Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a stimulating visit with Dr. Carol Remz, PhD., about her new book Best Sex Ever After Menopause, with Intimacy Coach Molly Carter. When her sex drive dropped in her 40s, as she entered perimenopause, and she said no, her husband said yes. Now 80, they are still say...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and guest host ChatGPT discuss Juneteenth, the Federal Holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when word of the Emancipation of American slaves finally reached Galveston, Texas. What has it meant to our country over these long years, and what does it mean now?  Next up, the 4th of July. Coming soon, Oldish Book Club reading...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about those days when, despite being Oldish, we sometimes just feel crappy. We feel better having talked about it, and hope you will, too. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust celebrate the third anniversary of the podcast Oldish, and tak about plans for the future. If you like Oldish, you'll like this one. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjane...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our Oldish Book Club partner Leslie Ross-Degnan celebrate, somewhat tardily, National Poetry Month, by sharing some poems from Judith Viorst's Decades book series. We read, and discuss, and lauh a lot. Please join us. You can purchase these and other books we&a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a wide-ranging conversation with Liz Kitchens, author of Be Brave, Lose the Beige, Finding Your Sass After 60! Isn't it about time to be true to your more colorful self? You can find Liz Kitchens' book at www.bebravelosethebeige.com at your local booksto...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have another energetic book club meeting with our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan. We read and discuss Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, which we all read in high school. How does it look from way out in the Gulf Stream of Time? Way more interesting than it did...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down again with renowned expert on aging sexuality Joan Price. Our conversation with Joan last year, Oldish Sexuality, is our most popular ever. She has just released an updated version of her book Sex After Grief, Navigating Your Sexuality after Losing Your Beloved...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with a metaphorical pint and have a lively bant about the Patron Saint of Immigrants. Perhaps you are the descendents of immigrants, or know someone who is... Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connec...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have an engaging conversation with Paula Prober, a psychotherapist and  expert in what she calls The Rainforest Mind, what we used to call "gifted". Do you have a rainforest mind? Are you highly sensitive, smart, complex, creative, intense, curious, lonely, an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the anxiety and stress they and others are feeling in these trying times, and various ways to cope. Helping someone is a good idea! We mention a Ukrainian non-profit that is providing services to civilians, especially children, who have been affected by the w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan have a lively chat about All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle. It's a sweet story about an old man who is drawn back into Oldishness by love and kindness. The audiobook version, read by Ben Onwukwe is really well done.  You can learn more about Mike Gayle at  h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish:Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about how traveling at our age is different, especially, ahem, traveling with a honey. Next week we'll have another meeting of the Oldish Book Club with our friend Lesley Ross-Degnan. This time we're reading and discussing All the Lonely People by Mike Ga...

Send us Fan Mail This is a newly re-edited version of one of our first episodes from almost three years ago. It has been one of our most popular episodes, and we've given it a fresh new sound.  Co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sat down with dear friend Chris Balch to talk about our trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp with Everest to End Duchenne to raise awareness and funds for research t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the podcast Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk themselves into feeling hopeful, maybe, thanks to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Michelle Obama. Thanks! Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg...

Send us Fan Mail In this year-end/year-beginning episode of Oldish:Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the interesting year that 2024 was for Oldish and the world, and take a look ahead to what promises to be an equally strange 2025. Tune in (if you know what that means, you're Oldish) next week for a surprise episode. Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have so much fun talking with Frances Reaves, elder law attorney and author of Boomers Booming: How to Thrive After 65* (*and have great sex!) we didn't want to stop, so she'll be back. We learned a lot, and laughed a lot. You will, too. Frances Reaves'...

Send us Fan Mail In this new episode in the popular series Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan have a joyously deep discussion about It's Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan. It's a wonderful novel about a woman approaching 70 that is so replete with Oldish themes it might almost be a handbook of Oldishness. You can...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century Co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with well-regarded pickleball coach Amy Gilmore to discuss her new book Avoid Pickleball Injuries, Have Fun, Stay Active, and Make Friends . All good things, right? Amy's book can be found on Amazon HERE . (note, if you purchase this book after clicking on...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a challenging discussion about the recent US Presidential election, and working through the stages of grief to try to find ways to contentment, and maybe even joy. This is how it is for Oldish people. Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  htt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Oldish Book Club, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price, Gregg Kaloust, and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan talk about Walking Each Other Home,Conversations on Loving and Dying,  by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush. The authors are well-known teachers, activists, and writers. Their conversations took place as Ram Dass was dying, and form an essential guide to the arts of lov...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Oldish co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust start out grumpy, but lighten up when they realize this is the 50th Episode of Oldish! Our next episode will be another meeting of our Oldish Book Club, which many of you have told us are your favorite episodes. This time we’ll be talking about Walking Each Other Home, by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush, two well-known sp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust discuss the benefits of showing up. You already won! Support the show Oldish is now on substack! Check us out at  https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com Gregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a spirited discussion with Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Frank Powers about meeting online and falling in love in their Oldish Eighties, and their new book Open to Love: Secrets of Senior Dating. If you are Oldish, and open to love, this is a great book to get started with. You can buy a copy of Open to Love on Amazon. D...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust follow up on our recent episode published after the debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. We wondered in that episode whether they were old or Oldish, and concluded that they must be Oldish. Imagine our surprise when it became obvious Joe Biden must have listened and concluded he is old, after all. In this episode we...