Living Life on a Five Year Plan (w/ Babs Daitch)

Nov 11, 2025
21 mins

Episode Description

What does life look like when you're living on a five year plan? This week, Anna chats with Babs Daitch, the octogenarian "lesbian Forrest Gump", about why she never stays anywhere for too long—and the life lessons she's learned along the way. 

If you want to learn more about Babs, check out THANKS, BABS, co-directed and co-produced by Jen Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow. https://franklyspeakingfilms.com/thanks-babs/

This episode is sponsored by the Curve Foundation, the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary stories and culture. https://thecurvefoundation.org/

Brought to you by The Anti-Nihilist Foundation, a 501(c)3 and publisher of The Conversationalist

Host and Founder: Anna Lind-Guzik

Executive Editor: Gina Mei

Executive Director: Erin Zimmer Strenio

Audio Engineer: Dan Thorn

Cover Art: María Medem

Produced by: Cosmic Standard

Producers: Aja Simpson and Jessica Glazer 

Technical Director: Jacob Winik 

Creative Lead: Eliza Smith

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