Mic'd and Medicated: Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert

Send us Fan MailThis week we're joined by Amanda Kingloff — craft stylist, former Lifestyle Director at Parents magazine, founder of ProjectKid, and author of the new book The Art of Jewish Joy: Crafts and Activities for Celebration and Connection (Chronicle Books), co-written with Suzy Ultman.We talk about why grown-ups forget how to play, what it means to "unlearn" the conventional use of a bottle cap, and how Amanda went from a pre-med, photography-major mindset to building a career out of arts and crafts. Then we get into the real heart of it: how October 7th sent Amanda back into her own Jewish identity, why she and her husband quietly walked away from synagogue-based Judaism as adults, and how she and Suzy built a book that renames every holiday chapter after the value inside it — the Art of Self-Reflection (Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur), the Art of Shining Bright (Hanukkah), the Art of Honoring Freedom (Passover), the Art of Grit and Grace (Purim).Also covered: the Sukkot tradition of leaving the corners of a field unharvested for the poor, why you cover the challah before kiddush, Amanda's daughter's snow-globe Halloween costume, and Eva's new favorite phrase, "achievement cheap."0:00 Welcome0:13 Meet Amanda Kingloff — craft stylist & author2:31 Why Grown-Ups Forget How to Play6:23 Halloween Costumes & the DIY Shelf Wall8:08 October 7th and Finding Her Way Back to Judaism10:47 The Yom Kippur Ritual in the Park15:22 The Book Reveal: The Art of Jewish Joy19:33 Why We Cover the Challah20:17 Sukkot: The Unharvested Corners21:28 Back to Crafting: Mind Maps & Painted Shabbat Rocks24:08 "Achievement Sheep"28:05 The Camp Award Story28:56 Renaming the Holidays: Self-Reflection, Shining Bright & Grit and Grace32:18 Wrap-Up & Where to Find the BookThe Art of Jewish Joy is out now from Chronicle Books. https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/art-of-jewish-joy?srsltid=AfmBOoqvL5Dqy0WX9DUxcXkpL_ZasyahTTje2GehaYjSAD4PnPRRRN79Find Amanda at @amandakingloff and Suzy at @suzyultman. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThis week, Eva and Caroline debut a brand new format — split screen, Eva in New York, Caroline two weeks into her move to Miami — and cover a lot of ground. They talk about Hayden Panettiere's sudden death, which sent Eva down a Nashville rewatch and into a bigger conversation about what fame does to child stars. Caroline breaks down her new commute, her "sixth borough" theory of South Florida, and an airport observation that turns into a real debate about immigration and the economy. They also get into current events, whether Jeremy is allowed to own more than one backpack, and what it actually means to be a "true New Yorker" once you've left.Episode Chapters0:00 Welcome: New Split-Screen Format (Miami + NYC)3:40 "Don't Elsa Your Hair": Grays & Bunny's Overdue Grooming5:32 Is Miami Really the South? The "Sixth Borough" Theory7:34 JFK, Wheelchairs & the Immigration Economy9:25 Solo in Miami: Driving, No Help, Learning the Flow12:19 New Mantras: "I'm in a Miami State of Mind"17:58 Books, the Gnome & What Makes a "True New Yorker"22:36 NYC Politics, Mamdani & Current Events25:08 Is Jeremy Happy in Florida? (And His Backpack Problem)29:55 Why We Moved: Building Resilience in the Kids30:48 Hayden Panettiere, Nashville & Bingeing Soap Operas35:37 Child Stars and Family Pressure37:26 Love and Hugs and Sign OffShow NotesJay Shetty Podcast with HAYDEN PANETTIERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs6x8VUGXCwNashville TV Series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2281375/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailAward-winning Napa Valley winemaker Ashley Hepworth joins Mic'd and Medicated to talk wine tasting tips, how to order wine at a restaurant, and 23 years working at Joseph Phelps Winery. Ashley — who also happens to be Caroline's sister-in-law — walks us through her path from Charlie Trotter's kitchen in Chicago to launching her own wine labels, A Bloom rosé and AH Wine (Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon). Plus: growing up outdoorsy in Denver, marrying into a Jewish family as a self-described "1% Jewish shiksa," and surviving chaotic in-law family dinners. A conversation about wine, identity, and family — unfiltered, unafraid, unexpert.Ashley's wines: Abloomwine.comAaitchwine.com  We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailEvery family is dysfunctional — the only question is whether you know it. This week, Eva and Caroline dig into family dynamics: the TV families they wished were theirs growing up, the ones that actually were, and the strangers-turned-in-laws they each married into.They cover imprinting (why your childhood home leaves fingerprints on every relationship after it), the New York Times "Surrendered Wife" article that nearly ended their friendship, a highlight reel of meeting each other's in-laws for the first time, and a round of questions they asked each other that neither could dodge.0:00 Intro: Is Your Family a Sitcom? (Birdcage Edition)2:00 Word of the Week: Imprinting12:00 Every Family Is Dysfunctional22:00 The Surrendered Wife30:00 Meeting the In-Laws38:00 Quickfire Q&A57:00 Book of the Week & Mic DropHave a question or a family dynamic that needs airing out? Reach out — we read everything. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailBestselling author, activist, and mom of three Samantha Ettus joins us to talk about parenting teenagers, losing her home in the Palisades fire, and the moment on October 8th that turned a women's-empowerment influencer into one of the most outspoken Jewish voices online. We get into raising kids who are proud Zionists, why she says "vote the candidate, not the party," her take on where DEI left Jews out of the conversation, and what she wishes every parent understood about the phone-addicted teenage years. Unfiltered, unafraid, unexpert — as always.0:00 – Welcome Samantha Ettus 1:30 – Parenting teens: "little kids, little problems, big kids, big problems" 9:35 – The two kinds of working parents 14:11 – October 7th: the day everything changed 23:00 – DEI, Islamophobia, and the Jewish blind spot 34:12 – The Jewish population myth 40:56 – "I'm not a party girl": vote the candidate, not the party 52:35 – Losing her home in the Palisades fire — and showing up anyway 57:19 – The Roger Waters confrontation 1:01:54 – Setting the record straight on Mamdani and Jewish voters 1:06:14 – Book recommendations & closing thoughtsSHOWNOTES:https://www.samanthaettus.com/https://www.instagram.com/samanthaettushttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001ITVGBO?ccs_id=f7ee9985-6d96-462d-aad9-1735e6231ec4https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaettus/RECOMMENDED BOOKS:God Was Right: How Modern Social Science Proves the Torah Is True — Mark GersonAs a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us — Sarah HurwitzPeople Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present — Dara HornIsrael: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth — Noa TishbyBibi: My Story — Benjamin NetanyahuThe Netanyahus — Joshua CohenThe Goddess of Warsaw — Lisa Barr We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline has three organizers going through boxes from her old apartment — her kids' first shoes, their hair, their artwork, her dead dog's ashes. Eva has a closet she and her husband couldn't open, a two-week Splenda sobriety streak, and a drawer of hotel shower caps she's never used. This week we accidentally diagnose ourselves on mic — turns out one of us is a "scarcity hoarder" and the other is a "sentimental hoarder," and neither is as unrelated to childhood as we'd like. Plus: the etymology of "cold turkey," a poop-on-a-stranger's-driveway story of the week, and why Eva's frontal lobe meme might end her marriage.Word of the week: Entropy. Book of the week: In Love by Amy Bloom.Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: Caroline's three organizers and the box excavation2:30 – Splenda hoarding and the "cold turkey" tangent5:04 – The grocery bag closet nobody could open9:33 – The old Jewish grandma joke (and the sting behind it)10:20 – Hotel toiletry theft + the scarcity hoarding diagnosis12:38 – Chinese takeout containers, toilet paper, King David soap14:44 – Ketchup, soy sauce, straws: the full inventory19:22 – Free food, client meetings, and fight-or-flight logic21:41 – Story of the week: the driveway poop incident23:59 – Caroline admits she's a hoarder too: meet the lineage keeper28:36 – Jeremy's normal, and the mystery art in Dad's office30:54 – Fridge magnets, dog headstones, and Hugo's ashes35:51 – Meme of the week: the frontal lobe bit40:35 – Being the family archivist42:54 – The moral: normal's overrated45:12 – Word of the week + book of the week We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline and Eva are both back from visiting-day weekend in Portland, Maine, where they mic'd up their husbands at dinner, compared hotels, and picked their kids up from sleepaway camp.  