{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Rob Schwartz on Life's Greatest Lesson","description":" Over 20 million copies of one of the most famous memoirs of all-time, \u201cTuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson\u201d written by Mitch Albom, have been sold since its 1997 publication, and to this day it remains on many a college\u2019s required reading list.  Twenty-eight years after Morrie Schwartz passed away, his son Rob Schwartz, has edited his father\u2019s last work, and posthumously published what has become a bestselling new book, \u201cThe Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully.\u201d  Rob is a journalist and entrepreneur, having founded a number of companies, both in Japan and the US, and held executive positions in others. He\u2019s produced numerous film and music projects with international teams. His areas of expertise include the entertainment industries in Asia, the US, and Europe. His projects often have a special emphasis on music, film, online business development, and developing musical artists\u2019 careers, as well as working for Billboard in Asia.  He has appeared on Good Morning America, Nightline, PBS NewsHour, NBC10 Boston, and in WebMD, Psychology Today, Reader\u2019s Digest, and People magazine. Rob is currently one of the producers of Onetopia, a benefit music festival. I asked Rob what it was like growing-up in the in the Schwartz household along with his work and background, and what took him to Asia and his work there as a founder, journalist, and in production.  The book\u2019s been described as a profound, poetic, and poignant masterpiece of living and aging joyfully and creatively, but he first starts off examining ageism and explaining how poisonous it is and how wrong it is. In his reflections he confronts the false notion that people are somehow made less by the aging process, and his coining the term \u201cage casting,\u201d as an aspect of ageism and diminishing a person\u2019s value solely based on their age. We wrapped-up our conversation with him sharing a bit about his efforts in producing a global benefit festival dedicated to mental health and has a playlist on Spotify. He\u2019s also working on the development of Holocaust survivors\u2019 story as a documentary as well.  Rob\u2019s perspectives, work and life serve as an inspiration to us all to live our lives in full. ","author_name":"Living A Life In Full","author_url":"http:\/\/www.alifeinfull.org\/podcast.html","html":"