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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 52 MIN

The secret to aging well: sex, rock n' roll and reinvention

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We're all getting older, but not everyone likes thinking or talking about it.So what's the secret to aging well?Five seniors share their best tips about aging, and what they love about getting old.Gail Rice is refusing to fade away. For her 70th birthday, she hired an escort. That encounter didn't lead to a happy ending for Gail, but it did help her reclaim what she'd felt had been disappearing for a long time. Today, she's asking for what she wants and 'scaring herself alive'.Larry Ruppel has been in love with music for as long as he can remember. He picked up a guitar when he was 15, and six decades later he's still rocking out as the front man of Winnipeg band REWiND.Over half a million people subscribe to 77-year-old Wendy Eden’s YouTube channel, where she invites viewers to join her solo-camping adventures in the B.C. wilderness. The life-long camper has only recently started venturing out into the woods alone, and it’s led her to some surprising revelations about independence and womanhood. After Terry Clifford’s wife passed away, he decided he would continue living at the family home instead of moving into long-term care. But the 87-year-old soon realized he wouldn't be able to make it work on his own. So he’s assembled a team of “angels” who are teaching him what it looks like to age well in place. When we first met Brian Petersen, he was 55 years old, months away from graduating high school, and newly learning that he's capable of more than he ever thought possible. What has this meant for him as he's gotten older? We catch up with Brian to find out how he's continuing to reinvent himself, today at 63.

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