Age Blind

We're entering the season of stuffing, gratitude, and celebration. Abundance means different things to different people. Here's what it means to NANCYAF and why her horn of plenty is really a horn of quality.

Mentioned in This Episode

• The Klik camera

• My tasty courses and horn of plenty on Substack: nancyashenker.substack.com

Follow Age Blind + Nancy AF

• Site: nancyaf.com

• Substack (my digital memoir, Your Nerve, plus weekly content on AI and humanity): nancyashenker.substack.com

• NancyAF Picks (my store): NancyAF Picks. Find the Klik camera here!

• Instagram: @nancyaf_

• Facebook: Nancy Shenker

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• LinkedIn: Nancy A Shenker

• Apple Podcasts: Age Blind

• Email: [email protected]

Want to be a guest? Apply at bit.ly/AgeBlindGuest or hit me up on any link above.

And remember: the date on your birth certificate means nothing. Sex, life, and tech are what count.

#AgeBlind #NancyAF #ProAging #Entrepreneurship #WomenFounders #Ageism #Humor

Boo. It's the Halloween edition of Age Blind, and the SLTbox is haunted. A CPA dressed as a data vixen, a horror filmmaker, and a marketing agency founder who will flee any patio the second a bird shows up join Nancy to confess what scared them as kids, what still gives them the heebie-jeebies, and the one fear they plan to kill off before 2027.

Spiders. Ventriloquist dummies. Clowns (not all of them). Birds. Silence. The unknown. And a confession from Nancy's childhood that she has never said out loud on a podcast before.

What you'll learn in this Haunted House: why the shyest kids in the room grow up to run the room, how one guy made an award-winning horror film with zero crew, why founders should talk about their failures way more than their wins, and the question an executive coach once asked Nancy that she still uses today.

Turn the lights off and press play. If you dare.

Jump to the Good Parts

• 00:00 Boo. Welcome to the Halloween edition (meet Brittany Bones)

• 00:47 Halloween is back, and so are the witches

• 01:24 Meet the data vixen, Melissa Diaz

• 02:13 Korbin Christie and his wall of horror comics

• 04:14 Sondra Connor vs. the birds

• 05:56 The fearless shy girl

• 06:46 Nancy's most mortifying childhood moment

• 07:32 Spiders, clowns and one very specific irrational fear

• 08:04 The horror filmmaker who used to hate horror movies

• 09:44 One man, 48 hours, and a monster in the mirror

• 11:20 Why founders need to share their failures

• 13:12 "Is this real or is this Nancy shit?"

• 14:15 The fears we're taking down in 2027 (and where to find the crew)

• 17:47 Late bloomers, rejection and Grandma Moses

• 19:27 One last scary thing before we say goodnight

This Week's Guests

Melissa Diaz, CPA

Founder of HappyTaxx and co-owner and partner at High Rock Accounting. Melissa spent the last 10 years as a CPA in the cannabis industry, and now she's launching a company where tax prep gets a little spicy. Also known as Age Blind's Chief Vice Officer.

• HappyTaxx (join the waitlist): happytaxxx.com

• High Rock Accounting: highrock.co

• LinkedIn: Melissa K Diaz

Korbin Christie

Founder of K27 Media, an Arizona production company that makes commercials, branded stories and horror films. His films have won awards on the festival circuit, including Best Actor and Best Film at a 48-hour film challenge he shot almost entirely by himself.

• Site: k27media.com

• Instagram: @korbin.christie27

• (He's not on LinkedIn. Nancy is working on it.)

Sondra Connor

Founder of The Cheeky Rooster, a Phoenix fractional marketing agency that helps high-tech and regulated industries lighten up a little. Host of the Women [In]... podcast.

• Site: cheekyrooster.com

• LinkedIn: Sondra Connor

• The Cheeky Rooster on LinkedIn: The Cheeky Rooster

• Podcast: Women [In]...

Mentioned in This Episode

• What does AI think Nancy should be for Halloween? Find out in What's in My Costume Closet? on Substack

• Your Nerve, Nancy's serialized self-help graphic memoir: nancyashenker.substack.com

Follow Age Blind + Nancy AF

• Site: nancyaf.com

• Substack (my digital memoir, Your Nerve, plus weekly content on AI and humanity): nancyashenker.substack.com

• Instagram: @nancyaf_

• Facebook: Nancy Shenker

• YouTube: @NancyShenker

• LinkedIn: Nancy A. Shenker

• Apple Podcasts: Age Blind

• Email: [email protected]

Want to be a guest? Apply at bit.ly/AgeBlindGuest or hit me up on any link above.

And remember: the date on your birth certificate means nothing. Sex, life, and tech are what count.

#AgeBlind #NancyAF #ProAging #Halloween #Fear #HorrorFilms #Entrepreneurship #WomenFounders #Ageism #Humor

Nancy AF can't come to the mic right now. She's tied up in a closet. Her 70-year-old evil doppelgänger is filling in, and she has a bone to pick with a certain Halloween store.

In this episode:

• What scares a woman who's afraid of almost nothing

• A sneak peek at what's coming this October

• Nana Nancy's one request for Halloween

Mentioned in this episode

• YOUR NERVE Chapter 4, coming October 17: nancyashenker.substack.com

• I'm Not Your Damn Grandma (my stand-up set): YouTube

Follow Age Blind + Nancy AF

• Site: nancyaf.com

• Substack: nancyashenker.substack.com

• Instagram: @nancyaf_

• YouTube: @NancyShenker

• Apple Podcasts: Age Blind

Boo, and peace out.

#AgeBlind #NancyAF #ProAging #Halloween #Ageism #Humor

Back-to-school at 70 means learning about sex, taxes, podcasting, entrepreneurship and why getting older doesn't mean getting less curious.

