Older Women & Friends: Real Women. Real Experts. Real Talk About Older Women Aging

By Jane Leder| Aging Well Advocate for Older Women

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Older Women & Friends is a podcast about older women aging, with honest conversations for women navigating later life.


Host Jane| Leder|Aging Advocate, talks with fascinating women and leading experts about the subjects that matter throughout later life: healthy aging, longevity, relationships, friendship, ageism, money, body image, sexuality, grief, loss, reinvention, purpose, independence, and finding meaning as life changes.


Some guests bring professional expertise. Others bring extraordinary stories from their own lives. Together, these conversations explore the realities of aging not as something to fear or simply “fix,” but as a stage of life filled with challenges, surprises, growth, connection, and possibility.


Jane brings a unique perspective to these conversations because she is experiencing this stage of life herself. She began podcasting at 77 and is now 81. She continues to learn, question, and explore alongside her listeners.


Growing older can be joyful, complicated, difficult, liberating, funny, and surprising all at the same time.

Whether you're a woman over 50 or simply interested in understanding what life can really look like as we age, Older Women & Friends offers honest stories, thoughtful conversations, and perspectives worth hearing.


Real women. Real experts. Real conversations about what it actually means to grow older.





Episode Date
Older Women Aging: The Evolving Journey of Actor/playwright Kathryn Grody
Nov 12, 2026
Older Women Aging: Singer/Songwriter Machan Taylor on Music, Identity & Turning 70
Oct 29, 2026
Women & Young Girls With ADHD: How They Feel & Why They Do What They Do w/ Dr. Kathleen Nadeau
Oct 15, 2026
How Do We Age Well? Social Gerontologist Sharon Rose on Creating a Home, Life & Community That Work for You
Oct 01, 2026
My Single Mom Never Quit: Neither Have I: Eva Kennedy on Growing Up Black, Finding Her Purpose, Finding Her Voice
Sep 17, 2026
Reclaim Your Creativity: Claudine Marchand on Reconnecting With The Joy In Your Life
Sep 03, 2026
From Geology Professor to Global Explorer: Dr. Tamie Jovanelly on Reinvention, Adventure, & Purpose
Aug 20, 2026
Reinvention & Creativity: Judy Norton on Life Beyond The Waltons
Aug 06, 2026
Good Grief w/ Jane Leder
Jul 25, 2026
Living Without Limits: Evelyn Kelly Shares Her Life of Purpose, Travel & Curiosity at Age 91
Jul 23, 2026
From Widowhood to Reinvention Diane Heiler on Grief, Healing & Finding Joy Again
Jul 09, 2026
Crafting Your Best Later Life with Erika Andersen
Jun 25, 2026
From Fashion Maven to Pro-Aging Advocate w/ the "Queen of Jeans" Diane Gilman
Jun 11, 2026
Mother-Daughter Relationships After 50: Healing, Purpose & Aging Well | Debra Mandel, Ph.D.
May 28, 2026
Financial Independence for Women Over 50: Retirement, Divorce Recovery & Aging Well | Regina McCann Hess
May 14, 2026
Body Liberation After 60: Letting Go of Diet Culture & Rewriting Your Body Story with Deb Benfield
Apr 30, 2026
Gray Divorce & Second Chances: Why Older Women Are Redefining Love, Marriage, and Purpose After 50 w/ Dr. Becky Whetstone
Apr 16, 2026
60 Is Not The New 50; 70 is Not The New 60: Redefining Aging Well with Dr. Tracey Gendron
Apr 02, 2026
