This is 40!

What is 40 to you? The BIG 40 and after. A moment of reflection. A pause. Perhaps a change in lifestyle follows. Perhaps you redefine The Good Life. Perhaps a chance to be brave enough to finally follow your dreams after checking all the career, family and related boxes that were defined for you. This is 40 is now in its 2nd season, titled "Ask for More". Featuring deeply insightful stories of people who around the age of 40 asked for more of what they wanted and deserved in their lives. Join the "This is 40 Podcast" community to find a voice that reflects yours and meet others who have been on this journey. At times fun, at times deep and thoughtful. It is a community that is here for you. Come join us on Instagram:@mridsy_frenchiepreneur On Facebook: thisis40podcast. Hosted by Mrids Palat - Becker, entrepreneur, podcaster, TV and film producer living in Paris, as she talks to some of the most fun, brilliant, 40- year- olds who made a decisive change as they hit their 40th.

Episodes

SEASON 2 : TEASER . CAN YOU MAKE AMERICA THINK CRITICALLY AGAIN?

"America's Government Teacher" to over 1 million fans and Jeffferson Award winner(#oprah is a past recipient...

November 09, 2022 • Season 2 • 4:47

Celebrity Whisperer: How NOT to chase fame, let it find you instead- with Jonas Unger

Jonas Unger is best known for his incredible portraits of Oscar winner Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Susan Sarandon, Amy Adams and Paul Pogba among others. Coveted by the fashion and celebrity world alike Jonas has gathered fans in all domai...

September 25, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 38:41

Sustainability with a passion with Alice Steenland

Our guest today is Alice Steenland, a woman who gets stakeholders to make bold leadership moves by sharing her true passion for social good and for the sustainability space. Alice joined Dassault Systèmes in 2020 as the company’s first Chief Su...

September 03, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 33:13

International man of mystery to stay-at-home dad - Seb Delasnerie

There once was a guy who managed a cabaret in Paris, who then got on a sailboat and went on to be an advisor to the government, communications director and ‘spin doctor’. I think he might be a spy (wink wink). His life reads like a...

August 27, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 32:42

Multicultural bilingual but where do you call home? Finding your place with Marc Oman

"Because I think it's very easy for people at the top to say, 'Hey, I made it. So come on, guys, try a little harder. You'll get there too. 'That's just not true. The outcome of where you end up is not just a function of how ha...

August 13, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 38:36

(3) Finding humor & beauty : curating the life you love

To Joanna Cohen, art is a way to see the world. Joanna speaks of turning 40 in the context of the art world, coming back to it after a very different time in her life. She talks of the challenges – sometimes life chang...

August 07, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 30:11

(2) Baptiste Carrière-Pradal - Returning to your roots

Can you relate to the following? You have a pretty spectacular career in a highly respectable field that gets you onto stages across the world, but somehow you’re torn and keep wanting to go back to your roots and jump-start your mu...

July 22, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 36:09

(1) Bommy Lee - How to (re)build a life worth living

Welcome to This is 40!Our very first guest Bommy Lee could not have represented the spirit of this show any better: she has lived all over the world, has had a very exciting career as a journalist at the International Herald Tribune, follow...

July 22, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 52:14