# Steven Petrow

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Are We Our Parents?

In this week’s episode of Unavoidable, Adventures in Aging, Sue and Shan explore Steven Petrow’s article featured in the Washington Post about his book, I Want To Avoid the “Aging Mistakes.” Are we destined to mirror our parents as we grow older? Is there any possibility that we can steer clear of …

Early Parkinson’s Predictor, Avoiding My Parents Mistakes, Regenerative Community Co-living 4-7-26

Our News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club April 7, 2026 episode falls in the week of World Parkinson’s Day on April 11 and a Rethinking Aging Club Podcast episode on April 9th focused on Parkinson’s solutions. We began with Ray Gordon's article and study about a potential blood test for early …

'Can I Ask That?' Tips For Navigating Questions About Booster Shots And More

People are making up for time lost during the pandemic. Weddings are happening again. People are hosting cookouts, and going on vacation. Some people are heading back to in-person school and adjusting to working from the office again. But the health crisis is not over, and people in different parts…

Steven Petrow: Get Old With Grace

We might say that “age is just a number,” but if we're really honest with ourselves, a lot of us still think of “old” people as stubborn hoarders who eat dinner (too) early and are forever talking about their aches and pains. Why is that? And could there be another way? These questions prompted Ste…

#175: Neil Offen's book, "Building a Better Boomer", offers laugh-out-loud advice for the generation caught between ChatGPT and Betamax VHS.

Connect with Neil Offen Still Funny After All These Years. Neil Offen has been a humor columnist for four decades and in two countries.  He’s also a card-carrying member of the baby boomer generation. And now he’s making affectionate and hilarious fun of his generation’s attempts to keep up…

Ep 534: The Aging and Money Mistakes We Swear We Won't Make (And Then Make Anyway)

We all have a list… things we watched our parents do as they got older and swore we'd never do ourselves. We'd stay active. We'd embrace technology. We'd get the hearing aid. And then life happens. Washington Post columnist and author Steven Petrow has been thinking about this for nearly 20 years, …

Tech News Today 1560: Personal Space Drone

All is revealed with Elon Musk's Master Plan and it goes something like this: Tesla Solar is not really new, but newly important...or so Musk would have us believe. The idea is essentially an app store, but instead of apps it's sun power that Tesla wants to control. Musk also revealed the Tesla Sem…

Tech News Today 1560: Personal Space Drone

All is revealed with Elon Musk's Master Plan and it goes something like this: Tesla Solar is not really new, but newly important...or so Musk would have us believe. The idea is essentially an app store, but instead of apps it's sun power that Tesla wants to control. Musk also revealed the Tesla Sem…

Tech News Today 1560: Personal Space Drone

All is revealed with Elon Musk's Master Plan and it goes something like this: Tesla Solar is not really new, but newly important...or so Musk would have us believe. The idea is essentially an app store, but instead of apps it's sun power that Tesla wants to control. Musk also revealed the Tesla Sem…

"Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Older" --- with author Steven Petrow

Author and columnist Steven Petrow published a book called "Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old" in 2021. And he says, one by one, he has done a bunch of those 'stupid things,' anyway. Steven views aging with humor and compassion. He joins us this week with some hot takes on the joys of aging. …