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PODCAST PICKS! POWER WOMEN EDITION
Calling all podcast enthusiasts! If you’re a fan, you know how informative and entertaining they can be while covering your favorite areas of interest. If you aren’t hooked yet, we’ve got you covered with some of the most popular on-demand pods of the moment. Listen up for our roundup of current female-hosted favorites to take you from the city to the Hamptons—or simply to the beach! BY AMY KAMIN
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HEATHER DUBROW’S WORLD This podcast is quite simply so much fun. You’ll find The Real Housewives of Orange County star in conversation with her friends and famous cosmetic surgeon and TV personality husband Dr. Terry Dubrow, and you’ll even learn about her contemporary family, their daily challenges, and Dubrow’s recent return to the Bravo family.
ANYTHING GOES Emma Chamberlain is a YouTube content creator who speaks right from her bed, and usually in the third person. There’s no topic she doesn’t
cover; she simply shares what’s on her mind. Chamberlain talks about her pet peeves, stepping out of her comfort zone, and more. Each episode is full of surprises and a lot of self-focus, analyzing her behavior and sharing the moral compass that she follows. For example, Chamberlain states that tattoos aren’t for her, then changes her own rules and gets 10 of them! Talking about herself in the third person give this podcast an interesting perspective.
JUST B WITH BETHENNY FRANKEL Entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel is smart, savvy, and asks all the questions you want answered. Whether ranting on her daily life, sharing details of her enviable relationship with her Prince Charming, or interviewing well-known personalities like Deepak Chopra, Shaggy, or Huma Abedin, Frankel is always highenergy, and it’s fun to listen to her brutally honest and direct style that we so admire.
IT’S ME, TINX Christina Najjar became famous on TikTok for talking about rich-mom culture and gained a massive audience of 1.5 million followers. She’s known for speaking into a mini mic, so you feel like you’re one of her besties. Following her meteoric rise, she now has a signature vegan ice-cream sundae she created for Craig’s in Los Angeles. Her content is about what’s relevant, sometimes as simple as her healthy food choices, the infestation of termites in her new apartment, or her obsessive love for her cat, Ceviche. Her listeners are along for the ride with her, following her recent successes, including attending award ceremonies and appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show. The actress was even one of the first callers on Najjar’s Sirius radio show. WE MET AT ACME Our favorite dating expert Lindsey Metselaar has no boundaries—in a good way—
because she provides us with answers to all our relationship and embarrassing dating questions. Famous for her polls, which are addictive, her podcast is an extension and goes into more detail. Metselaar tackles the most challenging interpersonal issues with professionalism in a frank and real way that makes sense. Episodes like “The Rules” cover everything you want answers to, and more. Her relationship creditability has reached next level with her own successful navigation of the dating world, resulting in her recent marriage.
TELL ME Ellen Pompeo’s long run on Grey’s Anatomy made her a household name, and now we get to learn another side of her—what and who inspires her and what’s important to her. The actress is also known as an outspoken activist for important social issues and interviews guests like Martha Stewart, Melinda French Gates, and former Grey’s co-star Eric Dane. Pompeo is a stellar interviewer and conversationalist who shares details of her life during her entertaining chats. T Spotlight \ Memorial Day 2022 \ 17
