Author: T. A. Shelano
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Turtle Power with Stacey’s Pop Culture Parlour
🐢 It’s Turtle Power time on The Middle-aged Bodcast! This week, Raging Rich and T.A. Shelano welcome Stacey from Stacey’s Pop Culture Parlour: a lifelong geek, wrestling fan and proud voice in UK podcasting. From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom and AEW adventures to behind-the-mic stories and celebrating 13 years of podcasting, Stacey brings humour,…
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Christmas Special
What great fun it was recording the Christmas special tonight! Can’t wait for it to go out on 23rd December.
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Mental Health Check-in: Real Talk, Resilience & Finding Support
In this heartfelt episode, Raging Rich opens up about his recent mental-health challenges – including time off work and how attending Andy’s Man Club has helped him rebuild confidence and perspective. Alongside T.A. Shelano, the pair take inspiration from the club’s “check-in” format to talk openly about the ups and downs of everyday life, the…
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Soap Special with Gemma Bissix from Hollyoaks
This week we’re joined by a very special guest and a true icon of British soap land! She’s appeared in not one, but two soaps celebrating major milestones this year. It’s EastEnders and Hollyoaks legend Gemma Bissix. As EastEnders and Neighbours celebrate 40 years, Hollyoaks turns 30, and Coronation Street reaches an incredible 65 –…
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Virtual Recording
Another episode recorded tonight – this time virtually! Season 5 shaping up!
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Summertime Reflections – Season 5 Premiere
The Middle-aged Bodcast is back for Season 5! Raging Rich and T.A. Shelano kick off the new season with some summer reflections – from midlife fitness goals and healthy cooking wins to slow-cooker favourites, travel ideas, and holiday hotel entertainment. We compare weigh-ins, talk mental health progress, and share how podcasting has genuinely changed our…
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ESCAPE FROM BATECHU ISLAND: CHAPTER 1
Chapter One: Onset A peeling black saucepan, sat tepid on the mouldy hob was launched across the kitchen. It showered the greasy, wavy, light brown hair and fake, ill-fitting designer white jumper of its intended target in baked beans and sauce. Sixteen-year-old Mia Hayes was at home in Hartlepool in the northeast of England, having…
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Book News
Shelano Books is delighted to announce that the release date of T.A.Shelano’s second novel ESCAPE FROM BATECHU ISLAND will be announced soon and it may be sooner than expected! Watch this space!
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50th Episode
We were in the studio today recording the 50th episode of ‘The Middle-Aged Bodcast and what an episode it is! Look out for it’s release in October!
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Batman Day
To celebrate Batman Day, The Middle-aged Bodcast brings you a special bonus episode dedicated to Gotham’s Dark Knight. From Adam West’s campy 60s TV series and Tim Burton’s gothic classics, through Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney, to Christopher Nolan’s legendary Dark Knight trilogy and Robert Pattinson’s gritty reboot – Rich and T.A. explore every era of…