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#528 Peter Pischke - A painful struggle: Opioids can be dangerous, but restrictions — or a ban — are worse Apr 08, 2021

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Peter Pischke - A painful struggle: Opioids can be dangerous, but restrictions — or a ban — are worse

The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series...

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #528. Today's show is brought to you by Feals.

Our guest today is Peter Vaughn Pischke, who is an independent journalist covering health and disability, and host of The Happy Warrior podcast, and has just written an investigative journalism piece on the opioid crisis in The New York Daily News, titled: A painful struggle: Opioids can be dangerous, but restrictions — or a ban — are worse.

For the last nine years, this country has suffered from a growing overdose crisis caused by illicit fentanyl — aka "the opioid crisis" — which is responsible for killing more than 80,000 Americans in 2020 alone.

The crisis started with good intentions by public health authorities.

In 2009, the Obama FDA forced Purdue Pharma to reformulate their popular pain medication, OxyContin, which had been the primary substitute to produce heroin for the user on the cheap. In theory, forcing a reformulation would make conversion impossible, thus pushing users away from abuse and addiction.

This turned out to be an enormous mistake. Since the CDC is mentioned in this story, I reached out to contacts at the CDC and have a statement from them at the end of the program.

Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, journalist Peter Vaughn Pischke.

My thanks to Peter Vaughn Pischke for his generous time and reporting today. My thanks to Feals for sponsoring today's show. Please support our sponsors. My thanks, as well, to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please join me next time, be safe, be healthy…I hope you're listening today as you're waiting in line for your vaccine, and remember, let's talk about Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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CDC's Response to the Opioid Overdose Epidemic

A Public Health Crisis

Drug overdoses have dramatically increased over the last two decades, with deaths increasing more than four times between 1999 and 2017. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Of those deaths, about 68 percent involved a prescription or illicit opioid. Adults between the ages of 25 and 6 4 years old have the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths.

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#527 Dr. Rebecca Albright - Coral Reefs: Creative Solutions for Oceans in Crisis Apr 07, 2021

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Dr. Rebecca Albright - Coral Reefs: Creative Solutions for Oceans in Crisis

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #527.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science Series , today's guest is Dr. Rebecca Albright. Dr. Rebecca Albright is the Coral reef biologist and assistant curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Patterson Scholar at the California Academy of Science

Smithsonian Associate Dr. Rebecca Albright is our guest today, and Dr. Rebecca Albright will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program April 15 2021. The title of Rebecca Albright's presentation is: Coral Reefs: Creative Solutions for Oceans in Crisis.

While they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs support approximately one-quarter of marine biodiversity and the livelihoods of tens of millions of people worldwide. As the world continues to warm and the oceans acidify, coral reef bleaching and erosion are advancing at staggering rates, threatening coastal protection, habitats, cultural services, and tourism. There is no question that today's reefs are facing an unprecedented struggle.

Our guest today, coral reef biologist Rebecca Albright, assistant curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Patterson Scholar at the California Academy of Science, talks to us today about the opportunities for exciting new ways to address this crisis. Rebecca Albright and I discuss her overview of challenges that reefs are currently facing and solutions that scientists are exploring. Looking toward the future, Rebecca Albright will offer highlights of the strengths and limitations of current approaches and some of the next steps toward saving these invaluable ecosystems. On a positive note, Rebecca Albright stresses the important roles of scientists, citizens, and policymakers in the efforts to sustain coral reefs, saying "Coral reefs are unbelievably resilient ecosystems—if we give them a chance."

Please join me in welcoming to the Smithsonian Associates Inside Science interview series from The Not Old Better Show, scientist Dr. Rebecca Albright.

My thanks to Rebecca Albright for her generous time today. Smithsonian Associate Rebecca Albright will be pres

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#526 Chris Gardner - Permission to Dream Apr 02, 2021

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Chris Gardner - Permission to Dream

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #526.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Series, today's guest is Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner is the NYT Best Selling author of the critically acclaimed "Pursuit of Happyness", Chris Gardner is an entrepreneur, Single Parent, Speaker, and Philanthropist.

Our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program April 13 2021. The title of Chris Gardner's presentation is "Finding The Permission to Dream."

