Am I Old Yet? — Comedy audio drama

Helen is at home, listening to her favourite folk music programme on the radio when there is a rude interruption downstairs. She and her neighbour Jennifer decide to take action. As usual, this episode deals with everyday challenges rather than world affairs. Although of course, world affairs have their effect. The performers are Christopher McDougall and Flloyd Kennedy. Editing and sound design by Flloyd Kennedy. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e2 Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners • • Thanks for listening. Stay safe SFX: PHONERINGING.FLAC BY ACCLIVITY -- HTTPS://FREESOUND.ORG/S/24928/ -- LICENSE: ATTRIBUTION NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0 PHONE HANGUP.WAV BY THUNDERQUADS -- HTTPS://FREESOUND.ORG/S/467200/ -- LICENSE: CREATIVE COMMONS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thunder's Mouth Theatre Presents... Am I Old Yet, Welcome back. Here's an extended episode to get us started on Season 11. Helen has been out shopping, and would like nothing better than to put her feet up and relax with a nice hot coffee. Friends and family, however, are in need of her very specific help and advice. You know how it is... Enjoy The cast was as follows Helen, Janey, Susan were played by Flloyd Kennedy Popsy the kitten miaowing, and Apate the Trickster Goddess were played by Frances Broudie Oldridge Popsy the kitten purring was Chloe the Cat. Zeus was played by Ira Seidenstein. The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify. Written, produced and sound design by Flloyd Kennedy. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e1 And, if you're enjoying Helen's antics along with those of her friends and family, please tell your friends about it, and also it would be wonderful if you would leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners • • Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Am I Old Yet?" is enjoying a hiatus as you've probably noticed. But while Season 11 is being slowly cooked up in the background, we are also working on a brand new podcast. It's called "Baked Off! - Live Laugh Loaves" and the aim is to release it early in 2025. Here's the trailer - you may recognise most of the voices, but the characters are all new! We are also running a crowdfunding campaign to help pay the voice actors, musician, sound designer etc, and we'd be enormously grateful for your support. https://crowdfundr.com/bakedoffthepodcast. There are also some perks and rewards, including early access to episodes, a cook book, stickers mugs and aprons - and more! The cast are, in order of appearance: In Scotland— Christopher McDougall - Duncan Wendy Lap - Heather In England— Tayo Aluko - Ade Frankie Phoenix - Sammy Erika Sanderson - Julianna In Australia Flloyd Kennedy - Margot On the Zoom call Andrea Richardson - Caroline Music - Composed, arranged and performed by John T La Barbera Direction and Sound Design - Flloyd Kennedy Please Support the Show. Transcript is available on the episode website https://bakedoffpodcast.com/ Please find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the final episode in Season 10. Helen has returned home from her jaunt with Hera to reports that Mr Parks & Gardens is snooping around homeless ex-solder Mike's spot near the bus stop, possibly interfering with the plants in which Demeter has provided some salad and fruit plants at Helen's request in Episode 3 of Season 10. Well! We can't have that, can we? So, it's Helen and granddaughter Susie to the rescue! Cast: Christopher McDougall - Charlie Wendy Lap - Annie Sarah Golding - Betty Edward Donnelly - James Wayne Stuart-Cole - Mr Parks & Gardens Roy R Carruthers - Mike Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Susie, Jackie Music: In the Labyrinth, composed and performed by John T La Barbera SFX: Freesound.org 114256-Vintage_London_Bus_Arr_Stop_Go_1 56913-Traffic_-Footsteps_2 Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie and Janey are still angsting about Helen's disappearance, while Susie's boyfriend Charlie attempts to inject a smidgeon of common sense - brave man! And then Janey and Helen seems to be vieing for the honour of most tech avoidance in the family. Christopher McDougall - Charlie, Rene Flloyd Kennedy - Janey, Susie, Ilse, Helen SFX Message Bank beep, buttons clicking and phone ringing, courtesy of Flloyd’s iPhone. Cafe ambience - recorded by Flloyd at the Sweet Pea Cafe, West Kirby on the Wirral. