Advice for Gen Z From Your "Golden Girls"

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

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On our recent book tour, we met so many amazing tweens and teens who surprised us by saying they listen to this podcast. (Yes, this one! The one about aging knees, perimenopause, and remembering dial-up internet.) Somewhere between the hugs and deep conversations, it hit us: We might actually be their Golden Girls.

I loved watching the Golden Girls growing up, so we've decided to embrace it. In this episode, we share a love letter to our younger selves — advice we wish we’d known in our teens, 20s, and 30s that we want to pass along to Gen Z. From not chasing the guy peaking in high school to keeping your passions — we’ve learned a few things. Plus, I can deinfluence you with my latest TikTok purchase. (TikTok Shop is the new QVC, by the way.)

So grab your orthotic slippers, listen to Penn's version of “Thank You for Being a Friend,” and enjoy some voicemails from our answering machine — your Golden Girls are here. 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 two billion views and over nine million followers since 2013. Penn and Kim are also authors of the New York Times Bestselling Book, ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD and 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	So basically, like, we are the Golden Girls.
0:03.7	Oh, now I'm dead.
0:04.8	Okay.
0:05.3	This show's going great.
0:06.4	I mean, your heart is true.
0:09.0	You're a pile in a confeder.
0:13.5	And I have to show you something I bought off of TikTok.
0:17.1	This is the new QVC.
0:18.4	He would try to flirt with Alexa.
0:19.7	Yeah, he would.
0:20.4	Alexa, you're so good at this.
0:22.2	You know, you're just lovely, Alexa.
0:23.9	Yeah, we get older every day.
0:26.3	Got more wrinkles, that's okay.
0:28.3	Yeah, we're laughing when we age.
0:30.4	Life is like a comedy stage.
0:34.0	And that's what we got laugh lines.
0:40.3	Hey everybody.
0:40.9	I'm Kim Holderness.
0:41.7	And I'm Penn Holderness and welcome to laugh lines.
0:44.3	If you remember writing several drafts of a term paper on loose leaf paper and then handing it in to your teacher for a first draft and then she gave you notes and then you
0:54.5	had to rewrite the entire thing by hand on loose leaf paper if you remember that you're our people
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