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About Wrinkle Radio
Don't panic! It's just aging. At Wrinkle Radio, the stories we tell about aging matter. We don't fight aging, but we do fight the forces that make aging worse for some people than for others. We fight the forces that tell us that we need to grow old in a certain way. We fight the forces that tell us we have to fear aging. Join host Dr. Sally Chivers as we learn and celebrate along the way.
- Publisher
- Sally Chivers
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 13 Dec 2022
- Latest episode
- 7 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
19 episodes in the feed.
7 Jul 2026
Back To School!
Intergenerational can be little more than a buzzword slapped onto feel-good, one-and-done programming, but meaningful intergenerationality can change how we live and thrive. In this episode of Wrinkle Radio, host Dr. Sally Chivers goes back to school with Dr. Elizabeth Russell, Associate Professor of Psychology at Trent University, who invites local older adults to join her undergraduate class for an entire semester. We talk about: What actually happens when older adults sit in the room every week as full participants How small, playful activities create serious connection Shifting what Elizabeth calls age consciousness for everyone, older adults included The promise of what Sally calls naturally occurring intergenerational spaces (NOISE!) This episode shows what happens when intergenerational connections are sustained, reciprocal, and real, leading to friendships that last beyond the term, along with renewed hope for “kids these days” and the future they’re inheriting. Tune in to hear how one course is quietly reshaping what an intergenerational university can be. Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://www.amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio. Intro and interlude music by Duce Williams and Jamison Dewlen (via Artlist). Outro music by Michael Shayne (via Artlist).
7 May 2026
Hot Flashes & Brain Frog
Menopause gets funny, furious, and deeply honest, sometimes all in the same sentence. Dr. Sally Chivers talks with poet and professor Susan Holbrook about Steamy: A Menopause Symptomology (https://chbooks.com/Books/S/Steamy), her raucous feminist book organized not by chapters, but by symptoms. Hot flashes. Burning mouth syndrome. Bladder leaks. Brain fog. The things you Google at 3 a.m., but rarely speak out loud. The conversation brings comedy and compassion to fertility grief, gendered shame, and medical language. We swap stories about women’s health, fanning ourselves in too-hot meeting rooms, and the joy that comes from giving “fewer shits.” If you've ever caught yourself wondering, "Is it just me?" or tried to understand friends, partners, colleagues, and family members, you'll be in good company here. Episode 18 also includes music by folk_acoustic via Pixabay Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://www.amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio. Intro and interlude music by Duce Williams (via Artlist). Outro music by Michael Shayne (via Artlist).
27 Jan 2026
That's the limit!
What happens when care becomes too much? In this episode, Professor Janna Klostermann talks about her new book At the Limits of Care (https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487563950). 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 (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/202921/)) and acoustic guitar interlude by graham_makes -- https://freesound.org/s/447527/ -- License: Attribution 4.0. . Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://www.amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio.
6 May 2025
It All Threads Through
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 (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). This episode includes music by Duce Williams and Michael Shayne via ArtList (https://artlist.io/) and Mareproduction (Indie Fall (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/202921/))
12 Dec 2024
What Algorithms Do
Professor Sally Chivers talks to Professor Kim Sawchuk about how algorithms can harm older adults and how to safely harness data to combat ageism and misinformation.
12 Nov 2024
My stove isn’t my stove anymore
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 (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). This episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne's via ArtList (https://artlist.io/).
24 Sept 2024
Thanks! It’s the Botox.
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 (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). This episode includes music by Duce Williams, Jamison Dewlen and Michael Shayne's via ArtList (https://artlist.io/).
28 May 2024
Getting Friendly with Death
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 (https://episode-12-getting-friendly-with-death). Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). Episode includes music by Ivor Game (http://www.ivorgame.com/); William_King via pixabay; Duce Williams and Michael Shynes via Artlist.
6 Mar 2024
Boomers who Rock
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 (https://sallychivers.ca/episode-11-boomers-who-rock/). Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/202921/) and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/188976/)), Badoink, and via freesound.org; FreeGroove and Alex Grohl via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.
30 Jan 2024
Talkin’ ‘bout my generation
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 (https://sallychivers.ca/episode-10-talkin-bout-my-generation/). Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). Episode includes music by Mareproduction (Indie Fall (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/202921/) and Indie Rockin 2.1 Clean (https://freesound.org/people/mareproduction/sounds/188976/)) via freesound.org; Music_for_Videos via pixabay, and Rocknstock, Custom Melody, Alex Grohl, Duce Williams, and Michael Shynes via Artlist.