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e9, approximately 12 hours after the episode goes live. AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hera has brought Helen to her home on Mt Olympus, after their short visit to the Amazon rain forest. Zeus is so happy to see her that he just can't help singing about it. And so it came about, that this episode has turned into a musical. You're welcome... Hera - Wendy Lap Helen - Flloyd Kennedy Zeus - Ira Seidenstein Music - "In the Labyrinth", Song of the Goddess Diana" and "Song of the Minatour", composed and performed by John T La Barbera Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e8 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now, to return to regular transmission! Hera, the Queen of the Gods, drops by in south London to whisk Helen off to her homeland for a well-deserved mini-break. These two women of way over 'a certain age' have more in common than meets the eye. Cast: Hera - Wendy Lap Zeus - Ira Seidenstein Helen, American tourist - Flloyd Kennedy Music - "In the Labyrinth" and "Song of the Minotaur" composed and performed by John T La Barbera SFX (freesound.org) 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion windy day .mp3 by soundmary -- https://freesound.org/s/196667/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 653265__garuda1982__large-wooden-door-open-close^ Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Announcement: Please excuse this break in transmission - Episode 6 was going to take us to Greece, where Helen is enjoying the scenery and the sunshine. But in view of the terrible tragedy of the wildfires presently affecting large parts of Greece, including Athens itself, I'd decided to postpone that episode till next week. In the meantime, here is news regarding the development of the new podcast, "Baked Off!" which I hope to be able to bring to you later this year. Voices: Ed Donnelly, John Warner, Andrew Durning, Matthew Field, Wendy Lap, Bernadette Pryde, Andrea Richardson, Tayo Aluko, Roy R Carruthers and Flloyd Kennedy. SFX Australian Magpies - JustinJetZorbas - https://www.pond5.com/ Footsteps and window opening - Flloyd Kennedy Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen has gone missing, so daughter Janey and granddaughter Susie team up to track her down. This episode is an experiment, in that it takes the form of a series of telephone calls. A bit like the old 'epistolatory' genre, only using message bank rather than the post office. Let me know if you think it works - drop your response at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews - just a few words would be great. Helen, Janey, Susie and Jennifer are all played by me, Flloyd Kennedy. The music is from John T La Barbera's album, "In the Labyrinth" and the tracks are: Dionysius' Dream In the Labyrinth SFX all recorded by Flloyd Kennedy, foley style, apart from the vibrating phone which was courtesy of MOBILE-PHONE-VIBRATION BY AALORV -- HTTPS://FREESOUND.ORG/S/745003/ -- LICENSE: ATTRIBUTION 4.0 Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e5 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen's idea of providing pot plants to people living on the streets has caught the attention of the authorities, and they are not happy about it. But Susie has a plan and Demeter drops by for coffee and a chat, so perhaps it will all work out? Do stick around for the epilogue - and a behind the scenes chat between Ed and Flloyd. Cast: Edward Donnelly - Dafydd the newsreader Frances Broudie Oldridge - Josie Harkins, roving reporter Wayne Stuart-Cole - Parks and Gardens official Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Susie, Demeter MUSIC: "In the Labyrinth" and "Chariot Wheel" composed and performed by John T La Barbera News Sting - TunePocket.com Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e4 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone new has take up residence on the pavement near the bus stop. Mike might be homeless, but he's got a ukulele, so Helen challenges him to join her in a sing song. This Episode's guest is Roy J Carruthers (who also plays Harry from across the corridor, Dimitri (Season 1) Loki Season 8), Eric Frogsholme, and Kyrane (Season 9). If you, or someone you know, is homeless, you can get support from Mind, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous. Alternatively, you can search for local organisations in your area. The transcript is available on the episode website amIoldyet.com/s10e3 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen has received a note from Jennifer, her neighbour who lives in the flat across the corridor with her husband Harry, and her 103 year old grandmother Nana Madeleine. Helen and Madeleine have always enjoyed sharing their thoughts on life, death, mortality and immortality without fear or favour. And this time is no exception, although with a heightened sense of immediacy. Nana Madeleine tries to sleep, but someone needs to speak to her, and the result is - much laughter. Don't forget to stick around for the Epilogue. Cast: Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Jennifer, Madeleine Karim Kronfli - Mischka Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e2 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 10 kicks off with lots of new beginnings. I'm so happy to be part of the Fable & Folly network, such an honour to be in the company of all the best audio fiction on the airwaves. Here in Am I Old Yet?'s world, it's Helen's 80th birthday, and her friends and family step up to help her to celebrate. Including Hera, Queen of the Greek Gods, and Seffi - otherwise known as Persephone, the Goddess of Spring. Zeus can't be there in person, but he has found a way of making his presence known. There will be feasting, and there will be a nap. What more could one ask? Do stick around till the end, there's a gift for you too. Cast: Wendy Lap - Hera Flloyd Kennedy - Joey, Helen, Janey, Susie Support the Show. