How To Be Less Old
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Deanna Cheng and Emily Foster are going to ask the questions, download the apps, discuss the fashion, and try out the gadgets. We will make the mistakes so you don't have to. howtobelessold.substack.com
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster turn generational confusion into funny, practical conversations about modern habits, relationships, style, and online life.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster treat getting older as an encounter with a culture that keeps changing its clothes, language, technology, and rules.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster let you blame the jeans and make the internet explain 'foids'.
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A funny, skeptical look at wellness hype and the coded language around getting less old.
A backyard sample-sale story opens the episode, but the center of gravity is the hosts' interest in peptides, anti-aging talk, and the newer code words moving through wellness commerce.
Fast, funny culture talk about phones, fashion, and staying oriented.
How to Be Less Old stays close to the small frictions of modern life: wanting one place to manage every feed, dealing with yondr pouches and school phone rules, and the odd status games tucked into style lists.
A loose, lively pop-culture pass that turns Coachella chatter into a celebrity rabbit hole.
Two hosts chase a Coachella lineup check into celebrity mirroring, TikTok chatter, and the odd comfort of not knowing every name. The episode is most fun when the confusion becomes the point: a seven part TikTok series gets picked apart, outfits and interviews are treated like…
A loose, easy culture check-in that uses nostalgia and taste to sharpen the point.
How to Be Less Old turns a travel-and-trend check-in into a compact look at what people are paying attention to. The hosts move from Martha's Vineyard heat and coastal sardines to nostalgia tech showing up in search, and the conversation feels strongest when they let those small…
A brisk, funny slang clinic that makes getting older feel like a live experiment.
This episode turns a group-chat conversation into a sharp look at age, taste, and the effort of keeping up. Deanna Chang and Emily Foster move from AARP mail to peptide jokes to slang like "low-key and genuinely," and the appeal lies in how each new term is treated as funny and…
A practical beauty-device conversation that keeps returning to how it works and what to expect.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster guide How To Be Less Old through a conversation with David Bean, founder and CEO of Neera Laser, keeping the emphasis on how the laser works, why he built it, what results to expect, and how the device is framed around safety.
A February love check-in that stays sharp because it is willing to think things through in public.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster turn February into a love check-in, asking what younger people are doing with relationships and what they want from them. The conversation stays loose and shared: apps, fashion, terms, mistakes, all of it gets worked through together.
A funny, slightly spiraling shopping chat that turns age anxiety into useful style sense.
An almost-sighting of Amy Poehler at dinner sends the episode into a very specific age-and-taste spiral, and it turns that feeling into a brisk, conversational riff on shopping, dressing, and the odd rules people invent to feel more put together.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
Two female hosts discuss fashion trends (specifically Gen Z's OSP hairstyle adoption), social media moments with unintended teen audiences, collectible culture, and the 'Gen Z stare' phenomenon.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open by translating the word `foids` and laughing at how fast slang can twist itself into something new.
Jared Leto's exposed behavior represents the cost of unaccountability in entertainment industry power structures.
Shonda Howard, introduced on How To Be Less Old as a dating coach and hypnotherapist, says she certified in hypnotherapy in 2018 after using it to meet “the love of my life five months later.” She tells Deanna Chang and Emily Foster that most clients want marriage, a family, and relief from “the absolute nightmare” of dating apps, not just a match.
Deanna and Emily discuss pop culture moments including Jules LeBron's viral demure trend, her shadow banning by TikTok, and her resilience despite platform punishment.
Two hosts discuss recent cultural moments and personal wellness journeys.
How to Be Less Old hosts Deanna and Emily discuss Taylor Swift's new album with Meet the Mess's Jen Lancaster and Karen Bosnick, plus Gen Z correspondent Sarah.
