Best Jen Hatmaker Podcasts (2025)

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June 2025: Sophie Cousens’ Is She Really Going Out With Him? 55:15

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Description: As a former TV producer turned novelist, Sophie Cousens’ books have been published in over 20 languages. Her previous novels—including This Time Next Year and Before I Do—have delighted readers around the world with their warmth, humor, and honest portrayal of love in all its messy, beautiful forms. Today, we sit down with Sophie to di…

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Asks Us, ‘What Is The Faithful Task Before Us Today?’ 1:16:51

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is a leading voice in modern faith leadership and the first woman elected to serve as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, a role she’s held since 2011. While the job isn’t always glamorous, she says, the sacred moments in the public eye matter deeply—and she treats them with care. Bishop Budde gained national a…

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Megababe Founder, Katie Sturino, on Resilience, Risk-Taking, and Saying Yes to Something New 54:30

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Description: Katie Sturino is one of those people who makes you feel instantly braver just by being in the room. With her bold fashion choices, unfiltered honesty, and joyful presence online, the powerhouse founder of Megababe, style influencer, and unapologetic voice for body confidence has inspired so many of us to rethink how we see our bodies a…

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Encore: Growing up Evangelical and Gay with Jonathan Merritt 1:26:36

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Description: Today, we’re revisiting a pivotal conversation that changed the course of Jen’s life and career. In 2016, during what was expected to be a routine interview with journalist Jonathan Merritt, Jen found herself speaking publicly for the first time about her views on abortion, politics, and LGBTQ+ issues—beliefs she had been wrestling wit…

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Say Yes to Pleasure: How to Talk About Sex and Rekindle Intimacy in Midlife with Vanessa Marin 1:06:54

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Description: With over two decades of experience in the field, Vanessa Marin is on a mission to help people break down shame, talk openly about sex, and create truly intimate relationships. As a a licensed psychotherapist, sex educator, and bestselling author of Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life, which she co-wrot…

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Who Deserves Your Love? KC Davis on Boundaries, Healing, and Letting Go 1:14:11

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Description: KC Davis is a licensed professional counselor, an author, a speaker, and, frankly, one of the most compassionate, funny, down-to-earth voices out there. During the pandemic, she created an amazing platform called Struggle Care where she has been teaching us how to care for ourselves (and our homes) without stigma or shame. Like—if the …

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May 2025: Wade Rouse’s (aka Viola Shipman’s) The Page Turner 56:56

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Description:Beloved author Wade Rouse—who writes under the pen name Viola Shipman—joins Jen for a heartfelt, hilarious, and deeply insightful conversation about writing, identity, and honoring the women who shape us. Known for his evocative novels rooted in love, memory, and family, Wade shares the origin of his pen name (a tribute to his grandmoth…

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You Called, We Listened: Your Stories, In Your Words 1:09:19

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Description: Today, we’re playing a few of our favorite messages and responding to what you, our listeners, have shared. Whether it’s midlife realizations, hard-won wisdom, or letting go of stuff that just isn’t serving you anymore—this is about all of us learning from each other. Thank you to Alice, Ann, Sarah, Ashley, #1 Becky and “Badass Becky” …

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Secrets of Adulthood: Gretchen Rubin on Living a Happier, Simpler Life 1:02:50

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Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential observers of happiness and human nature. In addition to hosting the award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, where she shares practical strategies for building a happier, healthier, more creative life, Gretchen is also the bestselling author of The Happiness Project, The Four Tendencies, B…

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Title: Maggie Smith on Art and the Gift of Our Attention 1:11:20

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Description: … We need art and beauty now more than ever We need creators to create And Jen admits to being a metaphor whore Thought-provoking Quotes: “The thing that really kept me going was writing. Writing was the way that I came home to myself.” – Maggie Smith 8:00 Nobody wants my cookbook. The next step will be call Doordash – Maggie Smith 9:0…

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Introducing: Aspire with Emma Grede 2:53

