ADHD, Alzheimer’s & Life Lately

Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness

Kim Holderness

Holderness Podcast, Self-improvement, Parenting, 40s, Laugh Line, Gen X, Penn Holderness, Laugh Lines, The Laugh Line, 50s, Kim Holderness, Aging, Getting Older, Humor, The Holderness Family, Marriage, Education

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This week, Penn and I share some real-life updates from our house. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD at 50, which turns out… there were signs. I’m learning what that actually means for my brain, my emotions, and honestly, my entire life up to this point. (Something called “doom piles” should have honestly exposed my ADHD years ago.)

Penn also shares an update on his journey to protect his brain health from Alzheimer’s. We talk about what he’s trying, what we’re learning, and how we’re thinking about the future. He has two copies of the APOE4 gene and has watched both of his parents succumb to the disease. To be clear, I would do witchcraft if it meant he will remember my name when we’re both in the retirement home.

We bring back What Gen Zers Are Saying, Penn Compliments Men (shout out to Dan!), and a very relatable story on the Laugh Line about a deer, a college kid, and a callback. Thanks for laughing along with us. We love to hear from you! Leave us a message at 323-364-3929 or write the show at podcast@theholdernessfamily.com. You can also watch our podcast on YouTube.

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Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness is an evolution of The Holderness Family Podcast, which began in 2018. Kim and Penn Holderness are award-winning online content creators known for their original music, song parodies, comedy sketches, and weekly podcasts. Their videos have resulted in over three billion views and over nine million followers since 2013. Penn and Kim are also authors of the New York Times Bestselling Books, ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD and All You Can Be With ADHD. They were also winners on The Amazing Race (Season 33) on CBS.

Laugh Lines is hosted and executive produced by Kim Holderness and Penn Holderness, with original music by Penn Holderness. Laugh Lines is also written and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, and edited and produced by Sam Allen. It is hosted by Acast. Thanks for listening!

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0:00.0	Here's the book I wrote for children that I'm now reading to my wife.
0:03.9	I just love to like putter.
0:06.0	I just love any old lady word.
0:08.3	I just love to putter.
0:09.4	It's Penn's journey fighting Alzheimer's.
0:12.1	When and went when and when and when.
0:13.6	What?
0:14.8	Yeah, we get older every day.
0:17.4	Got more wrinkles.
0:18.5	That's okay.
0:19.4	Yeah, we're laughing when we age.
0:21.5	Life is like a comedy stage.
0:25.1	And that's what we got laugh lines.
0:31.4	Hey everybody.
0:31.9	I'm Kim Holderness.
0:32.7	And I'm Ben Holderness, and welcome to laugh lines.
0:35.3	If you went to a high school where there were seven Jennifer's and the coolest one had a trampoline,
0:41.2	this shows for you.
0:42.7	What about the Kimberleys?
0:44.2	If you went to a high school where there were seven Kimberleys and the coolest one had a swimming pool,
0:49.5	this one's for you.
0:50.4	I had neither.
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