Aging isn’t a number; it’s all the numbers. That’s the premise behind the “Oldster” online newsletter, founded four years ago by now 60-year-old Sari Botton. Botton asserts that from our 20s through our 90s and upward, humans experience turning points, quandaries, triumphs, disappointments, new beginnings and endings.
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The substack, including free and subscription-only content, includes essays by prominent writers and artists, interviews (published and live-streamed), challenging questionnaires, and more — all of it exploring the shared experience of moving through time.
Host Robin Young talks to Botton about “Oldster” and some of the memorable content it’s generated.
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