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Media

Excerpts and Essays adapted from The Measure of Our Age

How Older People Get Scammed: And what we can do to prevent it, The Atlantic, July 22, 2023

4 things that can make the difference between being happy and miserable as you age, Fortune, July 18, 2023

Radio

What Makes Aging Harder Than It Should Be?, Wisconsin Public Radio, "Central Time," by Beatrice Lawrence, with host Kealey Bultena, August 3, 2023

How to Prepare for the Care Economy, Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio, July 26, 2023

“The Measure Of Our Age” Seeks To Help The Elderly And Their Caregivers Navigate The Complex Process Of Aging, Larry Mantel, AirTalk, LAist, Los Angeles NPR (KPCC) , with Laura Mosqueda, MD, July 20, 2023

Articles about or citing The Measure of Our Age

Grandpa Needs a Girlfriend: The lonely, beautiful truths of "The Golden Bachelor," Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon, October 16, 2023

How to pay for long-term old age care, Moira O'Neill, Financial Times, September 22, 2023

Column: If you do cough up a lung, is one healthcare plan better than another?, Steve Lopez, LA Times, August 26, 2023

6 New Leadership Books You Need to Read This Fall, Marcel Schwantes, Inc., August 22, 2023

Is There a Way to Reduce the Impact of Scams Targeting the Elderly?, Tobias Carroll, Inside Hook, July 24, 2023

Live long and flounder: An aging expert on the looming crisis of our longer lifespans: A new book, "The Measure of Our Age," explores the growing problem of our graying nation, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon, July 23, 2023

Why is Getting Old So Hard and Expensive in America? New Book Challenges How We Think, Lynn Parramore, Institute for New Economic Thinking, July 18, 2023

How to Fix America’s Elder Justice Problem, Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue, July 18, 2023

New Study: This Is the No. 1 Place to Retire in the U.S., Jamie Strathis, Reader's Digest, July 11, 2023

14 of Summer's Top Nonfiction Books: Discover fascinating memoirs, histories, and true crime reads coming this season, Christina Ianzito, AARP, June 9, 2023

TV

C-SPAN Book TV, The Measure of Our Age. Book launch at Politics and Prose (DC) in conversation with Chris Jennings. Last aired September 24, 2023

A Multiplicity of Generational Crises, PBS, The Open Mind, with Alexander Heffner, July 31, 2023

Podcasts

The Measure of Our Age - The Importance of Caring and Advocacy , Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care Podcast, November 9, 2023

MT Connolly on Preventing Elder Abuse, Combating Ageism, and Supporting Caregivers , Nancy Griffin, Glowing Older, October 17, 2023

The Measure of Our Age – MT Connolly, Retirement Wisdom, October 15, 2023

As we age, we’ll all need a lot more help, KERA, Think with host, Krys Boyd, August 17, 2023

Looking on the Bright Side -- Aging is a Gift, Not Born Yesterday Podcast, NEXT Village SF, August 4, 2023

Is America Getting an F in Aging?, Diane Rehm, WAMU 88.5, July 27, 2023

Zestful Aging Podcast, Nicole Christina, July 15, 2023

Book Clubs

Next Big Idea Club, August 18, 2023

Select Past Media

Aging, Inc.: How Nursing Homes Hide Profits While Residents Suffer, Joshua Hersch and Tomas Navia, Emmy Winning Vice News Documentary, December 16, 2021

Age of Fraud: Are Seniors More Vulnerable to Financial Scams? NPR Marketplace with David Brancaccio, May 16, 2019

How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elderly, Nick Leiber, Bloomberg, May 3, 2018

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