From there it turns into the real debate: has camp gone soft? They dig into how kid communication has changed (texted photos vs. one letter a summer), the "modern camps" trend of sensory rooms and neurodiversity programming (Caroline swears it's real, Eva's not convinced), a contraband cup-of-noodle-soup story that comes back to haunt them, and whether "resilience" was ever actually the point. Plus: book of the week — Funny Story by Emily Henry, a light beach read with more heart than expected — a Demon Copperhead check-in, a Claude cameo settling a bar bet about what "tits up" actually means, and a dad joke that needed its own disclaimer.#campmom #sleepawaycamp #podcast #momsofinstagramChapters:0:00 – Cold open: testing mics, first-ever virtual episode0:53 – Back from Portland, Maine2:43 – Take two: officially recording2:57 – Portland, Maine vs. Portland, Oregon3:37 – A retold comedy bit that goes somewhere wild5:49 – They actually drove, not flew7:23 – Hotel comparison: Caroline's "5-star" vs. Eva's Marriott9:21 – The hard-boiled-egg tangent10:24 – Mic'ing up the husbands at dinner11:00 – The peacock vs. caged chameleon bit12:41 – How pickup actually went13:25 – Eva's daughter's first camp pickup meltdown, revisited14:55 – "Divorce dad Sunday" and the two-day visiting policy16:05 – Activities they're both opting out of17:53 – Tangent: what does "tits up" actually mean?19:43 – Was this pickup as emotional? Session-length debate21:11 – Why send your kid to camp if you already have the Hamptons?21:32 – Has camp shifted from "just fun" to skill-building?22:20 – How technology changed how much parents hear from camp23:36 – Snack nostalgia and the contraband cup-of-noodle story25:04 – The burn story (aka karma's a bitch)27:43 – The dad who napped through all of visiting day28:51 – The "modern camps" debate32:17 – Book of the week: Funny Story by Emily Henry36:16 – Closing joke + sign-offWe're two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn't find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you're in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2026 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline is halfway between two states with 32 unopened boxes and no idea what's in most of them. Eva hasn't moved an inch — and that's exactly the problem.It started with a plane movie: Eternity, starring Elizabeth Olsen, about a waystation between life and the afterlife called Junction, where you get exactly one shot to pick where you'll spend forever. Caroline couldn't stop thinking about it, and it becomes the lens for the whole episode — because it turns out they're both stuck in their own version of Junction. Caroline's is physical: mid-move to Miami, emotionally committed but living out of boxes, watching her old couch get sent to storage while her daughter has a full meltdown about it. Eva's is quieter and, she admits, harder to explain — a stable life, a happy family, nothing forcing her hand, and still this nagging sense that she stepped off the achievement treadmill and doesn't know which direction to walk in.They get into the psychology of it (there's an actual term for this — the "neutral zone," the disorienting space between an ending and a new beginning), why people get weirdly drawn to you the moment you announce a big change, the guilt of moving kids away from a hometown, and why regret is a waste of time even when you can't stop doing it anyway. Plus: the book of the week (Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver), a Chucky-adjacent couch standoff with a 13-year-old, and this week's meme.#junction #midlife #podcast #momsofinstagramChapters: 0:00 – Cold open: "big episode" bit + the perfectionist confession1:40 – The "save the marriage" trip that became a family trip2:15 – The plane movie: Eternity, and what "Junction" actually means5:30 – Eva's physical junction: the move to Miami, 32 boxes, nothing settled8:55 – Why people get so interested in you the moment you're mid-change9:45 – The movie's real twist: two husbands, one impossible choice11:15 – "You can do it too" — manifesting the move and the election-exodus talk13:22 – New York permanence vs. the "everyone eventually leaves" places15:43 – Moving kids: age, timing, and why there's no clean answer18:00 – Cop-out or reality? Debating how hard a big move actually is20:21 – The midlife version of junction: gratitude vs. "what's still left"22:33 – The snail-without-a-shell metaphor24:57 – Off the treadmill: achievement mode vs. actually deciding for yourself27:20 – What New York gives you (and what it's stopped giving you)29:30 – Try it before you buy it: renting a life before committing to it32:17 – Book of the week: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver34:32 – Live interruption: the Great Couch Rebellion begins37:53 – What the couch meltdown is actually teaching their daughter40:14 – Kids have a delayed reaction to change — here's what to watch for42:24 – Meme of the week + sign-off We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline asks Claude (yes, the AI) to settle a mid-marriage word fight — and it doesn't go how you'd think. Eva and Caroline record their first-ever remote episode and immediately start bickering about lighting. From there: the great camp-letter drought, a 5-minute phone call that ends in "Mom, the counselor's looking at me," Eva's golf debut and her sudden mastery of terms like "compression," and a full spiral of envy over the carefree, helmet-free energy of Nantucket. A messy, funny check-in on camp season and everything it stirs up.#campmom #podcast #momsofinstagramChapters:0:00 – Welcome + first remote recording nerves0:48 – Camp episode recap & the great photo shortage2:14 – Getting camera-ready (dodging photos, "profesh" setups)3:38 – The Sandy airport story5:53 – Landing in Maine vs. JFK8:07 – Camp letters: "a little fun" vs. "a good time"10:02 – Mail then vs. now (the empty envelope)11:27 – The 5-minute phone call: "Mom, wrap it up"14:06 – Killing plants (RIP to Helen's garden)16:20 – Dog food instructions and other adult failures18:54 – "Two things can be true": missing home and enjoying camp21:04 – Tech glitch + the Claude cameo22:55 – Asking Claude to fact-check a word choice mid-fight25:03 – The Nantucket envy monologue28:43 – Letting kids do hard things (and not offering an out)32:37 – Sign-off We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailZibby Owens — author, podcaster, and founder of a media and publishing company — joins Eva and Caroline to talk divorce, reinventing your identity after years as a stay-at-home mom, and starting over at 40 through dating and remarriage. The conversation kicks off, though, with a parenting disaster: a school "puberty prep" video with hyperlinked FAQs that gave her fourth grader a full definition list he was never supposed to see. From there it goes everywhere — the slow accumulation of small decisions that ends a marriage, what it takes to rebuild a life afterward, and why Zibby's open about using weight-loss medication to quiet the "food noise" she'd carried since childhood. She also gives the first-ever preview of her upcoming memoir, Between Chapters, out September 27th.Word of the week: reinvention. Book of the week: Between Chapters by Zibby Owens.00:00 The school video that went horribly wrong —:— Divorce and the small decisions that add up —:— Rebuilding an identity after "just" a stay-at-home mom —:— Dating and remarrying at 40 —:— Weight-loss medication and quieting food noise —:— Between Chapters — first previewShownotes:Website: zibbyowens.com (home of her Substack "Zibby's Highlights," covering books, life, and stories) Podcast: Totally Booked with Zibby (formerly Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books) includes daily interviews centered around books, authors, and story creators in 30 minutes or less Book pre-order: Between Chapters, out September 27th — you can pre-order here -- https://zibbymedia.com/products/between-chaptersInstagram: @zibbyowens Bookstore: Zibby's Bookshop — located at 1113 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, with an online shop as well Zibby Substack: @zibbyowens On Being Jewish Now: https://onbeingjewishnow.substack.com/  We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailIt's supposed to be refreshing. Instead, we're hitting refresh. Eva and Caroline are recording from the summer studio for the first time this season, and all anyone can talk about is camp — specifically the very particular madness of being a parent who just sent a child to sleepaway camp for the first time. Caroline is forty-eight hours in and kidsick. Eva has already mistaken another child for her daughter on the Campanion app. And somehow none of this is surprising.They get into how camps have had to send formal written warnings to parents — please do not diagnose medical conditions from photos, please do not bribe your child to pose for the photographer, do not expect photos for the first three days — because the average camp parent has become so unhinged that the director's job is now half therapy, half crisis management, half explaining to grown adults that their kid standing alone in a photo does not mean they have no friends. They talk about the overpacking arms race, the medication spreadsheets, the Zoom therapists, the tutors, the two full-time photographers, and the charter planes — and whether any of it is actually for the kid or just anxiety management with a shopping component.But underneath all the chaos is something real: we were raised in a world of benign neglect, and we survived. We had first kisses at camp, we changed our names for the summer, we had brothers who didn't shower for six days and developed a rash you'd only see in a third-world country, and nobody called anybody's parents. And we turned out (mostly) fine. The question is whether we're raising a generation that will.Eva changed her name to Stephanie for an entire summer and was Lower Camper Captain. Caroline's mother wrote a letter promising caviar to celebrate her grandson’s return. And somewhere in Maine, a boy in a linen suit is having the time of his life while his mother scans 500 photos looking for his face.Book of the week: The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer — six kids at an arts camp in 1974 who decide they're destined for greatness, and the decades that follow. Everything you love and grieve about the friendships you make at camp. