Carolyn Harris MP on leading the menopause revolution
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Lorraine and Trish interview Welsh MP Carolyn Harris about her Parliamentary Bill which is set to change everything for midlife, menopausal women this autumn and could make HRT free for all across England. The outspoken and spirited MP also shares her moving story of how a personal tragedy took her from barmaid and dinner lady to the corridors of Westminster.
Plus: summer holiday culture club - favourite family films and escapist novels; Lorraine solves her tummy troubles & Trish discovers a new way to depilate
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| 0:00.0 | Now, you know how I wasn't very approving or keen on your not wearing a bra idea a couple |
| 0:05.6 | of weeks ago, as inspired by Julian Anderson, who was not wearing one again? Well, I accidentally |
| 0:09.9 | didn't wear a bra for me. Oh my gosh, it's not during trampolining. Not during your trampolining, |
| 0:15.9 | almost. It's bad. Well, I tell you what, I went swimming pool. I always put my swimming |
| 0:19.2 | on and then my jeans and t-shirt over and cycled down there and I'd forgotten to pack my bra. |
| 0:24.5 | So I had to cycle back all a bit, you know, a bit loose, bit, bit sort of, you know, go with the |
| 0:31.2 | flow. I didn't have 70s. Yeah, I wasn't keen. I really wasn't keen. I was worried because I had a |
| 0:36.7 | very loose kind of t-shirt, the unique t-shirt on, and I kept worrying that it was all going to |
| 0:41.1 | hang out. I didn't like it. I don't know. I mean, I don't want to make any judgment on your |
| 0:46.0 | veluptuous shape, Trish, but it's not a lot hanging out there. Would there be? Do you know what I |
| 0:50.4 | always forget my under my pants? Oh, so you have to come home and go in my, yes, I know, |
| 0:56.6 | Commando is, go home, come on. Yeah, I'm never cycling, no, that would be terrible. |
| 1:01.6 | Oh, no, I didn't stop talking. Don't go dancing. Yeah, it was wrong. We get cancelled. |
| 1:10.1 | Hello, hello, welcome to Postcards from Midlife. I'm Trish Halpin, and I'm Nareen Candy, |
| 1:16.4 | and we're on a mission to help you make the most of your magnificent midlife. We'll be tackling |
| 1:21.2 | everything from mind and body wellness to HRT and your sex drive. Trish and I are here to help |
| 1:26.8 | you have a stylish second act and answer all your midlife questions on fashion, beauty, careers, |
| 1:32.0 | relationships, family, and as always the challenges and joys of parenting teams. |
| 1:38.7 | Lovely listeners, thank you for tuning in. Once again to our little podcast, we're going to be |
| 1:43.4 | kicking off today's show by having some fun and laughs with a holiday-themed culture club |
| 1:48.3 | featuring our favorite family films and summer reading recommendations. When you say |
| 1:53.0 | little Trish, you mean we're little, not that we're a little podcast, don't you? So we are quite |
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