40ish

40ish

Welcome to 40ish! Brought to you by the hosts of the award winning podcast Self care Club, Lauren Mishcon and Nicole Goodman -two 40ish women who went searching for a podcast that truly spoke to their age group - Where was the show that captured the sheer, hilarious chaos of midlife? The one that understood the juggling act of teens, aging parents, career pivots, and hormones that have a mind of their own? When they couldn’t find it, they made it. 40ish is the podcast that midlifers deserve. A space where they tackle real dilemmas, rant about the absurdities of aging, and share every embarrassing moment—because if they're living through it, they are damn well laughing at it. And honestly, at this stage of life, comedy isn’t just entertainment. It’s survival. Get ready for candid conversations and a lot of laughter as this funny duo explore middle aged angst and (attempt) to solve all your dilemmas. Follow us on Instagram @40ish.podcast

Episodes

We are on a break!

August 6, 2025 • 3 mins
A little reminder that we are now OOO - that's Out Of Office for anyone who may not know AKA Lauren! We will be back in September. Have a great summer everyone x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Lamination, Arseholes and the roadside poo

August 4, 2025 • 31 mins
Today on Unfiltered Charlize Theron is bragging about her one night stand with a 26yr old. Would you? Could you be bothered? Lauren laments about lamination and Nicole’s still reeling from a 7:30am convo involving... arseholes. Yes, actual ones. One woman’s Spanish getaway takes a very public turn when her friend faces a roadside toilet emergency—with no loo in sight and a car full of horrified (and hysterical) mates. Think Top Gea...
Mark as Played

Sex, Storage Bags & The Meddling MIL

July 30, 2025 • 31 mins
This week on 40ish: Lauren’s found joy in vacuum storage bags (yes, really), while Nicole’s ready to stage an intervention over Lauren’s hyper-efficient email deletion habits. Meanwhile, one listener is deeply regretting her choice of holiday companions after a villa-sharing couple won’t stop having very vocal sex in the paper thin walls of their Spanish holiday home. One mum is trapped in a Cornish nightmare where her mother-in-la...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Babybels in the bra and Bendover Tuesdays

July 28, 2025 • 40 mins
Today on Unfiltered; Nicole is asked if she can really trust Lauren and has us all asking: What exactly are “Bendover Tuesdays?” Lauren is close to meltdown as she attempts to tackle paperwork at midnight. One woman cannot keep up with the ravenous appetites of her children who are ransacking the cupboards during the school holidays and the ladies report on a recent study showing that midlifers are really stepping it up in the bedr...
Mark as Played

Blood Tests, Sexy Exes and Husbands Hiding in the Loo

July 23, 2025 • 34 mins
This week on 40ish, Lauren and Nicole ponder how many more blood tests they can possibly endure before qualifying as human pin cushions (answer: It’s a lot welcome to midlife!). Meanwhile, a listener takes umbrage at her husband’s suspiciously long (and very conveniently timed) bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, a woman debates whether to rekindle things with an old flame who slid into her DMs like it’s 2005. Should she message back… or j...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Hollywood Handshakes, Rashes and Public Humiliation

July 21, 2025 • 38 mins
Today on Unfiltered: Paul Hollywood confesses to being in a permanent midlife crisis, and honestly bitch? Same. Lauren admits she'd kill for a Hollywood handshake, while Nicole wants nothing to do with his French stick (make of that what you will). A listener shares a traumatic tale of being exposed on the loo in a public café thanks to her daughter and an ill-timed door swing. The week’s Midlife Meltdown Award has a strong contend...
Mark as Played

Nip Slips Bowel Pics and Jacket Potatoes

July 16, 2025 • 32 mins
This week on 40ish, things get a little… exposed. Literally. A listener shares a pool party nip slip in Ibiza that was witnessed by her ex, a teenager with a phone, and an 81-year-old with very good eyesight. Meanwhile, Nicole is wrestling with her Glastonbury FOMO (or is it actually JOMO?), and Lauren can only recall one thing from her own Glasto days - a jacket potato she ate in 1997. Iconic. A listener wants to know the rules on...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Padel Rackets, The Golden Girls and Getting Jiggy With It.

July 14, 2025 • 33 mins
On today’s unfiltered: Nicole is devastated to discover she’s been sold a “special needs” padel racket. Could it be that she’s not the epic padel demon of her dreams on court? Meanwhile, Lauren’s hanging with her spiritual friends The Golden Girls. Why can we remember every lyric from 1998 but not the one crucial thing we were supposed to do this morning? Her solution? Writing reminders directly on her arms. It's giving desperate. ...
Mark as Played

BBQ, Birdwatching and Bedroom Antics

July 9, 2025 • 39 mins
This week on 40ish: Lauren has a keen interest in birdspotting, because nothing screams midlife like getting excited about tits… the feathered kind. Meanwhile, Nicole is experiencing a full-blown sandal crisis—too strappy, too orthopedic, not enough ankle support, why is summer footwear so emotionally taxing? One listener is sweltering through a heatwave, but her husband’s libido is showing no signs of cooling down. She’s hot, both...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered- Dropped Pins, Disappointed friends and Desperation

July 7, 2025 • 36 mins
On today's unfiltered: Nicole is in need of directions - literally and Lauren’s attempt to rescue her using a dropped pin goes just about as well as you’d expect. Spoiler: it makes everything worse, mostly because she is too busy being chatted up by a stranger to assist. Elsewhere, Lauren is in full-on meltdown mode after trying (and, let’s be honest, failing) to install an automated watering system—aka a classic Blue Job gone rogu...
Mark as Played

