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

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Series

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 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.   My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show.  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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#527 Rebecca Albright - Coral Reefs: Creative Solutions for Oceans in Crisis

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s - Dr. Raphael Cormack

Smithsonian Associates, The Not Old Better Show Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang.  As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living interview series, our guest today is Dr. Raphael Cormack.  

Dr Raphael Cormack has written a new book, Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s and will be introducing and reading a section from his book, which is excellent, getting great reviews and absolutely a winner!

One of the world’s greatest 20th-century cosmopolitan cities, Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and 30s, a lively music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, dominated by women—as stars but also as impresarios, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of the arts industry.

Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, religious and secular values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.

Raphael Cormack, an award-winning editor and translator, pulls back the curtain on these boundary-breaking women in entertainment. Dr. Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising figures like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef who launched one of Cairo’s most important literary newspapers.  

That was Dr. Raphael Cormack reading from his new book, Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s 

Dr. Carmack will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates program, entitled, Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s, May 20, and we have him today.  Please join me in welcoming Smithsonian Asssociate, Dr. Raphael Cormack.

My thanks to Dr. Raphael Cormack for joining us today. You’ll find links to Dr. Raphael Cormack’s Smithsonian Associates presentation on our website, along with more details. My thanks to the Smithsonian Associates team for all they do to support the show, and my special thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please be safe, practice smart social distancing, get the vaccine, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#533 Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s - Dr. Raphael Cormack

Moving Together Outside - Sabrena Jo

The Not Old Better Show, Fitness Friday Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang.  As part of our Fitness Friday series our interview today is with Sabrena Jo, Director of Science and Research Content at the American Council on Exercise.

I always love speaking with Sabrena Jo, American Council on Exercise (ACE)  Director of Science and Research, because of her research orientation.  Research, fact-based analysis, and outcomes orientation are critical to our Not Old Better Show audience.  

With the coronavirus causing some gym-goers and regulars at the local recreation center to reconsider their workout spot, staying physically active means getting creative with an exercise routine closer to home. There are lots of safe ways to work out while maintaining a physical distance.

Spring and early summer is a prime time to go outdoors to walk, run or bicycle, and play golf or tennis. Coronavirus transmission risk appears to be reduced outdoors,  but according to the NIH the virus is constantly changing and we are constantly learning about this virus.

The NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both recommend exercising outdoors where comfortable, but do so safely and with the coronavirus causing some gym-goers and regulars at the local recreation center to reconsider their workout spot, staying physically active means getting creative with an exercise routine closer to home. There are lots of safe ways to work out while maintaining a physical distance.

My thanks always to Sabrena Jo, ACE Director of Science and Research for joining us today.   Please check out the ACE #acesciencesaturday, which we’ll link to here, for more great tips, resources, and information. And to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience.  Please keep your emails coming to me with show ideas, suggestions, and comments: @ info@notold-better.com.

Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, get the vaccine,  and let’s talk about better…The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks, everybody.

#537 Moving Together Outside - Sabrena Jo

How To Break A Democracy - Jon Grinspan

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang.  As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living interview series, our guest today is Jon Grinspan.  

Jon Grinspan is Curator Division of Political and Military History at the Smithsonian, in the National Museum of American History, and will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program May 25, 2021, and the title of Jon Grinspan’s  Zoom presentation is How to Break a Democracy: Lessons from an Age of Acrimony.

Americans may claim we are more divided than we’ve been since the Civil War but forget that the lifetime after that conflict saw the loudest, roughest political campaigns in our history. Presidential elections from the 1860s through the early 1900s produced the highest turnouts, the closest margins, and the most political violence: The period was marked by three presidential assassinations, two presidents who won the White House while losing the popular vote, and one impeachment. Widespread political participation and frustration went hand in hand until the reforms of the early 20th century traded that participation for civility.

Join me and Jon Grinspan today as we discuss his new book, The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915, one of “the loudest, closest, most violent elections in US history.” (Hint: we’re not talking about our most recent US election, either!), and what Jon Grinspan learned in his research that might give our audience reassurance that we, as a country, will move beyond this current political dysfunction.  A great subject for today.

Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, author, historian, curator, and Smithsonian Associate Jon Grinspan.

My thanks to Jon Grinspan, who will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program May 25, 2021, and the title of Jon Grinspan’s  Zoom presentation is How to Break a Democracy: Lessons from an Age of Acrimony.  More details in today’s show notes.  Also, my thanks to the Smithsonian Associates team for all they do to support the show.  My special thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience.  Please be safe, practice smart social distancing, get the vaccine, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.

