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307. How About Now with Kate Baer

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Today I’m joined by everyone’s favorite poet, Kate Baer, for a tender conversation about midlife transitions, medical anxiety, and the power of female friendship.

We talk about how to orient around ideas instead of problems, and we share a few poems from Kate’s forthcoming collection, How About Now, out November 4th.

If you’ve been feeling a little lonely, uncertain, or in-between — or all three — this one is for you.

We discuss:

  • How the body makes itself known in midlife
  • Body neutrality, medical anxiety, and illness
  • The public scrutiny around Kate’s weight loss
  • Parenting in a fatphobic world
  • “Menopause is when all the girls you were come out to play”
  • How to cultivate female friendships — even through conflict
  • The difference between community and friends
  • Being erased from the male gaze as you age

More about our guest: Kate Baer is the 3x New York Times bestselling author of What Kind Of Woman, I Hope This Finds You Well, and And Yet. Her work has also been published in The New Yorker, Literary Hub, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Her next book, How About Now, is out November 4, 2025.

Connect with Kate:

Mentioned in this episode:

Send me (Ali) a text message.

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Manage episode 516327257 series 1031090
Content provided by Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC, Ali Shapiro, MSOD, and CHHC. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC, Ali Shapiro, MSOD, and CHHC or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Today I’m joined by everyone’s favorite poet, Kate Baer, for a tender conversation about midlife transitions, medical anxiety, and the power of female friendship.

We talk about how to orient around ideas instead of problems, and we share a few poems from Kate’s forthcoming collection, How About Now, out November 4th.

If you’ve been feeling a little lonely, uncertain, or in-between — or all three — this one is for you.

We discuss:

  • How the body makes itself known in midlife
  • Body neutrality, medical anxiety, and illness
  • The public scrutiny around Kate’s weight loss
  • Parenting in a fatphobic world
  • “Menopause is when all the girls you were come out to play”
  • How to cultivate female friendships — even through conflict
  • The difference between community and friends
  • Being erased from the male gaze as you age

More about our guest: Kate Baer is the 3x New York Times bestselling author of What Kind Of Woman, I Hope This Finds You Well, and And Yet. Her work has also been published in The New Yorker, Literary Hub, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Her next book, How About Now, is out November 4, 2025.

Connect with Kate:

Mentioned in this episode:

Send me (Ali) a text message.

  continue reading

307 episodes

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