Judd Apatow has mentioned that 40 year olds have a tendency to re-watch "This Is 40," so now that I'm 3 months into my 40th era, I thought why not? Join me as I figure out how turning 40 in 2012 compares to hitting that milestone in 2024. I totally forgot Leslie Mann's character was OBSESSED with telling everyone she was younger than her actual age, so I asked the squad to tell me about the times they've lied about how old they are. We also get into being a Mum in your 40s...

I've decided I'm DONE with overpriced concert tickets (erm hello hi Diljit Dosanjh) and I want Gen Z to keep some of our secrets (they're really outing us for using the thumbs up emoji as a silent f*** you). Ummm and why is a child getting nail extensions at the nail salon. Come on, let us have nice things sometimes.

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xoxo The 40 Year Old Gossip Girl

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Award winning Podcaster, BAFTA nominated Director and Raj's soul sister Poppy Jay (Brown Girls Do It Too) steps into the Nurse's office for an Almost Assessment (a faux doctors assessment based on the most annoying/offensive questions women are asked on a regular basis). Poppy reviews 11 dating apps - including Raya, talks us through her preference for open relationships and why she is cool with being an ANGRY BROWN WOMAN! Raj has been inspired by Shannen Doherty's funeral blacklist and has found another reason to be triggered by Sima Aunty (Indian Matchmaking).

RIP Shannen - DYLAN AND BRENDA 4 EVA xoxo

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PEACE!

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Entrepreneur, Viral Sensation and founder of Make Love Not Porn, Cindy Gallop schools us on why life gets better the OLDER you are, moving to New York from London for her dream job (and how to negotiate a pay rise) and the encounters that led her to start Make Love Not Porn. She talks us through her life's biggest milestones so far, including some unpredictable moments (stripping off in an interview, saying cum on my face 6 times on a Ted Talk and more). Raj is not happy with the Ambanis. Surprise, surprise.

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xoxo

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Mattel and The Design Museum are celebrating 65 years of Barbie this year. So (insert Carrie voice here) I couldn't help but wonder... what would be different for us if we grew up without Stereotypical Barbie beauty standards? And is the doll Ruth Handler created with her daughter in mind really responsible for shero worshipping blonde hair, blue eyes, and being super slim?

There are rants about representation, chats about colourism, why everyone wanted to be Baby Spice in the 90s, why it's so damn hard to find a South Asian Barbie and MORE

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xoxo

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Executive Assistant (she's an Emily, not an Andie, honey) Sara Orritt checks in with Nurse for another Almost Asessment (a fake doctors assessment where women are asked the MOST ANNOYING questions they are asked on a regular basis). Sara gets into enjoying single life, pre nups, long distance friendships and more. Raj is trying to figure out why she feels nothing for her long term celebrity crush. The girls discuss men trying to tell us Taylor Swift is a bad role model because she's childless in her 30s (insert eyeroll here).

It's a fuck the patriarchy vibe. Holla with your thoughts on pre nup and your questions for the Almost Assessment almost40thepodcast@gmail.com

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xoxo

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Journalist, Author and Powerlifter, Poorna Bell gets into writing the South Asian representation she wants to see in her new novel This Is Fine, choosing not to have children and her thoughts on ultimatums in relationships. She talks through the expectations vs the reality of her life's biggest milestones including turning 40 and how she believed it would change her sense of style and why she thought no one would date her if she was single in her 40s (obviously, that didn't happen). Raj is embarrazzed about a car parking situation LOL.

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xoxo

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Raj Pander and friends get into Bridget Jones... Is Bridge REALLY a problematic character? Surely the fuck not.

Aaaannnddd she gets into Bridget's and her own relationship with her weight... So she's decided to ask herself (and her people) what their weight has held them back from. If that wasn't enough, Raj has been enlightened by the Love Island Samantha/Joey/Grace scenario that she now backs the "if he wanted to he would" theory 100 percent. Does everyone else back it though?

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xoxo

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This is a Taylor Swift Eras Tour SPECIAL baby!

Raj is off to see TayTay in Liverpool so she's having conversations based on some of her favourite ERAS. We get into what everyone is still doing now, that they once thought they would be too old to do (we're all still feeling 22 and Red), how life would be different if we were men (shout out to The Man), our thoughts on Karma (Midnights is my favourite) and cutting off friends when there's bad blood (1989).

Annnnddd there's more dating horror stories... ft. Pilar Nalwimba, Poppy Jay, Rav (Panjabi Hit Squad), Sara Orritt, Sheetal Parmar

xoxo

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