Forget homeroom. This week Age Blind turns into a back-to-school classroom with the teachers you actually wanted: a doctor who says your "erectile dysfunction" probably isn't real, a CPA turning tax season into a guilty pleasure, and a 70 and sexy podcast queen who refuses to shrink with age.

It's like a naughty version of SEX ED, MATH CLASS, and SOFT SKILLS.

What you'll learn in this class:

• Dr. Elliot Justin says 90% of men labeled with ED don't have it. The fix isn't a pill; it's a ring.

• Melissa Diaz is launching Happy Taxxx, where your tax prep comes with entertainment.

• Ande Lyons built a podcasting community from scratch and found her sweet spot decades into her career.

• Everyone's inner kid shows up, plus a hot take on why learning, erections, and orgasms should never have to end.

Pop quiz: Are you actually as broken as you think you are? Press play and find out.

Jump to the good parts

00:00 Class is in session 01:18 Ande Lyons is 70, sexy, and not here to be caged 02:57 Melissa Diaz spills on Happy Taxxx 04:54 Dr. Elliot Justin says your "ED" might be fake news 10:15 Founder lessons nobody puts in a LinkedIn post 19:19 A broken back, a shock experiment, and the ring was born 23:10 Where to find the crew (and how to invest) 26:14 Learning never ends. Neither should the fun.

This Week's Guests

Dr. Elliot Justin, CEO of FirmTech and inventor of the TechRing, the world's first wearable for penis health. His new device tracks clitoral health. His mission: real data for better sex, at every age.

• Site: myfirmtech.com

• Email: [email protected]

• Instagram: @myfirmtech

• YouTube: FirmTech

• LinkedIn: FirmTech

• Get 15% off the TechRing with code AGEBLIND15 at myfirmtech.com.

Melissa Diaz, CPA, founder of Happy Taxxx. She spent years as a cannabis industry CPA; now she's making tax season the vice you didn't know you needed.

• Join the waitlist: happytaxxx.com

Ande Lyons, host of Don't Be Caged By Your Age and founder of the New England Podcasters Group. Four-time founder, proof that your best chapter can start after 65.

• Site: andelyons.com

• Community: New England Podcasters Group

• Listen: Don't Be Caged By Your Age

Follow Age Blind + Nancy AF

• Site: nancyaf.com

• Substack (my digital memoir, Your Nerve, plus weekly content on AI and humanity): nancyashenker.substack.com

• Instagram: @nancyaf_

• Facebook: Nancy Shenker

• YouTube: @NancyShenker

• LinkedIn: Nancy A. Shenker

• Apple Podcasts: Age Blind

Want to be a guest? Hit me up on any link above. And remember: the date on your birth certificate means nothing. Sex, life, and tech are what count.

#AgeBlind #NancyAF #SexTech #ProAging #ErectileDysfunction #TaxSeason #Entrepreneurship #Humor

Are you smart? That's actually a pretty stupid question.

Human intelligence comes in many flavors. Just like ice cream. Some of us even have sprinkles.

In this back-to-school solo episode, Nancy A. Shenker, a Top 100 Humor writer on Substack, takes on the outdated labels we grew up with and what the labels of the future may be.

No tests. No grades. No uncomfortable little desk. Just a funny, no-BS look at human intelligence, artificial intelligence, and why getting smarter doesn't have an age limit.

Follow BODIES & BOTS on Substack for Nancy's take on humans, technology, aging, and the strange places where they collide.

Read YOUR NERVE, her AI-assisted serial comic-book memoir, for seven decades of smart decisions, stupid mistakes, naughty behavior, and useful life lessons.

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What a wild crew! Hear from/watch a kink consultant, a strip club owner, and a CPA who specializes in the cannabis industry (and is launching a new "naughty" enterprise). We bust the myths around this industry, which contributes at least $500B to our economy. You'll never think about sex and drugs the same way again!

Follow our guests! Amanda Dames: amandadames.com Melissa Diaz: highrock.co/2020/05/our-cfos-journey Mike Dickinson: instagram.com/iammrmiked

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From a brand-new award-winning date-based sweet syrup to the pickles that are hitting a home run at Citi Field to the ultimate plant-based Italian dinners (that would make any Nona proud) to a candy company started in the 1930s, this episode proves that age really is meaningless when you have a great product or personal brand. Although AI and new tech can help with manufacturing and marketing, quality and human relationships still matter in the food industry.

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Long Island (or Long-Guy-Land as some locals pronounce it) is a mystery and sometimes a stereotype to those who've never been there. Reality TV portrays the Hamptons as a mecca for finance bros and millionaires. But on this episode, a sunscreen entrepreneur, the top real estate agent in the Hamptons (SERHANT), a luxury event planner, a therapist/interior designer, and a divorce expert talk about the REAL Long Island...separating fact from fiction. And yes...some of us have accents!

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The heat is on! Here's what I'm up to for the Summer of 2026!

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A reality TV contestant, a divorce resource expert, a woman who says FCK-it a lot (and sells merch), a manufacturer/start-up coach/writer, and a woman who helps hoarders all share how they help, how they get help, and what they do when people refuse help. Plus, where AI can help (or hurt). It's fun, fast-paced, and frank.

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Listen to new episodes of Age Blind every week!

Want to be a guest? https://bit.ly/AgeBlindGuest

Reach me at: [email protected]

Visit our website! https://nancyaf.com/

Follow Nancy A Shenker on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/nancyaf_

Subscribe on YouTube! @nancyshenker https://www.youtube.com/c/NancyShenker

Follow on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571486265994

Connect with Nancy A Shenker on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyashenker/

Read more on Substack! https://nancyashenker.substack.com/