Episode 15: What Algorithms Do

In this episode: what do algorithms do? And what does that have to do with aging? Featuring Kim Sawchuk (Professor of Communications Studies, Concordia) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 14: My stove isn’t my stove anymore

In this episode: what condundrums do we face as we age in a digital world? Featuring Kim Sawchuk (Professor of Communication Studies and Director of engAGE: Centre for Research on Aging, Concordia University) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 13: Thanks! It’s the Botox

In this episode: we know Botox mostly as a means to prevent wrinkles. But the history of Botox shows there’s much more to this purified toxin than hiding signs of aging. Featuring host Sally Chivers (Full Professor at the Trent Centre for Aging & Society) talking about:

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Episode 12: Getting Friendly with Death

In this episode: death-friendly communities. How we create them. Why we need them. Featuring Julia Brassolotto (Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Lethbridge) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 11: Boomers who Rock

In this episode:Thinking of rocking into your retirement? Want to know more about your aging rockstar idols? Featuring Stephen Katz (Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Trent University) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 10: Talkin’ ’bout my generation

In this episode: when you say “Okay, boomer,” have you thought about who you’re dismissing? We unpack the boomer backlash, thinking through what it means to be part of a generation first scorned as radical youths and then insulted as greedy wealth mongers. How did the first generation to grow up with rock and roll…

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Episode 9: Dignity and Joy

In this episode: how the conditions for dignity are the conditions for joy in nursing home care. Featuring Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 8: The Future of Nursing Homes

In this episode: have you ever thought about nursing homes as an opportunity? Featuring Professor Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 7: Information Piles and Palaces

In this episode: do you know where to go to get good information about dementia care? Featuring Nicole Dalmer (Assistant Professor of Health, Aging, & Society and Associate Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies of Aging at McMaster University) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 6: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly tech

When you think of tech for older adults, what comes to mind? In this episode, learn how what you pictured says as much about the world you live in and attitudes towards aging as it does about how technology might create better lives for all of us living in an aging world.  Featuring Barb Marshall…

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