Living Longer Better Smarter

On this edition of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk with Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin.. Grant Chamberlain, senior managing director of healthcare investment banking at Ziegler joins us previewing his new white paper on telehealth. Then we hear from Aging and Health Technology Watch principal analyst Laurie Orlov previewing her new research on The Future of AI and Older Adults. And then, ahead...

What's Next Longevity Deal Talk with Mary Furlong & Fred Fishkin. On episode 19: Home Instead partners with Meals on Wheels, Ageless Innovation partners with Hasbro and best selling author Dr. Michael Roizen creates the Longevity Playbook app. Tune in and subscribe!

With a new book "The Real Work on the Mystery of Mastery" and a new audio book as well with Steve Martin, Adam Gopnik has so much to share. He takes up boxing, baking, dancing, art, driving and magic. You don't want to miss his tales. Join us for episode 50 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter. Plus with the Surgeon General focused on the epidemic of loneliness, Vivid-Pix...

From the Oldest Voice in the World, recordings collected in Azerbaijan by Grammy award winning music producer Ian Brennan ...to a new study finding even a small amount of brain training can reduce dementia risk...episode 49 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter is time well spent. Join Mary and Fred and tune into this edition, "A Strong Voice and a Strong Mind" with our guests...

News you can use on the latest episode of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk. With the deadline fast approaching for applications in the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP Social Connect Pitch Competition taking place June 14 at the What's Next Longevity Venture Summit, VP of StartUp Programming and Investments Amelia Hay joins us for all the details. And then AgeTech Collaborative graduate Liz...

Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain is the title of a new book by the husband and wife team of Drs. Mitchell and Emily Clionsky. In episode 48 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter, they join Mary and Fred for a lively discussion. Plus Good Trust co-founder Daniel Sieberg is with us to outline the company's latest comprensive estate planning tools. Tune in and sub...

Can Yoga stave off frailty? How can older adults get help finding the right answers and plan for health care? And what can be done to make healthy food available to all? Join Mary, Fred and guests for episode 47 of What's Next: Living Longer Better Smarter! Yoga, Your Healthcare & Nutrition. And remember to subscribe.

It's already one of the hottest campaign issues in the next presidential race, The Importance of Social Security is what we tackle on episode 46 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter. Mary and Fred and joined by AARP Executive VP Nancy LeaMond and from WISER, President Cindy Hounsell and Sr. Research Fellow Dr. Laurel Beedon. Watch, listen and tell your representatives to watch too!

What goes into a deal like the acquisition of LifeWalker Mobility by Journey Health and Lifestyle?  On episode 17 of What’s Next Longevity Deal Talk, Mary and Fred are joined by Journey Health and Lifestyle CEO Mitch Yoel and the company’s Mark McCutchen, former CFO of LifeWalker Mobility, maker of the UpWalker. Then…there’s the busy March conference calendar, from SXSW to CABHI and more incl...

What can delving into family history do to improve our lives?   There are some surprising benefits!  A new partnership involving the National Genealogical Society and Vivid Pix,  with the arrival of new Memory Station technology can help to open up many doors.   National Genealogical Society Executive Director Matt Menashes and Vivid-Pix CEO Rick Voight join Mary and...

Lloyd Morrisett was the co-creator of Sesame Street.  And when he passed away in January the tributes came from far and wide.  But the roles he played in bringing ideas, people and money together for social good,  for the benefit of older adults included, are less well known.   Joining Mary and Fred for a look at Lloyd, his work at the Markle Foundation and more are Charli...

A gene that could turn back your heart's age by a decade? That's what researchers at the University of Bristol, led by Professor Paolo Madeddu, have found.  He joins Mary and Fred along with The Great Age Reboot author, Dr. Michael Roizen, to explore.  Plus..what over the counter hearing aids can mean for you and your loved ones...with leaders from  Nuheara and Lucid Hearing.  ...

AgeTech took center stage at CES 2023 led by the AARP and the AgeTech Collaborative.   On episode 15 of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk, Rendever CEO Kyle Rand joins Mary and Fred to highlight the acquisition of Alcove from AARP.  And AARP Innovation Labs Senior VP Andy Miller gives his perspective on the deal and the AARP's huge presence at CES.   And it will get even big...

