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#448 NSF Self Sanitizing Masks and Interview with David Leventhal Dance for PD May 07, 2020

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NSF Self Sanitizing Masks and Interview with David Leventhal Dance for PD

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #448. Today's show is brought to you by Skylight Frame.

As part of health, science, and the arts series, we'll be joined today by David Leventhal, who is the Program Director and founding teacher of the Dance for PD approach.

Before we join David Leventhal, I want to give everyone a National Science Foundation update from the front lines of COVID 19. And, perhaps some good news, too.

As we've been following the news reports, we all are wearing masks, social distancing, and ordering for delivery in.

Here's the issue with the masks, and why they're important: the spread of infectious respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, typically starts when an infected person releases virus-laden respiratory droplets through coughing or sneezing. To further slow and even prevent the virus from spreading, we need to greatly reduce the number and activity of the viruses in those just released respiratory droplets.

Current masks worn by individuals provide a physical barrier, reducing the number of escaped respiratory droplets that would become a new source of infection after entering the atmosphere or landing on objects and surfaces.

But, through a RAPID funding grant from the National Science Foundation, a new self-sanitizing medical face mask is being developed to deactivate viruses on contact.

This new mask mitigates the transmission and spread of viruses. How does it do it?

Always fascinating work from the National Science Foundation, and we thank NSF for their work and time.

Let's move on to another impressive science story. The use of dance as therapy for Parkinson's Disease, hence the name: Dance for PD. Dance for PD was conceived in 2001 as a collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) and Brooklyn Parkinson Group and is now administered by MMDG, and David Leventhal.

Dance for PD was born from the idea that people with Parkinson's could benefit from the insight and specific techniques and methods used by dancers to guide their own bodies and minds, Dance for PD® strives to increase coordination, balance, flexibility, and strength through music and movement from a broad range of dance styles. In classes led by professionally-trained dancers and musicians, participants experience the grace, fluidity, and power of dance in a social, joyful, and supportive environment. Dance for PD's fundamental working principle is that professionally-trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge about balance, s

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#447 Elizabeth Marshall Thomas - Growing Old Apr 30, 2020

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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas - Growing Old

The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #447. Today's show is brought to you by Skylight Frame, Sun Basket premium meal kits, and LightStream.

As part of our Art of Living Author Interview series, today's show features author, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures from her own backyard to the African Savannah. Her books have transported millions into the hidden lives of animals. She's chronicled the daily lives of African tribes, and even imagined the lives of prehistoric humans. Now, she opens the doors to her own.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' new book, Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace, is part memoir, and part intimate account and broad look at the social and historical traditions related to aging today. I will tell you that the book is charming, as is our guest, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and her sense of humor and wit about growing older, from stereotypes of the elderly as burdensome to the methods of burial humans have used throughout history to how to deal with a concerned neighbor who assumes you're buying cat food to eat for dinner, is wonderful.

Elizabeth Thomas Marshall will even offer a reading from her new book in just a bit.

With all that in mind, let's listen as Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author, and octogenarian, tackle old age in her clever, astute memoir, reading from her new book, Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace. My thanks to Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and her new book, Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace. My thanks to sponsors, Skylight Frame, Sun Basket premium meal kits, and LightStream.

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#446 Trevor Moawad - IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES Apr 23, 2020

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Trevor Moawad - IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES

Fitness Friday Interview Series

Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #446.

Today's show is special, with a very special guest, and I know you're going to love it.

Our guest today is Trevor Moawad. Trevor Moawad has been hailed as, "The World's Best Trainer" by Sports Illustrated, and is the mental coach to Super Bowl-winning Quarterback Russell Wilson. What secrets for peak performance does he give elite athletes and U.S. Special Forces that we can apply to our own lives? Trevor Moawad discusses with us:

-His unique motivational system called Neutral Thinking that changes lives -The three states of truth-based thinking. -How to cope with the "illusion of choice". -How your language is a predictor of your performance. -How to visualize success and work towards it. -How to develop self-awareness that trumps negativity -How to master conscious competence.

You don't need to be a Super Bowl-winning quarterback to take advantage of Trevor's mental training.

While you don't need to be a Super Bowl quarterback to take advantage of Trevor Moawad's mental training, available in his new book, IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES, you really need to give this the mental focus necessary to digest this process and put it into practice.

