Unfiltered at Fifty

Command Creative Studios

Unfiltered at Fifty with Kimberly and Jennifer is where real life meets real talk. After decades of navigating relationships, motherhood, careers, and everything in between, Kimberly and Jennifer are done sugarcoating it. This is an honest, unfiltered look at what it actually means to grow up as women—and how your perspective shifts when you finally start owning who you are. From the lessons they wish they learned sooner to the realities no one discusses, each episode dives into conversations we’re all thinking but don’t always say out loud. Expect candid stories, hard truths, plenty of laughs, and the kind of wisdom that only comes with experience. Because turning fifty isn’t about slowing down—it’s about getting real.

  1. 5d ago

    Resting B*tch Face, Gen X Chaos & The World Gone Crazy

    Jennifer and Kimberly are back for another hilarious and unfiltered episode! From Jennifer's resting b*tch face controversy to the heartbreak of kids' birthday parties nobody attends, the ladies tackle everything from women's safety and accountability to how much the world has changed since their younger days. They also take a trip down memory lane, sharing hilarious stories about traveling through Greece on a budget, disastrous mosh pit experiences, and the wild nights of Gen X partying. Plus, they try to make sense of today's club culture, confusing slang, and why nobody seems to wear high heels anymore! It's an episode filled with laughter, nostalgia, strong opinions, and plenty of moments that will have you saying, "Remember when?" Now we want to hear from YOU! Do you think the world has changed for the worse, or are we just seeing more of it because of social media? What's one thing about growing up in the '80s or '90s that you wish would make a comeback? Join the conversation! Head over to our Instagram or TikTok, share your thoughts in the comments, and tell us your favorite Gen X memories. Don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast, and share this episode with a friend who remembers the good old days! New episodes every Friday! Watch full Episodes on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unfilteredatfifty Follow Unfiltered at Fifty: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfiftyProduction Credits Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios. https://www.commandcreativestudios.com/ #UnfilteredAtFifty #GenXHumor #WomenOver50 #GenXNostalgia #MidlifeHumor #GirlsNightOut #ParentingTalk #PodcastComedy #GrowingOlder #LifeAfter50

    Resting B*tch Face, Gen X Chaos & The World Gone Crazy
  2. Oct 9

    Our First Guest Barbie, Aging Parents, Grief & Empty Nesting

    We've got our very first guest, and it's BARBIE! This week, Jennifer and Kim welcome their friend Barbie Machuca for an emotional, funny, and very real conversation about life in your 50s. Barbie opens up about losing her father, navigating the healthcare system, becoming an advocate for aging parents, and the grief that comes with saying goodbye. She shares the heartbreaking experience of her father's final days, the challenges of making medical decisions, and the importance of being involved in your parents' care before a crisis happens. The conversation also turns to empty nesting, watching your kids become independent adults, missing the chaos of motherhood, and figuring out who you are when everyone doesn't need you quite as much anymore. Barbie talks about the bittersweet reality of raising successful, independent children while learning to embrace a new chapter in her own life. Of course, this wouldn't be Unfiltered at Fifty without plenty of laughs, parenting stories, ridiculously extravagant birthday parties, menopause moments, and the usual hilarious tangents that somehow always bring the conversation full circle. From caring for aging parents to letting go of grown children, this episode explores what happens when the roles we've known our entire lives begin to change. It's about love, loss, friendship, finding yourself again, and realizing you're not alone in any of it. Join Jennifer, Kim, and Barbie for a conversation that's heartfelt, hilarious, and completely unfiltered. New episodes every Friday! Watch and follow Unfiltered at Fifty: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnfilteredatfiftyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfiftyLike, follow, and subscribe for new episodes every Friday! Production Credits Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios: https://www.commandcreativestudios.com/ #UnfilteredAtFifty #EmptyNesting #AgingParents #GriefAndHealing #WomenOver50 #GenXWomen

