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Navigating the World with Your Aging Loved OneCaregiving Changed Her Life - Now She's Changing Caregiving Through Research with Dr. Francesca Falzarano, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of GerontologyWhat if your deepest caregiving experience became the blueprint for changing the system? Dr. Francesca Falzarano was just 14 when her mother was diagnosed with dementia—an experience that shaped not only her identity, but her life’s work. Now an Assistant Professor of Gerontology at USC and founder of the Falzarano Family Caregiving Lab, Francesca is studying the full arc of caregiving—from diagnosis to grief. In this conversation, she shares how personal loss inspired a research mission, what caregivers actually need (and when), and how technology and storytelling can foster healing and connection. Whether you're...2025-05-1450 min
Health SimplifiedFasting and Longevity: The Science of Caloric RestrictionIn this deep dive we focus on an article from USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology explores the science behind fasting and its potential to promote longevity and combat disease. It highlights the work of Professor Valter Longo, a pioneer in fasting-mimicking diets. Longo's research suggests that these diets can trigger cellular repair and improve overall health. The piece also discusses different types of intermittent fasting and emphasizes the importance of medical supervision before undertaking any fasting regimen. The article further summarizes clinical trials that are being done on intermittent fasting. It concludes by suggesting that smaller dietary changes...2025-03-1110 min
NightSide With Dan ReaNightside News Update 2/28/25We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!Save the Harbor's 15th Annual JetBlue Shamrock Splash at Constitution Beach in East Boston on Sunday, March 2 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Chris Mancini – Executive Director of Save The Harbor, Save The Bay shared the event details.30% of Gen Z Won’t Date Someone Who Dislikes Their Favorite Artist/Sports Team! Matt Schulz - Chief consumer finance analyst at LendingTree discussed the trend.Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? Dr...2025-03-0139 min
IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast SeriesLiving Long & Living Well: Longevity TodayHow can we live long and live well, too? Experts on aging will discuss the individual and societal challenges as well as gifts of longevity from legal, health, and practical perspectives, as well as share advice on preparing for a safe and healthy old age. M.T. Connolly, author of The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life, is a leading elder justice expert who won a MacArthur Fellowship for her work. Her book’s compelling stories reveal longevity’s abundant challenges and gifts, showing how unprepared we are for both—as individuals...2025-02-241h 02
Foresight Institute RadioJennifer Garrison | Healthy Longevity for WomenJennifer Garrison, PhD, is Co-Founder and Director of the Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (GCRLE) and an Assistant Professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. She also holds appointments in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC). She is a passionate advocate for women’s health and is pioneering a new movement to advance science that is focused on female reproductive aging. Her lab studies the role of mind-body communication in systemic aging, an...2025-02-2109 min
Irish BreakdownNotre Dame Football Midweek Mailbag - College Football Playoff PrimerIt's Wednesday and that means Mailbag Day on IB Nation Sports Talk. We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include:* Can Rece Davis keep his hatred for Notre Dame under wraps when he's on campus for ESPN's GameDay next week?* The best version of Notre Dame's offense is (BLANK).* What do you think about North Carolina hiring Bill Belichick?* Rank the 12 College Football Playoff coaches in order of the pressure they're under to win. * Which Irish offensive and defensive play...2024-12-121h 19
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Lessons in Lifespan HealthConscious aging, redefining yourself and finding fulfillment as you age Wayne Lehrer is an author, coach and teacher who leads a yoga class at the USC Leonard Davis School. He joined us to talk about his book, The Art of Conscious Aging and how to redefine yourself and find fulfillment as you age. Transcript I hear all the time, I used to do yoga, but now my body doesn't like it. Well, find a new yoga class. If you remember how it made you feel, then doing it in a new way, maybe a gentler class, maybe a hot yoga class that's in the dark, tha...2024-09-2033 min
