Leader Longevity

Leader Longevity

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Searching for Health, Kelp vs. Urchins, The Agitators

Episode: Searching for Health, Kelp vs. Urchins, The Agitators

  • Apr 22, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 12:24 mins

Queen Elizabeth turned 95 this week. Her husband, Prince Philip, recently died just shy of his 100th birthday. Former US vice president Walter Mondale died this week at the age of 93, and Jimmy Carter is still alive and kicking at 96. Are you seeing a pattern? S. Jay Olshansky, professor of biostatics and public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, explains some of our leaders are living longer than the general population. (Jonathan Brady/pool photo via AP)