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CroneCast

CroneCast

By: Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin
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Are you crone curious? Are you an older, wise woman with bewilderingly accurate intuition? Revel in the wisdom, experience and intuition older women offer the world. Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin explore the gifts and challenges of being in the second half (third trimester?) of life.2024 CroneCast and Odvod Media Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Give and Take
    Dec 11 2025

    Trudy and Lisa look back on 2025 and talk about what they’ve learned from another year of CroneCast. As they look ahead to 2026, they reflect on the meaning of giving, their deep hopes, and what it takes to be fearless.

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    • (02:12) - Wrapping up the year
    • (09:28) - Reciprocity
    • (18:00) - The pleasure of giving
    • (26:18) - What did you learn this year?


    --Credits--

    Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

    Produced by Odvod Media

    Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

    Original music by Darrin Hagen


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    36 mins
  • Leave Your Comfort Zone Behind
    Nov 27 2025

    How does making friends change over a lifetime? Does your comfort zone work against you? Lisa is back in the studio and joins Trudy for a conversation about friendship — making friends later in life, social scripts about friendship and lessons learned in Italy.


    Read our blog: CroneCast.ca


    Share your questions and comments at cronecast.ca/contact. We want to hear from you about all things crone.

    • (01:30) - Making friends in your crone years
    • (09:57) - Different life stages
    • (20:02) - Reciprocity in relationships
    • (27:16) - Common ground is a place where things begin
    • (37:25) - Staying open

    --Credits--

    Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

    Produced by Odvod Media

    Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

    Original music by Darrin Hagen


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    42 mins
  • The Generation Gap
    Nov 13 2025

    Lisa joins Trudy for one final episode from Italy to chat about the fraught nature of generational differences, the generosity and courtesy of Italian culture, and the problem of social media — plus their best tips for cutting onions.


    Read our blog: CroneCast.ca


    Share your questions and comments at cronecast.ca/contact. We want to hear from you about all things crone.

    • (00:51) - Hello from Bologna
    • (10:35) - Italian generosity and hospitality
    • (15:29) - The generation gap
    • (23:17) - Culture of entitlement
    • (31:00) - There’s a place for our wisdom

    --Credits--

    Hosted by Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

    Produced by Odvod Media

    Audio Engineering by Steve Glen

    Original music by Darrin Hagen

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    39 mins
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