So Your Parents Are Old

Vanessa Grigoriadis

soyourparentsareold@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A journalist-led, candid show about the practical and emotional chaos of aging parents—mixing expert guidance with celebrity and comedian perspectives. It’s a strong outlet for high-profile voices and specialists in senior care, caregiving, and health policy who can discuss real-life stakes with humor and honesty.

Metrics

Episodes: 40

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.0k followers

Contact Information

soyourparentsareold@gmail.com

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Host

Vanessa Grigoriadis - The description identifies Vanessa Grigoriadis as the host who talks with friends, experts, and celebrities about the chaos of dealing with aging parents, covering topics like Medicaid and the emot...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
A mix of senior-care subject-matter experts (e.g., senior housing advisors, care industry leaders), and well-known public figures who have lived caregiver experiences (celebrities/entertainers/authors). Guests should be able to speak credibly about caregiving realities—practically (Medicaid/senior housing/insurance) and emotionally.
Required Achievements:  
Authored a memoir or book, Public media career (e.g., TV/radio host) or established comedian profile, Leadership in senior housing/care services (advisor or company founder/executive), Credible expertise around Medicaid, long-term care insurance, or senior living models

Recent Guest Discussions

Laura House - Senior Housing Planning And Assisted Living; Memory Care; Medicaid; Long-term Care Insurance; The Gen X Outlook For Aging-related Needs.

Neil Nagraj - Senior Housing And When Aging In Place Stops Working; Assisted Living; Memory Care; Medicaid Myths; Long-term Care Insurance; Planning Before A Crisis.

Lewis Black - How He Cared For His Elderly Parents And What He Plans To Do When He’s Too Old To Care For Himself.

Joan Lunden - Her Memoir And Life Moments Including Caring For Her Mother And Decisions About Later Years.

Recent Topics

Caregiving, Aging, Healthcare, Medicaid, Senior Living

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
So Your Parents Are Old
:

How To Avoid Scams with Patrick Coughlin

June 23, 2026

Cybersecurity expert and author of The Dark Side of the Boom Patrick Coughlin joins Vanessa to talk about the scams coming for our parents and their bank accounts. They get into AI voice cloning, spoofed numbers, why seniors are such major targets, and what to do when someone calls with an emergency that feels terrifyingly real.Check out Scamwise for help spotting suspicious texts, emails, phone calls, and mail.

Boosting Your Brain Health with Dr. Silky Pahlajani

June 16, 2026

What can you actually do to keep your brain healthy — and what is just wellness noise? Vanessa talks with Dr. Silky Pahlajani of Weill Cornell Medicine about Alzheimer’s, women’s brain health, menopause, sleep, stress, depression, hearing, diabetes, and the small habits that may help protect cognition over time.

Senior Living, and When Does Gen X Move In? With Neil Nagraj and Laura House

June 09, 2026

Senior care advisor Neil Nagraj and podcaster Laura House join Vanessa to talk about the impossible math of senior housing: when aging in place stops working, what assisted living actually is, and why so many families wait for a crisis before making a plan. Also discussed: memory care, Medicaid myths, long-term care insurance, and Gen X’s grim future.Learn more about Neil’s company, The Senior Housing Authority. For more from Laura, listen to How’s Your Boomer? or subscribe to the newsletter.  

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