Dress sneakers aka cool shoes, 3. The iPhone, 4. Nespresso (Red Bull), 5. Food delivery apps: Postmates / UberEats / GrubHub / DoorDash / Caviar.
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Lisa Birnbach and Richard Kind talk about his love of entertaining and how lucky he is to be a working actor living in NYC. They also share the 5 Things That Make Their Lives Better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Happy Returns service, 2. Director Paul Mazursky, 3. “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” in previews at The Group theater, 4. Olivela, 5.Lemon Zester.
Ricard Kind’s 5 Things: 1. His children, 2. Love of his vocation, 3. Golf, 4. His friends, 5. His modicum of fame and his drive of ambition to keep working.
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The New York Times editor of the "Modern Love" column, Daniel Jones, joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about Love and Dating (not necessarily in that order) ! And of course they couldn't leave out the 5 things that make their lives better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Lunch with Friends, 2. Cindy Otis’s Twitter Thread, 3. Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, 4. Listener feedback, 5. Resistors
Daniel Jones’s 5 Things: 1. Google Earth app, 2. Ben & Jerrys Pumpkin Cheesecake Ice Cream, 3. Fort Tryon Park, 4. Open office plans, 5. Metro North New Haven line
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This week's guest James Poniewozik, the Chief TV critic for the New York Times joins host Lisa Birnbach to talk television, impeachment, and The Oscar Awards. His new book is Audience of One – Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Cooking, 2. Central Park, 3. Exercise, 4. Adam Schiff, 5. Nancy Pelosi
James Poniewozik’s 5 Things: 1. Escali digital kitchen scale, 2. Tivo. 3. March Mammal Madness, 4. Bob's Burgers, 5. Epiphone FT-85 Serenader acoustic 12-string guitar.
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Molly Jong-Fast joins Lisa Birnbach in a lively conversation about her life, her, activism, her kids, her famous mom and how all this makes her who she is today.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Adam Schiff, 2. Democrats who don’t engage in the same kind of personal attacks that Trump enjoys, 3. Sole meuniere, 4. Randy Rainbow, 5. Listening to music
Molly Jong-Fast’s 5 Things: 1. MSNBC, 2.The Daily Beast/The Atlantic (subscriptions), 3. Olaplex, 4. Venti Lattes, 5. Enormous portable phone batteries.
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The courageous and brave Lucia Evans- one of the original women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct that ignited the #MeToo movement - joins Lisa Birnbach in the studio for a lively conversation about the movement, her branding business, and the 5 Things that make her life better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Getting better at cooking, 2. The New York Times Cooking App, 3. Congressman Adam Schiff, 4. Fairway Market, 5. Spending the day with Exhibit C.
Lucia’s 5 Things: 1. Lacrima del Morro d’Alba wine, 2. Her dogs, Alfred and Georgia (who are her children), 3. True crime - podcasts/shows/ID channel, 4. Potato chips from around the world, 5. Creative problem solving // working through a crisis // that feeling you get when you don’t know how it’s going to work but you just know it’s going to (e.g., writing).
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Lisa talks with author Joel Stein about his new book, In Defense of Elitism (Why I'm Better Than You and You Are Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book), how the small town of Miami, Texas opened his eyes, and the 5 Things that make their lives better.
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Lisa interviews 14 year old Alaina Gassler about her winning science project Improving automobile safety by removing blind spots, plus the five things that made their lives better this week.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The year ahead, 2. Walking around with a cup of coffee, 3. Spending time with her brother Jon at the Solidarity March Against Anti-Semitism in New York City, 4. The novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, 5. A great check up at the doctors
Alaina Gassler’s 5 Things: 1. Her school community, 2. Mentors, 3. Creativity, 4. Clubs and extracurricular activities, 5. Friends
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Lisa Birnbach talks with guests Bruce Handy, contributing Editor at Vanity Fair and Joe Queenan, columnist at The Wall Street Journal. All three are contributors to Andrew Blauner’s The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life. Hear about this project, and the 5 things that make their lives better.
Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Hubbub, 2. Bamba, peanut puffs, 3. This weeks’ NYTimes Magazine advice column (here), 4. A feel good story about a community that learned ASL to accommodate a new young neighbor, 5. Vaccine in development for reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Bruce Handy’s 5 Things: 1. Collaboration, 2. New York City, 3. California, 4. Tony Bennett still being alive, 5. Age (to a point).
