Legendary news anchor and BBC Proms presenter Katie Derham opens up about navigating the highs and hidden hurdles of her decades-long career, her 25-year marriage to Leon founder John Vincent, and her lifelong love of music.
Second Act is the podcast and community for women in midlife who refuse to fade into the background. Join host, midlifer, mum-of-two and divorcee Ateh Jewel as she navigates her own second act by speaking to celebrity guests about what age means to them, and how they're approaching this new phase of life.
If you've got a question or dilemma you'd like Ateh, her celebrity guests and experts to answer, drop her a line at secondactpod@hellomagazine.com and make sure to tune in to hear the answer.
From HELLO! magazine
Producer: Millie Jackson
Editor: Ana Truesdale
Executive producer: Danielle Lawler
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Chapters
00:35 – Summarizing Act One: News, Ambition, and Over-Apologizing
02:30 – Unlearning Gen-X Conditioning & Raising Daughters Without Boundaries
04:00 – Inside 2000s Newsrooms: Tall Anchors & War Reporting
08:35 – Becoming ITV’s Youngest Newsreader at 27
10:30 – Illegal Mangoes & Bossa Nova: Growing Up in a Cultured Home
13:30 – Grandma Olive: Standing on the Shoulders of Erased Women
16:50 – Launching Peanut & Crumb: Entering Her Second Act
21:30 – Entrepreneurship, ADHD Superpowers, and Complementary Partners
23:20 – Gatecrashing a Ball & A First-Night Proposal Story
27:30 – Healthy Pursuit: How Her Husband Wore Her Down
29:50 – 25 Years of Marriage: Laughter, Respect, and Shared Vision
34:50 – Experimental Cooking: Dark Chocolate Cabbage & Fast Food Missions
37:00 – 17 Seasons of the BBC Proms: A Lifelong Love of Music
39:50 – Joy on the Strictly Come Dancing Floor
41:45 – Behind the Scenes of Royal Weddings & Commentating the Coronation
46:00 – The Mexico City Ultimatum: Choosing Economics Over Piano
48:00 – Escaping to Sussex: Countryside Living & Discovering Birding
50:50 – Embracing 56: Redefining Aging & Shedding the "Disease to Please"
53:50 – Losing Her Mother to Early-Onset Alzheimer’s at 61
57:40 – Advice to Her 20s Self: Stop Dressing Like an Old Lady!
1:00:00 – Tabloid Rivalries & The "Auto Cuties" Era
1:01:45 – Finding Hope & Support Through Loved Ones' Illnesses
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