Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson
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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
47 min
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Why do the guests want to write books for the lay public?
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And on with the show. Welcome to the Jerry Powell Podcast. This is Eric Quadera.
This is Alex
Smith. And Alex, who do we have with us today?
Today we are honored to welcome two esteemed guests, Roseanne Leipzig, who's a geriatrician, professor of medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and author of Honest Aging, an insider's guide to the second half of life, as well as a newsletter focused on healthy aging that comes out monthly. Welcome to the JerryPal podcast, Roseanne.
Thank you, Alex. It's a pleasure to be here.
And we are delighted to welcome back Louise Aronson, who's a geriatrician, professor of medicine at UCSF and UCSF? What did I say? UCSF and author I think I know the name of my own institution. An author of Elderhood, Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine and Reimagining Life. Welcome back to the Jerry Powell podcast, Louise.
It's great to be here. Usually I have your voices in my car.
And for our audience, if they can't tell there's a theme here, we have two authors, books, op-eds, uh prolific authors. And today's podcast is a two-part special. So this week we're going to be talking about writing for the lay public. And next week, we'll be publishing a podcast on writing for healthcare providers. So, two different things. Really excited about this. But before we dive,
I certainly do. It's the activity room.
And Tell me about why did you pick this up?
Well, I first heard it probably before I decided I was gonna be a geriatrician, which is a long time ago. Um And I loved it. Ronnie Gilbert sang it. She was one of the she was uh one of the original weavers. And it's about How I hope we all look at getting older.
That's great. Um, thank you for this. I really enjoy the song. Here we go is a little bit. Would you like to play bridge and have a nice cup of tea in the morning, Mrs. Abrums? We're starting out at ten, misses Giltis and Flora Hazleton. What we need is a fourth cause Ida Yancy's not here. She's at her sister's in New Jersey. So misses Abrams, will you play? Or what do you say? Well I haven't played bridge since my husband died. It's been a while, misses Riley. I can hardly remember the rules I'm really rusty and I know I'd feel like a fool. But since you ask I can give it a go. Mrs Iltus has a book she lend me I know. So Mrs Riley, it's tea at ten. I'll see you then.
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and Alex. I always thought the title of that was If You Ask. So when I went to find it, I had a little bit of trouble.
Alex is just happy you didn't ask for a Taylor Swift song.
You don't have to worry about that. We may not be the guests for that
Yeah, this is fun. This is a little bit of like musical theater interlude. Enjoyed that. Thank you.
So let's let's dive into the topic. Before we I you know, I'd love to talk about like some of the details about writing op-eds and books, but maybe we can start off with what motivates you to do this? Cause it's an inc I can imagine it's an incredible amount of time to to write books or even to to do op-eds. Roseanne, I'll start with you. What what motivated you to write this book?
I think I was motivated by the number of times patients asked me to get rid of their potbillies, quite honestly. Um It has to do with How little is known about normal aging? And the people who are doing it have no idea what's coming, what's normal and what's not, and what they can do about it. And unfortunately, their doctors may not know a whole lot more than they do about some of these things.
Yeah.
So I felt like over all these years I have Лерн со машфой паченцен фронтом сайенц.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why do the guests want to write books for the lay public?
0:02–5:23
2
What motivated Rosanne Leipzig to write *Honest Aging*?
5:23–13:05
3
Why do publishers push back on aging‑focused books?
13:05–20:47
4
What terminology should be used to describe the “old age” period?
20:47–27:50
5
How did Rosanne and Louise start the writing process for their books?
27:50–35:26
6
How do busy doctors find time to write while practicing and teaching?
35:26–43:29
7
What role do editors play in shaping a medical book for the public?
43:29–47:16
Speakers
3 identifiedMore from GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
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