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The Good News About Aging with Dr. Laura Carstensen
AARP Washington State Podcast
English - May 21, 2018 05:33 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education aging crime healthyaging agefriendly finance fraud happiness health healthyliving scams Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Are older people happier? Can the last third of our lives be our best years, both for ourselves and for contribution to society? Dr. Laura Carstensen says yes! Dr. Carstensen is the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity at Stanford University. She maintains that the doubling of our lifespans over the past century could be the greatest cultural achievement in human history. But we've got to take advantage of it. Hear Dr. Carstensen's thoughts on how to be happy and productive in old age in this interview with AARP's Doug Shadel. Learn more about Dr. Carstensen and the Stanford University Center for Longevity at longevity.stanford.edu.