When we talk about focus, I want to tell you that I use a supplement from the sponsor, Organifi. THat's O R G A N I F I. Called Organifi Pure. I mix it with water and drink it in the morning, before an interview, or anytime I need to focus. It's all-natural, 100% USDA Certified Organic, and filled with superfoods and organic compounds shown to increase brain health and ward off forgetfulness.

You'll hear this from Trevor Moawad in just a bit, but the mental focus is so important. You need the fuel to make it all work. Organifi Pure is just amazing:

* Organifi Pure contains 11 superfoods (see page 2) and compounds for brain health and mental performance. * Organifi Pure is clinically proven to boost BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) by up to 206%. * Drink Organifi Pure to think sharper, boost memory and impress your coworkers. * And, the lemonade flavor is real, and it's delicious. What's the point of having all these amazing ingredients in a product if it doesn't taste good?

I use it as part of my daily routine, and this is what it does: it just staves off forgetfulness, and makes me so much sharper throughout the day. I still make notes about every interview I do, but I find now, with Organifi Pure, I have the mental focus, all day clarity, and memory to keep up with all my guests.

Organifi Pure is USDA organic, and Pure has all these great ingredients, like neuro factors, which increases learning and the survival of brain cells and is clinically proven, plus Baobab, which aids in digestion, and Lion's Mane Mushroom which is increasingly important as we

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#445 Earth Optimism - Earth Day 2020 Cat Kutz & Brian Coyle Apr 21, 2020

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Earth Optimism - Earth Day 2020 Cat Kutz & Brian Coyle

Science & Technology Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #445.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science, Earth Optimism Initiative, today's show is another in our series, our third, and with one day away from the big event.

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day is this week, starting April 22, and on that day as is year's past, people from around the world will celebrate planet earth.

Given the social distancing we are all practicing, one of the truly great ways to join in the celebration is to join the digital Earth Optimism event, April 22 - 24.

Our guests today, Cat Kutz, Earth Optimism Communications, and Brian Coyle, Behavioral Ecologist, Conservation Producer, both of whom are among the many organizers of the Earth Optimism event, will be joining us to tell us more, including some of the optimistic stories of both small and large-scale actions that frame the conversation and demonstrate that success is possible, despite dire warnings to the contrary.

The Earth Optimism event is just that: an event of optimism about our planet earth, and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is the right time to celebrate.

Our in-person interactions will return, but right now we have the Earth Optimism Digital Summit story to tell you with our guests, Cat Kutz and Brian Coyle, via internet phone.

For more information about Earth Optimism Digital Event, please check out: https://earthoptimism.si.edu

Other great links:

www.smithsonianmag.org

www.smithsonian.org

www.earthday.org

www.si.edu

https://www.epa.gov/earthday

https://environmental-action.org/

https://www.conservation.org/

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#444 Andy Slavitt - In the Bubble Podcast Interview Apr 21, 2020

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Andy Slavitt - In the Bubble Podcast Interview

The Not Old Better Show Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #444.

As part of our podcaster interview series, today's show is an another great one.

Our guest today on the Not Old Better Show is Andy Slavitt, host of the popular new podcast 'In The Bubble." A little background on Andy Slavitt; Andy Slavitt served as the Acting Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services during the last two years of the Obama administration. Andy Slavitt is a healthcare industry veteran, and helped to salvage the maligned Healthcare.gov website and worked to improve federal health care data analytics. Since leaving the government, Andy Slavitt has remained a critical voice in the battle for healthcare coverage, founding the non-profit United States of Care and the investment firm Town Hall Ventures in 2018. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Slavitt has been on the front lines—working to acquire healthcare supplies for medical workers, helping to popularize #StayHome, and appearing on TV shows and podcasts to explain how we can flatten the curve.

On In the Bubble, Andy's new podcast from Lemonada Media, Andy talks with leading scientists, cultural icons, and political leaders to help us process, understand, and adjust to the changing world around us.

My thanks to Andy Slavitt, host of the wonderful new podcast, In the Bubble. I think you'll enjoy In The Bubble, and I know you'll enjoy Andy Slavitt, who, over his career, has led many significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the health care system. You can find In the Bubble on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you're listening now. Please check out Andy Slavitt's new podcast, In The Bubble: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-bubble-with-andy-slavitt/id1504128553

For more information about The Not Old Better Show, please click HERE> https://notold-better.com

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#443 Earth Optimism Earth Day 50th - Paul DelPonte Apr 21, 2020

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Earth Optimism Earth Day 50th - Paul DelPonte

Smithsonian Associates Inside Science & Technology Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #443.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science, Earth Optimism Initiative, today's show is an another important one.