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e1 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen and Janey are not in a thunderstorm, they are in Thunder's Mouth Theatre's audio fiction podcast "Am I Old Yet?" Nobody got wet in the making of this trailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember how Helen discovered in Season 6 that she could blow litter up into the outer atmosphere, with a single puff of her magic breath? Well, apparently the Institude for Digitised Research in Atlanta, Georgia, is still working on the project to collect it into capsules and shoot it all into the sun. This Bonus episode introduces Australian actress and director, Suzanne Little, to the team. Suzanne also happens to be Associate Professor, Theatre Studies, School of Performing Arts, and Director – Performance of the Real Research Theme at the University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo Dunedin | Ōtepoti Yes, we're are a classy mob here at TMT! Also in this episode, introducing "Popaganda" the podcast that takes a deep dive into hosts Tashmica Torok and Shannon Perez-Darby's love of transformative justice, pop culture and where the two meet. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A glorious spring day, plus the need to keep moving, so I took my phone for a walk and recorded some thoughts. High on my agenda at the moment is the need to keep promoting "Am I Old Yet?", the will to start recording "Baked Off!" and the long held desire to raise the profile of the human voice—what it is, what it means, and what we stand to lose if we fail to respect it. Also, stick around till the end and you'll be introduced to a marvellous podcast, "The Final Say", with Debra Jarvis, available at https://thefinalsaypodcast.com. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/about-the-voice-and-other-thoughts AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So new, that I haven't finished writing it yet. But I'm excited enough to want to share with you something about it. Once I've finished writing, there will be a full cast readthrough, then recording and all the production work begins. But in the meantime, there will be the odd glimpse into whatever Helen is getting up to, in preparation for Season 10. If you have clicked on 'subscribe' or 'follow' in your podcasting app, you'll be notified whenever there's something new to listen to. And if you invite just one other person to listen to "Am I Old Yet? " - well, it would help to keep it going. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/about-the-new-podcast AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 10, the grand finale of Season 9, and don't you just love it when a beloved quote from The A Team fits the bill? Helen's plan is actioned by Demeter, Goddess of Nature and Harvests, and by the way, just in case you think those 3D printed houses made out of plastic waste is all made up, here is a link to just one construction company who is doing it already. https://youtu.be/hLQMoKDCo7U?si=DkGIFosl4VY3jdw4 The cast is Wendy Lap - as Moira McGinty Flloyd Kennedy - as Demeter, Helen, Kirsteen Walkman. Susie and Janey The music is composed and performed by John T La Barbera. Sound FX TunePocket-Ticking-Smiles-Mischievous-Intro^ TunePocket-Colossus TunePocket - Time Passing Birds in the Park - recorded in Aigburth, Liverpool by Flloyd. Train - recorded on the Avanti West train from London Euston to Liverpool by Flloyd Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e10 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 9, the penultimate episode of Season 9 and Helen's plan to turn trees into homes for the homeless is starting to take shape. How does she do it? Listen on.. This week's cast is Frankii Phoenix (as Serena Narain), and Flloyd Kennedy as everybody else. The music is by John T La Barbera (listen to more on Spotify). SFX - Freesound.org Car Horn - 547667__duranburrus__car-horn Tunepocket.com TunePocket-Ticking-Smiles-Mischievous-Intro^ TunePocket-Office-Desk-Phone-Ring-1-48K-24B^ Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e9 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 8 continues on with Susie, Charlie and the goddess/nymph Cyllene at Helen's place, coming up with a plan and finding out what Susie and Charlie are up to. Zeus and Hera settle into