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So Your Parents Are Old

So Your Parents Are Old

By: Campside Media
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Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis talks to friends, experts, and celebrities about the chaos of dealing with aging parents. From Medicaid nightmares to emotional meltdowns in storage units, it’s a brutally honest, often hilarious look at one of life’s most disorienting stages. Come for the catharsis, stay for the gallows humor and unfiltered conversations. If you’re currently the parent to your parents, this is your group chat in podcast form.418774 Biographies & Memoirs Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Middle-Aged Lady Things with Anna Holmes

    Middle-Aged Lady Things with Anna Holmes
    Mar 24 2026
    Anna Holmes joins Vanessa to talk about the unnerving overlap between having a parent with dementia and experiencing perimenopause brain fog, and the terrifying question that raises: is this just aging, or the beginning of something worse? It’s a candid, darkly funny conversation about how to stay present, even when we’re afraid. For more from Anna, you can read her New Yorker article, My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine or order one of her amazing books. Also discussed: read about the new AI dementia glasses. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com⁠. You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠. If you have questions you want Vanessa to try to answer, or just want to tell us what you think of the show, email us at parents@campsidemedia.com. Can't wait to hear from you! Our production team is Shoshi Shmuluvitz, managing producer and editor; Lily Houston Smith, senior producer; Ashley Warren, production manager; Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan, studio recordist; and music by Mark McAdam and Amber Devereux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • A Presidential Legacy of Care with Josh Carter

    A Presidential Legacy of Care with Josh Carter
    Mar 17 2026
    Josh Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter, grew up in a family where caregiving wasn’t just a value — it was a way of life. He talks with Vanessa about caring for a grandmother with memory loss, supporting a father with Parkinson’s, and parenting a child with serious medical needs. Learn more about the VEO-IBD Foundation. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com⁠. You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠. If you have questions you want Vanessa to try to answer, or just want to tell us what you think of the show, email us at parents@campsidemedia.com. Can't wait to hear from you! Our production team is Shoshi Shmuluvitz, managing producer and editor; Lily Houston Smith, senior producer; Ashley Warren, production manager; Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan, studio recordist; and music by Mark McAdam and Amber Devereux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Curing Grief with Cody Delistraty

    Curing Grief with Cody Delistraty
    Mar 10 2026
    Writer Cody Delistraty joins Vanessa to talk about his book The Grief Cure, a quest narrative through loss, myth, medicine, and modern grief culture. From the controversial diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder to the American obsession with “getting over it,” Cody argues against the promise of closure, for something far messier (and more human). Also discussed: Cody’s articles on mourning in America, the “magic” of AI, and techno-spiritualism; and How to Change a Memory by Steve Ramirez. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com⁠. You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠. If you have questions you want Vanessa to try to answer, or just want to tell us what you think of the show, email us at parents@campsidemedia.com. Can't wait to hear from you! Our production team is Shoshi Shmuluvitz, managing producer and editor; Lily Houston Smith, senior producer; Ashley Warren, production manager; Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan, studio recordist; and music by Mark McAdam and Amber Devereux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
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This was a great listen! A great array of interviews and just enough context to keep it relevant and focused.

Well produced, great sources

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I really enjoyed this. touches on the same elements as the hulu documentary, but gives a deeper dive on the impact to popular culture.

well written, well researched, compelling delivery

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I found this podcast very interesting… the backstory of Victoria’s Secret (business beginnings and models’ experiences) is very interesting. I enjoyed a break from the guts and gore that seem so prevalent. It’s not free from some disturbing experiences that women have experienced at the hands of creepy and criminally inappropriate men, yet it’s also insightful! I’m surprised with the lower reviews.

Something different!

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I made sure to listen to all the episodes and it just didn't get any better. There was very little scandal, very little wrongdoings, But they tried so hard to try and find villains in the shadows. The line in the last episode where they source a YouTube video of a model crying about how hard the industry is the peak bs. They specifically say "I don't think they were talking about Victoria's Secret, but..." So yeah, the model wasn't talking about VS, but they just try and tie it to the situation. That's what all the episodes were like. Very weak tea water.

Grasping straws tabloid journalism

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