{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/668eca9cb0f6c963393755f9/6a2ac19171d362181f8557a5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Gail Rice: Scaring myself alive at 70","description":"<p>For her 70th birthday, Gail Rice booked a male escort. It was a toss-up between that and a skydive, and she went with the one that scared her more. But it was never really about sex. The Canadian-born psychologist tells Kaye and Karen why she needed what she calls a battery jump, the first encounter that was a disaster, the refund she asked for and got, and the thing that was actually brave, which had nothing to do with the escort. She has since turned it all into <a href=\"https://gailricewritingroom.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">writing </a>and a cabaret that terrifies her. </p><p><br></p><p>See Kaye and Karen live at the Edinburgh Fringe, 7th to 9th August, 2:45pm at the Museum. Tickets via the Gilded Balloon or the official Edinburgh Festival Fringe website.</p><p>Get in touch at <strong>podcast@htb60.com</strong></p>","author_name":"Kaye Adams"}