Romesh Ranganathan - Deep Fried Boiled Egg Anyone? Will His Recent Glow Up Reverse Former Misadventures?
Romesh Ranganathan is 47 but he thinks he’s heading for an early death. His worries were triggered by a health test 8 years, the premature death of his father as well as the negative health outcomes for Southeast Asian men. But in recent years he’s transformed his health. Will he have done enough to improve his biological age? He tells Katherine he’s not bothered about getting older and admits he’s getting less ambitious as he ages. He also says that people with regular bodies like him have a duty to show their flesh to counter the images of perfection we are bombarded with on social media. Dr Nichola Conlon explains how a pre-disposition to poor health impacts on your biological age and whether you can reverse it with lifestyle. She also talks through the supplements that are clinically proven to help with biological ageing and the impact of excess weight. Romesh Ranganathan recorded this a couple of weeks before he ran the 2025 London marathon Lead producer– Mick CoyleSocial media - Cassidy Rebelo Video Producer – Elena CottonVideo Producer– David MayArtwork – Ben Watkins Video Editor - Paul Collins-Reddin Head of Video – Edie JefferysSound Designer – Dominic DelargyExecutive Producer – Henrietta HarrisonChief CreatIve Officer – Lucie Cave
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Joanne McNally – Can You Party, Stay Single & Still Be Biologically Younger?
Joanne McNally is an icon for single women who like white wine. Pinotphile, her latest tour is as much like a hen do as it is a comedy gig but will life on the road have impacted on her biological age? Have the excesses of single life aged her or kept her young? But it’s not just laughs in this conversation. Joanne talks to Katherine about meeting her biological parents, how her eating disorder led to the career she has now and how, at the age of 41, she’s thinking about having children. Resident scientist, Dr Nichola Conlon explains to what extent genetics dictate your biological age and digs into Joanne McNally’s lifestyle to discover it’s not as decadent as you might think. If you want to watch this episode you can find a link to You Tube and the socials here linktr.ee/whatsmyageagain_pod Lead producer– Henrietta HarrisonSocial media - Cassidy Rebelo Video Producer – Elena CottonVideo Producer– David MayArtwork – Ben Watkins Video Editor - Paul Collins-Reddin Head of Video – Edie JefferysSound Designer – Dominic DelargyExecutive Producer – Mick CoyleChief CreatIve Officer – Lucie Cave
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What's My Age Again? with Katherine Ryan
Here’s Katherine telling you all about the podcast with a few of her famous guests!
Welcome to What’s My Age Again – the podcast that asks: How old are you? How old is your body? What do you do to feel young? Katherine Ryan not only asks her celebrity guests how they feel about ageing but she also asks them to give her their blood. Every famous name on the show takes a biological age test and midway through the show we reveal how their bodies' age compares to their chronological age. Katherine Ryan is 41 but is her body? It’s a fascinating and fun conversation about their lifestyle, their childhood, their family and their attitude to getting older. Do they do anything to reverse the visible signs of ageing? The guests span the decades, and we find out if years of being at the top of their game in sport, entertainment or politics has impacted their body. Dr Nichola Conlon, who has a PhD in biochemistry joins us every week to discuss the guests’ results and to share the latest science on longevity. This podcast is bought to you by Absolute Collagen, proven to visibly reduce the signs of aging by priming your skin, hair and nails from within, available in powder or liquid sachets, find out more at Absolutecollagen.com. The test is carried out by the company Glycanage https://glycanage.com/ DISCLAIMER The Glycanage biological age test is a wellness test that helps measure chronic inflammation in the body. It is not a medical-grade device and the biological age is not a predictor of life expectancy. There are other tests available which use different methods and markers to assess biological age. This test has been used as a vehicle for an interesting conversation about ageing. Glycanage have not been paid to be part of the podcast.
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