Presenter, Producer and Writer, Rena Annobil checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (an almost medical assessment based on the most annoying/offensive questions women are asked on a regular basis). Rena gets into feeling an energy shift at 40, being proud of her nose, why £100 moisturisers don't work, perimenopause and more. Raj is still not over Big Flap Energy. Here's to being more Kanye!

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Audio Producer, Writer, Presenter and Gender + Sexuality Academic, Anouszka Tate gets into why reaching her career goals at 26 left her feeling like she was at a dead end (and she's never set goals for herself since), becoming comfortable with her masculine side and celebrating being in her 30's, unmarried and child free. Raj has mad issues with the term "settle down" and is not here for Allure trying to coin the term "Old Lady Energy" as an older woman equivalent of BDE to describe the rise of older actresses who recently won and were nominated for Golden Globes.

Ahhhh shit - here we go again!

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Vulture called 2024 the year of MILF cinema thanks to rise of "onscreen moms climbing atop a youthful stud and running off into the sunset." We're talking Anne Hathaway in The Idea Of You, Nicole Kidman in A Family Affair, Nicole Kidman (again!) in Babygirl and the trend moving into 2025 with Renee Zellweger in the latest Bridget Jones installment (that's not a spoiler, okurrrr).

Naturally Raj had to get into it to and find out what everyone's experiences of dating younger/older were like, why they think men are attracted to older women (shout out to Freud) and what everyone thinks of older women characters dating younger men onscreen.

What's your take?

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Articles mentioned:

https://www.vulture.com/article/why-are-there-so-many-milf-movies-in-2024.html

https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/64499/1/the-new-era-of-milf-visibility-in-film-ageing-idea-of-you-family-affair

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/the-idea-of-you-review-2024

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IT'S A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Do you dream of having the perfect "trad" Christmas? Does it ever work out that way? Raj gets into how Papa Johns saved her celebrations, why she thinks ozempic is the biggest influencer of 2024 and why she picked a Cowboy Carter Christmas over a Gavin and Stacey one. She's asked her friends to share the Christmas traditions they've kept since childhood, the traditions they've broken and if they've ever felt judged for how they celebrate.

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Podcaster, Actor and soon to be Author, Salima Saxton checks in with Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a fake doctors assessment based on the most annoying/offensive questions women get asked on a regular basis). Salima gets into why she did the same degree as James Bond, smear tests, being a child bride (not really - she just married young!) and a meet cute where she did everything wrong but when the it's "the one" you can literally do no wrong...

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What's a Christmas tradition you've broken recently?

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Your favourite (solo?) Love Island winner, Reality TV Qween, Romance Author and Swimwear Designer, Amber Rose Gill gets into the expectations vs the reality of being twenty something, friendship break-ups and moving to London from Newcastle. Did she really have a quarter life crisis? Is life different after a friendship break up? And why did she hate London when she first moved there? And - Raj has f***** up her thyroid. Completely her own doing and now she's mad about it.

Has anyone tried malachite/moldavite?

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Producer, DJ and one half of Panjabi Hit Squad, Rav Patti gets into the PHS origin story, navigating grief in his teens, PHS becoming the first South Asians to be signed to Def Jam and BBC 1xtra and how lockdown changed his life's course. Oh and Raj is a bad judge of character and has one major lockdown regret.

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The one about the recent UK Race Riots, which were for some reason called "protests." What was being protested? How did POCs feel in the lead up to the riots and now, in the aftermath? Did we win the fight against racism? Expect to hear takes on that and an introduction to the Southall Race Riots which took place in 1979 (FYI Raj Pander is a Southall Girl and will never shut up about it).

Watch Defiance (the documentary mentioned multiple times on this episode)

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/defiance-fighting-the-far-right/on-demand/75276-001

Watch The Long Goodbye (Riz Ahmed's short film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzz50xENH4g

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Radio Presenter (Gaydio), Viral Sensation and Podcaster (Fancy A Pod), Bally Singh visits the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a fake doctors assessment based on the most annoying/offensive questions women get asked on a regular basis). Bally gets into why he has kept his age a secret (until now), his issues with people not liking his content (a like is free you know) and Tito Jackson's OBSESSION with Wolverhampton. Raj has an It Ends With Us update...

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Podcaster, Events + Partnerships Extraordinaire and Former Fashion Gworl, Jennie Becker (Sliding Doors Podcast) shares her top secret tip for getting into the cockpit, why treating yourself is hella important and getting her smile back. She gets into the expectations vs the reality of her life's biggest milestones so far including turning 30, quitting her dream job and starting a passion project. Raj drops her take on the UK race riots and all the drama surrounding Blake Lively's new movie It Ends With Us.

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