the homeless shelter, and carry on arguing about who's entitled to help whom. I'm so proud to have been included in the AIRMedia AMPLIFY New Voices programme this year. The workshops are helping enormously with upgrading our marketing and promotional skills. The rest of the cohort are all creating stunning podcasts and I encourage you to try them all. Here's a handy link. https://airmedia.org/announcing-airs-new-voices-amplify-fellows I'll include promos for some of them in future episodes. Meantime, here's your cast for this week's episode: Sarah Golding - Cyllene (goddess/nymph) Ira Seidenstein - Zeus Wendy Lap - Hera Tayo Aluko - Henry Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Susie, Janey Music - John T La Barbera from his album "In The Labyrinth" SFX - footsteps - Flloyd walking in her boots phone alert - Flloyd's iPhone music of doom - Tunepocket Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e8 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 7 finds Helen enjoying the sunshine in the garden with her neighbour, 103 year old Nana Madeleine. Zeus and Hera have no idea that they've become famous again, René is working part time as a barista in between acting jobs, and Helen calls on Susie and Charlie to help her to put her plan into action, with Cyllene tagging along. Do let me know if you prefer the longer episode! And do you enjoy my little meta digs? Cast: Ira Seidenstein as Zeus Wendy Lap as Hera Christopher McDougall as Hermes, Rene and Charlie Sarah Golding as Cyllene and Mrs Frogsholme Roy Carruthers as Mr Frogsholme Frances Broudie Oldridge as Josie Hawkins Flloyd Kennedy as Helen, Nana Madeleine and Susie Music: from John T Labarbera's album "In The Labyrinth" SFX: 547735__fmaudio__pulling-out-wooden-chair-and-sitting-down^ Freesound.org. Garden and cafe ambience, and footsteps recorded by Flloyd Kennedy Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e7 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The word is out, there are gods amongst us - on the bus even! And Helen manages to get Susie talking about what's going on with her and Charlie. - and to come to a decision! This week's episode is performed by: Roy Caruthers - as Kyrane and Mr Eric Frogshome Wendy Lap - as Sachelle Tayo Aluko - as Tunde, the camera operator Flloyd Kennedy - as Helen, Susie and Catriona The Brekky Show theme music is from Tunepocket.com The Episode theme music is from John T La Barbera's album "In the Labyrinth". SFX - walking in the park, recorded by Flloyd in Crown St Park. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e6 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 5 and Helen finds dealing with Greek royalty to be a challenge. She seems to be able to manage her great age rather better than they do. Hashtag Not All Old People...fill in your own cliche. And Nana Madeleine is concerned about the welfare of Mina, the homeless lady. This weeks episode features: Wendy Lap as Hera, Ira Seidenstein as Zeus, Roy J Carruthers as Harry (from next door) and Flloyd plays Helen, Nana, Janey and Susan. The theme music is from John T La Barbera's album "In The Labyrinth". And the image for this episode is courtesy of the versatile Wendy Lap. Please help us to spread the word, gain more listeners. Tell your friends, and make sure they know they can find it in just about any podcasting app in the world! Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picking up from where we left off at the end of Episode 3, Helen enjoys a catchup coffee with her neighbours Jennifer, Harry and Nana Madeleine, while Hera and the children try find the 'buzzard' that flew off. Zeus thinks he's so clever, but he's not the only one who can transform in the wink of an eye. Cast: Ira Seidenstein - Zeus Wendy Lap - Hera Roy J Carruthers - Harry Sarah Golding - Cyllene Thank you so much for your support. Please remember to spread the word, tell your friends, your grandparents, your grandchildren. You're never too young, or too old, to enjoy a silly story about what other young, and not so young any more folk might get up to, if given half a chance. AND ANOTHER THING: check out Wendy Lap's podcast The Richard Osman Fan Club, for a very funny tale of derring-do - with me in it! https://lnns.co/HfugmUqKYeA Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 3 finds Zeus and Hera visiting London for the first time (that we know of). Helen arrives home from her holiday and Suzie is up to something. This week's cast is: Wendy Lap - Hera, Moira McGinty, Child 2, Mina the homeless lady Ira Seidenstein - Zeus Sarah Golding - Darlene the lady on the bus, Child 1, Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Jennifer, Susie Music is from John T La Barbera's album, "In the Labyrinth". SFX - Freesound.org 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion 539954__douglasbrucelookca__roll-aboard-suitcase-rolling-on-hard-surface "Ambience, Children Playing, Distant, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) stilleto footsteps - koraci stikle.aif All other SFX recorded by Flloyd Kennedy. