Podcast Episodes

Podcast Episodes

Below you will find all of the episodes of Wisdom at Work: Older Women, Elderwomen and Grandmothers on the Move! (formerly Grandmothers on the Move)

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Welcome!

News Flash! Grandmothers on the Move Podcast has changed its name to WISDOM AT WORK: OLDER WOMEN, ELDERWOMEN AND GRANDMOTHERS ON THE MOVE!!

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!: JOIN A GROWING GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF WOMEN OVER 60 WHO WANT TO CONNECT AROUND ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM! Just click here to get started! HTTPS://WIZWORK.NET 

EPISODE #62 Dr. Rochon: Women’s Age Lab, A Global First!

Join me for a conversation with Dr. Paula Rochon, the founding Director of the truly necessary, innovative and exciting Women’s Age Lab! The first and only centre of its kind in the world!  Women’s Age Lab at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada is a space dedicated to science-driven system and social change that will improve the lives of older women.  A place focused on supporting the healthy aging of women by reimagining a system and society where older women and their distinct well-being and health needs are recognized and addressed.  Let’s hope this excellent institute inspires many others

Check out the website for Women’s Age Lab – where you can keep up to date with their ongoing, exciting work.

Follow them on Twitter at @WCHospital @RochonPaula

And join the Virtual Workshop Series – still some left – on Digital Literacy! Details and links can be found on their website! https://www.womensresearch.ca/womens-age-lab/

EPISODE #61 Grandmothers for Refugees, Australia

Sign this petition from Grandmothers for Refugees and support their urgent advocacy! https://www.change.org/p/karen-andrews-mp-and-alex-hawke-free-adnan-and-mehdi-and-others-who-arrived-as-children

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Grandmothers for Refugees website: https://www.grandmothersforrefugees.com/



EPISODE #60 Introducing: Tap Elderly Women’s Wisdom for Youth!

Visit: https://tewwy.org/

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EPISODE #59 “Strengthening Communities to Speak for Themselves”

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EPISODE #58 Neglected No More: the Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic

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EPISODE #57 A Revolutionary Borne of Necessity: Norita

SEE THE TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY “NORITA” HERE (Really, don’t miss this – it’s magnificent!)  https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/norita/

For a moving clip of activists thrilled to welcome Norita to the stage, and just a sense of the magnitude of Nora’s presence and inspiration for human rights/women’s rights activists in Argentina (and internationally)don’t miss this 1 minute clip, truly.  https://youtu.be/FqSZIgUPcjs

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EPISODE #56 World Read Aloud Day, Feb. 3rd, 2021 – The “3Ps” of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for Transformation, Part I

FEB. 3, 2021 WORLD READ ALOUD DAY EPISODE –  PART 1:

https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday

https://www.readwithmalcolm.com/mission-vision/

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EPISODE #55 World Read Aloud Day, Part 2

FEB. 3, 2021 WORLD READ ALOUD DAY EPISODE –  PART 2:

https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday

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EPISODE #54 A Two-Spirit Journey: the Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

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EPISODE #53 I will do my part….and I ask everyone to do the same!

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EPISODE #52 We Feminists Dared to Step Into the State!

The Crusade against Brazilian Women- Brazil at the UN Sept. 2020 by Jacqueline Pitanguy



EPISODE #51 I am Retired but not Tired!



EPISODE #50 A Life of Commitments and Connections



EPISODE #49 “People Must Not Tire!”



EPISODE #48 The Badass Grandmas for Democracy

BadAss Grandmas for Democracy (grandchildren not required!) is a movement, not an organization. We are fiercely committed to advancing high-functioning democracy in government for our grandchildren.

Like all grandmothers, we love unconditionally. We have no personal agenda. We share our wisdom and encourage initiative. We are fearless when nurturing and protecting our loves. We are authentic, fun, and persistent.

We invest our time, not spend it – there’s only so much of it left. We are the heart of democracy. And we are invincible.

How We Started BadAss Grandmas Dina, Ellen, and Kathy led a non-partisan ad hoc group of retired government executives and engaged citizens who wrote, petitioned, campaigned for, and won a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, with strong support from volunteers, voters, and the national pro-democracy movement. North Dakota’s Article XIV includes deep disclosure requirements for independent campaign spending, prohibits six conflict-of-interest activities, and establishes a strong state ethic commission.

During the campaign stage, the BadAss Grandmas toured the state, shopping for caramel rolls, locally made sausage, and support for Measure 1, the ethics initiative that became Article XIV. Their opponents raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporations, cooperatives, and trade associations, attacked the proponents’ integrity and intelligence, mailed giant 4-color cards with dire prophecies. The Catholic Conference blanketed the parishes with anti-initiative messages, and the ACLU joined the opposition.

The BadAss Grandmas cohort – and the citizens! – won the election, but the opposition is far from conceding. Grandma’s work is never done.

The 2019 Unrig the System Summit in February presented us with the Courage Award. The great potential and widespread appeal of BadAss Grandmas became obvious there. So we declared a movement to engage all self-identified BadAss Grandmas in returning this country to the voters and rebuilding engaged citizenship in America .

Where We’re Going  If you invite us, we will come! We are preparing a campaign to build the movement. If you want to be involved at this early stage, email us a BAGS4D@gmail.com. Spread the word about this page, encourage people to comment, and send us news about your work to engage BadAss Grandmas in your world! More to come. https://badassgrandmas.org/

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EPISODE #47 In a Time of Crisis: Women We Need to Hear

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EPISODE #46 Reprieve and Refuelling: Natalie K. Levant

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EPISODE #45 Ideas from the frontline of activism to fuel our spirits in troubled times!

