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David Stewart

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David is the founder and face of AGEIST. He is an expert on, and a passionate champion of the emerging global over-50 lifestyle. A dynamic speaker, he is available for panels, keynotes and informational talks at david@agei.st.

Eugenia Zukerman: Writing With Alzheimer’s

 Eugenia Zukerman worked hard and juggled it all — performing, writing, interviewing artists, directing concert series — with ease and grace, until a few years ago. In her early 70s, she became forgetful, misplacing papers, losing her words. Concerned, her daughters insisted she get tested. Eugenia, whose mother was...

The Overstory by Richard Powers.

Finding myself semi-isolated in a shuttered ski town in the Utah mountains, very Stephen King here,  it seemed like an auspicious moment to take on a book in which the main characters are trees. There are of course humans in the book, but their relationships and failings are flavor...

Mark Hanauer, 68: The Visionaire

Mark is one of the main contributors of visuals to AGEIST, and we thought, with all the ugly in the world these days, let's find out more about this unapologetic seeker and creator of beauty, someone who has generously contributed to the look that is distinctly AGEIST. He is...

Coming Up May 6th: The Happy Hour Show, with Chip and David. Guest Barbara Waxman

Weds, May 6th, 8pm ET. Reserve your ticket here. It's free, but space is limited.   The Happy Hour Show with Chip and David is a 60 minute, twice-monthly conversation between two friends who happen to be a couple of the freshest thinkers on modern midlife. Our listeners are invited to chat...

Barbara Sumner, 60.

An inquisitive late bloomer, Barbara is a tenacious and fearless creator of a wondrous family, a number of books, and films. Her story is like a film itself, from being forcibly adopted to tragically losing her birth mom, to the intensely emotional films she makes with her husband, and...

Mom, I Love You. Happy Mother’s Day!

Let's Get Moms Set Up My mom is not a digitally oriented person. She can use email, but that is about the extent of it. Covid isolation has hit her hard. Her previous life was a vivid schedule of lunches, meetings with friends, church groups, and symphony outings. She lost...

How Fast Have I Been Aging? The Index Test by Elysium Health Has the Answer

I’m a tracking enthusiast. It takes things out of my imagination and places them firmly in reality. As with most of you, I am also keenly interested in understanding as much as I can about my health and, if possible, how well I am doing for my age. Although...

The AGEIST and CHOSEN Connection Series: Our First Experience

Both AGEIST and CHOSEN are organizations that think big. When we see a place where we think we can make a meaningful impact we go all in. If we look at what is one of the most limited areas of our current homebound lives, it is the ability to...

Creating Solutions: Re-Purposed Snorkel Mask as PPE

One of the things we are seeing a lot of is people our age innovating small, incremental improvements that, when taken together, are having a big impact. These are not the sort of innovations that show up on graphs of infection projection. But they are the sort of small...

Review: The AER City Sling Bag

The short version: The City Sling is bombproof, supremely well designed, and just the right size for walking around town. A smart, fresh look at a needed product, great quality. We have been following this company for a few months, having seen some of their products being used by our...
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