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TABLE OF CONTENTSAUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2025
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
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