Aug 19, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min · 17 segments
Jodi and Nora kick off the pod by remembering Hayden Panettiere’s greatest cultural accomplishments. Then, they get out some late summer sillies, including two celebrity weddings, how Nicole Kidman…
Jodi WalkerHost
Nora PrinciottiHost
Before we get to some of our, like, most absurd summer stories, I would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the loss of, I was gonna say one of our foremothers, but really, like, fore sisters of, of our people, millennial women.
I mean, the fact that, like, I think this feels very much like the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg-
This is someone who we, like, really grew up watching as a peer, and it's just so, it's just so awful.
And it seemed like, I mean, it seemed like there were parts of, of her life which was in other ways amazing and impactful and, like, I will, I will, you know, remember so much of her work.
Well, she wrote a book, but an excerpt of which that focused on how really severe postpartum depression, um, led to or at least really exacerbated some problems with alcohol.
And, like, it just, it's just heartbreaking that, like, she had a hard life it seems like, especially in the later periods of it.
And it seemed like during this period because this, um, her, her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, came out in May.
We'd been seeing a lot more of her lately and kind of reflecting on her career and how much so many of these things had meant to us, and she had opened up a lot about-
Um, difficult relationship with substances and postpartum depression as you referenced.
I, yeah, I learned a lot about her during that time, and within that, like, that she, when she was having such a hard time after giving birth, she, um, you know, granted full custody to the father of her child even though they weren't together anymore because that was the best thing to do for her and, uh, for her child.
It, it just, it's just, I don't- any time would be a difficult time to lose her, but during this time where we've been hearing more from her and thinking more about...
Before we get to some of our, like, most absurd summer stories, I would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the loss of, I was gonna say one of our foremothers, but really, like, fore sisters of, of our people, millennial women.
I mean, the fact that, like, I think this feels very much like the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg-
This is someone who we, like, really grew up watching as a peer, and it's just so, it's just so awful.
And it seemed like, I mean, it seemed like there were parts of, of her life which was in other ways amazing and impactful and, like, I will, I will, you know, remember so much of her work.
Well, she wrote a book, but an excerpt of which that focused on how really severe postpartum depression, um, led to or at least really exacerbated some problems with alcohol.
And, like, it just, it's just heartbreaking that, like, she had a hard life it seems like, especially in the later periods of it.
And it seemed like during this period because this, um, her, her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, came out in May.
We'd been seeing a lot more of her lately and kind of reflecting on her career and how much so many of these things had meant to us, and she had opened up a lot about-
Um, difficult relationship with substances and postpartum depression as you referenced.
I, yeah, I learned a lot about her during that time, and within that, like, that she, when she was having such a hard time after giving birth, she, um, you know, granted full custody to the father of her child even though they weren't together anymore because that was the best thing to do for her and, uh, for her child.
It, it just, it's just, I don't- any time would be a difficult time to lose her, but during this time where we've been hearing more from her and thinking more about...
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