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Stanford Center on Longevity
Century Lives
If there is one thing we know about retirement, it’s that the rules are changing. Longer life, better health, changing work conditions, and challenging financial times mean that the new retirement will be different from the old. But how will it be different? In Season 5 of Century Lives, we explore the new retirement through the stories of eight different employees of Harris Health, the largest public health system in Texas. The employees are united by the fact that they share the same workplace, but they are divided by very different personal stories and goals – and very different...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 32 ratings
Interesting content
I really appreciate hearing about how other countries approach work and an aging population. Only issue is with the podcasters annunciation. I miss the ends of his sentences as they drop off in a kind of drawl.
beckylivs via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 05/17/22
Bad take on aging.
The whole idea behind the series it an effort to present people from the privileged background- think rich- as living longer, own their business, and are somehow comparable to the vast majority of people. They do not plan to retire, and why should they when they are the owner of the business? No...Read full review »
Great Slav via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/16/22
Fascinating!
Well-thought out series, taking us though many issues, easy-going narrator, great selection of commentators, both academics and regular people describing issues they have encountered. Well worth my time!
stop the bus via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/05/22
Recent Episodes
Though attitudes about retirement are shifting rapidly, traditional notions of retirement still hold currency. In Episode 6, we meet Maria and Brendan D’Souza. Maria is a senior nurse at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, just a few years away from retirement. Her son Brendan is freshly minted from...
Published 02/21/24
Published 02/21/24
For some, work is a calling, and they can’t ever imagine giving it up.  In episode 5, we meet Michael Segal, and hear his incredible journey—beginning with being left for dead on the floor of a convenience store in Austin, TX and ending with his lifelong commitment to helping trauma victims...
Published 02/14/24
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