    Our First Guest Barbie, Aging Parents, Grief & Empty Nesting
  3. Sep 25

    Mind Over Matter, Body Image, Fear & Finding Your Strength

    Sometimes you don't realize how strong you've been until you look back at everything you've already survived. This week starts with Jennifer's latest back surgery update, including a possible blood clot scare, a doctor with absolutely NO bedside manner, and one completely unnecessary comment about her weight that opens up a much bigger conversation about body image and the things we've carried with us since we were young. Then Kim goes down a rabbit hole through old photos and memories from her twenties and thirties and starts remembering some of the absolutely insane things she's done. But underneath all of those stories is a much bigger conversation about mind over matter. Kim reflects on being in the middle of addiction while simultaneously doing spiritual work and eventually having the moment when she had to admit to herself, “I'm a drug addict.” She talks about not feeling strong at the time, even though looking back, recognizing the problem and fighting to get her life back required more strength than she realized. Jennifer also looks back at the fears she's overcome, from being a kid who couldn't get through an oral book report without crying to eventually standing in front of rooms full of people for work, and now sitting behind a microphone every week talking about all of this. They also get into body shame, modesty, old photos, getting stuck in your own head, how powerful our thoughts can feel, and realizing that some of the things we've carried for decades have quietly become a huge part of who we are. And because this is Unfiltered at Fifty, there are also $1,500 shoes, Grey's Anatomy, a 90-year-old ultrasound technician with fabulous hair, a giant lizard, Sharpie mustaches, and enough completely unnecessary detours to make us forget how we got here in the first place. Maybe strength isn't always feeling fearless. Sometimes it's being scared as hell and doing it anyway. New episodes of Unfiltered at Fifty drop every Friday. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unfilteredatfifty Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfifty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios: https://www.commandcreativestudios.com/ #UnfilteredAtFifty #MindOverMatter #WomenOver50 #BodyImage #LifeAfter50 #GenXWomen

    Mind Over Matter, Body Image, Fear & Finding Your Strength
  4. Sep 18

    Friendship, Regrets, Relationships & Who We Thought We’d Be

    What happens when you throw out the plan and start asking each other questions about life at 50? This week, Kim and Jen play a little question roulette, and—as usual—the conversation goes absolutely everywhere. What does friendship mean at 50? What makes a relationship worth fighting for? Are we the people our younger selves thought we'd become? What did we completely take for granted growing up? And are there dreams we still haven't gotten around to chasing? The answers lead to some very real conversations about friendships with no b******t, relationships and ghosting, getting older, appreciating our parents, careers that didn't go according to plan, the lives we thought we'd have, traveling the world, missed opportunities, old relationships, regrets, and learning to be okay with where life actually took us. And because this is Unfiltered at Fifty, there are also naps, Teemu lights, New York smelling like “piss and peanuts,” a preschool room full of sleeping toddlers, a Costco toilet paper rescue, an old engagement, and plenty of completely unnecessary detours. Somewhere underneath all the chaos is a pretty simple realization: none of us ended up exactly where we thought we would. There are things we'd do differently, things we wish we'd appreciated more, and things we still want to do. But that doesn't mean we ended up in the wrong place. Kim reflects that although her life turned out nothing like she once pictured, she's now genuinely content with where she is. New episodes of Unfiltered at Fifty drop every Friday. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unfilteredatfifty Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfifty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios: https://www.commandcreativestudios.com/ #UnfilteredAtFifty #WomenOver50 #LifeAfter50 #FemaleFriendship #MidlifeWomen #GenXWomen

    Friendship, Regrets, Relationships & Who We Thought We’d Be
  5. Sep 11

    Back Surgery, Asking for Help & The Reality of Getting Older

    Jennifer survived back surgery, but apparently the real trauma was never getting to count backward from 10. This week, Jen gives Kim the full, completely unfiltered rundown of her surgery, from showing up at the hospital nervous as hell, waking up confused about how she completely missed the operating room, generic Jell-O, beef broth, absolutely zero modesty, and the very important hospital requirement that led to a photographic confirmation nobody asked for. But underneath all the hospital chaos is something a lot of us can probably relate to. What happens when you're the person who's always independent, always in control, and suddenly you need other people to help you? Jen and Kim talk about how uncomfortable it can be to say “I need help,” why being dependent on someone can make you feel like a burden, and how quickly a health issue can make you appreciate all the things your body normally does without you even thinking about them. And because this is Unfiltered at Fifty, the conversation somehow also includes farting hospital roommates, unfinished books, air quotes, childhood trauma, bursitis, pancreatitis, and the possible formation of a new club called The Bursitis Bitches. Getting older is weird. Recovery is humbling. Asking for help is hard. We might as well laugh about it. New episodes of Unfiltered at Fifty drop every Friday. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unfilteredatfifty Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfifty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/ Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios: https://www.commandcreativestudios.com/ #UnfilteredAtFifty #WomenOver50 #LifeAfter50 #GettingOlder #MidlifeWomen #GenXWomen

