Agehood
Episodes
Dr Ira Byock: On The Four Things That Matter Most
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us know we should talk about the end of life - but almost none of us know where to start. In this episode, Melissa Reader is joined by Dr Ira ...
Fear and Love: What Medicine Can’t Teach with Steve Robson
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to face fear, to lead with love, and to truly care for others at their most vulnerable? In this episode of Agehood, Melissa speaks w...
From Minister to Carer: Victor Dominello’s Most Personal Challenge
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When former NSW Minister Victor Dominello helped build Service NSW, he made government simpler for millions. But when his mum was diagnosed with demen...
Next of Kin: Casey Beros on Caring for Her Dad While Raising a Young Family
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you get the call - the one that changes everything?Author and journalist Casey Beros found out when her dad was diagnosed with mesot...
Kate Carnell: On what families need to know before it’s too late
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Carnell has seen ageing and end-of-life care from every angle – as a pharmacist, as Chief Minister of the ACT, as a founding voice of Beyon...
Dr Emily Musgrave believes we don’t need to fix grief
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When someone we love dies, our world shifts in ways we can’t always name. Too often we’re left to navigate grief without a guide, unsure o...
Holly Ransom: On love, loss & leadership
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Ransom is best known as a globally recognised speaker, strategist, and CEO of Emergent — the woman who’s interviewed the Obamas, led...
Inside the life of a death walker - with Zenith Virago
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zenith Virago is a death walker — someone who walks alongside people as they approach the end of life. For more than three decades, she’s ...
Geraldine Doogue: On the lessons her husband's death left behind
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine Doogue is one of Australia’s most respected journalists and broadcasters. And in this episode, Geraldine reflects on losing her husban...
Funerals, PowerPoints & Party Pies: Dr Hannah Gould on doing death better
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re diving into one of the biggest, hardest, and most universal experiences we’ll ever face: death. But not i...
Carenting: Alex Lollback on raising her children & caring for her mother
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Alex Lollback received a string of anxious late-night texts from her mum, she had no idea it would mark the beginning of a year that would upend ...
What Gogglebox didn’t show: Kerry & Izzy Silbery on love, dementia and letting go
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re joined by Kerry and Isabelle Silbery — the mother–daughter duo you’ll know from Gogglebox Australi...
Dr Kathryn Mannix has witnessed thousands of goodbyes. Here's what she’s learned
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Agehood, we’re having the conversation that matters most—but often happens least. Dr Kathryn Mannix is one of the world&rsquo...
Why Nikki Gemmell is having the hard conversations now
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author and columnist Nikki Gemmell has never shied away from the hard conversations — and in this powerful episode of Agehood, she turns he...
The care cliff is coming: Bernard Salt on the future of family, aging & letting go
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia is on the edge of a demographic cliff — and according to leading demographer Bernard Salt, we’re nowhere near ready. In this epi...
Stuck between kids and aging parents: Sarah MacDonald on life in the middle
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, author and broadcaster Sarah MacDonald has spent a lifetime telling other people’s stories — but in this episode of Ageho...
Agehood is here. Let’s talk about what comes next.
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Agehood. The podcast where we have the conversations that matter most but happen least often. Over the next 12 weeks, host Meli...
Introducing Agehood: The podcast for people who are quietly carrying it all
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dad’s had another fall. The kids are out of control. Your boss’s patience is wearing thin. No matter what you do, you feel like you’...