This is our very first and only guest this season who has not yet hit fifty BUT we did it for a reason. She calls Perimenopause the amuse bouche to an old cooch and featured those words in her brilliant, brutally honest, and constantly sold out show about the challenges of aging called “Nobody Cares.”  Laura Benanti stepped on to a Broadway stage  at age 18 playing Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. is a 5 time Tony award nominee and won the Tony for her role of Louise in Gypsy. She’s been in scores of tv shows from the revival of Gossip Girl to The Gilded Age  and the coming of age film No Hard Feelings but you may know her most for the world's best Melania Trump impersonation. We're talking losing the male gaze and started a witches coven so tune in!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A funny raw incredibly honest conversation about midlife dating, acting and having no fucks left to give from the wildly talented actress Justina Machado. She has been in the business for over 30 years and is still crushing it at the top of her fifties.  Starring in 3 seasons of the reboot "One Day at a Time", the lead in Amazon’s black-comedy-horror The Horror of Dolores Roach, and having a full circle moment as she transitioned from playing the DAUGHTER on stage in her 20’s in Real Women Have Curves - to getting a TONY nom 32 years later playing the Mother. She tells us that “Dreams Don't Have an Expiration Date” and she is proof of that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We first saw this wonder woman in the very first documentary about menopause called the M Factor and she said so many eye opening facts it blew our minds … like - “menopause isn’t a moment it’s the rest of your life.” wow.   A board certified obgyn and menopause practitioner - she spent 35 years in the exam room before entering private practice because she said she was done being quiet.  She frames midlife as “a medical emergency masquerading as a life stage” and now  fully dedicAtes her life to advocacy, education, AND addressing racial disparities in healthcare .  She wrote a NY Times bestselling book “Grown Woman Talk: your guide to getting and staying healthy,” is the host of “The Second Opinion” podcast,  was named to the Forbes 50 over 50 in 2024, and wants to reshape the healthcare landscape for midlife women with some pretty powerful help from one of her best girlfriends former first lady Michelle Obama.  Please give a listen to the powerhouse that is Dr. Sharon Malone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She is a SAG Award–winning actress, producer, voice over talent, activist and advocate for many causes including reproductive rights, a self-described “eco-emissary” who started an eco fashion zero waste initiative, Livari.  She had seven seasons on Orange Is the New Black as the villainess “Fig” before deciding the stories she wanted to tell about women weren’t going to tell themselves. In her 50’s alone she finished five seasons as Sunny on “Better Things,” worked on numerous shows including Ms. Marvel, Shining Vale, Law and Order, The Diplomat and launched her sex and pleasure column in FLOW magazine, became a Spirit award nominee for “the feeling that the time for doing something has passed.” She is actively building a creative identity around midlife: producing and starring in stories about women at this stage. Starring in “ramona in Midlife” and “one day in Sedona” an over 40 rom-com. She also sits on numerous boards like the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media as well as singing at protests with the Resistance Revival Chorus, and is a licensed volunteer firefighter — because, as she’s explained, if everyone keeps saying the world is a dumpster fire, she figured she should learn to fight fires. She does not have a midlife angle. She is the midlife angle. Please give a listen to the astonishing Alysia Reiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She is true comedy legend who has been delivering absolute gold non stop from a stand up stage for over 40 years while also pumping out award winning one woman shows like “Twenty Five Question for a Jewish Mother” and “The Judy show my life as a sitcom.” Her television writing on The Rosie O'Donnell Show won her two Daytime Emmys.  On screen she's appeared in Better Things, Madame Secretary, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Law & Order, and so many more. She had the privilege of calling Joan Rivers a personal mentor - and hosted the very popular and funny podcast Kill Me Now for a decade. Now at 63 she is touring her newest number one book from 2020 “Yes I can Say That: When they Come for the Comedians We are All in Trouble” - a defense of comedy and free speech and you will see her in the new Mindy Kaling Hulu comedy series “Not suitable for work.”  She is a mother of two grown sons, openly lesbian, openly opinionated and openly stomach hurtingly funny 6’3” powerhouse who says she is fearless and wise and that is a good combination.   Get ready for the remarkably funny Judy Gold! #women #comedy #lesbian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She left one of America's top food shows and created her own brand new reality hit. Padma Lakshmi on taking risks in midlife and creating new opportunities after 50!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get ready for Elsbeth - the one and only Carrie Preston - who the NY Times dubbed The Queen of Quirk!! Born in Georgia, Juilliard-trained, Emmy winning actor, a director and now producer, Carrie has never stopped showing up as a working actor,  and has spent over 25 years playing the kind of woman all women need to see on television - smart, capable, and confident. On this weeks episode Carrie talks about her childhood plays, aging parents, the secret to her marriage, and dealing with a surprise diagnosis in her 50's. An inspirational and funny conversation. #women #fifty #quirky #elsbeth Thanks to Bellesa for sponsoring the show! EVERYONE who signs up wins a FREE toy or gift card! Just click the link!! ⁠https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/talkfiftytome-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You don't know everything about Garcelle Beauvais but you're about to learn so much more! Like why she left #RHOBH - one of the hottest reality shows on tv and watched her career grow - in her fifties. Named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful,”  Haitian-born award-winning actress, author and executive producer, her career is a dynamic blend of creative and businesswoman, she has been a beloved presence in Hollywood for over four decades. Cementing her status as a cultural icon:  proudly becoming the first Black cast member on Bravo’s THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS, Following that, she released her first memoir titled LOVE ME AS I AM,  joined “the Real” as a co-host, launched “Garcelle at home” her Haitian-inspired home line,  Founded Garcelle productions and signed first look deal with NBC/Universal, expanded her partnership with Lifetime with original movies she stars in and executive produces: the NAACP-Award winning BLACK GIRL MISSING franchise that became Lifetime's highest-rated movie of 2025. She just released Her brand-new memoir an Audible original “Protecting My Peace…At All Costs” which we will dive into, announced being an EP on a new murder mystery series with Peacock “Keep your friends close” and She returns as ‘Natasha’ on SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST for their final season. But there's more because in this episode of #talkfiftytome Garcelle lets the truth fly about her love life lately and how she ended up having #sex... in a car. Thanks to Bellesa for sponsoring the show! EVERYONE who signs up wins a FREE toy or gift card! Just click the link!! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/talkfiftytome-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She won her first Emmy at 58 for The Pitt and women everywhere screamed YES!! Hear why Katherine Lanasa was grateful to trade 9 pairs of spanx for her Nurse Dana black eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We cried a lot during this one!!! For our first episode back we decided to interview each other and answer some questions for our Season 2 launch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices