XXX: 94 Years of Life Lessons in 50 Minutes - Tom Pallan

Unfolding · Sep 10, 2026 · 50m

Tom Pallan is 94. I'm 21. He's a family friend of my grandpa's, he still lives at home with his wife of 66 years, and he still lifts weights. Nothing in his body hurts.

I asked him what he's still trying to get better at. He answered like a man with plans.

Then it stopped being an interview. I told him about the gym, about the shift from running away from who I was to running toward who I want to be. He said, you are maturing. We spent the rest of it trading. Him on a marriage that took fifteen years to understand, me pushing him on where morality comes from if there's no God.

He started…