Revisit: No One Should Live This Long with Comedian Lewis Black

About this episode

Comedian Lewis Black discusses the challenges of caring for elderly parents and his thoughts on aging.

This is an episode where we get mad! Comedian ⁠Lewis Black⁠ cared for his late elderly parents, who lived to 101 and 104. He talks about something nobody wants to even think about: what he'll do when he's too old to care for himself. Hear more from Lewis in his podcast, ⁠Lewis Black's Rantcast⁠ , or read one of his ⁠books⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Grigoriadis

Guest: Lewis Black

Topics covered

• elderly care
• aging
• comedy
• family relationships
• personal reflection

Keywords

• elderly
• caregiving
• comedy
• aging
• Lewis Black

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lewis Black's Rantcast, books

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