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#708 Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season - Joel Thurm Mar 30, 2023

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Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season - Joel Thurm

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living interview series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and today's show is brought to you by NextEvo Naturals, Clinically Proven, Absorbing CBD, and Harry's, created for a different shaving experience As part of our Art Of Living interview series, we have an excellent program sex, drugs and the pilot season for television and theater! Our guest today is long-time star maker, casting director, and author Joel Thurm. Hollywood casting director Joel Thurm has written the new book, Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director.

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today, whom I'll introduce in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 707th episode when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, Former National Park ranger, and historian John Martini, discussing the infamous Alcatraz island. Two weeks ago, I spoke to returning guest biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience. If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather's dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in Hollywood, Early on, Thurm's instincts proved beyond reproach when he recognized John Travolta as much more than a teen idol, casting him in the TV movie THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE.

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#707 Alcatraz: 250 Years on the Rock - John Martini Mar 28, 2023

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Alcatraz: 250 Years on the Rock - John Martini

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Art Of Living interview series, we have an excellent program about America's most notorious island: Alcatraz, home of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate John Martini. John Martini will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, and the title of John Martini's presentation is Alcatraz: 250 Years on the Rock Check out our website for more details.

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today for our Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living interview series with Smithsonian Associate John Martini. I'll introduce Smithsonian Associate John Martini in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 706th episode when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, returning guest biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman. Two weeks ago, as part of our series on Women's History Month, I spoke with award-winning American television producer, filmmaker, and journalist Natasha Lance Rogoff author of the new book Muppets in Moscow. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience, especially during Women's History Month…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

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#706 Armageddon & The End - Dr. Bart Ehrman Mar 23, 2023

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Armageddon & The End - Dr. Bart Ehrman

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I'm Paul Vogelzang and today's show is brought to you by BetterHelp and Sunday. As part of our Art Of Living author interview series, we have an excellent program about Armageddon, with returning biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman.

Thank you so much for listening. I'll re-introduce Dr. Bart Ehrman to our Not Old Better Show audience in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 705th episode when I spoke to award-winning American television producer, filmmaker, and journalist Natasha Lance Rogoff author of the new book Muppets in Moscow. Two weeks ago, as part of our series on Women's History Month, I spoke with Smithsonian Associate, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sara Lukinson about the magnificent Barbra Streisand. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience, especially during Women's History Month…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

Our guest today and returning audience favorite, Dr. Bart Ehrman, has written or edited over thirty books, including six New York Times bestsellers. Dr. Ehrman's newest book, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. Already a New York Times bestseller, Dr. Ehrman will reveal, as a Biblical scholar, why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong—and why that matters.

Dr. Bart Ehrman says we will find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: Dr. Ehrman tells us today why The Book of Revelation is a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us all. Bu

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#705 Muppets In Moscow - Natasha Lance Rogoff Mar 16, 2023

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Muppets In Moscow - Natasha Lance Rogoff

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and today's show is brought to you by Shady Rays sunglasses and Trivia Star the #1 trivia game in the Apple app store. As part of our Art Of Living author interview series, we have an excellent program about wild tale of producing the Russian version of Sesame Street (Ulitsa Sezam) in the early to mid-1990s.

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today for our Art Of Living author interview series with Natasha Lance Rogoff, author of the new book, Muppets in Moscow and I'll introduce her in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 704th episode when I spoke to Smithsonian Women's History Month Series Smithsonian Associate, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sara Lukinson about the magnificent Barbra Streisand. Two weeks ago, as part of our Smithsonian Associates Science Literacy series, I spoke to scientist, journalist, and author Kelly Beatty. For the past 35 years, J. Kelly Beatty has kept his readers on the edge of their front-row seats to much of the exploration of our solar system as senior editor of Sky & Telescope. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience, especially during Women's History Month…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the timing appeared perfect to bring the venerable, long-time popular children's program Sesame Street to millions of children living in the former Soviet Union. With the M

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#704 Barbra Streisand: She's All That: Sara Lukinson Mar 09, 2023

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Barbra Streisand: She's All That: Sara Lukinson

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Art Of Living interview series, we have an excellent program about all-daring and all-voice, magnificent and maddening, improbable and irreplaceable, Barbra Streisand. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate Sara Lukinson . Sara Lukinson will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, and the title of Sara Lukinson's presentation is Barbra Streisand: She's All That.

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today for our Art Of Living interview series with Smithsonian Associate Sara Lukinson. Smithsonian Associate Sara Lukinson is a popular returning guest on the program whom I always look forward to speaking with, and I'll introduce her in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 703rd episode when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, scientist, journalist, and author Kelly Beatty. For the past 35 years, J. Kelly Beatty has kept his readers on the edge of their front-row seats to much of the exploration of our solar system as senior editor of Sky & Telescope. Two weeks ago, as part of our Smithsonian Women's History Month Series, I spoke with journalist, activist, historian, and author of the new book, "Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020" Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience, especially during Women's History Month…If you mi

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#703 BLACK HOLES 101 - KELLY BEATTY Mar 07, 2023

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BLACK HOLES 101 - KELLY BEATTY

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Inside Science Series we have an excellent program about bizarre cosmic objects whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them: those objects being Black Holes. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate, scientist, journalist, and author Kelly Beatty. For the past 35 years, J. Kelly Beatty has kept his readers on the edge of their front-row seats to much of the exploration of our solar system as senior editor of Sky & Telescope. Kelly Beatty will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates coming up, and the title of his Smithsonian Associates presentation is "Black Holes 101."

