Letter from the Editor #36

Readers,

Greetings from Kingston, NY, where the sky is orange, the air smells like a campfire, and it all feels kind of surreal.

I’m busy working on the forthcoming Oldster anthology (it’s going to be such a good book), and Brian and I are getting up to speed on podcast stuff. We’re scheduling in-person interviews and video shoots— The Oldster Radio Hour is going to be both audio and video. It’s all very exciting!

I really love conducting interviews. I’ve always been curious about people—famous and not—and I love to ask them questions. I do it a lot, both here, and at, as I’ve done throughout my 40-year career.

For fun, here’s an interview I did with Jennifer Aniston 30 years ago:

She was so kind and friendly toward me. I”ll never forget it.

I also play the role of interview subject now and then, and I particularly enjoyed a conversation I recently had I had with. She asked me questions other interviewers haven’t, and it led me to some different insights. Thanks for having me, Alexis.Check out the rest of this series here. P.S. Click here to get more out of this post by reading it online instead of in your email…

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Speaking of interviews, the other day I got to chat with someone I’ve long admired, anti-ageism “ O.G.”, a long-standing author on the subject, who just launched a smart newsletter here on called Things I Used to Say.

I first became aware of Applewhite through her old blog, which shared a title with one of her books, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism.Order the book…

Applewhite has truly been a pioneer in calling attention to, and fighting back against, ageism in all its forms and presentations. She’s been educating people for years about age…