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThe episode that started with a drug addict emptying his pockets into a tip jar at seven in the morning and ended with an explosive diarrhea metaphor — and everything in between was somehow coherent. Eva and Caroline walk through every generation from the Greatest to Gen Alpha, and what strikes them most isn't just how each generation disappointed the one before it, but how the pendulum keeps swinging. The Greatest Generation stormed Normandy. Gen Z stormed college campuses in kaffiyehs. Caroline has been to Normandy, and it's humbling.Also, why Gen X latchkey kids grew up to raise the most anxious generation in history, how the millennial burnout became a cautionary tale Caroline watched in real time, what happens when a moral vacuum gets filled with woke ideology instead of religion, and why the only plastic surgery philosophy that matters is the Barbra Streisand exception. They also ask Claude to define what a woman is. It goes about as well as you'd expect. The Tyler Fish bisexual bit. The Barbie-Ken gender crisis. The "never has a generation documented so much and achieved so little" meme. And a book recommendation from Deborah Spar that every woman in her twenties should read.Disclaimer: these are two unexpert observationists who are not anthropologists, not historians, and definitely not your doctor. They are, however, right about most of this. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThe movers came for the art first. Caroline's apartment walls are bare, the iconic portrait is boxed up and Miami-bound, and the move that's been theoretical for months just got very, very real.Eva walks in and both of them feel it — this is the end of something. What follows is one of their most honest conversations yet: about June as the cruelest month, about grieving things that aren't technically gone, about whether you can ever actually be present for the moments that matter most. Eva's middle son just graduated. Caroline is packing up a New York life. They're both in it.This episode goes deep on the pace of modern life, the one-third of Americans on SSRIs statistic, why Shabbat might be onto something, what New York City does and doesn't give you anymore, and Ferris Bueller's surprisingly correct take on time. Plus Mitch Hedberg, the rubber band marriage theory, and a kindergarten report card that explains everything about Caroline.Funny, sad, and very M&M. Don't miss this one. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWhat does getting dressed actually say about you? This week Eva and Caroline sit down with Jessie Freschl — entrepreneur, personal stylist, and founder of three businesses — for a conversation about fashion that keeps going somewhere deeper than anyone expected.Jessie built her career working with women at every stage of life: new mothers whose bodies had shifted, professionals stepping into bigger roles, women who simply needed someone to be present with them in the most private room in their home. Her nonprofit Repurpose takes luxury excess and redirects it to students entering fashion and creative industries. Her newest company, Turnstile, is a tech platform helping women unlock the potential of the closets they already have.And then there's the E. Jean Carroll story — given 48 hours notice, asked to dress Carroll for her trial against President Trump, and pulling from her own nonprofit's resale inventory because no designer labels were allowed in that courtroom.The conversation covers the psychology of styling, mirror meditation, how bodies change from your twenties to your fifties and what clothes can do about it, conscious consumption versus fast fashion, and what it really means to let someone into your closet — which is almost always also letting them into your life.Also covered: Golda Meir's Milwaukee roots, the movie Chef, sweatpants as surrender, and what Eva ate before recording that everyone immediately noticed.Unfiltered. Unafraid. Unexpert. New episodes every Thursday.@micdandmedicated | micdandmedicated.comSHOWNOTES: https://www.jessiefreschl.com/Janelle Monáe  YogaMY LIFE https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Golda-Meir/dp/0440156564CHEF https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chef_2014AS A JEW https://www.amazon.com/As-Jew-Reclaiming-Story-Those/dp/0063374978Psychology of Stylinghttps://open.substack.com/pub/freschtakes/p/the-psychology-of-styling?r=18lt3h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailNo guest this week -- just Eva and Caroline, completely unplanned and fully themselves. Caroline spent Mother's Day schlepping to Boston and clocking the timestamp on a gift purchased exactly 32 minutes before dinner. And her dog ate the one piece that makes the entire vacuum-sealed coat bag functional, and in that moment, she understood her marriage perfectly. Their husbands are the hook. They are everything underneath it.This episode covers the full emotional range of modern motherhood: the Mother's Day receipt audit, Jeremy's stress-test triumph, the case for Shabbat dinner, past-life regression, parallel play in marriage and why the phone is destroying it.Word of the week is factotum — Latin for do everything, also another word for mom.Mic'd & Medicated — Unfiltered. Unafraid. Unexpert. Find us at micdandmedicated.com. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailOur fashion correspondent Jennifer Galante Hahn is back on the couch — and this time we're going deep on the most loaded object in New York City: the Hermès Birkin. What happens when the ultimate status symbol becomes the default? When a teenager at a crepe shop gets excited about her mom's new Birkin and her friends just look back down at their phones? When someone abandons one at a Tribeca play space? Jen, who is the founder of La Volta NYC, a luxury consignment business helping wealthy women rehome their unwanted bags to other wealthy women (Nobel Peace Prize forthcoming), walks us through the real difference between status and style; why Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy had both, and most Instagram influencers have neither; and why you should never have a real Birkin if your tits are that fake. We also get into: Lauren Sanchez Bezos and why Eva misjudged her completely, the Net-a-Porter brown bag trick for hiding deliveries from your husband, money laundering via Venmo, the Prada puffer brigade at school pickup, the child who drew a cartoon house on someone's Hermès Birkin and how her grandmother denied everything, and why every designer sunglass brand licenses to the same company — so stop overpaying. Word of the Week: Style Book of the Week: What Remains by Carole Radziwill Story of the Week: The grandmother who denied her granddaughter drew on the Birkin. She denied it. Mic'd & Medicated — real talk about the things everyone is thinking but nobody is saying out loud. New episodes every Thursday.SHOWNOTES:Jen Galante Hanwebsite: http://www.lavoltanyc.comInstagram: @lavoltnyc The No Stress Club: @thenostressclub We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailDr. Logan Levkoff has spent her career doing the work most people are too uncomfortable to do — teaching kids and teens about sex, consent, relationships, and their bodies. She's been doing it for over two decades, in some of New York City's most prestigious schools.On March 16th, she was fired. Not because of anything that happened in a classroom. But because a group of parents objected to her public identity as a proud Zionist, the administration found a pretext to let her go. The smoking gun? A retweet. Written by a trans woman, defending Israel.Dr. Logan joins Eva and Caroline for one of our most important conversations to date. We get into the firing, the witch hunt, the instafada, why Zionism is code for Jew, the deafening silence of feminist movements after October 7th, and what it means to raise proud Jewish children in this moment.Oh, and it turns out she taught Caroline sex ed in eighth grade. So buckle up! Mic'd & Medicated — real talk about the things everyone is thinking but nobody is saying out loud.New episodes every Thursday.SHOWNOTES:Logan's Showhttps://www.loganlevkoff.com/the-sexy-side-of-zionismBook of the week: Be A