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today for our Inside Science series with Smithsonian Associate Kelly Beatty, and is a popular, returning guest on the program who I always look forward to speaking with, and I'll introduce him in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 702d episode when I spoke to journalist, activist, historian, and author of the new book, "Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020" Two weeks ago, I spoke with science writer, Lizzie Stark about her new book, Egg. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website,

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#702 American Women and the Fight for Equality - Elisabeth Griffith Mar 02, 2023

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American Women and the Fight for Equality - Elisabeth Griffith

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Women's History Month we have an excellent program about women's fight for equality, how women use the vote, and the diverse struggle of women's rights in the US. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate, journalist, historian and author Elisabeth Griffith, who has written the new book "Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020"

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today for Women's History Month with Smithsonian Associate author Elisabeth Griffith, who is a journalist, activist, historian and author, and who, after reading her new book, "Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020" I've been looking forward to speaking with her for a while. I'll introduce her in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 701st episode when I spoke to science writer, Lizzie Stark about her new book, Egg. Two weeks ago, I spoke with returning guest Smithsonian Associate, journalist, and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts, who has written the new book, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

After what Susan B. Anthony called "the long, hard fight," the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchising 26 million white and Black women, was added to the Constitution on August 26, 1920. However, according to our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Elisabeth Griffith

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#701 Egg - Science, Marvel and Importance: Lizzie Stark Mar 02, 2023

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Egg - Science, Marvel, and Importance: Lizzie Stark

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Inside Science author interview series on radio and podcast. Today's show is brought to you by Harry's, created for a different shaving experience, and NextEVO Naturals Better Science, Smarter CBD. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and we have an excellent program about the egg. Our guest today, author, science writer, and journalist Lizzie Stark and I will discuss the egg's unconventional history of the world's largest cellular workhorse, from chickens to penguins, from art to crime, and more.

I'll introduce Lizzie Stark in just a moment, but quickly, if you missed any shows recently, last week was our 700th episode for Women's History month, and I spoke with returning guest Smithsonian Associate, journalist, and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts, who has written the new book, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Two weeks ago, I spoke with #1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney about his new book, part of The Gray Man series, "Burner," already a bestseller. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

From Mali to Finland, mythologies around the globe have invested the egg with powers of regeneration and fecundity, often ascribing the origin of the world to a cosmic egg. An oracle to Romans, fought over by Gold Rush gangs, used as the foundation of the Clown Egg Registry, and blasted into space, the egg has taken on larger proportions than, say, the ovum of an ostrich. Lizzie Stark and I will discuss egg's deep meanings, innumerable uses, and metabolic importance along with all of Lizzie Stark's research from her new book, Egg: A Dozen Ovatures…

Please join me in welcoming to The No Old Better Show on radio, podcast, author, science writer, and journalist Lizzie Stark.

My thanks to the author, science writer, and journalist Lizzie Stark. Lizzie Stark

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#700 Edith Wilson: The First Unelected Woman President - Rebecca Boggs Roberts Feb 24, 2023

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Edith Wilson: The First Unelected Woman President - Rebecca Boggs Roberts

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview for Women's History initiative on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and we have an excellent program about Women's History, power, and Edith Wilson, wife of Pres. Woodrow Wilson. Our returning guest is Smithsonian Associate, journalist, and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts, who has written the new book, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

I'll introduce Rebecca Boggs Roberts in just a moment, but quickly, if you missed any shows recently, last week was our 699th episode I spoke with #1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney about his new book, part of The Gray Man series, "Burner," already a bestseller. Two weeks ago, I spoke with author and journalist Philip Bump about his new book, "The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America" Wonderful subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate, author, and journalist Rebecca Boggs Roberts. Rebecca Boggs Roberts will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, so please check out details of her Zoom presentation in our show notes today. The title of Rebecca Boggs Roberts' presentation is Edith Wilson: The First (Unelected) Woman President.

While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation's first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, was incapacitated. Beautiful, brilliant, charismatic, catty, and calculating, she was a complicated figure whose personal quest for influence reshaped the position of First Lady into one of political prominence forever. And still nobody truly understands who she was.

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#699 Mark Greaney - Burner: Thriller! Feb 23, 2023

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Mark Greaney - Burner: Thriller!

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. Today's show is brought to you by POM Wonderful and BetterHelp, Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/NOB and get on your way to being your best self. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and we have returning guest, NYT best-selling author and Hollywood movie mogul Mark Greaney.

As part of our Art Of Living Author Interview Series, our guest today is Mark Greaney. The Not Old Better Show audience will know Mark Greaney from his work in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan universe or his bestselling Gray Man series, and this week, a brand new Gray Man book, titled 'Burner' is on sale, and "Burner" is already on the BEST SELLER LIST!

Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today with author Mark Greaney. #1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney's debut international thriller, THE GRAY MAN, was published in 2009 and became a national bestseller and a highly sought-after Hollywood property. Netflix released the film version of THE GRAY MAN, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, in 2022. I've read "Burner," and loved it. You will too, as you will our interview, which I'll get to in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 698th episode, when I spoke to Washington Post journalist and author Philip Bump who has written the new book "The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America" Two weeks ago, I spoke with when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, Newsweek editor, journalist and author, Mark Whitaker who has written the new book 'Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement' Wonderful subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

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