Extended Scenes - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Jennifer Romolini’s Extended Scenes is a smart, soulful gem. With a blend of wit, vulnerability, and deep curiosity, she peels back what it means to work, age, meaningfully grow as our time on this blessed earth gets sadly and mercifully shorter. Every episode feels like an intimate conversation with your most interesting friend—the kind who makes you laugh and think. A must-listen for anyone craving substance without pretension.

I am a huge fan of Jen Romolini; her book “Ambition Monster” led me to have watershed insights about my own relationship with work. It’s so great that she has a podcast all of her own, where she has extremely timely and relevant conversations with fascinating guests, many of whom have public media careers. I’m delighted when there’s a new episode.

Great podcast. I am enjoying the guests and the conversations and, although at times it feels that they are only relatable to those who write books and work in media, I still find some extremely insightful moments that speak to a broader and more universal audience. Just a side note in an attempt to give a different view to a comment made about academia. Although it is true that it is not the best paid job in the world and faculty politics can be hard to deal with, as somebody who has been working in academia for the past 24 years, I can attest to some really amazing things about it. In addition to the most mundane aspects such as pensions and great health benefits, summers off, and the ability to get paid while you write your books, NOTHING is better than working with young minds full of hope and ideals. We, as academics, not only help them hone skills that they will use for the rest of their lives (yes - I mean critical thinking!!!), but we also support and help them achieve their goals and dreams. We see their progress and their change and that is an incredible feeling. More than anything, working with young people (I am 60) is the best way to fight despair and negativity. They bring light and hope into these very very dark times we are living in. I think they are the reason why I still think that, despite everything, we are going to be alright. Cheers!!!

Yay Jenn yay! Honest and thoughtful and funny conversations about work and creativity and self-regard and midlife and evolving and understanding and acceptance and all the things we have to do to continue to live and show up the best we can as the world keeps on burning. More of this! Forever!