Joe Queenan’s 5 Things: 1. Live classical music, 2.The Philadelphia Eagles, 3. France, 4. Not having a job, 5. My kids.
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Lisa Birnbach talks to author and editor Steve Levingston about friendship - specifically one in particular - that of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Of course they also discuss the 5 Things that make their lives better. Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Beef Stew in the pressure cooker, 2. Amuses Bouches, 3. Pockets, 4. Her Exhibits’ ™ careers, 5. The Impeachment. Steve Levingston’s 5 Things: 1. Archives, 2. Indexes, 3. Squirrels, 4. Cheers TV show, 5. Two pens in his pocket.
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Lisa Birnbach interviews impresario Peter Asher about Peter's incredible life story. His friendship with the Beatles, his partnership with Gordon of the #1 musical duo "Peter and Gordon", The British Invasion - and how Peter seems to be the Zelig of Popular Rock! Of course, they finish their conversation with the Five Things that Make his life better.Lisa’s 5 Things:1. Having all her kids home together, 2. Dinner with new friends, 3. Fox Searchlight Film JoJo Rabbit 4. Cleaning her office, 5. Podcast listener feedbackPeter Asher’s 5 Things:1. Family, 2. Science, 3. Music, 4. Language, 5. Himself.
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Lisa Birnbach has a lively conversation with comedian and activist Lizz Winstead about reproductive health rights and the five things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Cher, 2. Buying and Wrapping presents, 3. Tom in “Succession.” Actor Matthew Macfayden, 4. Linda Ronstadt, 5. Peter Asher’s Live Show.Lizz Winstead’s 5 Things: 1. Her dog (@Budderino_forever), 2. Her Minnesota roots, 3. Her family, 4. Her abortion, 5. Her sense of humor.
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Iconic restaurateur Danny Meyer joins Lisa on this weeks Podcast to talk food, the restaurant biz, and of course the 5 things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Miami Book Fair, 2. Hanging out with numerous guests of our Five Things podcasts at the Miami Book Fair, 3. jewelry making class Icarus & Co, 4. Exhibit E’s first Thanksgiving, 5. The impeachment hearings Danny Meyer’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. Running/going to the gym, 3. Navigating apps, 4. Italy, 5. Earning the Diamond Medallion on Delta and Clear airport security.
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Lisa Birnbach talks with psychologist and author Dale Atkins about the big (but surprisingly doable) job ahead for parents who want to help their kids learn to be kind. And of course, they talk about the 5 things that make their lives better too.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. New Korean film, Parasite, 2. Conversation with friends, 3. Dream about food, 4. The look of a vintage shrunken t-shirts under a pants suit or cardigan, 5. My home library Dale’s 5 Things: 1. Waking up every day, 2. Being in nature, 3. Playing with her dog Samson, 4. Her family and friends, 5. Doing things for other people and just finding surprises.
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This week Lisa interviews the hilarious and brilliant author, Annabelle Gurwitch.Lisa’s 5 Things:1. Photo booth picture strips, 2. Paper Mate mechanical pencils, 3. David Byrne and American Utopia, 4. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, 5. Ambassador Bill Taylor.Annabelle’s 5 Things:1. Finally accepted that her car will never be clean, 2. Grandmother’s gold Jack LaLanne 40th membership anniversary ring, 3. Mac DeMarco’s cover of James Taylor’s I Was A Fool To Care, 4. Showtime’s TV series, On Becoming A God in Central Florida, 5. Meghan Daum’s book, The Problem With Everything.
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Lisa Birnbach interviews the creators of the film "Born into the Gig". Filmmakers Tamara Weiss, David Heilbroner, Kate Davis, and one of the subjects of the film Chris Stills.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The Paris Theater, 2. Netflix’s Marriage Story, 3. Morning coffee, 4. Billy Eichner’s Billy on the Street, 5. Born Into The Gig FilmBorn Into The Gig’s 5 Things:1. Tamara loves Massaging Lacinato Kale, 2. David enjoys playing classical guitar, 3. Kate Loves being with her dog, 4+1+1+1. Chris loves being with his kids, finishing a song, taking a 20 minute nap and doing something for somebody without them knowing.