Live Beyond the NormsRedefining Old Age: Socialization, Sex, and Smashing Stereotypes with Dr. Paul NashSupport the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping – just leave us a review on iTunes and let us know!Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice - and it's costing us years of our lives. Dr. Paul Nash, a leading expert on gerontology, reveals how our negative perceptions of aging aren't just hurtful – they're actively harming our health and shortening our lifespans.Join us as Dr. Nash debunks the most pervasive aging myths and shares eye-opening truths about the longevity revolution. You'll learn why loneliness is m...2024-09-1745 min
Andy & Ari On3Can Texas tame the MONSTERS on the Michigan defense? | Is the Big Ten pulling even with the SEC?Welcome to Andy and Ari On3, presented by Wendy’s! Wendy’s New Saucy Nuggs take the Crispy and Spicy Nuggs you love and turn them up to 11.Choose between flavors like Buffalo. Honey BBQ. Garlic Parm. Or, if you’re a real heat seeker,try Spicy Ghost Pepper, only on Wendy’s signature Spicy Nuggs. This show is also sponsored by PrizePicks, America’s most fun daily fantasy game. Use the code STAPLES to play $5 and get $50 instantly. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/STAPLES2024-09-0559 min
GoJo and GolicHour 1: College Football Week 1 Winners—Notre Dame, Miami, Georgia & Angry Brian Kelly Is Back + All-Weekend TeamsIn Hour 1…[03:37] ANGRY BRIAN KELLY: LSU VS. USC REACTIONGoJo and Golic break down the thrilling Sunday night clash where USC edged out LSU in a Sin City showdown. Did Lincoln Riley’s squad prove they belong in the CFP conversation?[15:40] WE WON! NOTRE DAME BEATS TEXAS A&MThe Irish pulled off a gritty road win in College Station. GoJo and Golic discuss the Fighting Irish's statement win on the road against Texas A&M. We talk about Notre Dame's gritty defense, the impact of head coach Marc...2024-09-0255 min
The Real News PodcastBetter Work, Better Pay, Better Patient Outcomes: Keck-USC Healthcare Workers Fight for a Fair ContractSince the start of the pandemic (and really, before that), frontline healthcare workers have been rightfully lauded for the tireless work that they have done to keep the healthcare system from cratering in this country. This is no easy task, as we have seen the devastation that the pandemic has wrought among our communities, and especially within the healthcare field. In Southern California, the cost of living crisis has filtered into the workplace, with many healthcare workers finding themselves priced out of their neighborhoods due to rising costs and unchecked gentrification, their stagnant wages and dwindling access to healthcare benefits...2024-08-1539 min
Lessons in Lifespan HealthStudying how the brain’s blood vessels affect cognitive healthDan Nation is a professor of gerontology and medicine at USC. His research focuses on vascular factors in the brain and how they affect memory decline and dementia in older adults. He joined us to talk about studying blood vessels in the brain to identify early signs of dementia and potential therapies to treat it. Transcript Speaker 1 (00:01): The variability in your blood pressure day to day, month to month, year to year, and sometimes even beat to beat–the variability in your blood pressure is predictive of dementia risk. So higher levels of bl...2024-08-1323 min
A Song Called LifeEpisode #163: Dr. Daniel NationDaniel Nation is a Professor of Gerontology and Medicine, holding the Merle H. Bensinger Professorship in Gerontology at USC Leonard Davis. His research focuses on vascular risk factors and biomarkers of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, including markers of cerebrovascular dysfunction, blood-brain barrier breakdown, and endothelial progenitor cell depletion.
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The Optispan Podcast with Matt KaeberleinThe Benefits of Protein Restriction, How Protein Affects Hormones & FGF21 | 52 - Cristal Hill
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Matt recently attended the 52nd annual meeting of the American Aging Association in Madison, Wisconsin and met with several people doing fascinating work in or adjacent to the geroscience field.
