Midlife Crises
by Alvin Shultz and Jack Eichler
Latest episode
E32: Finding Happiness & Purpose in the Second Half of Life
E32: Finding Happiness & Purpose in the Second Half of Life
About this podcast
This is a podcast where where two guys from Generation X try to navigate this trying stage of life. You might laugh and you might learn something, even if you have not yet had that midlife crisis. Your hosts are Alvin Shultz, an epidemiologist and public health professional, and Jack Eichler, a Professor of Chemistry and education researcher at the University of California-Riverside (and thanks to our friend Aaron, for helping come up with the name of the pod).
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 31 episodes
- E32: Finding Happiness & Purpose in the Second Half of Life · 50 minIn this episode, we discuss the book "From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, & Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life" by Arthur C. Brooks. In the opening…
- E31: Trends in Midlife Vitality Across Generations & Countries · 50 minAfter a long absence from the podcast we are back. In the first segment we read a glowing review of the podcast, we report on our recent midlife crises in action, and give one…
- E30: The Birthday Episode - The Impact of Reaching a New Decade in Life on the Search for Meaning & Purpose? · 54 minWe are excited to be back for our 30th episode and to celebrate our 2nd year anniversary of the podcast. In the opening 10 minute segment we reflect on how the podcast has helped…
- E29: Coping with Aging Parents (with special guest host Carolyn Lambert) · 1 h 17 minIn this episode we have brought on special guest host Carolyn Lambert to tackle the topic of coping with aging parents. Carolyn is a certified parent coach who was a guest on the…
- E28: The Holiday Blues - Myth or Reality? (And an Unexpected "New" Christmas Movie) · 1 h 12 min · Season 2 Episode 28We apologize for the delay between pods, but as you'll hear in this episode Alvin experienced some chaos over Christmas and New Year's, so we were delayed in putting out our…
- E27 - Physical Maintenance and Growth in the Midlife and Beyond: Review of "Younger Next Year" · 1 h 6 minIn this episode we tackle the issue of physical decline by reviewing the book "Younger Next Year" by Chris Crowley and Dr. Harry Lodge. In our opening segment we report on our…
- MLC Mini-pod: Nostalgia for Elections Past & Silver Linings (we hope) for 2024 · 36 minIn this mini-pod we give you our rapid response to the 2024 election. We reminisce about the elections from the 1990's and early 2000's and give some brief perspective on last…
- E26 - MLC at the Movies: Barbie's Ultimate Existential Crisis (Plus a Debate on the Most Influential Art Forms) · 1 h 9 minIn this episode we are excited to bring you our second Midlife Crises movie review, in which we explore themes of existential identity and death in the 2023 movie Barbie. After…
- E25 - Cognitive Decline & Learning as Older Adults (Interview with Professor Rachel Wu) · 1 h 36 minIn this episode we are excited to bring you our interview with Dr. Rachel Wu, a professor of psychology at the University of California-Riverside. She is a developmental…
- E24 - The Happiness Hypothesis, Improving Happiness in the Midlife, and Childless Cat Ladies · 1 h 22 minIn this episode we continue our series on happiness, focusing on how one might improve happiness in the midlife. In our opening potpourri/grab-bag segment, Jack gives a quick…
- E23 - Causes of Youth Unhappiness and What to Do About It? (And Our Top 5 Movies on Existential Happiness) · 1 h 52 minIn this episode we follow up our interview with Dr. Danny Blanchflower by discussing the possible causes of the observed decreased happiness among America's youth. After Alvin…
- E22 - Interview with Danny Blanchflower: Father of the Happiness Curve (Plus a Discussion of the Decline in Youth Happiness) · 1 h 37 minIn this episode we are pleased to bring you our interview with David, aka Danny Blanchflower, who is a professor of economics at Dartmouth College, research associate at the…
- E21 - Optimism in the Face of Adversity: Alvin's Story of Midlife Crisis (and is Jack too optimistic?) · 1 h 4 minThis episode was inspired by a revelation that Alvin recently made to Jack in an offline discussion, and Alvin was convinced to share this story to help us do a more thorough…
- E20 - Divorce Stories: Attachment Theory & Relationship Compatibility (Plus the Gen Z Word of the Day) · 1 h 18 minIn this episode we follow up our recent conversation on personality and personality change with a discussion of attachment theory and how different attachment styles might impact…
- E19 - Interview with Brent Roberts (Destroyer of Myths) Part 2: Personality Impacts on Relationships, Divorce, and Parenting (and Dungeons & Dragons Personality Types?) · 1 h 35 minIn this episode we are excited to bring you part 2 of our interview with Dr. Brent Roberts, Professor of Psychology and renowned personality psychologist at the University of…
- E18 - Interview with Brent Roberts (Destroyer of Myths) Part 1: Personality Change Over the Lifespan & The Life Happiness Curve · 1 h 26 minIn this episode we bring you part one of our interview with Dr. Brent Roberts, a renowned personality psychologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We open the…
- E17 - Progress By A Thousand Thoughts: The Philosophy of Nietzsche & The Lust for Life · 1 h 52 minIn this episode we are excited to have on Keegan Kjeldsen, a touring doom metal musician and host of The Nietzsche Podcast. We open the episode explaining why we sought out…
- E16 - Midlife Crisis on the Interwebs: What is a Midlife Crisis According to Wikipedia and Reddit? (and reminiscing about New Year's Y2K) · 1 h 4 minHappy new year and welcome to season two of the Midlife Crises podcast. Since we just rang in the new year, we thought it would be fun to open up season two by reminiscing about…
- E15 - Season Finale...Top 5 Holiday Movies List & Goals/Resolutions for 2024 · 1 h 8 minIn this episode, we come up with the Midlife Crises list of top 5 holiday/Christmas movies (and no, Die Hard is not a Christmas movie...), and we reflect on 2023 and the first…
- E14 - Interview with Women's Midlife Coach Clarissa Kristjansson (and Alvin rescues an injured owl?!) · 1 h 20 minIn this episode we are excited to have on as a guest Clarissa Kristjansson, a women’s midlife coach who is also the host of the podcast “Thriving Through Menopause.” Before…
