Podcasts

31. Memento mori: Simon Sweetman’s wakeup call

August 25, 2025

40 is a good time to improve your lifestyle. It pays off! For some, like my guest Simon Sweetman, it could be a matter of life or death.

30. Old people and books with Kate Camp

August 11, 2025

In this podcast episode, Kate Camp and I go nitpicking, grumbling and raving on the general topic of old people reading books and old people in books. Listen if you might be old one day.

29. Am I fit to podcast at 85?

July 28, 2025

Learning How To Be Old returns to the air with a timely check-up. I want to be sure that I’m fit to podcast. Hugo, aged 13, tests me for my overdue Old Person Warrant of Fitness. Looking pretty good, though some criteria are dubious. I just need an oil and grease and a few tweaks […]

28. Naming a podcast. Bonus: a podcaster’s folly

May 28, 2025

I started by naming a podcast, as you do. Some experts tell you not to overthink when naming a podcast. So instead, I underthought. “Learning How To Be Old” is a terrifying title. It drives people away in droves, screaming and blocking their ears. So, bad name for a podcast! (You would rather be dead […]

27. Deciding to be happy in old age— Dale Copeland

April 24, 2025

Is happiness a rational choice or blind luck? Listen to Dale Copeland, 81, mathematician, artist, community art curator, webmaster and Taekwon-Do Master. Because you might be old one day.