So Your Parents Are Old

Vanessa Grigoriadis

Booking Overview

A candid, sometimes darkly funny take on what it’s really like to care for aging parents—covering the emotional and practical chaos from healthcare systems to family upheaval. The show is especially valuable for PR pitches tied to caregiving, elder justice, health policy, and senior living—blending human stories with credible expert context.

Metrics

Episodes: 35

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.0k followers

30s Ad: 542 - 616, 60s Ad: 640 - 714

Contact Information

soyourparentsareold@gmail.com

Host

Vanessa Grigoriadis - Journalist and host of So Your Parents Are Old. Known for reporting and narrative journalism, she interviews friends, experts, and public figures about the realities of aging parents—pairing lived ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Caregiving experts and journalists; healthcare policy specialists; leaders in senior living/home health/long-term care; credible authors/communicators in aging/eldercare; sometimes high-recognition public figures tied to caregiving realities.

Required Achievements:

Published reporting or research on aging/healthcare, Leadership roles in senior living, nursing, home health, or health analysis, Public advocacy or notable personal experience that informs caregiving guidance, Involvement with major caregiving or ALS/long-term care organizations

Recent Guest Discussions

Jessie Buttafuoco - Family Impact Of A Shocking Event; Navigating Media Attention; Revisiting Trauma With Perspective And Compassion

Jonathan Penner - Caregiving And Survival After An ALS Diagnosis; Staying Present During Decline; Resources/support Systems

Liz Pearce - Hospital And Senior Living Decision-making; Interpretation Of Rankings; Home Health And Senior Living Evaluations

Ben Harder - How Healthcare/senior Living Rankings Are Constructed; What Rankings Measure (and What They Can’t)

Recent Topics

Caregiving, Aging, Healthcare, Medicaid, Senior Living, Eldercare, Disability, Health Policy, Long Term Care, Health Journalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

So Your Parents Are Old

The Most Complicated Dad Ever with Jessie Buttafuoco, from The Gratitudeology Podcast

May 19, 2026

This week, we’re sharing an episode from The Gratitudeology Podcast with Jamie Hess, featuring Jessie Buttafuoco. Jessie opens up about the shocking event that changed her family forever, the media storm that followed, and what it means to revisit a painful chapter with perspective, honesty, and compassion.

Love, ALS, and Life After Survivor with Jonathan Penner

May 12, 2026

When Jonathan Penner’s wife Stacy Title was diagnosed with ALS, their life changed with shocking speed. He joins Vanessa to talk about caregiving, survival, and the hard-won wisdom of staying present even when everything is getting worse. Connect to resources through Compassionate Care ALS (CCALS). You can also read the Vulture article about Stacy’s fight to make one final movie: Walking Time Bomb.To connect with the team, find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Youtube⁠, or shoot us an email at soyourpa...

Using Rankings to Your Advantage with Ben Harder and Liz Pearce

May 05, 2026

How do you choose a hospital or senior living community when everything feels impossibly high-stakes? Vanessa talks with two U.S. News & World Report journalists — Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis, and Liz Pearce, director of senior living — about what those rankings really measure, and what they can’t.See their rankings for Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation, Best Nursing Homes, Best Senior Living, and — their newest report — Best Home Health. Also check out our ep...

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