A podcast about (b)oldly moving from midlife to old age in a society that devalues old people and/or misunderstands what (b)old age is *really* like. Debbie, who is 72, explores that question in frank 30-minute conversations with best-selling authors, experts, and exceptional individuals. With her guests she delves into the unretired (non-retired) life, ageism, ambition, slowing down (or not), physical deterioration, grandparenting, intergenerational collaboration, grief and widowhood, and more. As well as other stuff that piques her interest such as the craft of writing.
She invites her husband, Sam Harrington, on as a frequent guest. He’s a retired physician with a dry sense of humor and he makes her laugh. Debbie and Sam took a grownup gap year at age 61, leaving behind a professional life in Washington D.C. Now in their early 70s, they live a busy and productive "unretired" life on an island off the coast of Maine. Debbie writes for Substack at debbieweil.substack.com.
Over 100 previous episodes at debbieweil.com/podcast
MEDIA PARTNERS:
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Modern Elder Academy
(Formerly) Next For Me
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A podcast about (b)oldly moving from midlife to old age in a society that devalues old people and/or misunderstands what (b)old age is *really* like. Debbie, who is 72, explores that question in frank 30-minute conversations with best-selling authors, experts, and exceptional individuals. With her guests she delves into the unretired (non-retired) life, ageism, ambition, slowing down (or not), physical deterioration, grandparenting, intergenerational collaboration, grief and widowhood, and more. As well as other stuff that piques her interest such as the craft of writing.
She invites her husband, Sam Harrington, on as a frequent guest. He’s a retired physician with a dry sense of humor and he makes her laugh. Debbie and Sam took a grownup gap year at age 61, leaving behind a professional life in Washington D.C. Now in their early 70s, they live a busy and productive "unretired" life on an island off the coast of Maine. Debbie writes for Substack at debbieweil.substack.com.
Over 100 previous episodes at debbieweil.com/podcast
MEDIA PARTNERS:
Encore.org
Modern Elder Academy
(Formerly) Next For Me
Debbie and Sam sit down to record the last episode of the [B]OLD AGE podcast and reflect on five years of podcasting and what’s next, at least creatively.
Debbie talks to award-winning author and writing teacher Sarah Fay about the parallels between her journey of recovery from serious mental illness and her work supporting and teaching writers on Substack.
Debbie speaks to former fashion and social media influencer Lyn Slater about her life and her new memoir: “How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly From the Accidental Icon."
Debbie talks to bestselling author and Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow about his sister Julie's decision to end her life using a legal procedure called Medical Aid in Dying (MAID).
Debbie interviews veteran reporter and bestselling author Dale Russakoff, her Harvard classmate, about her surprising experience at Harvard as a woman from the South, her distinguished career as a journalist, and the importance of family.
Debbie interviews Winifred White Neisser, a classmate from the Harvard/Radcliffe Class of 1974. Winifred looks back on her career as a television executive in the all-male, all-white Hollywood entertainment industry and talks about what comes next.
Becoming fluent in French in their 70s may be an impossible goal but Debbie and her husband Sam keep trying. This is a replay of an atmospheric episode describing their experience in an immersion program in Avignon.
Debbie invites renowned writer and speaker Jonathan Merritt onto the show to talk about the complicated intersection of faith, culture, personal transformation and more.
Debbie talks to Karen Wickre, an old friend and former editor at Google and Twitter, about how she’s preparing to age in place, as a singleton, in her apartment in San Francisco.
Since Debbie spoke with Dr. Bree Johnston one year ago, psychedelic therapy has been legalized or decriminalized in several more states in addition to Oregon. And the topic of psychedelic therapy to treat addiction, depression and to ease fear of death is much in the news. So we are re-airing an especially informative episode that ran in May 2022.
Debbie talks to incomparably prolific writer and editor Sari Botton about her popular Oldster Magazine and how the topic of growing old touches a nerve with everyone from Millennials to GenXers to Boomers.
Debbie re-runs the single most popular of 100+ episodes of [B]OLDER. Two years ago, in 2021, she asked plague expert Nicholas Christakis, a Yale professor and author, the burning question: when will the COVID-19 pandemic end? His answer: 2024. That startled her. Now it makes sense. And of course, it was prescient.
A podcast about (b)oldly moving from midlife to old age in a society that devalues old people and/or misunderstands what (b)old age is *really* like. Debbie, who is 72, explores that question in frank 30-minute conversations with best-selling authors, experts, and exceptional individuals. With her guests she delves into the unretired (non-retired) life, ageism, ambition, slowing down (or not), physical deterioration, grandparenting, intergenerational collaboration, grief and widowhood, and more. As well as other stuff that piques her interest such as the craft of writing.
She invites her husband, Sam Harrington, on as a frequent guest. He’s a retired physician with a dry sense of humor and he makes her laugh. Debbie and Sam took a grownup gap year at age 61, leaving behind a professional life in Washington D.C. Now in their early 70s, they live a busy and productive "unretired" life on an island off the coast of Maine. Debbie writes for Substack at debbieweil.substack.com.
Over 100 previous episodes at debbieweil.com/podcast
MEDIA PARTNERS:
Encore.org
Modern Elder Academy
(Formerly) Next For Me