Chris Gardner is best known as the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir The Pursuit of Happyness, which became a popular 2006 film starring Will Smith. Both tell Gardner's rags-to-riches story as he and his young son struggled with homelessness while he vied to become the single trainee out of 20 to be offered a full-time position with the stock brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds. After a year on the streets, Gardner—who grew up with an abusive stepfather never went to college—landed the stockbroker spot. He eventually founded his own brokerage firm, became a millionaire several times over, and often shares his story as a sought-after inspirational speaker.

In our conversation with Chris Gardner, we'll talk about his new book, Finding Permission to Dream,' which is his blueprint for building a dream-come-true life—even during uncertainty. Chris Gardner and I discuss the strategies he learned along the way to achieving a prosperous career, from a method for identifying your ultimate dream to a playbook for becoming world-class at it.

Chris Gardner's business career provided the basis for his philanthropic work and an important personal philosophy: No matter how much wealth you achieve, true success comes from enriching the lives of others—so all can still have access to the American Dream. Join Gardner as he discusses how he hopes to inspire the next generation of problem solvers and change-makers to claim their version of that dream.

My thanks to Chris Gardner for his generous time today. Smithsonian Asso

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#525 An Evening on the Bay with Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - Pete Lesher Mar 31, 2021

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An Evening on the Bay with Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - Pete Lesher

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #525.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Series, today's show is about the amazing, beautiful, functional, and largest estuary in America, the Chesapeake Bay. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate Pete Lesher, chief curator of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Pete Lesher will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on April 7, 2021. The title of Pete Lesher's Smithsonian Associates presentation is An Evening on the Bay with Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Join us today with Pete Lesher, chief curator of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for a virtual exploration of collections that tell stories about the relationship between people and place in the Bay region—revealing how culture has been shaped by the delicate intertwining of land and water around America's largest estuary.

Pete Lesher answers our questions about an overview of the Chesapeake Bay Museum facility's 12 exhibition buildings and historic structures on the 18-acre waterfront campus and offers detailed looks at the museum's permanent exhibitions. We'll explore Oystering on the Chesapeake and Maryland Crabmeat, exhibits in which working lives on the Bay are revealed in the words of mixed-race skipjack crews and African American women who traditionally picked crabs.

Pete and I will discuss the role of the Bay as a maritime highway that connects people and moves commodities are explored in part at the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, a cottage-style historic structure moved to St. Michaels for preservation. And the transformation of the Bay into a place of recreation is told in At Play on the Bay through stories like the racing of sailing log canoes, a living tradition with roots among oyster tongers.

The Chesapeake Bay continues to provide meaning and inspiration to residents and visitors, as evidenced in rich art collections from 19th-century painters to contemporary photographer David Harp, who we'll discuss, and whose environmental photojournalism is shaping the conversation around the impacts of climate change on the Chesapeake and its waterfront communities.

Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Smithsonian Associate Pete Lesher, chief curator of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

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#524 The Windsor Sisters: Elizabeth and Margaret Andrew Morton on a Complex Royal Bond Mar 30, 2021

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The Windsor Sisters: Elizabeth and Margaret Andrew Morton on a Complex Royal Bond

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #524.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Series, today's show is about the ever-intriguing House of Windsor. We've arranged an eyeopening interview with Royal biographer and Smithsonian Associate Andrew Morton, who'll be joining us today, and will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on April 6, 2021. The title of Andrew Morton's Smithsonian Associates presentation is The Windsor Sisters: Elizabeth and Margaret, A Complex Royal Bond.

They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle, King Edward Vlll, decided to abdicate the throne in 1936, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called Lillibet, and bow to her wishes.

Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system—and her fraught relationship with its expectations—was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying divorcee Peter Townsend, forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover.

Andrew Morton's new book, Elizabeth and Margaret, The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, explores their relationship from the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden war-time lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne. In conversation with us today, Andrew Morton shares his unique insight into these two drastically different women—one resigned to duty and responsibility, the other resistant to it—and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family, and the ways it adapted to the changing mores of the 20th century.

Royal watchers will be enthralled. Andrew Morton has written extensively on celebrities including biographies of Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, and Madonna, as well as the British royal family. He has written bestselling biographies of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Prince Andrew, and Meghan Markle. His #1 New York Times bestselling biograph

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#523 The Power of Fairy Tales - Drs. Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman Mar 29, 2021

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The Power of Fairy Tales - Drs. Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #523.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Series, today's show is about fairy tales. Yes, that's right fairy tales…

Fairy tales are a profound force of storytelling, extending far beyond the nursery into film, advertising, novels, politics, propaganda, music, and more. Folklorists and Smithsonian Associates Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates April 22, 2021, and we have them today to explore the fascinating, intertwining branches of these tales: traditional folkloric fairy tales and literary fairy tales.

