Almost 40

Carrie Bradshaw’s solo lunch, Celine Song’s Materialists, and Love Is Blind have Raj questioning everything—dating, matchmakers, and whether love can actually be blind (spoiler: she thinks it can).

What’s the last thing you did solo? 👀

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Podcaster, Writer +Certified Lovergirl Nicole Ocran checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a faux medical check up where patients are asked the most annoying/offensive things women are asked about on a regular basis).

Nicole gets into why even a crumb of romance would satisfy her romantic desires, dating younger men, relationship fears, The Summer I Turned Pretty, the concept of taking someone back after ghosting and more (including her take on heterofatalism)

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Private Stylist, Fashion Editor and former Southall Girl Amrita Singh gets into how moving to Dubai at 30 led to a healing journey, why fashion doesn't know what to do when it comes to Brown women, the lore behind choosing to work for herself, being on a journey of constant reinvention, why being called "lucky" is offensive and more...

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Raj was triggered by Beyoncé slander on TikTok, where a brown male said Queen B should stay in her lane and go back to making R'n'B. So this is a Cowboy Carter special. Raj takes it back to the origin story of the album, brown on brown crime, why genres are a funny little concept and that got her thinking...

How do you respond when people tell you to stay in your lane? 

What are the stereotypes or labels we happily wear vs the ones we feel restricted by?

What genres have people put us in?

And what happens when we consume genres that are unexpected?

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Author, Journalist and New Dad Sam Parker gets into why he thought he would become a literary sensation after writing his first novel at 30 (he published his first book Good Anger at 40), how he learned to express anger in a healthy way, how men and women experience anger differently, becoming a parent way later than he thought he would and more.

Raj decides to share a few things that have made her angry lately, including being fat shamed in Southall.

Currently taking voicenotes/thoughts for a future episode. How have you reacted to being told to stay in one lane?

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Presenter + Founder of The Big Bosom Brunch, Jackie Adedeji checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a faux medical check up where guests are asked the most annoying/offensive questions women are asked on a regular basis). Jackie gets into feeding her inner child, the art of backing yourself, age gap relationships, living with endometriosis and more. Oh, and she's serving sermons like she's a Pastor...

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When Taylor Swift said "I'm so depressed I act like it's my birthday everyday" what the helly did she mean? Raj just turned 41 and she's decided to dive deep into the mystery of those lyrics while trying to figure out why everyone tends to get a little worried about her when she decides she doesn't want to do anything for her bday. Contains best and worst birfday memories from the regulars and a lot of ranting about Beyoncé haters, agents and joint birthdays.

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Journalist, Founder of Mixed Messages and Freelancer Isabella Silvers gets into why she thought she would have hit her career goals at 30 (and what she did when she didn't), interviewing her celebrity crushes, being single and child free in her 30s, starting therapy, getting better with boundaries, building something for herself, the freelance struggle being SO real and more.

Raj is trying to stop reading and watching Diddler trial content (and not succeeding).

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Podcast Comissioner, Producer + Presenter, Leanne Alie checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (an almost medical check up where guests are asked the most annoying/offensive questions women get asked on a regular basis). Leanne gets into being single at 30, feeling out of the loop after watching Adolescence, her love/hate relationship with dating apps, creating her smash hit podcast Coiled, Love Is Blind and more...

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Do you guys ever think about dying? After re-watching Barbie and contemplating Barbie Margot's dancefloor stopping question, Raj started thinking about Shannon Doherty's funeral block list again and wondered if anyone else planned on having a block list for their final send off, what came to their minds when they thought about dying, what their funeral song was and other potentially morbid things.

We get into grief, mourning styles, being petty and more...

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https://swansongproject.co.uk/

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22876551/mourning-grief-second-line-new-orleans-jazz-funeral

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