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Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Happier HolidaysSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the challenges presented to us Oldish this holiday season. We do have some ideas about how to de-Grinch ourselves, including being the little light in someone's tree.Happy Holidays, everyone!Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter...
2025-12-2427 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: The Thursday Murder ClubSend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan read and discuss The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. It's a better book than we expected, full of twists and turns and Oldish themes. The Netflix movie is pretty good, too.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter...
2025-12-0839 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Philip Slayton, All Remaining PassengersSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have an engaging conversation with author Philip Slayton. We talk about his Substack The Endgame, and a collection of pieces from it he has recently published, called All Remaining Passengers. He is a Canadian in his eighties who has had an interesting life, and has thought deeply and entertainingly about it.You can find Philip's Substack at https://philipslayton.substack.comYou can find All Remaining Passengers, Essays from the E...
2025-11-1346 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: FearfulSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust spend Halloween talking about their fears as they trick or treat through Oldishness. What are you most afraid of as you age?Next up will be The Oldish Book Club. We read and discuss The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https...
2025-11-0424 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: The Woman Who Met HerselfSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are once again joined by their good friend Leslie Ross-Degnan for another installment of The Oldish Book Club. This time they read and discuss The Woman Who Met Herself, by Laura Pearson. It's a fascinating look at Oldishness through the eyes of identical twins who only discover each other in their 60s. It's a fine novel, and one we all enjoyed reading.You can find this, and other books we read and...
2025-10-2834 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyNo KingsSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the recent No Kings protest demonstrations across the US. More than 7 million Americans, and many more around the world, came out to say We Love America and oppose the dismantling of our democracy. We have thoughts.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack...
2025-10-2326 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The First AmendmentSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a free conversation about the First Amendment. This is key to our American freedom, and has been under direct attack of late in many respects. Give a listen, and give voice to your own opinions!And don't forget to love everyoneSupport the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com
2025-09-2227 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Urgent! A Plan 2 AgeSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with Richard Wexler, CEO of APlan2Age.org for a crucial conversation. If you or a loved one, or someone you know, is Oldish, and Aging, now is the right time to start planning for the inevitable change that's coming. Plan now, before it is a crisis!Click here to visit A Plan 2 Age.orgSupport the showOldish is now on su...
2025-08-3045 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Our Souls at NightSend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined by special friend Leslie Ross-Degnan for a lively discussion of the short novel Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf. It's a sweet, very oldish story of a couple who take a chance on oldish love. Read the book, then see the movie starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.You can buy this and other books we've talked about in our online book store at bookshop.org/shop/oldish . If you buy this or o...
2025-07-2340 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Best Sex Ever After MenopauseSend us a textIn 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 saying yes. If saying yes to Oldish Sex is on your bucket list, listen in, and get Carol's important book.And, don't...
2025-07-1255 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Juneteenth 2025Send us a textIn 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 of Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.s...
2025-06-3020 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Crappy DaysSend us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in...
2025-06-2022 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: 3 Years!Send us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions...
2025-06-0433 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Judith Viorst Decades PoemsSend us a textIn 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've read from our Oldish book store on Bookshop.org. When you do, Oldish will get a small commission, and an Independent Book Store of your choosing will get up...
2025-05-2448 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Liz Kitchens Lose the Beige!Send us a textIn 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.comat your local bookstore, or at the Oldish Book Store on Bookshop.org. If you buy this or any of our favorite books from Bookshop, Oldish may get a small...
2025-04-3050 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish:Book Club The Oldish Man and the SeaSend us a textIn 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 back then.We all also watched the Academy Award winning short Animated Film depiction of the Old Man and the Sea. It's gorgeous...
2025-04-0743 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Sex After Grief with Joan PriceSend us a textIn 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.If you or someone you know is grieving the loss of a partner or spouse, or is dating someone who is, or is related to someone who is...
2025-03-2648 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: St. Paddy's DaySend us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems...
2025-03-1823 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Rainforest MindSend us a textIn 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, and misunderstood? Or know someone who is? If so, listen to this.Paula Prober is a psychotherapist, consultant, blogger, and author in private practice based in Eugene, Oregon, USA. For the past 35+ ye...
