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Jan. 19, 2025

Survivng the Survivor with Joel and Karmela Waldman

To be honest I should have titled this podcast -Surviving the Podcast Guests.Tune in and you'll understand why I said this. Joel and Karmela Waldman are mother and son co-hosts of their True Crime podcast called Surviving the...

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Nov. 18, 2024

A Conversation with Bob Levey

We've just been through an historic election and so we asked Bob Levey, a prize winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson administration to talk with us about it. We talked about Bob's early ye...

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Oct. 21, 2024

Beyond Babi Yar with John Pollick

This podcast was recorded during the part of the year in which the holiest of Jewish holidays takes place. It seemed appropriate to take some time to remember those of us who were lost during the Holocaust, but a part …

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Oct. 6, 2024

Making It Easier for Older Americans to Voter with Attorney Joan Bond…

According to Senator Bob Casey, the ranking member of the special committee on aging , "The right to vote is one of the fundamental pilars of our democracy, but that right is under attack for millions of older Americans acros...

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Sept. 8, 2024

Preventing Senior Moments with Dr. Stan Goldberg

We all get them - those momentary lapses when we can't recal someone's name, why we came into a room or where we left the car keys. We call them senior moments, butare these moments inevitable or limited to seniors? …

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Aug. 26, 2024

Culinary Characters Unlocked - a new podcast by David Page

My guest today on Specifically for Seniors is Emmy winner, international acclaimed journalist, executive producer, food and travel lover, and creator of the beloved groundbreaking show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, David Page ta...

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Aug. 12, 2024

A Conversation About Mental and Physiological Aging with Ben Katz and…

My guests today on Specifically for Seniors caught my attention in an Opinion piece in the Washington Post. Professors Ben Katz and Pamela Teaster urged “an objective, scientific conversation about mental and physiological a...

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Aug. 5, 2024

Jews, Magic and the Holocaust

My guest today on Specifically for Seniors is a practicing magician, but his story goes way beyond slight of hand and deceptions. Richard Hatch holds two graduate degrees in physics, but found it easier to apparently violate ...

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June 30, 2024

Real Talk About Hospital Stays with Monique Nugent, MD, MPH

An unfortunate fact of life at our age is that sooner or later we are going to face a hospital admission whether due to an illness, an injury or pain, and that can be confusing and frightening. Many of us …

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June 17, 2024

A Rabbi, A Lawyer and a Chiropracter Walk Into a Comedy Contest,,,, w…

My guest today on Specifically for Seniors is a practicing Rabbi and stand-up comedian. Bob Alper has been seen on Good Morning America, Showtime, The BBC, CNN and was featured on Extra, TV’s top rated entertainment program,...

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June 3, 2024

The Longevity Secret with Noelle Nelson

I have a friend who just celebrated his 100th birthday. He was a bombadier during World War II. He is in great physical ad mental health, has written a play about his experiences and is trying to cast that play …

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May 19, 2024

From Detroit Cop to Filmmaker with Chad Richardson

One of the best parts of doing this podcast is that it gives me the opportunity to meet and talk with some remarkable people who've done exceptional things after retirement. Chad Richardson was a Detroit police officer who ga...

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April 30, 2024

A Conversation with Maggie Scarf

Maggie Scarf is a former visiting fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, and a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University. She was for many years a Contributing Editor to The New Republic and a mem...

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Feb. 19, 2024

Services for Older Adults in Massachusetts with Elissa Sherman, PhD

There is an organization in Massachusetts that is focused on caring for an aging population, that develops services that meet older adults’ needs and preferences and advocates for us. I had not heard of this organization befo...

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Feb. 12, 2024

The Grand Canyon Run with Rick Mater

Rick Mater is a longtime runner and Emmy-nominated TV executive living in Los Angeles. He was born in Pinner, England, and grew up in California, New Jersey, and Munich, Germany. A miler in high school, he lettered in cross-c...

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Feb. 5, 2024

Living with a disability with Lisa Iezzoni, MD

As many of us age we develop physical problems, we have difficulty seeing, hearing and mobility. We require a walker, wheelchair or motorized device to get around. And we feel that our physicians don’t understand our problems...

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Jan. 28, 2024

The challenges of a long life with MT Connolly

On today's podcast, it is my distinct honor to introduce MT Connolly to those of you who have never had the privilege of meeting her. M.T. Connolly is a leading national expert on elder justice and a MacArthur “genius” grant …

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Jan. 22, 2024

The Importance of Family Stories with Elizabeth Keating, PhD

Elizabeth Keating is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in culture and communication. Her book, The Essental Questions: Interview Your Family to Uncover Stories and Bridge Generat...

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Jan. 15, 2024

What to Expect as You Age - a gerontologist's viewpoint with Rosanne …

Our guest today on Specifically for Seniors, Dr. Rosanne Leipzig is internationally recognized in the field of geriatrics. Dr Leipzig is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice Chair, Emerita of the Brookdale Depar...

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Dec. 21, 2023

A Trump Second Term? with Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter is an award winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host. His most recent book is “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life.” Jonathan is a former editor an...

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Dec. 11, 2023

Tania Galiñanes

Book bans have reached a record high over the past two years. Books targeted have overwhelmingly been about people of color and LGBTQ individuals. And nowhere has that been more evident than in Florida. Our guest today on Spe...

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Dec. 4, 2023

Don't Make Me Hate You with Maureen Langan

Be advised: Adult language is used during this podcast Those of you who are fans of the TV show -Amerca's Got Talent - will recognize my guest this week. Maureen Langan was a semi-finalist on Season 18 of AGT where …

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Nov. 27, 2023

A Trash-talking, Acid Wasted Golem is Revitalized in Brooklyn by Adam…

Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, cultural critic and humorist. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep, which has been translated into forty languages, named Time Magazine's 2011 "T...

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Nov. 20, 2023

An Hour with an Improv Coach - Matt Fear

An hour without notes and a script. We talked ice cream sandwiches, Death Wish and Red Barn coffee, the pandemic, a life in Improv and teaching, Batman, super heroes, radio and ImprovBoston. If you want to spend an hour liste...

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