One of these was Cristal Hill. Cristal is an Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, where she runs a lab focused on how dietary protein might affect adipose tissue (body fat) function, metabolic, and endocrine health during aging. Cristal...2024-07-2549 min
Lessons in Lifespan HealthDeprescribing and medication management for older adultsMichelle Keller is an assistant professor of gerontology and the Leonard and Sophie Davis Early Career Chair in Minority Aging at the USC Leonard Davis School. She spoke to us about her research focused on improving patient-clinician communication, medication management, and the identification of dementia in minority older adults. Here are highlights from our conversation. On polypharmacy “When it comes to older adults and medications, it's important to understand that while medications can be incredibly beneficial for treating various conditions, they can also present really unique risks in this population. Older adults often take multiple me...2024-06-2024 min
We're not getting any younger... yet.Valter Longo: Fasting for Health and LongevityWhat is the relationship between diet, chronic disease, and aging? Can we delay or reverse the effects of aging at the cellular level by following a fasting-mimicking diet? Listen in as Gordon speaks with Valter Longo of the Longevity Institute at USC about epigenetic reprogramming, turning on Yamanaka factors, and restoring our cells to a youthful state based on over 30 years of research on diet and fasting.Dr. Valter Longo is the Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences and Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California –Leonard Davis School of Ge...2024-05-0129 min
Lessons in Lifespan HealthImproving the health and well-being of family caregiversFrancesca Falzarano is an assistant professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School. Her research is inspired by her personal experience as a caregiver to her parents and explores how to improve the mental health and well-being of family caregivers, including through the use of technology. On young caregivers “I think right now it's estimated that five and a half million individuals are under the age of 18 are caring for a parent or some family member with chronic illness, mental health issues, dementia-related illnesses, and other age-related impairments. So, this is something that's becoming mo...2024-03-0533 min
Making Sense of ScienceFast for Longevity, with Less Hunger, with Dr. Valter LongoYou’ve probably heard about intermittent fasting, where you don’t eat for about 16 hours each day and limit the window where you’re taking in food to the remaining 8 hours.But there’s another type of fasting, called fasting-mimicking diet, with studies pointing to important benefits for health and longevity. For today’s episode, I chatted with Dr. Valter Longo, a biogerontologist at the University of Southern California about all kinds of fasting, and particularly the fasting-mimicking diet, and strategies for making these approaches especially beneficial while minimizing really bad hunger as much as possible.If you’v...2023-10-271h 10Making Sense of ScienceTrick Your Body into Fasting for Longevity, with Dr. Valter LongoYou’ve probably heard about intermittent fasting, where you don’t eat for about 16 hours each day and limit the window where you’re taking in food to the remaining 8 hours.But there’s another type of fasting, called fasting-mimicking diet, with studies pointing to important benefits for health and longevity. For today’s episode, I chatted with Dr. Valter Longo, a biogerontologist at the University of Southern California about all kinds of fasting, and particularly the fasting-mimicking diet, and strategies for making these approaches especially beneficial while minimizing really bad hunger as much as possible.With i...2023-10-271h 08
GATEWAY SESSIONSBeyond the Biological Clock: New Frontiers in Female Longevity with Dr. Jennifer GarrisonWelcome back to Gateway Sessions, the podcast that dives deep into the realms of health, wellness, psychedelics and longevity. I’m your host, Ariane Sommer, and today we are journeying into the microscopic landscape of our biology, specifically zeroing in on the secrets of female reproductive aging. This episode is not just for women, but for anyone interested in the complex dance between aging and vitality, and how the body's smallest components can have grand ramifications on our overall well-being.My guest is an illustrious figure in the field of aging research, Dr. Jennifer Garrison. She's an As...2023-10-2454 min
The Superhumanize PodcastCracking the Code of the Female Fountain of Youth: From Hormones to Neurons with Dr. Jennifer GarrisonWelcome to another episode of Superhumanize, the podcast that dives deep into the realms of health, wellness, and longevity. I’m your host, Ariane Sommer, and today we are journeying into the microscopic landscape of our biology, specifically zeroing in on the secrets of female reproductive aging. This episode is not just for women, but for anyone interested in the complex dance between aging and vitality, and how the body's smallest components can have grand ramifications on our overall well-being.My guest is an illustrious figure in the field of aging research, Dr. Jennifer Garrison. She's an Ass...2023-10-2054 min
Lessons in Lifespan HealthAging among Black Americans Lauren Brown is an assistant professor at the USC Leonard Davis School. Her research uses publicly available data to uncover the unique difficulties Black Americans face in maintaining physical and psychological well-being as they age. Her lab both challenges the methods used to study older Black adults and strives to increase diversity in data science research with the goal of increasing the visibility of Black and Brown people via data and storytelling. Quotes from the episode On the role of racism in biomedical and statistical sciences and disease prediction If you think about the history...2023-10-2029 min