    Back Surgery, Asking for Help & The Reality of Getting Older
  6. Sep 4

    Aging Parents, Becoming the Caregiver & Showing Up When It Matters

    There comes a point in life when the roles begin to change. The parents who always took care of you start needing you to take care of them. This week, Kim opens up about an incredibly difficult two weeks with her dad after complications from surgery turned into a frightening hospital stay. What she thought would be a quick trip became days of uncertainty, difficult medical decisions, conversations about hospice, and moments when Kim truly believed she might lose her dad. She talks about what it felt like to see the man she always viewed as larger than life suddenly vulnerable, hearing him talk about his regrets, holding his hand when he said he didn't want to be in pain anymore, and realizing there were things she needed to tell him while she still had the chance. But in the middle of an incredibly painful experience, there was also something beautiful. Family dropped everything and showed up. Friends filled his hospital room. Kim watched her brother step in to care for their dad, and she saw just how many people love him. The experience also opened up a much bigger conversation about aging parents, becoming the caregiver, how easily older people can become forgotten, and why sometimes showing up is the most important thing we can do. Because our parents aren't going to be here forever. Call them. Visit them. Listen to their stories. Be patient with them. And when they need you, show up. This one gets emotional, but it's also about love, family, friendship, dignity, and being grateful for the time we still have. New episodes of Unfiltered at Fifty drop every Friday. Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unfilteredatfiftInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfilteredatfifty/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unfilteredatfift Produced by Robert Altschuler. Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios #UnfilteredAtFifty #AgingParents #Caregiving #WomenOver50 #FamilyCaregiver #LifeAfter50

    Aging Parents, Becoming the Caregiver & Showing Up When It Matters
  7. Aug 28

    Sleepaway Camp, Squishies, Back Surgery & Raising Kids Today

    Kim and Jen are back, and apparently staying on topic was never part of the plan. This week starts with Jennifer surviving Charlotte’s first seven-day sleepaway camp, including no phones, no contact, homesickness, five-minute showers, and Jennifer discovering that she officially needs a translator to understand phrases like “low-key” and “crashed out.” Then things take a turn when Jennifer reveals she’s preparing for back surgery, which leads Kim to discover something she simply cannot let go: Jennifer apparently has no idea how to ask a doctor a normal follow-up question. And somehow, all of that leads to squishies. Lots and lots of squishies. After a weekend shopping trip turns into a full-blown debate about money, parenting, childhood, and whether kids today are actually learning what it means when they can’t afford something, Kim has some thoughts. Jennifer knows she has some thoughts. And yes, David gets dragged into it too. Their conversation contrasts the way they grew up, when $10 at the mall was all you had, with what raising kids looks like today. It’s funny, completely unplanned, occasionally inappropriate, and exactly what happens when Kim and Jen sit down and start talking. New episodes of Unfiltered at Fifty drop Fridays. Make sure to like, follow, and subscribe. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unfilteredatfifty Follow us on social media: @unfilteredatfifty on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok Available wherever you get your podcasts. Produced by Robert Altschuler Recorded and mixed at Command Creative Studios www.commandcreativestudios.com #UnfilteredAtFifty #WomenOver50 #ParentingToday #MidlifeWomen #MotherhoodUnfiltered #GenXWomen

    Sleepaway Camp, Squishies, Back Surgery & Raising Kids Today

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Unfiltered at Fifty with Kimberly and Jennifer is where real life meets real talk. After decades of navigating relationships, motherhood, careers, and everything in between, Kimberly and Jennifer are done sugarcoating it. This is an honest, unfiltered look at what it actually means to grow up as women—and how your perspective shifts when you finally start owning who you are. From the lessons they wish they learned sooner to the realities no one discusses, each episode dives into conversations we’re all thinking but don’t always say out loud. Expect candid stories, hard truths, plenty of laughs, and the kind of wisdom that only comes with experience. Because turning fifty isn’t about slowing down—it’s about getting real.