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Lisa and guest Meghan Daum talk about Megan's new book, the current state of feminism, and the 5 things that make life better for them.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The Wing, 2. Cauliflower Cheesecake, 3. Virginia Election results, 4. Short cotton kimono robe, 5. Radiator smellMeghan’s 5 Things: 1. Large dogs, 2. Winter sunsets, 3. Wide plank wood floors, 4. The Bach B Minor Mass, 5. Free exchange of ideas with friends over drinks in person.
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Lisa Birnbach talks with the wonderfully observant Jami Attenberg, about writing, her dog Sidney, her life in New Orleans, and the 5 Things that make her life better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Pajama-like clothing, 2. Forever stamps, 3. Lunch with friends, 4. NY Taxi’s, 5. HandkerchiefsJami’s 5 Things: 1. Dog parks, 2. WRBH – her local radio station for the blind, 3. Stila Beso lipstick, 4. Crystal hot sauce, 5. Weed whackers.
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Lisa Birnbach interviews author Adrienne Brodeur about the 5 things that make her life better, and her new memoir, Wild Game - My Mother, Her Lover and Me. It's quite a story. Listen to the podcast to hear all about it.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. High school reunion, 2. Electric tea kettle, 3.New friends, 4. Multiple pairs of reading glasses at home, 5. The Peanuts Papers. Adrienne’s 5 Things: 1. Sunrise over Nauset Harbor, 2. A cup of strong coffee, 3. Beach combing for sea glass, 4. Whale songs, 5. Sleeping outside (starry sky, a bonus).
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Lisa talks with author Lauren Acampora about her new novel, The Paper Wasp., a story about two women’s dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Performing a kind of a standup comedy routine, 2. Hadestown, 3. Sweater weather, 4. Long walks, 5. Congresswoman Nita LoweyLauren’s 5 Things: 1. AirBnB, 2. Rescue dogs (especially hers), 3. Those little supermarket shopping carts, 4. Non-fiction audiobooks in the car, 5. Her small town and its library.
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Lisa Birnbach talks to author and historian Sarah Milov about her new book "The Cigarette" and how it plays into individual responsibility, collective choice, corporate influence, and the scope of governmental power. And of course the 5 Things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Learning to write a little more personally, 2. Dresses, 3. Her very verbal #Exhibits ™, 4. Malbec, 5. Nancy Pelosi.Sarah’s 5 Things: 1. Daycare, 2. New Mexico, 3. Her students, 4. Archivists and librarians, 5. Getting dropped off rather than driving.
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Lisa talks with Norm Ornstein about the current political landscape, his foundation - The Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation, and the loss of his son.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The environment and sustainability, 2. Her longtime partner Michael, 3. The art of face to face conversation, 4. Venn diagram based on interests vs. earrings, 5. Using the good china and flatware.Norm’s 5 Things: 1. Twitter, 2. Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation's work on student debate, 3. His Foundation's work on mental health, 4. His son’s start-up Bundlertv.com, 5. Good red wine.
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Lisa interviews Diana Weymar about her Tiny Pricks Project. Spoiler alert, It’s all about Trump. – And the 5 things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Easy lunch plans with her friend Janie, 2. Dance video, of movie musicals set to “Uptown Funk”, 3. Statement by former Federal Prosecutors, 4. GretaThunberg, 5. Eating at her favorite restaurants - Palma, Mishiguene, The Mark, Belle Harlem, Rotisserie Georgette, Red Farm.Diana’s 5 Things: 1. Her childhood in the wilderness, 2. Her children, 3. Her friends who make things for her. 4. Instagram because without it Tiny Pricks would not exist, 5. Watching animals in her yard in Victoria BC.
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Lisa Birnbach and Lisa Taddeo talk about desire in the American female psyche (sex), and her new book Three Women . They also discuss the 5 things that make their lives better.Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. Public Art in particular Alex Katz 2. Eye Drops 3. Humility of being rejected for a position 4. Cooking 5 Friendships.Lisa Taddeo’s 5 Things: 1. The little rubber animals that are like 25 cents each 2. Space heater under her desk. 3. The family dog. 4. Chick’n Sliders, by Gardein. 5. The quilt that one of her oldest and best friends, Jan, made for her after her parents passed away.
