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This week: Host Tim Carpenter talks with Dr. Bill Thomas about changing aging, and his new novel, Tribes of Eden.
Dr. Bill Thomas is the author of five books and two plays. Bill’s most recent book, What Are Old People For?, draws on sources as diverse as evolutionary biology, Shakespearean sonnets and Greek philosophy to make the case that elders belong in the heart of society. A visionary and internationally renowned expert on aging, Thomas is an Ashoka Fellow and winner of the Heinz Award for the Human Condition. In partnership with his wife Judith Meyers-Thomas, he created The Eden Alternative, now an international nonprofit, and The Green House Project, both models to revolutionize nursing home care. Click here to see his inspiring TedxSF Talk, “Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age.” Tim Carpenter talks to Dr. Bill Thomas about changing aging, and his new novel, Tribes of Eden.
Profiles of three vibrant Canadian seniors: “Harold Hague’s first job after the Second World War was as a salesman at Loggie’s Shoes. Today, at age 90, he has the same job. ‘That’s my life. I enjoy people. I’m still working,’ said Hague.” Also: 84 year old Paul Szucs and 91 year old Thelma Pepper. 
Film director Ann HUI On-wah, 65, a leading light of the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1970s and 1980s, and an artist whose career has spanned decades of success, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th Asian Film Awards (AFA) in March, making her the first female recipient of the award.
