CroneCast

By Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

Are you crone curious? Are you an older, wise woman with bewilderingly accurate intuition? Revel in the wisdom, experience and intuition older women offer the world. Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin ex... more

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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

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May 29, 2025Alone, not lonely
There’s a difference between being lonely and being alone. Trudy and Lisa explore the rich possibilities of living alone, approaching life with intention and finding unexpected joys in solo life.

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(01:17) - Flying solo
(07:06) - The fog
(11:23) - Practice being alone
(15:15) - Aloneness as opening
(19:40) - Choosing a path
(23:57) - Loving life as it is
(28:14) - Be intentional

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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33min
May 15, 2025Those Who Made Us
Lisa and Trudy reflect on the women who have shaped them and influenced their lives — and how they’re passing that legacy on.

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(03:37) - The women who’ve mattered to us
(07:31) - Who has shaped your life?
(10:32) - Surrogate daughters
(14:32) - We have more impact than we know
(18:50) - Cronedom

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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26min
May 01, 2025It’s Okay to Not be Okay
In the second of this two part episode, Lisa continues sharing her journey with her mental illness — and how she found her way back to her brighter, healthier self.

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(01:52) - Picking up where we left off
(04:50) - Life is a series of trade offs
(10:30) - Nightmares
(16:33) - What has happened to my beautiful brain?
(18:16) - Telling the story
(22:37) - Doing the work hurts
(25:35) - Catharsis through creativity

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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30min
April 17, 2025I’m Not Okay
In this episode, the first of two parts, Lisa speaks with candor and humour about her struggles with mental health and her journey to mental wellness. For those who have struggled with depression and anxiety, or those who just wish to understand mental illness more deeply, Lisa offers insight and inspiration.

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(04:20) - Women’s Heavy Emotional Load
(08:57) - Starting at the Beginning
(12:58) - Dissolving
(16:49) - Our Weaknesses Can Be Strengths
(23:10) - How Are You Really?
(30:43) - You are a Presence

Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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39min
April 03, 2025Watch Your Language
Language is many things: fluid, living, open to interpretation. Trudy and Lisa explore new coinages, the importance of challenging patronizing language, and disagree about mansplaining. Our hosts attempt to untangle language’s contradictions and histories, and debate the value of gendered language.

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(05:07) - Ladies and Gentlemen
(09:08) - Explaining Mansplaining
(11:27) - The Fallacy
(19:55) - “Are you mansplaining to me right now?”
(24:50) - Language Matters
(28:31) - Language is Alive
(32:17) - Calling Things What They Are

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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37min
March 20, 2025Let’s Talk About Sex
It can feel uncomfortable to talk about, but maybe that’s why it’s so fun. Lisa and Trudy get down and dirty about the realities of sex, bodies and aging. Together, our hosts explore how desire shifts over our lifetimes, confronting ageism and sexism, and women’s agency.

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--From This Episode--
Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by Victoria Smith

(01:47) - Can We Talk About This?
(06:21) - Sexual Beings to the End
(12:40) - Evolving Beauty Over Our Lifetimes
(18:25) - Sexuality is a Mind Game
(20:11) - Humour From a Place of Love
(25:21) - Size and Invisibility
(27:51) - We’re Told to Feel Bad About Our Bodies

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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33min
March 06, 2025Stirring The Pot
Registered psychologist, longtime activist and Edmonton icon Liz Massiah chats with Trudy and Lisa about helping friends & community members talk about trauma, the gay and lesbian community in Edmonton in the 80s, where 2SLGBTQ+ rights are today — and what allies can do to defend the community.

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--From This Episode--
1. Rule, Jane. (1985) A Hot-Eyed Moderate. Naiad Pr. Tallahassee, USA.

(00:32) - Highlighting New Voices
(07:52) - Introducing Liz Massaiah
(11:51) - Invisibility and Women Over 50
(16:48) - Aging in the Lesbian Community
(21:17) - Politics is Like Housework
(24:08) - Allies All Around Us
(28:45) - Through Uncertainty to New Possibilities
(30:18) - Supporting Traumatized People
(33:52) - Coming Out and the Trauma of the Closet
(40:01) - Be Curious, Not Judgemental
--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
...more
43min
February 20, 2025Boundaries Part 2: You Will Feel Uncomfortable
Boundaries make nourishing relationships possible — regardless of what our guilty feelings might tell us when we set those boundaries. Our guest for part two of this conversation, Registered Psychologist Janelle Drisner, helps us grapple with the tension between human limitations and unconditional love. This time, Janelle dives deeper into the complexities and limitations of relationships, how we show up for each other and the necessary, uncomfortable work of articulating our boundaries — in pursuit of more authentic relationships.

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--From This Episode--
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

(00:53) - - With Every No, There Is A Yes
(04:11) - - Communicating Your Boundaries
(11:40) - - Challenging Cultural Scripts
(14:49) - - Anger Is A Source Of Courage
(17:42) - - Apology Is Only The Beginning Of Repair
(22:15) - - Relationships With Adult Children
(27:43) - - Wrestling With The Roles We’re Given
(31:29) - - Unconditional Love And Being Human

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
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35min
February 06, 2025Boundaries: We’re Not the Ocean
Boundaries tell us where I end and you begin, says our guest, Registered Psychologist Janelle Drisner. But what is a boundary really? Should we have expectations in relationships? And how do you cultivate your relationship with yourself?

Trudy and Lisa sit down with Janelle, for the first of a two part episode to answer — or at least begin to understand — these questions and more. Janelle takes us beyond psychological buzzwords into a truly fascinating conversation that challenges us all to think about relationships in new ways.

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(00:32) - - Introducing Janelle Drisner
(02:03) - - What Are Boundaries?
(08:13) - - Respect
(11:39) - - Expectations vs Needs
(14:42) - - Diversifying Our Supports
(20:55) - - Crones Do Not Avert Their Eyes
(23:39) - - Dialoguing with Ourselves
(26:44) - - Cultivating a Rich Inner Life
--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
...more
32min
January 23, 2025Life Takes Courage
At the end of your life, what will you regret — the things you’ve done or the things you didn’t do? What kept you from doing things you wanted to do? Lisa and Trudy explore regret, fear and the wisdom of aging through a discussion of Bronnie Ware’s memoir The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard

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--From This Episode--
The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware
Skater Girl: An Archaeology of the Self by Robin C. Pacific
(00:32) - Intro
(03:57) - Regrets of The Dying
(08:08) - Fear-based Decision Making
(15:21) - Courageous Decisions
(17:12) - Deathbed Regret
(20:44) - Grab Life
(22:56) - Understood backward and lived forwards
(30:30) - Creating Possibility
(33:42) - Regret-free Living

--Credits--
Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
Produced by Odvod Media
Audio Engineering by Steve Glen
Original music by Darrin Hagen
...more
40min

FAQs about CroneCast:

How many episodes does CroneCast have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.