2025-03-1243 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: CopingSend us a textIn 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 war. Here's the link if you would like a non-military way to help.https://rescuenow.ngo/Please visit our website at https://oldish...
2025-03-0628 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: All the Lonely PeopleSend us a textIn 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 https://www.mikegayle.co.uk/Support the showOldish is now on su...
2025-02-1137 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Traveling While OldishSend us a textIn 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 Gayle. It's a sweet story of a man in his 80's becoming Oldish.Support the showOldish is...
2025-02-0329 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Oldish on Everest, ReduxSend us a textThis 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 to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. We are stll hoping for a cure. We hope you enjoy our conversation.G...
2025-01-2835 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: MLK Day and the InaugurationSend us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You...
2025-01-2023 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: 2024--->2025Send us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet...
2025-01-0622 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Boomers Booming With an AsteriskSend us a textIn 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' elder law practice website is https://parentyourparents.com/. There is a link to her invaluable book there.Our next episode, will be a year...
2024-12-311h 01
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: It's Not All Downhill From HereSend us a textIn 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 buy books by Terry McMillan by clicking here. (Note, if you do, we may get a small commission which helps offset the costs of bringing you Oldish).
2024-12-2334 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: No Time for Pickleball Injuries!Send us a textIn 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 this link Oldish may receive a small commission. Go ahead, you know you want to).Support the showOldish is now on substack...
2024-12-1847 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: From WTF? to Contentment, Even Joy- The Presidential ElectionSend us a textIn 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 showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where...
2024-11-2528 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Walking Each Other HomeSend us a textIn 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 loving deeply, and dying into love.The cover art for this episode is a bench in a local cemetery, where my friend and I often sit during our m...
2024-10-2244 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Episode 50! Not Grumpy!Send us a textIn 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 spiritual teachers and old friends who got together just before the death of Ram Dass to talk about life, spirit, love, and dy...
2024-10-1422 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Showing UpSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust discuss the benefits of showing up. You already won!Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com Gregg is now an ambassador for Revolin Sports Pickleball Paddles...
2024-09-1625 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Open to LoveSend us a textIn 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.Dr. Horsley's foundation is Open to Hope.The Doctors' website is Golden Dating Doctors.Support...
2024-08-2450 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: After the Debate - They ARE old!Send us a textIn 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 take full credit for Joe Biden deciding to pull out of the race. We plan to send a link to that episode to the Trump campaign...
2024-08-2115 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club:Still Life with BreadcrumbsSend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and their friend Leslie Ross-Degnan have a lively discussion of Anna Quindlen's Still Life with Bread Crumbs. More than just a good summer read, it is rife with Oldish themes and Romance.You can find this or other books by Anna Quindlen on Amazon, in your library, or wherever you buy books. (if you buy this or other books on Amazon we may get a small commission, which helps to offset the costs of bringing you...
2024-08-1546 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Debate - Are these guys Oldish?Send us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust debate the question, after the first 2024 Presidential Debate, are these two candidates Oldish, or really old.Have an opinion? Send us a text, or leave a comment at www.oldish.meSupport the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old...
2024-07-0627 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Tehanu by Ursula Le GuinSend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan discuss Tehanu, the fourth book in the Earthsea Series by Ursula K. LeGuin. Why was she as influential in the genre of Fantasy as Tolkien? What do dragons have to do with Oldishness?Get Tehanu and othe books by Ursula K. LeGuin here.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com
2024-06-3045 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Hi, Zan. Hi, PaSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a special Father's Day conversation with Zanny Merullo Steffgen and Roland Merullo, a daughter-father team of writers who have launched a substack named Hi, Zan. Hi, Pa.Roland is the author of The Delight of Being Ordinary, which was the book we discussed in our most recent Oldish: Book Club. He listened to the episode, and now here we are.Hi, Zan. Hi, Pa is at https://www.merullo.substack.com. It's always a stimulating read.Roland's b...
2024-06-1652 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: SurprisingSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about what they find most surprising about Oldishness. What's not surprising is how grateful we are.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email...