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e3 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen takes the goddess Demeter to task for providing her with superpowers without any idea how to use them, and the goddess/nymph Cyllene seems to support her. Helen's on a mission to get it right next time. Please take a look at our crowdfunding campaign, to pay the actors (because they're worth it) and buy new equipment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf Cast: Cyllene - Sarah Golding Dr Calumn Shrodinger - Christopher McDougall Helen, Demeter, Janey, Susie - Flloyd Kennedy Music - from "In the Labyrinth", composed and performed by John T La Barbera Written and directed by, editing and sound design - Flloyd Kennedy SFX: - Freesound.org 437462__arpeggio1980__outside-quiet-cafe-restaurant-crockery-stereo-atmos-atmosphere-wildtrack-ambience 326235__blu_150058__in-car-ambiance 635058__sillygrizzlies__walking-footsteps-on-wood 361165__funwithsound__door-open-and-close Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e2 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 9 already! And Helen is getting back to 'normal' life, performing a poem live at a meeting of the Good and Deadly Poetry Society of South London. But those pesky Greek Gods can't leave her alone for long. The cast is: Henry - Tayo Aluko Raven - Frances Broudie Oldridge Helen - Flloyd Kennedy Cyllene - Sarah Golding. Music courtesy of John T La Barbera, from his album "In the Labyrinth". Editing, sound design and production by Flloyd Kennedy. SFX: Freesound.org 268628__gordonjcowan__cafe-20150326-edit 324190__kwahmah_02__applause-13 You'll also find us at https://facebook.com/amIoldyetpodcast https://instagram.com/am_I_Old_yet https://twitter.com/amIoldyet2 Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e1 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message. Well, Helen certainly does. Here she is, taking no prisoners when the dental receptionist seems to question her ability to keep up with modern technology. The podcast Helen is following "Somewhere On Earth Podcast" is an actual podcast (just like this one) only it focuses on developments in modern technology, and how they affect communities literally all over the world. And here is the link to find it. https://somewhereonearth.buzzsprout.com/. I love it, so of course Helen does too! The music is from "In the Labyrinth", composed and performed by John T LaBarbera. Season 9 of "Am I Old Yet" has now been written, and recording is due to start next week. It will take at least a couple of weeks to get the first episodes designed and edited, but believe me, it won't be long now! Meantime, if you would like to support me in my efforts to create a truly professional and entertaining podcast, with fully paid professional voice actors, here is our crowd-funding page: https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf Support the Show. AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of whom I am one! Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website if your podcast app doesn't provide them. Please leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews The music featured in Seasons 6, to 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1708289 Thanks for listening. Stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus episode: Welcome to this personal tribute to my very dear friend Allana Noyes, who sadly passed away recently after a short illness. This is a compilation of the episodes in which Allana played Helen's Great Niece Georgie, and Georgie's mother Flora. For those of you who knew Allana, I hope you enjoy hearing her again, and for those who didn't, I trust you will enjoy her remarkable talent and joyous energy. She is sadly missed. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/allana-noyes-a-tribute AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Ep: Helen gets a lesson in Scots Gaelic over a cup of tea and a piece of Ilse's wonderful chocolate at the Cheese Shop Cafe. This bonus episode features my sister-in-law, Mabel Macarthur as the Gaelic lady, and was recorded on her dining table on the Isle of Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides during my recent mini break. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/a-gaelic-encounter AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE: Linda Wilton, Argentine Tango specialist, has been dancing and teaching dance for most of her life. She trained in Argentine Tango with Juan Carlos Copez. Linda shares some of her story with Flloyd Kennedy, and also her thoughts about the process of ageing, and how she is adapting so that she may continue dancing for many years to come. In the cover image, Linda (centre) is being honoured at the 2023 La Feria festival in Liverpool, by Francisco Carrasco (right), Director of Luma Creations, for her work, including bringing the wonderful Argentine Tango singer Martin Alvarado (on the left) to Liverpool. