Is it past Biden’s bedtime? How age will impact the looming US election ... and the argument for outsourcing kids birthday parties.

Eliza and Geraldine are back after their podcast sabbatical!

And it wouldn’t be an LDC without a big conversation about US politics and whether President Biden should run again or allow someone younger to have a crack at Donald Trump.

Geraldine & Eliza do a recap of the past three months, including Eliza's looming 40th birthday and Geraldine's trip to Europe to celebrate the German composer, Mahler.

There's all the usual discussion of books and podcasts and movies, with a small rave from Geraldine about the “Oppenheimer" movie.

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Wifedom – Anna Funder
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/wifedom-9780143787112

Wifedom review by Susan Wyndham in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/07/wifedom-by-anna-funder-review-a-brilliant-reckoning-with-george-orwell-to-change-the-way-you-read

Last Man Standing – The UK Times podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-our-times/id1501716010?i=1000567142277

Romantic Comedy – Curtis Sittenfeld
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/romantic-comedy-9780857527509

The author Stefan Zweig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig