How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams
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How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams
Turning 60 isn’t about slowing down—it’s about shaking things up. Whether it’s downsizing and embracing a simpler life, starting a new career, moving abroad, or navigating love and relationships in unexpected ways, How To Be 60 proves that this stage of life is anything but predictable.Join Kaye Ada...
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Sally Gunnell: Hurdling Towards 60 — The Champion's Guide to Ageing Well
On this week's episode, we're joined by Olympic gold medallist and all-round legend Sally Gunnell, who, just months out from her 60th birthday, is pro...
Midweek Catchup: Duck Eggs, Lost Rings and the Weird Comfort of Superstition
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we wander cheerfully off-piste — from the unexpected thrill of blue duck eggs and medication-induced hunger, to Valent...
Mandy Appleyard: Caring for Mum, Dignitas and the Police Knock at the Door
On this week's episode, we're joined by journalist-turned-celebrant Mandy Appleyard, who shares the extraordinary story of what happened when her fier...
Midweek Catchup: Love, Loss and the Things We Can’t Replace
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re talking about the strange emotional whiplash of midlife — from Valentine’s Day expectations (or lack of them), t...
Michaela Strachan: Perky, Proud and Not Apologising for It
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Michaela Strachan, TV icon, wildlife champion and a woman very clear on who she is at nearly 60. Michaela talk...
Midweek Catchup: Manifesting Horses, £40 Socks and Big Life Buttons
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re waving goodbye to January, welcoming a galloping Year of the Horse, and asking whether manifestation actually wo...
Josie Lawrence: Improvising Life, Love, and What Comes Next
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Josie Lawrence - comedy icon, improv legend, and living proof that confidence and anxiety can happily coexist....
Midweek Catchup: Aches, Itches & the Great Travel Insurance Panic
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re knee-deep in the small-but-consuming realities of midlife: mysterious itches that turn out to be nerve damage, s...
Elise Johnston: Reinvention, Desire, and Why It’s Never Too Late to Want More
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Alese Johnston, founder of Fabulous 70 and unapologetic queen of reinvention, who believes life doesn’t wind d...
Midweek Catchup: Roots, Radiotherapy & Why We Deserve the Jaffa Cakes
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we talk pink cheeks, overdue roots, and the strange intimacy of finishing radiotherapy - plus the unexpected emotional...
Lucy Kellaway: The Best Kind of Late Midlife Crisis (AKA Starting Again at 58)
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Lucy Kellaway OBE, 64 — former Financial Times columnist who did something genuinely radical on the edge of 60...
Midweek Catchup: Grey Roots, Runny Noses & Holding Your Breath (Literally)
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re talking about those very specific midlife moments no one warns you about. When your roots feel louder than your...
Jackie Kay: Identity, Ageing, and the Freedom of Not Fitting In
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Jackie Kay - poet, novelist, former Scots Makar and one of the sharpest, warmest thinkers on identity, belongi...
Taking Down the Tree, Leaving the Label On ... and Starting the Year as You Mean to Go On
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re easing into 2026 the only way we know how: chatting through the small domestic dramas that somehow say everythin...
Midweek Catchup: Twixmas Time-Warp, Questionable Oysters & When Christmas Loses the Plot
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re firmly in that strange in-between zone where no one knows what day it is, Christmas feels like it happened month...
Midweek Catchup: Chemo Side Effects, Surprise Beards & Why Pilates Costs £34
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re recording on Christmas Eve and doing what we do best — talking honestly about how life actually feels at this ag...
A Life and a Half — Love, Faith, Survival and Not Giving a Monkey’s
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Sir Chris Bryant - MP, minister, memoirist, and living proof that life rarely runs in straight lines. Chris ta...
Midweek Catchup: Secret Santas, Sleeper Trains and Seeing Chemo to the Finish Line
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re checking in just days before Christmas — with Kaye broadcasting from a hotel bathroom in London (puffer jacket,...
Lesley Kara: The Plot Twist That Turned 55 Into a Writing Breakthroug
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley Kara, whose brand-new psychological thriller The Troublemaker is landin...
