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Part II of Gail Rice’s story about hiring younger male escorts at 70.

Sep 22 • Oldster Magazine and Gail

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The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Jason Diamond

The 'Kaplan's Plot' author answers my questions—over video, and text.

Sep 20 • Sari Botton and Jason Diamond

What to Read, Watch and Listen to this Weekend...

An Oldster Magazine Friday Link Roundup. (Handsome Leading Man edition.)

Sep 19 • Sari Botton

This is 77: Kate Pierson Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"The way The B-52s started was just sort of magic. No one said, 'Let's start a band.' We just started jamming one night and it happened."

Sep 17 • Sari Botton

Ask a Sober Oldster #27: Elizabeth Gilbert

"I honestly cannot think of anything about being in recovery that is harder than not being in recovery."

Sep 16 • Sari Botton and The Small Bow

The End of Certainty

At 78, Liz Scott is opening her mind.

Sep 15 • Liz Scott and Oldster Magazine

Hair Club for Men

An Oldster Friday Open Thread for the fellas—about graying, hair loss, baldness, and and interventions to address them. How have you dealt with changes…

Sep 12 • Sari Botton

A Heart-to-Heart with Nancy Wilson

Robert Burke Warren sits down with the rock icon, whose band, Heart, is currently on The Royal Flush tour.

Sep 11 • Robert Burke Warren

Home Page Feature

This is 95: Artist and Holocaust Survivor Tibor Spitz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"In essence, my birthday is every day."

Jan 29 • Sari Botton

Hope? Ha Ha Ha Ha...

In her early 80s, Abigail Thomas has her doubts about the future of humanity and life after death.

May 4, 2023 • Abigail Thomas

This is 54: Cheryl Strayed Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Fifty-four years of living has taught me that I can persist through the hard times—and also that hard times pass."

Apr 6, 2023 • Sari Botton

The Art of Healing

Stumbling upon some paintings she made 16 years ago while being treated for cancer, Viney Kirpal is reminded of the meditative power of art-making, and…

Mar 18, 2023 • Viney Kirpal

Letter to My Younger Self #3: About What Happened in Chinatown

Lani V. Cox addresses her 16-year-old self, a girl who underwent plastic surgery at her mother's urging and emerged determined to never let others…

Jan 30, 2023 • Lani

This is 68: Celeste Lecesne Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Ever since I was a child, I had a sense that my life would really take off when I was in my 60s. And this has turned out to be true."

Dec 19, 2022 • Sari Botton

Keeping My Promise to Popo

As Anne Liu Kellor says goodbye to her Chinese grandmother in the hospital, she taps into buried memories and family trauma.

Dec 7, 2022 • Anne Liu Kellor

This is 71: Art Critic Jerry Saltz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"On the inside I feel the exact same as I did when I was like 45, so outside I act that way."

Oct 31, 2022 • Sari Botton

This is 92: Hilma Wolitzer Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I loved being young, and I don’t terribly mind being an old woman, but I refuse to be an old girl—someone who’s coy about her age."

Sep 30, 2022 • Sari Botton

This is 52: Rashunda Tramble Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I’m blessed to have grown up with women who didn’t have to scream that they were old, beautiful, and proud because it was a given."

Aug 15, 2022 • Sari Botton

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In Conversation: Neko Case and Jacinta Bunnell

Listen in as they discuss old friendships, getting older, cloth adult diapers, Oldster Magazine, and more...

Jul 18, 2022 • Sari Botton

Burning it Down

After shearing off her dyed hair and growing it out silver, Joy Castro considers the thrill and terror that come with setting oneself free.

Jul 15, 2022 • Joy Castro