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Almost 40

Who said you’ve got to have your shit together by a certain age? Definitely not Raj Pander. She"s Almost a promising young woman (she got told she was too old for a job). Almost a wifey for lifey (she’s a divorcee - according to Indian Matchmaking/Sima Aunty that makes her “disadvantaged”). And she was almost 40 when she started this podcast. Single. Living at home with her parents. Still watching TV shows made for teens. Still swearing on work calls. Still has an unhealthy obsession with pop

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77:54

Almost Famous For The Right Reasons: Riana Malia

Almost 40 ·

2025/10/31

Reinvention Strategist, Neurosomatic Practitioner and Author Riana Malia reflects on the expectations vs the reality of her personal milestones including getting married at 23 and why she doesn’t recommend it, navigating divorce, finding power in forgiveness after the ultimate betrayal (I know it sounds dramatic, but it is, there's an FBI raid involved) and why sometimes therapy doesn’t go deep enough. Raj is obsessed with West End Girl and divorce albums... Follow @almost40pod @_rajpander

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98:21

Almost Assessment: Adeel Amini

Almost 40 ·

2025/10/16

TV Exec, Writer + Founder of The TV Mindset Adeel Amini checks in with the the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a fake medical check up where patients are asked the most annoying/offensive things women are asked on a regular basis). TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes conversations about suicide and sexual assault. Listen with caution Adeel gets into South Asian representation, how the evolving landscape of beauty standards affects men and women (Adeel has had a hair transplant and wants

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63:40

Almost Dead: Laura Price

Almost 40 ·

2025/10/09

Author, Journalist and Podcaster Laura Price gets into the expectations vs the reality of her personal milestones including how she embraced being a cat lady, discovering she had breast cancer 6 weeks before her 30th birthday, redefining success outside of what she earns, the unexpected way she experienced motherhood and more. Check your boobs ⁠http://bit.ly/3L2sJ7m⁠ Follow @almost40pod @_rajpander @laurapricewrites almost40thepodcast@gmail.com xoxo AD by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your

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118:21

Almost What Susannah Would Have Wanted

Almost 40 ·

2025/10/03

It's no secret Raj is a fan of teen tv shows and this Summer a lot of grown women joined her on that so this is the official (unofficial) GROWN WOMEN debrief of Jenny Han's nostalgia fueled hit Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty. WARNING: Raj is Team Jeremiah, if you're a Conrad girl, you might not like this Women in their later 30's +40's get into why it had millennial women in a chokehold, why they identify as Team Conrad/Jere/Belly/Paris, their thoughts on the other teams, hot takes,

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73:47

Almost Dangerous: Kiran Sahota

Almost 40 ·

2025/09/25

Historian, Curator and Pink Lipstick Lover Kiran Sahota gets into thinking she would look a certain way at 40, how she deals with people telling her to "go home," establishing herself as a Historian, navigating depression and more. Raj thinks Desperate Housewives shaped her view of aging. Kiran's episode ft Amber Rose Gill is here: https://omny.fm/shows/amazing-starts-here/believe-in-me-the-guardians-of-south-asian-history Follow @almost40pod @_rajpander @bimcic

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69:31

Almost Assessment: Myriann Panayi

Almost 40 ·

2025/09/18

Fitness Coach, Former Mac Girl + Trainer Myriann Panayi checks on with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a fake medical check up where patients are asked the most annoying/offensive things women are asked about on a regular basis). Myri gives us her take on weight loss jabs like Ozempic, why she thinks everyone should read "Why Men Love Bitches," the one thing stopping people from reaching their fitness goals, how she likes to deal with dudes who take 2 days to respond to a message, being

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68:02

Almost A Match

Almost 40 ·

2025/09/11

Raj has decided to leave dating apps for good, so she recorded this episode as evidence. This means if you ever see her on a dating app again you should report her directly to almost40thepodcast@gmail.comLet's see if anyone else's experiences can sway her (spoiler alert, the only person who had anything positive to say about apps was a man). Follow @_rajpander @almost40pod xoxo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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78:01

Almost An Adult: Saima

Almost 40 ·

2025/09/04

Soft Life Queen, Content Creator and Forty-Something Saima gets into why she thought having a nose job at 23 would change her life, the assumptions of what life looks like when living with parents, deciding to shut down a successful flower business, moving out of her family home at the tender age of 36 and being up front and honest about centering men. Raj thinks Love Is Blind could be patriarchal propaganda (here she goes again) Follow @almost40pod @_rajpander @sai_ma (insta) @sai_maa

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87:52

Almost A Materialist

Almost 40 ·

2025/08/30

Carrie Bradshaw’s solo lunch, Celine Song’s Materialists, and Love Is Blind have Raj questioning everything—dating, matchmakers, and whether love can actually be blind (spoiler: she thinks it can).What’s the last thing you did solo? 👀 Talk to us: almost40thepodcast@gmail.com Follow @_rajpander & @almost40pod xoxo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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79:21

Almost Assessment: Nicole Ocran

Almost 40 ·

2025/08/21

Podcaster, Writer +Certified Lovergirl Nicole Ocran checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a faux medical check up where patients are asked the most annoying/offensive things women are asked about on a regular basis). Nicole gets into why even a crumb of romance would satisfy her romantic desires, dating younger men, relationship fears, The Summer I Turned Pretty, the concept of taking someone back after ghosting and more (including her take on heterofatalism) Watch her dating

