Am I Old Yet? — Comedy audio drama

Helen's young friend Rene, played by Christopher McDougall, is lodging with her at the moment, and offers to treat her to lunch at her favourite Cheese Shop Cafe, where there's fresh wait staff (Lucy Wareing). Demeter and her daughter Persephone enjoy a nice flight and some privacy to discuss developments in Helen's campaign to get political change with regard to cleaning up the planet. Meanwhile, a senior politician (played by Matthew Field) is dilly dallying with his new secretary (Frankii Phoenix) - at least, that's what he would like to think. SFX: Freesound.org Robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion "Wind, Synthesized, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) PriesJensen - people talking at cafe ambience Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e2 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 is trying to figure out who, what, where and why, by talking to herself out loud, as usual. But how to deal with acquiring of superpowers in her late 70s? Isn't the Chosen One supposed to be a teenager? Can one old woman save the planet? Her daughter Janey is worried about her, but there's nothing new in that. Granddaughter Susie thinks Gran should be allowed to go out without her phone occasionally. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip maybe £1 or $1, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s8e1 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: This week, I invited Liverpool based poet Colin Watts to chat about his background, and experience of helping to set up the Dead Good Poets Society of Liverpool. The Dead Goods meet on the third Wednesday of the month (except for August) in the Quaker House, Liverpool The theme music for this episode is my song "Where the Old Folk Go", my version and Mark Bunyan's orchestrated version. Thanks for listening. Stay safe 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/s7e21 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: Second in this occasional series of interviews/conversations. My guest is singer and activist Frankie Armstrong, still singing and demonstrating in her 80s. Frankie was part of the British Folk Song Revival in the 1960s, has performed with the National Theatre, runs workshops for RCCSD graduate students and she is the founder of the Natural Voice Network. We've been friends since 1967, and our conversations ranges from reminiscences, and the ageing process to singing styles and back again. Full transcript is available here: https://flloydkennedy.com/are-you-old-yet/ An extended version of this interview was published in Voice and Speech Review Volume 18, 2024 - Issue 1: The Range of Voice Research, "My Journey to Now" by Frankie Armstrong and Flloyd Kennedy. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. 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

First in a series of interviews/conversations with some friends and colleagues, all of whom have experienced their 70th birthdays. This one features Australian theatre-maker, performer, writer, collaborative mentor and arts supervisor, Margi Brown Ash. We share some memories, ideas, thoughts on politics, elderhood and teaching pedagogies - among other things. Full TRANSCRIPT is available here. https://flloydkennedy.com/are-you-old-yet/ Books recommended by Margi: The Stolen Focus—Why You Can't Pay Attention, and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hart The Biology of Belief, by Bruce Lipton Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are 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

Here are all the episodes of Season 7 (or Part 2 of Helen's adventures as The Chosen One). Binge to your heart's content, or just hit the pause button whenever you feel like it. Cast Frances Broudie Oldridge - Marta Polensky, Josie Harkins Christopher McDougall - Hermes, Rene Ira Seidenstein - Mischa Georgie - Allana Noyes Lord Peter Grey - Mike Rimmer Jonathan - John Warner Deja Gomez - Tayo Aluko Flloyd Kennedy - everybody else. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are 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

Flloyd with another update. The script is complete, and I've managed to meet some other podcasters not a 100 miles away. And by the way, do check out Carousel Radio, "a show and a podcast that is planned and presented by our learning disabled DJs and radio presenters. It’s one of the only places on the radio where you can hear spoken word exclusively by learning disabled artists." Impressive, and fun. Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription. 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

Update on my halting progress, writing new episodes, a mini bonus episode featuring Christopher McDonald and myself improvising a scene that takes place the day after S7 Ep9 "What a Kerfuffle", and a shoutout to Matthew Dempsey's excellent horror fantasy podcast "The Stygian Chronicles". Enjoy. 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/s7e18 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 podcast is still on hiatus, working on the script for Season/Series 8. I was in London for the Podcast Show London 2023, and met up with actor Christopher McDougall for lunch. The traffic sirened around us, and the cafe door squeaked endlessly, yet we managed to record a snippet of conversation to share with you. Enjoy! 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/s7e16 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