Together, Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman will share with us how traditional tales collected orally, moving from the well-known text of the Brothers Grimm to less-familiar stories from collectors around the world, and literary tales, to examining creators from 17th-century Madame Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy to 19th-century Oscar Wilde to 20th-century Angela Carter and beyond. These stories are powerful: Both overlooked and omnipresent, they shape many aspects of our culture while flying under the radar. Taking them seriously can be rewarding—and fun too!

Our guests today, Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman, former instructors of folklore and literature at Ohio State University and co-founders of the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, lead us through a journey of the strange and marvelous world of the wonder tales, concentrating on their complex history and incredible staying power.

We're talking fairy tales today, so please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman.

Some links for you from Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman: Jack Zipes' Translation of The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm - https://bookshop.org/books/the-complete-fairy-tales-of-the-brothers-grimm-all-new-third-edition/9780553382167

Angela Carter's Collection, The Bloody Chamber - https://bookshop.org/books/the-bloody-chamber-and-other-stories-75th-anniversary-edition-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition/9780143107613

Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn - https://bookshop.org/books/japanese-tales-of-lafcadio-hearn/9780691167756

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#522 Norma Kamali - I Am Invincible Mar 25, 2021

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Norma Kamali - I Am Invincible

The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #522. Today's show is brought to you by Relief Factor.

Join us today for a once-in-a-lifetime, interview with fashion icon, Norma Kamali. Norma Kamali is considered one of America's original and most unique fashion designers, Norma Kamali created innovative and influential garments during the 1970s and 1980s— and today, setting the standard for all the biggest names in high fashion.

At 75, Kamali looks—and acts—nearly half her age. As a matter of fact, Norma Kamali says that the traditional language for anti-aging carries the negative stigma of having to meet someone else's expectations for how you should mature on the surface. The secret, according to Norma Kamali in her excellent new book, "I Am Invincible," writes, aging is learning to age with power: Embracing a healthy lifestyle and looking forward to every milestone and the changes they bring, with the realization that reaching one's potential has no date. With wisdom and wit, Kamali imparts her lessons on authentic beauty, timeless style, career-building, ﬁtness, and health through personal stories, worldly insight, and actionable advice designed to help women of every age create their happiest, healthiest, most successful, and fulfilling lives.

Don't miss our incredible interview and a chance to learn from a legend! Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, via internet phone, author, fashion icon, Norma Kamali:https://normakamali.com/pages/book

My thanks to Norma Kamali, her generous time, and for sharing her new book, "I Am Invincible." My thanks, as well to sponsor Relief Factor. Please check out Relief Factor and support The Not Old Better Show sponsors. My thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please be safe, be well, practice smart social distancing, and I hope you're listening while you're waiting in line for the vaccine! Remember, let's talk about better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#521 JennyFitStart - YouTube Star, Jenny McClendon Mar 18, 2021

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JennyFitStart - YouTube Star, Jenny McClendon

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #521. Today's show is brought to you by Relief Factor.

As part of our Fitness Friday exercise series, our guest today is YouTube fitness professional for the Not Old Better Show audience of the 55+ age community, Jenny McClendon. Jenny McClendon MS, PT, is a well known fitness enthusiast with over 28 years experience in the fitness industry. As a licensed Physical Therapist, it is of highest importance to Jenny McClendon that these exercises are safe, easy to follow, and appropriate! Jenny McClendon has a HUGE love for teaching seniors and beginners! Jenny's FitStart classes are for all levels, sizes, and ages. Jenny McClendon is known for being "real", personable, encouraging, and non-intimidating and you will feel comfortable doing these videos!

As a matter of fact, speaking of video, as a Not Old Better Show audience bonus, please check out my YouTube Channel, NotOldBetter, for a special video version of this interview, with clips of me in Jenny's workout classes. Video never lies and you'll see my bright shiny face doing these exercises right along with Jenny.

So check that out, and now please join me and Jenny McClendon, via internet phone for our Fitness Friday audio interview.

