Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Is Adult Reading Camp Is the Answer to Loneliness? Plus Croatia!

What if the best way to make friends as an adult is to go to summer camp? Think cozy cabins, excellent books, whitewater rafting, crafting, and hundreds of women who shar

Katie Sturino on “I’m Fine,” Midlife, and Not Giving the EFFs - PLUS A COVER REVEAL FOR THE LAST RIDE!!!

We’re kicking off with a cover reveal! People magazine debuted the cover of The Last Ride, our new murder-for-hire thriller set at a high-end Wyoming dude ranch. Think Ye

Can We Go Back to the Office Without Losing Our Flexibility?

Work is broken for most of us. The modern office was built for men with stay-at-home wives. School lets out at 3, childcare costs a fortune, and we’ve all gone a little f

The Wild Courage to Go After What You Want (with former Google Exec Jenny Wood)

What does it really take to ask for what you want—and actually get it? Jenny Wood, former Google executive and author of Wild Courage, breaks down why fear of judgment, f

We’re Done Smiling Through It, with Hillary Frank

This week we talk with Hillary Frank, the creator of The Longest Shortest Time, a podcast that got us through the miserable, sleepless, who-is-this-tiny-alien early days

Let's Get More Moms in Office!! Chatting With Vote Mama

What if moms were in charge? This week we sit down with Liuba Grechen Shirley, founder of Vote Mama, who ran for Congress in 2018 while nursing two toddlers and became th

Men Who Call Women Whores Are Pathetic (with Nick Aster)

We had a whole different episode planned, and then Shane Gillis stood up on SNL and called women who wear shorts to the gym whores. So we’re doing another emergency episo

Everything Bookish: How to Read More, Find Great Books, and Write Your Own

Today we're talking about one of our favorite things in the world. BOOKS. Lauren and Garri from The Everygirl Book Club join us to talk about how to build a more bookish

Are You Ready to Run for Office?

Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something and author of When We’re in Charge, joins us to talk about what the hell we can actually do when everything feels terrible.

The Truth About Sex and Money After 40 (The Midlife Plot Twist Part Two)

What if you're not having less sex because of perimenopause? What if you're just tired of your husband and the pile of dirty laundry on your bed? And while we're at it, h

In the Wake of the Cornell 7, How Can We Raise Good Men?

What happens when boys learn about masculinity from the internet before they learn how to understand their own emotions? Jo talks with Peggy Orenstein, author of Boys &

You Don't Have to Burn It Down: The Midlife Plot Twist, Part One

This week we start a two-part series on how not to blow up your life in midlife, with Gabrielle Moss, co-author of The Midlife Plot Twist: How to Reboot Your Life Without

The Last Free Women of Afghanistan

Rebecca Blumenstein helped get 124 people out of Kabul when the city fell. Diana Kapp had been reporting on Afghan girls since 2012. Their new book, The Last Free Women,

Chasing Cozy: The Birthday Episode With Jane Green

We’re coming to you poolside on Jo's birthday from Marrakech with bestselling author Jane Green for a conversation about the things we learn as we get older, wiser and mo

Can a Chatbot Love You Back?

Bridget Todd used to read the headlines about people proposing to ChatGPT and write those people off as sad and strange. Then she heard tech leaders describe AI companion

The Lone Liberal on Fox News Wrote the Book on Disagreeing Better

Jessica Tarlov has one of the strangest jobs in American media. Five days a week she sits at a table on Fox News' The Five as the lone liberal, arguing in front of millio

How Can We Save Child Stars ? Would You Buy Sydney Sweeney's Underwear? And a New Royal Tell-All

We're dropping an episode of a brand new celebrity news podcast in your feed today. Celebrity Intelligence: The Lowdown. Jo's a lead producer and host on this one and she

"How Not to Look Like Shit": Bobbi Brown on Makeup, Aging, and Being Scrappy Forever

Bobbi Brown started Bobbi Brown Cosmetics out of her garage while pregnant in 1990. Four and a half years in, Estée Lauder called and said we want to buy you, and she sai

Sunday Nice Things: Did Emily Ruin Paris?

Today we're sharing an episode from another podcast I think you'll enjoy: The Global Story from the BBC. The question they’re tackling is a great one: Did Emily Ruin Par

The Tradwife Era Is Over. So Why Are We Still Obsessed?

Why are smart, progressive, left-voting women are still watching tradwife content? Even after the trend has peaked? Author Claire Swinarski has also written a tradwife