At last, the big finale. Helen finds herself the centre of attention, so she has to take advantage of the situation and see if she can get some real changes happening. The Greek Gods are there to make sure she's safe, Team Helen also in support. Pity it's all a fiction, that's all I can say. Cast: John Warner - Jonathan Tayo Aluko - Deji Christopher McDougall - Hermes Flloyd Kennedy - everybody else This is the end of Season 7. I'm about to launch into the world of Podcast Interviews, but it will take a few weeks to organise. I'll let you know when it's ready. Helen's next big adventure will probably depend on the funding situation, so if you'd like to ensure that it happens, why not make a donation or drop a comment or review over at the website, www.amIoldyet.com. You know you want to! Thanks for listening. Stay safe Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e9 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

At last, the big day has arrived, and Helen in a bit of a flap, getting ready to attend the 2023 UK Philanthropist of the Year Awards ceremony. She's wearing the fabulous one-off designer ball gown provided by the goddess Artemis, and Hermes is 'getting a lift'. What could possibly go wrong? I am joined by Frances Broudie Oldridge (Josie), John Warner (Jonathon) and Tayo Aluko (Deji) in the cast. Please let me know what you think of the story! Please Support the Show either with a one off tip or a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e8 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 oldest friend, Joey, has some thoughts on the subject. That Gala Dinner is getting closer all the time. At least, now we have some idea what it's in aid of - and litter bins have little to do with it. Cast: Mike Rimmer - Lord Peter Cage Flloyd Kennedy - Joey, Helen, Heather Smith (BBC WS Presenter) Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are 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

...because I'm not sure Helen can. When her niece Georgina calls up from Sydney, Australia to find out what's with the strange dog who stopped by for a few days, Helen struggles to keep shtum. But then, Georgie may have some helpful ideas. You can support the programme by sharing it with your friends, clicking like, follow, or subscribe in your podcasting app, by leaving a comment or making a small donation via the website www.amIoldyet.com/reviews or /donate. Thank you for listening. Stay safe. Cast: Allana Noyes - Georgina Flloyd Kennedy - Helen Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one of tip, or take out a monthly subscription. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e6 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 is alone again, as the dog Hermes has gone off to Australia to visit her granddaughter Susie, and to enlist the stray dogs there to join in the litter cleaning campaign. She's enjoying a quiet early morning moment on her favourite park bench when she is joined by a handsome stranger. Cast: Christopher McDougall - Hermes Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Janet Support the Show. You could leave a one-off tip, or take out a monthly subscription! Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e5 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 new friends, a couple of Ancient Greek Gods, are at least attempting to be helpful. Hermes in the form of a dog is staying with Helen in her London flat. Helen's neighbour Jennifer offers help out, and Susie, Helen's granddaughter calls up from Sydney with some exciting news and gets a dose of Gran-advice in return. Cast: Christopher McDougall - Hermes the dog Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Susie Support the Show. Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e4 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 mathematician friend Misha has a plan to tidy up the sky littering problem started by Helen and the stray dogs, and Helen has been befriended by a couple of Greek Gods. As you do. Janey agrees to take her home at last, and the BBC World Service has some surprising updates on the side effects of the new strain of poppy seeds that Helen brought into being. Cast: Ira Seidenstein - Misha Christopher McDougall - Hermes the dog Flloyd Kennedy - everybody else Support the Show. You can either leave a tip (£1), or take out a monthly subscription! Transcripts are available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s7e3 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 friendly walking companion is not a stray dog after all. And she has a name. And those pesky Greek women just cannot leave her alone. But there does seem to be some clarity emerging at last. Cast: Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Artemis Christopher McDougall - the dog, Hermes. Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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. Before you dive into Season 7 - or if you are new to the podcast, you might like to check out just how our heroine Helen, aged 78, discovered that she is, in fact, a Super heroine. 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

