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The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

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  • The Science of Longevity – Coleen T. Murphy

    The Science of Longevity – Coleen T. Murphy
    Jul 1 2024
    Aging may be on your mind this week. And it's an often overlooked aspect of planning for retirement. Coleen T. Murphy, a leading scholar of aging, and the author of How We Age: The Science of Longevity, details how recent research on model systems, combined with breakthroughs in genomic methods, have allowed scientists to probe the molecular mechanisms of longevity and aging, This research is helping us understand the fundamental biological rules that govern aging - and it may be bringing us closer to extending healthspans and slowing the effects of aging. She joins us here in Princeton, New Jersey. __________________________ Bio Coleen T. Murphy is professor of genomics and molecular biology at Princeton University. She is director of Princeton's Glenn Foundation for Research on Aging and director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain. She is director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories For Aging Research at Princeton. Murphy completed a B.S. with honors in biochemical and biophysical sciences at the University of Houston and earned a Ph.D. at Stanford University. She was awarded a graduate fellowship at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and completed her postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco. ___________________________ For More on Coleen T. Murphy How We Age: The Science of Longevity ___________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Why We Remember – Charan Ranganath How Not to Age – Dr. Michael Greger The Mindful Body – Ellen Langer ___________________________ Wise Quotes On Why We Age "I think if the better question is why wouldn't we age? Like in the entire universe, entropy is at work. So things fall apart and unless you put in energy to repair them, those things will fall apart. So we're no different, but just we're better at repairing all of our cells and tissues and everything else when we're young, right? My kids, if they get a cut, it heals up in like two days. And if I do, it doesn't. So we see those repair processes decline with age. And so that's really why we age because the amount that our body's put into repair actually gets overwhelmed at some point." On Cognitive Aging "So, by studying processes that change with age, my lab is extremely interested in cognitive aging. So we want to make that extend as long as possible. Even if it didn't extend lifespan, if we found a mechanism to maintain your cognitive function as long as possible, that would be super valuable for all of us. And so, that's what we're talking about when we're talking about healthspan. A lot of these age -related diseases that we care about in humans and then we understand the molecular mechanisms so that we can find ways to extend that in humans as well...Can we actually extend the you know the time of normal cognitive function? And it turns out we've been able to uncover pathways that do control that. So I'm really excited about some work that we did where we you know we found some we found a genetic pathway where if we flipped on just one protein made it more active in one neuron of the cell. Admittedly they have hardly any neurons - they have only 302. But this particular neuron is one that's really important for regulating their memory and we turn that on a super old worm and it rescued their memory. Nobody really cares until you show it in a mouse. And so we collaborated with friends of ours at UCSF and they put in into the hippocampus so the brain of the two -year -old mice. So that's like a 75 to 80 year old person. They put in the same activated protein in these it. rescue their memory. So that shows that we can use these pathways to find something in worms and apply it to mammals. And by the way, that protein is exactly the same in mice and humans. So that gives us sort of a way into this problem where we could start to address it pharmaceutically. So that's an example. I don't think it's the only way.
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    24 mins
  • Why Are So Many Men Bad at Retirement? – Dawn Fallik

