Twenty Good Summers
A podcast about life's third act, hosted by Paulina Porizkova and Jeff Greenstein. The show explores the challenges and opportunities of aging, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode features candid conversations and insights on navigating the later stages of life with grace and humor.
Episodes
Episode 27 • Guilty Pleasure
We’re constantly talking about all the fun we’re having in this beautiful third act of life, but are we… allowed to have this much fun? Guiltlessly? When the world is on fire? When friends are in trouble? What amount of guilt is the right amount, zero or zillions? Tune in for the definitive answer, live from Japan, while we’re wearing yukatas!
Episode 26 • I Begged You to Get Some Therapy
From sessions with a child psychologist at nine to couples counseling at forty, we’ve had plenty of experience with “the talking cure,” and in this episode, we talk all about it. Join our elite cocktail party of devoted listeners for fifty minutes at no charge!
Episode 25 • Honey, I’m Home
It’s been three months since our wedding, but we don’t feel truly married — probably because we’ve yet to build a home together. In this episode, recorded during an LA heatwave, we share feelings about home and safety and control. Tune in for shiny foreheads and flying insects and revelations aplenty!
Episode 24 • Here Comes the Bridal Episode
Okay, gang, you asked for it: a lengthy recap of our wedding. It’s a bonus episode, so don’t expect any of our usual penetrating insights. Just a rundown of our Italian nuptials, from the dress to the wrecking of our hotel room. Hope you enjoy our joy!
Episode 23 • More Songs About Dating and Hair
We return to the mics and return to our mailbag, answering your questions about dating after widowhood, dating using dating apps, dating to figure out who you are and what you want, and embracing grey hair and baldness. It’s a wide-ranging, hair-raising conversation, so join the fun!
Episode 22 • Husband and Wife
We got married, y’all! Which is weird, because it means we have some new nouns in our lives — both unfamiliar ones, like “stepdad,” and repurposed ones such as “husband” and “wife.” What does that feel like? Tune in as we sort it all out!
Episode 21 • How to Get Married
Following on “Why Get Married,” we take on the topic of “how.” Specifically, what the ceremony means to each of us, and what ours in two weeks is going to be like. Along the way we discuss P’s wedding dress, our hack through the thicket of Italian marriage bureaucracy, and Jeff’s skin-care regimen. Join us in holy matrimony!
Episode 20 • Why Get Married?
“Cher, do you believe in the institution of marriage?”“Yeah, but who wants to live in an institution?”In three weeks we’re getting married, even though when we met we’d sworn off marriage entirely, Find out why in our very special twentieth episode.
Episode 19 • Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?
Prompted by an email from a peevish listener, we talk about the complexities of sharing one’s personal history in a public setting — and hope we’re discussing an issue extensible to those with neither Instagrams nor podcasts. Tune in for all the meae culpae!
Episode 18 • On the Move
Friends, we’re getting kicked out of our apartment four days before our wedding — thanks, Unsympathetic Landlord! — which, along with some relevant emails from our faithful fanbase, spurred us to do an episode about moving: when to move in together, how to harmonize lives and tastes, and all the emotions such transitions unleash. Pack a box and join the fun!
Episode 17 • Dear P and J
Another dive into our bulging mailbag, featuring provocative (= sex) questions (about sex) from a slew of far-flung correspondents (who want to talk sex). And we are only too happy to oblige. Join us and our elite cocktail party of devoted listeners for all the badinage (not a sex word)!
Episode 16 • Comin’ and Goin’, part two: Goin’
Our fearless inquiry into sex and travel uncovers unexpected links between the two! If you’re Good Giving & Game in bed, you’re probably equally so when you’ve missed your flight and have to reroute through Dubuque. Join us — we shot this by a lake in Europe, so even the pictures are pretty!
Episode 15 • Comin’ and Goin’, part one: Comin’
We’ve often referenced Chris Rock's Two Rules for Being in a Relationship: “You should be having sex and traveling. Comin’ and goin’.” Well, in this long-requested episode we talk about the former, about sex after fifty. And where better to discuss Pari-menopause than Paris? Tune in!