And we're back! Season 7 finds Helen still in her 'safe house' in a parallel universe, trying to come to terms with her new founds 'super power' for blowing stuff into the air. She has been befriended by a local dog, and a walk through the woods leads to a surprising encounter. Meantime, the dog's owner is unhappy about something... With Frances Brodie Oldridge as Marta and Christopher McDougall as the dog. Everybody else played by Flloyd Kennedy. Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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. And we're off! almost... A few extracts from Episode 1, of Season 7 to whet your appetite. Helen is still in the parallel universe where strange Greek sounding people are involved in her new found power to use her breath to move things (and people?). I look forward to hearing what you think, over at amIoldyet.com/reviews. Enjoy! Thanks for listening. Stay safe 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

Here it is, Season 6. All 8 episodes in one file for your binging pleasure. Shortly before Helen's 80th birthday, she suddenly develops a mysterious superpower that could save the planet. What will her family say? Can nice old ladies do such things? Isn't it usually teenagers who are The Chosen One? Helen is in for a whole new adventure. Enjoy—at your own pace! Cast: Christopher McDougall - René, Charlie, Prof Callum Shrodinger, street kid, Detective Zee Edward Donnelly - Dr LesPenser, Martin the Newsreader, Joe Public Frances Broudie Oldridge - Josie Harkins John Warner - Jonathon Ira Seidenstein - Dr Mischa Nicholaev, Dr Larry Steinbeck Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Demeter, Seffi (Persephone), Janey, Susie, Ilse, Police Chief Dilko Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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. Final episode for Season 6, and some of Helen's wishes come home to roost. As she suspected, there are always unintended consequences. Cast: Christopher McDougall - Charlie, Detective Zee Ted Grey - Dr Edelstein Patricia Grey - Nurse Frances Broudie Oldridge - Dr Marta Polensky Mike Rimmer - Lord Peter Cage Flloyd Kennedy - Kirsteen Walkman, Susie, Police Chief Dilko Find out about the wonderful performers who have contributed to this Season on the website https://www.amioldyet.com/guests/ Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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 needs to control her thoughts, not easy after a lifetime of advocating free thinking. But there must be some way to make use of this newfound ability. Charlie has some encouraging words to say. Cast: Christopher McDougall - Charlie Susie, Helen - Flloyd Kennedy Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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 son-in-law Jonathon is whisking her away to a safe house in the country. The Greek woman who introduced Helen to her role as the Chosen One is on a bus in Liverpool, talking to her daughter who seems to be connected to the French professor. So who is pulling the strings? Cast: Jonathon - John Warner Demeter, Persephone (Seffi) - Flloyd Kennedy Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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's university professor is behaving suspiciously, Helen enjoys a chat with her neighbour Jennifer, and the international scientific community doesn't seem to be helping much. Helen and the dogs carry on cleaning up the streets, but - look out! Cast: Edward Donnelly - Dr Les Penser, Martin the Newsreader Ira Seidenstein - Professor Larry Steinbeck Helen, Susie, Ilse - Flloyd Kennedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6E4 It seems that Helen's interest in the natural world is having strange effects, and Misha thinks there may be more than meets the eye. Meantime, even in Scotland, where young Rene is back in school, news of the dogs' activities has not gone unnoticed. Cast: Martin the Newsreader - Edward Donnelly Josie Harkins the reporter - Frances Broudie Oldridge René - Christopher McDougall Dr Misha Nicholaev - Ira Seidenstein Helen - Flloyd Kennedy Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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

S6E3 Team Helen have come up with a plan to shield Helen's identity, while she discovers a fresh way to spread her powers. But the press are hard on her heels. Cast: Frances Broudie Oldridge - Josie Harkins Christopher McDougall - the kid Ira Seidenstein - Freddie the stray dog Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Janey, Susie Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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

