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How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams

How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams

There isn't much that scares Kaye Adams. National TV? Easy.Live Radio phone-in show? Like falling off a log.Approaching 60 though.......WAAAHHHHH!!! That's terrifying!!However, with the help of her filter-free friend Karen, some well known guests and most importantly, YOU, she might just learn....How To Be 60. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Midweek Catchup: Roots, Radiotherapy & Why We Deserve the Jaffa Cakes
Jan. 20, 2026

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 fallout that comes after the “big milestones” are ticked off. There’s hone...
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Lucy Kellaway: The Best Kind of Late Midlife Crisis (AKA Starting Again at 58)
Jan. 15, 2026

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, former Financial Times columnist who did something quietly radical at 58: she walked away from a high-status career and retrained as a secondary school teacher - and hasn...
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Midweek Catchup: Grey Roots, Runny Noses & Holding Your Breath (Literally)
Jan. 13, 2026

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 opinions, your nose develops a mind of its own, and holding your breath bec...
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Jackie Kay: Identity, Ageing, and the Freedom of Not Fitting In
Jan. 8, 2026

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, belonging and getting older without shrinking. We talk about turning 60 as a clari...
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Taking Down the Tree, Leaving the Label On ... and Starting the Year as You Mean to Go On
Jan. 6, 2026

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 everything about where we’re at. From the brutal satisfaction of taking the Christma...
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Midweek Catchup: Twixmas Time-Warp, Questionable Oysters & When Christmas Loses the Plot
Dec. 30, 2025

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 months ago, and normal rules no longer apply. Kay and Karen swap Twixmas stories...
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Brilliant!

"New to the podcast but already loving it! Light hearted and funny whilst addressing thoughts most of us have about getting older. Just brilliant. Thank you !!"

donnamariek | Oct. 4, 2022

Laugh out loud podcast

"Kaye and Karen are hilarious. What a sense of humour they both have. The guests have been great so far. I am off work sick at the moment and these podcasts are cheering me up. Thanks so much ladi…"

Two_Peaks | Sept. 29, 2022

How to be 60

"Excellent show -has made me laugh so much and really changed my perspective on turning 60 next year."

Cardiff 2 | July 3, 2022

Preparing for being the BIG 60

"I will be 60 at the end of August and I was dreading it, being a native Scot living in England I love the 'Scottish banter' between you both. Thanks to your podcast I am now embracing being 60. Tha…"

Mary Hamilton | July 30, 2024

Best podcast

"Love the podcast, listen every week, answer back, laugh you name if. Like having old friends round for a good old chat. Long May it continue, thanks ladies xxx"

Brenda Casey | Aug. 18, 2024
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