{"podcast":{"title":"40ish - Laughing Our Way Through Midlife, Perimenopause & Menopause","slug":"40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219","podcast_index_feed_id":6968219,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6942825/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/40ish-navigating-midlife-and-perimenopause--6942825","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/db5089e31a45a5bd9646dcaff85543ae.jpg","author":"40ish","episode_count":154,"summary":"Welcome to 40ish, the podcast that midlifers deserve. Hosted by Lauren Mishcon and Nicole Goodman of the award-winning Self Care Club, we bring you menopause humor, midlife laughs, and candid talks on hormones and aging. We tackle real middle-age dilemmas, rant about the absurdities of aging, and share every embarrassing moment with humor and heart. It’s survival through comedy here, with plenty of relatable conversations and laughs about the midlife crisis and beyond. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause--6942825/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T00:19:52.329189+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219"},"episode":{"title":"HRT Hack, Midlife Confidence and Padel is for Losers","slug":"hrt-hack-midlife-confidence-and-padel-is-for-losers","published_at":"2026-06-09T03:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219/hrt-hack-midlife-confidence-and-padel-is-for-losers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/hrt-hack-midlife-confidence-and-padel-is-for-losers--72322405","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72322405/9th_june.mp3","summary":"This week on 40ish, the ladies embrace their latest career pivot as unofficial vaginal wellness influencers. If anyone had “vaginal hydration gel ambassador” on their bingo card, congratulations. Lauren shares an HRT patch hack - if your arse looks like a patchwork quilt you will want to know! In Midlife News, there’s a breakthrough from Harvard researchers whose award-winning “vagina-on-a-chip” tech is helping transform women’s health research. The dilemma comes from a listener who feels she has spent so many years putting everyone else first that she’s slowly disappeared from her own life. The ladies discuss money, identity, self-care and why shrinking yourself to make room for others rarely ends well. There’s a Jeff update and Nicole is miffed after being told Padel is for losers.We are doing a live show! July 5th 4pm London. Book your tickets here: https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/40ish-live-show-5-jul-2026-tickets Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause--6942825/support . We love to hear from you! Get in touch with your dilemmas and rants. DM & follow us on Instagram TikTok Order Our Book here","meta_description":"This week on 40ish, the ladies embrace their latest career pivot as unofficial vaginal wellness influencers. If anyone had “vaginal hydration gel ambassad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219/episodes/hrt-hack-midlife-confidence-and-padel-is-for-losers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/40ish-laughing-our-way-through-midlife-perimenopause-menopause-6968219/hrt-hack-midlife-confidence-and-padel-is-for-losers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}