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Cellular Aging: Energy, Resilience, Strength - Dr. Noelle Reid The Not Old Better Show, Inside Science Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m your host, Paul Vogelzang, as part of our Science interview series, we’ve got a great show for you today on the subject of cellular aging.  Yes, that’s right, as we age, no surprise, our cells age, too, and big surprise, there’s something we can be doing about it. Our guest today on the Not Old Better Show is Dr. Noelle Reid.  You may remember Dr. Noelle Reid from the hit Bravo TV show, Married to Medicine.  Dr. Reid is a practicing physician and owns Trinity Health and Wellness Center in Southern California, and firmly believes in an East meets West approach to medicine. Her duties as a family doctor encompasses everything from giving men and women’s physical exams to the now ubiquitous Telehealth and to treating all manner of family health and wellness. Dr. Reid is a national expert in cellular aging and we’ll discuss Cells in Decline: which is officially known as Age-Associated Cellular Decline (AACD), that is a time-related deterioration in the way our cells function, which often begins in our 40s and accelerates in our 60s, resulting in a noticeable loss of energy, strength, and resiliency. We’ll also discuss how aging affects cells, and we’ll learn again, remember our early science classes, about the mitochondria, which are the power plants of our cells. Declines in mitochondrial health can impair cell energy production and contribute to a buildup of free radicals and oxidative stress within cells. All this today here on the Not Old Better Show, but first our Healthy Headlines: My thanks to Dr. Noelle Reid, and all her research, knowledge, and expertise on cellular aging.  Hopefully, today’s show has given you the information you need to approach aging, and those aging cells, with confidence.  There’s a lot you can do and advances in science have uncovered the important role cellular health plays in why and how we age.   Stay tuned for more on this subject.  You can find out more on our website: notold-better.com.  Thanks for joining us this morning and until next time, Let’s Talk About Better.  The Not Old Better Show. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

How Disney Conquered the Entertainment Universe The Not Old Better 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 Dr. Brian Rose.  Dr. Brian Rose is a popular return guest on the program and Dr. Brian Rose will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on June 9, 2021, and the title of Dr. Rose’s Zoom presentation is ‘How Disney Conquered the Entertainment Universe.’ Over the last nine decades, the Walt Disney Company has transformed every facet of the entertainment business. Disney pioneered the creation of feature-length cartoons with Snow White, Bambi, and Pinocchio. “The Wonderful World of Disney” and “The Mickey Mouse Club” captured a huge television viewership and created Disney fans for life. Theme parks that span the globe and Broadway musicals based on Disney films pack in crowds.  Disney is the owner of the greatest collection of franchise movies (from Stars Wars to Toy Story to The Avengers) under the control of a single studio in Hollywood history. And now the new streaming service Disney+ is challenging Netflix and other established providers. What are the secrets behind the development of this still-growing powerhouse? Brian Rose, a professor emeritus at Fordham University who has written several books on television history, tells us the remarkable story of creativity and media growth as he answers our questions about how the Walt Disney Company evolved from a small cartoon studio in 1923 to the most powerful force in worldwide entertainment today. Please welcome to The Not Old Better Show, via internet phone, Dr. Brian Rose. My thanks to Dr. Brian Rose, who will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on June 9, 2021, and the title of Dr. Rose’s Zoom presentation is How Disney Conquered the Entertainment Universe.’  More details on Dr. Rose’s presentation are available 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. For tickets and more details, please check out: Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Mild Cognitive Impairment - What To Know Now The Not Old Better Show, Inside Science Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and today we’re talking about brain health, brain science, and specifically what’s known as mild cognitive impairment. In our ongoing series here on aging and mental health, today’s guest, Dr. Roberto Fernandez will join us and give us an in-depth perspective on understanding, treatment, and diagnosis of what many think of as forgetfulness or normal aging. Your memories of the past. Your dreams for the future. Your ability to recall, reason, and think. It’s all in that three-pound organ between your ears—your brain. With so much at stake, protecting your brain from cognitive decline should be your highest health priority. We’re here to help and I want to introduce you to our guest, Dr. Roberto Fernandez. Dr. Roberto Fernandez is a Behavioral Neurologist and the Medical Director of The Pat Summitt Clinic at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. Dr. Fernandez has researched written about and diagnosed the underlying mechanisms of cognitive or brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease and in doing so has described novel changes in brain responses that can differentiate early-stage Alzheimer’s from normal aging. Additionally, Dr. Fernandez’s current research on ‘impaired navigation’ or getting lost in familiar surroundings is groundbreaking. We’ll learn about that and more during our busy show today and our conversation this morning on The Not Old Better Show. My thanks to Dr. Roberto Fernandez, from The Pat Summitt Clinic at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. Hopefully, today’s show has given you the information you need to approach Mild Cognitive Impairment with confidence. There’s a lot you can do to develop your remaining cognitive skills: improve your fitness, which we’ll be talking more about here on the show, to lowering your blood pressure, reducing cholesterol, and quitting smoking. You can find out more on our website: notold-better.com. Thanks for joining us this morning and until next time, Let’s Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

