Lucky's mother is ailing and she's still kicking, but she's getting older. This is really sad, this phenomenon of people growing old alone. The tightening of the nuclear family in the last 100 years in the United States is something that I think compounds this issue. What are your recommendations on books people should read about aging or about? Do you have any? Anything by Anne Lamott. Watch any Sondheim. Sometimes all about death. It's all aboutDeath.
Today, we’re re-airing one of Blakeney Schick’s favorite episodes: an interview with her former yoga student, comedian and writer, Mike Birbiglia. Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle before the interview.
When we originally published this episode, Mike was deep in his latest Broadway show, “The Old Man and the Pool.” (The show completed its Broadway run in January, and will open for a limited run in London next month.) In it, Birbiglia doesn’t shy away from such heavy topics either. Birbiglia and Kara discuss mortality, parenthood, their last words and finding comedy in all of life — even the sad bits.
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