The Cure to Loneliness May Be In Your Closet: Aging Well Through Style, Confidence, & Connection with Mollie Kaye
Mar 19, 2026
Aging Freely: Rethinking Growing Older As Something to Embrace, Not To Resist w/ Kat Miller
Mar 05, 2026
Solo Agers: Older Americans Living Alone w/ Sara Zeff Geber
Feb 19, 2026
Grandma Luge: Olympic Athlete Anne Abernathy on Aging, Resilience, and Defying Limits
Feb 05, 2026
Who Is That Woman Behind The Mic? w/ Jane Leder
Jan 22, 2026
Keep The Memories & Not The Stuff: Rightsizing w/ Jeannine Bryant
Jan 08, 2026
The Midlife Gals Gone Gray, w/ sisters Kelly and Sally Jackson
Dec 18, 2025
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up with Patricia Ryan Madson
Dec 04, 2025
Think Cannabis Is Only for Getting High? Think Again. Health Benefits for Women & Men as We Age w/ Kelly Judge Goldberg
Nov 20, 2025
"Likeable Badass: How Women Get The Success They Deserve" with the author, Alison Fragale, PhD
Nov 06, 2025
Is This It for the Rest of My Life? Starting Over w/ Denise Taylor, PhD
Oct 23, 2025
60 is NOT the new 50: 70 is NOT the new 60 w/ Tracey Gendron, Ph.D.
Oct 13, 2025
Why More Couples Are Living Apart Together w/ Vicki Larson
Oct 09, 2025
Happiness Is An Inside Job w/ Maria Leonard Olsen
Sep 25, 2025
Staying Sane When The World Is In Turmoil w/ Gina Vild
Sep 11, 2025
Painting with Music, w/ Conductor Roit Feldenkreis
Aug 28, 2025
What Are They Up To Now? The Exciting Escapades of Three of Your Favorite Guests
Aug 14, 2025
Eliminate Assumptions & Listen to Your Gut with Dian Griesel, Ph.D.
Jul 31, 2025
My Mother, Her Death, Her Life: w/ New York Times Bestselling Author, Jill Bialosky
Jul 17, 2025
Rewirement, Not Retirement w/ Clare Beckton
Jul 03, 2025
TOO OLD FOR EATING DISORDERS?: THINK AGAIN w/ Michele Mason
Jun 19, 2025
"Wisdom Whisperers:" Women Up Ahead With A Playbook to Share w/ Melinda Blau
Jun 05, 2025
Laughing With Your Girlfriends w/ Carole Montgomery
May 22, 2025
Letting Go of Should & Embracing Want: The Journey of a Biracial Woman Under Apartheid And Beyond w/ Wendy Alexander
May 08, 2025
Storyteller Shelley Fraser Mickle Talks About Polio, NPR, Humor, and the Love of a Dog
Apr 24, 2025
No Way Out of This: Loving A Partner with Alzheimer's w/ Sue Lick
Apr 09, 2025
The Science of Aging Healthfully w/ Gillian Lockitch, retired MD, Medical Professor Emerita
Mar 27, 2025
A Tale of a Geriatric Physical Therapist: Adapt, Adapt, Adapt with Judith Horn
Mar 13, 2025
Older Women Living With ADHD w/ Leonie-Ruth Acland
Feb 26, 2025
Taking Calculated Risks w/ Helen Hirsh Spence
Feb 13, 2025
The Good GoodBye: Talking About Death Won't Kill You w/ Gail Rubin, Thanatologist & Author
Jan 30, 2025
Disconnected: Love On The Spectrum with Eleanor Vincent
Jan 16, 2025
Grandparent Encouragement Officer (GEO): Creating Beautiful Connections with Grandchildren w/ Kerry Byrne, PhD
Dec 05, 2024
Sleep Talk For Women: Sleeping Pills, Dementia, Mortality with Lucinda Sykes
Nov 21, 2024
"Aging Sideways:" A New Way of Looking at Getting Older" with Jeanette Leardi
Nov 07, 2024
The Thinking Patient: Empowering Patient-Physician Communication for Better Health with Dana Sherwin
Oct 24, 2024
All About Your Pelvic Floor: w/ Nabila Noor, MD
Oct 09, 2024
Changing Those Damn Habits That Get In Your Way with Ronnie Loaiza
Sep 26, 2024
From the Boxing Ring to the Ashram with Deborah Charnes
Sep 12, 2024
Trying Not To Die: A Breast Cancer Warrior with Deb Krier
Aug 29, 2024
