Renowned business leader Joe Plumeri offers simple yet profound guidance on how to stay positive, motivate yourself and others, and achieve success.

Joe Plumeri - The Power of Being Yourself

Paul Dano and John Cusack both play troubled Beach Boy Brian Wilson in the compelling new biopic Love & Mercy—and director Bill Pohlad tells Bill Newcott why he chose to cast two actors in the same role. 

A Beach Boy’s Stormy Seas

Chronic pain is an ambiguous and incurable ailment that a variety of treatments will not affect. Medical Director at the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Mel Pohl, has developed new methods that help reduce or eliminate pain completely.

Mel Pohl, M.D. - The Pain Antidote

In June of 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Ann Dunwoody to four-star general in the US Army: The first woman to ever achieve that rank. In her book, A Higher Standard, she shares insights to her successes and motivation from throughout her nearly four decade army career.

Gen. Ann Dunwoody - A Higher Standard

In Infinitely Polar Bear, Mark Ruffalo plays a bipolar dad raising his daughters. The film’s writer and first-time directr, Maya Forbes, tells Bill Newcott how she adapted the story from her actual childhood. 

Mark Ruffalo Earns His Hugs in “Polar Bear”

Tracy Smith was raised with limitless affection and a firm belief in God. Her book, Ordinary Light, is the story of a woman struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America.

Tracy K. Smith - Ordinary Light: A Memoir

celebrated author David Brooks looks at what he calls the culture of the big me, a phenomena that emphasizes external success. He compares this culture to virtues like kindness and honesty and explores societys disparity between these two extremes in his book, The Road to Character

David Brooks - The Road to Character

On a windy winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. David McCullough, tells the surprising, profoundly American story of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

David McCullough - The Wright Brothers

As his classic movie musical 1776 returns on a restored Blu-ray disc, the 88-year-old star chats with Bill Newcott about become the modern-day embodiment of John Adams. 

William Daniels, The Eternal Patriot

Prime Time Radio is a weekly hour program produced as a public service by AARP. Each program features two interview segments with guests who fascinate 50+ America and topics of interest and concern to boomers. Also in the lineup is the  2-minute feature, Movies For Grownups, focusing exclusively on films created by and for the 50 plus generation. 

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