Friday I'm in Bed

About Friday I'm in Bed

Friday, I’m In Bed is a weekly culture and current affairs podcast for midlife women living their best life, but in bed by 10. Pop culture, news, menopause, feminism, and the cultural moments everyone’s talking about, plus the ones we probably should be, taken on with the warmth and dry humour of your group chat. Hosted by Gemma Seager (40-something, childfree, personal trainer, cocktail lover, two spoiled pugs) and Kate Beavis (50-something menopause coach, anti-ageism campaigner, mum navigating grown-up family life), it’s where the news cycle, the trend cycle and the menopause discourse get talked about the way you’d talk about them with friends. Honest, warm, irreverent, unfiltered. A podcast for elder millenial, xennial and Gen X women and beyond who want cultural commentary, not coaching. Not advice. Not wellness. Just the chat you wish you were already in. New episodes every Friday.

Publisher

Gemma Seager and Kate Beavis

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Nov 2025

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   It's Friday I'm an Xennial

   This week on Friday I’m In Bed, Gemma flies solo while Kate enjoys a wellness retreat in Malta, to ask a question that might be more complicated than it sounds: what actually defines a generation, and where do the Xennials fit in? From cassette tapes and house phones to social media and growing up online, Gemma explores the experiences that supposedly separate Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z, and why those born on the cusp might feel like a bit of both. There’s nostalgia, questionable crystal science, and a look at how being childfree can change the way you experience ageing. But are generational labels genuinely useful, or are we just putting people into boxes and calling it sociology? We get into the stereotypes, the social and economic circumstances that shape our lives, and why class, race and gender can tell us far more about someone’s experience than the year they were born. Turns out, you can be a Xennial, a Millennial, a Gen X-er, or just a person who remembers when you had to rewind a cassette with a pencil. You don't have to pick a side.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   It's Friday I'm Not Letting Myself Go: Henry Cavill, Olivia Colman and the Aging Double standard

   Henry Cavill has aged. Shock horror. At 43, with a new baby and no longer required to maintain Superman cheekbones, he’s acquired a softer jawline. But instead of the usual “what happened to his face?” reaction, the internet seems remarkably accepting: he’s a dad, he’s happy, of course he looks different. So why don’t women get the same generosity when they age? We’re talking Sarah Jessica Parker, Melinda Messenger, the Hollywood double standard that lets men remain romantic leads for decades, and why women can be declared “too old” while they’re barely into their 30s. Plus, Olivia Colman’s gorgeous grey hair, the “dad bod”, and whether attitudes really are changing or we’ve just found a new way to tell women how they should age. And, as always, there’s a Moan In. This week: pavement hoggers and the eternal nightmare of Wi-Fi.

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Friday I'm Menopausal: Supplements, Medical Misogyny and Menopause at Work

   It’s Menopause Awareness Month, so we’re talking about menopause, money, medical misogyny and why women are still expected to do the research themselves. We start with menopause supplements. Are they an overpriced pink tax, a useful shortcut, or somewhere in between? We talk about the wild west of the supplement industry, the mental load of figuring out what you actually need and why “just take a multivitamin” isn’t necessarily as simple as it sounds. Then we ask how women are supposed to get good medical care when some doctors receive as little as an hour of dedicated menopause training across five years of medical school. Discuss women’s historical exclusion from medical research, why some medicines have been shown to affect women differently, and what happens when outdated research and inadequate training become self-perpetuating. And finally, menopause at work. Women are still reporting huge impacts on their working lives, while many workplaces have no menopause policy at all. So what would actually make workplaces better for women? Plus: medical menopause, HRT, being told you’re too young or too old for treatment, why women’s symptoms are so often dismissed, and the question we probably shouldn’t ask if we want to get anything done: What if men went through menopause?

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

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