Best Idelisse Malavé And Joanne Sandler Podcasts (2024)

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SO 9 Episode 09: Meenu Vadera - Making the Impossible Possible 38:57

1M ago38:57

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Meenu Vadera greets the world and all it has to offer with curiosity and buckets of ideas and inspiration. We met Meenu in Delhi more than 10 years ago. A friend wisely advised us to hire newly-trained women chauffeurs to drive us around the city. These inspiring and fierce young women had graduated from the program that Meenu founded and led – Sak…

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SO 9 Episode 08: Shop with Us! 46:38

2M ago46:38

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When the world is too much to bear, we go shopping. When we celebrate, we also go shopping. When we’re bored or in search of distraction...you guessed it: we shop. Conflicted feminists suffering from rampant consumerism? Perhaps, but it’s also our form of meditation and imagination, of reconnecting with ancient rites of hunting and gathering. This …

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SO 9 Episode 07: Screen BITCHES – Introducing the TOBies (and much more!) 41:46

5M ago41:46

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TOB followers know that we are obsessed with discovering positive and powerful roles for older women in movies and TV. That’s why we lure our sister Screen Bitches -- Debbie Zimmerman (Women Make Movies), Malaga Baldi (Baldi Literary Agency) and Aruna Rao (Gender at Work) – onto the podcast at least twice a year to schmooze about what we’re watchin…

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SO 9 Episode 06: Kathy Swarts – This is Your One Glorious Life 40:10

7M ago40:10

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True confessions: as Two Old Bitches, we fully expected the Golden Bachelor to be the height of cringey, old-people porn. Watching 22 women in their 60s and 70s compete for the affections of one old man threatened gladiator-level, fury- induced female feuds. And were we ever wrong! Kathy Swarts, one of the most memorable of the contestants, set us …

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SO 9 Episode 05: Age Has Revealed My Nature to Me 43:33

8M ago43:33

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American sculptor Jeanne Silverthorne, 73, is an “artist’s artist” known for cast rubber pieces and installations drawn from her studio, turning everyday objects and people into “metaphors for the inevitability of age and decay, …tempered with humor, hope and humanity.” (For photos of a favorite work of ours, Banshee: Self-Portrait at 73, see our w…

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SO 9 Episode 04: Who Are You? 29:04

10M ago29:04

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Who Are You? It’s a simple and profound question that we ask (almost) every guest on Two Old Bitches. And given that most of our guests are women over 60, we were curious if a review of their answers might reveal some patterns or insights into how we identify as we age. What we found: for some people, it still changes daily. Others had epiphanies e…

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SO 9 Episode 03: June Millington - Music is Life 46:40

1y ago46:40

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If you were deeply enmeshed in the ‘womyn’s’ music scene or romped topless through the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festivals in the 1970s and 1980s, then you will pulsate with memories of the amazing, kick-ass all-women’s rock group, Fanny. Even if you missed it, we hope you can imagine how revolutionary and transgressive Fanny was in its heyday in the …

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SO 9 Episode 02: The Only Two-Old Bitches Interview of ChatGPT Ever!! 27:08

1y ago27:08

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We couldn't resist. We were way too curious about ChatGPT to let all of the controversy and (rightful) concern about the dangers of AI deter us from asking it about our favorite topic: the experiences of women in our second half of life. So we asked Chat to take on the persona of an older woman, "dive into the muddy waters of gender and ageism" and…

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SO 9 Episode 01: Maryjane Fahey - Glorious Broad 38:24

1y ago38:24

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Two Old Bitches love a good reinvention story. By her count at 73, MaryJane Fahey is on “her 5th reinvention!” (But who’s counting?) She was a designer, published author, now an editor, writer, future playwright, future sculptor –and the list goes on. A few years ago, she started Glorious Broads, a media platform that encourages “women of all ages,…

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SO 8 Episode 10: Branca Moreria Alves - Call Me Feminist 48:13

1+ y ago48:13

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Branca Moreira Alves, 82, is absolutely certain about a lot of things: that her primary identity is ‘feminist’, that life is a lot of fun, and that moments matter. A key leader in launching the second wave feminist movement in Brazil -- during its brutal dictatorship from the mid-60s to the mid-80s -- Branca shares vivid memories and poignant refle…

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SO 8 Episode 09: Epiphanies, Turning Points and Serendipity 37:04