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Build the life of your dreams and learn from the world’s most successful people. Emma Grede, one of America’s richest self-made women - wants you to make the most of your life. On ‘Aspire with Emma Grede', learn through thought-provoking conversations with some of the most successful and smartest minds on the planet. Each episode will unpack their …

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A Celebration of the Women Who Made Us This Way: Melissa Radke Returns to the For the Love Podcast 1:09:08

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Description: Melissa Radke is the best friend you never knew you always wanted with a Texas-sized heart and sense of humor to match. She’s also an author, speaker, TV personality, and For the Love fan-favorite, best known for her gut-busting sense of humor, deep honesty, and fierce Southern sass. Melissa first gained a national following with her v…

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Encore Matrescence: Unraveling the Myths and Realities of Being a Mother with Lucy Jones 1:19:43

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Description: …Today we’re revisiting the profound biological, psychological and social shifts experienced when becoming a mother - a process known as "matrescence.” Jen sits down with science journalist Lucy Jones, who experienced a seismic identity shift that arose after the birth of her first child. Lucy and Jen unpack groundbreaking neuroscience…

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Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle Remind Us That We Can Do Hard Things 1:18:36

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Description: In the span of a single year, Abby Wambach lost her beloved brother, her wife Glennon Doyle was diagnosed with anorexia, and her sister-in-law Amanda Doyle was diagnosed with breast cancer. For the first time, the trio who host the wildly popular We Can Do Hard Things podcast, all found themselves simultaneously lost, looking for answe…

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April 2025: Lily Brooks-Dalton’s The Light Pirate 47:57

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Description: The April 2025 JHBC selection, The Light Pirate, is a haunting, lyrical, and original story that takes place in the near future, set against the backdrop of climate-ravaged Florida, with parts of the state going underwater and being abandoned by those who used to call it home. The story follows Wanda—a luminous child born out of a deva…

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Top Chef’s Kristen Kish on Last Chances, Making Big Changes and Living a Life That’s Accidentally On Purpose 1:07:51

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Description: She’s become a leading voice in the culinary world and today stars as the lead host of the same cooking competition show that launched her career. Kristen Kish was eliminated from Bravo’s season 10 of Top Chef, only to make a triumphant return through a Last Chance Kitchen opportunity that cleared the way for her to beat out the remain…

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The Tears of Things: Living Prophetically in an Age of Outrage with Richard Rohr 1:17:19

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Description: Today, Jen and Amy sit down with a treasured friend of the show, Franciscan priest and truth-teller, Father Richard Rohr. Father Rohr has been a genuine hero of the faith who has guided us through much uncertainty over the years. Sometimes, we turn to him for mystic insights into lighter things like our Enneagram types and relationship…

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Cultivating Belonging and Evolving Faith with Jeff Chu 1:13:58

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Description: Jeff Chu, an award-winning journalist, author, and "sort-of-kind-of farmer," joins Jen on the For the Love podcast to discuss his book, Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand. In the book, Jeff shares stories from his time at “The Farminary”, a twenty-one-acre working farm at Princeton’s Theological Seminary, where students…

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Melinda French Gates on The Next Day and the Beauty in What Comes Next 51:56

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Description: If we’re lucky, most of us will live an abundant life that’s filled with a number of significant transitions. How we embrace those inevitable life changes and honor that growth can make a big difference in how we are prepared to meet future challenges. Today, Jen and Amy have the pleasure of sitting down with Melinda French Gates to di…

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I Thought It Would Be Better Than This: Jessica N. Turner on Loss, Identity, and Hope” 1:06:17

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Description: In the summer of 2020, as Jen was beginning to process the loss of her 26-year marriage, there was one person walking her own similar but different journey, and understood many of the feelings of anger, grief, shame, and loss that Jen was just beginning to feel. Someone who knew how that disappointment felt. Jessica N. Tuner, founder o…

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Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, It’s a Comeback: Maddie Corman on Being Accidentally Brave 1:21:08

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Description: Maddie Corman is a seasoned American actress and playwright that you’ve seen in classic films including Some Kind of Wonderful, Maid in Manhattan, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and our favorite television shows like Law and Order, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Most recently, she has put her creative hand t…