Refusnikhttps://a.co/d/01itQ4R5 We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWhat does a drawer full of old underwear have to do with your emotional blind spots? More than you'd think. This week, Caroline and Eva tackle spring cleaning — and quickly realize that it's a perfect metaphor for everything: your closet, your relationships, your mindset, and yes, your lingerie situation. They dig into construal level theory (why it's easier to give advice than take it), the Jewish concept of Seder and order, Marie Kondo's fatal flaw, road rage, meditation, grounding yourself in nature, and why the best perspective sometimes comes from your friend ruthlessly going through your underwear drawer. Word of the Week: Winnow. Book of the Week: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.https://www.amazon.com/Im-Glad-My-Mom-Died/dp/1982185821 We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailTwo NYC moms walk into a couch — one's leaving for Miami, the other's staying — and a third native New Yorker joins them to make it make sense.This week Eva and Caroline are joined by Mallory Schultz — founder and creative director of luxury event studio House of Mal, former Condé Nast editor (Bon Appétit, Self, Martha Stewart's Everyday Food), and a fourth-generation New Yorker raising her own kids in the city she grew up in.They get into all of it: what it actually means to raise kids in Manhattan, the Bat Mitzvah after-party industrial complex, why "buzz balls" are now a security concern, the magazine girlhood that doesn't exist anymore, Hill schools vs city schools, why Mallory thinks rigid women are the f--ing best, the case against Greenwich (and the missing frozen yogurt), Stockholm Syndrome New Yorkers, and the surprising fact that Manhattan is just one of five boroughs (which Eva did not know).Plus: there's an unforgettable wedding-party-planner-seizure story you'll be repeating at your next dinner.Unfiltered. Unafraid. Unexpert.New episodes every Thursday. Find Mallory at @houseofmal We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailDeath, divorce and moving are the three most significant life changes a person can go through. We're not dead. We're not divorced. But one of us is moving to Miami — and apparently that qualifies.This episode is about why moving is so much harder than it looks. Not the logistics. The psychology. When you move you have to address every single thing you've ever accumulated. Every dress, every dish, every half-filled diary from age nine. And somewhere in all of that stuff is the question: who was I when I bought this? Am I still that person? Do I want to be?We break down the four attachment styles — secure, anxious preoccupied, dismissive avoidant and fearful avoidant — and figure out which ones we are. Spoiler: Doug and Jeremy did not marry secure women. We get into why Caroline cried saying goodbye to empty walls, and thanked the house out loud. Why she has 35 diaries with one line each and cannot explain it. And why Eva's grandmother threw her wedding album in the trash, and what that says about all of us.We also recommend the book The Postcard, which will make you rethink everything you've ever thrown away. And we end with the Tech Tard moment of the week, which involves Caroline uploading an unedited video to Spotify. We're owning it.Word of the week: Anthropomorphize. And we learned what potpourri means. We were both right.Mic'd and Medicated — Two NYC women figuring it out in real time. Unfiltered. Unafraid. Unexpert. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThis week's guest is Melissa Gellman Weiss — Barry's CMO, founder of Re/Gen, and one of the most honest women we've had on the show.And we mean honest.Melissa grew up in New Jersey but went to private school in New York City — and still doesn't lead with the NJ part. Her husband took one look at her NYC friends and said he didn't want their kids growing up like that. So they moved to Larchmont. She built a massive career — and spent two weeks a month away from home doing it.The guilt never left.She'll tell you she felt like a failure because her mom was the CEO of the house — completely in charge, completely present — and she was splitting herself in half trying to be both. We talked about what it actually costs a woman to choose ambition. Not in theory. In real life.We also got into:- Why everything good in her life happened after she got sober — 16 years and counting. - The pressure cooker of NYC private school culture and why she opted her kids out of it. - Why women our age are uniquely positioned to own the next decade — and why we keep underselling ourselves. - What she'd tell her younger self now that she's on the other side of all of it.Melissa is the kind of woman who makes you feel less alone in your choices — whatever they are. This one hit close to home.🎙️ Mic'd and Medicated — Two NYC women having the conversations everyone is thinking but nobody is saying out loud. Unfiltered. Unafraid. Unexpert.🔔 New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe so you don't miss what's next.📲 Follow us on Instagram: @micdandmedicated We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailSeason 2 is here — and we have a big reveal that we are absolutely not telling you in the description because we have finally learned something about marketing.What we will tell you: New York is giving Detroit energy, other cities are looking very sexy right now, and we just paid our taxes so emotions are running high.This season we are smarter, funnier, and slightly more plugged in than before — which, to be fair, is a low bar. We've added Eva's SAT Word of the Week, Caroline's Favorite Meme of the Week, and a Dear Abby segment because apparently we give advice now.We also had a When Harry Met Sally moment and realized we are both Sallys. The worst kind of woman. High maintenance who thinks she's low maintenance. If you know, you know.Eva actually cares about fashion this year. Caroline is trying to listen more but still cannot physically stop herself mid-joke. Growth is non-linear.We are anything but anodyne. Don't google that word. Just hit play. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWe did it. Season 1 of our podcast is officially complete—and somehow, two self-proclaimed “techtards” made it to 55 episodes.From recording our first episode with no audio to convincing ourselves we understand mics, lighting, editing, and social media…this has been chaos, growth, and a lot of laughs.In this Season 1 finale, we’re reflecting on:The highs, the lows, and our favorite mean comments (honestly, some of you are very creative)What we’ve learned about motherhood, work, and showing up onlineHow we’d describe each other (from ChatGPT’s POV…which was maybe too accurate)Why Caroline interrupts everything—and why Eva brings it back (eventually)And yes…whether the camera actually adds 10 pounds or just exposes usWe also talk about what it really takes to keep going when most podcasts quit before episode 10—and why we didn’t.Eva went from barely opening Instagram to finding life advice in memes, and Caroline went from tech-challenged to full-blown content producer (CapCut and Canva in the house).If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, imperfect, or like you’re just figuring it out as you go, this episode is for you.And…this isn’t just a finale. Eva and Caroline are just getting started. There are new exciting changes coming in Season 2.Let’s just say…this chaos might be heading somewhere sunnier 🌴Grab an expensive tequila, laugh with us, and thank you for being part of this with us. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailMost women are burnt out trying to do it all—career, family, self—and somehow still feel like they’re failing at every turn. So we have to ask… is “having it all” actually real, or is it the biggest lie we’ve been sold?In this episode of Mic’d and Medicated, we sit down (again) with Flavia Masson—screenwriter, artist, and a married woman who chose not to have children—to rip apart the pressure women face to be everything to everyone.Because no matter what you choose, it somehow feels like you lose: Married, no career = not successful Career, no kids = not successful Career + kids = bad mom Single with a big career = still judgedSo what exactly are we all chasing?We get into the rise of the “trad wife” movement (yes, the sourdough, barefoot-in-the-kitchen fantasy), and why more women are opting out of the chaos of trying to do it all—and instead choosing to do one thing really well.Flavia says it best: life isn’t a buffet, it’s a fixed menu. If you pick the fish, you’re not getting the chicken. And maybe the real problem is we’ve been told we should want both.We talk about:Why “having it all” might actually mean doing everything halfwayThe societal pressure and judgment women face no matter what they chooseHow women became their own harshest criticsThe mental load, burnout, and unrealistic expectations of modern lifeWhy clarity on your priorities matters more than chasing perfectionHow to actually build a life that feels good (not just looks good)Whether you’re a mom, a career woman, questioning everything, or just exhausted from trying to juggle 10 balls at once, this episode will make you feel seen, validated, and