2024-05-1823 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: 2nd AnniversarySend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust celebrate the second anniversary of Oldish. The first full episode was published on May 11, 2022, and since then we've published over 40 more! Who knew?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions...
2024-05-0926 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: The Delight of Being OrdinarySend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust and our dear friend Leslie Ross-Degnan have a lively conversation about The Delight of Being Ordinary, Road Trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama. It's a richly imagined tale of an unlikely adventure, and tells us lots about what it means to be alive, and especially what it means to be Oldish.You can purchase this or other books by Roland Merullo, and other books we've discussed in the Oldish Book Club, on Amazon by c...
2024-04-2938 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Book Club - Tanner and LouiseSend us a textIn this episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined again by Leslie Ross-Degnan. We discuss The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley. This road trip book, inspired in part by the movie Thelma and Louise, is an interesting take on the oldish and the youngish coming of age together on an epic adventure.You can purchase The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise and other books by Colleen Oakley on Amazon and othe booksellers.Support the...
2024-03-0740 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Sexuality with Joan PriceSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with noted author, speaker, and advocate for ageless sexuality Joan Price. How did her life and career change as she navigated her own journey through oldishness? How did menopause affect her attitudes toward sexuality and desire? How did she undertake her mission to help people understand and enjoy their own sexuality as they age? How has her view of these things changed over the last 20 years?If any of these topics will upset or offend you, please do not...
2024-02-2849 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Hunger GamesSend us a textIn this episode of the podcast Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a lively riff on a quotation from The Hunger Games - "May the odds always be in your favor". What does that saying, in the context of The Hunger Games hard look at a dystopian future, mean for we who are Oldish? Are we already in a dystopian future, in ourselves, our bodies, and our society? What, if anything, can we do about it? Is despair the only response?
2024-02-2022 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: No Sorries, In Life or PickleballSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust chat about Forgiveness. There are no sorries in real life, or in pickleball. What do you think?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com Gregg is n...
2024-02-0523 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Book Club May Sarton At 70Send us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined by frequent guest Leslie Ross-Degnan for Oldish Book Club. We discuss poet and novelist May Sarton's memoir/journal At Seventy. She was quintessentially Oldish. Her writing is sweet and powerful. Do you know her work?Please join the conversation by leaving a comment below.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a...
2024-01-2939 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Martin Luther King DaySend us a textIn this episode Co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a conversation about Martin Luther King Day, and how their lives as Oldish People are different, or not so much, as a result of the work and life of Rev. Martin Luther King. Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in p...
2024-01-1533 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Pickleball HeadgameSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a lively conversation about how letting doubts and fears get in your head can interfere with your pickleball game, and real life. Fell like you're in a fog? What are some strategies to get yourself in a better place to play? Try a little kindness, toward yourself and all the players!Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com...
2023-12-1524 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Negative Self TalkSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a positive discussion of negative self talk, on the pickleball court and in real life. Stimulated by a podcast by CJ Johnson and Tony Roig, we ask "whose voice is that, anyway".CJ Johnson and Tony Roig are BetterPickeball.com. Their podcast is Pickleball Therapy.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com ...
2023-11-1421 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Curious History of PickleballSend us a textIn this episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down for a lively conversation with Patrick Smith and Melinda Alcosser to discuss their book Pickleball!: The Curious History of Pickleball, and many other things, from Dr. Martin Luther King to Qigong, to percussion, to martial arts...Pickleball!:The Curious History of Pickleballhttps://amzn.to/40yK7EGQijong Pickleballhttps://youtu.be/adnJhFtdRc0?feature=sharedKingian Nonviolencehttp://www.ctnonviolence.org/Melinda’s Pickleball tripsCarpe Dink'em Pickleball...
2023-11-0949 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club Grandma Gatewood's WalkSend us a textIn this episode of Oldish:Conversations on Oldish in the 21st Century, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk with our book club friend Leslie Ross-Degnan about the book Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery. It's the true story of Emma Gatewood, who at the age of 67 became the first woman to thru hike the Appalachian Trail. Shewas the epitome of Oldishness.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.com
2023-10-2536 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Indigenous Peoples DaySend us a textIn this episode of Oldish co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day. What have we learned about the history, our understandings and beliefs, our education, and how can we go forward?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You...
