Carmel Shalev isan Israeli bioethicist and writer. Her work spans the big themes of life:Having been the first academic researching and writing about surrogacy, she influencedthe introduction of surrogacy in Israel. Her most recent book, "In Praiseof Ageing", combines reflections on growing older in a society that hasparticular "scripts" for ageing women with ancient Buddhist wisdom.In this podcast episode, Carmel Shalev tells the story of what made her afeminist, how her years studying law in Yale shaped her, and what it is likegrowing older in a radically changing Israeli society.

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