Curiosity InvitedEpisode 42 - Paul IrvingPaul Irving is a corporate and nonprofit director and advisor to leaders in business, investment, philanthropy, and academia. Author/editor of “The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy, and Purpose,” Wall Street Journal expert panelist, and a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, PBS NextAvenue, and Forbes Pau l speaks and writes about health, finance, and the future of retirement; innovation in the longevity economy; and the changing culture of aging in America and the world. Irving is a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis S...2023-10-1755 min
The College Football ExperienceCollege Football Week 7 Preview & Picks Part 2 (Ep. 1466)The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews and pick the upcoming College Football Week 7 Preview & Picks. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD), Patty C (@PattyC831) & NC Nick (@NC__NicK) break down each and every game on the Week 7 Preview & Picks. Are the Washington Huskies and Michael Pennix going to take down Bo Nix and the Oregon Ducks in Seattle, Washington? Can the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Sam Hartman knock off the USC Trojans and Caleb Williams in South Bend, Indiana? Will the Wyoming Cowboys and Harrison Waylee knock off John Lee Eldridge and the Air...2023-10-121h 20
The College Football ExperienceCollege Football Week 7 Preview & Picks Part 1 (Ep. 1465)The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews and pick the upcoming College Football Week 7 Preview & Picks. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD), Patty C (@PattyC831) & NC Nick (@NC__NicK) break down each and every game on the Week 7 Preview & Picks. Are the Washington Huskies and Michael Pennix going to take down Bo Nix and the Oregon Ducks in Seattle, Washington? Can the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Sam Hartman knock off the USC Trojans and Caleb Williams in South Bend, Indiana? Will the Wyoming Cowboys and Harrison Waylee knock off John Lee Eldridge and the Air...2023-10-121h 05
ESPN College FootballCollege GameDay: Week 5 Recap; Georgia Escapes Jordan-Hare; Caleb Williams Star Gen-Z QBRyan McGee and Marty Smith invade the College GameDay Podcast with Rece Davis and Pete Thamel on assignment. The guys discuss undefeated Kentucky facing undefeated Georgia this weekend, which team is the true No. 1 in the land, Oklahoma quieting getting it going, Nick Saban delegating, fake accents and Mark Stoops making bourbon. Then, Paolo Uggetti stops by to talk about USC-Colorado, Caleb Williams as the first Gen-Z star quarterback, and the mood in Southern California and USC and UCLA prepare to enter the Big ten.1:32 - Upcoming battle of undefeateds with Kentucky @ Georgia8:00 - Who’s...2023-10-0344 min
ESPN College GameDayCollege Football Week 5 Recap; Georgia Escapes Jordan-Hare; Caleb Williams Star Gen-Z QBRyan McGee and Marty Smith invade the College GameDay Podcast with Rece Davis and Pete Thamel on assignment. The guys discuss undefeated Kentucky facing undefeated Georgia this weekend, which team is the true No. 1 in the land, Oklahoma quieting getting it going, Nick Saban delegating, fake accents and Mark Stoops making bourbon. Then, Paolo Uggetti stops by to talk about USC-Colorado, Caleb Williams as the first Gen-Z star quarterback, and the mood in Southern California and USC and UCLA prepare to enter the Big ten.1:32 - Upcoming battle of undefeateds with Kentucky @ Georgia8:00 - Who’s...2023-10-0344 minGoJo and GolicHour 2: Notre Dame Survives, Sam Hartman Shines & a Moral Victory for Coach Prime's Colorado + All-Weekend Team, MNF Preview: Seahawks vs. Giants and Jrue Holiday in Celtics Green, No Show HardenGoJo and Golic dissect Notre Dame's hard-fought victory over Duke, preview Monday Night Football, reveal the members of their All-Weekend Teams, and discuss notable sports news in "This, That, and the Third."[00:15] Notre Dame Survives Duke DramaGoJo and Golic analyze Notre Dame's narrow win over Duke, discussing the Irish's resilience, an injury update on Duke's QB Riley Leonard, and Sam Hartman's impressive performance. They also explore Colorado's spirited effort against USC under Coach Prime.[20:09] Monday Night Football PreviewThe hosts preview the Seahawks vs. Giants Monday Night Football matchup, delving...2023-10-0258 min
Critical Mass Business Talk Show | Orange County’s Longest-Running Business Talk ShowCritical Mass Business Talk Show: Ric Franzi Interviews Sherri Snelling, Author of ’Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life’ (Episode 1448)Sherri Snelling is a corporate gerontologist, “authorpreneur” and founder/CEO of Caregiving Club, a strategic consulting and educational content creation firm with an expertise in caregiver wellness, well-home design and brain health/Alzheimer’s.
Her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life, is a creative non-fiction, self-help book released August 22, 2023. Her first book, A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care, was a top-selling book in Amazon’s family and relationships category.
Sherri is also the host of the podcast, “Caregiving Clu...2023-09-0624 min
Under the SisterhoodSherri Snelling on how to self care with "Me Time Monday" moments.Today we're getting under the hood of Sherri Snelling a sister, daughter, friend, women’s advocate, corporate gerontologist, “authorpreneur” and founder/CEO of Caregiving Club, a strategic consulting and educational content creation firm with expertise in caregiver wellness, well-home design, and brain health/Alzheimer’s. She is the host of the podcast, “Caregiving Club On Air,” producer/host of the unscripted TV show, “Handle With Care,” and author of A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care (2013).Her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a...2023-08-1157 min