Almost 40

By Raj Pander

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

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The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.

Almost 40 episodes:

July 13, 2024 Almost Stereotypical Barbie
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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1h 6min
July 06, 2024 Almost Assessment: Sara Orritt
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 [email protected]

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1h 13min
June 28, 2024 Almost Fine: Poorna Bell
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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59min
June 21, 2024 Almost At Goal Weight
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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1h 24min
June 13, 2024 Almost A Swiftie
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

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1h 8min
June 07, 2024 Almost Assessment: Nikkita Beghi (Two Chickpeas In A Podcast)
Podcaster Nikkita Beghi (Two Chickpeas In A Podcast) checks in with Nurse for her Almost Asessment (a fake doctors assessment where women are asked THE MOST ANNOYING questions they get on a regular basis). Nikkita gets into why she thinks brown men are the best kissers, her first date stories and that Sex And The City theory either known as the taxi cab theory or the bus theory (we aren't sure). Raj shares some dating horror stories from Tiktok (her algorithm is messy) and she's watching Love Island again...

If you have thoughts on brown men being the best kissers, Joey Essex being on Love Island or anything else from the episode, email [email protected]

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1h 8min
May 24, 2024 Almost Sweet: Kirat Assi (Sweet Bobby)
Radio Presenter, West London's Kris Jenner/Marketing Extraordinaire, Kirat Assi talks us through her expectations vs the reality of turning 40, celebrating surviving the "Sweet Bobby" era and why watching Neighbours is her self care ritual. She gets into some Southall history and how she handles other people's perceptions of herself. Raj has lost her voice, again. This is becoming a pattern eh?

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1h 29min
May 17, 2024 Almost Older & Wiser
Raj Pander is phuckin 40 and she's lost her voice. It turns out that even though she wanted to do nothing for her 40th, her friends had other plans...

Raj gets into the representation of women in their late 30s/early 40s in film as according to the internet, Anne Hathaway is "too hot" to play a 40 year old in The Idea Of You, even though she's 41. And apparently, being 40 means she shouldn't be wearing "shoulder bearing" dresses. Has anyone ever see Moonstruck? There 's some Met Gala tea. Raj tries to figure out why she didn't want to do anything for her 40th, so she's asked her friends how they plan to celebrate theirs and what they thought 40 would look like vs what it actually will look like...

Send over your hot takes on The Idea Of You, how you're celebrating your milestone birthdays and if the ending of Desperate Housewives make sense to you

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55min
May 10, 2024 Almost Assessment: Letitia Becher
Celebrity Social Media Strategist, Letitia Becher heads into the surgery to take on Nurse and the Almost Assessment (a questionnaire made up of THE MOST ANNOYING questions women get asked on a regular basis). Letitia gets into unsolicited baby making advice, chess players cheating via vibrators where the sun don't shine, her worst dating stories and Raya vs Hinge. Raj finally gets the tea on botox and fillers and the girls reveal their old obsession with TikTok tarot...

If you are crushing on emotionally unavailable men, have questions you want added to the next Almost Assessment or think you know the celebrity Letitia works for email [email protected]

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1h 14min
May 03, 2024 Almost Perfect: Nicole Ocran (Mixed Up Podcast)
Podcaster, Author and Fashion Gworl, Nicole Ocran gets into why she was convinced she was going to be with her high school boyfriend forever, wanting to lose her virginity at 18 and the expectations vs the reality of becoming a wife. She talks us through her biggest milestones, including starting Mixed Up pod with Emma Slade Edmondson. The girls reflect on why they have considered dating women. Raj is all about New York right now... xoxo

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FAQs about Almost 40:

How many episodes does Almost 40 have?

The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.