Living Longer Better Smarter

Deals, conferences and more! On episode 24 of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk, Mary and Fred welcome Danny Aronson, the CEO of Tuned, a hearing health start-up that has won a 3.2 million dollar seed extension. The company has disruptive potential. Then they are joined by The Perfect Companion co-founder Jon Siegel and the new head of its Nashville expansion, Ed Kelley. With the ASA conference...

With Spring approaching, it's time to focus on health! On episode 71 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter, Mary and Fred welcome , Mark Opauszky, whose personal health trials led him to develop the Stethophone. It's an app that may give a big boost to telemedicine. Then we get some important info on new Medicare benefits from Rebecca Kinney, Director of the Office of Healthcare...

Keep working? For many older adults there are many benefits. Economic, social and health to name a few. On episode 70 of What's Next Living Longer, Better, Smarter Mary and Fred are joined by Carly Roszkowski, VP of Financial Resilience Programming at AARP and then they welcome Sharon Emek, founder and CEO of WAHVE, Work at Home Vintage Experts. Tune in and subscribe!

From the AgeTech and AI trends to watch this year with Laurie Orlov to amazing new tech from Lotus Labs and Whispp, this is a must-see episode! The founders join Mary and Fred to show a ring that lets you point to control lights and more and an app that can restore a person's voice. Join us for episode 69 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter.

Ready to learn something new this year and use tech to get healthier? Deana Neibert , an amazing art guide on GetSetup, joins Mary and Fred with co-founder Lawrence Kosick. How about learning Piano? Chris Vance who founded Playground Sessions with Quincy Jones is with us. It's the #1 rated piano-learning app. And then from Withings, Livia Robic shows how to live healthier with tech and a new d...

What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter episode 67 recorded live at the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP studio at CES 2024. Mary and Fred's guests are Heather Nickerson- CEO of Artifcts and SingFit Co-Founder Andy Tubman. Watch for Heather's boots and Andy's song!

What's Next Living Longer, Better, Smarter with Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin. Episode 66 recorded live at CES 2024 at the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP studio. Our guests: The Last Gameboard CEO Shail Mehta and Ageless Innovation CEO Ted Fischer. Both are bringing generations together around games!

What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter with Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin. On episode 65 recorded live at the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP studio at CES 2024, Fred and Mary welcome the winner of the AgeTech Collaborative After Dark Pitch Competition, OnScreen founder Costin Tuculescu. Plus from the AgeTech Collaborative, Aurelie Cornett and competition judge Colby Takeda from PearSuite.

What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter episode 64 with Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkini recorded live at the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP studio at CES 2024. In this episode- Dr. Bryan Wolynski from the Lighthouse Guild, winner of the 2024 CTA Foundation John and Jane Shalam Award to combat social isolation. And from the National Institute on Aging, Director of the Office of Strategic Extra...

Improving lives. That's the focus of many age-tech startups. And many are about to unveil the latest- AI, robotics and more, at CES 2024. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On episode 63, Innovations are on the Horizon, Mary and Fred chat with Sasha Spellman at the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP and then they're joined by Steve Ewell from the Consumer Technology Association Found...

When it comes to some unusual gift suggestions for older adults, who better to chat with than an orthopedic surgeon? Dr. Carmen Quatman from Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center joins Mary and Fred on episode 62 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter. Plus, we have a few ideas of our own! Tune in and subscribe.

A NY Times story about 89 year old Susan Auslander's battle to bring solar energy to her senior living community in Connecticut inspired Mary and Fred. So they invited her and Times reporter John Leland to join in for episode 61 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter. And they chat about John's book, Happiness is a Choice You Make-Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old, too. The...

With many struggling to save for retirement, the AARP has launched a new "Pretirement" campaign with the Ad Council. The AARP's Mary Liz Burns joins Mary and Fred. Then we dive into holiday shopping scam protection with Amazon's Scott Knapp. Ready for AI innovation? We'll hear from Niels Coch of Nobi, which is using AI in light fixtures to monitor for falls and other health r...