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March 2025: Amanda Peters’ The Berry Pickers 45:11

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Description: This month’s JHBC selection, The Berry Pickers, by Nova Scotian author Amanda Peters has found a particularly receptive audience within book club communities, including the Jen Hatmaker Book Club, for exploring universal human emotions and experiences, and for examining unique cultural perspectives. By masterfully blending her father's…

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Reclaiming Your Power: Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts on Living a Life of Passion and Purpose 1:07:55

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Description: Today’s guest, Shannon Watts, has come to be known as a formidable force in the world. As the founder of Moms Demand Action, the largest grassroots movement against gun violence formed after the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy in 2012, her activism has mobilized millions of moms to successfully pass over 500 gun safety laws. As Amy …

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Title: From Prince to Parenting: Tamron Hall on Style, Stories, and Strength 59:35

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The best adventures are often found when we embrace curiosity. That’s a lesson that Tamron Hall has learned in her storied career as a cultural icon, Emmy-winning talk show host, and broadcast journalist, as well as in her role as a young parent to a son with a shy but investigative nature to explore the world around him. In today’s conversation, T…

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Midlife Renaissance: Reclaiming the Conversation about Our Bodies and Menopause with Dr. Louise Newson 1:12:49

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Description: Today, Jen and Amy have an intimate conversation with preeminent perimenopausal and menopausal specialist and women’s health advocate, Dr. Louise Newson, who has been described as the “medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution” for her commitment to increasing awareness and knowledge about hormones, perimenopause and menopause thr…

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June 2025: Sophie Cousens’ Is She Really Going Out With Him? 55:15

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Asks Us, ‘What Is The Faithful Task Before Us Today?’ 1:16:51

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Megababe Founder, Katie Sturino, on Resilience, Risk-Taking, and Saying Yes to Something New 54:30

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Encore: Growing up Evangelical and Gay with Jonathan Merritt 1:26:36

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Say Yes to Pleasure: How to Talk About Sex and Rekindle Intimacy in Midlife with Vanessa Marin 1:06:54

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Who Deserves Your Love? KC Davis on Boundaries, Healing, and Letting Go 1:14:11

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May 2025: Wade Rouse’s (aka Viola Shipman’s) The Page Turner 56:56

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You Called, We Listened: Your Stories, In Your Words 1:09:19

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Secrets of Adulthood: Gretchen Rubin on Living a Happier, Simpler Life 1:02:50

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Title: Maggie Smith on Art and the Gift of Our Attention 1:11:20

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Introducing: Aspire with Emma Grede 2:53

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A Celebration of the Women Who Made Us This Way: Melissa Radke Returns to the For the Love Podcast 1:09:08

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Encore Matrescence: Unraveling the Myths and Realities of Being a Mother with Lucy Jones 1:19:43

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Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle Remind Us That We Can Do Hard Things 1:18:36

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April 2025: Lily Brooks-Dalton’s The Light Pirate 47:57

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Top Chef’s Kristen Kish on Last Chances, Making Big Changes and Living a Life That’s Accidentally On Purpose 1:07:51

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The Tears of Things: Living Prophetically in an Age of Outrage with Richard Rohr 1:17:19

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Cultivating Belonging and Evolving Faith with Jeff Chu 1:13:58

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Melinda French Gates on The Next Day and the Beauty in What Comes Next 51:56

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I Thought It Would Be Better Than This: Jessica N. Turner on Loss, Identity, and Hope” 1:06:17

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Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, It’s a Comeback: Maddie Corman on Being Accidentally Brave 1:21:08

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March 2025: Amanda Peters’ The Berry Pickers 45:11

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Reclaiming Your Power: Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts on Living a Life of Passion and Purpose 1:07:55

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Title: From Prince to Parenting: Tamron Hall on Style, Stories, and Strength 59:35

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Midlife Renaissance: Reclaiming the Conversation about Our Bodies and Menopause with Dr. Louise Newson 1:12:49