S1E39: Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number

We’ve been talking a lot about age in this country in the midst of this election year and ageism is one of this least talked about forms of discrimination.  What are your thoughts on age – both how you were brought up to think about age, and also how you think about age now at this moment in your life? What have you noticed about the public discourse about age recently? In sacred texts, someone living a very long time is often seen as receiving favor from God. Since we know that not everyone gets to grow old, what meaning do you ascribe to living to a “ripe, old age.”