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Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century
Author: Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust
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Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk amongst themselves and with special guests about many facets of aging and how it feels to be Oldish in the 21st Century. Conversation, stories, facts, information, opinions, experiences.<script type="text/javascript" src="http://classic.avantlink.com/affiliate_app_confirm.php?mode=js&authResponse=f1e87eea17248bf7c5ed0a57d914023c3629c238"></script>
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Send us a text In this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined again by extra special guest Leslie Ross-Degnan to discuss How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior. It was a fun read, and a great discussion. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short p...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the challenges presented to us Oldish this holiday season. We do have some ideas about how to de-Grinch ourselves, including being the little light in someone's tree. Happy Holidays, everyone! Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new su...
Send us a text In this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan read and discuss The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. It's a better book than we expected, full of twists and turns and Oldish themes. The Netflix movie is pretty good, too. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newslette...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have an engaging conversation with author Philip Slayton. We talk about his Substack The Endgame, and a collection of pieces from it he has recently published, called All Remaining Passengers. He is a Canadian in his eighties who has had an interesting life, and has thought deeply and entertainingly about it. You can find Philip's Substack at https://philipslay...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust spend Halloween talking about their fears as they trick or treat through Oldishness. What are you most afraid of as you age? Next up will be The Oldish Book Club. We read and discuss The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are once again joined by their good friend Leslie Ross-Degnan for another installment of The Oldish Book Club. This time they read and discuss The Woman Who Met Herself, by Laura Pearson. It's a fascinating look at Oldishness through the eyes of identical twins who only discover each other in their 60s. It's a fine novel, and one we all enjoyed reading. You can find...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the recent No Kings protest demonstrations across the US. More than 7 million Americans, and many more around the world, came out to say We Love America and oppose the dismantling of our democracy. We have thoughts. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.co...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a free conversation about the First Amendment. This is key to our American freedom, and has been under direct attack of late in many respects. Give a listen, and give voice to your own opinions! And don't forget to love everyone Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetp...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with Richard Wexler, CEO of APlan2Age.org for a crucial conversation. If you or a loved one, or someone you know, is Oldish, and Aging, now is the right time to start planning for the inevitable change that's coming. Plan now, before it is a crisis! Click here to visit A Plan 2 Age.org Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out ...
Send us a text In this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined by special friend Leslie Ross-Degnan for a lively discussion of the short novel Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf. It's a sweet, very oldish story of a couple who take a chance on oldish love. Read the book, then see the movie starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. You can buy this and other books we've talked about in our online book store at bookshop.org/shop/oldish . If you buy...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a stimulating visit with Dr. Carol Remz, PhD., about her new book Best Sex Ever After Menopause, with Intimacy Coach Molly Carter. When her sex drive dropped in her 40s, as she entered perimenopause, and she said no, her husband said yes. Now 80, they are still saying yes. If saying yes to Oldish Sex is on your bucket list, listen in, and get Carol's important b...
Send us a text In this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and guest host ChatGPT discuss Juneteenth, the Federal Holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when word of the Emancipation of American slaves finally reached Galveston, Texas. What has it meant to our country over these long years, and what does it mean now? Next up, the 4th of July. Coming soon, Oldish Book Club reading of Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about those days when, despite being Oldish, we sometimes just feel crappy. We feel better having talked about it, and hope you will, too. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: p...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust celebrate the third anniversary of the podcast Oldish, and tak about plans for the future. If you like Oldish, you'll like this one. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our Oldish Book Club partner Leslie Ross-Degnan celebrate, somewhat tardily, National Poetry Month, by sharing some poems from Judith Viorst's Decades book series. We read, and discuss, and lauh a lot. Please join us. You can purchase these and other books we've read from our Oldish book store on Bookshop.org. When you do, Oldish will get a small commission, and ...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a wide-ranging conversation with Liz Kitchens, author of Be Brave, Lose the Beige, Finding Your Sass After 60! Isn't it about time to be true to your more colorful self? You can find Liz Kitchens' book at www.bebravelosethebeige.com at your local bookstore, or at the Oldish Book Store on Bookshop.org. If you buy this or any of our favorite books from Bookshop, ...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have another energetic book club meeting with our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan. We read and discuss Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, which we all read in high school. How does it look from way out in the Gulf Stream of Time? Way more interesting than it did back then. We all also watched the Academy Award winning short Animated Film depiction of the Old Man an...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down again with renowned expert on aging sexuality Joan Price. Our conversation with Joan last year, Oldish Sexuality, is our most popular ever. She has just released an updated version of her book Sex After Grief, Navigating Your Sexuality after Losing Your Beloved. If you or someone you know is grieving the loss of a partner or spouse, or is dating someone who ...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with a metaphorical pint and have a lively bant about the Patron Saint of Immigrants. Perhaps you are the descendents of immigrants, or know someone who is... Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing...
Send us a text In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have an engaging conversation with Paula Prober, a psychotherapist and expert in what she calls The Rainforest Mind, what we used to call "gifted". Do you have a rainforest mind? Are you highly sensitive, smart, complex, creative, intense, curious, lonely, and misunderstood? Or know someone who is? If so, listen to this. Paula Prober is a psychotherapist,...















