Author: Susan Flory

  • James Peyer

    Something completely different on this episode of The Big Middle, a fascinating foray into the science of the future of ageing from the first-ever Longevity Leaders conference in London. My […]

  • Elizabeth White

    When my job disappeared in my 50s, I didn’t worry. I’d been a good saver, the future was exciting, unknown – let the next adventure begin. I hadn’t even heard […]

  • Marci Alboher

    “What if we looked at our ageing population not as a problem but as an army of experienced social problem solvers” That quotable quote is from my guest, author Marci […]

  • David Sinclair

    Will 2019 be the year we get closer to reaping a more robust longevity dividend? How do we make the most of our ageing society when inequality, inertia and ageism […]

  • Karen Wickre

    The first month of every new year heralds a blizzard of resolution listicles – 10. 20, 50 ways to go faster, go smarter, be more authentically you – whatever that […]

  • Jonathan Rauch

    Subscribers to The Big Middle will have heard just about every guest mention the U-curve of happiness. Along the life course, social and brain science shows the curve is happy-miserable-happy […]

  • Chip Conley

    Hotelier. Author. Social Alchemist. Disruptor. Student. Sage. Modern Elder. That’s how my guest Chip Conley introduces himself on his website. Click into it and you find this quote: “Young enough […]

  • Nadia Tuma-Weldon

    Changing mouldy mindsets is no small order in a world full of media messages that reinforce arbitrary judgements based solely on age. If you’re young, you’re this way, if you’re […]

  • Dr Chris Ball

    Not every government and every company are asleep at the switch as healthspans lengthen, birth rates fall, migration slows, and the hard-stop age of retirement disappears. Some are blazing new […]

  • Ashton Applewhite

    Longevity is here to stay. There’s no disputing that. Retirement as we concocted it in the 50s is all but dead. It’s the age of the 100-year life and the […]

  • Thank you AGE Platform EU

    Big thanks to Estelle and the team at the #Ageing Equal campaign of @Age-PlatformEU for the lovely write-up of the podcast. Great to be in such good company raising our […]

  • John Tarnoff

    Time was, as recently as 1900, you were a heartbeat away from your coffin if you were lucky to make it to 50. Now, even a rare, fantasy retirement on […]

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