It's a pre-Thanksgiving tradition! The wonderful PBS chef and author Lidia Bastianich joins Mary and Fred with her brand new cookbook full of family recipes. And Ageless Innovation CEO Ted Fischer brings along some brand new family games! Food, Fun and Family on episode 59 of What's Next: Living Longer Better Smarter. Tune in and subscribe!

New things to know about tech and Medicare Open Enrollment. There's much that's changing on both fronts. Joining Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin on episode 58 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter are Tom Kamber, executive director of OATS and Senior Planet from AARP. Then GetSetUp Co-founder Lawrence Kosick on their new Active Aging Report. And then Keen CEO Scott Matthews on what...

What's Next Longevity Deal Talk brings you the latest again. Longevity Venture Partners Managing Partner Raissa Hacohen joins us from Israel to unveil three new deals. Plus we cover news from Intuition Robotics, Blooming Health and the upcoming Aging 2.0 Optimize conference where our own Mary Furlong will receive a lifetime achievement award! Join Mary and co-host Fred Fishkin for the latest.

With a new book, Me Time Monday, from Sherri Snelling, a new Longevity Playbook app from best selling author Dr. Michael Roizen, and new approaches to health care from CEO Danielle Ruiz at Everest Health Partners , we have a powerhouse line-up for episode 57 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter. Join Mary, Fred and guests for Aging, Actions and Attitude ...and subscribe!

Ready for some fun? For Grandparents' Day and Beyond Joy for All is launching Reach Out and Play sponsored by AARP. All about the initiative and the versions of familiar board games newly reimagined to bring generations together from Ageless Innovation CEO Ted Fischer and AARP VP of Fun and Fulfillment Heather Nawrocki. Plus Wichita State Professor Michael Rogers on the health benefits of play...

The Missoula Public Library has been named the best public library in the world and is so much more than shelves lined with books. Such as? Join us for a look with Abe Abramson, who has recently stepped away from the board of the library foundation. And Vivid-Pix CEO Rick Voight joins Mary and Fred too to chat about how libraries are evolving with new services and programs. Tune in and subscribe!

Deals and heartbreaking devastation on episode 22 of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk. First K4Connect CEO Scott Moody joins Mary and Fred to talk about the company's new nearly 9 million dollar investment round in a tough environment. Then Mike Fisher from Link-Age and Discover Live's Jay Wei chat with us about their just announced partnership. And we are joined by Discover Live Maui v...

First up in episode 54 of Living Longer Better Smarter: the amazing Ellen Jaffe Jones is among the athletes who took home gold in this summer's National Senior Games competing with a team sponsored by GetSetUp. She is an Emmy winner, author (Vegan Sex is among her titles), and fitness instructor who delivers plenty of inspiration. Want more? Dr. J. Carson Smith joins Mary and Fred from the Uni...

Summertime and Savings. On episode 53 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter, Mary and Fred go from the dentist chair exploring how you can save money on expenses with DentalPlans.com to the easy chair with some great summer reading. After chatting with Jenn Stoll from DentalPlans.com, they welcome author and educator Roy Weaver, co-author of "Running Against the Grain- The Story of...

An app designed to open fun and meaningful communication between kids and grandparents? It won the Social Connection competition created by the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP at the June Longevity Venture Summit. From the collaborative, Amelia Hay joins Mary and Fred along with Eben Pingree, founder of the winning app Kinsome. Tune in to episode 52 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter.

A robot that remembers where you put things? A smart stove knob that can turn itself off? A watch to monitor your health and connect to caregivers and doubles as a phone? Time for Some Tech is our topic on episode 51 of What's Next Living Longer, Better, Smarter with co-hosts Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin. Our guests are Sean Liu of Ping, Akshita Iyer of Ome and University of Waterloo research...

A new partnership between Spiro100 and Discover Live will bring live, virtual touring to the Spiro100 platform. Spiro100 CEO Mark Sher, Discover Live CEO Jay Wei and CMO Tricia Norton join Mary and Fred on episode 21 of What's Next.. Longevity Deal Talk. And then we talk to Toi Labs CEO Vik Kashyap about the partnerships bringing the TrueLoo smart toilet seat to senior living facilities and to...