'Demented' Podcast, Revisiting the Making of the Beatles' 'Let It Be,'...
A new podcast from Texas Public Radio, Demented, uses interviews and audio diaries to explore the challenges that come with taking care of aging parents. Journalist and host Kitty Eisele shares her...
View ArticleAging While Queer: Coming out at An Older Age with Chris Bolan
Pat Henschel and Terry Donahue met on an ice rink in Saskatchewan, Canada in the late 1940s and fell in love, but spent decades hiding their relationship from the world. Their love story, which also...
View ArticleAging While Queer
Aging While QueerMichael Adams is the CEO of SAGE, the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older people. He discusses the many unique challenges facing...
View ArticleKitty Eisele on the Podcast 'Demented'
[REBROADCAST FROM November 24, 2021] A new podcast from Texas Public Radio, Demented, uses interviews and audio diaries to explore the challenges that come with taking care of aging parents. Journalist...
View ArticleBest Podcasts of 2021, 'Demented' Podcast, 'LOUD: A History of Reggaeton,'...
We are joined by Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah, who comes on to talk his picks for the best podcasts of 2021.[REBROADCAST FROM November 24, 2021] A new podcast from Texas Public Radio, Demented,...
View ArticleAndré De Shields On Living With His Shadow
André De Shields shares his wisdom from 50 years on the stage, and 76 years on this earth. You can find our original conversation from our Opportunity Costs series with Ramal Johnson here. Find out...
View ArticleModern Friendships: Keeping Friendships as We Age
Jennifer Senior, staff writer at The Atlantic, kicks off a series on friendships and discusses her recent articles on the importance of keeping friendships in middle age. Plus, calls from listeners on...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Elie Mystal 'Retorts'; Maintaining Friendships As We...
Three segments you might have missed from this week's show:Elie Mystal on Supreme Court news and his new book (First) | Jennifer Senior on the importance of keeping friendships in middle age (Starts at...
View Article'Burning Questions' For Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood, author of short stories, essays, and novels, including The Handmaid's Tale, and her latest collection, Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 (Doubleday, 2022),...
View ArticleUncovering the Facts Behind Unretirement
According to an economist at Indeed, more than a million people have come out of retirement to reenter the workforce. We speak with Dr. Beth Truesdale, an expert on the aging workforce at the Upjohn...
View ArticleRemembering Roger Angell, and Fishing with Karen Chee
Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishment as a baseball writer. But in a career at The...
View ArticleHow Clothes Help Us Find Our People and Ourselves
Your stories about how your personal style has changed in the last few years, and the impact on not only what you wear, but how you see yourself and how you connect with others. You can check out...
View ArticleInside John Waters' Home (But Not Inside His Colon)
John Waters is the writer and director of such cult classics like Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom, and his biggest mainstream success, Hairspray. He’s been making movies since the 1960s and this year he...
View ArticleIn John Waters' Home (But Not In His Colon)
John Waters is the writer and director of such cult classics like Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom, and his biggest mainstream success, Hairspray. He’s been making movies since the 1960s and this year he...
View ArticleSandra Cisneros on Sex, Aging, and the Paranormal
Sandra Cisneros is one of America’s most celebrated coming of age writers. Her book The House on Mango Street is a staple in American classrooms and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Her...
View ArticleIn Politics, How Old Is Too Old?
It wasn’t so long ago that Ronald Reagan was considered over the hill, too old to govern. Now a sitting President has turned eighty in office, and a Presidential contest between Joe Biden and Donald...
View ArticleIn Politics, How Old Is Too Old?
It wasn’t so long ago that Ronald Reagan running for office at sixty-eight was considered over the hill; the Presidential race in 2024 may feature two men close to eighty. What accounts for the change...
View ArticleIn Politics, How Old Is Too Old?
It wasn’t so long ago that Ronald Reagan was considered over the hill, too old to govern. Now a sitting President has turned eighty in office, and a Presidential contest between Joe Biden and Donald...
View ArticleMillennials Hit Middle Age
As millennials begin to enter their 40s, many have found that middle age looks different for this generation than it has in the past. Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times, delves into...
View ArticleCall Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand on Her Five-Point Aging Plan, Expanding...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY), talks about her work in Washington, including her new Five-Point Aging Plan, preserving SNAP benefits, the mifepristone cases and more.
View ArticleA Trans Elder’s ‘Final Act’: Musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Beverly Glenn-Copeland was in his 20s when he left a classical singing career to create experimental music. And at the time, making that change didn’t feel scary. “I felt totally free,” he told Anna....
View ArticleJoe Biden and the Science of Aging
For weeks, political coverage has been dominated with discourse over the age of American politicians and their ability to hold office as they continue to age. As presidential elections get closer, the...
View ArticleThe “Too Old” President and Political Doppelgängers
The House has opened a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. On this week’s On the Media, find out exactly what Republicans are looking for–and why they should’ve already found it. Plus,...
View Article'The Pandemic Skip' and Our Warped Perception of Time
Katy Schneider, features editor at New York Magazine, reflects on "the pandemic skip," which she describes in a recent essay in The Cut as "the strange sensation that our bodies might be a step out of...
View ArticleKate Bowler — On Being in a Body
We love the theologian Kate Bowler's allergy to every platitude and her wisdom and wit about the strange and messy fullness of what it means to be in a human body. She's best known for her 2018 book...