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#538 How To Break A Democracy - Jon Grinspan

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Mercury Rising: John Glenn & Pres John Kennedy - Interview with Jeff Shesol

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang and today’s show is an exciting historical story about astronaut John Glenn, President John F. Kennedy, and the battleground of the Cold War.  As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living author interview series, our guest today is Jeff Shesol.  Jeff Shesol is the author of the new book, titled Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War.  Jeff Shesol will be appearing at the Smithsonian Associates on June 23, and we’ll have links and details to Jeff Shesol’s Zoom presentation for Smithsonian Associates in our show notes.  

At the height of the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy saw outer space exploration as a race for survival—and one that America was losing. The Soviets seemed unstoppable in space. They had sent the first satellite into orbit, the first animal into orbit, and then, in 1961, the first man. The military implications were clear: The United States needed to catch up.

 When John Glenn blasted off aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, he carried America’s hopes into orbit—and into a new and perilous Cold War battleground. He was perfectly suited to his mission. Though other astronauts called him “the Boy Scout,” they saw his ambition, his drive, and his fierceness of purpose. Glenn’s historic flight did not in itself win the space race, but it did shift the momentum by putting the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on his new book, Mercury Rising, author Jeff Shesol examines how the astronaut’s heroics lifted the nation’s hopes in what Kennedy called the “hour of maximum danger.”

One of the Washington Post's 20 Books to Read This Summer A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn’t catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associate, and author Jeff Shesol.

My thanks to Jeff Shesol.  Jeff Shesol will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates, June 23, 2021, and the title of his presentation is How Space Became a Cold War Battleground.  You can find out more in our show notes.   My thanks as well to the Smithsonian Associates team for all they do to support the show.  Of course, my thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience.  Please be well, stay healthy and vaccinated, and remember, let’s Talk About Better.  The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks, everybody.  

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#551 Mercury Rising: John Glenn & Pres John Kennedy - Interview with Jeff Shesol

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German digital label Emerald & Doreen is celebrating its 400th release with a continuous 'Best Of' mix courtesy of Jerry Bouthier. 

The regular collaborator delivers yet again a vibrant rollercoaster mix, assembling and editing in one epic excursion some of the imprint's strongest tracks of late. In just over an hour the French DJ/producer, veteran Kitsuné stalwart, sound-designer for fashion and eternal advocate of futuristic emotions, expertly encapsulates this atypical label's diverse thunderous moods (from vocal-led biggies to heads-down stompers and back) notwithstanding all tied-up by the label's uncanny fondness for vintage synthetic sounds and inspired melodies at the crossroad of synth pop, new wave and electronic disco.

Starting humbly as eclectic refuge for bedroom creators of varied individual ilk, Emerald & Doreen, conceived almost a decade ago, has courageously carved out its own personal niche in the electronic music constellation and blossomed into a reliable stable of international talents originating from the four corners of the globe. Thanks to its relentless output and dedicated flair, it has developed into a consistent purveyor of some of the most exciting computer-based dance music around: a melting-pot of electropop, dark disco and other italo, cosmic, nu-disco, indie-dance. hybrids of today. In an increasingly compartmented music world, music fans could only wish for such kaleidoscopic proposition.

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03. Path - Road to Everywhere [Serafin Audio Imprint]
04. Bicep - Atlas [Ninja Tune]
05. Bad Spirit - Get Out Of The Car [Arvet]
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12. Marino Canal - Radiance [Siamese]
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RESPECT Movie Review and Jennifer Hudson Interview

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, brought to you today by Inside Tracker and NORD VPN.

I’m Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Movie Reviews interview series, we have an excellent interview with Jennifer Hudson to share with you. Jennifer Hudson is the star of the new movie, RESPECT, the story of Aretha Franklin, and Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha!

#569 RESPECT Movie Review and Jennifer Hudson Interview

The Benefits of Video Games for Older Adults
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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang and today’s show is brought to you by NORD VPN and Inside Tracker.  

I think you’ll enjoy today’s show as we’re talking about gaming, video games specifically.  When you think of a "gamer," you probably don't think of a 65-year-old man or woman spending their afternoon on the Wii, or PS 2, or X Box, or Nintendo Switch. But think again — an estimated 21% of people who play video games are over the age of 50. What’s more, it turns out that some of those older "gamers" are reaping very significant health benefits as a result.

Here are just some of the social, cognitive, and physical benefits that video games and virtual reality (VR) have to offer seniors.
1. BETTER EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. Whether it's going for a walk, meeting friends for lunch, or seeing a movie, doing anything you enjoy improves emotional health. So it's no surprise many seniors who enjoy playing video games find themselves in better moods.  A study of 140 seniors over 63 years old concluded that both regular and occasional video gamers reported greater well-being, social functioning, and health than non-gamers. In addition, they reported significantly lower rates of depression among people who play video games than those who don't.
2. IMPROVED BALANCE. Video games can provide physical benefits, too, especially to seniors. Certain games that require physical interaction, like Wii Sports and similar titles, can help seniors improve balance, coordination, and reflexes due to the quick decision-making and action required to play. Some seniors have even reported faster walking speeds as a result of playing video games.  It may not be obvious at first, but improving cognitive skills can translate into improved balance and gait. And while fitness video games like Nintendo Wii and even the newer Nintendo Switch have revolutionized exercise for seniors, virtual reality (VR) is already leaving its mark on physical therapy. 
3. ENHANCED COGNITIVE ABILITY. Video games have the potential to support improvement not only emotionally and physically, but cognitively, as well. In fact, a University of California San Francisco study showed significant improvement in cognitive ability, effectively reversing signs of aging in seniors who played 3D video games.
4. REDUCED RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S  With an estimated 5.5 million seniors suffering from Alzheimer's in the U.S. alone, treatment methods are heavily scrutinized and highly valued. Amazingly, recent research has even demonstrated a link between playing video games and a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s.   The study looked at connections between gaming and tissue growth in different areas of the brain — especially the hippocampus, an area associated with memory and Alzheimer’s progression. 
5. ALL THE BENEFITS — PLUS LOTS OF FUN

Our “guest today, Andy Carle, from The Virginian in Fairfax Virginia, says “they love it,"   Andrew Carle, Executive Director, The Virginian, serves as lead instructor and founder of the nation’s only graduate Concentration in Senior Living Administration, within the Georgetown University Program in Aging & Health. In 2004, he coined the term “Nana” Technology and has consulted on technologies for older adults with companies including APPLE, Nintendo, GTX Corporation, and Vigorous Mind, among others. 

We’ll talk about that and more on today’s show, so please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Andy Carle.  

My thanks to NORD VPN and Inside Tracker for sponsoring today’s show.  Please support our sponsors.  My thanks to Andy Carle and his team for arranging this great topic.  My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience.  Please stay safe, be well and let’s talk about better.  The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks, everybody.

#571 The Benefits of Video Games for Older Adults

Dr. Kevin Ban - Vaccine, Flu Shot? What to Know Now

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“Measures like social distancing, mask-wearing and increased flu vaccinations contributed to very few flu cases last season, however, as communities return to everyday activities amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, it is critical that people remain diligent about getting their flu vaccine,” says our guest today Kevin Ban, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walgreens. 

My thanks to Dr. Kevin Ban for his generous time and preparation today. Of course, my thanks to Chess.com for sponsoring today’s episode, please check out Chess.com/notold for chess instructions, excellent games to play, and you can find me there, too.

My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience…please be safe, get your flu shots and your booster shot for COVID, recommend others do the same and Let’s Talk About Better.  The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks, everybody.

578 Dr. Kevin Ban - Vaccine, Flu Shot? What to Know Now

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Pay Us To Exercise - Sabrena Jo 

Fitness Friday News 

What’s worse than losing your life? Losing a few bucks, apparently.

According to research conducted by the American Heart Association, threatening coronary-heart-disease patients with money loss could help motivate them to exercise more, according to new research published in Journal of the American Heart Association. 

Creating financial motivation for healthy behavior isn’t a brand-new concept. Insurance companies, for example, already use financial rewards programs to encourage folks to move more. 

Of course, today’s show is part of our Fitness Friday series, and it’s another great one in our Fitness Friday programs. We’ll be hearing from returning guest, Sabrena Jo, who’ll join us. 

Sabrena Jo is a favorite with our Not Old Better audience and is the American Council on Exercise, Director of Science and Research Content. Sabrena Jo will be here to share important information about recent research into fitness trackers, Fitbits, Apple Watches and whether the outcome of the fitness tracker is supported by evidence based research.

Enjoy.

#229 Pay Us To Exercise - Sabrena Jo

Paul Taylor Vogelzang is an award-winning blogger, podcaster, writer, producer and style fanatic, known for his down to earth accessible reporting and advice for men and women 50 + age, and their families. Paul was one of the founding editors of MommyCast & MommyCast Latina, the wildly popular, very first mom podcasts in audio and video, and its producer from 2004 to 2009. Paul’s current, but also award winning podcast, The Not Old - Better Show launched in 2014. Paul continues to share vibrant, focused, entertaining content on the show, and writes frequently about the subjects of fashion, grooming and the “senior man.”  Paul lives just outside of Washington DC, with his lovely wife, Gretchen (also a MommyCast founder), and where the two of them are active in many arts, business and philanthrophic organizations, love to feed the Northern Wren, and are the parents of two sons.


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