Talk Fifty To Me

Amy Landecker, Sarah Pfefferman on Transparent, wrote, directed, produced and starred in her first feature at 55 and released it at 56. Her film For Worse is a midlife romantic comedy about a newly divorced sober mom, made while most actresses are asking "Am I too old?" A conversation about defying the narrative on aging in Hollywood.

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Julie Bowen spent eleven seasons as TV's most type-A mom on Modern Family, and the show ended as she turned 50. Since then she has directed her first short film, launched her production company Bowen & Sons and made her stage debut. She gets real about the anxiety and fear that come with trying new things. We dare you not to pee your pants.

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After two decades on Angel and Law & Order, Elisabeth Rohm is having the busiest creative stretch of her career in her 50s as one of Lifetime's most prolific true-crime directors. She talks about finding love later in life when you know who you are and what you want, going back to Law & Order as a director, and her new friendship with Ricki Lake.

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Our first guest under 50, Tony winner Laura Benanti, has figured out a lot about midlife anyway. The creator of the sold-out show Nobody Cares, who calls perimenopause "an amuse-bouche to an old cooch," talks about finding her witchiness, leaving the male gaze behind, and learning to forgive who we were.

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Justina Machado gets funny, raw and honest about midlife dating, sex, body image and HRT. The One Day at a Time and Horror of Dolores Roach star went from playing the daughter in Real Women Have Curves on a Chicago stage in her 20s to a Tony nomination for playing the mother on Broadway 32 years later. Her motto: dreams don't have an expiration date.

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Why did hormones used safely since the 1940s suddenly get a black box warning? Board-certified OB/GYN and menopause practitioner Dr. Sharon Malone, Chief Medical Advisor at Alloy Health and author of the New York Times bestseller Grown Woman Talk, sets the record straight on HRT and menopause. She also shares what changed when her friend Michelle Obama went public about menopause, and why she calls midlife "a medical emergency masquerading as a life stage."

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Morning sex, the perfect vibrator and how to ask for what you want in bed: Alysia Reiner, Fig on Orange Is the New Black and now on The Diplomat, has a side hustle as a sex and pleasure columnist. The actress, producer and activist also talks reproductive rights, her zero-waste fashion initiative Livari, and deciding to tell the stories about women she wanted told.

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Comedy legend Judy Gold has been on stand-up stages for more than 40 years, and she has a story about the people who thought she'd aged out of it. The two-time Daytime Emmy winner (The Rosie O'Donnell Show) talks about her mentor Joan Rivers, a very dark time fighting clinical depression, and why at 63 she's still delivering. You will laugh your ass off.

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Padma Lakshmi on taking risks in midlife: walking away from Top Chef after 19 seasons to create, produce and host CBS's America's Culinary Cup, becoming a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model at 52, and her cookbook Padma's All American, inspired by her grandmother. A revealing look at what drives one of television's most successful women as she ages.

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Elsbeth star Carrie Preston, the actress, director and producer the New York Times dubbed the Queen of Quirk, looks back at her childhood beginnings and more than 25 years of playing smart, capable, confident women on TV. The Juilliard-trained, Emmy-winning actor explains why, at 58, it pays to be different. Insightful, inspiring and funny.

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