Juliana Claire says she left West Point with a four-year education, owed the Army five years of active duty, and was told she would deploy to Afghanistan six months after her first duty station.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open How To Be Less Old by talking about their TikTok series “We Have Questions,” their Substack, and a “where the wind takes me” stunt that involved rolling a body down concrete in Glassell Park.
Deanna Chang opens with an April dinner story she still cannot quite shake.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with tretinoin, skin tenderness, and their recurring “less old” beauty-tool updates before pivoting to the news that Sarah Jessica Parker is entering the lab-grown diamond market with Dorsey.
Deanna and Emily discuss holiday travels, virtual reality experiences at Cosm, and dive into AI companion apps, sharing Emily's shocking encounter with a flirtatious chatbot named Fred, while also touching on celebrity gossip and skincare tips.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open February with a love check-in.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open on East Coast summer chatter, with the heat dome, rain, and Martha’s Vineyard setting the tone.
Deanna starts with a Miami trip and a reunion with college friends.
Deanna and Emily start with a print, a crop top, and a very specific backyard sample-sale story.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster sit down with David Bean, the founder and CEO of Neera Laser.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster use “We Got That New ‘Pick Me’ Spirit” to track how the slang term “pick me” has shifted from seeking male attention to putting other girls down for it.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open by complaining about the mess of modern streaming life.
Deanna and Emily open with a bit of body-level chaos and turn it into a joke about trying to stay current.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster move from butter yellow and a Tory Burch return at Rodeo Drive to Esty’s reaction of “No, drive” when she sees Deanna’s new loafers.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open How To Be Less Old with a HELOC mistake, a 72-year-old Oprah Winfrey crop-top post, and a running joke about billionaire competition.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with a complaint about hipsters, then move into a story about Emily high-fiving runners on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York.
The hosts discuss a bathroom renovation and the challenges of getting older with humor and personal anecdotes.
It opens with a bread joke.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with jokes about Katy Perry going to Jeff Bezos' space mission, then pivot into Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl appearance and the Drake beef that helped shape the moment.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with eyewear, Palm Springs, and whether Warby Parker lighting makes people look old or “glowy.” They then move through Snow White press-tour tension involving Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler, including a reported feud described by Mirror Magazine.
How To Be Less Old Podcast opens with Deanna Chang and Emily Foster trading “feel old / feel young” stories, including calculator speak where 43770 upside down reads “hello.” The episode then turns to Teen Vogue being absorbed into Vogue, the Timothée Chalamet Vogue cover, and the reaction to Annie Leibovitz’s image looking like “AI or is it real.” A fashion stretch covers the Italian beard style, stacked flare jeans, and a paparazzi photo of Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter that the hosts read as visually extreme because Swift wore six-inch heels.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with their usual age-and-generations theme, then move from hockey and Homeland to a very specific modern annoyance: 10 phone calls after Emily entered her information into LendingTree.
Deanna Chang and Emily Foster open with Coachella names they do not recognize, including “Horse Girl,” “Girl with Two Eyes,” “Coco and Breezy,” “Chase and Status,” and “Still Woozy,” before pivoting to the names they do know: Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and Benny Blanco.
Two hosts discuss how to stay current with fashion, apps, and trends as they age.
The hosts discuss recent personal and emotional challenges, including wildfires and political events, while introducing their show's mission to help listeners stay current and 'less old'.
The hosts discuss a new bag and set up their mission to help listeners stay current with trends and technology.
Two hosts discuss Christmas in New York and introduce their show about navigating modern life and trends.
The hosts discuss the unhinged press tour for the movie Wicked and share their mission to help listeners stay current with trends and technology.
Hosts Deanna and Emily introduce their podcast about staying current with trends, apps, and fashion, sharing personal anecdotes and humor.
Two friends discuss staying up-to-date with modern trends and technology while dealing with everyday life, starting with a dog's diarrhea.
Two hosts discuss and decode the latest trends, terms, and gadgets used by younger generations to help listeners stay current.
The hosts reunite to launch their podcast on Substack, joking about their past and what's to come.