Do rules created when most people lived only to 50 or 60 still make sense when more and more people live to 100? Longer lives are, at once, among the most remarkable achievements in all of human history and one of the great challenges of the 21st century. How can we ensure that our lives are not just longer, but healthy and rewarding as well?

Century Lives, the new podcast from the Stanford Center on Longevity, is here to start the conversation. In our first season we explore the “New Map of Life,” bold ideas for rethinking how we live our lives in light of longer life spans. Join us as we venture into the world of education, work, healthcare, urban design and more to see how our 100-year lives can be healthier and more productive ones.

Today on “When I’m 64” we talk to Sian-Pierre Regis the director and producer of the movie DUTY FREE, and his mother Rebecca.  We hear how Sian-Pierre decided to film a documentary that follows his 75 year-old mother who, after being fired from her hotel housekeeping job, goes on a bucket list adventure to reclaim her life.

We often talk about family and paid caregivers as two distinct categories, but in reality these groups overlap...a lot. Especially in communities of color. On this episode we hear from a home health aide and family caregiver, Zulma Torres, about the difficulties she faces. And we hear an excerpt from a Longevity Project Virtual Event where Jean Accius of AARP, Karyne Jones of NCBA and Kezia Scales of PHI discuss the barriers people of color face with health care and caregiving, and what steps we can take towards more equitable care systems.