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<item>
	<title>What&#8217;s a podcast?</title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>45. Drive safely in old age with Hariata Hema</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can't?]]></description>
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	<itunes:episode>45</itunes:episode>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can't?]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>44. What activities will still be fun in old age?</title>
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	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>43. Don&#8217;t fall into hospital &#8211; Adrian Pretorius</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel McAlpine]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Look, you don&#8217;t want to fall over, do you, especially if you&#8217;re old and your bones are brittle. Luckily there&#8217;s plenty of scientific evidence about how to build our strength and balance, and proof that it really works. Adrian Pretorius&#8217;s work helps to keep hundreds of people out of hospital. He’s got tips, apps, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Look, you don&#8217;t want to fall over, do you, especially if you&#8217;re old and your bones are brittle. Luckily there&#8217;s plenty of scientific evidence about how to build our strength and balance, and proof that it really works. Adrian Pretorius&]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:episode>43</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Look, you don&#8217;t want to fall over, do you, especially if you&#8217;re old and your bones are brittle. Luckily there&#8217;s plenty of scientific evidence about how to build our strength and balance, and proof that it really works. Adrian Pretorius&#8217;s work helps to keep hundreds of people out of hospital. He’s got tips, apps, and [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>42. Recording stories of older people — Judith Fyfe</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel McAlpine]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a very special discussion I recorded a couple of years ago with Judith Fyfe. As a trailblazing oral historian in New Zealand she has vast experience in recording the voices of older people, for example, World War I veterans and our centenarians. As a young journalist and talkback host, Judith Fyfe started to learn [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a very special discussion I recorded a couple of years ago with Judith Fyfe. As a trailblazing oral historian in New Zealand she has vast experience in recording the voices of older people, for example, World War I veterans and our centenari]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Recording stories of older people — Judith Fyfe]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>42</itunes:episode>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>41. New Year resolutions as you age</title>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[41. New Year resolutions as you age]]></itunes:title>
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	<title>40. Even bad diaries are good in later life —  Tracy Farr</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Anyone can keep a diary or journal. It's easy, you can't fail. For older people it brings special benefits. Plus, less embarrassing like the diaries of youth, bless them.]]></description>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Senior diaries enrich your life]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>41</itunes:episode>
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	<title>39. Dancing as you age with Jan Bolwell</title>
	<link>https://writeintolife.com/podcast/dancing-as-you-age-replay/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel McAlpine]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[So good to know we can keep on dancing as we age. That includes Jan Bolwell, who dances and performs after two mastectomies and a hip replacement.Inspiring.]]></description>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[39. Dancing as you age with Jan Bolwell]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>39</itunes:episode>
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