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First, nearly nine million older adults are food insecure. Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President of AARP Foundation and Jim Lutzweiler, Vice President of ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Hunger is a problem often hiding in plain sight. And older adults who are hungry don't walk around asking for help or acknowledging that they need ...

Bought by WEZU and WCWP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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First, the expected lifespan of the average American has nearly doubled in the past century. And the MIT AgeLab, part of the engineering division, ...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Every year, about 450,000 Americans diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. The most helpful resource is experienced caregivers who have already learned...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:55
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First, the outgoing and incoming presidents of AARP Robert Romasco and Jeanine English discuss what is being done in the organization in recent yea...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCWP


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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First, every year, Professor Norma Bowe of Kean University, teaches a class called Death in Perspective. The objective of the class is to develop a...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCWP


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:53
  • Purchases: 2
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First, as more of the population approaches their fifties and sixties, it may seem that our fast-changing cultural standards may out pacing older a...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCWP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Radio Curious pays tribute to the life of Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of several books, including “How We Die,” and “The Wisdom of the Body,” with a...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
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First, in a society that perceives quitting as a last resort and urges us to hang in, Mastering the Art of Quitting teaches how to not overanalyze,...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Dr. Brene Brown argues that vulnerability is the basis of both courage and fulfillment in life. In her book, Daring Greatly, Brown challenge...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Joyce Bender, the Chair of the Board of the American Association of People with Disabilities and CEO of Bender Consulting Services, discusse...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
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First, people can be easily overwhelmed at the prospect of providing care for an elderly parent. Jody Gastfriend has many tips for the boomer gener...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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First, choosing a healthcare plan is about cost and more importantly knowing which physicians are covered at the best hospitals. Dr. Archelle Georg...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Interchange, host Alycin Bektesh speaks with Mela Hatchett and Mary Boutain of the Area 10 Agency on Aging about the changing percepti...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 1
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First, AARP expert, Patricia Barry, gives fast and easy tips to get up to speed on Medicare in general, and how it is affected by the Affordable Ca...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Winston Groom is the author of fourteen books including the best-seller Forrest Gump, and now, The Aviators. Then, Helen Elaine Lee, profess...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:51
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First, Dr.Stefan Kreuzer is pioneering the development of new minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery. These next generation implants a...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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First, an award-winning science writer, who like millions of baby boomers, helped care for her aging parents, explores the grueling moral choices w...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCWP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 2
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On Thursday September 26, 2013 IU Health hosted an evidence based seminar on Aging. The talk was broad-ranging, covering topics of longevity, genet...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 57:34
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First, older adults are quickly embracing the idea of using new technologies in everyday life. Tom Kamber, the founder of OATS, explains how the or...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Older people are particularly juicy targets for swindlers and con artists, and the problem's getting worse as more Americans get older.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
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Jaime Sweany gives a short history of the Endwright Center and talks about the programs and impact the center hopes to make in helping the elderly ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:03
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First, we discuss the National Senior Games, which are dedicated to promoting healthy and active lifestyles for athletes age 50 and over. Rich Brow...

Bought by 'The Sea', WCNY, and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
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Robert Reich gives warning about a potential disaster for America in his new documentary, Inequality for All. This looming disaster, the growing ga...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Radio Curious revisits a 1995 conversation with Wesley Swearingen, former FBI agent and author of “FBI Secrets: An Agents Expose.”

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:01