Tag: ageism

9 July 2020

Stuart Lewis

The future of work this time – that’s the thread I’m pulling from the jaws of what’s increasingly looking like a global depression in my ongoing series The Post-COVID Future […]
7 May 2020

Louise Aronson

Anyone with even a passing interest in longevity, the healthcare crisis, and the cultural context of ageing has heard of my guest, American geriatrician Louise Aronson. Her groundbreaking book Elderhood: […]
6 February 2020

Dr Fayne Frey

We talk ageism in the Skincare Industrial Complex this time out on the podcast, my 100% free-range collection of what interests me and hopefully you too about how we’re living […]
9 January 2020

Kelea

Got a favourite song about ageing? The pop culture universe is well stocked with beautiful songs about traversing the life course. I find it impossible to choose between Frank Sinatra’s […]
14 November 2019

Lizzie Penny + Alex Hirst

The fast-changing world of work is explored this time on The Big Middle. I used to spend far too much of my early mornings jumping on and off trains to […]
1 August 2019

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 […]
25 July 2019

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 […]
11 July 2019

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, […]
25 April 2019

Stephen Burke

The UK is among the world’s most age-segregated societies. Generations seldom mix outside of families. We’ve sorted ourselves into age silos, keeping young from middle and old, feeding suspicion and […]
21 March 2019

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 […]
28 February 2019

Aubrey de Grey

My third and final guest from the recent Longevity Leaders conference in London is a superstar of the longevity space. Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey is – by many a […]
21 February 2019

Wilf Blackburn

This is the second episode from this month’s Longevity Leaders conference in London – the first of its kind. Think of the conference as the equivalent of the World Economic […]