2023-10-1034 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish The Dinking Game Partner CommunicationSend us a textIn this episode of our continuing series The Dinking Game, linking pickleball and real life, co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a wide ranging conversation about how important it is to communicate clearly with your partner while playing pickleball and in the rest of your life, too. Gregg is very happy with his new Tyrol Pickleball shoes. Tyrol is the only company that makes a shoe just for pickleball, and they are crazy comfortable and supportive, just like your playing partner. And the Vibram sole really stands up to...
2023-10-0428 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Dinking Game -The Transition ZoneSend us a textIn this episode in the Oldish series The Dinking Game, co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust have a lively conversation about the Transition Zone in Pickleball, that area, sometimes called No Man's Land, between the back line and the non-volley zone (aka The Kitchen), and relate it to real life, and to Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön's Groundlessness. Get into your ready position, and give it a listen!Dr Janet gives a shoutout to Erin McHugh, author of the bestseller Pickleball is Life, with whom we had a fun co...
2023-09-1822 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Little Old Lady Who Broke All the RulesSend us a textIn the latest episode of the Oldish Book Club co-hosts Dr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust sit down with our friend Leslie Ross-Degnan to talk about The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Swedish author Catharina Ingelman-Sunberg. It's the first in the League of Pensioners series. It's a rollicking heist novel about a group of Oldish Pensioners who break out of the retirement home into...prison! It's entertaining, insightful, and quintessentially Oldish.Leslie Ross-Degnan enjoyed years in the classroom, loving picture books with young children. Now, in her...
2023-09-1143 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: MLK I Have a Dream at 60Send us a textIn this episode of Oldish, Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust discuss Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech on the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington. What did it mean to us then, and what does it mean to us, and our country, now? Has the dream come true?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings...
2023-09-0219 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: 4th of JulySend us a textThis week, on Independence Day in the USA, co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust share their experiences of July 4, and wonder what it might be like 50 years from now. Take a break between bites and explosions, and give a listen.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and...
2023-07-0418 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Dinking Game - Don't Force it!Send us a textIn this Dinking Game Episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust talk about the ancient concept of wu Wei, which Alan Watts translated as Not Forcing. How does this apply to pickleball, especially the dinking game, and real life?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.
2023-06-2617 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Fathers DaySend us a textIn this Shortish episode Dr. Janet and Gregg talk about what Fathers Day means to them. How about you?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com Gregg is now an ambassador for Revolin Sports Pickleball Paddles...
2023-06-1711 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Dinking Game 1Send us a textIn this in our series Shortish Episodes Dr. Janet and Gregg talk about the dinking game, in pickleball and life.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com Gregg is now an ambassador for Revolin Sports Pickleball...
2023-06-1217 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Travels with CharleySend us a textIn this edition of Oldish Book Club our friend Leslie Ross-Degnan joins us for a lively discussion of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley in Search of America. Steinbeck's story of his trip around America in a camper van in 1960 is a true tale of Oldishness told by a master story teller. What can it tell us about who we are today?Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg...
2023-06-0537 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Memorial DaySend us a textIn this first episode of our new series Shortish Conversations, Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust chat for a while about what Memorial Day means to them, now that they are Oldish.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom...
2023-05-2916 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish First AnniversarySend us a textDr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust, co-hosts of Oldish, have a conversation about how it feels, and what it means, to have completed a year of publishing Oldish, while being oldish.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com
2023-05-0834 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: The Pickleball Paradox with Steve RaymondSend us a textDr Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust are joined for a conversation with Steve Raymond, specialist in elder care and pickleball coach. We talk about oldishness in general, and specifically what Steve calls the Pickleball Paradox: Pickleball as a primary public health intervention, and also a source of potential injury to oldish players. He shares tips for preparation to avoid injury.Steve is an RN with over 25 years in Elder Care, and HIV end of life care. He's also an accomplished martial artist, and one of the kindest people you'll ever meet.