    Why Are So Many Men Bad at Retirement? – Dawn Fallik
    Jun 24 2024
    What challenges could derail men's retirements? Journalist and associate professor Dawn Fallik joins us to discuss what she learned in the research for her article in Kiplinger Why So Many Men are Bad at Retirement. And we explore what men can learn from women that may save men's retirements. Dawn Fallik joins us from Philadelphia. __________________________ Bio Dawn Fallik is an award-winning reporter specializing in database analysis, feature writing and medical coverage. She has 20 years of daily reporting experience at for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She spent a month in India covering the tsunami, investigated medical errors and went to the prom at age 26. This year she was nominated and served on the 2022 Pulitzer Prize jury. Although she left full-time reporting for full-time teaching, Fallik continues to cover medical issues for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, AARP Magazine and Neurology Today. She has worked on the multimedia desks at the Wall Street Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She spent six years writing for The Wall Street Journal’s medical desk, and live blogged two Olympics and multiple television shows for the WSJ’s culture site SpeakEasy. She’s interviewed Tim Gunn, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Judy Blume. She has witnessed executions, investigated abusive priests and covered rent-a-cow companies. But she believes there’s nothing more fun than a good weather story. In September 2007, she started as a full-time assistant professor at The University of Delaware. She took over as journalism director in 2009 and eventually grew the minor to 250 students. From 2012-2015 she served on the Board of Directors for the DART Society, which works with journalists who cover trauma and violence. Since the age of 18, Dawn has lived in 12 cities, eight states and two countries. __________________________ For More on Dawn Fallik Website __________________________ Mentioned in This Podcast Episode Men's Sheds What to do about lonely older men? Put them to work. The Washington Post ___________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Independence Day – Steve Lopez Retire Happy – Dr. Catherine Sanderson Why Retirement is About Much More Than Money - Ted Kaufman & Bruce Hiland If You Love Your Work, Will You Hate Retirement? - Michelle Pannor Silver __________________________ Wise Quotes On What You're Retiring To "So I think that, that for men in particular, thinking about just even planting that seed earlier, and starting to think about retirement in a positive way, would be a big change and gets you into that positive path of mind. That sounds very woo, but if you think about retirement as a positive thing and not about how much you're going to miss work, that's going to be a big change. And I think a lot of people when they plan for retirement, they're just thinking about the money aspect, like I have to put so much away. And that's sort of such a distant future thing. It's not really a personal plan where you're not just saying I'm going to travel, but I always wanted to go to Greece, and start like having concrete plans that you want to put in place, so that when you do retire, you're already making plans for the future. You've already got things in place that you can look forward to." On What Men Can Learn From Women "...something like 50% of men over 60 described themselves as lonely. They're so tied to work, that's where their social connections are. So how do you start establishing life outside of work before you're done with work? Maybe that's joining a bowling league, or if you're part of a church or a synagogue, becoming more involved with those activities. You start making those outside connections beforehand. I've worked many places now, and I still have friends from almost every place that I have worked. Because,
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    26 mins
  • Mastering Your Transition to Retirement

    Mastering Your Transition to Retirement
    Jun 17 2024
    Don't underestimate the transition to retirement. How do you build a bridge from your full-time working life to your new life of freedom in retirement? It starts with doing your homework and managing your expectations for the transition period. Many people expect it to be like that last day of school before summer - running off to full-time fun, only without school resuming in the fall. But the transition usually unfolds in a series of phases - and learning more about them prepares you to anticipate, plan well and get the most out of your retirement years. This "Best of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast" episode revisits earlier conversations that can help you master the transition to your retirement. Click the links below to listen to the full conversations you're interested in: The Power of Reinvention – Joanne Lipman The Skill Set for Life’s Transitions – Bruce Feiler Navigating the Transition – Dr. Maggie Mulqueen Live Life in Crescendo – Cynthia Covey Haller The Future You – Brian David Johnson Design Your Life and Get Unstuck – Dave Evans Planning for a transition to retirement? Take charge of your future. Browse all episodes of he Retirement Wisdom Podcast here. _________________________ About Retirement Wisdom I help people who are retiring, but aren’t quite done yet, discover what’s next and build their custom version of their next life. A meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident. Schedule a call today to discuss how The Designing Your Life process created by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans can help you make your life in retirement a great one – on your own terms. About Your Podcast Host Joe Casey is an executive coach who also helps people design their next life after their primary career and create their version of The Multipurpose Retirement.™ He created his own next chapter after a twenty-six-year career at Merrill Lynch, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of HR for Global Markets & Investment Banking. Today, in addition to his work with clients, Joe hosts The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, which thanks to his guests and loyal listeners, ranks in the top 1 % globally in popularity by Listen Notes, with over 1.2 million downloads. Business Insider has recognized Joe as one of 23 innovative coaches who are making a difference. He’s the author of Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy.
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    29 mins
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