• Ashton Applewhite & Pooja Viswanathan

  • Mar 10 2023
  • Length: 37 mins
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Ashton Applewhite & Pooja Viswanathan

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  • In this episode, Rick speaks to writer Ashton Applewhite and Dr. Pooja Viswanathan. Ashton is a Brooklyn-based speaker, activist, and author of several best-selling books, including This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. She’s also also a leading spokesperson for the movement to raise awareness of ageism, and to dismantle it. Pooja is the Toronto-based Co-Founder and CEO of Braze Mobility, a leading developer of smart wheelchair technology in the age-tech space. Oh, and she a PhD in robotics. Together, they talk about…
    Being a generalist
    How ageing isn’t icky
    Mobility as a human right
    How binaries are bad
    Failing better
    Ageism, ableism and sexism
    High stakes intersectionality
    Involving community in design
    The problem with generational labels
    Working grandmothers
    And a game show, with Jane Fonda
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