2023-05-0450 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Aging in the World with Jacob Kendall, PhD.Send us a textToday we sit down for a conversation with Jacob Kendall, PhD, a social worker with a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies in Aging, now in Divinity School. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about how aging is viewed in other cultures, including in Malawi.Jacob Kendall (he/ him) is from the Birmingham area, and has also lived in Louisiana, Indiana, and Georgia. He has an interdisciplinary background in gerontology, demography, social work, public health, and theology. He previously taught undergraduate social work and public health. He...
2023-04-2446 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish Book Club: Remnant PopulationSend us a textFor this first episode of our new recurring series Oldish Book Club, Dr. Janet and Gregg are joined by Leslie Ross Degnan for a review and conversation about Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon. What happens when an oldish woman stays behind on an abandoned colony planet?You can buy Remnant Population on Amazon by clicking here. (if you purchase this or any other book after clicking on this link we get a small commission to help offset our production costs.Leslie enjoyed years in the classroom, loving picture books...
2023-03-1650 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyLynn Brown Rosenberg: My Sexual Awakening at 70Send us a textDr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust visit with author Lynn Brown Rosenberg to talk about her memoir My Sexual Awakening at 70. Almost ten years after its publication, how has it changed her life? How does it feel to be Oldish in her 80s?You can purchase Lynn Brown Rosenberg's book My Sexual Awakening at 70 on Amazon. This link will take you directly to it. If you purchase the book after clicking on this link Oldish will get a small commission. Thankshttps://amzn.to/3I0gHI3...
2023-02-0539 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyLong Distance GrandparentingSend us a textWe sit down for a conversation with our friend Denise Reehl to talk about the sorrows and joys of long distance grand parenting while Oldish.Support the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works in progress, opinions and notes.You can email Gregg at gregg@kannoncom.com Gregg...
2022-12-2347 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyKen Ross The Business is GrowthSend us a textWe have a lively conversation with Entrepeneur, Meditator and Pickleball player Ken Ross. He has many interesting things to say about growing a business, and a community, and what it means to be Oldish.To get Erin McHugh's new book Pickleball is Life, or any pickleball or van life gear, click here to go to Amazon. For more pickleball gear go to Pickleball Central.(disclaimer: if you buy anything using these links Oldish gets a small commission. We appreciate it, as it helps to offset the costs of...
2022-12-131h 03
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Pickleball Nomad Calais to CaliforniaSend us a textGregg is back from his adventure on the road as Pickleball Nomad. We sit down to share stories o his travels.To get Erin McHugh's new book Pickleball is Life, or any pickleball or van life gear, click here to go to Amazon. For more pickleball gear go to Pickleball Central(disclaimer: if you buy anything using these links Oldish gets a small commission. We appreciate it, as it helps to offset the costs of making this podcast for you)Support the show
2022-12-0147 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyPickleball is Life with Erin McHughSend us a textDr. Janet and Gregg talk with our new friend author Erin McHugh, whose new book Pickleball is Life has just come out. We learned lots of new things and had a lot of laughs.You can buy Pickleball is Life here, and check out some of Erin's other books, too. (if you purchase a book using this link Oldish will get a small commission).The best place to buy pickleball paddles, shoes and stuff is Pickleball Central. (if you purchase pickleball stuff using this link Oldish gets a small...
2022-11-0143 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyRecareering with Stewart LynchSend us a textDr. Janet and Gregg talk with Stewart Lynch, a distinguished educator, about his path to recareering, and learning to swim, while Oldish.Here's a link to Stewart's Youtube:https://youtube.com/@StewartLynchStewart taught himself to swim using a Swimming Pool Buoy. You can get one here (note Oldish will get a small commission if you use this link)Swimming Pull BuoySupport the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with J...
2022-10-2747 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Pickleball Nomad Downeast SwingSend us a textNote: If you listened to this prior to 1:30 pm EST on October 3, 2022 you listened to an older episode I uploaded by mistake. This is the real one! Give it a listen.In this episode Gregg launches his Pickleball nomad adventure with a swing through Downeast Maine. Come along as he plays pickleball, camps, hikes, makes new discoveries and friends en route.http://belfastpickleball.com/https://www.defymca.org/You can download the Places2Play, iOverlander, and All Trails apps on the Apple App Store and Google...
