Rachel McAlpine

How To Be Old (default)

Health EN ↓ 10 episodes

An old podcast that needs to be removed.

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Rachel McAlpine

Episodes

52. How to have a good conversation in old age—with Kirsty Ferguson 30.06.2026 26:49

I yearn for good conversation in old age, and I have problems. There's tons of advice about how to talk TO old people. But I AM that old person, and I need help too. So I asked Kirsty Ferguson for help.

51. How do young people and old people use proverbs? 15.06.2026 27:56

What did your Nana say to you? Chances are it was a proverb or saying you had never heard of.

50. Your Easy Aging Year with Hetty Hellriegel 05.06.2026 23:24

At 75 I had an Easy Aging Year, and started 12 tiny lifestyle habits. I gained clarity, confidence and optimism about old age. So can you.

49. Sobriety in old age with Lotta Dann 18.05.2026 24:22

Some drink more in old age. Others choose to go sober. Lotta Dann has kind advice.

48. The face of old age (replay) 05.05.2026 27:57

I asked Dr Susanna Kent why I am ugly in my 80s, when I used to be quite pretty. I'm getting used to the face of old age and hey, I'm not dead :)

47. Timeless, ageless gardening with Lesley and Richard Evans 21.04.2026 25:23

Lesley and Richard Evans discuss their adventures in home gardening. Gardening is exercise, nature, achievement and fun at any age. Lesley is extremely brave, and Richard ups my horticultural knowledge big time

What’s a podcast? Video 15.04.2026 0:57

A simple, tiny answer to the question: 'What's a podcast?'

46. A curious centenarian role model 07.04.2026 24:03

At 86 I'm hungry for role models who show me how they manage life in their 90s. Rachelle Calkoen may be 102 but she is fully engaged with the world.

45. Drive safely in old age with Hariata Hema 24.03.2026 27:58

How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can't?

44. What activities will still be fun in old age? 10.03.2026 25:02

Meena Kadri is only 56 but she already has activities that will be fun in old age. She gets great pleasure from activities with friends who are decades older than her. They inevitably show her different ways of being old, and they bring surprising stories and wisdom and fun to their conversation. That’s one reason […]