Growing Older with Gusto

About Growing Older with Gusto

This is a podcast that will turnaround misperceptions about the aging process and the later stages of our lives. It will provide a forum through various interviews of people running the gamut ages who are growing older or helping people to grow older. Growing older with Gusto showcases people from various walks of life who will discuss what they have done in the past, and continue to do today to give their lives meaning and to grow older with gusto. Guests who describe what it takes to embrace their later years can energize, and change the focus of baby boomers and others who have negative perceptions of this phase of life. Baby boomers, a generation that has historically had an impact on society can lose their fear of aging, embrace our later years and be another way of this generation making its mark on society. Gail Zugerman, the host of this podcast, is an experienced moderator, facilitator, and interviewer who spent the majority of her career as an independent qualitative marketing research consultant. Her expertise in working in the medical, B2B, and consumer markets with the older population provides a springboard for showing the way that our brains are wired to continue growing and achieving all of our lives.

Publisher

Gail Zugerman

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2022

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 37 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   When Grief Meets Inheritance: Navigating an Inherited Property With Rhett Fruitman

   Host Gail Zugerman interviews Rhett Fruitman, CEO of Inherited Property Match, about navigating inherited property decisions and protecting family interests during difficult transitions.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Wall Street Overlooks Middle America With John Link

   Wealth manager John Link explains to host Gail Zugerman how middle America can achieve financial peace of mind in retirement by avoiding market chasing and planning for estate equalization.

3. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Humor Helps! Finding Joy In Aging With Diane Dean-Epps

   Host [Host Name] interviews humorist Diane Dean-Epps about how laughter and embracing life's absurdities transform the aging journey into a joyful experience.

Inside a recent episode

When Grief Meets Inheritance: Navigating an Inherited Property With Rhett Fruitman

Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There's no one uniform answer. I would say some people can anticipate a death if someone's ill for, let's say, a decade. And then in other cases, people just die out of the blue. Yeah. Everyone grieves differently. Everyone has different time to prepare. But very rarely do you see someone like immediately post-death having the desire to sell it. Right. Anything else people should think about or focus on during this grieving process? I know you said take your time. Don't rush. Anything else? Yeah, so during the grieving process, it's hard because everyone grieves for different lengths. There are some more immediate things people need to do versus you can get around to it at some point. […]

Who has been a guest on Growing Older with Gusto

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• Rhett Fruitman
• John Link
• Diane Dean-Epps
• Sky Bergman
• George Jerjian

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

28 ratings

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