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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Mattie Kahn: @MatKahn
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