How to Fix Everything with Julie Kashen
Elder care and childcare costs are rising fast, while wages and support for caregivers lag behind. Longtime care policy advocate Julie Kashen breaks down how we got here, what it would look like if we...
21 Apr 29min
Starting a Business in the Care Space with Kim Elliott
Kim Elliott’s caregiving story includes a leukemia diagnosis, a stem cell transplant, and some truly deranged insurance battles. She talks with Vanessa about surviving all of it — and building Gray Mo...
14 Apr 32min
Putting Your Parents on Videotape with Michelle Boyaner
Michelle Boyaner reflects on lives and relationships while sharing insights from her acclaimed film It’s Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents, which explores the joys and s...
6 Apr 40min
Selena Gomez’s Mommy Issues
In this episode of Infamous, Vanessa and her co-host Natalie Robehmed learn about a wild family drama from The Cut writer Angelina Chapin. It’s about Selena Gomez and her mother Mandy Teefey’s mental-...
31 Mars 40min
Perimenopause and Brain Fog with Anna Holmes
Anna Holmes joins Vanessa to talk about the unnerving overlap between having a parent with dementia and experiencing perimenopause brain fog, and the terrifying question that raises: is this just agin...
24 Mars 27min
A Presidential Legacy of Care with Josh Carter
Josh Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter, grew up in a family where caregiving wasn’t just a value — it was a way of life. He talks with Vanessa about caring for a grandmother with memory loss,...
17 Mars 25min
Curing Grief with Cody Delistraty
Writer Cody Delistraty joins Vanessa to talk about his book The Grief Cure, a quest narrative through loss, myth, medicine, and modern grief culture. From the controversial diagnosis of Prolonged Grie...
10 Mars 35min
How You (Yes, You) Can Live a Long, Healthy Life with Dr. Majid Fotuhi
What if cognitive decline isn’t inevitable? Dr. Majid Fotuhi, author of The Invincible Brain, explains why the brain is more changeable than we think, and how daily habits can affect blood flow, infla...
2 Mars 33min
