Mind Matters

Noelle McCarthy takes an honest look at ageism, pension costs, and intergenerational tension.Noelle McCarthy interviews Suzy Morrison: watch the video hereVideo filmed by Diego Opatowski and edited by Cole Eastham-Farrelly.Noelle McCarthy takes an honest look at ageism, pension c ...  Show more

Who will take care of us when we can't take care of ourselves? And how much choice will we have in the matter, once the time comes?Noelle McCarthy talks with Janet Colby: watch the video hereWho will take care of us when we can't take care of ourselves? And how much choice will w ...  Show more

In the U.S., there will soon be more people over 65 than there are under 18 — and it’s not just lifespan that’s improving, it’s “healthspan” too. Unfortunately, the American approach to aging is stuck in the 20th century. In less than an hour, we try to unstick it. (Part three ...

Getting older should be something to celebrate. Instead, our youth-obsessed culture tells us we need to get rid of our wrinkles, dye our gray hair, and shave years off of our LinkedIn profiles, or risk becoming irrelevant—or worse, invisible. But why do we treat the very normal p ...  Show more

Our scientific understanding of the aging process may be expanding, but is our cultural thinking about aging keeping up? In the new season of The Atlantic’s popular How To series, co-hosts Yasmin Tayag and Natalie Brennan explore the cultural gamification of aging, the obsession ...  Show more