17 Year Cicada Safari - Dr. Gene Kritsky The Not Old Better Show, Science & Technology Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang and this episode is brought to you by Feals and is part of our Science Makes Us Safer series.   Our guest today is Dr. Gene Kritsky, and we’re talking about the 17-year periodical cicadas.  Dr. Gene Kritsky is the dean of Behavioral and Natural Sciences and is a professor in the Department of Biology at Mount St. Joseph University. Additionally, Dr. Gene Kritsky is an entomologist who has authored or edited 10 books and over 250 papers on subjects as diverse as entomology, egyptology, evolution, history of science, dinosaur biology, insect poetry, and insect mythology. Dr. Kritsky’s most recent book, The Periodical Cicadas: The Brood X Edition was published in 2021.  And, now, Dr. Kritsky and his Mount St. Joseph IT team have introduced a fantastic new app to track the cicada for citizen science research, called ‘Cicada Safari.’ At this very instant, in backyards and forests across the eastern U.S., one of nature’s greatest spectacles is underway. Every seventeen years, millions of cicadas rise from the soil of the eastern United States to fly, mate, and fill the air with their noisy song. Although it may lack the epic majesty of the wildebeest migration in the Serengeti or the serene beauty of cherry blossom season in Japan, this event is no less awe-inspiring. I’m talking about the emergence of the Brood X cicadas.  Be aware as you’re mowing your lawn, outside on a hike, listening to the trees rustle, and please use the Cicada Safari app to help with the tracking and mapping of these amazing insects! We’ll talk about the Brood X cicada, the new ‘Cicada Safari’ app, cicada sounds, which you can hear now in the background, and all things cicada with Dr. Gene Kritsky. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Dr. Gene Kritsky. My thanks to Dr. Gene Kritsky for his generous time, work, and energy today.  My thanks to Feals for sponsoring today’s show.  Please support our sponsors.  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. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

How Much Is Enough?: Buddhist and Western Perspectives on Greed, Prosperity, and Happiness The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang, and this is the Smithsonian Associates Art of Living author interview series.  Our guest today is Dr. Steven Emmanuel. Dr. Steven Emmanuel is the dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities at Virginia Wesleyan University. Dr. Emmanuel will be presenting via Zoom on May 25, 2021, and the title of Dr. Emmanuel’s presentation is How Much is Enough?  Buddhist and Western Perspectives on Greed, Prosperity, and Happiness. It has become fashionable in recent decades to assert that greed is good—or more accurately, that greed can be a productive force for good. This is not a new idea: As early as the 18th century, philosophers such as Adam Smith noted that vices such as avarice and vanity contributed to the advancement of society by spurring industry and prosperity. At the same time, Smith was deeply aware of the social and psychological costs of a competitive market system—not least anxiety, inauthenticity, inequality, and indifference to the misery of the poor. He frequently observed how the relentless pursuit of wealth disrupts the tranquility and contentment necessary to human happiness. Modern critics of free-market capitalism have long complained that it promotes economic growth at the expense of virtue and happiness. But does the capitalist model for alleviating poverty force us to choose between the useful and the good? Is some measure of unhappiness simply the price we pay for human progress? Though it may seem an unlikely source, the Buddhist tradition offers us a useful conceptual framework for thinking about this question.  Our guest today, Steven M. Emmanuel, dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities at Virginia Wesleyan University will answer our questions about whether there is value in greed, the dangers of wealth acquisition as it pertains to happiness, and an ennobling form of economic activity that is not only compatible with moral and spiritual growth but promotes the conditions for a peaceful, prosperous, and happy society. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associate Dr. Steven Emmanuel.   My thanks to Dr. Steven Emmanuel, who will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on May 25, 2021, and the title of Dr. Emmanuel’s presentation is How Much is Enough?  Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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.  Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Amy Shira Teitel - Fighting For Space The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang.  