I say that a lot lately, because the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is two days away: April 22.

Are we there yet? Almost! With just two days until Earth Day, I wanted to make sure you had everything you need to join the global digital surge at EarthOptimism.si.edu

In the surge, we're getting the whole world talking about Earth Day. We're flooding digital platforms with messages of hope, optimism, and action to keep the environment front and center in our collective global conversation.

Join in from wherever you are with the hashtag #EarthDay2020.

Given the social distancing we are all practicing, one of the truly great ways to join in the celebration is to join the digital Earth Optimism event, April 22 - 24.

Our guest today, Paul DelPonte is a long time planet earth, recycling, and environmental advocate.

The Earth Optimism event is just that: an event of optimism about our planet earth, and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is the right time to celebrate.

Our in-person interactions will return, but right now we have Paul DelPonte to via internet phone to help us understand how to better celebrate Earth Day 50th anniversary.

My thanks to Paul DelPonte for joining us today to talk about Earth Day, and how the global conservation movement has reached a turning point. We all are aware, and it has been well documented the fast pace of habitat loss, the growing number of endangered and extinct species, and the increasing speed of global climate change. Yet while the seriousness of these threats cannot be denied, there are a growing number of examples of improvements in the health of species and ecosystems, along with benefits to human well-being, thanks to our conservation actions. Earth Optimism celebrates a change in focus from the problem to solution, from a sense of loss to one of hope, in the dialogue about conservation and sustainability. Join me in supporting and attending Earth Day 50th anniversary events such as the Earth Optimism Digital Summit. Again, as Paul DelPonte mentioned, check out earthoptimism.si.edu And my thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#442 Andy Levine - Second Act Stories Apr 20, 2020

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Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, Business Buildout series, I'm your host, PV, and this is episode #442.

We have a great Not Old Better Show, Business Buildout career episode today, and my guest is Andy Levine, host of the wonderful podcast, Second Act Stories.

Second Act Stories is a great podcast, and Andy Levine, who will be hearing from in just a bit, is a great host and friend. I love the show, and Andy has invited me to be a guest soon, too. So, you know I'm 100% in lockstep with Andy, and what he's doing with Second Act Stories.

Andy Levine and I have been friends for a while now, and I know that Andy is a busy guy with multiple 'acts' of his own. Andy is chairman of Development Counselors International, and DCI conducts worldwide economic development. As I say, Andy is a busy guy and as host of the wildly popular podcast Second Act Stories, Andy has traveled to California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia to conduct face-to-face interviews with podcast guests.

Andy Levine has a fascination with storytelling and second acts, which triggered the launch of this podcast. Our Not Old Better Show audience is familiar with second acts, and Andy will share with us some of those stories and some steps on how to find your own second act. Because, finding a second-act career isn't always easy, even for those with a track record of professional success. It requires much more than just announcing your retirement one day and signing on as a volunteer the next. Andy will tell us some inspiring stories of those who've done it, and done it well.

You'll need to do both soul-searching and research first to understand which of your skills are transferable and how they can be useful, but these are the kind of stories you'll find at Second Act Stories podcast.

Of course, we'll have lots of links to find and connect with Andy Levine online, and Andy has prepared a reading list for our Not Old Better Show audience, which we'll also link to.

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

My thanks to Andy Levine, joining us today to talk about his wonderful podcast, Second Act Stories. If a 'second act' is to be part of your story, please know you'll want to listen to Andy Levine's Second Act Stories. You'll learn to prepare well in advance to shore up your finances, pay off any debts and become accustomed to a different standard of living—perhaps living with less income on a trial run for a few months. You may need to mix volunteering with paid work or find part-time work that will provide health coverage, to ease your transition and the stress on your wallet. And you'll need to create a new professional network in your community, well beyond the circle of former colleagues and contacts you spent decades establishing in your previous career. All this and more on Second Act Stories, from Andy Levine.

And my thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not

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#441 Earth Optimism - Earth Day 2020 Cat Kutz Apr 16, 2020

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Earth Optimism - Earth Day 2020 Cat Kutz

Inside Science Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #441.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science, Earth Optimism Initiative, today's show is an important one.

I say important, because the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is next week, April 22, and on that day as is year's past, people from around the world will celebrate planet earth.

Given the social distancing we are all practicing, one of the truly great ways to join in the celebration is to join the digital Earth Optimism event, April 22 - 24.

