Brooke Shields

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This week on Reclaiming, we sit down with the iconic Brooke Shields—actress, model, author, and lifelong performer whose career has spanned decades and defied expectations. In this conversation, Brooke opens up about aging in the public eye and the freedom she’s found in embracing it on her own terms. She reflects on the joy and vulnerability of live performance, her deep love of comedy, and why making people laugh has become one of the great pleasures of her life. We also explore her unexpected passion for science, as Brooke shares candid thoughts on Darwin, natural selection, and how survival of the fittest plays out not just in nature—but in Hollywood. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky early and ad-free right now.
0:06.3	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:19.1	Hi. On today's episode, I spoke with the amazing Brook Shields. From her first modeling gig at 11 months old, starring roles in Hollywood films as a tween, her own sitcom and Broadway shows.
0:32.9	Brooke has really lived her whole life in the public eye. She's also used her platform to change the conversation
0:39.2	around postpartum depression and aging. I really loved talking to her. I hope you find something
0:45.7	in our chat to connect to, and thanks for joining us on reclaiming. Hi, Brooke.
1:02.4	Hi, Monica.
1:04.0	First, I just want to say, I think you're an extraordinary person, an extraordinary woman and a human being.
1:10.2	And just like I've known about you
1:13.2	most of my life, but I think doing this deeper dive to get to talk to you, I just, like, I don't
1:20.4	know, not to sound cheesy. I just like honor so much of what you've been through.
1:25.1	Oh, thank you. Well, you were. Yeah. I loved our talk on when I had my time to be with you for the show.
1:31.4	Yeah.
1:32.0	Now what?
1:33.0	Yeah.
1:33.2	Your podcast.
1:34.3	Now what?
1:34.6	Yes, which is no longer, but it was, I got to.
1:39.5	Yeah, no, I loved our, I loved our chat and I've loved every time I've run into you.
1:43.8	And we have some really good
1:46.1	mutual friends. So it's always nice. I think you're lovely, and I think you're all so extraordinary.
1:51.8	Oh, thank you. Yeah, of course, I was like very aware. I'm only a few years younger than you.
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