Episode 14 • Talking About Money Is Incredibly Uncomfortable
…But we do it anyway, in an episode about the rise and fall of male and female power with age, and differences in means, and prenups, and who picks up the check, and how you have to talk honestly with your partner about this stuff even if it’s icky. Join us and let us know how we did!
Episode 13 • Gilding the Lily Allen
We went to see Lily Allen perform West End Girl in its entirety at Radio City Music Hall, and boy, did it prompt some thoughts about anger and forgiveness! Is bitterness, as the old saying goes, “like drinking poison and expecting the other guy to die”? Tune in for some ruminating, ruminating!
Episode 12 • Doing It for the Kids
One of the challenges of forging a relationship later in life? Kids! In this episode, we talk about parenting and step-parenting and also P’s birthday festival this past weekend. Tune in for all the merriment… and complexity!
Episode 11 • 20GS DGAF
Are you loved for who you are, or do folks selectively pick and choose the parts of you they enjoy the most, regarding the rest as at best a quirk, at middling an inconvenience, and at worst a dealbreaker? Perhaps you should adopt the patented 20GS approach and stop G'ing an F! Join us to discuss.
Episode 10 • Game
Road trip! This episode was recorded in our car on I-80 East between Kearney and Lincoln, Nebraska, after an impulsive trip to see the sandhill cranes and prairie chickens along the Platte River. WHAT?? Yes — this one’s about being game, doing things you never thought you’d do, because you don’t have unlimited time and you wanna get it all in. Also discussed: football, mushrooms and Chris Rock. Ta
Episode 9 • Guts and Glory
Bodies bodies bodies! They're getting older, and we're going to talk about 'em. About cosmetic enhancements and laser hair removal and varicose veins and shooting botulism into your face. It's a rollicking, freewheeling conversation in which we probably overshare, so tune in!
Episode 8 • I Love You
Spurred by an email from one of our listeners, we talk about “I love you” — when do you say it, why do you say it, when shouldn’t you say it, and what does it mean?
Episode 7 • Baggage Claim
Yes, folks, it’s part three of our continuing series of episodes about dating. In this one we talk about baggage, all the junk-in-the-trunk you bring to relationships forged later in life. Prior loves, complicated families, changing careers, turbulent finances — we tackle ’em all and try not to Cattrall, so tune in!
Episode 6 • Knitting Sweaters Out of Sand
In this episode, filmed in the backyard in our bathrobes, we talk about male vulnerability. Do you want Chalamet or McConnaughey? YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH!Lots of other stuff is covered as well because we could not stay on topic. The morning was just too nice.
Episode 5 • We’ve Got Mail
A bonus episode where we read and react to some of your emails about dating. Have a great weekend!
Episode 4 • Is That a Red Rose or a Red Flag? (dating, part two)
By popular demand, more talk about dating! In this one, we walk you from app to appetizers: Like, what if you treat a first date as a job interview — does that make it less scary? Also discussed: our first conversation, the last shot of The Graduate, and P’s foolproof test to help you discover why you make the relationship choices you do.
Episode 3 • Modern Lovers (dating, part one)
Everyone wants to talk about dating! And not just how we met (on an app), but also what it’s like to put yourself out there in middle age. Should you lie about how old you are? Brandish a large fish in your profile picture? Tune in for all the answers!Here’s Jeff’s monologue, “Observational Proficiency,” in which he talks about his disastrous Raya profile and why P clicked on it anyway.
Episode 2 • The Argument Clinic
Have we had our first argument? Are you kidding?? We’ve had many!In this episode, we talk about that first argument — which occurred mere days after our first date — and what we learned from it. About arguing, and about relationships.Cited herein: Us, by Terrence Real.
Episode 1 • We Go For It
Welcome to Twenty Good Summers.Who are these people?What does that title mean?What were Paulina’s priorities in seeking a partner?And what does Kim Cattrall have to do with all of this?Tune in to our premiere episode for all the answers.
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