We'll be right back with YouTube Senior Fitness star, Jenny McClendon, and you'll find out how Jenny does her classes, the use of hand weights, and how to outfit our own home gym. Don't miss it…

Thank you to sponsor Relief Factor for sponsoring the show today. My special thanks to YouTube Fitness for Seniors star Jenny McClendon for her generous time today. I'll end the show on a sad note to commentate the passing of my younger sister's husband, Dr. Barry Sinervo, a professor at the University of California in Santa Cruz (UCSC) - has passed away after a long struggle against cancer. Barry became famous for his groundbreaking research on egg size and maternal effects in lizards and sea urchins, where he pioneered the use of "allometric engineering". I'll

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#520 Russell Shorto - A Story of My Family and the Mob Mar 11, 2021

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Russell Shorto - A Story of My Family and the Mob

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #520. Today's show is brought to you by Relief Factor.

So many of The Not Old Better Show audience enjoy researching genealogy, family history, and ancestry. Our guest today, NYT best-selling author, Russell Shorto's new book 'Smalltime,' A Story of My Family and the Mob, explores much more.

Admittedly, Russell Shorto also had unusually rich material to work with. "Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob" is a painstakingly researched, thoroughly entertaining, multi-generational look at Russell Shorto's paternal grandfather's career as a mobster in Johnstown, PA. Speaking of the mob, 5 time Academy Award-winning filmmaker of The Godfather series. Francis Ford Coppola says of 'Smalltime,' "Great history mixed with lovely, lingering memories."

Shorto was born in 1959, and his grandfather, also named Russell Shorto, lived until 1981. They knew each other, but "Smalltime" could easily never have happened. We talk about 'why,' the mob's way of doing business, and the personal growth that comes from researching your family's roots. Russell Shorto says to do family history work you must have the stomach for it!

Russell Shorto is known for narrative history, nonfiction books including "The Island at the Center of the World," about the 17th-century North American Dutch colony New Netherlands, and "Revolution Song," about the American Revolution. Yet the fascinating life of his own namesake ancestor might have remained unwritten if not for a chance encounter several years ago with an older relative who prodded him to look into it. Check out our interview and please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, author Russell Shorto.

Thank you to sponsor Relief Factor for sponsoring the show today. My special thanks to author Russell Shorto for his generous time today, and my thanks to you my dear Not Old Better Show audience for your company today, and I hope you'll join me next time. Be safe, be healthy, and please practice smart social distancing, and remember, Let's talk about better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#519 Beth Kobliner - So To Speak Mar 04, 2021

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Beth Kobliner - So To Speak

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #519. Today's episode is brought to you by the fine folks at Hello Fresh.

Join me and writer, Beth Kobliner, as Beth presents her late parents, Shirley & Harold Kobliner's, new book So To Speak: 11,000 Expressions To Knock Your Socks Off. SHIRLEY AND HAROLD KOBLINER developed their own passion project over the last decade of their 65 years of marriage: gathering and talking about the expressions that make the language so vibrant. Both career educators, they spent more than a half-century nurturing and teaching children.

Whether you're feeling Over the Moon, Under the Weather, In Over Your Head, or Have Ants In Your Pants, there's are well-known phrases and figures of speech to express how you feel, and often family-specific, generational, and geographic. What are some of the most amusing expressions we use to describe the colorful situations of our lives?

Beth Kobliner and I discuss the new book, SO TO SPEAK: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off which is an entertaining look at the expressions that have helped make our lives more fun. We talk about how the book is divided into sixty-seven categories so there is something for everyone, and we chat about the book also has more than twenty-five original games you can play with friends. Beth even plays a couple of the games with me, which is humbling and fun! It is sure to spark conversation, laughter, and memories as we all remember where we first heard things like, "Mind Your Beeswax!"

BETH KOBLINER has been reporting and writing about personal finance for decades, and is the author of two New York Times bestsellers: Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You're Not) and Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties. She has contributed to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, PBS NewsHour, CNN, and NPR. Her favorite gig was teaching Elmo the basics of saving, spending, and sharing on Sesame Street.

Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Beth Kobliner.

Thank you to sponsor Hello Fresh for sponsoring the show today. My special thanks to Beth Kobliner for her generous time today, and my thanks to you my dear Not Old Better Show audience for your company today, and I hope you'll join me next time. Be safe, be healthy, and p

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