Age Shaming of the Aging
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, resident scholar at Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and author of Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People (Rutgers University Press, 2017),...
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Standard Medigap plans are learning some new tricks
Photo by David Jakle/Getty ImagesMedigap supplement policies have begun to change, moving away from being the plain-vanilla member of the Medicare family. Increasingly, these private insurance policies...
View ArticleHr2: Humans and Wildfire, Aging Research, Holiday Math
Researchers continue to chip away at the one thing we all have in common —getting older. Plus, in heavily populated regions, human influence on wildfires appears to override the effects of climate...
View ArticleI Can't Grow Old Gracefully
Surprise! We've got one last Pull Quote episode for you. When we remembered this tape, we couldn't help but share it with you. Musician Robert Earl Keen talks about aging in a way that feels so true...
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Opportunity Costs: I Never Felt Inferior
I first talked to Ernie Major a few years ago, for our episode about living alone. When we put out our call for class stories, Ernie got in touch again. "I’m retired now, by myself in a single wide...
View ArticleTo Fight Disease, Researchers Aim to Slow Down Aging
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Yesterday in Chicago, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to one of the largest annual meetings of cancer researchers in the world, and he urged...
View ArticleWho Will Care For Our Parents and Grandparents?
As the population ages and more people would like to grow old in their homes, E Tammy Kim, freelance writer and fellow at The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, reports for Bloomberg...
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