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Do you hate being middle-aged? NPR's Allison Aubrey wants to change that

NPR | By Kathryn Fink,

Ailsa Chang, Jeanette Woods

Published September 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM CDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Allison Aubrey, health and science correspondent for NPR and the author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love.

Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

Jeanette Woods