Midweek Catchup: The One-Brow Wonder, Cold Caps & December Chaos
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we tumble through the very specific flavour of December mayhem — Karen accidentally sleeping through chemo while the n...
Jacqueline Hooton on Getting Stronger at 60 and Ditching Ageist Nonsense
Fitness expert Jacqueline Hooton joins Kaye and Karen for a grounded, funny and honest conversation about ageing well. She talks about staying strong...
Midweek Catchup: Shoe-horns, Sleepless Nights and A&E Panic Stations
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re talking Christmas chaos, stubborn husbands, and the kind of A&E visit that derails even the best-laid festive pl...
Scott Hastings: Love, Loss, and Learning to Live Again
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Scott Hastings, the rugby legend who has lived through the unimaginable and still finds a way to smile. After...
Midweek Catchup: Slipping, Sliding and Surviving the Cold Snap
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we’re braving the Baltic chill with toilet confessions, rap-induced bafflement at Hamilton and the ongoing saga of Kar...
Maria McErlane: Cycling Through Chaos, Confidence, and Life After 60
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Maria McErlane, who brings sharp humour, unapologetic honesty, and a lifetime of mischief as she talks about a...
Midweek Catchup: Chemo-Proof Hair, Foot Scrub Confessions & The Great Poo Kit Enthusiasm
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, we tumble from hairstyle envy to spit jars, chemo side effects and the baffling joy of a bowel screening kit.
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Fiona Clark: The Menopause Minefield — Sorting Fact from Fear
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Fiona Clark, author of Menowars, who’s calling time on the confusion around menopause. From HRT debates to vag...
Midweek Catchup: Finding Pockets of Joy (and Other Accidents)
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Kaye and Karen prove that nothing is off limits — from cheap heaters and dodgy white diets to the hazards of sending a...
Sally Wainwright: Finding Your Voice (and a Drumbeat) at Sixty
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by the brilliant writer Sally Wainwright — the mind behind Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, and Riot Women.
Midweek Catchup: Sleep, Scratch, and Stodge - The Glamorous Side of Our Sixties
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Kaye and Karen dive into the real highs and lows of midlife - from insomnia and itchy skin to the deep joy of mashed...
Siobhan Daniels: From Burnout to Bliss - How Life on the Road Changed Everything
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Siobhan Daniels, the self-proclaimed retirement rebel who swapped burnout for a camper van named Dora and neve...
Midweek Catchup: When Sleep Won’t Play Ball
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Kaye and Karen swap gallows humour for sleepless nights — and find themselves comparing coping mechanisms that range f...
Denise Black: Finding Freedom in Her Sixties
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Denise Black — actor, singer, and unapologetic non-conformist — who’s proving that life in your...
Midweek Catchup: Karen’s Chemo, Cold Caps & One Very Unusual Smoothie
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Kaye and Karen dive into the strange, funny, and surprisingly touching realities of Karen’s chemo journey — from debat...
Sam McKnight: From Princess Diana to Planting Tulips — Finding Freedom After Fashion
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by legendary hairstylist Sam McKnight, the man behind Princess Diana’s iconic short hair and decades of runway gl...
Midweek Catchup: Pilates, Pensions & Breast Milk Smoothies
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Kaye’s dragged out of bed for a 7 a.m. Pilates class (thanks to daughterly guilt), Karen’s contemplating a strawberry-...
Hilary Whitehall: Life in Reverse — Finding Your Moment at 64
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Hilary Whitehall, who proves life doesn’t have to follow the usual order. She had the kids first, the career l...
Midweek Catchup: Breast Milk, Beetroot & Being Kind to Yourself
On this week’s Midweek Catchup, Karen’s voice is finally back and so are the laughs. From sleeping with tissues up her nose to debating whether breast...
Jaye Griffiths: Redefining 60, Resilience, and Reinvention
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence and abusive relationships, which some listeners may find distressing.
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Alice Morrison: From Boardrooms to Camels - Reinventing Life at 60
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Alice Morrison, the adventurer who swapped a high-flying media career for a tent, two camels, and a life of ra...