Don't panic! It's just aging.
At Wrinkle Radio, the stories we tell about aging matter. We don't fight aging, but we do fight the forces that make aging worse for some people than for others. We fight the forces that tell us that we need to grow old in a certain way. We fight the forces that tell us we have to fear aging. Join host Sally Chivers as we learn and celebrate along the way.
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Episode 15: What Algorithms Do
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: Algorithms and ageism Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation Data Harms The need for better policy and trusted experts AI and the […]
Episode 14: My stove isn’t my stove anymore
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: Rethinking the questions we ask about digital technology […]
Episode 13: Thanks! It’s the Botox
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: Her resistance […]
Episode 12: Getting Friendly with Death
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: Shifting cultural fears of death Death-friendly communities Compassionate communities and the age-friendly movement Apprenticeships […]
Episode 11: Boomers who Rock
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: How he learned to play the drums Wanting to be a Beatle Why boomers still rock Rockstar fantasies The […]
Episode 10: Talkin’ ’bout my generation
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 […]
Episode 9: Dignity and Joy
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: what constitutes joy the conditions for dignity joy in […]
Episode 8: The Future of Nursing Homes
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: Why nursing homes still matter Nursing homes as vital public […]
Episode 7: Information Piles and Palaces
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: How to go […]
Episode 6: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly tech
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 […]
Episode 5: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly sex
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 […]
Episode 4: Aging for Mortals
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 […]
Episode 3: Putting Age in its Place
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: how space and place change who we are as we age nursing home escape […]
Episode 2: Age Panic
Episode 2: Age Panic In this episode: 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 · […]
Episode 1: The Power of Greyscale
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: Lisa LaFlamme and our own gray hair […]
