Tag: Ageing

  • Kay Scorah

    We in the so-called rich world are grappling with how to recast our societies to move beyond the obsolete learn-earn-retire-in-your-prime model of life. Deepest hat tip to Professors Andrew Scott […]

  • Peter Mangan

    There’s a silent but alarming epidemic of loneliness and social isolation across the rich world across all ages. The World Health Organization now lists lack of social support networks as […]

  • Martin Hyde

    This time on The Big Middle, we’re homing in on the intersection of rapid population ageing and globalisation – the two biggest social transformations of our times. How does the […]

  • Jeremy King

    A trailblazing effort to attract older workers to the restaurant trade is why this episode of The Big Middle sees me happily installed in the splendour of The Delaunay grand […]

  • Margaret Morganroth Gullette

    You’re about to hear from an anti-ageism voice most powerful, with a reach that’s truly global. Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s many books and essays about ageing and ageism – especially in […]

  • Stuart Lewis

    There is an ocean of statistics swishing around these days on the degree of takeup in rich countries of the renewable asset of mature workers. In the UK, the adjective […]

  • Carl Honoré

    On this episode of The Big Middle, a big thinker and crusader against evil ageism and racing through life instead of actually living it. Carl Honoré is a prolific author, […]

  • What it means, how it feels to grow old

    You will love the learning and sharing and raw emotion in this episode of The Big Middle. For this look at the big issues of longer midlife, I’ve teamed up […]

  • Adrian Juric

    The politics of longevity and the need for global action against evil ageism are much discussed on The Big Middle. Across the life course of my podcast – eight months […]

  • Tina Woods

    You may well have missed the birth here in the UK of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on longevity. The announcement coincided with our first glimpse of a certain baby Archie. […]

  • Marc Freedman

    Search How to Live Forever online and you’ll get one billion 30 million hits – most about conquering disease and death, the mind-blowing efforts of longevity scientists. My guest is […]

  • Jeanette Leardi

    Reasons to be cheerful about global efforts to stamp out ageism across the generations on this week’s The Big Middle. Jeanette Leardi is a social gerontologist and a prolific writer […]

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