If you’ve started waking suddenly in the night with an acute and anxious awareness of the inevitability of death, you’re not alone. After experiencing this herself, journalist and author Jane Hutcheon discovered that it’s a common phenomenon for people in their late 50s and 60s. That’s when she realised she’d become a juvenile geriatric.

If there was an aesthetic that defined Australia’s rock/pop culture in the 80s then Reg Mombassa was surely a master crafter of it. His band Mental As Anything was heard on radio around the country and it seemed everyone wore a Mambo t-shirt featuring his darkly-comic art.

One of the biggest worries many of us have as we age relates to brain function. So what can neuroscience tell us about the ageing brain, can we improve brain function and is it different for men and women. Dr Sarah McKay is an author and neuroscientist and the creator of The Neuroscience Academy.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned making this podcast it’s that a lot of people prefer to avoid the topic of ageing. But Keryn Curtis has made a living out of it. She became fascinated with gerontology in her 40s and says it changed the way she views life. She also reveals the preferred word to describe people who've reached a certain age.

Is Tom Gleisner the most vilified person on Australian TV? He’s been making Australia laugh for decades with shows like Utopia, Front Line, Hollowmen, and D Generation, but as the host of Have You Been Paying Attention he fends off a barrage of ageist jibes every week, and he's only recently turned 60!

After the longest 'nana' nap ever, Ange and Ian are back in business. They've lined up a stack of great guests to chat to but, before they get started there's a lot to catch up on. Ange has been learning how to do backflips, and Ian has been thinking about exercise.

Ian Henschke once graced our screens as a hard-hitting journalist on programs like Four Corners and 7.30 Report. Now he's your Chief Advocate for National Seniors Australia which means …

Michael Caton has been a constant presence on Australian screens since the 1970s and became a household name palying Harry Sullivan in The Sullivans. But he …

Doug Mulray was king of the airwaves in Sydney in the 80s (and a nude model) but stepped away from the microphone 20 years ago. These days he …

At the age of 15 she stunned the world when she took out five medals, three of them gold, at the 1972 Munich Olympics. At the age of 61 she stunned her competitors when …

Australians have been listening to his Health Report for decades, but thanks to the Coronacast podcast Dr Norman Swan has become a global sensation. Now he’s encouraging …

As his alter-ego H.G. Nelson he's been making Australians laugh at their sporting obsessions for decades. But there's more to Greig Pickhaver than comedy and acting. In his later years he's been …

Many folk explore genealogy as they age but for Anita Jacoby the prompt to investigate her family's past came from a chance conversation at a party. She's one of the …

Renee Geyer is fierce, funny, and arguably Australia’s finest voice. She’s never been the quiet type and old age certainly isn’t tempering her voice. She refuses to …

There’s not much that Wendy Harmer hasn’t conquered. A successful comedian, author, and broadcaster, she’s recently stepped aside from …

After being at the helm of Vogue Australia for more than a decade Kirstie Clements knows a thing or two about style. She’s a senior now too, so she’s well placed to …

With a career dating back to the 60s Richard Clapton has given Australia some of its greatest hits. He’s thankful for a vocation which has kept him young at heart but …

Having spent much of her career in the youth dominated advertising industry, Jane Caro knows well the euphemisms of ageist talk. She says the best thing about ageing is …

Bob Downe has been an “old show-biz clack” for more than two decades, forever in denial of ageing. His creator, comedian Mark Trevorrow however, wouldn’t be …

Michael Lynch has managed and directed some of the world’s most influential cultural institutions. Since losing his life partner he’s been navigating grief and loneliness and …