Club Sandwich
Episodes
Boomers! Get your age game on! With Kerry Milligan | Club Sandwich
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If your parent is ageing and still saying “I’m fine”, this episode is your nudge to stop waiting for crisis. Sarah Macdonald and Gog...
Caregiving guilt is crushing you? Jo Lamble on how to stop carrying it | Club Sandwich
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling guilty all the time? Guilty you are not doing enough for your parent. Guilty you are not present enough for your kids, your partner or your jo...
Denial: when your ageing parent says they’re fine | Dr Stephanie Ward | Club Sandwich
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When your mum or dad insists everything is fine, but you can see the fall risk, the spoiled food, the missed cues and the slow slide, it can make you ...
Staying at home longer: they want to stay. But can they? | Club Sandwich
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They want to stay home. The hard part is making that possible. In this episode, Sarah Macdonald and Melissa Reader talk about one of the biggest quest...
What about you? Caregiver burnout | Dr Ginni Mansberg | Club Sandwich
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re caring for ageing parents and quietly thinking “I cannot keep going like this”, you’re not imagining it. Sometimes b...
Ageing is a gift and a radical act (whiskers aside) with Kerry Milligan
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ageing in an ageist society can feel confronting, especially when you are caring for older parents while navigating your own changing body, identity a...
Sibling conflict | How to get your brothers and sisters to help with ageing parents: Jo Lamble | Club Sandwich
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re the sibling holding the whole system in your head and everyone else is “right behind you”… this episode is your per...
Why Ageing is Not for Sissies: Dr. Stephanie Ward | Club Sandwich
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ageing parents? You’ve got them. We’ve got you. One minute you’re living your life, and the next, you look at your parents and reali...
You’ve got them. We’ve got you. Welcome to Club Sandwich | 0
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caring for ageing parents and quietly thinking “Something’s gotta give”? Welcome. Because you’ve got them - and we&rsquo...
We've got some news: a brand new podcast for you!
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Sandwich Generation is finally getting the conversation we deserve. If you're feeling the squish, our new podcast Club Sandwich is for you. ...
Dr Ira Byock: On The Four Things That Matter Most
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us know we should talk about the end of life - but almost none of us know where to start. In this episode, Melissa Reader is joined by Dr Ira ...
Fear and Love: What Medicine Can’t Teach with Steve Robson
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to face fear, to lead with love, and to truly care for others at their most vulnerable? In this episode of Agehood, Melissa speaks w...
From Minister to Carer: Victor Dominello’s Most Personal Challenge
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When former NSW Minister Victor Dominello helped build Service NSW, he made government simpler for millions. But when his mum was diagnosed with demen...
Next of Kin: Casey Beros on Caring for Her Dad While Raising a Young Family
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you get the call - the one that changes everything?Author and journalist Casey Beros found out when her dad was diagnosed with mesot...
Kate Carnell: On what families need to know before it’s too late
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Carnell has seen ageing and end-of-life care from every angle – as a pharmacist, as Chief Minister of the ACT, as a founding voice of Beyon...
Dr Emily Musgrave believes we don’t need to fix grief
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When someone we love dies, our world shifts in ways we can’t always name. Too often we’re left to navigate grief without a guide, unsure o...
Holly Ransom: On love, loss & leadership
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Ransom is best known as a globally recognised speaker, strategist, and CEO of Emergent — the woman who’s interviewed the Obamas, led...
Inside the life of a death walker - with Zenith Virago
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zenith Virago is a death walker — someone who walks alongside people as they approach the end of life. For more than three decades, she’s ...
Geraldine Doogue: On the lessons her husband's death left behind
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine Doogue is one of Australia’s most respected journalists and broadcasters. And in this episode, Geraldine reflects on losing her husban...
Funerals, PowerPoints & Party Pies: Dr Hannah Gould on doing death better
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re diving into one of the biggest, hardest, and most universal experiences we’ll ever face: death. But not i...
Carenting: Alex Lollback on raising her children & caring for her mother
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Alex Lollback received a string of anxious late-night texts from her mum, she had no idea it would mark the beginning of a year that would upend ...
What Gogglebox didn’t show: Kerry & Izzy Silbery on love, dementia and letting go
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re joined by Kerry and Isabelle Silbery — the mother–daughter duo you’ll know from Gogglebox Australi...
Dr Kathryn Mannix has witnessed thousands of goodbyes. Here's what she’s learned
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re having the conversation that matters most—but often happens least. Dr Kathryn Mannix is one of the world&rsquo...
Why Nikki Gemmell is having the hard conversations now
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author and columnist Nikki Gemmell has never shied away from the hard conversations — and in this powerful episode of Agehood, she turns he...
The care cliff is coming: Bernard Salt on the future of family, aging & letting go
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia is on the edge of a demographic cliff — and according to leading demographer Bernard Salt, we’re nowhere near ready. In this epi...
Stuck between kids and aging parents: Sarah MacDonald on life in the middle
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, author and broadcaster Sarah MacDonald has spent a lifetime telling other people’s stories — but in this episode of Ageho...
Agehood is here. Let’s talk about what comes next.
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Agehood. The podcast where we have the conversations that matter most but happen least often. Over the next 12 weeks, host Meli...
Introducing Agehood: The podcast for people who are quietly carrying it all
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dad’s had another fall. The kids are out of control. Your boss’s patience is wearing thin. No matter what you do, you feel like you’...