The Gift of Longevity with Maddy Dychtwald
Aug 01, 2024
Insomnia and Women Over 50 with Lucinda Sykes, MD
Jul 18, 2024
Moms Who Dare with Jodi Silverman
Jul 09, 2024
A Search For Deep Connections with Martie McNabb
Jun 20, 2024
From Lawyer to Poet with Lynne Thompson
Jun 06, 2024
Finding Your Creative Power At Any Age with Janis Johnston
May 23, 2024
The Long Distance Grandparent with Kerry Byrne
May 10, 2024
Eightysomethings: Letting Go, Aging Well, Finding Unexpected Happiness w/ Katharine Esty
Apr 25, 2024
Late Bloomer Living with Yvonne Marchese
Apr 10, 2024
Friendships That No Longer Work & What To Do About Them with Jan Yager
Mar 28, 2024
Life As An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet with Diana Place
Mar 14, 2024
Badass Women In The Workplace with Bonnie Marcus
Feb 29, 2024
Love After 50: How to Find It, Enjoy It, and Keep It with Francine Russo
Feb 14, 2024
Older Women In The Media w/ Susan Douglas, professor of Communication Studies, University of Michigan
Feb 01, 2024
SuperAgers with Emily Rogalski, Director, SuperAgers Research Initiative
Jan 18, 2024
No Joke: Getting Older Can Be A Hoot with comedian, Diana Wilde
Jan 04, 2024
Giving Oxygen to Your Wonderful, Untapped Self with Linda Rossetti
Dec 21, 2023
Slaying the Ageism Dragon with Janine Vanderburg
Nov 30, 2023
The Joys of Intergenerational Friendships with Shannon Jarrott, Ph.D.
Nov 16, 2023
Kicking Stereotypes to the Curb with Ashton Applewhite
Nov 02, 2023
The Secrets, Wit, and Wisdom of Age with Filmmaker Sky Bergman
Oct 19, 2023
Why Menstrual Equity Matters with Celeste Mergens, Founder of Days For Girls
Oct 05, 2023
Perfection and Control: No Can Do with Joanne Greene
Sep 21, 2023
The Fitness Gourmet with Patricia Greenberg
Sep 07, 2023
Overcoming Trauma and Embracing Love: A Journey with Judy Foreman
Aug 24, 2023
Age Bias in Fashion with Jacynth Bassett, The Bias Cut
Aug 10, 2023
Reimagining Retirement, Friendships, & A Lot More with Helen Hirsh Spence
Jul 27, 2023
Bridging the Pleasure Gap: A Deep Dive into Female Sexual Satisfaction with Dr. Laurie Mintz
Jul 13, 2023
The Wonderful Assets to Getting Older with Social Gerontologist Jeanette Leardi
Jun 30, 2023
Talking to Gen Z about Older Women with Lia Kahan
Jun 15, 2023
Love, Sex, and Thinking Outside the Box with Vicki Larson
May 30, 2023
How to Navigate Messy Mid-Life with Ann Douglas
May 11, 2023
NextTribe: Women Aging Boldly with Jeannie Ralston
Apr 27, 2023
How to Reboot Your Life After 50 with Margaret Crane and Barbara Ballinger
Apr 13, 2023
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR)
Mar 30, 2023
Mindful Women 50+ with Lucinda Sykes, Retired MD
Mar 16, 2023
Reinventing Your Life After Retirement and Following Your Dreams with Melissa Davey, Documentary Filmmaker
Mar 02, 2023
How to Declutter & Organize Your Life with Regina Lark, PhD
Feb 16, 2023
Kicking Ageism to the Curb with Ashton Applewhite
Feb 02, 2023
Self-Care From the Inside Out with Nancy Colier
Jan 19, 2023
How to Cope With Loss and Grief with Edy Nathan
Jan 05, 2023
Why Diets Don't Work with Lizzie Merritt
Dec 22, 2022
Insomnia and Women Over Fifty with Lucinda Sykes
Dec 15, 2022
Women Aging But Not Growing Old with Karen Brees
Dec 08, 2022
Older Women and Wisdom with Ilana Landsberg-Lewis
Dec 01, 2022
Fitness for Older Women with Jan Malloch
Nov 25, 2022
Hormones and Menopause: Holistic Treatment with Lorraine Miano
Nov 16, 2022