Is This 50? (Happy Birthday, Kim!)

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

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

My favorite human is turning 50! If you know my wife, Kim, you know she is very self-deprecating and adorable about getting older. Kim thought 50 might feel like a big, Oprah-level moment. (Like angels singing... all-knowing wisdom... maybe a sudden ability to fold a fitted sheet.) Instead, it’s been a mix of gratitude, a little existential panic, and a lot of honest questions like:

Is this what 50 is supposed to feel like?

In this episode, we look back at what Kim thought 50 would be (Golden Girls, water aerobics, financial literacy… none of which fully happened) and our team surprises her with messages from some incredibly wise humans who have already crossed into their 50s and beyond. Plus, it's the finale of Kim’s “Road to 50” goals where she shares what she got accomplished.

Thank you for writing to us about what you still don’t know at 50 (turns out… a lot of us are just winging it), and apologies for talking about my bidet for longer than necessary. Happy Birthday, Kim! 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	It's Cookie Cake!
0:02.0	Yay!
0:03.0	As my second grade teacher put on my report card, Kim struggles with transitions.
0:09.0	And that has not ended.
0:12.0	What's the most important thing that you've learned in the last 50 years of your life?
0:16.0	That love is all that matters.
0:18.0	Oh my God, I was going to say the same thing.
0:20.0	Yeah, we get older every day.
0:22.9	Got more wrinkles, that's okay.
0:24.8	Yeah, we're laughing when we age.
0:26.9	Life is like a comedy stage.
0:30.5	And that's what we got laugh lines.
0:36.8	Hi, everybody.
0:38.0	My name is Kim Holderness.
0:39.8	And I'm Penn Holderness and welcome to the special extravaganza, 50-year-old version for Kim
0:47.2	is turning 50 version of Laugh!
0:50.3	Wow.
0:51.1	Do not look anything close to 50, honey.
0:54.9	You look amazing.
0:56.2	But what does 50, I think, what does that look like?
0:59.7	Well, let's start with this.
1:01.0	You don't always know how old you are.
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