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Age Against the Machine With Melissa Doyle

By: Melissa Doyle, Naima Brown
Narrated by: Melissa Doyle
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  • Summary

  • Growing older can be daunting. And for many women in particular, it can be downright terrifying.

    Melissa Doyle (Sunrise, Sunday Night) recently turned 50 and found herself wanting some guidance on how to approach life’s second act. So she connects with women from different cultures to learn about how growing older can mean forging deeper connections (New Zealand), getting more power (Ghana), more opportunities (Finland) and sometimes more plastic surgery (South Korea). They discuss everything from menopause to sex, political representation to financial security. They find out how to Age Against the Machine.

    This original podcast is 7 episodes in total, please begin with “Ep 1: Stuck in the Middle Age with You”.
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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Stuck in the Middle Age with You

    Ep 1: Stuck in the Middle Age with You
    Apr 15 2021

    You’re invited to Melissa Doyle’s 50th birthday party, before jumping headlong into matters of sex and relationships. We hear from Dr Ginny Mansberg about what’s happening to our bodies and Doyle joins a goddess circle in Byron Bay.
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    36 mins
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  • Ep 2: Money, Honey

    Ep 2: Money, Honey
    Apr 15 2021

    Doyle sets out to understand why women over 50 are doing it tough financially. We explore homelessness, job security and the wage gap, and then turn our focus to Finland, where Doyle meets a 65-year-old skateboarding sensation.
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    36 mins
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  • Ep 3: Skin Deep

    Ep 3: Skin Deep
    Apr 15 2021

    The anti-ageing industry is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut. Doyle talks to South Korean women for whom plastic surgery is the norm and Maori women in New Zealand who see every wrinkle as a source of pride. 
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    40 mins
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Like an informative loving chat with a bestie

We start the journey at Mel's 50th birthday. We're invited in to meet her friends, clink champagne glasses and sing happy birthday. Mel poses some questions about the changes happening around 50, and together with her best friend we all set off on a journey around the globe for a deep dive into how other cultures answer these questions, and how these solutions peice together in our changing lives.

In what feels like a personal conversation with a kind, warm and loving best friend, Mel explores how menopause impacts our lives, friendships, relationships, careers, beauty and body image, finances and our changing roles in our family's and society.

This audiobook is not what I was expecting. I assumed it would be something like The M Word, which is super informative and so useful, but this is a more about our lives, changes, challenges, friendships. Where The M Word is about the body and it's changes, Age Against The Machine is about the soul or spirit.

The M Word is about the body and Age Against The Machine is about the soul.

I feel you need to listen to both these book. In whatever order you feel best suits you.

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