MenOpod: all things fifty +

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Welcome to MenOpod: All Things Fifty+, the hilarious, unfiltered podcast about midlife, menopause, and motherhood after 50. Sisters Eliana and Leora are keeping it real as they juggle hot flashes, hormonal teenagers, aging parents, empty nesting, marriage mayhem, sibling drama, and that never-ending midlife weight gain. If you’re navigating perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause, this is your safe (and sassy) space to laugh, cry, and reclaim your midlife mojo. Because life begins after your period ends.

  1. 2d ago

    Eat, Pray, Please Don’t Split the 401(k): Menopause, Marriage Sabbaticals & the Audacity of Wanting Your Own Life with Leah Fisher | Episode 62

    Forget Eat, Pray, Love. This is menopause-era reinvention with rolling luggage, emotional support snacks, and a husband at home slowly discovering that “what’s for dinner?” is now a deeply personal problem. Psychotherapist and author Leah Fisher joins MenOpod to talk about what happens when an empty nest identity meltdown, a long marriage, and a full-blown midlife crisis collide at the exact same hormonal moment. Leah shares her experiment in solo travel and marriage “sabbaticals”—months spent in Bali, Guatemala, and beyond—rooted in a dream deferred for decades and finally met with both the courage and the time to pursue it. What happens when you don’t blow up your life, but you also refuse to keep postponing it? We get into good-enough marriages, menopause-fueled escape fantasies, TSA’s mysterious “little old lady privilege,” and the art of negotiating freedom without accidentally becoming a Dateline episode. Because sometimes the most rebellious thing a menopausal woman can do… is book the ticket.

    53 min

  2. May 29

    Trader Joe’s Tragedy, Toilet Trauma & The Hantavirus Apocalypse | Ep. 61

    This week on MenOpod, Eliana enters her full feral menopause era after abandoning an entire Trader Joe’s haul — including ice cream and near-mythical protein pancakes that drop like Taylor Swift tickets — to melt into a warm dairy crime scene while she wandered Miami dissociating on a “quick walk.” Meanwhile, Leora questions whether brain fog is real or whether Eliana simply cannot be trusted with adult responsibilities anymore. Also discussed: public toilet trauma, pandemic hoarding instincts that never fully deactivated, hantavirus paranoia, emotional-support Xanax, adult children dismantling carefully curated “nests,” and the horrifying realization that some people voluntarily sit on public toilet seats like it’s a lifestyle choice. bar mitzvah dance-floor germ exposure and the fact that every night out is just consensual contact with a floating Petri dish. Menopause: where every day is one missed task away from a Silver Alert… and humanity is one cruise ship buffet away from another plague, again. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigansSubscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    35 min

  3. May 21

    Shrimpless & Shameless: Menopause, Memory Loss & the Law School Reunion Survival Guide | Ep. 60

    A 30-year law school reunion means squinting at name tags, pretending everyone looks EXACTLY the same, and hearing “You haven’t changed a bit!” from people you would not recognize in a hostage lineup. Meanwhile, everyone’s comparing hormone protocols like trial strategy and casually discussing frozen shoulders, insomnia, and ungrateful children over lukewarm pinot grigio. Also: why does every rental car now require an advanced aerospace engineering degree, three tutorials, two software updates, and a husband on speakerphone just to connect an iPhone? Add in HRT brain fog, the daily casino game of “Did I already take my pills today?”, plus a massage so aggressive it felt less like self-care and more like an insurance claim, and aging starts feeling less like wisdom and more like an endurance event sponsored by Advil and confusion. But honestly? There’s something strangely comforting about a room full of formerly high achievers pretending to remember Contracts class while secretly grateful we survived law school, menopause, and adulthood in general. 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    47 min

  4. May 14

    Hot Patches, Cold Husbands & Eggsplosive Rage | Ep. 59

    Eliana enters her MenOparty era the only way a menopausal woman can: rage-vacuuming 40-year-old disintegrating ski pants out of the dryer at 2 a.m. while wondering if an “Alpine Divorce” is technically premeditated murder or just self-care. Between exploding hard-boiled eggs, husbands who “forget” the lettuce after a 40-minute discussion about lettuce, and mothers who lure you over with a birthday gift just to roast you like it’s a competitive sport, the girls are hanging on by an HRT patch and a prayer. This week, the sisters spiral through RFK Jr.’s missing chivalry, true-crime-fueled marriage anxiety, celebrity divorces, passive-aggressive husbands, Costco-hoarder moms, and the horrifying realization that every menopausal woman eventually needs a therapist, an accountant, a lawyer, and an alibi. Because menopause isn’t a phase. It’s a fully immersive psychological escape room… and someone keeps hiding the exit. 🎙️🔥🤣 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    34 min

