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Fairy Bessie (aka Flloyd Kennedy) erforming "What the F***!" and "When I Was a Little Girl" at #FemdelaFemme's Menopause Special, October 2023, in the #EverymanTheatre Bistro Downstairs in Liverpool. .

An evening of original songs from Merseyside-based singer-songwriters Michael Rimmer, Flloyd Kennedy and Carl Southworth at The Arts Palace, Birkenhead. 14th October, 2023. Thanks to Unusual Art Sourcing company for hosting us.

Bonus Ep: Helen gets a lesson in Scots Gaelic over a cup of tea and a piece of Ilse's wonderful chocolate at the Cheese Shop Cafe.   This bonus episode features my sister-in-law, Mabel Macarthur as the Gaelic lady, and was recorded on her dining table on the Isle of Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides during my recent mini break. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandcamp. • https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1708289 • Thanks…

BONUS EPISODE: Linda Wilton, Argentine Tango specialist,  has been dancing and teaching dance for most of her life. She trained in Argentine Tango with Juan Carlos Copez. Linda shares some of her story with Flloyd Kennedy, and also her thoughts about the process of ageing, and how she is adapting  so that she may continue dancing for many years to come. In the cover image, Linda (centre) is being honoured at the 2023  La Feria festival in Liverpool, by Francisco  Carrasco (https://www.facebook.com/francisco.carrasco.5249) (right), Director of Luma Creations, for her work, including  bringing the wonderful Argentine Tango singer  Martin Alvarado (on the left) to Liverpool. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/…

Episode 8 brings Season 8 to a conclusion with the Epilogue. Zeus reads the riot act to his disobedient children Artemis and Hermes, and his granddaughter Persephone. Helen gets good news on the political front from Serena (Jonas Scillily's secretary) and Rene's acting career is launched. Featuring Ira Seidenstein as Zeus, Christopher McDougall as Hermes, Rene,  and as Rene playing David Balfour, Frankii Phoenix as Serena and John Warner returning as Helen's son-in-law, Jonathan. The theme music for the fictional TV adaptation of "Kidnapped" is "The Bonny Braes of Elcho", written and performed by Julian Goodacre, from his CD "Some of Me Tunes, Some of Me Pipes". The episode theme music is "In the Labyrinth", and the music in the family room is "Mandrugada (Dawn)" both from John T LaBarbera's album "In the Labyrinth". Pixabay: Footsteps on Gravel: https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=6133 Brakes  065421_nissan-skyline-gtr-…

Ep 7 and Helen finds herself delivered to wherever it is that the Trickster Gods (Anansi, Loki and Hermes) have arranged to meet up with the Minister for Talking Garbage to 'do a deal'.  Now the tricky business really kicks off. With Christopher McDougall as Hermes, Roy J Carruthers as Loki, Tayo Aluko as Anansi and Matthew Field as silly Jonas. Music: John T LaBarbera In the Labyrinth (Season theme) Dance of the Ancient Spider SFX - Freesound.org 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion^ 341779__klankbeeld__manwalk-emptymall-indoors-01-160327_00 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.co…

Ep 6 finds René's acting career taking off, while Artemis and Persephone persuade Helen that her super hero journey is in need of a lift, and they are just the beings to give it to her. Christopher McDougall plays René, Matthew Field plays Tom Maximan. I do the others. SFX - free sound.org (https://freesound.org) 75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion  Music - John T Labarbera In the Labyrinth Song of the Goddess Diana Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T La…

Delightful short film, created by students at QUT's film school. A little girl meets a strange old woman, who help her to find her own rather wonderful imagination.

Helen's granddaughter Susie is impatient for some action on cleaning up the planet, but Helen is still reluctant to use her 'super' powers.  Meanwhile, the Trickster Gods of the world are holding a gathering, which could be a bit dodgy. With Roy Carruthers as Loki, Tayo Aluko as Anansi and Christopher McDougall  as Hermes. Also featuring a cameo appearance from Chloe the cat. If you'd like to hear the rest of the season in advance of the weekly releases, sign up to be a Patron at https://patreon.com/amIoldyet with either a small donation, or a regular subscription.  I'm going to need some major crowdfunding support to keep going beyond this season. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. SFX "Cat, Screaming, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/) ) of Freesound.org (http://freesound.org/) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment.…

There's trouble on Mt Olympus, when Zeus (Ira Seidenstein) arrives home to find out what his favourite child Hermes (Christopher McDonald) has been up to. Rene (also Christopher McDonald)  gets the result from his audition for "Kidnapped", and Helen is called to a meeting in the park with Demeter and Seffi. Lots going on as the adventure continues... Our Patreon patrons can join in the fun  by suggesting a name for a new character (in Season 9), or by asking a question of any of the characters so far.  I'm going to put them all into a bonus episode, especially available for Patrons over at Patreon.com/amIoldyet, as a thank you for your very kind and generous support. Freesound.org: 191814__denis-chapon__big-wooden-door-open-close 519447__softdistortionfx__wood-footsteps-1        364903__tieswijnen__cooking-boiling           380828__axiologus__pot-of-water-boiling All other sound fx recorded by me. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to …

S8 Ep3 brings Helen some comfort from her friend Joey, but it comes with a challenge to up her game. Meantime the dastardly Minister for the Environment and Food Production (played by the wonderful Mr Matthew Field)  is definitely up to something. His new secretary (the gorgeous Ms Frankii Phoenix) is quick to spot it.  You can support the production with a donation via https://patreon.com/amIoldyet. Your patronage brings you early access to the full series, as well as other perks - check them out on the website. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • …

During my set at the Enchanted Fields Festival, Southport, on 15th July. Accompanied by bucketing rain, dining crowds and two small dancing children. Find the podcast at https://amIoldyet.com

Helen's young friend Rene, played by Christopher McDougall, is lodging with her at the moment, and offers to treat her to lunch at her favourite Cheese Shop Cafe, where there's fresh wait staff  (Lucy Wareing). Demeter and her daughter Persephone enjoy a nice flight and some privacy to discuss developments in Helen's campaign to get political change with regard to cleaning up the planet. Meanwhile, a senior politician (played by Matthew Field) is dilly dallying with his new secretary (Frankii Phoenix) - at least, that's what he would like to think. SFX: Freesound.org Robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion (http://www.fxprosound.com/) "Wind, Synthesized, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/) ) PriesJensen - people talking at cafe ambience (https://freesound.org/people/priesjensen/) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. …

Helen is trying to figure out who, what, where and why, talking to herself out loud, as usual. But how to deal with acquiring superpowers in her late 70s? Isn't the Chosen One supposed to be a teenager? Can one old woman save the planet? Her daughter Janey is worrie about her, but there's nothing new in that. Granddaughter Susie thinks Gran should be allowed to go out without her phone occasionally. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandcamp. …

Flloyd Kennedy plays Helen, Janey and Marian in this short improvised scene from the audio comedy podcast "Am I Old Yet?". Available on www.amIoldyet.com and probably all the podcasting apps in the world.

BONUS EPISODE: This week, I invited Liverpool based poet Colin Watts to chat about his background, and experience of helping to set up the Dead Good Poets Society of Liverpool. The Dead Goods meet on the third Thursday of the month (except for August) in the MerseyMade Cafe, Paradise Street. The theme music for this episode is my song "Where the Old Folk Go", my version and Mark Bunyan's orchestrated version. Thanks for listening. Stay safe Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" b…

BONUS EPISODE: Second in this occasional series of interviews/conversations. My guest is singer and activist Frankie Armstrong, still singing and demonstrating in her 80s. Frankie was part of the British Folk Song Revival in the 1960s, has performed with the National Theatre, runs workshops for RCCSD graduate students and she is the founder of the Natural Voice Network.  We've been friends since 1967, and our conversations ranges from reminiscences, and the ageing process to singing styles and back again.  Full transcript is available here: https://flloydkennedy.com/are-you-old-yet/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or …

Flloyd Kennedy (Am I Old Yet?) engages in conversation with folk singer and activist Frankie Armstrong. www.amIoldyet.com. Full episode will be released at 12:00 am Friday 7th July.

First in a series of interviews/conversations with some friends and colleagues, all of whom have experienced their 70th birthdays. This one features Australian theatre-maker, performer, writer, collaborative mentor and arts supervisor, Margi Brown Ash (https://margibrownash.com) .  We share some memories, ideas, thoughts on politics, elderhood and teaching pedagogies - among other things.  Full TRANSCRIPT is available here. https://flloydkennedy.com/are-you-old-yet/ (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1730354/episodes/13084944) Books recommended by Margi: The Stolen Focus—Why You Can't Pay Attention, and How to Think Deeply Again,  by Johann Hart The Biology of Belief, by Bruce Lipton Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldye…

Here are all the episodes of Season 7 (or Part 2 of Helen's adventures as The Chosen One).  Binge to your heart's content, or just hit the pause button whenever you feel like it.  Cast Frances Broudie Oldridge - Marta Polensky, Josie Harkins Christopher McDougall - Hermes, Rene Ira Seidenstein - Mischa  Georgie - Allana Noyes Lord Peter Grey - Mike Rimmer Jonathan - John Warner Deja Gomez - Tayo Aluko Flloyd Kennedy - everybody else. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T …

First in a new series of podcast (AUDIO) conversations with the elders of my world wide community of creative friends and colleagues. Margi Brown Ash is an Australian theatre-maker, performer, writer, collaborative mentor and arts supervisor. She is also the Patron of Thunder's Mouth Theatre. Listen to the full conversation on my podcast channel www.amIoldyet.com.

Flloyd with another update. The script is complete, and I've managed to meet some other podcasters not a 100 miles away.  And by the way, do check out Carousel Radio,  "a show and a podcast that is planned and presented by our learning disabled DJs and radio presenters. It’s one of the only places on the radio where you can hear spoken word exclusively by learning disabled artists." Impressive, and fun. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandca…

Update on my halting progress, writing new episodes, a mini bonus episode featuring Christopher McDonald and myself improvising a scene that takes place the day after S7 Ep9 "What a Kerfuffle", and a shoutout to Matthew Dempsey's excellent horror fantasy podcast "The Stygian Chronicles". Enjoy. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandcamp. • https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1708289 • Thanks for listening. Stay safe.

Here it is, Season 6. All 8 episodes in one file for your binging pleasure. Shortly before Helen's 80th birthday, she suddenly develops a mysterious superpower that could save the planet. What will her family say? Can nice old ladies do such things? Isn't it usually teenagers who are The Chosen One?  Helen is in for a whole new adventure. Enjoy—at your own pace!  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet) • Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign, so that we can pay the performers and upgrade recording equiment. https://fnd.us/AmIOldYet?ref=sh_1DCqMf • Transcripts are available at the dedicated podcast website (https://www.amioldyet.com/episodes/) if your podcast app doesn't provide them. • You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, • @AmIOldYet2 • The music featured in Seasons 6, 7, 8 and 9 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandcamp. • https://www.buzzsprout.com…