Upworthy Weekly podcast: Making your own luck, vasectomies, retrospective aging

What are Alison and Tod talking about this week? Making your own luck, why people from the past looked older and advice for living in ridiculous times.

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Tod Perry

Jul 16, 2022

Photo credit: Array – Upworthy Weekly podcast for July 16, 2022

The show opens with Tod sharing great advice on making your own luck he learned from Dr. Christian Busch. Later, why did people look older in the past and should young guys get vasectomies?

Plus, advice for living in ridiculous times and Alison has COVID-19.

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