Our guest today, Cat Kutz, will be joining us in just a moment to tell us more, including some of the optimistic stories of both small and large-scale actions that frame the conversation and demonstrate that success is possible, despite dire warnings to the contrary.

The Earth Optimism event is just that: an event of optimism about our planet earth, and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is the right time to celebrate.

Because meeting the shock and awe of extreme floods, droughts, storms, and fires from California and the Mississippi to Venice and the Caribbean calls for plans and action, as well as optimism. As the planet faces changes in climate and increased extreme weather events, adaptation is higher than ever before on the global agenda. But, we have to start thinking we can do this…don't doubt, have faith, and please listen and act on what Cat Kutz, Earth Optimism Communications, Smithsonian Institution, will share with us. My thanks to Cat Kutz, joining us today to talk about Earth Optimism, and how the global conservation movement has reached a turning point. We all are aware, and it has been well documented the fast pace of habitat loss, the growing number of endangered and extinct species, and the increasing speed of global climate change. Yet while the seriousness of these threats cannot be denied, there are a growing number of examples of improvements in the health of species and ecosystems, along with benefits to human well-being, thanks to our conservation actions. Earth Optimism celebrates a change in focus from the problem to solution, from a sense of loss to one of hope, in the dialogue about conservation and sustainability. Join me in supporting and attending the Earth Optimism Digital Summit. Again, check out earthoptimism.si.edu And my thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#440 The New Elderhood - Louise Aronson, MD Apr 16, 2020

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The New Elderhood - Louise Aronson, MD

The Not Old Better Show Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #440. Today's show is brought you by Skylight, makers of the Skylight Frame.

As part of our Art of Living, Author Interview series, we are joined today by Physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson. We will be speaking with Dr. Aronson about her revolutionary perspective on growing old in her new book, ELDERHOOD: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life.

Dr. Aronson will share stories from her personal and professional life, and draws from history, science, literature, and popular culture, to offer a powerful roadmap for how we approach old age. Full of joy, wonder, frustration, and outrage, Aronson's moving book offers hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself, knowing that we may be 'Elders' for 40 years or longer, but old age needn't be a disease to be denigrated and neglected.

That, of course, is our guest today, Dr. Louise Aronson, who urges us to re-examine the meaning of aging and to reframe our later decades to better prepare for and thrive in our final years. In speaking with us today, Dr. Aronson recounts vividly her conversations with doctors and laypeople, the aged and aging, their children and their children—anyone who will be old one day, which in theory, is all of us.

My thanks to Dr. Louise Aronson, joining us today to talk about Elderhood, the title of her new book, wherein she breaks down our preconceived ideas about aging and old age, diving deep into the counterproductive ways our medical system and societal attitudes shape life from age sixty forward. My thanks, as well, to today's sponsor, Skylight, maker of the Skylight Frame, and my thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody. * Now, as a special holiday offer, you can get $10 off your purchase of aSkylight Frame when you go Skylight Frame dot com slash OLD and enter code OLD.

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#439 Artist's at Work - Virtual Tour with Bonnie Fitzgerald Apr 13, 2020

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Artist's at Work - Virtual Tour with Bonnie Fitzgerald

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Artist's Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #439.

A quick programming note. Like most of you, we've been scrambling to adjust to the challenges of stopping the spread of the Coronavirus. So we've switched up a few things. My work with Smithsonian Associates is extending to include several episodes that we've been laboring away on since before the pandemic upended our routines. But we're also shuffling in other episodes meant to ease the strain of social distancing. We've asked some of our Smithsonian artists, curators, and educators who competed in the Artists at Work competition to join me and discuss their work, as a kind of upbeat, artist virtual tour, where you can hear the story behind the image and the reason why these Smithsonian artists love art and being an artist. Our attempt is to inspire, bring some artistic joy to you during these times of isolation and to share these wonderful Smithsonian artist's talents, imagination, and artistry, all of which flows throughout the Smithsonian Associates program. Fifty-two works were chosen from among 169 entries to the 2019 Artists at Work competition. The subjects of these works and the materials from which they are made are as diverse as the people who comprise the Smithsonian family and the collections of the Institution itself. So gather with us and come and visit our tour with your ears. My thanks to Bonnie Fitzgerald and Fredie Adelman, director of Smithsonian Associates. My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody. Here's the link for the Artist's at Work series, from Smithsonian Associates: https://torch.si.edu/2019/11/2019-artists-at-work-2/

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