With CES 2023 wrapped up, New Tech for a New Year is the focus of episode 43 of What's Next Living Longer, Better, Smarter.  And we highlight fun and fitness with Gary Atkinson, CEO of Singing Machine and Raghu Bathina, CEO of PlayinGames, maker of PlayinPickleball.  It brings Pickleball into the home through VR.  Plus, we hear from Nuralogix, using selfies for health monitoring and...

With CES 2023 approaching fast, AARP and the Consumer Technology Association have a new track surrounding all of the innovation arriving aimed at bettering the lives of older adults.  From the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP Rick Robinson and Sheila Collins join Mary and Fred.   And then we get another preview from Consumer Technology Association Foundation Executive Director Steve...

The peer to peer virtual learning platform for older adults GetSetUp continues to grow around the world and now has a job assistance program.   How does it work and what has been behind the phenomenal growth?   Director of Business Development Adrienne Choflet joins Mary and Fred for a chat.   Plus, the National Council on Aging lands a fifty million dollar grant to h...

Still looking for that perfect gift?   From the Consumer Technology Association, CTA Foundation head Steve Ewell joins Mary and Fred to chat about some of the latest tech.   And then, Patty Sullivan drops in to chat about her new book, Betty White's Pearls of Wisdom.. Life Lessons From a Beloved American Treasure.  Patty and Betty were close friends for decades and she sha...

The holiday season often brings added stress for caregivers.  But there is help and hope on the way through a new national strategy on family caregiving.  Want to learn more?  Caring for Caregivers is our title for episode 41 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter.  Mary and Fred are joined by Wendy Fox-Grage from the National Academy for State Health Policy and Rani Snyde...

The AARP is out with a groundbreaking report on the Global Longevity Economy Outlook.  And on episode 12 of What's Next.. Longevity Deal Talk, AARP Head of Global Thought Leadership Jean Accius join Mary and Fred to discuss the numbers and their impact.  Then Aging and Health Technology Watch Founder Laurie Orlov is here with a new report on the future of sensors.  Tune in and subsc...

Labrador Systems announces the first reservations for its assistive robots.   Where, when and what can they do?  On episode 11 of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk... "Robots, Healthcare and Senior Living"... Labrador Systems CEO Mike Dooley joins co-hosts Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin along with  Nationwide innovation director Micah Fening plus from Phoenix based The Perfect Com...

A pre-Thanksgiving tradition!  Chef, entrepreneur, PBS personality and author #Lidia Bastianich joins us once again along with Ageless Innovation's Ted Fischer and the extraordinary Garrett Brown, whose latest invention is the #Zeen to transform personal mobility.   Join Mary Furlong and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 40 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter.. " Taste, Toget...

The new prescription drug provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act will be a game changer for millions.  What can you expect and when?  Medicare, Your Money & the Inflation Reduction Act is the title of What's Next: Living Longer, Better, Smarter episode 39.    Mary and Fred are joined by #AARP Executive VP Nancy LeaMond and the Kaiser Family Foundation's Tricia Neuma...

Innovations in Financial Wellness.  That's our focus in this edition of What's Next Longevity Deal Talk.  After capturing the top prize in the AgeTech/Empire StartUps Financial Wellness Pitch Competition, FraudFindr founder and CEO Karen Webber joins us.  Also with Mary Furlong and co-host Fred Fishkin are Fintech4Longevity founder and CEO Ira Sobel and the AARP AgeTech Collaborativ...

Finding a passion after retirement can lead to sometimes unexpected rewards.   Join us for episode 38 of What's Next Living Longer Better Smarter as Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin chat with artists John Wider and Susan Abbott Martin and graphic designer Leslie Lynn Lamb.   Finding Your Passion at Any Age is the title of this episode and we hope you'll find it informative and ins...

Can 90 be the new 40?   With a new Reboot Your Age app and a book titled The Great Age Reboot, Dr. Michael Roizen from the Cleveland Clinic along with Corey Bridges, a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur...are saying yes.  They join us for episode 37 of What's Next Living Longer, Better, Smarter with Mary Furlong and Fred Fishkin.