While Meagan’s loved drinking tea for a long time, lately she’s gotten really, really - we mean, really into it. In this episode we uncover some surprising things you may not know about tea (what’s the actual difference between white, green, oolong, and black tea? How did it become such a popular drink in the Western world? Are herbal “teas” really tea?) while Meagan encourages people who think they don’t like tea to try again - with better tea this time. Meagan also shares more about the process she’s going through to become a Certified Tea Sommelier, as well as what’s coming up for her tea company Bevy and her new tea-adjacent YouTube channel.

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Sarah takes a methodical approach to TV-watching and clocks an impressive number of series each year, while Meagan enjoys random docu-series and the occasional BBC binge - but, we both love television! In this episode we each unpack our watching habits, share some shows we’ve loved (and some we could have lived without), and discuss our television goals for 2026.

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If you don't read every historic plaque you pass, are you even in midlife? (Related: have we both become our own mothers in this regard?) In this episode Sarah and Meagan share our penchant for a good, old-fashioned plaque perusal, and discuss visiting historical sites, monuments and museums more generally.

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For fun, for fitness, and just for getting around, we're big fans of getting places on our own two feet. In this episode Meagan and Sarah discuss the role of walking in our midlife leisure pursuits: where we walk, why we walk - and of course, how we feel about weighted vests.

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From our go-to granola to Sarah's super-healthy grain bowl to Meagan's historic cooking deep-dives, recipes are an important source of information and inspiration in our midlife kitchens. In this episode we share where we look for recipes, how we use them, and what's cooking next.

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Is there any hobby that's more midlife-coded than birdwatching? In this episode Meagan and Sarah share how this pandemic pastime turned into what we hope will be a lifelong leisure pursuit, and share some of the books and products we use to identify and enjoy our feathered friends.

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Sarah's a seasoned shopper for secondhand clothes; Meagan gets overwhelmed sifting through racks to find treasures. In this episode Sarah shares the methodology and motives that drive her thrift hauls, shares some recent scores, and offers a few tips for secondhand success.

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In our modern world we’ve become so accustomed to looking to the grocery store for food and the pharmacy for medicine that we sometimes forget: food and medicine are all around us! In this episode Meagan shares why she began foraging for wild plants in her forties, how she got started, where she goes to forage, safety practices, and how she uses the herbs, mushrooms and berries she finds.

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Sarah's house is a hop, skip, and jump from the Pacific Ocean. Meagan is a stone's throw from Lake Michigan. But each of these midlife ladies enjoys her own personal beach culture. In this episode Meagan and Sarah talk about how they "do" the beach, from floppy hats to favorite beverages, backpack chairs to beach reads.

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For decades, most of our longer car rides involved, at the very least, a spouse - and usually, a car full of kids as well. In midlife, Meagan and Sarah are leaning into more and more opportunities for solo car travel, and in this episode we discuss where we're going, what we're listening to, and where we're stopping along the way - as well as the midlife-lady lessons we're learning from leaning into those solo hours on the road.

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