Natalie Brennan

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Natalie Brennan |Yasmin Tayag

Listen1.0x0:0037:08We don’t often talk about the benefits of aging. Karen Adams has a different perspective. From new beginnings to menopausal zest, the director of the Stanford Program in Menopause & Healthy Aging discusses what women can look forward to as they age up. How do you think about aging? Please leave us a voicemail (at 202-266-7701) with your name, your age, and your answers to the following questions:What aspects of aging are you nervous about?

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Natalie Brennan |Yasmin Tayag

Listen1.0x0:0037:39Humans have always tried to prolong life and battle mortality, but what do the current influx of biohackers reveal about this era of individual responsibility? Timothy Caulfield, a professor and the research director at the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, studies how health and science are represented in the public sphere.

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Yasmin Tayag |Natalie Brennan

Listen1.0x0:002:30In the new season of The Atlantic’s popular How To series, co-hosts Yasmin Tayag and Natalie Brennan explore the cultural gamification of aging, the obsession with defying this inevitable process, and how we might shift our understanding of aging to embrace the beauty of being mortal. Just as “leveling up” is a positive notion, How to Age Up challenges listeners to consider how we all, regardless of our specific age, might live better.