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  • One Year of The Middle-aged Bodcast: Milestones, Memories & Midlife Lessons

    The Middle-aged Bodcast celebrates its one-year anniversary with the Season 4 finale – a packed episode of reflections, listener questions, and behind-the-scenes stories. We look back on 46 episodes, 20 brilliant guests, and the funniest, most inspiring moments of our first year. Hear how the podcast started, the changes we’ve made to improve audio and…

  • Radio, Ring Announcing & Running: Cultaholic’s Tom Campbell on Midlife Motivation

    From early mornings on breakfast radio to the bright lights of wrestling ring announcing – and now the pavement – Tom Campbell has lived a life full of big energy and even bigger reinventions.

  • Murder on the Churnet Valley Express

    Announcement This episode was recorded shortly before the passing of Ozzy Osbourne and contains discussion about the recent gig at Villa Park on 5th July. We’d like to pay tribute to an icon of our home city of Birmingham and dedicate this episode to his memory.   Episode Description All aboard! This week, Rich recounts his…

  • Mental Health, Identity & Resilience – with Caralyn Dreyer

    In this powerful and honest episode of The Middle-aged Bodcast, Rich and T.A. chat with Caralyn Dreyer: mental health blogger, single mum, and advocate – about her journey through depression, anxiety, adoption, eating disorders, and rebuilding her identity.

  • From Takeaways to Real Cooking: Trying Poppy Cooks Air Fryer & Slow Cooker Recipes

    In this special episode of The Middle-aged Bodcast, Raging Rich and T.A. Shelano swap takeaways for tongs and tackle a home-cooked meal each – one from a slow cooker, the other in the air fryer. Inspired by Poppy O’Toole’s cookbooks, the lads step out of their culinary comfort zones and share their experiences (and mishaps)…

  • Flixwatcher with Rich & T.A. from the Middle-aged Bodcast

    We were honoured to join the Flixwatcher Podcast to talk all about one of Rich’s favourite films: The Matrix Episode description from Flixwatcher Rich and T.A Shelano from The Middle-aged Bodcast join Flixwatcher to review Rich’s choice The Matrix. The Matrix (1999) is the genre blending sci-fi action film written and directed by Lilly and…

  • Fantasy, Wellness & Fairy Realms – with Joel & Jay-Jay Flanagan-Grannemann

    This week, we’re joined by husband-and-wife duo Joel and Jay-Jay Flanagan-Grannemann for a double helping of inspiration. Joel is the indie author behind the Servants of the Moon and Sun fantasy series – an epic reimagining of Sleeping Beauty with rich world-building, powerful women, and a surprising amount of heart. Alongside Jay-Jay (his editor, audiobook…

  • Flat Lager, Fitness Gains & Slow Cooker Wins

    It’s the 40th episode of The Middle-aged Bodcast – and Rich and T.A. are celebrating the milestone in typically chaotic style. In this episode: 📱 Rich joins the long list of phone-buying casualties, facing upselling madness and baffling shop tactics 🍺 A simple trip to the pub turns sour with flat beer, poor service, and…

  • Chronic Lyme, Alternative Healing & the Cost of Being Sick in America – with Suzanne Casamento

    In this insightful guest episode of The Middle-aged Bodcast, Rich and T.A. speak with author and energy healing practitioner Suzanne Casamento about her long and challenging journey with chronic Lyme disease. Suzanne shares: Suzanne also reflects on the emotional toll of feeling dismissed or misunderstood during her illness and the search for answers that eventually…

  • Oxford Prisons, Liverpool Legends & Slow Cooker Wins

    This week on The Middle-aged Bodcast, Rich and T.A. catch up on cooking experiments, travel tales and garden woes. T.A. shares his first-ever visit to Oxford – complete with a night in a converted prison, a tour of the castle, and a literary pilgrimage linked to his novel The Doctor’s Hidden Patients. Rich takes us…