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Life's Booming
by Australian Seniors
Series 6: Dying to KnowJoin James Valentine for the sixth season of Life’s Booming: Dying to Know, our most unflinching yet. We’ll have the conversations that are hardest to have, ask the questions that are easy to ignore, and hear stories that will make you think differently about the one thing we’re all guaranteed to experience: Death.Featuring interviews with famous faces as well as experts in the space, we uncover what they know about what we can expect. There are hard truths, surprising discoveries, tears and even laughs. Nothing about death is off the table.If you have any thoughts or questions and want to share your story to Life’s Booming, send us a voice note – [email protected] Watch Life’s Booming on YouTubeListen to Life's Booming on Apple Podcasts Listen to Life's Booming on Spotify For more information visit seniors.com.au/podcast Produced by Medium Rare Content Agency, in conjunction with Ampel
Episodes
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Creative Renaissance with Denise Scott and Dr Helen English
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Playing The Long Game, with Neil Perry and Dr Amanda Ferguson
Keeping yourself fit and healthy and in shape is vital for life’s long game. And no-one understands that more than celebrated chef Neil Perry, who chats with organisational psychologist Dr Amanda Ferguson about what it takes to survive the demanding restaurant game for more than 40 years. About…
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Fifty Shades of Friendship, with Wendy Harmer and Dr Tim Sharp (aka 'Dr Happy')
Broadcaster and comedian Wendy Harmer and positive psychologist Dr Tim Sharp (aka ‘Dr Happy’) lift the veil on relationships and explore what it takes to nurture our most important connections with our partners, friends, and with ourselves. About the episode – brought to you by Australian…
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Breaking New Ground with Jamie Durie and Zac Seidler
In this episode of DARE: The Time of Your Life, we are looking at Breaking New Ground. At an age when many people are beginning to look for the off switch, some over 50s are inspiring us by dreaming bigger than ever. Like our guest Jamie Durie. The landscape designer and TV host isn’t just 'not...
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Reinvention Generation with Kathy Lette and Jane Curry
SERIES 7: Better With Age. It takes courage to reinvent yourself professionally, yet it becomes a necessity for many people over 50. Bestselling author Kathy Lette and publishing exec Jane Curry share their hilarious experiences of pushing through career blocks and tiresome ageing stereotypes....
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No Expiry Date with Layne Beachley and Dr Roy Sugarman
Stoking your sense of adventure and kick-starting curiosity is so important as we get older – just ask seven-time world champion surfer Layne Beachley and clinical psychologist Dr Roy Sugarman, who explain how you, too, can embrace new experiences and redefine what's possible, at any age. About…
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DARE: The Time of Your Life, now with Jean Kittson
Series 7: Better With Age Too often ageing is painted as decline. In reality, Australians are living longer, healthier lives and reshaping what “older” looks like. This series flips the script and shows how ageing is not a dirty word but rather a time to be embraced, featuring interviews with...
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After life with Debbie Malone and Bianca Nogrady
After life The question of the afterlife fascinates us all, whether shaped by science, spirituality or something in between. In this episode, we explore what happens at the end of life, and what might follow, in a conversation with psychic medium Debbie Malone and science writer and journalist...
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Finding the funny side with Michelle Brassier and Marianne Bowdler
LIFE’S BOOMING SERIES 6: Dying to Know Episode 6: Finding the funny side Many of us are embracing more humour following the death of a loved one. But how do we make space for laughter without feeling like we’re getting it wrong? Comedian Michelle Brasier and grief counsellor Marianne Bowdler…
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Going out with style with Blanche d'Alpuget and Evelyn Calaunan
With most people now preferring to focus on celebrating life rather than mourning at funerals, we explore the new ways people are choosing to commemorate loved ones, and hear first hand experience of what it's like to grieve in the public eye, with acclaimed author Blanche d’Alpuget, widow of...
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Matters of life and death - Dr Annetta Mallon & Martin Tobin
Matters of life and death Australia’s death care and funeral industry is big business. We meet death doula Dr Annetta Mallon and funeral industry adviser Martin Tobin, two caring and passionate business owners supporting you and your loved ones through the last step on life’s journey. About the...
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Dying Well - with Tracey Spicer and Hannah Gould
Dying well We’re all going to die, but how we acknowledge death and dying is a very personal experience. Award-winning journalist and author Tracey Spicer and anthropologist Dr Hannah Gould explore etiquette, rites and traditions to find out what makes a ‘good death’. About the episode – brought…
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Let's talk about death, baby - with Andrew Denton & Kerrie Noonan
Let’s talk about death, baby From breaking the stigma to understanding the conversations we need to have before we die, beloved broadcaster and advocate Andrew Denton and clinical psychologist Dr Kerrie Noonan dissect everything we should and shouldn’t say about death. About the episode – brought...
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Season 6: Dying To Know
Join James Valentine for the sixth season of Life’s Booming: Dying to Know, our most unflinching yet. We’ll have the conversations that are hardest to have, ask the questions that are easy to ignore, and hear stories that will make you think differently about the one thing we’re all guaranteed to...