2y ago37:04

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You know those “aha” moments, those flashing lights of clarity, the thundering realization that you’ve met your passion? We realized that so many of the women we’ve talked with on TOB have had these at different points in their lives. And these epiphanies, turning points and serendipitous happenings continue throughout our lives. So, as we start 20…

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SO 8 Episode 08: Rosanne Ebner and Liberty Valance – The Clay Knows Better 49:43

2y ago49:43

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Gifted ceramic artists Rosanne Ebner, 67, and Liberty Valance, 73, have worked with clay for five or six decades. They say laughing that “it just happened,” yet it is clear that their art is an irresistible and abiding calling. It surfaced for Liberty in preschool where she created her first works–an elephant and ashtray she still has— and for Rosa…

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SO 8 Episode 07: Donna Uchizono - Still the One and Only 39:53

2y ago39:53

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Donna Uchizono is the first and only American-born choreographer of Asian ancestry to receive notable national and international recognition in the history of modern dance. She’s received a Guggenheim and a “Bessie,” been commissioned by the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Oliver Sachs, and toured her eponymous dance company around the world. We m…

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SO 8 Episode 06: Jody Oberfelder - A Creative Move a Day 45:39

2y ago45:39

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Gutsy, vital, creative Jody Oberfelder is committed to a life of ‘becoming,’ recognizing that becoming older is also about learning to trust your voice and continue to advance. This New York-based choreographer, director and filmmaker – leading Jody Oberfelder Projects (JOP) -- considers herself ‘mid-career’ at 68. She continues to challenge hersel…

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SO 8 Episode 05: Marlies Yearby – Deep Body Listener 51:08

2y ago51:08

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“I have to create, because that is an extension of my breath,” is just one of the many insights into living deeply and meaningfully as an artist that 62-year old director and choreographer extraordinaire Marlies Yearby shared during our illuminating conversation in this episode. The multiple honors she’s received include Tony and Dora-award nominat…

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SO 8 Episode 04: Screen Bitches on Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Hacks and Borgen 30:54

2y ago30:54

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What are you streaming these days? Two Old Bitches always wants to know, especially if you find shows that feature pithy, provocative and stereotype-busting roles for women of a certain age. Luckily, we're seeing some uptick in those (though not nearly pithy and provocative enough and mostly white women....). That's why we're back with two of our t…

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SO8 Episode 03: Judy Gold – You Can’t Argue With An Older Woman 44:41

2y ago44:41

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As soon as we learned we landed an interview with Judy Gold, stellar comedian, actor and writer, Two Old Bitches started grinning and giggling. What a coup! Once we actually began talking with her, we laughed out loud, and often, at her insightful zingers. Judy, whose comedic heroes are Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller, makes you laugh, and think. Ap…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Idelisse Malavé And Joanne Sandler Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and Rebel

Idelisse Malavé and Joanne Sandler

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SO 9 Episode 09: Meenu Vadera - Making the Impossible Possible 38:57

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SO 9 Episode 08: Shop with Us! 46:38

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SO 9 Episode 07: Screen BITCHES – Introducing the TOBies (and much more!) 41:46

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SO 9 Episode 06: Kathy Swarts – This is Your One Glorious Life 40:10

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SO 9 Episode 05: Age Has Revealed My Nature to Me 43:33

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SO 9 Episode 04: Who Are You? 29:04

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SO 9 Episode 03: June Millington - Music is Life 46:40

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SO 9 Episode 02: The Only Two-Old Bitches Interview of ChatGPT Ever!! 27:08

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SO 9 Episode 01: Maryjane Fahey - Glorious Broad 38:24

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SO 8 Episode 10: Branca Moreria Alves - Call Me Feminist 48:13

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SO 8 Episode 09: Epiphanies, Turning Points and Serendipity 37:04

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SO 8 Episode 08: Rosanne Ebner and Liberty Valance – The Clay Knows Better 49:43

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SO 8 Episode 07: Donna Uchizono - Still the One and Only 39:53

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SO 8 Episode 06: Jody Oberfelder - A Creative Move a Day 45:39

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SO 8 Episode 05: Marlies Yearby – Deep Body Listener 51:08

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SO 8 Episode 04: Screen Bitches on Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Hacks and Borgen 30:54

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SO8 Episode 03: Judy Gold – You Can’t Argue With An Older Woman 44:41

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