Getting Dot Older

We meet Karen, the drummer, who discusses the challenge of trying to “have it all”; Dianne, the archer, shares thoughts on her first marriage; Kim, the tennis player, struggles with health issues; Mike, the rancher; Ken, the rower; Danny, the tailor; Karmen, the singer; and Jan, the guitarist.

We meet Pat, the restaurateur; Christie, the ice skater, faces the realities of jumping at her age; Carolyn, the yoga teacher, reflects on love and loss as the matriarch of her large family; we go deeper with Jan, the guitarist. Guest Expert: Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard Nutritionist.

Bob, the educator, talks about his mortality; Judith, the author, swoons over her grandchildren; Cori, the martial artist and ropes performer, shares the challenges of growing up “different”; Leslie & Jeff, the yoga musicians, on their love/career partnership; Guest Expert: Anne Doyle, Lasell Village Senior Community, on lifelong learning.

Steve, the art director, on losing his Mother; Yulan, the educator, on ballroom dancing; Allen, the corporate reformer, on fearing retirement; Rebecca, the store owner, on living life “in reverse”; Bob the educator prt2; Guest Expert: Gerontologist Sandra Crewe, Social Work, Howard University, on Baby Boomers taking care of their parents.

We meet Paul, the Vietnam Vet Advocate, still helping others to make sense of what happened; Bert, the professor, discusses his long term marriage; Joe & Martha, the artists, on living in Alaska; Mary, the pilot instructor; Guest Expert: Dr. Halima Amjad, Alzheimer's Specialist, Johns Hopkins Medical School.

John, the lay minister, wants to save men from toxic masculinity; Karen, the drummer part 2; Michael, the cyclist, on what happened after his wife passed away; Rochelle, the widow, on falling in love; Guest Expert: Dr. Lesley Fernow, Geriatrician, on things that improve with age.

We meet Regge, the professor; Mike, the Cattle Rancher part 2; Jeanne, the mountain biker, whose husband lives with dementia in a nearby facility; Joe & Martha, the artists part 2, on growing up as Native Alaskans; Guest Expert: Polly-Young Eisendrath, Psychotherapist, on couples’ therapy, mindfulness, Buddhism.

We revisit Yulan, the ballroom dancing Chinese language teacher; Dianne, the african dancer part 2, on relationships with her parents; Orin & Bernardo, a married couple in Beverly Hills, on making it in Hollywood; Inderpreet, the IT Director and community leader on Sikhism; Guest Expert: Dr. Walter Willet, Harvard Nutritionist.

We meet Jesseca, the artist, on complicated memories of her parents; Walter, the retired mailman, on whom he admires most; Ken, the attorney, on the connection between music and rowing; Rebecca, in Pittsburgh, on life after an unspeakable loss; Guest Expert: Gerontologist Sandra Crewe, of Howard University, with some good news about senior living.

We meet Catherine, the writer for a 7-year followup, including her physical transformation and why she became an expat; Danny, the tailor part 2; Rochelle, on life after widowhood. Viewer Survey: Erica from Cape Cod. Guest Expert: Dr. Halima Amjad, Alzheimer's Specialist, Johns Hopkins Medical School, on things we can do to decrease risk of developing dementia.

We meet Jessica, the transgender astronomer and bicycle activist; Dolores, the author, on growing up in a mixed-race family in the 1960’s; Orin & Bernardo, from Hollywood, on life-changing medical procedures; Guest Expert: Dr. Lesley Fernow, Geriatrician, on five things we can do at home to improve our health as we get older! Viewer Survey: Ophelia from Boston. Viewer Survey: Dan from Arizona.

We meet Sheila, the administrator, on how intimacy between her and her husband has changed over the years; Karmen, the singer part 2; Melvin, the Native American museum specialist, on working in a uranium mine; Jesseca, the artist part 2; Guest Expert: Anne Doyle, LaSell Village Senior Community, on the power of lifelong learning.

We meet Howard, the film teacher, on intimacy and financial planning; Bert, the Professor, on how his parenting style differs from his Dad’s; Inderpreet, the IT Specialist, on gardening; 7-year Followup about Kim, the tennis player with cancer; Polly-Young Eisendrath, Psychotherapist, on impediments to happiness. Sneak previews of Season 2!