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Lisa chats with comedian Jacqueline Novak about her hit one-woman show GET ON YOUR KNEES and the 5 Things that make life better for them.Lisa’s 5 Things1. Celia Keenan-Bolger in To Kill A Mocking Bird on Broadway, 2. Book Tables in her lobby, 3. John Early Dance Videos, 4. Netflix show “Shtisel”, 5. The Student Leadership Network.Jacqueline's 5 Things:1. Korean skin care regimen, 2. Books about metaphysical weirdness, 3. Iced Americanos, 4. Taking baths/naps liberally, 5. Marco Polo app.
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Lisa talks about one of her favorite subjects, College admissions, with her guest, author Paul Tough. Paul's new book is "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us". Of course it wouldn’t be this podcast without the 5 Things that make their life better.Lisa's 5 Things: 1. Her grandson, 2. Lake Tahoe, 3. Ranunculus flowers, 4. Jaffa restaurant in LA, 5. The Lehman Trilogy live simulcast.Paul's 5 Things: 1. The Penguin Modern series of tiny books, 2. The iNaturalist app, 3. His sons' imaginations, 4. The book "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon, 5. Inexpensive fizzy waters in Austin's supermarkets.
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Today, Lisa talks with Chip Fisher, the chairman of Fisher-Wallace Laboratories, maker of a therapeutic but drug free machine that alleviates symptoms of PTSD, insomnia, and depression. Now that’s something that makes our lives better!Lisa's 5 Things: 1. Stone Fruit, 2. Poetry, 3. Anticipation of the film "The Crown", 4. Amazon TV Series "Fleabag", 5. The Beach.Chip Fisher's 5 Things: 1. Backgammon, 2. Watercolors, 3. Licorice, 4. Wet Dogs, 5. Hot Dogs.
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Lisa and Rich Cohen talk about gangsters, thugs, and generally bad people. Rich is an expert in debauchery. But like all of Lisa's guests, he also has a heart of gold. Hear about the 5 things that make life better for Lisa and Rich, and about his his new book "The Last Pirate of New York".Lisa's 5 Things: 1. The technology behind sharing passwords on our phones, 2. Doing crafts by hand, 3. Clarefontaine notebooks, 4. Lancome’s Le Stylo Waterproof eyeliner, 5. The Video of 2 Canadian women out in the country.Rich's 5 Things: 1. Jumping off the dock in Maine, 2. David Lynch’s narration of his audiobook, “The Big Fish”, 3. Bubble Baths, 4. Right Field bleachers at Wrigley Field, 5. Fonzie.
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Lisa Birnbach and author Erica Jong discuss feminism as 2020 approaches. They also touch on sex, desire, pleasure, prenups, nuclear accidents, and a host of other topics, including of course, the five things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Eating outdoors, 2. Anticipation for the “Downton Abbey” movie, 3. Lemons, 4. “Knock Down the House,” a documentary by Rachel Lears, 5. Jacqueline Novak’s one woman show, “Get On Your Knees”.Erica Jong’s 5 Things: 1. Writing, 2. Her Grandchildren, 3. Going to Italy, 4. Never Cooking, 5. Buying designer clothes.Erica’s BONUS ITEM, 6. Her daughter Molly.
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Lisa Birnbach talks with writer Richard Panek about his new book "The Trouble with Gravity" and the 5 things that make life better for them.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. All mothers, 2. Summer dresses, 3. Oatly Ice Cream, 4. Getting a loaner pashmina/wrap at a restaurant, 5. The Official Preppy Handbook .Richard Panek’s 5 Things: 1. The movie “Chinatown”, 2. Beatles song “A Day in the Life”, 3. William Trevor, especially when reading him in a pub with a pint. 4. Smell of corn-on-the-cob silk, 5. Hostess Suzy Q’s.
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Lisa talks with guest Taffy Brodesser-Akner about her new novel "Fleishman Is in Trouble", her job as a New York Times Journalist, her life as a wife and mother, and how she manages to keep it all in balance.Lisa's 5 Things: 1. One piece bathing suits, 2. Getting a bill adjusted, 3. A baby in the family. 4. Our podcast followers, 5. The hunt for the perfect charm.Taffy's 5 Things: 1. Oat milk, 2. Summer, 3. Watching TV with her children, 4. Manhattan, 5. Room Service.