S6E2 Helen's granddaughter Susie and Charlie the boyfriend try to enlist some expert help to promote Helen's newfound superpower. Jonathan, Helen's son-in-law doesn't think it's such a good idea... Cast: Edward Donnelly - Dr Les Penser, News Announcer Christopher McDougall - Charlie, Prof Shrodinger Ira Seidenstein - Dr Mischa Zachariev Frances Broudie Oldridge - Josie Harkins John Warner - Jonathon Flloyd Kennedy - Susie, Janey I do hope you will take a moment to rate, review, or comment on Social Media about this new serialised adventure, to help to spread the word and grow the audience. Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 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 6 kicks off with a brand new look, new musical theme, and an amazing adventure for Helen and the crew. This is a screwball comedy serial, in which there are super powers and superior beings handing them out, possibly for the good of the planet. It all remains to be seen. Rene is played by Christopher McDougall, while Helen, Demeter, Persephone, Janey and Susan are playing by Flloyd Kennedy. The episode theme music is "In the Labyrinth", and the music introducing the two Greek people is "`Song of the Goddess Diana", both written and performed by John T LaBarbera, from his album "In the Labyrinth". Support the Show. 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 featured from Season 6 is "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. Season 6 takes a turn to the fantastical, in which Helen is granted super powers to enable her to save the planet. She has no idea what they are, and another thing—isn't The Chosen One usually a teenager? 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

Send us a Text Message. Another Bonus episode, this time me with a shocking cold, and a song I recorded a couple a years ago at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool with the help of the fabulous Jon Lawton. Still hard at work on the new screwball serial spinoff, hopefully start releasing episodes early November. Thanks for listening, and for your support! Stay safe. 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

Send us a Text Message. Here are a couple of poems about writing poetry, to celebrate National Poetry Day. Meantime, I'll get on with the new project, writing, recording and editing episodes for the promised spinoff serialised screwball adventure that Helen finds herself mixed up in. 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

Helen enjoys a walk in the park with her granddaughter Susie, who is soon heading off to Australia for a 'gap year'. I think we can agree, they are both going to miss each other terribly... Flloyd plays both Helen and Susie. Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 6, and there is a lot of sadness around, which is not necessarily the same as depression. Helen and her neighbour Jennifer share some thoughts on the subject over a coffee. Flloyd voices Helen and Jennifer. Thanks for listening, and supporting the programme. Please Rate and Review in your podcasting app, or on the website www.amIoldyet.com/reviews Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 5, and Helen is beginning to find fonts getting paler and smaller, and background noise getting louder. Her cafe friend, Evan from Wales (played by Edward Donnelly) comes to the rescue. Flloyd plays Helen and Ilse. Getting uniform sound quality is always a challenge without a professional studio to work in, but I'm doing the best I can! The more you lovely listeners can help out with a small donation, the more I'll be able to upgrade all our equipment to bring you a more comfortable listening experience. Thank you so much for chipping in! Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 4 of Season 5. Helen's oldest friend, Joey, from her college days in New York, calls up for a chat from Sydney, Australia. They talk a lot of nonsense about Quantum Science, and the nature of time. Well, somebody has to! Helen and Joey are voiced by Flloyd Kennedy. Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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. Ep 3, and Helen enjoys a coffee in the garden with her neighbour Jennifer, and Jennifer's 103 year old grandmother, Nana Madeleine. The teenagers over the fence cause a ruckus, which leads to recollections of the 3 generations' own teenage misdemeanours. But first, a chat with Janey on the phone... 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

