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Dear Barack - Claudia Clark

The Extraordinary Partnership Between Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast.  I’m Paul Vogelzang, and today’s show is generously brought to you by Ka’Chava, Elysium Health, and Newspapers.com

Working with people who are dissimilar in personality and thought can prove perplexing, if not impossible, yet it doesn't mean that successful working partnerships cannot be developed.  

One such partnership nearly didn’t happen; then, after it did, it nearly died.  One of the great political friendships of the modern world is between US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as two of the world’s most influential leaders, together at the center of some of the biggest controversies and most impressive advancements of our time. But while their friendship has been the subject of both scrutiny and admiration, few know the full story.

Our guest today, author Claudia Clark, tells us about the two world leaders taking office at the height of the 2008 global recession; Obama was keenly aware of the fractured relationship between the US and Europe. And for her part, Merkel was suspicious of the charismatic newcomer who had captivated her country, a state visit, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom award…let’s listen as Claudia Clark reads a passage from her new book.

That, of course, is our guest today, Claudia Clark reading from her new book, Dear Barack, which is a thoroughly researched document of the parallel trajectories that led to Obama and Merkel meeting on the world stage and the trials, both personal and political, that they confronted in office.

Join Claudia Clark and me as we discuss a story of camaraderie on a global scale; Clark’s book and our interview today about ‘Dear Barack’ shows that it is possible for political adversaries to establish bonds of respect—and even friendship—in the service of the free world.

My thanks today to our sponsors, Ka’Chava Newspapers.com and Elysium Health.  Please check out our show notes for more information about our sponsors, and please support our sponsors because they, in turn, support the show. My thanks to Claudia Clark, author of the new book ‘Dear Barack.’ You can find out more about Claudia Clark, and her work in the show notes today, too.  Please be well and be safe…I’m saying this to you regularly about being safe, and that is to be safe by eliminating assault rifles.  We don’t need them in hands of nonmilitary, and they are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: SCHOOL!   We can do better.  Let's talk about Better...The Not Old Better Show.

#656 Dear Barack - Claudia Clark

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and we’ve got another great show as part of our Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living author interview series.  Thank you so much for listening.  We’ve got a great guest today, who I’ll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 656th episode, and we spoke to author Peter Alagona about his new book, Accidental Ecosystem…a great interview about the rise in animals living in urban America.  Two weeks ago, I spoke with Dr. Chantel Prat about how we’re wired and the human brain’s adventure for each of us.  If you missed those shows, you can go back and check them out along with my entire backlog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOldBetter.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us.

As I said, our guest today is Kathy Kleiman, author, author, educator, and attorney who’s written the new book, Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer and will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up…check our show notes for details and more information.

After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women tasked with figuring out how to program the new Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).

The world’s first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer, ENIAC, was built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in 20 seconds rather than 40 hours by a human hand—but there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence to guide the women. They succeeded, but their story was never told to the reporters and scientists fascinated by the huge computer after it became public—and it was lost.

That, of course, is our guest today, author Kathy Kleiman, reading from her new book, Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer

Join Kathy Kleiman and me as she talks all about these women programmers and the campaign to restore these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries and shares why the ENIAC programmers’ groundbreaking work still deserves to be celebrated.

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#657 The ENIAC Programmers: The Women Behind the First Modern Computer-Kathy Kleiman

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview series on radio and podcast.  I’m Paul Vogelzang, and today’s show is part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living author historian interview series, and we have an excellent program about history, the optimism of the enlightenment, the role of Houyhnhmn’s, and if you still don’t know, we are talking about ‘Gulliver’s Travels’…you’re going to want to hear this.

Thank you so much for listening. And as the music, we’re listening to Smithsonian Folkways recording of Woody Guthrie, Hard Traveling. As I say, we’ve got a great guest today, who, after reading his new book, I’ve been looking forward to for a while and whom I’ll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 678th episode, and I spoke to NFL legend, a member of the only team in NFL history to be undefeated, and very entertaining guest Larry Csonka.  Two weeks ago had another great conversation with author and Smithsonian Associate Carole Adrienne about her new book, ‘Healing a Divided Nation.  Wonderful stuff…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOld-Better.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us. 

Smithsonian Associate and popular returning guest Clay Jenkinson will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates coming up, so please check out our show notes for more details. I always enjoy speaking with Clay Jenkinson because I learn so much, and from your emails, to me after Clay appears on the show, you agree!  Clay is funny, too, and I laugh out loud.  Clay is a historian, a lecturer, and a Jeffersonian, in fact, Clay Jenkinson was the main commentator for Ken Burns’ PBS documentary on Thomas Jefferson.  He is a CNN TV personality, and we have Clay Jenkinson today!  

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is often regarded as a children's book, but only by people who have never read it through. Swift was filled with "savage indignation" at the problems in the human character.

According to our guest today, Clay Jenkinson, Gulliver's Travels is a work of genius, a witty, enchanting, and unrelenting critique of the optimism of the Enlightenment. 

Join me today for a wonderful conversation with humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson as Clay sorts out the meaning of ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ and leads us on a journey into the dark recesses of the severest satirist in the English language.
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Clay Jenkinson - Gulliver's Travels:  A Satire Not Just for Children

HAD 2 GET RIGHT (UNRELEASED/UNMASTERED) prod. JrodTheProd

It was great to play at Club Basis in my hometown Utrecht alongside Rose Ringed, Mees Salome & Olivier Weiter.

Kind Of One @ Club Basis, Utrecht (10/12/22)

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Business Buildout interview series on radio and podcast.  I’m Paul Vogelzang, and we have an excellent holiday program about building a business, what it takes, and how it’s done…I hear from so many of you about what I do, how I started, and what it takes that I want to share some tips for your New Year’s business planning.

