ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Aging Matters is a weekly interview program featuring individuals with expertise about a broad array of aging-related topics. Host Cheryl Beversdorf interviews experts on timely topics affecting the lives of older adults and their loved ones. Each week her guests talk about subjects both informative and entertaining and help educate listeners about living better and longer.
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
322 episodes
since Aug. 3, 2020
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Conversation w/ Neil Farber, MD, Internal Medicine (retired) and Author, “Treating a Broken System: A Physician’s Cure for the Healthcare Crisis,” about causes for communication breakdown between physicians and their patients, issues contributing to this problem, and advice to help patients have mo…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Conversation w/ Greg Ferro, EdD, U.S. history and presidential election lecturer, ferro71@comcast.net, about how mid-term elections differ from presidential elections, factors likely to determine 2026 winners, and past voting records of older adults and how they may vote in this year’s election.
Conversation w/ Todd Spock, MD, Otolaryngologist and Rhinologist, about why the sense of smell declines as adults age, key impacts on the aging body and daily life, risks of loss of smell, and how this sense can be improved.
Conversation w/ Aaron Guest, PhD, Gerontologist and Assistant Professor of Aging, Arizona State University, about how climate change is harming older Americans, what health care providers are doing to address related issues for patients, and why raising awareness about effects of climate change is …
Conversation w/ Robert (Bob) Keefer, PhD, Author, Hear Better, Live Longer, about hearing loss among older adults, why hearing is a brain-health issue, not just an ears issue, risks of leaving hearing loss untreated, and tips for buying and wearing hearing aids.
Conversation w/ Emily Nabors, MS, Associate Director of innovation, National Council on Aging (NCOA), about causes, risk factors, and costs associated with falls-related injuries among older adults, and available NCOA tools, resources, and evidence-based falls prevention program information.
Conversation w/ Neil Caporaso, MD, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, about obesity in the U.S., development of GLP-1 medications as a treatment for obesity and other health conditions, and pros and cons of long-term use of the drug.
Conversation w/ Aaron Zajdel, LCSW, Care Connections Manager, Goodwin Living, Northern VA, about steps involved in advanced care planning, issues to consider when preparing for future medical decisions, and completion of an advance directive to document and communicate health care wishes.
Conversation w/ Dianne Stone, Associate Director of Community Partnerships and Network Activation, National Council on Aging (NCOA), about senior center roles in the community, programs and services, benefits to older adults and their families, and winners of the 2026 NCOA Senior Center Programs of…
Conversation w/ Barbara Sullivan, National Director, Village-to-Village Network, and Wendy Zenker, Executive Director, Arlington Neighborhood Village (ANV), about the village movement in the U.S., village models, services, and programs, and ANV’s work in the community.
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