13 Dec 2023
Dignity and Joy
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. Transcript and show notes here (http://www.sallychivers.ca/episode-9-dignity-and-joy/) Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio. (https://voiced.ca) This episode includes music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi (Lesfm), Oleg Kyrylkovv (Music_For_Videos), and mood mode via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/); Duce Williams and Michael Shynes via Artlist (https://artlist.io/).
22 Nov 2023
The Future of Nursing Homes
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 (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio. (https://voiced.ca) This episode includes music by ArtMusic via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/); Duce Williams, Ziv Moran, and Michael Shynes via Artlist (https://artlist.io/) and Valentin Sosnitskiy via Freesound (CC Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)).
24 Oct 2023
Information Piles and Palaces
Someone you love is diagnosed with dementia. Or you are. Do you know where to get good information? Do you know who to ask? Host Professor Sally Chivers sits down with Professor Nicole Dalmer to get some answers. Find out why Sally renewed her lapsed public library card, how to get informed about dementia care, and how the search for information can draw you into connection and community, especially as you age. Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network (https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/). We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca/) and VoicEd Radio (https://voiced.ca/). This episode includes music by Olexy, Vitalii Karol, and Vitaily Levkin, via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/), and Duce Williams and Michael Shayne's via ArtList (https://artlist.io/).
16 May 2023
Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly tech
When you think of tech for older adults, what comes to mind? What you just pictured says as much about the world you live in and attitudes towards aging as it does about how technology might create better lives for all of us living in an aging world. Professor Emeritus Barb Marshall talks with host Professor Sally Chivers about what technologies older people actually use, what they mean in everyday life, and how tech affects what aging is, and could be. Find out more about fitbits, call buttons, data surveillance, and taking time to unplug and live in the moment. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data (https://agingindata.ca) Research Project. Transcripts and shownotes for all episodes available at sallychivers.ca (https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/)
11 Apr 2023
Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly sex
Would you rather have the sex you had when you were 18, or still enjoy sex at 80? How did Viagra change the meaning of aging? Learn about andropause, clitoral insufficiency syndrome, and other maladies made up to market pills and make people feel bad about growing older. Wrinkle Radio gets a little racy as Professor Emeritus Barb Marshall talks with host Professor Sally Chivers about age-related sexual discontents, sociology vs urology, the degendering of age, and what we miss when we reduce the body to function/dysfunction. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data Research Project. Transcripts and shownotes available at https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/ (https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/)
7 Mar 2023
Aging for Mortals
What if we started from the knowledge that, no matter what, we will die? And that if we're lucky, we'll grow old first? How would that change how we live? How would that change our politics? Professor Albert Banerjee shares what he's learned from talking to people in hospice and living in a yogic Ashram in the Himalayas. You'll hear about the costs of a society that avoids death and how to make choices that really matter. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data Research Project. Transcripts and shownotes available at https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/ (https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/)
8 Feb 2023
Putting Age in its Place
Where do you want to live as you grow older? That’s a question for you, whether you’re 9 or 99. In this episode, we put aging in place, with the help of literature and the imagination. Host Sally Chivers and guest Ulla Kriebernegg talk about nursing home escape stories, Canadian Literature, King Lear, and what they tell us about how space matters. Because, as Ulla explains, where you are when you age affects who you can be. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data Research Project. Transcripts and shownotes available at https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/ (https://sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio/)
11 Jan 2023
Age Panic
What scares you about aging? We can’t fight the forces that make us fear aging until we take a closer look at what they are. In this episode, age panic and what we can start to do about it. Host Sally Chivers and guest Andrea Charise talk about long-term care, the silver tsunami, stories that divide generations, and how it's not necessarily your fault if you don't age well. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through the Aging in Data Research Project Episode includes music from freesound by Graham_Makes - CC 4.0 license, aluroso, and valentinsosnitskiy. from artlist by Duce Williams and Michael Shynes. contact wrinkleradio at gmail for transcript
13 Dec 2022
The Power of Greyscale
Lisa LaFlamme just might have gotten fired for it. Dana Capell resisted it, even during the pandemic. Andrea Charise shaved her head to do it boldly. I hoped it would bring some respect. What gray hair says about us and the aging world we live in. Host Sally Chivers and guests talk about the first time we discovered gray hair, what it means for a teacher to look young (or old), the New Woman, and the imagination. Wrinkle Radio is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Episode includes music from freesound by Graham_Makes - CC 4.0 license and aluroso. from artlist by Duce Williams, Ziv Moran, Sun River, and Michael Shynes. contact wrinkleradio at gmail for transcript
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