The news and the olds
What's Happening Now... with ageing?
As the old saying goes…
‘Ageing’ is just another word for living.
Age doesn’t matter, unless you’re a cheese.
It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle.
The internet is full of ‘inspirational’, and mildly unnerving, quotes about getting older and this week, What’s Happening Now jumped on board as we talked ageing.
As ever, we did some laps around the news garden to find out what’s been happening in and beyond the headlines, before getting the news on the olds and the importance of age in society, in the House of Lords and to each of us.
Listen now, we hope it puts a twinkle in your wrinkle. Whatever that means.
What’s Happening Now?
On the pod, we picked out the stories that grabbed us this week, whether interesting, fun, vaguely unnerving or worthy of more attention:
Forget the Black Country, it’s time for the Blackout Country as we heard that Birmingham is broke.
They turn up everywhere! Nuclear weapons in space and in the sea.
It would be a crime… to miss this episode
Don’t miss last weeks episode, as secrets got out with Sam and James reliving their own criminal experiences, finding out about the latest TFL crime fighting and hearing from both sides of the law, as we spoke to investigative journalist Tir Dhondy and former police officer, Paul Hogarth.
Beyond the podcast, we spoke to Tir even more about her latest BBC documentary, Hunting the Rolex Rippers.
Off topic
Sam started the show musing on the rest of the week, including Zendaya’s eye-catching red carpet look. Last year’s actors strike, raising concerns about AI, seems a long time ago…
Who was happening now?
Sam was joined by his old friend, James O’Malley, who you can find more from on his own regular Substack.
The comedian Lewis Hedges alsp joined us to talk the news, the prospect of getting older and, frankly, to sit there and defend Birmingham. Lewis is on Instagram at @ledges96.