Botox, Bras and Bunions

July 2, 2025 • 37 mins
This week on 40ish: Nicole fears that she has aged out of Botox. What is a woman to do if you can't afford the full Kris Jenner facelift? Meanwhile, Lauren is freeing the nipple for comfort, feminism and because it’s too damn hot.  Over in listener land, one of you has questions about feet (we’re cautiously intrigued), while another is dealing with a passive aggressive friend - and we all know the first rule of Passive Aggressive C...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Baristas, George Clooney and The Bubonic Plague

June 30, 2025 • 36 mins
Today on Unfiltered we are serving hormones, humiliation, Hollywood heartthrobs, and 14th-century pandemics. Lauren has forgotten where she parked the car and Nicole is speechless after hearing someone under 23 declare themselves “Old!” A doctor gets ambushed by a surprise period while wearing a white dress (because thank you perimenopause) and the ladies ponder how they'd react if George Clooney handed them a cappuccino (spoiler: ...
Mark as Played

Beachwear, Baggage and Mummy’s Boys

June 25, 2025 • 37 mins
This week on 40ish: Nicole is on a bikini rampage. Will she find the perfect two-piece, or is it time to just set the girls free and go full Euro-topless? Meanwhile, Lauren is locked in mortal combat with a new TV setup, and frankly, the HDMI cable might win. A listener wonders: is it weird to take your own pillow on holiday?  And another writes in about a full-grown mummy’s boy. We say: Oedipus, schmeedipus — as long as he’s not s...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Jeans, Genes, and Generational dread

June 23, 2025 • 34 mins
Today on Unfiltered: Nicole’s midlife meltdown is simply this: teens. Full stop.  Lauren’s in a crisis over a swimsuit return - but the real issue? She’s turning into her mother. (Love you, Jackie). A listener is lost in a denim dilemma and meanwhile, ex supermodel Linda Evangelista tells an interviewer that she won’t date as she doesn’t want to hear anyone breathing, and honestly? We get it.  To buy tickets to our live show clic...
Mark as Played

Father’s Day Fail, Ozempic and the Tupperware Fairy

June 19, 2025 • 34 mins
This week on 40ish: Lauren takes on Moonpig and somehow sends a blank Father’s Day card (nailed it). Nicole’s makeup has mysteriously vanished, and she needs to cover her newly grey eyebrows. Meanwhile, one listener is fed up being lied to by her friend about being on Ozempic (We all know green tea does not make you lose two stone!) and another woman is in a Tupperware stand-off with her mother-in-law. She knows it’s petty - but sh...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Printers, Posing Nude and Psycho spritzing

June 17, 2025 • 32 mins
Today on unfiltered, Lauren flirts with the idea of posing nude for a painting in Paris  (but only if it’s giving “airbrushed Kate Winslet on the Titanic” vibes.) Nicole wonders what she could have achieved in life if she weren’t professionally chained to her kitchen like a countertop spritzing psycho. A listener nominates herself for the weekly  Midlife Meltdown Award after a printer breakdown nearly pushes her over the edge - and...
Mark as Played

Jesus, Foreplay and Flirting in the banana aisle

June 11, 2025 • 36 mins
This week on 40ish: Lauren finds her kindred spirit in the banana aisle of the supermarket and has worried herself into a hole about where on earth Nicole will park when they go to Mel Robbins live show. Nicole is feeling super smug after securing a parking space right next to the venue and proving her wrong. One listener wants to know after 22 years of marriage if an elbow nudge to the ribs counts as acceptable sex initiation from...
Mark as Played

Lightbulbs, Chickpeas and The Everything Rant

June 11, 2025 • 38 mins
Today on unfiltered, Nicole's is in the grip of a midlife meltdown encompassing everything that perimenopause has thrown at her and the list is long - very long (and it includes chickpeas.) Lauren’s is raging over a pair of trousers that refuse to move. Elsewhere, one woman breaks down in B&Q over the emotional minefield that is buying a lightbulb, and another returns from a weekend away to find her husband has absolutely annihilat...
Mark as Played

Face Age, Neck Rage and Bladder Fails

June 4, 2025 • 35 mins
This week on 40ish: Nicole discovers the scientifically calculated age of her face - and she's not thrilled. Meanwhile, Lauren sustains the most 40ish injury possible: she hurts her neck... in her sleep. A listener asks whether dating a man on two wheels is a red flag or just midlife logistics, and a 48-year-old gym-goer is left mortified (and damp)  after an unfortunate incident in front of her trainer. It’s midlife and it ain't g...
Mark as Played

Unfiltered - Cuddles, Control Freaks & Competitive Chat

June 2, 2025 • 26 mins
Today on unfiltered, Lauren is riding so high on the puppy cuddling oxytocin she can’t even muster up a midlife moan. Meanwhile, Nicole is... not quite as chipper. A listener poses the ultimate dilemma: who would make the better lunch date—Lauren or Nicole? Surely that’s like choosing between Ant or Dec? The competition is on as the ladies argue their case for who brings the most razzle dazzle to a social gathering. Plus, we hear f...
Mark as Played

Popular Podcasts

    On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

    Dateline NBC

    Dateline NBC

    Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Special Summer Offer: Exclusively on Apple Podcasts, try our Dateline Premium subscription completely free for one month! With Dateline Premium, you get every episode ad-free plus exclusive bonus content.

    24/7 News: The Latest

    24/7 News: The Latest

    The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.

    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

Advertise With Us
Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

Explore

iHeart

Live Radio

Podcasts

Artist Radio

Exclusives

News

Features

Events

Contests

Photos

Information

About

Advertise

Blog

Brand Guidelines

Contest Guidelines

Subscription Offers

Jobs

Get the App

Automotive

Home

Mobile

Wearables

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.