As part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story Series, our guest today is Amy Shira Teitel. Amy Shira Teitel will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on May 26, 2021, and the title of Amy Shira Teitel’s  Zoom presentation is Fighting for Space: Pilots Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb Amy Shira Teitel has had a lifelong passion for spaceflight; she specialized in space history throughout her academic life, culminating in her MA thesis about the little-known Gemini-Rogallo wing When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the 20th century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during WWII, was the first woman to break the sound barrier, ran her own luxury cosmetics company, and counted multiple presidents among her friends. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from the atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, 25 years Cochran’s junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The prospect of flying in space quickly became her obsession. As the American and international media fell in love with the idea of a nonexistent  “woman astronaut" program, Cochran and Cobb struggled to gain control of the narrative, each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality—an issue that ultimately went all the way to Congress. Drawing on her new book Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight, space historian and television host Amy Shira Teitel tells the fascinating story of these trailblazers who spent years as adversaries in search of the same goal: creating a place for women in the male-dominated arena of aviation and space flight. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Dr. Brian Rose - Moviegoing in America 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 Dr. Brian Rose. Dr. Brian Rose will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program May 12, 2021, and the title of Dr. Rose’s Zoom presentation is Moviegoing in America: Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces to IMAX to Streaming Ever since the movie industry was born in the 1890s, audiences have been thrilled to watch stories come to life on the big screen. At first, this screen wasn’t very big—nor was attending the stuffy local nickelodeon all that pleasant. But by the 1920s, extravagant movie palaces were constructed in downtowns all over the country and moviegoing was transformed into a luxury experience. Sadly, this would end in the 1950s with the rise of the suburbs and the explosion of drive-in theaters, followed by shopping-mall multiplexes. Today, going to the movies can be either overwhelming—at seven-story IMAX theaters—or thoroughly unpleasant, as your neighbor gobbles nachos and beer and teenagers talk and text throughout the film. And with the advent of the pandemic, for most of us, moviegoing is now just a memory. Our guest today, Dr. Brian Rose will be talking with us about those subjects and more, including upcoming trends we’ll see in the near future at theaters either in-home or at a movie house. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone,  Smithsonian Associate Dr. Brian Rose. My thanks to Dr. Brian Rose, who will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates program on May 12, 2021, and the title of Dr. Rose’s Zoom presentation is Moviegoing in America: Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces to IMAX to Streaming. More details on Dr. Rose’s presentation are available 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. For more details on tickets and other information, please click HERE>. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/moviegoing-in-america-nickelodeons-to-movie-palaces-to-imax-to-streaming Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Anna Sale - Let's Talk About Hard Things The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  I’m Paul Vogelzang with another great show for all of us who aren’t old, we’re better. My guest today is Anna Sale.  Many will know Anna Sale from her work on the WNYC Radio show and podcast, ‘Death, Sex & Money.’ Anna Sale describes her show, again ‘Death, Sex, & Money,’ “the things we think about a log and need to talk about more.”   Anna Sale began talking about ‘hard things’ when from 2010 - 2013 she reported on politics for the WNYC show “The Takeaway.”  While covering Anthony Weiner’s second sexting scandal during his destined-to-fail mayoral campaign, Anna Sale, who at age 33 was newly divorced thought that a new show where people would be given room to talk about hard things that had shaped their lives might be a great show idea.  Anna Sale heard herself say the words “Death, Sex, & Money” one day and the show took shape and gathered steam. After debuting at the top of the Apple Podcasts chart in 2014, Death, Sex & Money was named the #1 podcast of the year by New York Magazine in 2015. Anna Sale won a Gracie for best podcast host in 2016 and the show won a 2018 Webby for best interview show.  Anna Sale has written a new book, titled, Let’s Talk About Hard Things, which is her empathetic debut.  If you’re a fan of ‘Death, Sex & Money,’ or new to Anna Sale’s work, you’ll find, like I did that the book is a familiar guide to talking about the important stuff of life.  Anna Sale and I talk about connecting aging for all of us after COVID, and what it means to do so after lockdown and isolation, what she learned while writing the book and doing her show, and importantly, about the state of our country and why it’s so important that especially now we ‘Talk About Hard Things.”  As a special discussion item, please stick around to the end as Anna Sale and I learn of the jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial while live during our interview.  Great stuff from Anna Sale. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, journalist, author of ‘Let’s Talk About Hard Things,” Anna Sale.  My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.