Forever Young
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of aging in a world where people are living longer due to medical advancements.
Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman come together for a special episode about aging. In the past decade, medical miracles and technological innovations have given us the chance to cheat or at least elude death longer. But what social and cultural changes are necessary to sustain a world in which many of us are living to be older than before? What is the difference between growing older and aging, and how do we mark those differences? When, if ever, is a good time to die?
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Hosts: Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, Eric Newman
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