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Lisa talks to guest Yale Hollander about his journey from big city lawyer to stand up comedian - and about the 5 things that make their lives better.Lisa's 5 Things: 1. Vintage film of the artists Monet, Renoir, Rodin, and Degas. 2. Arnold Palmer, the beverage. 3. Daiya, NY Cheezecake. 4. The Washington Post ethics statement. 5. Journalist, Julie K. Brown.Yale's 5 Things: 1. Breakfast. 2. Yacht Rock. 3. Print Magazines. 4. London, England. 5. Mr. Ralph Lauren.
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Lisa talks with guest Laurie Burrows Grad about the sudden death of her husband and the book she wrote dealing with her grief and recovery. Of course they also talk about the 5 Things That Make Life Better for them.Lisa 5 Things: 1. Spending time with her grandson,2. Being helpful, 3. Driving in Los Angeles, 4. The Impossible Burger, 5. The Wimbledon Men’s Final.Laurie's 5 Things: 1. Leaving her house and moving into to a condo, 2. Her grandchildren, 3. Writing, 4. Cooking, 5. Walking and exercising.
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Lisa talks with guest Bill Cohan about his new book “Four Friends - Promising Lives Cut Short” and the 5 Things that make life better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The time to read, 2. The smell of privet hedges, 3. Sitting in the shade, 4. Swimming, 5. SunglassesBill’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. His homes, 3. Traveling/adventure, 4. Old friends, new friends, interesting people, 5. His work.
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Lisa talks to Jamie Lee Curtis about their friendship, the anniversary of our podcast, the week's events surrounding E. Jean Carroll's accusations and Lisa's corroboration of the event. Of course they both talk about the 5 Things that made their lives better this week.Lisa's 5 Things:Support is support is support, Friends, Resources for Help, Getting away, Honesty.Jamie's 5 Things:Sobriety, Health care, Her healthy and wise children and man, Creativity, Her rescue dog, Runi
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Lisa Birnbach talks about gun control advocacy, with Shannon Watts, founder of Mom's Demand Action for Gun Sense.Lisa's 5 Things that make life better:1. “Gloria Bell” the Movie2. Healthy food choices at airports3. Low Heeled or flat shoes4. Exhibit B’s birthday at Tallula’s Restaurant in Santa Monica5. The Investigation – Live reading of The Mueller ReportShannon's 5 Things:1. Noise cancelling headphones2. Frank Ocean3. The RealReal4. The Real Housewives franchise5. Moms Demand Action volunteers
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Lisa talks with guests Jessica Mindich and Amy Peterson, about their creative non-profits, and the and the five things that make their lives better.Lisa 5 Things:Piero Della Francesca's fresco of the pregnant Madonna, Jasmine, Michele Am Russo and his shop Bomba, European pharmacies, Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People".Amy's 5 Things:1. My son's daycare, Podcasts, Daily Harvest, Running my own company and being surrounded by amazing women, and Wine.Jessica's 5 Things:Being near water, When my teenage sons and their friends camp out at my house, Being a redhead, French fries, and having the power to transform pain into hope.
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Lisa talks about Prison Reform with Re:Store Justice co-executive directors Adnan Khan and Alex Mallick. Hear about Adnan's experience with incarceration and their ideas on prison reform. And of course, Lisa's, Alex's and Adnan's five things that make life better.Lisa’s 5 Things:1. Finding parking in Manhattan on the weekends in the summer.2. Cotton eyelet fabric.3. Hot dogs.4. Straw hats.5. Shannon Watts – Founder: Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.Alex and Adnan’s 5 Things (combined):1. Cappuccino2. Soft shit. Pillows, goose down comforters, couches, cozy sweaters, cashmere, etc.3. Privilegesplaining (a variation on mansplaining).4. Comedy and humor as a survival tool.5. The idea that an individual can change things.
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Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things:1. Say Something Bunny - play2. Alex Trebek.3. Bandolier – cross-body phone accessory.4. People who respond to emails in a timely fashion.5. Graduation Ceremonies.Lisa Grunwald’s 5 Things:1. Coffee.2. Treasure Hunts – searching and finding.3. Giving presents.4, Finite accomplishments.5. Upside of the internet – connecting with people.