View ArticleEllen Burstyn at 90 Today
Anna and Ellen Burstyn check in 9 years after they first spoke. Ellen talks about the relationships that make up her life in this moment, her dog, and finding novelty in the everyday. You can listen to...
View ArticleMatthew Sanford – The Body's Grace
A wondrous, buried treasure from the 20-year On Being archive, with renowned yoga teacher Matthew Sanford. Be prepared, as you listen to what follows, to take in subtleties and gracefulness you've...
View ArticleIntervention
Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about people inserting themselves into the lives of others—in their own best interests.In Simon Rich’s “Relapse” friends rally ‘round when one of their number...
View ArticleSocial Connections Keep Us Physically and Mentally Healthy As We Age
As people age, health often becomes a larger focus in their lives—their joints become a little more achy, or their vision less sharp. Some might even be dealing with a new diagnosis.To handle these...
View ArticleNews from City Hall; Sen. Gillibrand; Ten Question Quiz: Black History Month;...
On today's show: Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about...
View ArticleA New Memoir Offers A Lesson on Living Life
In her new memoir, cultural influencer Lyn Slater explains how she followed her passions and started her fashion blog, Accidental Icon, at age sixty-one. She joins us to discuss aging gracefully and...
View ArticleEmbracing Change
On this episode of Selected Shorts, host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about change. A playful fantasy, a domestic dilemma, and a private struggle help us to adjust to the idea of transformation,...
View ArticleMiranda July’s New Novel Takes on Marriage, Desire, and Perimenopause
Some time in her forties, something shifted in Miranda July. She started having “this new, grim feeling about the future, which was weird, because I’m, like, a very excited, hopeful person,” she tells...
View ArticleMiranda July’s New Novel Takes on Marriage, Desire, and Perimenopause
Some time in her forties, something shifted in Miranda July. She started having “this new, grim feeling about the future, which was weird, because I’m, like, a very excited, hopeful person,” she tells...
View ArticleHush Money Trial Update; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 10-Question Quiz: 'TED...
Loading...Coming up on today's show:Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR, host of many podcasts including "Will be Wild" and "Trump, Inc." and the author of American...
View ArticleYour ‘Biological Age’ Could Be Different Than How Old You Are
Aging often looks very different on different people. There are some 70-year-olds that exercise regularly, have no trouble going for a walk around the block, and remain mentally sharp. Others really...
View ArticleCollecting records and reviving dreams in 'Flipside'
Filmmaker Chris Wilcha tells a personal story of reckoning with youthful dreams in middle age as he tries to save an old record store in 'Flipside.' The film weaves together the perspectives of many...
View ArticleAtul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning
We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved...
View ArticleReluctant to Retire
As Joe Biden knows, stepping away from a high-powered job can be a difficult decision to make. Charley Locke, freelance writer, discusses her reporting on why some people put retirement off, and...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: A Mask Ban in Nassau County; Reluctant to Retire; Tree...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Why Nassau County Republicans Ban on Masks in Public(First) | Reluctant to Retire (Starts at 22:20) | Tree Resiliency and Extreme...
View ArticleDNC Recap Night 1; Harris on Fracking; Humphrey and the 1968 DNC;
Loading...On today's show: Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You...
View ArticleLater-In-Life Aging Spurts
Stanford Medicine researchers recently found that we undergo two periods of rapid molecular aging during our life span, averaging around age 44 and age 60. Listeners call in to share how their bodies...
View ArticleDeciding to Go Gray
As a part of the Wall Street Journal's "About Face" column, author Roxana Robinson discusses her decision to stop dyeing her hair after previously covering her grays. Listeners continue this...
View ArticleRev. Al Sharpton; New Supreme Court Term; No Climate 'Safe Havens;' A Case...
Loading...On today's show: Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) and the author of Righteous Troublemakers: Untold...
View ArticleWhat Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?
A common worry among older adults is how their brains and bodies might decline as they age.A small but fortunate group will live past their 95th birthdays, while staying cognitively sharp and free of...
View ArticleThanksgiving Best Of: 100 Years of Native People's Stories; Weird Al ;...
On this Thanksgiving, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:As our centennial series continues, Irene Kearns, digital program manager for Native Knowledge 360° at the National Museum of the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Best Of: 100 Years of Native People's Stories; Weird Al ;...
On this Thanksgiving, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:As part of our centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Irene Kearns, digital program manager for Native Knowledge 360° at the...
View ArticleBlack Friday Best-Of: Latino Life; 'Paradise Bronx'; Kwame Alexander; Mo Rocca
On this day after Thanksgiving, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:Ilan Stavans, cultural critic, Latino scholar, and publisher of Restless Book, discusses his cartoon history of Latino...
View ArticleBlack Friday Best-Of: Latino Life; 'Paradise Bronx'; Kwame Alexander; Mo Rocca
On this day after Thanksgiving, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:Ilan Stavans, cultural critic, Latino scholar, and publisher of Restless Book, discusses his cartoon history of Latino...
View ArticleAlan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s
In 2018, actor, author and science communicator Alan Alda spoke publicly about his diagnosis for Parkinson’s Disease. Alda, who is best known for his role in “M*A*S*H,” “The Aviator,” and “The West...
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