{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/668eca9cb0f6c963393755f9/6a3acd8d26f9b8cade6f1554?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Midweek Catchup: The Floor Ice Cream Dilemma, Karen's Water Butt Caper, and the Eighteen-Year-Old Mattress","description":"<p>Karen's back from her \"sex retreat\" in rural Italy (the most relaxing time, she swears, two trips to the beach and not a thing else), and she's convinced her feet have put on weight. Kaye's hosting an awards do in a jumpsuit so sheer it'll need industrial-strength knickers, which leads, naturally, to a deep dive on thongs versus hearing aids. There's the photo of Karen's backside disappearing through a first-floor window over a blocked water butt, Bonnie discovering cup-a-soup like it's a brand-new invention, and the great moral question of the week: your ice cream falls on the pavement, lands perfectly, only the underside touched down. Do you put it back on the cone?</p><p>How To Be 60 is at the Edinburgh Fringe, 7-9 August, Gilded Balloon at the Museum: <a href=\"https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:7161/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:7161/</a></p><p>And this Friday, meet Cindy Sheehan, who walked out of her marriage in her late fifties and has been travelling the world ever since.</p><p>Get in touch with your thoughts at <a href=\"mailto:podcast@htb60.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast@htb60.com</a>.</p>","author_name":"Kaye Adams"}