Thank you so much for listening. As I say, we’ve got a great guest today, who I’ve been looking forward to for a while and whom I’ll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 681st episode, when I spoke with Robert Ellsberg about his long-time friend, PBS star and humanitarian Sister Wendy Beckett.  Two weeks ago I spoke with physicist, NASA scientist, author, and Smithsonian Associate Les Johnson about A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars: The Possibilities of Interstellar Exploration. Wonderful stuff…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOld-Better.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us. 

As you’ve heard me say over the years since starting my radio shows and podcasts, entrepreneurship isn’t just for the young. So many in our Not Old Better Show audience are finding that starting a business can be the perfect way to turn a lifetime of experience into something meaningful, take control of their time, counter workplace ageism, and, in some cases, make a lot more money.  

But where to start, and how do you use your age as an advantage?  My guest, Sam Mulaim, today on The Not Old Better Show Business Buildout interview series, will help you understand the challenges of building an online business, using the website development tools from WordPress, the ubiquitous solution to creating your online presence, and what a ‘plugin’ is and why they’re so important.

Israeli business founder Sam Mulaim has over 15 years of experience in digital industries and has helped hundreds of companies, like mine, grow and start their online companies.  Sam Mulaim founded FixRunner WordPress Support in Israel, the US, and Croatia, with the goal of giving all of us a head start online, using SEO, helping businesses worldwide compete for your website to rank high and often, and some very special advice for older entrepreneurs interested in starting a WordPress site and using FixRunner WordPress services.
 
I’ll tell you right up front that Sam and FixRunner make my website work, but I pay Sam for this service, and today’s show is all about Sam’s company FixRunner, purely editorial, and hopefully, you’ll get a sense as to why this works for me, and how it might work for you.  I reached out to Sam requesting this interview, and there’s been no fee paid by Sam, nor is Sam sponsoring today’s episode.  As you know, from time to time my show is sponsored, but often it’s not and is purely editorial.    

Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show Business Buildout interview series on radio and podcast entrepreneur and business founder, Sam Mulaim.

My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show.  My thanks to Sam Mulaim for his time today. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience on radio and podcast…please be well and be safe, which I’m mentioning in every show because I want to bring attention to the issue of assault rifles, which aren’t safe, in anyone’s hands but the military and law enforcement.  Assault rifles are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: schools!  Please, let’s work together to eliminate assault rifles, and let’s do better.  Let’s talk about Better…the Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast; thanks, everybody.

#682 Sam Mulaim - How To Series: WordPress, Woo Commerce

St.Ego knows how to do quality stuff, he is one of our favorite artists currently so it's a pleasure to release this fantastic Ep.
"Soul of Us" is a whole organic compilation where you can find sweet melodies, harmonic basslines, and excellent pads.
Welcome to our family St.ego!

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Fire Bomb

Artist: Madben & Kosme
Title: We Hit Drums EP
Label: EPMmusic
Catalogue No: EPM116
Format: Digital
Released: 28 June 2024

Track Listing:
1. We Hit Drums
2. Head & Legs
3. Subtle Ride
4. Pitch Black
5. Mont Blanc

After the deep house stylings of Black Eyes' "Aquatic Vibe: Volume.1" EPM head to France where the worlds of techno and house collide as Madben & Kosme hit drums with electronic precision.

Both deeply rooted in electronic music, Madben and Kosme keep an eye on the future, away from fleeting trends and hype. Madben, a Lille native now based in Nantes, delivers a resolutely techno sound heard at Berghain, Printworks and on albums released by Astropolis Records and Ellum Audio (Maceo Plex's label). Kosme, equally comfortable at Ibiza's DC-10 or at the refined Dekmantel events, is the mastermind behind city events (The Cosmic Adventure - Le Sucre) and mountain-top parties (SeekPeak), offering sets filled with electronic gems and infectious grooves of all kinds.

After some phone exchanges discussing analogue geekery, a meeting took place in Strasbourg backstage at the L'Ososphère festival. Musical experiments ensued, with studio sessions flowing between Paris, Chamonix and Nantes. Together, they created a unique collection of tracks mainly dedicated to dancefloors. The first result of this fruitful collaboration was a remix by Kome on Madben's EP "Fresh Touch" on the Berlin-based label Mobilee.

Building their sound through back-to-back DJ sets the duo are now firmly in the production hot seat as this and their recent "Escape EP" for Mobilee aptly showcase. Title track "We Hit Drums" leads the charge with its "Spastik" inspired drum riffs and abstract sonic funk that teases and releases in equal measure. "Head & Legs" follows with its nuclear enriched break taking us into a dark, cavernous tunnel strafed by thunderous stabs and fragmented vocal refrains whilst "Subtle Ride" is exactly that, a sinister late-night ride on a subway, half lit by strobes, emotional chords and a touch of paranoia. Next up is "Pitch Black" and once again the focus is on late night tales of hypnotic sweat-soaked boxes riding out into the dark unknown whilst closing track "Mont Blanc" brings us down(hill) with throbbing bass and refracted chords that break out into a deep and dubby techno bruiser.

GTG Premiere | Madben & Kosme - We Hit Drums [EPM116]

Blood, Sweat and Concrete

"Plutonic Sound" is a Russian musician, sound engineer, and founder of OIIIAUDIO Records and INOSUN Records. He began to study music in early childhood, and electronic music in about 2005-2006. Currently actively engaged in the popularization of Techno music and also developments in the field of audio electronics, processing, and sound synthesis under the O3AUDIO Technologies.

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