Hey, everybody, it's Amanda, and I am here to recommend a podcast that I think you are really,

really going to love. This is called Silver Linings with the Old Gays. And frankly, I

subscribe to this podcast just after hearing the title. But if you want to hear more, this is a podcast

hosted by The Old Gays, who are four elder queer folks who became a TikTok sensation a few years back.

They've been on the Drew Barrymore show, the today's show, all kinds of stuff,

talking about the decades-long experience of being a queer person and reaching your silver

years, which I think is amazing.

They talk about coming out stories, the queer icons and

artists who shaped them, living through the HIV-AIDS crisis, and so much more. This show is

hilarious, shady, heartfelt, hilarious, honest. I said hilarious twice, because it really is that

funny. They have lived, they have seen it all, and they're here to tell the story. And I think

it's particularly important for queer folks to see queer elders. We have precious few of them,

and I think that's amazing. Whether or not you're queer, though, this is just an amazing show.

If you are into personal growth, wellness, hearing real stories from people who have lived

through major cultural shifts, this podcast hits

on all of that. And particularly, if you are a listener of spirits, I think you are going to enjoy

their episode called Pride from protest to parade, reflecting, again, firsthand experience

on how pride has evolved from resistance and secrecy all the way through

to celebration and maybe commercialization and share some pretty wild and very heartfelt stories

through their experiences on the ground in those early years of pride. There is also a really

wonderful episode called Health Maintenance Required, honest, vulnerable, relatable conversation about aging and health and taking care of

yourself, fitness routines, mental health, all the stuff that, if we're lucky, we're all

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