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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Episode 5: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly sex

In this episode: Would you rather have the sex you had when you were 18, or still enjoy sex at 80? How did Viagra change the meaning of aging? Learn about andropause, clitoral insufficiency syndrome, and other maladies made up to market pills and make people feel bad about growing older. Wrinkle Radio gets a little racy…

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Episode 4: Aging for Mortals

In this episode: What if we started from the knowledge that, no matter what, we will die? And that if we’re lucky, we’ll grow old first? How would that change how we live? How would that change our politics?  Featuring Albert Banerjee (NBHRF Chair in Community Health and Aging and Assistant Professor of Gerontology, St. Thomas University) talking…

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Episode 3: Putting Age in its Place

In this episode, putting age in its place, with the help of literature and the imagination. Featuring Ulla Kriebernegg (Full Professor and Director of CIRAC, University of Graz, Austria) talking with host Sally Chivers about:

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Episode 2: Age Panic

We can’t fight the forces that make us fear aging until we take a closer look at what they are. Featuring host Sally Chivers with more from Andrea Charise (Associate Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough) on:·      What scares us about aging·      The value of older people·      Stories that divide generations·      Long-term care·      Fighting age panic

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Episode 1: The Power of Greyscale

In this episode: What gray hair says about us and the aging world we live in. The debut double episode features Dana Capell (Senior Education Developer, Trent University) and Andrea Charise (Associate Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough) talking with Sally Chivers about:

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