The Agewyz Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 22: On the Road with the National Coordinator of the Family Caregiver Platform Project
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Victoria Walker used to shy away from politics; as a healer she didn’t want to alienate people, and she didn’t think she could make much of a ...
Episode 21: The Constant Caregiver
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At age nineteen Evelyn Godwin was thrust into the role of caregiver for her mother and her younger brother, when her father—a captain in the New Yor...
Episode 20: The Long Goodbye
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Attorney Maria Anastas is spending a lot of time lately flying back and forth between her home in Los Angeles and her parents’ house in Phoenix, Ari...
Episode 19: Holding On While Letting Go
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Emptying out a family home is exhausting, especially after a parent dies: items in the house become much more than just objects, and letting go of the...
Episode 18: Movies That Matter - Producer Kassi Crews on “Broken Memories”
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Film industry veteran Kassi Crews spent a year searching for a script to produce that spoke to her heart. She finally found it in "Broken Memorie...
Episode 17: Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons
08 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Author and innovator Kay Bransford left her corporate career because she couldn’t work full time, be a mom AND an effective medical advocate for her...
Episode 16: The Millennial With A Passion For Seniors
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in Natchez, Mississippi, Courtney Timm spent a lot of time hanging out with the seniors in her neighborhood, mostly to escape the chaos of ...
Episode 15: Looking Up And Down
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Desa Philadelphia grew up in Guyana, in a multigenerational household. The set-up was common in her country, but being a teenager wasn’t ...
Episode 14: The Diver
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Buhler’s parents were living in Florida when she moved there from New York. She saw the move as temporary—a chance to recover from a rough p...
Episode 13: Ties That Bind
10 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Baby boomer Ralph Delia grew up in Lindenhurst, New York, surrounded by cousins in a tight-knit Italian family. His parents lived life to the fullest,...
Positively Helen
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Research has shown that positive emotions can help you bounce back from adversity, and that choosing positive emotions over negative ones profoundly a...
Episode 11: Balancing Act
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Binassarie emigrated to the US from Trinidad when she was just three years old and she was raised in New York City. About to turn fifty, she's sh...
Episode 10: True Grit
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Brooklyn-born Mary Buhler says you can’t prepare for older age—you have to live it. Now 82-years old, she grew up in an era when kids played stick...
Episode 9: Return Of The Prodigal Son
13 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager Tim couldn’t wait to get away from his parents, but now, at age 50, he visits them regularly at their home in Connecticut. It feels fa...
Episode 8: Love Thy Neighborhood
06 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With Americans living longer than ever, there’s a good chance many of us will age in place well into our nineties. How will we gain access to health...
Episode 7: Southern Comfort
30 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Middle school teacher Jean Boyer says that with the constant flow of medical professionals going in and out of her house it’s like living at a train...
Episode 6: It Takes a Village
23 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
By the year 2030, one in five Americans will be age 65 or older. Meeting their needs will be no easy feat, but one organization is making it easier fo...
Episode 5: The Millennial Perspective
17 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
29-year-old Hilary Tone recently traveled to Oregon to celebrate her grandmother’s 98th birthday. In this episode she reflects on how Alzheimer’s ...
Episode 4: All About Family
16 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Latture Briscoe negotiates a range of family dynamics in her position as marketing sales director for an assisted living facility in Washington D...
Episode 3: Best Laid Plans
09 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Saunders realized something wasn’t right with her parents when they got lost on a road trip near her hometown in Northern Virginia. She flew up...
The A-Word
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is Alzheimer’s disease? How does it differ from the sort of forgetfulness we often refer to as having “a senior moment”? Dr. Consta...
42 Million Strong
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Jana Panarites shares her story of becoming an accidental caregiver for her mother and why she started this podcast on aging. “In Cold Blood”...