Author: Susan Flory

  • Louise Aronson

    Anyone with even a passing interest in longevity, the healthcare crisis, and the cultural context of ageing has heard of my guest, American geriatrician Louise Aronson. Her groundbreaking book Elderhood: […]

  • Margaret Morganroth Gullette

    I’m calling this one Ageism and The Virus. The coronavirus pandemic has introduced all of us to the concept of flattening the curve. We stay at home to help stop […]

  • Dr Linda Fried

    A virus-light episode once more. This isn’t only because I’m finally seeing the back of a tiresome head cold/flu combo – no cough, no fever so it seems not COVID […]

  • Dr Nir Barzilai

      Wishing you good health and low anxiety while sticking to plan here at The Big Middle, despite the dystopian reality of now. I’m sharing another of my interviews with […]

  • Prof Lynne Cox

    On The Big Middle this week with me, Susan Flory, thought food as promised from yet another distinguished innovator in healthy longevity. Dr Lynne Cox is a biochemistry professor at […]

  • Wayne Channon

    It was my surprise encounter with the stealthy, destructive ageism beast that got me going with The Big Middle more than a year ago. My story is here on my […]

  • Dr Fayne Frey

    We talk ageism in the Skincare Industrial Complex this time out on the podcast, my 100% free-range collection of what interests me and hopefully you too about how we’re living […]

  • Sir Muir Gray

    We didn’t know it a century ago but we know it now: age is malleable. No more is chronological age a signifier of anything beyond how many birthdays you’ve been […]

  • Kelea

    Got a favourite song about ageing? The pop culture universe is well stocked with beautiful songs about traversing the life course. I find it impossible to choose between Frank Sinatra’s […]

  • Simon Szreter

    This end-of-year episode of The Big Middle is devoted to history – the past repeating itself when it comes to life expectancy. When you set a Google news alert for […]

  • Sergey Young

    Longevity science and economics to the fore once more on The Big Middle. Or should I be calling it the science and economics of mission-driven healthspan extension by the eradication […]

  • Lizzie Penny + Alex Hirst

    The fast-changing world of work is explored this time on The Big Middle. I used to spend far too much of my early mornings jumping on and off trains to […]

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