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This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism with Dorian Mintzer and Ashton Applewhite
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Dateline: Boston, MA
Monday, November 10, 2025

 

Episode Guest: Ashton Applewhite, speaker, author, and activist and the leading spokesperson to mobilize against discrimination based on aging

Episode Description:
From childhood, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. That wrinkles are embarrassing, and older people are useless. Author and activist Ashton Applewhite also believed them until she realized where this prejudice comes from and its damage. In this episode, Ashton will trace her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical and, in the process, debunk myth after myth about late life.

In this episode, you'll discover:

  • the roots of ageism – in history and our own age denial – and how it divides and debases
  • how ageist myths and stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function
  • what ageism looks like in the workplace and the bedroom
  • the cost of the all-American myth of independence
  • how olders are portrayed as burdens to society
  • what an all-age-friendly world would look like
  • a rousing call to action

Whether you're older or hoping to get there, this episode will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride!

About Ashton Applewhite:

Author and activist Ashton Applewhite is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. In 2016, she joined the PBS site Next Avenue's annual list of 50 Influencers in Aging as their Influencer of the Year. Ashton has been recognized by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism.

She blogs at This Chair Rocks, has written for Harper's, Playboy, and the New York Times, and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist? Ashton speaks widely at venues that have ranged from universities and community centers to the TED mainstage and the United Nations. Ashton is a leading spokesperson for a movement to mobilize against discrimination based on age.

Get in touch with Ashton Applewhite:
Visit Ashton's website: https://thischairrocks.com/ 
Buy Ashton's book: http://revolutionizeretirement.com/applewhite 
Download Handout: http://revolutionizeretirement.com/applewhitehandout 
Grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition, at https://10keyretirementissues.com/ 

Dorian Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D., BCC (Board Certified Coach) is a coach, therapist, teacher, and writer with extensive clinical experience. She speaks to professional and community groups. As a coach, she helps women, men, and couples reinvent themselves in the second half of life. She is a co-founder of Certified Retirement Coaching 2.0., the host of Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio podcast, and the founder and host of a monthly webinar on the 4th Tuesday of each month: Revolutionize Your Retirement Interview with Experts Series for professionals and the public. She weaves adult development, holistic life planning, and positive psychology into programs that tap and shape clients' energies into roadmaps for wiser, more enhanced living.

She has written about many topics pertaining to the second half of life and aging. She is the author of Honoring the Art of Our Lives: An Interview with Alan C. O'Hare, co-author of The Couples Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating An Amazing New Life Together, and has also contributed to Out Of The Box Retirement: Creative Ideas, Role Models, New Possibilities; Rightsourcing Retirement: Best Practices for Employers and Employees; Not Your Mother's Retirement; 70 Things to Do When You Turn 70; 80 Things to do When you Turn 80; Six Secrets For a Happy Retirement; 65 Things to Do When You Retire: Travel; Live Smart After 50!; 65 Things To Do When You Retire; Remarkable and Real; and Making Marriage a Success. She is also co-producer of The Career Playbook: Second Half Plays.

She's been featured in various media such as the WSJ, NY Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, ABC Evening News, and the Today Show. She delivered a TEDx talk on "Embracing your Bonus Years: A Time to Grow, Learn and Evolve."

For more information on Dorian Mintzer, visit her website at https://www.revolutionizeretirement.com.

 

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