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

Produced by Odvod Media

Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

Original music by Darrin Hagen

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

Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

Produced by Odvod Media

Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

Original music by Darrin Hagen

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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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

Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

Produced by Odvod Media

Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

Original music by Darrin Hagen