The so-called “Golden Years” are not so golden for everyone. Deborah Carr, professor and chair in Boston University’s Sociology Department and author of “Golden Years: Social Inequalities in Later Life,” published this year, Carr dives into the reality of aging in 2019 on this week’s broadcasts of “Story in the Public Square.”

Judy Raffonelli, 80, Johnston
00:26

Karen Sherman, 65, Charlestown
00:28

Karen DiMuccio, 82, Westerly
00:22