2022-10-0242 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Adoption and ReunionSend us a textDr. Anne Coleman joins Dr. Janet and Gregg to share her experience finding and reuniting with her birth family while OldisDr. Anne Coleman is a psychotherapist and educator with over 30 years of experience as a clinician and a professional in the adoption field.Anne has a private practice where she works with adolescents and adults, and she has been a Special Lecturer in a Graduate Studies Program in CounselorEducation at a local college for the past 25 years.Anne has facilitated an adoption TRIAD support group...
2022-09-2543 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Pickleball Nomad Resources and ShoutoutsSend us a textIn this episode Gregg goes on and on about online - mostly YouTube - resources and content creators who have influenced and leveled up his #pickleball and #vanlife chops and choices.Shoutouts to:Pickleball:CJ Johnson: Better Pickleball https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbPCL77CefNGj90THzXYTnATony Roig: Pickleball Therapyhttps://wearepickleball.com/podcast/Together: https://wearepickleball.comJordan Briones:https://www.youtube.com/c/BrionesPickleballBarrett Kincheloehttps://pickleballkitchen.com
2022-09-0441 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish: Pickleball Nomad Episode 1Send us a textIn which Janet interviews Gregg as he's getting ready to set off on new adventures as Pickleball Nomad.Here are some links to some of Gregg's favorite pickleball and van life resources:Podcast: Pickleball Therapy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pickleball-therapy-in2pickle/id1523311733?i=1000567582631Youtube:Pickleball Pickleball Kitchen https://youtu.be/W0_XM9HZWZkBetter Pickleball https://youtu.be/fp5sO2sv3F0VanlifeBob Wells https://youtu.be/vdjbKxFQ0Js
2022-07-0738 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish on the Front LinesThis is Part Two of our conversation with Chris Balch, in which we find out how it feels to still have to be an environmental activist after all these years.
2022-06-1924 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyExpatishSend us a textToday we are talking with my old friend Dave Swarthout. Dave is a part time expat, avid birder, photographer, map maker, and pickleball player. He has lots to share about being oldish.You can find links to some of Dave's stunning photos here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/184600884@N06/with/49212527607/And to OpenStreetMap here:The OpenStreetMap community has many entrance points but the easiest way to see how your area is mapped go to the main page and type in, for example, Homer, Alaska, or Gardiner, ME
2022-05-1849 min
Oldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish on EverestSend us a textIn this week’s episode of Oldish Janet and Gregg talk with Chris Balch about trekking to Mt. Everest Base Camp to raise awareness and funds to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. How does it feel to be an aging adventurer?For more information on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy visit Hope for Gus Foundation at https://hopeforgus.org. There is a link there to a documentary we made on that first trek.You can get a couple ebooks Gregg published to support this podcast and Hope for Gus, as...
2022-05-1134 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyHow did we get here?Send us a textIn this week’s episode co-hosts Dr. Janet Price and Gregg Kaloust open the Oldish conversation by talking with each other about the meaning of Oldish, how it feels to them, and how they got here. How does it feel to be aging in the 21st Century?For more information on Dr. Janet Price https://drjanetprice.comFor more information on Gregg Kaloust, including ebooks he’s written to support the trek for a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystropy: https://www.kannoncom.comThanks to Mye Kaloustian for the...
2022-05-1132 minOldish: Conversations on Aging in the 21st CenturyOldish TrailerSend us a textThis trailer is an introduction to Oldish. More episodes to follow soon!More info on Dr. Janet Price: https://www.drjanetprice.comMore info on Gregg Kaloust: https://www.kannoncom.comThanks to Mye Kaloustian for the background musicSupport the showOldish is now on substack! Check us out at https://oldishpodcast.substack.com Connect with Janet at https://drjanetprice.comGregg has a new substack newsletter where he's publishing writings old and new: poems, short pieces, works...
2022-04-1301 min