Episode 2, and Helen's granddaughter Susie is feeling very unsettled, and not at all sure why. She's sure her super confident gran won't know the feeling, but perhaps a chat might help. Flloyd plays Helen and Susie. It would be wonderful if you would rate and review the podcast. Here is a site that provides links to most podcast apps that accept reviews. https://lovethepodcast.com/AmIOldYet. Or you can leave your comments at the website, https://amIoldyet.com/reviews Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 1 of Season 5 kicks off with Helen receiving a phone call at 11.30 pm from her friend Louise who is in a care home near Lancaster. And she is reminded that not all old women are the same. There are certainly many ways that the word 'old' could be defined, and Helen and Louise would be two of them. Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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. Here is a recap, and a peek into what's in store for Season 5. 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

Well, here it is. Episode 12, the final one for Season 4. It's a bit longer than usual, but if you don't need the introduction, start at around 1 min 16 seconds. It concerns Helen's 103 year old neighbour, Nana Madeleine, and something that was lost many, many years ago. All the voices are played by me. I'm now taking a break for a few weeks to write up Season 5, help out with my new grandson, and take a holiday with the American branch of my family. In Europe. Hopefully. See you on the other side. Meantime, I still need your support if this is to go on for much longer. Reviews and comments are most welcome, via your podcast app, or on the website https://amIoldyet.com/reviews. As are any donations you are able to contribute towards the running costs of the podcast. Why not jump right in and become a regular subscriber at www.Patreon.com/amIoldyet? There will be bonus episodes for Patrons, a whole new series in which Helen finds herself in a sci-fi fantasy superhero story. What??? Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 11 and Helen is invited to join her daughter Janey, Aussie son-in-law Jonathon and granddaughter Susie for a car trip to a country house near London. The chat veers from the correct medical term for elderly sniffles to possibly premature preparations for turning 60. Cast: John Warner - Jonathon Helen, Janey, Susie - Flloyd Kennedy This week's episode features Australian actor John Warner as Jonathon, with car sound effects provided by Tokyoshowdown and Nachtmahr RV via Freesound.org under Creative Commons licence. Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 and Helen is meeting up with her old college friend, Rozzie, who is not keen to move into a retirement village on her own. Then there is René, the student actor from Scotland now working part time at the Cheese Shop Cafe, about to move back to a new school in Scotland. Meantime, Helen has some irritating emails to deal with... You will find lots of information about this week's guest actors, Frances Broudie oldridge and Christopher McDougall, on the website www.amIoldyet.com/guests. Please support our work with a donation at BuyMeaCoffee.com/amIoldyet, or by becoming a regular subscriber at Patreon.com/amIoldyet. Thank you so much!. Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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, and Helen has been invited to join her American friend Essie in Edinburgh for a couple of days. Janey's not too happy about it, but the two old pals are happy to catch up and natter about how times have changed, and what they can remember—or not... Cast: Joanna Cazden as Essie Flloyd Kennedy as Helen and Janey Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 and Helen is having a bad day. Someone she doesn't recognise keeps ringing her up as she heads for the Royal Mail Delivery Office to collect the parcels they refuse to leave where she asks them to, she gets caught in the rain, and as for the bus... Cast: Flloyd Kennedy as... Helen, Barista, Jennifer and Catriona Please share this with your friends and family members. But only if you're enjoying it! Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 and Helen is trying to phone her elder sister Marian in Australia for a chat. Her daughter Janey drops by with the bagels, and the three women reminisce about growing up in Australia, and why some women don't relate to small children... Cast: Flloyd Kennedy as Helen, Marian and Janey If you enjoy this podcast, and would like it to continue, please rate and review it, which helps to spread the word to other potential listeners, or kindly make a small donation towards production costs at BuyMeACoffee.com. Thank you for your support! Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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 6, Season 4 finds Helen on the phone with her old pal Joey, who is planning a trip to London with her husband Steve. They share some thoughts on the subject of retirement, and what is it that they have against the idea of long sea voyages surrounded by 'old people'. Cast: Flloyd Kennedy as Helen and Joey Support the Show. 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 featured in Season 1 is by Joan Melton, in Seasons 2-5 is by Flloyd Kennedy, arranged and performed by Mark Bunyan, and from Season 6 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