Latest Lisa birnbach Podcast Episodes
Ep. 150 - Abigail Tucker - Brains, Placenta and The End of an Era
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - May 21, 2021 03:49 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAbigail Tucker in her book, Mom Genes, explains how mothers’ brains are transformed during pregnancy. And as far as transformations go, this is the final episode of Five Things that Make Life Better. All 150 episodes are available at lisabirnbach.com as well as on apple podcasts, googl...
Ep. 149 - Al Franken - The Once and Future Senator ?
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - May 14, 2021 04:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsSenator Al Franken has returned to civilian life. He is a hands-on grandpa, a podcaster, a talker, and a policy wonk. When we met for breakfast recently -- duly separated by 6 feet -- he was interrupted constantly by supportive New Yorkers urging him to run for something, anything. He ...
Ep. 148 - Kenneth Cole - A Cool New Voice for Mental Health
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - May 07, 2021 02:58 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsYou already know Kenneth Cole from his irreverent messaging, cool footwear, and from his longstanding, passionate support for HIV-Aids research. But now Kenneth is trying to help people find the courage to deal with their mental health issues, through the Mental Health Coalition, a grou...
Ep. 147 - Marla Aaron - The Bright and Shiny Jeweler Who Has Changed Lives, Starting With Her Own
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - April 30, 2021 03:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWho is the cool jeweler on the block? It is Marla, whirlwind on Instagram. In real life she gave up a substantial career in Corporate America to make jewelry inspired by hardware -- tools and gizmos. Now she gives away charms to single moms and is raising money for the hurting restauran...
Ep. 146 - Jennifer Taub - On The Chauvin Verdict
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - April 23, 2021 02:21 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWe may be two white women talking about this judicial moment, but the Minneapolis police brutality case was a crucible for everyone in this country, regardless of race. Is progress a victory? What about the hundreds of other police brutality cases from coast to coast? How will the nati...
Ep. 145 - Nancy Jo Sales - Dating Apps. For Dates or Rapes?
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - April 16, 2021 02:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsNancy Jo Sales is known for her ability to connect with “the youths” of America. Her new book, Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno, is a window into how the apps have taken over our lives both from interviews, and from being a subject of her own experimentation w...
Ep. 144 - Liz Garbus - Is Democracy Perishable ?
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - April 09, 2021 13:51 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIn her illustrious career as a filmmaker, Liz Garbus has made films that make you think, and often, make you act. Her documentaries have earned countless awards, and she has added scripted films to her portfolio. Her newest movie, All In: The Fight for Democracy is of the moment. With ...
Ep. 143 - Annabelle Gurwitch - Am I an AirBnB ? Who am I ?
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - April 02, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe cards weren't stacked for writer/actor Annabelle Gurwitch when she divorced. If she sold her house, she would never be able to buy back into the real estate market, so she had to find a new way to earn. With trepidation, she began renting out a bedroom to strangers. As a funny, thou...
Ep. 142 - Gloria Reuben - Why is 'Krista from Mr. Robot" fighting for clean water?
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - March 26, 2021 13:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsYou know her from her major roles in meaty tv series, but Gloria Reuben is one of the most prominent women of color to lead an international environmental organization, the Waterkeeper Alliance. With 350 groups under its watch, the goal of the alliance is to provide clean water to the p...
Ep. 141 - Joey and Daniella Pants - Crazy Is As Crazy Does .
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - March 19, 2021 03:48 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsGuests Joey and Daniella Pantoliano talk frankly and with humor about their own struggles with mental health. The award-winning actor (The Soprano's, Memento, The Matrix) and his daughter, a filmmaker have just launched a new podcast, “No Kidding, Me Too” to fight the stigma of talking ...
Ep. 140 - Joyce Vance - She's not just a lawyer, she also plays one on TV !
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - March 12, 2021 05:52 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsMeet Joyce White Vance, the MSNBC legal analyst, law professor, podcaster, and chicken raiser (among her many talents). You know her from tv where she uses her experience as a prosecutor to explain the consequences of the bad and very bad behavior we experienced for four years. An incre...
Ep. 139 - Mark Harris – On the Extraordinary Lives of Mike Nichols
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - March 05, 2021 06:02 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa Birnbach’s guest this week, Journalist Mark Harris, met the director Mike Nichols when he directed "Angels in America", the iconic play written by Harris' husband, Tony Kushner, for HBO. The Broadway and film director of "Barefoot in the Park," "The Graduate", "Who's Afraid of Virg...
Ep. 138 - Casey Schwartz - Attention, Focus, and Adderall
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - February 26, 2021 03:41 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa Birnbach chats with journalist Casey Schwartz, who was offered her first Adderall during her first semester in college. The concentration! The ability to focus became the best thing in her life; more appealing than hanging with her friends. Eventually Casey had to tackle what had b...
Ep 137 - Norm Eisen - Impeachment Shmimpeachment
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - February 19, 2021 15:03 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa Birnbach invites Norm Eisen to remind us why the nation may still survive despite the acquittal of Donald Trump after his second impeachment. Norm's background, intelligence, and optimism make him the perfect guest for this week. Also, did you know that Norm was a first-generatio...
Ep. 136 - Chris Frantz - Psycho Killer "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - February 12, 2021 11:47 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsChris Frantz has it all — a great story, a wife he adores, and membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Drummer and co-founder of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Frantz joins Lisa to discuss his new memoir. Travels with the Ramones, working and falling out with David Byrne, love, m...
Ep. 135 - Mary Trump - Uncle Donald Trump: Not human like the rest of us.
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - February 05, 2021 04:47 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAfter watching Mary Trump speak out for months on tv, it was terrific to have a longer conversation with the author, a psychologist by training and the niece of the former president. Which is her favorite of his three wives (so far), why was the Trump homestead so toxic, and after all i...
Ep. 134 - Frank Figliuzzi - The Secret Code of the FBI
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - January 29, 2021 13:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIf you think the oath of office of the president is sacred, wait until you hear the true meaning of "conservancy of the Union" as explained by Lisa's guest this week - former FBI special agent - and now MSNBC contributor, Frank Figliuzzi. If the FBI has been compromised, what happens to...
Ep. 133 - Lisa Birnbach - It's a very good day!
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - January 22, 2021 11:24 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis podcast was created as a hedge against the bad news and vitriol from every Twitter-filled day of our former (yes I can say it!) FORMER president - so this is a very good day. There will be no guest today, just my meditation about the inauguration of president Joe Biden and vice pre...
Ep. 132 - Paul Ollinger - From Start-up to Stand-up
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - January 15, 2021 13:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsComedian, Paul Ollinger takes Lisa Birnbach on a journey from Business School to Silicon Vally to Stand Up Comedy. What makes Mark Zuckerburg laugh you ask? Find out on this weeks podcast. Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Impeachment 2.0., 2. My 90 year old progenitor got her first shot this pas...
Ep. 131 - Noel Casler - Sex, Diapers and Donald Trump
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - January 08, 2021 14:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIn one of the most compelling and revealing interviews of this series, Lisa Birnbach hears from former "Celebrity Apprentice" staffer Noel Casler - NDA be damned - about the details inside Trump's inflated celebrity world. Noel confirms stories about sex, drugs, diapers, and Trump's bot...
Ep. 130 - Patricia Morrisroe - Beethoven and His Muse
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - January 01, 2021 01:26 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa Birnbach unravels the secrets of Beethoven's love life with Patricia Morrisroe, author of The Woman in the Moonlight. Join us for this New Year's episode. Something to think about besides you know who. Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Great customer service, 2. Satsuma oranges, 3. My new chair...
Ep. 129 - Joyce Carol Oates - 58 Novels... and Counting
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - December 25, 2020 02:44 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsMerry Christmas 2020. In November, Lisa Birnbach was invited to interview the incomparable author Joyce Carol Oates for the Covid challenged 2020 Miami Book Fair. This was their conversation. Unfortunately, this was not originally scheduled to air on 5 Things with Lisa - so even though...
Ep. 128 - Sharon Coplan Hurowitz & Amanda Benchley - Art for the Pandemic
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - December 18, 2020 05:50 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsJust in time for the holidays! Join Lisa Birnbach as she discusses Open Studio: Do-it-yourself art projects by Contemporary Artists. The new book and home art project book by Sharon Coplan Hurowitz & Amanda Benchley. Sharon and Amanda's 5 Things: 1. The Met (Metropolitan Art Museum),...
Ep. 127 - Dr. Bandy Lee - A Mental Health Warning about Trump
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - December 11, 2020 05:12 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis week, Lisa Birnbach talks with psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee. She's the editor of the New York Times bestseller, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, and she has a warning about the mental health of Donald Trump. With all her worries about the country, she also has the optimism t...
Ep. 126 - Lawrence O'Donnell - Trumpism will die
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - December 04, 2020 13:46 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsYou heard it here folks. Our guest, Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC's "The Last Word" promises our host, Lisa Birnbach, that Trumpism will surely die. Listen to find out why! They also talk about the Five Things that made their lives better this week. Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things: 1. The Uni...
Ep. 125 - Lisa Birnbach - The Thanksgiving Special
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - November 27, 2020 13:57 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsHappy Thanksgiving 2020. While there are so many crazy things going on in November 2020, there are still MANY things to be thankful for. There will be no guest this week, just you and me, the thing I'm most grateful for at this moment - my listeners. Of course I still have the 5 things ...
Ep. 124 - Chris Whipple - Gatekeepers and Spymasters
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - November 20, 2020 11:25 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsChris Whipple, documentarian and author of Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency and The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future, joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about transitions - more specifically, White House presidential transit...
EP. 123 - Dahlia Lithwick - Defining Justice In the Current Dystopia
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - November 13, 2020 14:16 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa Birnbach is joined by legal journalist, Sr. Editor at Slate, and podcaster Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the squirrelly goings-on at the DOJ and the White House. (Hint, they are supposed to be separate). Also an insider's look at SCOTUS - - Clarence Thomas as you never imagined him! ...
Ep. 122 - Barry Levine - The inside story of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - November 06, 2020 16:35 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsLisa and investigative reporter Barry Levine get down to the nitty gritty in their conversation about Barry's new book The Spider: Inside The Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. There are new facts, details and explosive correlations between Epstein, Maxwell, and many...
Ep. 121 - Alexandra Pelosi - Taking a hard look at 2020 America
5 Things with Lisa Birnbach - October 30, 2020 13:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsA woman and her camera. Lisa talks with documentary filmmaker, Alexandra Pelosi, about her new film American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself. A look at America at a granular level in the midst of a presidential election and Covid-19. Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Voting, 2. Mom’s publ...
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