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e9 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 8 brings Season 8 to a conclusion with the Epilogue. Zeus reads the riot act to his disobedient children Artemis and Hermes, and his granddaughter Persephone. Helen gets good news on the political front from Serena (Jonas Scillily's secretary) and Rene's acting career is launched. Featuring Ira Seidenstein as Zeus, Christopher McDougall as Hermes, Rene, and as Rene playing David Balfour, Frankii Phoenix as Serena and John Warner returning as Helen's son-in-law, Jonathan. The theme music for the fictional TV adaptation of "Kidnapped" is "The Bonny Braes of Elcho", written and performed by Julian Goodacre, from his CD "Some of Me Tunes, Some of Me Pipes". The episode theme music is "In the Labyrinth", and the music in the family room is "Mandrugada (Dawn)" both from John T LaBarbera's album "In the Labyrinth". Pixabay: Footsteps on Gravel: https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=6133 Brakes 065421_nissan-skyline-gtr-brakes-38471^ Car braking -110065^ sliding-door-69282 Freesound: 73730__galarne__cadillac-stop 352744__rosebugg__car-stopping 276602__alfrodou__dishes-crashing-2-platos-rotos-2 Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e8 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 7 and Helen finds herself delivered to wherever it is that the Trickster Gods (Anansi, Loki and Hermes) have arranged to meet up with the Minister for Talking Garbage to 'do a deal'. Now the tricky business really kicks off. Cast: Christopher McDougall as Hermes, Roy J Carruthers as Loki, Tayo Aluko as Anansi and Matthew Field as silly Jonas Scillilly. Music: John T LaBarbera In the Labyrinth (Season theme) Dance of the Ancient Spider SFX - Freesound.org 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion^ 341779__klankbeeld__manwalk-emptymall-indoors-01-160327_00 Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s9e7 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 6 finds René's acting career taking off, while Artemis and Persephone persuade Helen that her super hero journey is in need of a lift, and they are just the beings to give it to her. Christopher McDougall plays René, Matthew Field plays Tom Maximan. I do the others. SFX - free sound.org 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion Music - John T Labarbera In the Labyrinth Song of the Goddess Diana Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e6 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen's granddaughter Susie is impatient for some action on cleaning up the planet, but Helen is still reluctant to use her 'super' powers. Meanwhile, the Trickster Gods of the world are holding a gathering, which could be a bit dodgy. With Roy Carruthers as Loki, Tayo Aluko as Anansi and Christopher McDougall as Hermes. Also featuring a cameo appearance from Chloe the purring cat. If you'd like to hear the rest of the season in advance of the weekly releases, sign up to be a Patron at https://patreon.com/amIoldyet with either a small donation, or a regular subscription. I'm going to need some major crowdfunding support to keep going beyond this season. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. SFX "Cat, Screaming, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e5 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's trouble on Mt Olympus, when Zeus (Ira Seidenstein) arrives home to find out what his favourite child Hermes (Christopher McDonald) has been up to. Rene (also Christopher McDonald) gets the result from his audition for "Kidnapped", and Helen (Flloyd Kennedy) is called to a meeting in the park with Demeter and Seffi (also Flloyd). Lots going on as the adventure continues... Freesound.org: 191814__denis-chapon__big-wooden-door-open-close 519447__softdistortionfx__wood-footsteps-1 364903__tieswijnen__cooking-boiling 380828__axiologus__pot-of-water-boiling All other sound fx recorded by me. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of £1 or $1, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e4 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S8 Ep3 brings Helen some comfort from her friend Joey, but it comes with a challenge to up her game. Meantime the dastardly Minister for the Environment and Food Production (played by the wonderful Mr Matthew Field) is definitely up to something. His new secretary (the gorgeous Ms Frankii Phoenix) is quick to spot it. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one-off tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e3 AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one! Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Thanks for listening. Stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices