WEBVTT - Presenting... Rage Against The Menopause

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<v Speaker 1>I've been wanting to do something in the podcast space

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<v Speaker 1>for a number of years now. My thirty plus years

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<v Speaker 1>in Australian commercial radio and news really dictated that I

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<v Speaker 1>should add my voice to a project. But I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to do something just because I should be seen too,

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<v Speaker 1>because of all my years in broadcasting. It had to

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<v Speaker 1>be something I was really passionate about and if I

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<v Speaker 1>could try and enforce a shift in the attitudes. In broadcasting,

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<v Speaker 1>you really have to bring your whole self to work,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially in Brecky Radio, that means your home life.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the stuff that's happening outside of the studio,

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<v Speaker 1>all those little nuggets of life experience that other people

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<v Speaker 1>can relate to. I've always prided myself on authenticity, on

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<v Speaker 1>being real. I am, after all, essentially amom from the

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<v Speaker 1>Western Suburbs who struggled with infertility and pregnancy loss, a

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<v Speaker 1>cancer survivor, but also unwittingly jumping on board the perimenopause express,

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<v Speaker 1>stopping all stations to what we're assured is the promised

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<v Speaker 1>life and of no more pesky periods. However, enticing the

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<v Speaker 1>destination the travel time isn't entirely clear, and nothing I

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<v Speaker 1>would really subscribe to because I'm not really sure. I

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<v Speaker 1>like the view out of my foggy economy class window.

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<v Speaker 1>Rage Against the Menopause is about changing the narrative around

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<v Speaker 1>perimenopause and menopause, budging the stigma that still hangs over it,

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<v Speaker 1>and removing the uncertainty for women like me. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>women really need this. I truly believe in my heart

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<v Speaker 1>of hearts that they really want it. After all, knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>is power, and there's so much strength to be gained

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<v Speaker 1>after menopause, or so I'm assured. In this first series,

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<v Speaker 1>I speak to a wealth of women who just like me,

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<v Speaker 1>doing their best to navigate this stage of their lives,

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<v Speaker 1>all experts in our own writer at telling our lived experiences,

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<v Speaker 1>and in doing so, I really think making the one

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<v Speaker 1>in three women experiencing perimenopause and menopause feel heard.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about all the words that are used, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>old chalk and crone and a bunch of grandma's and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, where do you think about women in their

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<v Speaker 2>forties who are getting these symptoms, you know, and sort

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<v Speaker 2>of being embarrassed I think to be associated with aging.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Patrina Jones, and that's coming up on Rage Against

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<v Speaker 1>the menopause. Make sure you don't miss an episode, Press

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