a lot less alone.Because maybe the goal isn’t to have it all…maybe it’s to choose what actually matters—and own it.REFERENCES Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg: https://leanin.org/book“Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” – The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/“Can We All Have It All?” by Anne-Marie Slaughter: https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailEveryone has pet peeves… we just decided to say ours out loud (hopefully not so loud that we annoy you).Some of these are minor. Some are completely unhinged. And some might actually be… neurological.You might be dealing with misophonia—that very real phenomenon where certain sounds (gum smacking, soup slurping, aggressive keyboard typing on airplanes ) instantly trigger your nervous system.But not all pet peeves are about sound. Some are about something deeper—like sensing inauthenticity, fake happiness, or just… off energy.As we spiral through our list, we start to realize these aren’t just random icks. They actually reveal a lot about our (very high) standards, our boundaries, and what we really value in other people.We get into:The sounds that instantly trigger our nervous system (misophonia is real)The connection between high standards, hygiene, and visual chaosSocial media “happiness” that just doesn’t feel authenticThe unspoken rules of airplanes, family dynamics, and work jargonSome of these are relatable. Some are irrational. All of them are honest.If you’ve ever felt irrationally annoyed and needed validation—this episode is for you. And if you just need a good laugh… this is also for you! We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThis week on Mic’d & Medicated, we sit down with Dr. Marnie Nussbaum, the Joan Rivers-meets-Elle Woods of dermatology. From Botox and lip fillers to parenting chaos and midlife confidence, she spills the truth with humor, heart, and unfiltered advice. Get ready to laugh, learn, and finally embrace aging—and yourself—on your own terms.Whether you’re curious about the science behind cosmetic procedures, juggling motherhood and self-care, or just need a hilarious guide to life in your 40s and 50s, this episode is packed with truths, laughs, and empowerment.What You’ll Learn:Skincare routines that actually work for busy womenThe science behind Botox and fillersBalancing parenting, self-care, and confidenceDebunking myths about aging and beautyPersonal anecdotes and humor to inspire self-loveResources & Links:Dr. Marnie Nussbaum WebsiteInstagramLinkedInSkincare line & treatments: Ulthera, The Wrinkle CureChapter Titles 00:00 Introduction & Personal Stories04:03 Skincare & Cosmetic Procedures Explained09:48 Parenting Challenges & Self-Care Tips19:32 Busting Myths About Aging & Beauty29:40 Expert Advice on Skin Maintenance & Treatments39:48 Balancing Motherhood & Self-Confidence48:55 Humor & Personal Anecdotes in Beauty & Parenting58:11 Final Tips & Empowerment Messages We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWhat does it truly mean to build a family — and what happens when the path isn’t traditional? In this episode of Mic’d & Medicated, clinical psychologist Dr. Laura Fechter who specializes in couples with infertility and exploring adoption joins us on the couch. We unpack the emotional complexities of family planning, infidelity, adoption, cultural identity, and the decision to have — or not have — children. We explore: • The psychological weight behind family planning decisions • The emotional realities and open narratives of adoption • Cultural identity and belonging for adopted children • The impact of in-utero experiences on development aka are babies born as a clean slate • The choice to live child-free • Generativity and creating legacy beyond motherhood? This is a nuanced, thoughtful conversation for women navigating parenthood, partnership, identity, and the evolving definition of legacy. Whether you’re considering adoption, questioning motherhood, or redefining generativity in your own life, this episode offers depth, clarity, and compassion. ChaptersIntroduction to Family Planning and Infidelity CounselingNavigating Family Planning DecisionsThe Adoption Process and Emotional ChallengesCultural Identity in AdoptionThe Impact of In-Utero ExperiencesThe Decision to Have or Not Have ChildrenGenerativity and Legacy Beyond ParenthoodThe Complexities of Adoption and ParentingThe Importance of Open Narratives in AdoptionSubscribe to Mic’d & Medicated for unfiltered conversations about modern womanhood. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWhat does modern motherhood really look like — behind the curated Instagram squares and school pickup smiles?This week on Mic’d and Medicated, we sit down with Lyss Stern, founder of DivaMoms, for an unfiltered conversation about parenting, ambition, mental health, and raising resilient kids in Manhattan.We talk about:• Why most moms secretly feel like they’re failing • How vulnerability becomes your greatest superpower • The pressure of raising kids in NYC • Entrepreneurship and identity beyond motherhood • Mental health, menopause & the “what now?” phase • Letting go of perfection and redefining successMotherhood isn’t aesthetic. It’s messy, loud, humbling — and sometimes brutal. But it’s also powerful when we stop pretending and start telling the truth.If you’ve ever felt like you’re barely holding it together while trying to build a career, raise decent humans, and not lose your mind — this episode will make you feel seen.Because resilience isn’t built through perfection. It’s built through honesty.Hit play if you’re ready for real talk about modern motherhood, NYC parenting culture, ambition, identity, and embracing the chaos.#MotherhoodPodcast #LyssStern #DivaMoms #NYCMoms #ModernMotherhood #WorkingMomLife #RaisingResilientKids #MentalHealthForMoms #MicdAndMedicated We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailAre your hormones actually the problem?In this episode of Mic’d and Medicated, we sit down with double board-certified endocrinologist Dr. Caroline Messer to break down what’s really going on with hormones, metabolism, weight, mood, and longevity.We talk about:• Hashimoto’s and why it often overlaps with celiac disease • Lactose intolerance vs. dairy allergy • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — what’s safe and what’s outdated fear • GLP-1 medications and whether they’re just weight-loss drugs or something bigger • The stigma around mental health medication • Sugar moderation, stress, and holistic careDr. Messer explains why holistic endocrinology matters, how community improves healthcare outcomes, and why the future of hormone care may be far more nuanced than social media suggests.“It’s hormones, actually.”If you’ve ever wondered whether your symptoms are in your head — or in your endocrine system — this episode is for you.CHAPTERS:Introduction to the Podcast and GuestsUnderstanding Endocrinology and HormonesThe Importance of Holistic Care in MedicineHormone Replacement Therapy and Women's HealthThe Intersection of Medicine and Wellness IndustryNavigating Beauty and Health ConcernsUnderstanding Mental Health and MedicationBreaking the Stigma Around MedicationDebunking Myths About Weight Loss MedicationsExploring the Benefits of GLP-1 MedicationsThe Future of GLP-1 and LongevityModeration and Healthy Choices in LifeBuilding Community Through Healthcare#Endocrinology #Hormones #GLP1 #Hashimotos #CeliacDisease #HormoneReplacementTherapy #Longevity #WomensHealth #HolisticHealth #MentalHealth #MetabolicHealth #SugarModeration #MicdAndMedicated We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailValentine’s Day: romantic, performative, overrated… or meaningful?In this episode of the Mic’d and Medicated Podcast, we unpack the real meaning of Valentine’s Day — from its ancient Roman origins to the modern pressures of love, marriage, and social media.Why do expectations feel higher the longer you’re in a relationship? Why does gift-giving create so much pressure? And has Valentine’s Day become more about being seen in love than actually feeling connected?We talk about:• The history of Valentine’s Day and how it evolved • Gift-giving, romance, and relationship expectations • Marriage and how romantic gestures change over time • Social media’s influence on modern dating and love • Why communication matters more than flowers • How to reconnect with your partner — without overspendingWhether you’re single, dating, married, or somewhere in between, this conversation explores how to make Valentine’s Day meaningful — not performative.If you’ve ever felt disappointed, pressured, or confused about what February 14th is supposed to look like, this one’s for you.Listen, laugh, and maybe rethink what romance actually means.Valentine’s Day, relationships, marriage, modern dating, love, romance, gift giving, relationship expectations, social media and relationships, history of Valentine’s Day, romantic gestures, long term relationships, dating advice for women, marriage podcast, women and relationshipsChapters00:00Introduction to Valentine's Day Episode05:16Expectations and Reality of Valentine's Day11:45The History of Valentine's Day18:55Romance and Relationships24:20Changing Dynamics of Valentine's Day Celebrations30:33Reflections on Love and ConnectionREFERENCE:https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Anniversary/dp/B086DD5KSJ/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=1331510978875073&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.e-95-Iz5sV1HwKgVrRsDY-CyGVV0ODlIQkDgM80sLL_5d1yB4HgiuOSfn0sWezWyioNWQpkpxIn1iLoJQP713_dPNhk7bWhgAwSaLgPDbpDkoLfYqUhVn8zBJ8sB0mQDbZ0AocXc0JaW0gC7U1tFLsyiHzD2gBCseo_DDWKmZstuii4XcJ-k7BYG0gjer4dqMD9bVrn1tUAh9twyNRZP_FKekuw3p4WV_cynF8o_ga0.ENHINhY7R7xKgLtZOwu6rfjWxdIeQP2Wwr50_aunVzY&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83219711284111&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=59981&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-83220481979810%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22167_13576407&keywords=7+habits+study+guide&mcid=9e771bafc1503cc999ef4c72f905670a&msclkid=0ab06125fb001d67a2f708a8a969e33a&qid=1770869365&sr=8-2 We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we sit down with Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive and candidate for Governor of New York, for a candid conversation about leadership in deeply polarized times—and what actually works in government.Bruce shares his professional journey from the private sector to public service and explains why real-world work experience matters in political leadership. We talk about how Nassau County became a model for lowering taxes while improving public safety and job creation, and why Bruce believes those results can be scaled across New York State.The conversation doesn’t shy away from big topics: capitalism versus socialism, restoring the American Dream, and the difference between giving people a hand up instead of a handout. As Bruce puts it, “I want to teach people how to fish.”We also get personal. Bruce opens up about growing up Jewish in a predominantly non-Jewish town, confronting antisemitism, and how those experiences shaped his views on equal opportunity, education, and national unity. He shares why he believes a strong American identity—and the virtue of work—are essential to the country’s future.Caroline and Eva do plenty of listening (and yes, plenty of talking), and don’t exactly hide where they stand. Whether you agree with Bruce or not, this episode is about hearing different perspectives and having honest, unfiltered conversations we don’t get enough of anymore.Reference:https://www.blakemanfornewyork.com/Chapters00:00 – Introduction to Bruce Blakeman 02:54 – Nassau County’s success and New York’s challenges 04:44 – Leadership and the political landscape 06:39 – Growing up Jewish and antisemitism 09:04 – Public safety and law enforcement 11:00 – Engaging diverse communities 13:22 – Values and leadership 15:15 – Campaign strategy and voter outreach 17:09 – Civility in politics 18:59 – Terrorism, rhetoric, and responsibility 20:28 – Work ethic and education 23:10 – Ideology in schools 25:32 – Political shifts in America 26:58 – Immigration and American values 29:23 – Unity vs. diversity 32:27 – Lightning round and final thoughts We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Mic’d & Medicated, Caroline and Eva sit down with psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman to talk about what’s really going on in our heads — and how to make it a little more enjoyable in there.From self-talk and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to body neutrality, social pressure, and the mental gymnastics of modern life, Dr. Goldman breaks down the mind-body connection in a way that’s practical, relatable, and refreshingly non-judgmental. She also shares insights from her upcoming book and reminds us that while life is hard, it doesn’t have to feel hard all the time.This episode is about building a personal mental toolkit, setting realistic expectations, and focusing on what’s actually within your control — i.e., not pretending you’ll suddenly become a perfectly calm, well-rested, joyful billionaire.Small shifts. Better self-talk. Less suffering. We learned so much in this conversation — and chances are, you will too.REFERENCE: https://www.drrachelnyc.com/about/https://www.instagram.com/drrachelnyc/https://www.instagram.com/whenlifehappensbook/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailResolutions feel like punishment. Manifesting feels like flirting with the universe.In this episode of Mic’d & Medicated, Caroline and Eva get unexpectedly inspired by The Secret—the idea that your thoughts aren’t just thoughts, they’re magnets. After years of forcing goals, obsessing over outcomes, and turning self-improvement into a personality flaw, they unpack why resolutions seldom work and why manifesting starts in your head.They break down the law of attraction in a way that’s less crystal-healing cult and more usable life strategy: stop fixating on what you don’t want, get clearer about who you actually want to be, and notice how your mindset quietly runs the show. From gratitude and visualization to autopilot living and “inspired action” (aka doing things that don’t feel like torture), in this episode, they argue that belief plus action beats punishment every time.But let’s be clear—some of The Secret is questionable. The idea that your thoughts alone make you fat? Hard sell. We’re pretty sure it’s not “thinking heavy” that does it—it’s McDonald’s, no exercise, and pretending errands count as cardio. This episode isn’t blind faith; it’s curiosity with a raised eyebrow.They also tackle the real manifestation mystery: can you rewire your brain so you stop manifesting husbands with terrible taste in gifts? Or are we energetically attracting men who think a charging cord is a love language?No joyless goal charts. No shame-based rules. Just better thoughts, better energy, and fewer ways to manifest your own misery.If your thoughts are running the show anyway, you might as well cast them better.Manifest, baby. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailIn this week’s episode, Caroline and Eva are joined by Dr. Jaime Knopman, reproductive endocrinologist, infertility specialist, and co-author of Own Your Fertility, for the conversation no one had with us early enough. The truth? Fertility doesn’t fall off a cliff — it slowly declines until one day it suddenly matters a lot.They dig into egg freezing as empowerment versus false security, how (and when) to talk to our daughters before panic sets in, and why men need to be part of this conversation too. From ambition and delayed adulthood to single-mom-by-choice culture, this episode goes where most polite conversations never do.Along the way, Dr. Knopman shares real stories from the front lines of fertility medicine — including how frozen eggs can turn into a baby years later in ways that feel miraculous. They also get honest about the things no one taught us: how to make a bed, boil an egg, or plan for our biological future.Unfiltered, hilarious, and unexpectedly emotional, this is the fertility conversation you wish you’d had ten years ago.Reference: https://drjaimeknopman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Own-Your-Fertility-Freezing-Surrogacy/dp/1324111488 We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailHoliday cards, family trips, screen time, and the illusion of “getting away.” In this episode, Caroline and Eva unpack why traveling with kids is really just a high-cost relocation—with elevated expectations and cortisol levels. You’re basically paying more to be annoyed somewhere else.Add in NYC’s relentless pressure to leave town during every school break (Africa? Australia? Casual.), the mysterious phenomenon of dads suddenly having “work calls” on Christmas Day (what exactly are they doing—working for Santa?), and the miracle of your husband packing nothing yet somehow having everything he needs—while complaining that you overpacked.They also dive into trends for 2026 (sneak peek: middle-aged women are having a moment, redefining beauty and style). You won’t want to miss this hilarious episode to kick off your new year mood.-------------women podcast, parenting podcast, comedy podcast, family vacation, parenting humor, modern motherhood, screen time, midlife women, body image--------------Chapters00:00 Holiday Reflections and New Year Greetings06:00 Cultural Trends and Language Evolution12:00 Traveling with Family: Expectations vs. Reality17:30 The Challenges of Family Vacations25:00 The Digital Addiction Dilemma32:00 Vacation Realities: The Extra Child40:00 Fashion Faux Pas and Expectations46:30 Reflections and Future Aspirations----------------ReferencesBari Weiss https://podscan.fm/podcasts/honestly-with-bari-weiss-5/episodes/what-to-expect-in-2026-with-niall-ferguson-john-mcwhorter-dr-mark-hyman-leandra-medine-cohen-suzy-weiss-and-sarah-isgurYear of the horse IG post https://www.instagram.com/p/DS5FGsUDsg6/?img_index=1Seinfeld episode about sweatpants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Hbu4Z4pGI----------------- We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCollege acceptance used to be simple: a letter in the mail and a proud—but private—celebration. Now? It’s a full-blown production. From merch-filled bed parties and Instagram “opening the email” videos to parents basking in congratulations like they’re the ones who aced the SATs, college admissions have officially entered the twilight zone. Eva and Caroline unpack how the college process has become a multi-year pressure cooker—not just for kids, but for parents chasing validation, bragging rights, and the illusion of control. Who’s really applying to college? When did getting in become more important than what you’re getting? And how did higher education turn into a public performance?If you have a teenager, survived the college admissions rat race, or are just watching this madness from the sidelines—this episode is for you.#CollegeAdmissions #CollegeParents #ParentingTeens #HelicopterParents #BedPartyCulture #RaisingKids #MicdAndMedicatedNOTES:Old School with Shilo Brooks https://open.spotify.com/show/6OBoyI46Gwuul2DUMVefjT?si=phTaRqnVQOOz1r1qAszHVg We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when life doesn’t follow the plan — and you decide not to force it?Caroline and Eva sit down with Danielle Frank, who pivoted from international film publicist at Miramax, to wine & spirits executive, to author of A Wine Lover’s Guide to Parenting — a satirical storybook about raising good humans (who are not whiny!) while drinking good wine. Danielle always imagined becoming a mother, but life doesn’t always go according to plan. Rather than becoming a parent, she embraced her role as Aunt “Didi” to her nieces and nephews — and turned years of observing her sister, friends and other parents into sharp, funny, and surprisingly insightful advice on how not to raise assholes. As Danielle puts it:“Allow yourself to heed my advice & your kids will turn out fine. Because you don’t want your kid to end up as a bad grape on the vine.”The conversation also goes deep into starting over, moving across the country, ignoring dating red flags, and learning how to own your independence. Plus, how deceiving Instagram is (and why #blessed means being miserable).  And we had a good laugh when Eva discovered that calling Instagram “the gram” is, in fact, a thing. She thought “IG,” was the colloquial term for Instagram… which it's not! Oh how we love our intellectual Eva.If you love strong, independent women, smart humor, honest conversations about non-traditional paths — and wine — this episode is for you. Merry Christmas and hope you have time to aerate over the holidays!! ChaptersIntroduction and Danielle's JourneyHumor in ParentingEntertainment Industry InsightsIndependence and Personal GrowthRelationships and Life LessonsThe Wine Lover's Guide to ParentingTakeawaysDanielle Frank shares her journey from New York to LA.The importance of humor in parenting and life.Danielle's experiences in the entertainment industry.The role of independence in personal growth.Challenges and insights from relationships.The concept of an adult children's book.Danielle's perspective on being an influential aunt.The parallels between wine and parenting.Navigating life changes and personal pivots.The value of self-awareness and personal happiness.Referencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIbh8hFQos&themeRefresh=1https://www.amazon.com/Wine-Lovers-Guide-Parenting-management-ebook/dp/B0F6S4RSC5https://www.instagram.com/createagreatstory/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailEva and Caroline sit down with Flavia Masson—native New Yorker of Italian and French descent, comedian, fashion girl, and film writer—for a candid, hilarious, and unexpectedly profound conversation about humor.Flavia opens up about always seeing herself reflected in TV and film characters—think Charlotte from Sex and the City meets Emily in Paris, with a dash of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She has lived in Paris, worked at Chanel, converted to Judaism, and spent time chasing truth (and laughs) as a stand-up comic.Together, they unpack humor as a salve, how it may be the highest art form, and why comedy has always been complicated—and powerful—for women.Thoughtful and laugh-out-loud funny, this episode feels like hanging out with your smartest, funniest friends—who also happen to be very well dressed. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we take a brutally honest look at how parents have gone from letting their kids fend for themselves to literally being drones, on top of their kids' every move. From Life 360 to Apple Tags, and even following our kids to College, we need to stop over-monitoring and start teaching our kids the skills to make their own decisions and the values to know right from wrong. And not just droning, we are snow plowing, aka plowing the road ahead for our kids so they don't even encounter problems, which is a recipe for the LEAST resilient kid on the block. How do we shift our approach so that the next generation can grow up with real resilience, a clear sense of right and wrong, AND not need their parents to accompany them to college? This conversation is as hilarious as it is serious, and if you are offended...buck up, and learn to take a joke!REFERENCES: Technology Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Qs3GkMni50S59uGSQJZWA?si=2OgO82PsRv6R37DGwY1HUABook: Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autismhttps://a.co/d/9hUJlNH We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailLucie Fink on Building a Media Empire and a FamilyCaroline and Eva sit down with Lucie Fink — powerhouse content creator, host, and storyteller to talk about what it takes to build a media brand while the internet is basically exploding in real time. They dive into everything from navigating career pivots during the rise of social media… to raising kids in social media. They also delve deeply into the mother–daughter dynamic and how it shifts, softens, and illuminates once you become a mother yourself. Whether you've followed Lucie for years or you're meeting her for the first time, this episode is entertaining, insightful, and deeply human.Lucie Fink’s Bio: Lucie Fink is a powerhouse content creator, host, and storyteller whose creative vision has reached millions across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and podcasting. Known for her inventive editing style, thoughtful narratives, and ability to make complex topics feel approachable, Lucie has built a career partnering with some of the world’s biggest brands while cultivating a highly engaged community. Her work spans lifestyle, personal growth, creativity, and career, now with motherhood woven authentically into the mix. As a mom of two, Lucie brings humor, honesty, and nuance to conversations about modern parenting, all while continuing to champion women as they evolve, reinvent, and show up fully as themselves.REFERENCESLucie Fink Social: @luciebfinkMotherhood superguide is here: LUCIEFINK.com/motherhoodTo apply for 1:1 coaching LUCIEFINK.com/apply-coachingDeep Listeninghttps://www.emilykasriel.comDr. Becky https://www.goodinside.com We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailThis week, Caroline and Eva try to practice gratitude… and break down how appreciating everyday moments can actually improve your mental and physical health, strengthen your relationships, and even make the chaos of life feel a little lighter.​ Despite all those benefits, they admit that being grateful in marriage and parenting can sometimes feel so damn hard. Maybe the trick is lowering the bar—finding joy in the tiny wins, the almost-wins, and the “well, at least no one cried today” moments.​ If you can separate feeling overwhelmed from what’s actually good, there’s more joy hiding in your daily life than you think. If you need to learn to stop and actually smell the roses, this is your Thanksgiving episode. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline and Eva discuss their growing frustration with today’s parenting expectations — from over-scheduling kids to using “gentle” language instead of real discipline. They miss the days when kids were allowed to be bored, independent, and a little feral … rather than constantly programmed. Maybe benign neglect wasn’t the worst strategy, and telling your kid to shut the f**k up once in a while won't cause any permanent damage.Don’t worry, Eva and Caroline would never yell or curse at their kids… except when their kids deserve it. And studies show people who swear often have higher verbal and creative fluency. So who's the genius now? They ask the big question: Are we raising resilient, empathetic, independent humans, or over-coddled perfection projects who can’t think or do for themselves? It’s time to rethink what kids actually need: boundaries, accountability, character … and a little less pressure to be future Harvard robots.REFERENCES: Mother.ly article:https://www.mother.ly/news/viral-trending/why-modern-parenting-feels-impossible/Retail Math link:https://youtu.be/I_3kHURyv4I?si=KOnTInjV9GHN62O7Dan Senorhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-me-back-with-dan-senor/id1539292794?i=1000734986142Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrierhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209281163How to Dress Like a Gentleman — and Whyhttps://www.thefp.com/p/elliot-ackerman-how-to-dress-like-a-gentleman We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailFrom producing Good Morning America and