Wrinkle Radio Sally Chivers

Sixty years ago, The Beatles played to screaming throngs on the Ed Sullivan show. Their youthful optimism offered a new blueprint for the future to Boomer kids crowded around their television sets. Since then, Professor Stephen Katz, sociologist and drummer, has gone from playing on a makeshift kit in his parents’ basement to rocking with fantasy bands in well-appointed rehearsal spaces. He talks to host Sally Chivers about how rockstar dreams age even as they never get old.

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Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean), Badoink, and via freesound.org; FreeGroove and Alex Grohl via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Organic gardening, vegan diets, natural childbirth, the peace movement … OK, boomers, you’d never know it from meme-land, but we have a lot to thank you for. How has the first generation to grow up with rock music as their cultural heartbeat changed how we experience aging? Professor Stephen Katz talks to host Sally Chivers about being part of a generation known for youthful rebellion that now symbolizes greedy wealth mongering. Join us as we talk rock, radicalism, and retirement.

Transcript and show notes here.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean) via freesound.org; Music_for_Videos via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Custom Melody, Alex Grohl, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Joy is possible, even more likely, as we age. But can joy really be a cultivated in nursing home life and work? Why should we take care home joy seriously? In this episode, Professor Susan Braedley explains how the conditions of dignity are the conditions for joy. She offers practical tips on how to contribute to dignity and joy, two keys to improving long-term care. Join her and host Sally Chivers as we share stories of grit, dignity, and joy.


Transcript and show notes here

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

This episode includes music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi (Lesfm), Oleg Kyrylkovv (Music_For_Videos), and mood mode via Pixabay; Duce Williams and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Nursing homes are fast becoming the haunted houses of our era. But Professor Susan Braedley sees the potential for nursing homes to be vital public services where people want to live, work, and even play. She talks to host Sally Chivers about how the conditions of work are the conditions of care. The seeds for a scary future have been planted, but it might not be too late for a more hopeful way forward

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

This episode includes music by ArtMusic via Pixabay; Duce Williams, Ziv Moran, and Michael Shynes via Artlist and Valentin Sosnitskiy via Freesound (CC Attribution 4.0).

Someone you love is diagnosed with dementia. Or you are. Do you know where to get good information? Do you know who to ask?

Host Professor Sally Chivers sits down with Professor Nicole Dalmer to get some answers. Find out why Sally renewed her lapsed public library card, how to get informed about dementia care, and how the search for information can draw you into connection and community, especially as you age.



Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

This episode includes music by Olexy, Vitalii Karol, and Vitaily Levkin, via Pixabay, and Duce Williams and Michael Shayne's via ArtList.

When you think of tech for older adults, what comes to mind? What you just pictured says as much about the world you live in and attitudes towards aging as it does about how technology might create better lives for all of us living in an aging world.

Professor Emeritus Barb Marshall talks with host Professor Sally Chivers about what technologies older people actually use, what they mean in everyday life, and how tech affects what aging is, and could be. Find out more about fitbits, call buttons, data surveillance, and taking time to unplug and live in the moment.

Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data Research Project.

Transcripts and shownotes for all episodes available at sallychivers.ca