3 Inspiring & Informative Creative Aging Podcasts
3 Inspiring & Informative Creative Aging Podcasts
1. This is Getting Old
Our Favourite Episode:
Episode 39: Towards an Age-Friendly World with Wendy Miller
During this podcast, host Dr. Melissa Batchelor meets with Dr. Wendy Miller, author of Shy Above Clouds: Finding Our Way Through Creativity, Aging, and Illness, to discuss the impact of creative experiences on our health and overall wellbeing as we age.
Dr. Miller emphasizes the role of creativity in our development as individuals and equates the arts as “chocolate for the brain”.
This podcast asks listeners to reimagine their creative capacity as limitless.
2. The Arts and Aging Podcast
Our Favourite Episode:
Episode 8: Postscript
Episode Description: This is a bookend episode produced by journalist Ellie O’Byrne as a part of the Creative Enquiry-Arts and Older People project, a Cork City Council initiative that followed the experience of older adults as they engaged in creative endeavors.
Throughout this episode, O’Byrne highlights the common themes found in her interviews with the artists who participated in the Creative Enquiry. For many, actively engaging in the arts positively transformed their attitudes towards aging.
This podcast beautifully reminds us all to celebrate ourselves, no matter our age.
3. Life with Dementia
Our Favourite Episode:
Episode 9: Creative Aging Pt: 1 Got Dementia? Go Dancing!
Episode Description: In this podcast, host Johnna Lowther is joined by Deb Campbell, Founder and Director of the non-profit organization Arts and AGEing KC. The pair discuss the influence of participatory arts on people who may be facing age-related adversities such as memory loss. Campbell describes the arts as “essential across the lifespan” and “a way for us to process life, later in life”.
This podcast highlights the deeply rooted connection between creativity and health.
Bonus Episode
Episode 2: Resident Experience Podcast from Welbi: The Role of Art in Resident Engagement
