{"id":153,"date":"2021-07-18T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/?p=153"},"modified":"2021-11-08T07:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T07:39:16","slug":"1-6-the-age-old-problem-of-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/1-6-the-age-old-problem-of-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"1.6 The age-old problem of discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode we talk to Tom Scharf, Professor of Social Gerontology at Newcastle University about the social aspects of ageing and the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/research\/ageing-inequalities\/\">Centre for Ageing and Inequalities<\/a> at Newcastle University, of which Tom is co-director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom is President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishgerontology.org\/\">British Society of Gerontology<\/a> and is passionate about the issue of ageism. 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