Table of Contents

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2025

Portrait of Sylvester Stallone walking with a horse. He is wearing a grey button down shirt and jeans

FEATURES

The Sylvester Stallone You Never Knew: His Struggles to Remain Relevant

How AI Is Changing Health Care—Real Stories of Medical Breakthroughs

Airplanes Are Cramped. Road Trips Are Exhausting. Take the Train Instead

The Polar Express and Beyond: Four Holiday Train Excursions

Caring for Bruce Willis: His Life With Dementia, His Wife’s Loving Hand

Book Excerpt: ‘That Wasn’t the Bruce Willis I Knew’

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

How AARP Fights to Protect Social Security and Medicare

Readers Respond: Letters to the Editor

UPFRONT

8 Surprising Things About Robin Wright

There’s Money to Be Found in That Box of Old Computer Cables

Brain Games for Pets: Go Beyond Tug-of-War and Fetch

Prepare to Be Blown Away: Six More Uses for a Leaf Blower

Sarah McLachlan: ‘I'm In a Great Place—More Grounded and Centered’

Grand Ole Opry at 100—What You Don’t Know About This American Institution

Autumn Recipes: Give Them Pumpkin to Talk About

6 Healthy Ways to Top Toast

Hit the Beach for Cheap: 7 Affordable Winter Destinations

Bags No Longer Fly Free: What Each Airline Charges Now for Luggage

Keep Your Shoes on at Airport Security! And Maybe Ditch TSA Pre-Check

In a Car Accident, Your Phone Is Your Best Friend

Insights From the AARP Tech Guru: ‘You Are Not the Problem’

Gift Giving in the Digital World: How to Put Online Presents Under the Tree

Get in Sync: How to Make Your Devices Work Together

5 Movies Our Critic Recommends

Lionel, Ozzy, Dolly and More: The Season’s Big Memoirs

Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb: What They Know Now

MONEY SAVER

How Much Do You Know About Inflation? Take Our Quiz

9 Smart Financial Fixes You Can Tackle in an Hour

A Woman Worries: What Will Happen to Her Adult Son With Autism?

LIFE AT 50

Mario, Powered Up: A Grownup’s Guide to the Nintendo Switch 2

Patching Things Up After Growing Apart: Reconnecting with an Estranged Sibling

Managing Your Parent’s Money: 4 Ways to Ease Financial Frustration

The Master of Horror Meter: How Scary Are Stephen King Movies?

REAL PEOPLE

Olympian Bob Beamon Went from Setting Records to Recording Them

How This Humble Cobbler Found Social Media Fame

He Waited More than 50 Years. At Last, He Has a Medal of Honor

Her Town Lacked a Bookstore. So She Opened One—on Wheels

Seven Teens, an Explosion and a Heroic Rescue

YOUR AARP

Brain Games: Try These 3 Puzzles

AARP Awards Purpose Prize to Older Americans Who Help Others

AARP Takes On Fraud

Deals and Discounts Just for AARP Members

Happy Big 5-Oh to Kate Winslet, and Other Celebrity Milestone Birthdays

AARP The Magazine Masthead

Credits (above and on the cover): Sylvester Stallone photographed for AARP by Jim Wright on July 24. Producer: Anthony Moschini at Moschini Productions; wardrobe stylist: Lori Stilson for Schneider Entertainment Agency; groomer: Fionagh Cush for Schneider Entertainment Agency. Inset: VIA Rail Canada

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