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Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson

Fifty, Free, and a Little Off-Key (The Edge)

Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson

iHeartPodcasts

Spirituality, Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.5927 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Chip opens up about turning 50 — what it’s bringing up, what he’s ready to let go of, and how self-love looks different in every season. Kelly and Chip get real about aging, acceptance, and growth... with plenty of laughter (and a few karaoke confessions) from his birthday trip to Key West.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.2

I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of heavyweight...

0:08.0

And so I pointed the gun at him and said this isn't a joke.

0:12.6

A man who robbed a bank when he was 14 years old.

0:16.0

And a centenarian rediscovers a love lost 80 years ago.

0:20.5

How can a 101-year-old woman fall in love again?

0:27.6

Listen to heavyweight on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts.

0:47.0

Hello, well, well, well.

0:47.9

Hello.

0:50.7

Are you ready for this today?

0:52.1

I don't know.

0:57.4

We told you guys a couple weeks ago we were going to Key West to celebrate Chipp's 50th birthday. It's still, I'm still not quite there yet. But I was going to say

1:03.8

the actual birthday is not till November 12th, right? Correct. Yes. So we were a little ahead of time and

1:09.6

we're a little ahead of time on this topic as well.

1:11.6

But Wednesday's guest was John Slavitt, who it was actually a replay of something, a conversation

1:17.8

I had had last year that I just loved. I really think it's important to hear men's perspective

1:23.1

of aging and midlife and life after divorce because often on this podcast, obviously I'm talking to women and I'm coming from a female perspective.

1:33.0

So it's interesting to me to hear the male perspective.

1:36.1

And he gave that.

1:37.1

He was a very successful guy, had a great marriage or had a marriage storybook kind of looking life fairy tale life and then it all fell

1:46.6

apart so he had kids the marriage fell apart and then he was talking started a whole network about

1:52.1

starting over at 50 and just like what that looks like and it made me think about you and some of the

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