Intergenerational can be little more than a buzzword slapped onto feel-good, one-and-done programming, but meaningful intergenerationality can change how we live and thrive.
In this episode of Wrinkle Radio, host Dr. Sally Chivers goes back to…
Menopause gets funny, furious, and deeply honest, sometimes all in the same sentence.
Dr. Sally Chivers talks with poet and professor Susan Holbrook about https://chbooks.com/Books/S/Steamy, her raucous feminist book organized not by chapters, but by…
What happens when care becomes too much? In this episode, Professor Janna Klostermann talks about her new book https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487563950. She tells host Dr. Sally Chivers what she learned from women who’ve stepped back…
Cree social worker and scholar Deborah Young shows how the stories we tell about aging matter. She describes beading circles as sites for activism and community. By beading, her university students learn about authenticity and reciprocity, especially…
Algorithms don’t have to be ageist, but they often are. They influence financial decisions, insurance, and healthcare systems. They can amplify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. Potentially helpful or harmful AI tools infiltrate our…
What does it mean to age in a digital world? In this episode, Professor Kim Sawchuk challenges the assumption that older adults are hesitant users of digital technology. She tells host Professor Sally Chivers about the conundrums posed by continual…
How did Botox go from terrifying neurotoxin to casual cosmetic treatment? What does that mean for how we think of signs of aging on our bodies? In this episode, host Professor Sally Chivers talks about her evolving personal relationship with Botox,…
Why should we get friendly with death? Dying is inevitably, if ironically, part of life. How can we better support each other, and ourselves, through grief? Death-friendly communities would combine the potential behind compassionate communities with…
Sixty years ago, The Beatles played to screaming throngs on the Ed Sullivan show. Their youthful optimism offered a new blueprint for the future to Boomer kids crowded around their television sets. Since then, Professor Stephen Katz, sociologist and…
Organic gardening, vegan diets, natural childbirth, the peace movement … OK, boomers, you’d never know it from meme-land, but we have a lot to thank you for. How has the first generation to grow up with rock music as their cultural heartbeat changed…