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Lisa talks with writer and editor Kim France about the five things that make her life better, including her blog and website "Girls of a Certain Age".Lisa's Five Things:1. Generosity: Robert F. Smith, the billionaire investor who paid off students loans for the 2019 Morehouse College graduating class of 20192. Generosity: Dubuque Iowa barber Courtney Holmes who gives free haircuts to kids who will read to him3. Theater: What The Constitution Means To Me4. Levi's 724 high-waisted jeans5. Coyo non-dairy yogurtKim France's Five Things:1. Pasteis de Nata (a Portuguese custard tart)2. The band Yo La Tengo3. The commenters on my blog, Girls of a Certain Age4. My dogs, Sammy and Mister5. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of Killing Eve and Fleabag
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Lisa talks about the five things that made her life better this week.Her Grandson Simon, The Beauty and Value of Tradition, The Animal Haven Shelter, The Car Sharing App - Via, Jennifer Hudson Singing The Theme Song for The Live Broadcast of "The Jeffersons".
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Lisa talks with comedy impresario Caroline Hirsch about her work, her new movie, and the five things that make her life better.Lisa's five things: The staff and doctors at NYU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NIC), Doris Day, David Sedaris, A pretty day with chirping birds, Bill Nye the Science Guy.Caroline's five things: Her two three year old dogs Stella and Sybil, Her home on Long Island, Her art collection – the Nevelson piece in particular, Playing golf, Her workAnd a number 6 – Colleen, her personal trainer for 20+ years.
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Lisa Birnbach talks with guest Lori Gottlieb, noted author and therapist, about her 5 things, and her new book "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone".Lisa's 5 Things: Her new grandson, Simon; Her son's role as a father; Her family, Her Daughter in Law, Lori's book "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone".Lori's 5 Things: Emotional generosity; Broken-in sneakers; Meandering conversations; A New Yorker cartoon; Unexpected hugs from her teenager.
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Lisa Birnbach talks about PUZZLES with New York Times Wordplay columnist, Deb Amlen and associate puzzles editor, Sam Ezersky.Lisa 5 Things: This is Spinal Tap, Long walks, 1st Baby Shower, "Amarcord" vintage clothing store, Robert Mueller.Deb's 5 Things: Her family, Food, Other people's life stories, Her job, Endorphins after working out.Sam's 5 Things: His support system, His Puzzles, His headphones, Sports, GPS.
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Lisa sits down with Ariel Leve to talk about her extraordinary story, her memoir, and the five things that make life better for her.Lisa's 5 Things: Other peoples french fries, King Koil Mattress, Lilacs, Central Park (NYC), Community & Friends.Ariel's 5 Things: Got Milk? Electronic milk frothing machine, Eavesdropping, Bringing things to Goodwill, "The Library Book" - by Susan Orlean, Ugly Oranges.
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Favorite Breakfast Sandwich, Fried Chicken, Classic Hamburger, Kale Salad, Nachos and Spaghetti Bolognese, Elvis Costello, Meditation (his own), Walking, Tennis and Movies, Openness (to change).
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Lisa’s 5 Things: Teaching, The Plant Shed, Love Corn, "Burn This" play, The "Atlantic Monthly"
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Lisa's 5 Things: Flower Flash, "The Lehman Trilogy" play, "Veep" TV show, Artist Hilma af Klint, Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.Meg's 5 (6) Things: Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, "Say Something Bunny" play, NY Times Spelling Bee puzzle, Black garlic, "Only Connect" TV show, Headspace.com
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Lisa’s 5 Things this week are all Robert Mueller.
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Lisa's 5 Things: Her hard working exhibits, Her BIG TV purchase at Best Buy and their superstar employees, Oatly - Dairy Free Milk, Investigative Journalists, Robert Mueller.Chip’s 5 (Six) Things: 2nd Ave Subway, New York Times Crossword puzzle, Goyard Travel Trolley Suitcase, Clip-on Sunglasses, Academy of Arts and Letters hat, "Sweet Theft" by J. D. McClatchy
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Lisa 5 Things: Connecting People Together, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, Date Night, Micellar Water, Robert Mueller
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Lisa's five things this week: Exhibit A, Fresh Mango, @CocoFloss, "Educated" by Tara Westover, and Special Prosecutor - Robert Mueller.
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Lisa Birnbach talks about Traveling With Friends, Light-up Menus, Sheepskin Inner Soles, Ad Hoc Book Groups, and of course, Robert Mueller.
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Lisa's five things that made her life sweet this week: Politeness, The Netflix TV Show "Shtisel", Brodo Bone Broth, Trying new things, and of course - Robert Mueller.
