Over Dinner Tonight

The Hotel Chelsea was once home to Andy Warhol, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, and for one evening, a dinner with Jilly Hendrix and Jenna Perry. Jilly is a former DJ, meme maker, investor, and now founder of the vodka brand, Body. Jenna is the artist and entrepreneur behind Jenna Perry Hair. Through her hair painting, she’s created viral fashion moments with the likes of Bella Hadid, Chloë Sevigny, and Kendall Jenner. Over a menu from El Quijote, we talk about the challenges of entrepreneurship, growing up on the internet, leaning into being single after big breakups, and Jenna’s new studio in SoHo. 

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Tonight, we're sitting down to dinner with Florence Pouya for Indian food at Gupshup. Florence is a 17-year-old women’s rights activist, student, and captain of the Afghanistan National Robotics Team. She grew up in Herat, Afghanistan, until the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and Florence and her robotics teammates evacuated their home country for Qatar. She has worked in robotics for six years and participated in many international competitions (FIRST Global Challenge, FIRST Tech Challenge, PCBe TheChange), Conferences (United Nations, UNAMA, UNICEF), & exhibitions (Doha Forum, Doha Debates). Forbes magazine chose her as one of the 30 under 30 scientists by Forbes and VOGUE named Florence as one of the 21 under 21 change makers. She is now spending the summer in New York City and preparing to study aerospace engineering at Iowa State University in the fall. 

Florence and Alexa talk about what we all lose out on when girls and women don't have access to education, what Florence misses about big family dinners, and how the diversity of New York city makes her feel right at home. Plus, her dreams of becoming an astronaut and seeing earth from space.

Florence Pouya: IG @FlorencePouya TW @FlorencePouya

Gupshup: @Gupshupnyc

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Tonight, we’re sitting down to dinner with Samantha Barry and Jill Kargman for Japanese-Italian food at Kimika in Nolita. We discuss ambition, shaking things up at 40, and what it really means to be fearless.

Samantha Barry is the editor-in-chief of Glamour Magazine. Prior to joining Glamour, she served as global head of social media at CNN. She spearheaded the organization’s 2016 election coverage across social platforms, which received the first ever Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media. Samantha previously worked as a reporter and producer for BBC World News in London, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Papua New Guinea, and RTE and Newstalk in Ireland.

Jill Kargman is a born and bred New Yorker. Jill is the creator, writer, producer, and star of the scripted comedy Odd Mom Out about the hilarity of raising children on the Upper East Side. She has authored several New York Times best sellers including Momzillas, and hosts the Sirius XM morning show named At Least You Woke Up. Jill is also a performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade improvisational and sketch comedy group.

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Jill Kargman: @JillKargman

Samantha Barry: @SamBarry

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Tonight, we are sitting down to dinner with Monica Padman and Mattie Kahn for family-style Spanish tapas at Los Angeles’s Bar Moruno. We talk about vulnerability, our moms, and Alexa and Mattie’s mutual love for seltzer. Monica shares her journey freezing her eggs before the age of 35, and Mattie tells us the story behind her new book, Young & Restless. Plus, a story about the dangers of sleeping pills on overnight flights.

Monica Padman is an actor, writer, and podcast host. She co-hosts and produces Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd, a podcast that celebrates the messiness of being human. She also hosts the limited series Monica and Jess Love Boys, We Are Supported By with Kristen Bell, Flightless Bird and Race to 35.

Mattie Kahn is an award-winning writer and the author of Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Vox, and more. She was the culture director at Glamour, where she covered women’s issues and politics, and a staff editor at Elle.

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Monica Padman: @mlpadman

Mattie Kahn: @MatKahn

Bar Moruno: @barmorunola

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This week we’re sitting down to dinner with Lindsay Peoples and Tefi Pessoa. Both dinner guests are cultural connoisseurs and forces of nature in their own fields. Lindsay is the editor-in-chief of The Cut from New York Magazine, and she is also the co-founder of the Black in Fashion Council. At The Cut, Peoples oversees all editorial content, events, brand extensions, and more, conceiving of the strategic direction for the site’s next chapter. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, and was the youngest ever editor-in-chief of any Condé Nast magazine

Tefi is trailblazing a new path in the worlds of media and pop culture, bringing her humor, energy, and vulnerability to every medium she touches. She is one of today’s most sought-after, multi-hyphenate entertainers and is widely recognized for her ability to connect on a deeper level with her audience through engaging storytelling that mixes the perfect recipe of humor, honesty, and a dash of real advice.

Alexa, Lindsay, and Tefi sit down for dinner at Rule of Thirds, a Japanese restaurant tucked away in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They talk about how we exercise the muscle of confidence, untangling identity from your job title, complicated feelings about fashion week, and why the internet feels like a high school cafeteria. Plus, why can’t we resist watching strangers fall in love on reality tv?

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Tefi: IG @hellotefi YT @TefiShow TikTok @helloTefi

Lindsay Peoples: @lrpeoples @thecut @Blackinfashioncouncil

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Cheryl Strayed is a writer (Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch) whose best-selling works have been adapted to an Oscar-nominated film and, most recently, as an acclaimed Hulu series. Strayed's other books are the critically acclaimed novel, Torch, and the bestselling collection Brave Enough. Her books have sold more than 5 million copies around the world and have been translated into forty languages. Strayed has also made two hit podcasts, Dear Sugars, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond, and Sugar Calling. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Cheryl and Alexa sat down at The Angler in Los Angeles to dine on spicy tuna, cheesy bread and scallops. Cheryl tells Over Dinner Tonight about how she faced fears while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and writing, the surreal experience of adapting her life story to the screen, and what she would write Dear Sugar for advice about today. Plus, what it’s like inside the Tiny Beautiful Things writer’s room.

Note: This conversation was recorded before the WGA Writers Strike.

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Cheryl Strayed: @cherylstrayed

The Angler Los Angeles: @anglerlosangeles

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Welcome to Over Dinner Tonight. Join us as we sit down with some of the world's most interesting and inspiring voices to have the kind of conversations that can only happen over the ritual of dinner. Episodes give listeners a front row seat to unscripted, intimate dinner discussions that explore topics not typically on the table. The dinners are easygoing and relatable – there is no prerequisite for listening in. And by the time dessert arrives, we’ll realize that the more we learn about others, the more we also learn about ourselves.

The first episode of Over Dinner Tonight drops in this podcast feed on Tuesday, May 23rd. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.