Blue Origin chief Jeff Bezos has chosen an 82-year-old Wally Funk to rocket into space with him in just three weeks' time. Proving you can do great things late in life. But do we as a society, often discard or underestimate the elderly? Well to discuss we were joined on the show this morning by Terry Prone, Chairperson of the Communications Clinic.

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