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How to get stronger as you age
Today we share one of our favorite episodes, from Optimist reporter Maggie Penman about the new science of aging, and a hopeful research finding that…
1 week, 5 days ago
How to be a ‘super ager’
Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes from this past year, about super agers: people who continue to thrive into their 80s and 90s. One of t…
1 week, 6 days ago
Meet the man who invites 1,000 people to his house every month
Once a month for 15 years, David Weiner has hosted a jazz party, inviting everyone he knows and many people he’s never met over to his D.C. rowhouse.…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Is finding "flow" the key to happiness?
In one of our favorite episodes of the year, a group of self-proclaimed “old ladies” dive for garbage — and unexpectedly find joy.
This is a story fr…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Want to live longer? Try fartleks.
Fartlek is a Swedish term for “speed play.” This informal version of interval training is simple, effective and dare we say … enjoyable? And not just…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How much do dogs reduce our stress?
Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes from the past year: about the science of how dogs make us calmer, happier — and maybe even more trusti…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
This school banned phones. Remarkable things happened.
The cafeteria at Ballard High School during lunch is a loud place. Students are talking and laughing, playing card games and going out to the courtya…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The kids keeping go-go music alive
Schools and community programs in Washington, D.C., are teaching students to play go-go music to help extend the legacy of the official music of the …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Stressed about the holidays? Carolyn Hax has advice.
Carolyn Hax has been an advice columnist for The Washington Post for over 25 years. So, she’s seen, heard and read it all. There’s no family drama an…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Wait, is weed legal now?
In an executive order last week, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous substance. The drug is …
3 weeks, 3 days ago