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Where There's a Will, There's a Relative!
Many of us put off creating or updating our wills, often because it feels like it's something that can be addressed later. But life is unpredictable, and having a current will is vital to protecting your loved ones and reflecting your wishes when the time comes. In this special episode, host…
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Zeroing in on mental health with Mary Coustas & Dr Charlotte Keating
Here we delve into another aspect of our health that is often less spoken about: mental health. Older people are more likely to experience contributing factors to depression and anxiety, such as physical illness or personal loss, but how many seek help? In this episode, comedian Mary Coustas (aka...
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Getting to the guts of it with Sarah Di Lorenzo & Tobie Puttock
In this episode we spotlight gut health, and all the normal, and more unusual, health issues connected to our digestive systems. We speak to clinical nutritionist and the author of The Gut Repair Plan, Sarah Di Lorenzo, plus Melbourne chef and founder of Made by Tobie, a home delivery meal…
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Frequently asked questions with Dr Sam Hay, Dr Simon Grof & Dr Mohammad Jomaa
Embarrassed about asking your doctor something? We’re doing it for you. Our experts are going to answer some of those concerns you might have that are a bit quirky, less dinner chat, more private google search type questions. Our expert doctors are getting the stigma out of the way and getting…
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Menopause: The other side with Jean Kittson & Dr Ginni Mansberg
The stigma around menopause is slowly peeling away, but many of us still suffer in silence. In this episode, we take a lighter look at the often unglamorous side-effects of menopause – from hot flushes and brain fog to facial hairs and mood swings – hearing from Aussie comedian Jean Kittson, who…
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Wear and tear with John Wood & Rod Grof
Changes to our joints, bones and muscles are often attributed simply to ageing ‘wear and tear’, but is that true? From creaky joints to hip and knee replacements, physiotherapist Rod Grof takes us through the top musculoskeletal risks as we age, while Logie-winning actor John Wood shares his own...
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Middle age spread with Jacqui Hodder & Dr Brad McKay
Linked to metabolism and even menopause, weight gain for many over 50s seems inevitable, but is it really? We ask celebrity GP Dr Brad McKay for his take, and speak to author Jacqui Hodder about how she overcame an expanding waistline to embark on a trip of a lifetime. About the episode - brought...
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Series 5: Is This Normal?
Join James Valentine as he explores the incredible stories of Aussie characters, from the adventurous to the love-struck. Across 30 inspirational episodes, Life’s Booming explores life, health, love, travel, and everything in between. Our bodies surprise us in ways we never thought possible as we...
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Living in the moment with Tim Baker
After receiving a life-changing cancer diagnosis, award-winning surf writer, husband and father-of-two Tim Baker turned his attention to making peace with his mortality and living in the 'now'. If you' have any thoughts or questions and want to share your story to Life’s Booming, send us a voice...
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The devil and the detail with David Ayliffe
How does anyone get drawn into a cult and how, when the extreme beliefs that have ruled their lives prove baseless, do they recover? Tune in as David Ayliffe shares the lessons from his own experience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Open heart, open arms with Rosemary Kariuki
When Rosemary Kariuki fled her home in Kenya, she arrived in Australia without support and struggled to understand her new culture. But the charismatic Local Hero soon found a way to connect with her community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Emerging from the dark with Todd Russell
When Todd Russell and Brant Webb were rescued after two weeks trapped in a Beaconsfield mine in 2006, it was seen as one of Australia’s greatest survival stories. But for Todd, that was only the start of his battle for survival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The art of forgiveness with Bridget Sakr
In the face of her worst nightmare, Bridget Sakr continues to draw on her faith to turn aside anger and instead focus on love and forgiveness to help deal with the trauma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Finding joy again with Rosie Batty
More than eight years ago Rosie Batty suffered an unimaginable loss, following the horrific murder of her son Luke at the hands of his father. In the midst of her grief Rosie was catapulted into the spotlight, as she channeled her tragedy into a power for reform around family violence. See...
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Series 4: Against All Odds
This six-episode series tells the incredible stories of over 50s who have survived some of the most extreme challenges life has thrown at them. Listen in and discover their tales of outstanding fortitude. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nun in a Million
Christine Henry thought she was ready to get married, settle down and have kids. But as she was on the way to shop for an engagement ring, something made her turn to her husband-to-be and ask him to stop and pull over. There was something else she needed to do. **This episode was recorded in...
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Famine and Freedom
Everyone has a story - but if you passed them on the street you’d never guess how incredibly moving it might be. Dr Andrew Kwong, a GP on the Central Coast of New South Wales, spent his early life surviving the famine and persecution of Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward. It was a long road to...
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The Monday Mantra
Remember when you got all your information about the world from the Encyclopedia Britannica? For Graciela Szwarcberg and Hector Poch, a couple of paragraphs in that encyclopedia was all the information they had about Australia, before they moved to Sydney from Argentina in 1991 with their two…
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Meeting Elizabeth Taylor
Lloyd Godman began adult life as an apprentice electrician, but a one-way ticket to Hawaii with only a backpack and a surfboard to spend nine months living in a treehouse would change his trajectory forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dinner with Travolta
When you left school, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? A spur of the minute decision for Jenny Muldoon started her on a journey that would lead to some pretty extraordinary life experiences, including dinner with John Travolta. So what was it that she decided to do? See...
