Table of Contents

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2025

Photo portrait of Curtis sitting on the ground, leaning on a stool

FEATURES

How Jamie Lee Curtis Found Career Success, Deep Relationships and Overall Fulfillment

You Can Cook Your Way Out of Prediabetes

What’s a ‘Retirementmoon’? Let These Post-Work Adventurers Tell You

Find Deals in Expected Places: Our Shopping Expert’s Big Bargain Adventure

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina. Disaster and Recovery Though the Eyes of 6 Residents

Book Excerpt: Bruce’s Two-Year ‘Born to Run’ Odyssey

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Volunteers Are the Backbone of AARP’s Important Work

Readers Respond: Letters to the Editor

UPFRONT

6 Surprising Things About Debbie Gibson

How to Avoid Sex and Violence at 35,000 Feet

What If You Get Sick on a Cruise Ship?

Crate Expectations: The Simple Trick to Get a Cat Into a Carrier

5 Fresh Dishes to Make with Summer Produce

Bake This Once for Breakfast All Week

What to Watch: 4 Movie Picks from Our Critic

12 Books for Late-Summer Reading

Jimmy Fallon Got a Lot from His Grandpa Tom

HEALTHY YOU

No Pain, Much Gain: The Four Pillars of Safer Exercise

How to Regain Your Energy as You Age

MONEY SAVER

The Cost of 55+ Living: What You’ll Pay to Live in an Active Adult Community

Lizzie Post’s Guide to Handling Awkward Money Situations

She Stopped Collecting Rent from Her Daughter. Should She Start Up Again?

THIS IS 50

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s New Excellent Adventure: Broadway

Gen X Women Worry: Will I Ever Be Able to Retire?

How to Insure Your Kid Who Just Started Driving

You Too Can Embark on Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

REAL PEOPLE

Meet the Women Saving Lives Through Water Ballet

He’s 70 Years Old, and He Pitches to Giants

When a Cougar Attacked a 61-Year-Old, Her Friends Rushed to Save Her

YOUR AARP

AARP Affiliate Has Made 3,000 Older People’s Wishes Come True

Deals and Discounts Just for AARP Members

AARP Takes On Age Bias

Brain Games: Try These 3 Puzzles

Happy Big 5-Oh to Charlize Theron! Plus More Celebrity Birthdays

AARP The Magazine Masthead

Credits (above and on the cover): Jamie Lee Curtis photographed by Andrew Eccles in Los Angeles on April 8, 2025. Producer: Cat Cook Knox; wardrobe stylist: Jane Ross; hair stylist: Sean James/Aim Artists; makeup artist: Grace Ahn/Day One Studio; prop stylist: James Lear/11th House Agency. Inset: Liubomir Paut/Getty Images

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