Episode 9: Aging out of Professions

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03/10/21 • 38 min

Shiv and Sim use Tom Brady's 7th Super Bowl win at the age of 43 to delve into the world of sports (of which they know a little), Hollywood (of which they know a little more) as well as the corporate and the scientific/academic worlds to discuss whether or not one can age out of one's profession. Through this discussion, they manage to touch on the movie "Mank", Amy Schumer's "Last F*ckable Day" as well as the relationship that Helen Mirren and Jason Isaacs portray in HBO's "Catherine the Great", which may or may not support their point that sometimes people may age out or be aged out of certain professions. Tune in and find out!

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How often have you looked at advertising for older people and thought that based on marketing, aging is mainly about taking medications, being unable to get up, and/or walking around wearing diapers? Or looked at fashion and felt that it just doesn't recognize that older people wear clothes too? We talk about ads and fashion and how they have traditionally excluded seniors as well as about some exceptions to the rule. Plus, is it possible that Shiv willed the Timothée Chalamet Cadillac commercial into existence?!!??!?

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Episode 10: Aging and music preferences

As we age, do our music preferences get stuck in time? What if you want to buck the trend and continue to listen to current music? Shiv and Sim explore this topic in this week's episode and discuss how things have changed in terms of getting exposed to new music and literature. Plus, Shiv discusses her difficulties in using Spotify to learn about new music as well as her issues with its algorithms, which seem counterintuitive to learning about new bands. Meanwhile, Sim doesn't seem too troubled about her music tastes which she thinks are current (shhhhh...don't let her know that her favourite singers have had careers that span 15+ years!). Check out this week's episode and help a lady out by e-mailing Shiv your music recommendations at [email protected]. We look forward to your suggestions!