  5. May 7

    The Sweet Spot Between Hot Flash and Hot Mess: Eliana’s 56th MenOparty 🎉🎂😱 | Ep. 58

    For her 56th birthday, Eliana is celebrating with purple cat-eye glasses, a Jane Fonda–inspired wolf cut, and a new life philosophy called “selective executive functioning” (everything gets done except the thing that matters). This week: AI flirts shamelessly with Leora like a horny life coach with perfect grammar and zero boundaries, the sisters debate whether 32 was humanity’s physical peak, take a quick tour of ex-boyfriends they definitely don’t miss, and Eliana admits she may no longer fully understand how cars—or consequences—work. Also: treadmill negligence, therapy dogs quietly replacing competent healthcare, brain fog felonies, and the unsettling realization that their husbands would absolutely remarry before the Shiva platter even arrives. Plus: rotten minivan bananas, dog saliva diplomacy, and Gen Z’s confusion about whether Kevin Bacon is a person, a snack, or a cryptocurrency. Aging is humiliating, expensive, mildly unsanitary—and still somehow easier than dating in the 1980s, so Eliana celebrates her birthday still holding it all together, just with better glasses, stronger opinions, and the steadily diminishing ability to tolerate anyone’s nonsense. 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    53 min

  6. Apr 30

    Snake Oil, Snail Mucin & SPF: The Skincare Scam Episode With Dr. Fayne Frey | Ep. 57

    Welcome to the skincare industrial complex, where your $200 cream is mostly hope in a jar and your wallet is the real anti-aging victim. Myth-busting dermatologist Dr. Fayne Frey joins us to call BS on the entire beauty aisle—from “miracle” creams to trendy ingredients present in quantities best described as decorative (hi, angel dusting). Collagen? Not happening. Those molecules are basically Mack trucks—they are not squeezing into your pores, no matter how expensive the packaging. Meanwhile, Eliana is deep in menopause brain fog, including a creative misfire with a hormone applicator, and Leora confesses to an SPF lapse that left her nephew glowing like radioactive fruit. We break down what actually works (sunscreen, Vaseline, and self-respect) and what doesn’t (most of your bathroom shelf, unfortunately). Also: your Stanley cup is not skincare, and no cream is turning you into a dewy newborn. Stop overanalyzing your pores. You’re not aging badly—you’re just being marketed to aggressively. It’s not anti-aging. It’s anti-bullsh*t. To purchase Dr Frey's book "The Skincare Hoax" 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    1h 13m

  7. Apr 23

    Sharts, Suspicion & the Hot Flash Throne | Ep. 56

    Eliana is deep in her heated “butt throne” era—because menopause is hard, but at least her seat is comfy. Between HRT roulette, brain fog that has Leora losing groceries and Eliana chasing imaginary roof leaks, and a digestive system that’s suddenly “sharting” overtime, functioning like a normal adult feels…aspirational. Meanwhile, a husband’s innocent Costco run becomes a full-blown red flag. No list? No oversight? That’s not shopping—that’s suspicious behavior. In a world where even the most boring husband could be one secret-double-life away from a Dateline episode, the bar is simple: come home, be normal-ish, and don’t make us question your Google searches. It’s MenOpod at its finest—zero dignity, maximum symptoms, and just enough humor to survive it. 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    45 min

  8. Apr 16

    Patch Me If You Can: HRT Stickers, Cruise Karma & Seder Chaos | Ep. 55

    Eliana tries her first HRT patch live and immediately questions everything—placement, adhesion, and why some patches feel designer while others feel… medical-adjacent—while Leora delivers unfiltered commentary no one asked for but absolutely gets anyway. Then it’s straight into Passover: Ziploc’d hard-boiled eggs, questionable Seder tunes, and a vibe that’s somewhere between tradition and total chaos. In an attempt to get space from each other, the sisters booked separate Spring Break cruises—only for the universe, with its sense of humor, to dock them balcony-to-balcony anyway. Add a surprise Publix fan encounter and an unintentionally discovered boudoir photo album, and it’s chaos from start to finish. Eliana also has a brain-fog realization that she’s been eating out of a cracked, decades-old plastic Tupperware bowl for years. At this point, she’s not eating from it—she’s ethically sourcing microplastics. This is real menopause talk—just sandwiched between matzah and mania. 👉 Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MenOpodPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more midlife madness, menopause hacks and behind-the-scenes shenanigans 🎧 Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss the mess

    47 min
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Welcome to MenOpod: All Things Fifty+, the hilarious, unfiltered podcast about midlife, menopause, and motherhood after 50. Sisters Eliana and Leora are keeping it real as they juggle hot flashes, hormonal teenagers, aging parents, empty nesting, marriage mayhem, sibling drama, and that never-ending midlife weight gain. If you’re navigating perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause, this is your safe (and sassy) space to laugh, cry, and reclaim your midlife mojo. Because life begins after your period ends.

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