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Pineapple Street Studios from Audacy announced 70 Over 70, created and hosted by Max Linsky, co-founder, Pineapple Street Studios, that flips the traditional Forbes 30 under 30 concept on its head through conversations with 70 remarkable people over 70.
Season One of_ 70 Over 70_ looks at questions of meaning for the older generation as in making the most of the time left, living well, and learning to let go. It features Linsky in conversation with Sister Helen Prejean, leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty; Tony, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning actor Andre DeShields; legendary Grammy-winning artist Dionne Warwick; veteran journalist Dan Rather; chef and restaurateur Alice Waters; Congressman and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn; physicist and best-selling author Michio Kaku; illustrator Maira Kalman; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; actor James Hong; children’s entertainer Raffi; American labor leader Dolores Huerta; long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad; television writer and producer Norman Lear; and poet Nikki Giovanni.
“The chance to make this show, particularly over the last year we all just had, has been the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Linsky. “There’s nothing I’d rather be doing than talking to people like this about what they’ve learned and how we can all make the most of the time we have left.”
Every episode will have an accompanying original drawing of the guest by Linsky’s mom, artist Lynn Staley.
A 20-minute prologue episode is available now, as well as a trailer. The main series launches May 20, 2021, and new episodes will be available every Tuesday after that.