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EPISODE #44 The Joy in Connection! I Can still be Up and At’em!

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EPISODE #43 May I have Your Attention Please: Rethinking to Reclaim Rights!

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EPISODE #42 These Jobs Should be Done by Older Women!

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EPISODE #41 The Grandma Project: Sharing the World’s most Delicious Heritage!

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EPISODE #40 “Senior Ladies Living Together” – it just makes sense!

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EPISODE #39 WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN!

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EPISODE #38 Bringing Spiderwoman to Life!

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EPISODE #37 Grandma, Did You Save Any Dolphins Today?

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EPISODE #36 The Pasta Grannies – A Delicious Living History!

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EPISODE #35 What If All Women Who Were Survivors Had This?

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EPISODE #34 A must-read: Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age

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EPISODE #33 “Get a can and go to the streeets!”

Watch this beautiful video in loving memory of one of the remarkable original Graffiti Grannies: Dr. Luísa Cortesão:

https://www.facebook.com/Lata65/videos/716418921833340/

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EPISODE #32 Reclaiming and reframing our notion of life after retirement!

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EPISODE #31 Stand in Your Truth with integrity, humanity and courage

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EPISODE #30 (17 minutes) The Grandmother Hypothesis

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EPISODE #30A – Extended interview with Kristen Hawkes (36 minutes)



EPISODE #29 “This Granny is not ashamed to put herself out there”!

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EPISODE #28 Aging and Strength: Grandmothers, Engagement and Social Change

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EPISODE #27 “Grandmothers, We must gather our strength and help!”

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EPISODE #26 Without Grandmothers, what would our world look like today?!

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EPISODE #25 “Don’t Wait to be Great or it May be too Late!”

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EPISODE #24 A Powerful Testament – the Personal IS Political!

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EPISODE #23 Nothing About Us Without Us!

Rest In Power, Mama Zodwa – leader, inspiration, exemplifying titanic strength and determination and humanity.  

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EPISODE #22 The Society of Fearless Grandmothers: fearless love and compassion personified

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EPISODE #21 A life exemplifying Ubuntu

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EPISODE #20 The Wonder Woman behind Wonder Women Mastermind

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EPISODE #19 Exploding the traditional notions of ‘grandmothers’

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EPISODE #18 Elderstateswoman Personified. Gladys Acosta Vargas: Chair of the CEDAW Committee (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)

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Gladys Acosta Vargas, CEDAW Committee Expert



EPISODE #17 Grandmothers Rocking Solidarity Not Charity Part 2

To find out more about the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign:  in the US, go to grandmotherscampaignusa.org and in Canada, Australia and UK, go to grandmotherscampaign.org.

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EPISODE #16 Grandmother Solar Engineers, the Legacy of Light!

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Ilivani Vumainabuke (center, back row) at Barefoot College, with the Grandmother Solar Engineers



EPISODE #15 Grandmother Power!

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Paola Gianturco



EPISODE #14 Lola Aktibistas – Activist Grandmothers, a new chapter of Lola activism and solidarity!

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Edna Aquino, Lola Aktibista!
Edna Aquino, Lola Aktibista!



EPISODE #13 We Won’t Stand for This! Grannies Respond/Abuelas Responden

WWW.GRANIESRESPOND.ORG

We are grannies on a mission. We are outraged by the cruel and inhumane way our government is treating immigrant children and their families who have risked all to find refuge from violence and oppression

We’ve been around long enough to know right from wrong. We’ve spent our lives caring for others. And we won’t stand for this.

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EPISODE #12 The Secret Ingredient – A Grandmothers’ Love

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Ploumitsa and Maria at Enoteca Maria Restaurant – Nonna’s of the World!


EPISODE #11  Introducing: A mentor and leader for Peace, Security and feminism: Ruth Ojiembo Ochieng

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Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng photo by Susanne Possing

NOTE: Episodes #9 and #10 below are part of a special 2-part programme:  ‘U.S. Grandmothers Forging a Path to Sanity and Safety’:



EPISODE #10 U.S. Grandmothers Forging a Path to Sanity and Safety: GRR, Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights

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Judy Kahrl


EPISODE #9  U.S. Grandmothers Forging a Path to Sanity and Safety: Grandmothers against Gun Violence

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Margaret Heldring


EPISODE #8 Revolutionary Reflections on Power in Nicaragua

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Malena di Montis


EPISODE #7 Grandmothers Rocking Solidarity Not Charity!

To find out more about the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, in the US, go to grandmotherscampaignusa.org and in Canada, Australia and UK, go to grandmotherscampaign.org.

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EPISODE #6 Barbara Coloroso radiates with compassion and hope for a more humane future for all of us!

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Barbara Coloroso
Barbara Coloroso


EPISODE #5  Grandmothers for Repeal – Abortion rights in Ireland

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Carol Hunter


EPISODE #4 Grandmothers’ Activism: Strength Beyond Measure

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Indai Sajor
Indai Sajor


EPISODE #3 It Takes All of Us to make the Planet Safe

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Gillian Kelly
Gillian Kelly


EPISODE #2

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Raydell Lacey


EPISODE #1  There is Optimism in Survival!

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Ilana Landsberg-Lewis with her mother, Michele Landsberg

EPISODE #0

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Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, host of the ‘Grandmothers on the Move’ podcast