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Almost 40 episodes
- Almost A Trad Christmas
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.
Got something to say about age gap relationships for the next episode? Or the rise of the MILF?
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1 hr 6 min - Almost Assessment: Salima Saxton (Women Are Mad)
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?
xoxo
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1 hr 28 min - Almost Fell Off: Amber Rose Gill
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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Get Amber's new book: One Summer In Miami: https://amzn.to/47uw3PV
Listen to Amazing Starts Here (SEASON ONE): https://omny.fm/shows/amazing-starts-here
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1 hr 3 min - Almost Famous: Rav (Panjabi Hit Squad)
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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1 hr 5 min - Almost Going Home
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
Ready to say something with your chest?
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57 min - Almost Assessment: Bally Singh
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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Send me your takes on the race riots
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1 hr 15 min - Almost Living The Dream: Jennie Becker (Sliding Doors Podcast)
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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If you fancy coming to see us at the International Women's Podcast Festival click this: https://bit.ly/IWPF2024X
xoxo
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1 hr 28 min - Almost Written by Judd Apatow
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.
Got shit to say?
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xoxo The 40 Year Old Gossip Girl
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1 hr 9 min - Almost Assessment: Poppy Jay (Brown Girls Do It Too)
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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Talk to me about your funeral songs/plans [email protected]
PEACE!
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1 hr 2 min - Almost Making Love: Cindy Gallop
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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Invest/Donate/Send this link to the Ambanis: https://wefunder.com/makelovenotporn
xoxo
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59 min
About Almost 40
From the publisher's feed
Who said you’ve got to have your shit together by a certain age?
Definitely not Raj Pander.
She's Almost a promising young woman (she got told she was too old for…
a job). Almost a wifey for lifey (she’s a divorcee - according to Indian Matchmaking/Sima Aunty that makes her “disadvantaged”). And she was almost 40 when she started this podcast.
Single. Living at home with her parents. Still watching TV shows made for teens. Still swearing on work calls. Still has an unhealthy obsession with pop culture. She’s getting older, but not necessarily wiser (s/o to Taylor Swift for relatable lyrics).
Raj celebrated a milestone birthday (her 40th) not so long ago, so we've got a thing for milestones on this podcast - not just the ones we associate with age/patriarchal/societal norms though. On the Milestone episodes, Raj and her guests get into 3 milestones from their lives, discussing their expectations of them vs the reality. And on the Almost Assessments, guests take an almost medical assessment run by a “nurse” who asks the most annoying/offensive questions women get asked on a regular basis, leading to an unpredictable conversation based on their answers. On the solo episodes, Raj does a deep dive into a trending topic (eg women being pitted against each other at the Oscars a la Demi Moore and Mikey Madison) or something that's been on her mind (banning people from her funeral a la Shannon Doherty) with a little help from listeners and friends...
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