Sarah Handel

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This weightlifting gym helps older people build more than just strength

Matt Ozug

At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.

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At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why

Juana Summers

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games this month in Pasco County to find out why.

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At Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel

Juana Summers

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?

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Mall walkers find accountability and companionship in exercise routine

Juana Summers

A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.

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Senior swimming champ calls 25 years of learning and laughing in the pool 'bliss'

Matt Ozug

DeEtte Sauer, 83, went from being a girl who wasn't allowed to participate in sports, to an elite swimmer as a senior. She talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what being active means to her.

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Older folks build muscle and independence at a Baltimore weightlifting gym

Matt Ozug

Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.

In 'Wicked: Part I', Cynthia Erivo defies gravity — and convention — as Elphaba

Scott Detrow

Cynthia Erivo says being different had "something to do with" her role as Elphaba in 'Wicked: Part 1.'

Inside this maximum security prison, a film festival proves 'a little bit healing'

Marc Rivers

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.

Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving

Brianna Scott

If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving.

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Hurricanes like Helene and Milton leave behind a trail of psychological damage

Juana Summers

NPR's Juana Summers talks with with Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, about the mental health consequences of devastating hurricanes like Helene and Milton.