37 Min.
TAA042- Cultural Evolution Through The Eyes Of An Elder The Aging Academy
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Summary:
Lee Deeply respects the wisdom and perspectives of the elders in our culture. The changes they have seen in their lifetime often provide useful insights about what lies at the heart of many of our current events. In this episode, Lee has the opportunity to speak with 94-year-old elder - Priscilla. They discuss the culture and society as it was and how it has evolved to the characteristics around us today.
Priscilla points to many cultural factors such as:
★ the elimination of Sunday Blue laws,
★ the introduction of factories,
★ World war 2 and the Vietnam War, and
★ the rise of social media as a cultural influence.
She also muses on the many pursuits she has engaged in during her time - piano, painting, Tai-chi. Her ability to speed-read helps her to stay cognitively sharp and up-to-date on current events.
Join Lee in this intriguing conversation with an engaging elder to see where your insights will fall.
"Social Media - It changed everything. Everyone knows everything at the drop of a hat." - Priscilla
A few of the questions and topics you will learn about in this episode
Life before social media and antibiotics
How towns evolved into cities
The immigration of factory workers
The damage of social media
Brief mentions of our current politics
Painting as a creative outlet
The beauty of Tai-Chi
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Summary:
Lee Deeply respects the wisdom and perspectives of the elders in our culture. The changes they have seen in their lifetime often provide useful insights about what lies at the heart of many of our current events. In this episode, Lee has the opportunity to speak with 94-year-old elder - Priscilla. They discuss the culture and society as it was and how it has evolved to the characteristics around us today.
Priscilla points to many cultural factors such as:
★ the elimination of Sunday Blue laws,
★ the introduction of factories,
★ World war 2 and the Vietnam War, and
★ the rise of social media as a cultural influence.
She also muses on the many pursuits she has engaged in during her time - piano, painting, Tai-chi. Her ability to speed-read helps her to stay cognitively sharp and up-to-date on current events.
Join Lee in this intriguing conversation with an engaging elder to see where your insights will fall.
"Social Media - It changed everything. Everyone knows everything at the drop of a hat." - Priscilla
A few of the questions and topics you will learn about in this episode
Life before social media and antibiotics
How towns evolved into cities
The immigration of factory workers
The damage of social media
Brief mentions of our current politics
Painting as a creative outlet
The beauty of Tai-Chi
Listen, Subscribe, Share
To download the MP3 file to your computer, click the download icon in the upper right corner of the player
To immediately stream this episode to listen now, click here.
To listen in iTunes, click here. To listen in Stitcher, click here.
To embed this podcast episode into your own site, click herePaste the HTML code below to the desired location on your website
Subscribing to this podcast downloads each episode to your device automatically, ready for you to listen when you like. You can subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher, or RSS, or Google Podcasts, or EmailWe're sorry for the inconvenience This has not yet been implemented.
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Additional Information
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Other Episodes For You To Check Out:
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Summary: The wisdom and advice that resides in our elders is immense. They see the world through their eyes of ...Read More
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37 Min.