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What's My Age Again?

Bauer Media•hellorayo.co.uk
Comedy

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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Episodes

Michelle de Swarte - From Vicodin to vitamins and partying to pilates – will Michelle’s lifestyle changes be reflected in her body’s age.?

(WARNING: This episode includes strong language and sexual references which some people might find offensive) Michelle de Swarte began smoking cannabis from a young age and while working as a model in New York and London did ALOT of recreational drugs. She’s now 44 and working as a successful writer and comedian and tells Katherine she has replaced the class A’s with as many vitamins and supplements. She’s not too worried about ageing but really nervous about her biological age and is hoping her...

Jul 08, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 13

Denise Lewis. The Dame is a winner but will she win gold in her biological age test?

Dame Denise Lewis is 52 but feels much younger and says if her biological age is any higher than 38 - she’ll sprint out of the studio in a strop. She’s an Olympic Gold winner, a mum of 4 and now heads up UK Athletics which promotes young talent looking to represent the country. She’s a high achieving woman, at home and and at work but says, over the years, she’s learnt when and how to ask for help. For anyone juggling family, friends and work, it’s an inspiring listen and Denise tells an incredi...

Jul 01, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12

Alastair Campbell – the results are in. Will he accept his 'real' age or call for a recount??

Alastair Campbell co-hosts the UK’s most successful podcast, The Rest is Politics and a huge percentage of the audience is under thirty. He tells Katherine why he thinks he still appeals to the young. He’s 68 but he’s hoping his biological age will be 21. If it’s not, he’s calling for a recount or an overhaul of the system! His kids keep him feeling young, but Alastair says it can be challenging being the oldest man in the audience when he’s watching his comedian daughter Grace perform her often...

Jun 24, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Jedward: Their DNA is the same - but do the world's most famous twins share a biological age?

John and Edward Grimes burst on to the scene in 2009 as a phenomenon on X-Factor, and have been a mainstay on the showbiz scene ever since. TV, movies, Eurovision: no one can escape this Irish duo's j-epic brand of entertainment. But what impact has more than 15 years of fame had on the boys as they became men? Their care-free, feel-good attitude is synonymous with the Jedward brand, but losing their mum at an early age, and playing the fame-game has had its own impact behind the scenes. Now 33,...

Jun 17, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Katie Price – Katie is 47 but how old is her body? Will surgery and a life of trauma have affected her biological age?

Katie Price says she’s in a better place than she’s ever been and at the age of 47 is finally fully in control of how she lives her life. She’s been in the public eye since she was 18 years old and with sexual assault, 3 kidnap attempts and a hijack at gun point in South Africa she’s had way more than her fair share of trauma. In this hugely open and emotional interview, she talks to Katherine about her breakdown and the therapy she’s done over the years to deal with the drama she’s constantly l...

Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Dame Sheila Hancock – In her nineties but refusing to be defined by her age.

Sheila Hancock tells Katherine that since turning ninety she’s been treated differently and says you have to battle against the limitations that society puts on you as you age. Born in 1933, Sheila has been on our stage and screen for 70 years but in latter years has been best known for her writing. She says the global political atmosphere now is reminiscent of the years before World War Two and her and her contemporaries are alarmed. But she says, with great troubles can cone great change. She ...

Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Sophie Ellis Bextor - ‘Murder’ reborn and the unexpected power of a woman in her mid-life

Sophie is in her mid forties and says she’s finally shed her inner critic and found a new power. She tells Katherine she’s more confident on stage now than she ever was in her twenties and says the resurgence of her hit single Murder on the Dance Floor has been wonderful and rejuvenating. Her mother, Janet Ellis (famous for presenting Blue Peter in the 1970s) has taught her how to age well but she’s still worried having 5 kids may push her biological age into triple figures. Her love of music, s...

May 27, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Bryony Gordon – will a former life of drink and drugs have impacted on her biological age?

For anyone struggling with addiction, this is an inspiring and life affirming listen. Katherine talks to the open and funny Bryony Gordon about how a former life of alcohol abuse, cocaine addiction and binge eating may have impacted on her biological age. She shares the seediest sides of that life and how she’s overcome her demons with running, a loving family and a positive outlook on food and her body. She’s 8 years sober and that’s really when life began in technicolour for her. But will she ...

May 20, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Olivia Attwood - Sex, surgery, salmon sperm, strength training and stress. Olivia lives life in full throttle but is her body holding up?

At the age of 33, Olivia Attwood is the happiest she’s ever been but is she the heathiest? Olivia first came into the public eye in full sun on Love Island and admits her attitude to sun health and work pressure could have been better. Since then, whether it’s making documentaries or hosting a pod - she’s not been off our screens. Will a professional life in full glare have aged her? She talks about stress (which ages you), how her husband, footballer Bradley Dack has mellowed her and explains w...

May 13, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Jill Scott – Does the body really keep the score?

Jill’s first childhood memory is kicking a football, and she’s played sport all her life. She’s 38 but how will elite sport have impacted on her body and her biological age? Will 16 years playing for England have taken its toll or kept her young and strong? Will she have to swop out the coffee for ginger tea? She talks to Katherine about her childhood, her decision to retire and how being a woman in a man’s world has meant she’s had to constantly prove herself. She now co-hosts The Overlap with ...

May 06, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Katherine Ryan – What's the host’s biological age?

In this special episode of What’s My Age Again? Katherine reveals her own biological age. She's asked all her guests to take the test so thought it was only fair that she did it too. Katherine is clean living but she lives with Lupus, an auto-immune disease. Will that impact on her result? As always, Katherine’s joined by Dr Nichola Conlon, who tells us more about how the Gycanage test works and what Katherine can do to optimise her biological health. Chris Wincup, a consultant rheumatologist sp...

May 01, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3

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 South and 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...

Apr 29, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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. Residen...

Apr 22, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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