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72:47

Almost Always Unbothered: Amrita Singh

Almost 40 ·

2025/08/14

Private Stylist, Fashion Editor and former Southall Girl Amrita Singh gets into how moving to Dubai at 30 led to a healing journey, why fashion doesn't know what to do when it comes to Brown women, the lore behind choosing to work for herself, being on a journey of constant reinvention, why being called "lucky" is offensive and more... Follow @almost40pod @_rajpander @curatedbyamritasingh @__amrita__singh__ Amrita's substack

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77:35

Almost Cuntry

Almost 40 ·

2025/08/08

Raj was triggered by Beyoncé slander on TikTok, where a brown male said Queen B should stay in her lane and go back to making R'n'B. So this is a Cowboy Carter special. Raj takes it back to the origin story of the album, brown on brown crime, why genres are a funny little concept and that got her thinking...How do you respond when people tell you to stay in your lane? What are the stereotypes or labels we happily wear vs the ones we feel restricted by? What genres have people put us in? And

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71:12

Almost Assessment: Jackie Adedeji

Almost 40 ·

2025/07/31

Presenter + Founder of The Big Bosom Brunch, Jackie Adedeji checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (a faux medical check up where guests are asked the most annoying/offensive questions women are asked on a regular basis). Jackie gets into feeding her inner child, the art of backing yourself, age gap relationships, living with endometriosis and more. Oh, and she's serving sermons like she's a Pastor...almost40thepodcast@gmail.com Follow @_rajpander @almost40pod

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84:41

Almost Satisfied: Sam Parker

Almost 40 ·

2025/07/24

Author, Journalist and New Dad Sam Parker gets into why he thought he would become a literary sensation after writing his first novel at 30 (he published his first book Good Anger at 40), how he learned to express anger in a healthy way, how men and women experience anger differently, becoming a parent way later than he thought he would and more. Raj decides to share a few things that have made her angry lately, including being fat shamed in Southall. Currently taking voicenotes/thoughts

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1:11:26

Almost A Happy Birthday

Almost 40 ·

2025/06/21

When Taylor Swift said "I'm so depressed I act like it's my birthday everyday" what the helly did she mean? Raj just turned 41 and she's decided to dive deep into the mystery of those lyrics while trying to figure out why everyone tends to get a little worried about her when she decides she doesn't want to do anything for her bday. Contains best and worst birfday memories from the regulars and a lot of ranting about Beyoncé haters, agents and joint birthdays.Talk to us

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1:14:17

Almost Brown: Isabella Silvers

Almost 40 ·

2025/05/16

Journalist, Founder of Mixed Messages and Freelancer Isabella Silvers gets into why she thought she would have hit her career goals at 30 (and what she did when she didn't), interviewing her celebrity crushes, being single and child free in her 30s, starting therapy, getting better with boundaries, building something for herself, the freelance struggle being SO real and more.Raj is trying to stop reading and watching Diddler trial content (and not succeeding).almost40thepodcast@gmail.comlFollow

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1:11:23

Almost Assessment: Leanne Alie

Almost 40 ·

2025/05/01

Podcast Comissioner, Producer + Presenter, Leanne Alie checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (an almost medical check up where guests are asked the most annoying/offensive questions women get asked on a regular basis). Leanne gets into being single at 30, feeling out of the loop after watching Adolescence, her love/hate relationship with dating apps, creating her smash hit podcast Coiled, Love Is Blind and more...almost40thepodcast@gmail.comFollow@_rajpander @almost40pod @leannealie_xoxo

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1:22:25

Almost Resting In Peace

Almost 40 ·

2025/04/18

Do you guys ever think about dying? After re-watching Barbie and contemplating Barbie Margot's dancefloor stopping question, Raj started thinking about Shannon Doherty's funeral block list again and wondered if anyone else planned on having a block list for their final send off, what came to their minds when they thought about dying, what their funeral song was and other potentially morbid things. We get into grief, mourning styles, being petty and more... almost40thepodcast@gmail.comFollow

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1:09:10

Almost Mature: Bela Shah

Almost 40 ·

2025/03/26

Broadcaster, Sky Sports News Presenter and Former Lawyer Bela Shah gets into changing career at 29, being a "mature" student, getting a big break at Channel 5 that led to her current dream role, the best way to deal with sexism and racism at work, why IVF wasn't as straightforward as she thought it would be, Mumsnet and more.Raj has a ridiculous story about the Heathrow power cut. Of course.almost40thepodacast@gmail.comFollow @almost40pod @_rajpander @missbelashah xoxo Hosted on Acast. See

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1:01:53

Almost Assessment: Hope Flynn

Almost 40 ·

2025/03/17

Community Founder, Business Lecturer + Relationship Expert, Hope Flynn checks in with the Nurse for an Almost Assessment (an almost medical check up where women are asked the most annoying/offensive things they are asked on the regular). Hope shares her thoughts on rebounds, how to figure out if someone is a catfish, why the cinema isn't the worst place for a first date, how to handle getting back into dating after being out of the game and more...almost40thepodcast@gmail.comFollow@_rajpander

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