What happens when care becomes too much? In this episode, Professor Janna Klostermann talks about her new book At the Limits of Care. She tells host Dr. Sally Chivers what she learned from women who’ve stepped back from care work. Find out what their exits reveal about the structures that shape our lives, especially as we grow old.

We talk about why quitting care feels like failure, how seeing care as a moral calling can isolate women, and how setting boundaries could lead to better care for workers and recipients alike. This conversation will invite you to imagine care as a shared responsibility, not an endless obligation.


Episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne via ArtList and Mareproduction (Indie Fall) and acoustic guitar interlude by graham_makes -- https://freesound.org/s/447527/ -- License: Attribution 4.0. 
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Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Cree social worker and scholar Deborah Young shows how the stories we tell about aging matter. She describes beading circles as sites for activism and community. By beading, her university students learn about authenticity and reciprocity, especially through storytelling. In conversation with host Dr. Sally Chivers, Deborah Young reflects on her extensive career working in university governance, civil service, political parties, and the classroom. As we talk about home, illness, and intergenerational survivorship, Deborah Young illustrates the wisdom that comes from emotion, a wisdom that she rightly wants to academia to welcome. Join us as we laugh and pause to trace the threads of trauma and joy that interlace the wrinkled fabric of her life and work.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio. This episode includes music by Duce Williams and Michael Shayne via ArtList and Mareproduction (Indie Fall)

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Algorithms don't have to be ageist, but they often are. They influence financial decisions, insurance, and healthcare systems. They can amplify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. Potentially helpful or harmful AI tools infiltrate our digital lives, whether we know it or not, and whether we like it or not. In this episode, Professor Kim Sawchuk talks to host Professor Sally Chivers about data harms and what older adults--and all of us--can do to combat them. Join us to learn more about how to make the most of aging in data, safely. 


Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio. This episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne via ArtList.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

What does it mean to age in a digital world? In this episode, Professor Kim Sawchuk challenges the assumption that older adults are hesitant users of digital technology. She tells host Professor Sally Chivers about the conundrums posed by continual changes to digital media and how older adults respond through a series of adaptations, negotiations, and work-arounds. We learn to ask better questions to better understand how digital technology illuminates social relations.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio. This episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne's via ArtList.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

How did Botox go from terrifying neurotoxin to casual cosmetic treatment? What does that mean for how we think of signs of aging on our bodies? In this episode, host Professor Sally Chivers talks about her evolving personal relationship with Botox, which prompted her to learn more about its history. She explains how that history unfurls story after story of unintended side effects, good and bad. Wrinkles sit on the surface, but how we respond to them goes much deeper. That's why this podcast is called Wrinkle Radio.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio. This episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne's via ArtList.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Why should we get friendly with death? Dying is inevitably, if ironically, part of life. How can we better support each other, and ourselves, through grief? Death-friendly communities would combine the potential behind compassionate communities with the power of the age-friendly movement. Professor Julia Brassolotto tells host Sally Chivers about how building them could help fight ageism. We talk about honing the skills we need to create space for ritual, honor loss, and develop communal support around death and dying.

Transcript and show notes here.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Episode includes music by Ivor Game; William_King via pixabay; Duce Williams and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Sixty years ago, The Beatles played to screaming throngs on the Ed Sullivan show. Their youthful optimism offered a new blueprint for the future to Boomer kids crowded around their television sets. Since then, Professor Stephen Katz, sociologist and drummer, has gone from playing on a makeshift kit in his parents’ basement to rocking with fantasy bands in well-appointed rehearsal spaces. He talks to host Sally Chivers about how rockstar dreams age even as they never get old.

Transcript and show notes here.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean), Badoink, and via freesound.org; FreeGroove and Alex Grohl via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Organic gardening, vegan diets, natural childbirth, the peace movement … OK, boomers, you’d never know it from meme-land, but we have a lot to thank you for. How has the first generation to grow up with rock music as their cultural heartbeat changed how we experience aging? Professor Stephen Katz talks to host Sally Chivers about being part of a generation known for youthful rebellion that now symbolizes greedy wealth mongering. Join us as we talk rock, radicalism, and retirement.

Transcript and show notes here.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean) via freesound.org; Music_for_Videos via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Custom Melody, Alex Grohl, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Joy is possible, even more likely, as we age. But can joy really be a cultivated in nursing home life and work? Why should we take care home joy seriously? In this episode, Professor Susan Braedley explains how the conditions of dignity are the conditions for joy. She offers practical tips on how to contribute to dignity and joy, two keys to improving long-term care. Join her and host Sally Chivers as we share stories of grit, dignity, and joy.


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This episode includes music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi (Lesfm), Oleg Kyrylkovv (Music_For_Videos), and mood mode via Pixabay; Duce Williams and Michael Shynes via Artlist.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Nursing homes are fast becoming the haunted houses of our era. But Professor Susan Braedley sees the potential for nursing homes to be vital public services where people want to live, work, and even play. She talks to host Sally Chivers about how the conditions of work are the conditions of care. The seeds for a scary future have been planted, but it might not be too late for a more hopeful way forward

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

This episode includes music by ArtMusic via Pixabay; Duce Williams, Ziv Moran, and Michael Shynes via Artlist and Valentin Sosnitskiy via Freesound (CC Attribution 4.0).

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.