{"id":1647,"date":"2021-05-28T05:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/miriam-margolyes-meets-pensioners-in-their-prime-podcasts-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T05:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:42:45","slug":"miriam-margolyes-meets-pensioners-in-their-prime-podcasts-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/miriam-margolyes-meets-pensioners-in-their-prime-podcasts-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Miriam Margolyes meets pensioners in their prime \u2013 podcasts of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Old Disgracefully sees the actor meet over-70s ripping up the rulebook. Plus: Moya Lothian-McLean investigates how slavery continues to intersect with British society<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.co.uk\/?ref=Adbl_ip_rdr_from_US&amp;source_code=AUK30DFT1BkWS0826159058&amp;ipRedirectFrom=US&amp;ipRedirectOriginalURL=pd%2FGrowing-Old-Disgracefully-Podcast%2FB08L29HVD6\">Growing Old Disgracefully<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Sniggering at an older dominatrix or bodybuilder is a popular theme in many a voyeuristic TV show, but Miriam Margolyes is having none of that. As she speaks to over-70s ripping up the rulebook, she handles their stories sensibly and sensitively. First up is Sherry, billed as a dominatrix, but she\u2019s so much more \u2013 a woman whose career change was fuelled by the end of a marriage blighted by her husband\u2019s affairs and financial fraud. These are stories of strength, innovation and the will to enjoy life. <em>Hannah Verdier<br \/><\/em><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6DFKmhsCeMdOQUTfShcdx9\">Human Resources<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Journalist Moya Lothian-McLean has a keen eye for highlighting stories on social injustice and political unrest. This new podcast series, launched in late April, sees her consider her own background as a descendant of both black African slaves and white slave owners or overseers, and investigate how the slave trade interacts with the nation\u2019s institutions, law and more besides. She begins her journey in Herefordshire, assessing the links between her sleepy home county and Britain\u2019s first trafficker of slaves, John Hawkins. <br \/><em>Hannah J Davies<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/may\/28\/miriam-margolyes-meets-pensioners-in-their-prime-podcasts-of-the-week\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c833b19afe7a8e4b4cd550217c478aa820eea8d4\/0_1799_4480_2688\/master\/4480.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=891a54bb0c5eaee64f349f91a446b0c4\" title=\"Miriam Margolyes meets pensioners in their prime \u2013 podcasts of the week\" \/>Growing Old Disgracefully sees the actor meet over-70s ripping up the rulebook. Plus: Moya Lothian-McLean investigates how slavery continues to intersect with British society<br \/>\nGrowing Old DisgracefullySniggering at an older dominatrix or bodybuilder is a popular theme in many a voyeuristic TV show, but Miriam Margolyes is having none of that. As she speaks to over-70s ripping up the rulebook, she handles their stories sensibly and sensitively. First up is Sherry, billed as a dominatrix, but she\u2019s so much more \u2013 a woman whose career change was fuelled by the end of a marriage blighted by her husband\u2019s affairs and financial fraud. These are stories of strength, innovation and the will to enjoy life. Hannah VerdierHuman ResourcesJournalist Moya Lothian-McLean has a keen eye for highlighting stories on social injustice and political unrest. This new podcast series, launched in late April, sees her consider her own background as a descendant of both black African slaves and white slave owners or overseers, and investigate how the slave trade interacts with the nation\u2019s institutions, law and more besides. She begins her journey in Herefordshire, assessing the links between her sleepy home county and Britain\u2019s first trafficker of slaves, John Hawkins. Hannah J Davies Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Old Disgracefully sees the actor meet over-70s ripping up the rulebook. Plus: Moya Lothian-McLean investigates how slavery continues to intersect with British society Growing Old DisgracefullySniggering at an older dominatrix or bodybuilder is a popular theme in many a voyeuristic TV show, but Miriam Margolyes is having none of that. As she speaks to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/miriam-margolyes-meets-pensioners-in-their-prime-podcasts-of-the-week\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Miriam Margolyes meets pensioners in their prime \u2013 podcasts of the week<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}