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Captured by Communists
Gill Shaddick was in her early 20s and living in Hong Kong, spending her spare time becoming an avid amateur sailor. One weekend on her way to compete in a sailing regatta, the yacht was hit by a storm - she and her teammates were captured by Chinese communists, becoming the subjects of a huge…
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Season 3: No Regrets
No Regrets is the latest season in the Life's Booming podcast hosted by James Valentine. It’s all about the incredible stories of Aussies who made a decision that changed their life forever. You’ll hear what it’s like to have dinner with John Travolta, escape Chairman Mao, what it takes to join…
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From possums to passion
Blossom the possum, a non-dating website, and a whole lot of luck was responsible for bringing John and Noreen, both 64, together. But something is threatening to tear them apart. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Finally free to be me
John was married with four children when he suspected he might be gay, but it wasn’t until he was in his 50s that he finally came out and told his wife and family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The dating diaries
In this episode of Dare to Date you’ll hear five diverse stories and a good dose of excellent advice! From the funny to the downright emotional, The Dating Diaries has all bases covered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Swipe right
Online dating is not just for the young. Barry and Liz met on the phone dating app Tinder in their early 60s, and after saying they will never marry again – decide to tie the knot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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High school sweethearts
Former teenage girlfriend and boyfriend Melissa and Paul, who started dating at school in Papua New Guinea, connect on social media and reignite their romance – 42 years after last seeing each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Captain
A story of love, deception, and heartbreak as Michelle meets the man of her dreams – an airline pilot. But not all is as it seems, and alarm bells soon start ringing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Season 2: Dare to Date
Dare to Date is the latest season in the Life's Booming podcast hosted by James Valentine. It’s jam-packed full of real-life stories of sweethearts reuniting, online dating trials and triumphs, plus the fraudster who should be avoided at all costs! Stay tuned. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
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Chasing Elvis
Rockabilly dancers, rock’n’roll circuitgoers and avid Elvis fans Lyn and Peter Davis talk to James Valentine about life on the road with Wagz their dog in a refurbished 1986 bus that follows the music. From the friendships they’ve made to the range of towns across Australia they’ve visited. Don’t...
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The adventurers
Bob and Phyllis Bowers are adventure junkies. They’ve been married for 53 years and it’s their shared love of exploring that keeps them together, from kayaking to camping, hiking and abseiling. They’ve had near-death experiences down the Nymboida River, completed seven-day hikes in the Kimberley...
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The reluctant trainspotter
For the past three decades, Wendy French has joined her husband Graham on "holidays" around Australia, where they romantically park up beside disused railway lines and wait – sometimes for days - to see elusive trains. You read correctly... trains. This heartwarming episode is full of laughs and...
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Rolling on the road
In this exciting episode, you’ll get to know Judy and Erle Williamson. They call themselves The Travelling Willies after they decided to sell up their home in Gunnedah and live and travel Australia in their makeshift ‘mobile granny flat’. Hear about their experiences volunteering in remote…
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Going solo
In this episode of Life’s Booming, you’ll meet the extraordinary Gaylene Seeney. Gaylene is a thalidomide survivor, but her condition hasn’t stopped her from heading off on solo adventures. With her furry companion Albert the dog—and her trusty pliers by her side—she tells us about the joys and...
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Hello freedom
A few years ago Tony fought off throat cancer and had terrible survivor’s guilt, so he and Lisa hitched up their caravan and took off - using the time and space to mend physically and mentally. What was initially meant to be a six-month holiday, eventually turned into more than two-and-a-half...
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Series 1: Grey nomads
Hear all about the new series celebrating grey nomads brought to you by Australian Seniors and hosted by James Valentine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Series 6: Dying to KnowJoin James Valentine for the sixth season of Life’s Booming: Dying to Know, our most unflinching yet. We’ll have the conversations that are hardest to have, ask the questions that are easy to ignore, and hear stories that will make you think differently about the one thing we’re all guaranteed to experience: Death.Featuring interviews with famous faces as well as experts in the space, we uncover what they know about what we can expect. There are hard truths, surprising discoveries, tears and even laughs. Nothing about death is off the table.If you have any thoughts or questions and want to share your story to Life’s Booming, send us a voice note – [email protected] Watch Life’s Booming on YouTubeListen to Life's Booming on Apple Podcasts Listen to Life's Booming on Spotify For more information visit seniors.com.au/podcast Produced by Medium Rare Content Agency, in conjunction with Ampel
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Series 6: Dying to KnowJoin James Valentine for the sixth season of Life’s Booming: Dying to Know, our most unflinching yet. We’ll have the conversations that are hardest to have, ask the questions that are easy to ignore, and hear stories that will make you think differently about the one thing...
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