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Lisa's 5: Women running for president, "Stepdaughter" Izzy, Flower arranging, Henry's portrait, Robert Mueller. Nina's 5: "What would Virginia Woolf do?" Moderators, Fishnet stockings and No. 6 fringe boots, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Lemon squares, Skin Trip Lotion.
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Love, Candice Payne, Lug Soles, Richard E. Grant, and Robert Mueller
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Lisa’s: Eberjey Pajamas, CityMapper, L.L. Bean - Flannel lined jeans, Gatz - NYU Skirball, Robert MuellerE. Jean Carroll’s: Vaseline, Food for Life - Ezekiel Bread, L’Oreal Feria Hair Color, Pellet Stove, Nancy Pelosi (and “The Good Place” sitcom, and the book “A Dance to the Music of Times”)
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Dinner with Rose, Happy Reinventions, Chicken (Katie's Best), Routines, Robert Mueller
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Lisa's: My leather jacket, Fancy socks, Tinted glasses, My Dad's watch, Robert Mueller. Alexandra Styron's: Seltzer, Tui Na, New York Times Paper, Edith Wharton, Her dog, Shorty
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Not being allergic to cotton, A head clearing walk, "The Wife", Luggage storage, Mueller - Ms Rhea's: Her daughter, Soul Cycle teacher, Being with her sisters, Meeting friends at Starbucks, Being in NYC.
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Mike Birbiglia, nice cab drivers, taxi apps, "The Jungle" at St. Ann's Warehouse, Robert S. Mueller
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My family, the NY Times crossword, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Joe's Pub, Robert S. Mueller
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In Memoriam: Henry The Dog, Robert S. Mueller
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Bubble gum, "Beautiful Boy", "Bagman" and "Dirty John", Pilates of the mind, Robert S. Mueller, Meditation, meaningful friendships, creative outlets, not drinking, chocolate (homemade if possible)
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Greeting cards, giving gifts, Claire Tomalin's "A Life Of My Own", DIY kiosks at the post office, Robert S. Mueller
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Cashmere, fireplace, What Would Virginia Woolf Do?, my dog Henry, Robert S. Mueller, instapot, Elliott's annual "Men's Week", phone GPS, projects with meaning
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My dog Henry, newsletters, plain yogurt, my friends' good health, Robert S. Mueller
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Caller ID, "What They Had", my backpack, mom and pop stores, Robert S. Mueller, FilmStruck, Old Family Recipes, Maggie the rescue pitbull, not apologizing, classical musical comedy dance numbers.
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My mailwoman, "Gloria, A Life", "The Ferryman", Steely Dan in concert, Robert S Mueller
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Ankle boots, Tiffany Haddish, productive days, voting, Robert S. Mueller
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Avoiding the news, letters, Meghan Markle, watching my kids grow up, Robert S. Mueller
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French fries, old photos of Paul Newman, crowdfunding websites, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Robert S. Mueller
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Making room for beauty, The Official Preppy Handbook, Stevie Wonder, corduroy, Robert Meuller Featuring special guest Elin Hilderbrand!
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My birthday, seeing Paul Simon, New York City activities, Rosé Mansion with a friend, Robert Mueller
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Paying my bills, old treasures, nostalgia, salt in my coffee, Robert S Mueller
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A fresh start, cooking for family, thinking about big questions, liturgical music, Robert S. Mueller
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Sending me "Game Changers", tennis, my organization system, my friends' children, Robert S Mueller
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Opentable, saying thank you, "game-changers," 16.9 fluid ounce water bottles, Robert S. Mueller
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The beach, friends, a pitcher of beer, my late night bath, Robert S. Mueller
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three identical strangers, weddings, quiet heroism, paperback books, Robert S. Mueller
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newsstands, a good place to cry, my new butcher shop, look-a-likes, Robert S. Mueller
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conversation, fresh basil, cotton voile, accidental carnivore, robert meuller
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my prayer strings, a simple white washcloth, "The End of the Affair", shame (yes, really!), and Robert Mueller
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Corn, a good book, getting your hair done, Six Impossible Things, and Robert Mueller
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Family, the Beach, Salad, London, Robert Mueller.
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Fried chicken, spelling bee, bright wallet, you, and Robert Mueller
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