The View to teaching at Stanford GSB, Allison knows what it means to reinvent yourself. In this episode, she joins Caroline and Eva for a candid conversation about motherhood, career pivots, and the power of authenticity. Allison opens up about surviving a life-altering car accident, enduring nine rounds of IVF, and rebuilding her career on her terms. They explore how to find purpose when life doesn’t go as planned, and why vulnerability might just be your greatest strength. If you’ve ever paused your career, questioned your path, or wondered how to start over, this episode is for you!REFERENCES: Allison Klugerhttps://www.allisonkluger.com/Nancy Friday's Book - My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasieshttps://a.co/d/hfJ1a3aJaime Knopmanhttps://www.ccrmivf.com/ccrm-fertility-doctors/jaime-knopman/Dan Siegal https://drdansiegel.com/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailDivorce lawyer Jill Spielberg has seen it all — and lived through more than most. She shares how many couples know before they marry, the real reason people get divorced (it’s not money or cheating), and why staying together “for the kids” isn’t always right. Jill also opens up about losing her husband, raising two kids alone, and finding love again. A raw and wise conversation about marriage, loss, and what it really takes to build a lasting partnership.Key Takeaways:Why “staying together for the kids” may do more harm than goodThe real reason most couples end up divorcing — it’s not what you thinkHow to model being a good person for your childrenThe surprising ways Prenups can actually clarify what you want from marriageAbout Jill Spielberg:Jill Spielberg is a matrimonial and family law attorney based in New York City and Westchester. For over two decades, she’s guided clients through divorce, custody, and complex family matters with empathy, honesty, and perspective. Jill’s own story — surviving sudden loss and rediscovering love — has shaped her belief that even the hardest endings can lead to healing and growth. We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailEva and Caroline dive into the wild world of modern dating in New York City with the infamous Murray Hill Guy — the viral voice behind hilarious (and horrifying) dating app stories. From Hinge horror stories to catfishing, ghosting, and first-date politics, this episode is a crash course in NYC dating culture. And the biggest shock of all is how the rules of sex have completely changed. This episode is educational for all!Murray Hill Guy Info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murrayhillguyX: https://x.com/murrayhillguy1Substack: https://substack.com/@murrayhillguyOther Resources Mentioned:The Mamdani dating story: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfcby8MtTp/Zach Sage Fox: https://www.instagram.com/zach.sageStreet Smart (with Zach Fox Sage): https://www.instagram.com/streetsmartFace 2 Face: https://www.instagram.com/datingface2face We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailFresh off their Wall Street Journal feature, Eva and Caroline reflect on the experience and the growing challenges of getting the full story in today’s media landscape. They also sound the alarm about the NYC mayoral race and what’s at stake for the city’s future. The conversation dives into Islamophobia — what it is, how it’s used, and why it can silence important critique of extremist ideologies. It’s an unfiltered talk about identity, power, and why now more than ever, we need to listen, question, and — most importantly — vote. This episode will make you laugh, cry, and pray for an election miracle!WSJ Article - New York’s Richest Ask ‘How Dare He?’ as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-wealthy-230722acFix The City: Join Our Movement:https://www.fixthecity.nyc/schedulingpage-eventNew York City Ballot Request Portal:https://share.google/eejhSyR7rr7qMCvU2To be counted, your absentee ballot needs to be postmarked by Tuesday, November 4th.Mayor – Recommendation: Cuomo on the “Fight and Deliver” lineRabbi Cosgrove sermon:https://youtu.be/5hTC8PjBcEE  Douglas Murray's Islamophilia: A Very Metropolitan Maladyhttps://a.co/d/8UV0qBSSaveNYC25 on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/savenyc25?igsh=MWE5aWt0bXhsMjBwcg==Podcasts mentioned:Episode 12: How Qatar gets a free pass for Islamist radicalism, a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Schanzerhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-haviv-anything/id1794590850?i=1000705876873The Bright Line Between Good and Evilhttps://www.samharris.org/blog/the-bright-line-between-good-and-evil We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailEva and Caroline sit down with therapist, lawyer, and author Lauren Tetenbaum, whose new book Millennial Menopause shines a light on one of life’s biggest transitions that no one seems to talk about: menopause. Rather than feeling down about aging, Lauren offers practical advice and real solutions to help women feel better—and yes, sexier—as we trade tampons for hormone therapy. From “meno-bellies” and brain fog to SSRIs and HRT, Lauren keeps it real about what’s happening to our bodies and minds. As she puts it, “My collagen is waning, but my chutzpah grows.” Whether you’re already in menopause, trying to get pregnant, or just curious about what’s ahead, this episode will leave you informed, empowered, and maybe even a little excited about aging.Lauren's Information:Book: Millennial Menopause  https://www.amazon.com/Millennial-Menopause-Preparing-Perimenopause-Period/dp/1646048105Instagram: @thecounselaur  https://www.instagram.com/thecounselaur/Website: https://thecounselaur.com/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline and Eva sit down with celebrity jeweler Rachie Shnay, whose Mazel collection became a symbol of modern Jewish pride after October 7th, 2023. Always a teacher and the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors, Rachie shares her commitment to Judaism, the beauty and wisdom of its teachings, what it means to be a good person, and how to keep the memories and traditions alive for the next generation. Whether you come for the jewelry, Yiddish, or Jewish pride, this episode will leave you feeling inspired—and maybe even a little more grounded in who you are.Rachie's Contact Information:Website: https://rachieshnay.com/Instagram: @rachieshnay We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline and Eva talk with Anne Kadet, the sharp, witty mind behind the cult Substack Café Anne. Yes, New York City is grittier these days, but Anne shares how she finds beauty and charm in it every single day. From spotting small acts of kindness on the street to savoring a coffee at an outdoor cafe, Anne will inspire you to see the glass half full. While Caroline and Eva rarely leave the UES, Anne makes every day an adventure—she even once spent 24 hours straight riding the NYC subway (and lived to tell the tale). This episode will remind you that NYC is magical and make you want to book a flight, or if you already live here, at least venture past your three-block comfort zone.Resources mentioned:Read Anne Kadet’s Substack, Café Anne → annekadet.substack.comAbout Café Anne → annekadet.substack.com/aboutFollow Anne on X (Twitter) → @annekadetAnne Kadet’s writing at The Wall Street Journal → WSJ Author Page We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal

Send us Fan MailCaroline and Eva sit down with world-renowned Celebrity Diet Doctor, best-selling author, psychologist, and behavioral nutritionist Dr. Stephen Gullo. This episode is calorie-free but packed with wisdom and humor. Have you tried (and failed) to lose weight? Dr. Gullo says it's not about willpower or deprivation -- it's about strategy. He reminds us that laughter is the best medicine: “If you can’t laugh at yourself, you’re probably missing the best joke of the day." Get ready to rethink your cravings and learn how to teach your brain why it's better to wear Italian than eat Italian! After all, doesn't looking good in a bikini feel better than a bowl of linguini?Resources mentioned:Website: https://drgullo.com/Dr. Gullo Books: https://drgullo.com/best-diet-nutrition-books-by-doctor-stephen-gullo/ We’re two New York City women talking candidly about the chaos of modern life, from relationships, parenting, working in and out of the home, to what it takes to stay semi-sane in a world that expects you to hold it all together and be #blessed.We couldn’t find an honest and vulnerable conversation — so we started one! If you need a laugh, a cry, or just want to hear someone else admit their flaws and validate your crazy, you’re in the right place. Be ready to be… Unfiltered, Unafraid, and UnExpert.Please follow, like, review, and share the podcast with your family and friends!Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/micdandmedicated and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MicdMedicated/podcastsSubscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@micdandmedicatedCheck out our website: micdandmedicated.comSurgeon General Warning Disclaimer: We are self-prescribed unexperts, so if you have any real questions or need real advice, please call your nearest doctor.© 2025 Eva Heyman & Caroline Leventhal