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"A New Birth of Freedom": Lincoln's Oratory and the Civil War The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang and as part of our Smithsonian Associates interview series, we have a wonderful show today. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate and author and professor of history Christopher Hamner. Dr. Christopher Hamner teaches and writes about U.S. History: War and American society, the individual experience of combat, technological change and warfare. The title of Dr. Hamner's upcoming presentation at Smithsonian Associates is "A New Birth of Freedom": Lincoln's Oratory and the Civil War. More details are available on our website, but we have Dr. Christopher Hamner today. More than 150 years after his death, our 16th president maintains his reputation as one of the most gifted orators to hold the nation's highest office. Abraham Lincoln used his facility with language to help guide the country through the Civil War—the most destructive in its history—and through the massive social and political disruption that accompanied four years of fighting. Christopher Hamner, professor of history at George Mason University, focuses on how three of Lincoln's best-known speeches—his First Inaugural (1861), his Gettysburg Address (1863), and his Second Inaugural (1865)—helped to move a war-weary citizenry toward a radical new understanding of the country's own values and of the meaning of the war and of emancipation. My thanks to Smithsonian Associates author, historian Christopher Hamner. The title of Dr. Hamner's upcoming presentation at Smithsonian Associates is "A New Birth of Freedom": Lincoln's Oratory and the Civil War. More details are available on our website, but we have Dr. Christopher Hamner today. My thanks always 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 be well, be safe and remember…let's talk about Better. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Watergate: A New History - Garrett Graff The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, available on radio and as a podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang and it's so great to be with you again this week. As part of our Smithsonian Associates author interview series, our guest today on The Not Old Better Show is best-selling author Garrett Graff. Garrett Graff is a previous guest on the show, very popular with our Not Old Better Show audience is back to talk about his new book, "Watergate: A New History," Available HERE on Apple Books. Now the best and fullest account of the Watergate crisis, one unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon is available and we're talking to the author, Garrett Graff. I've had a chance to read Garrett Graff's new book "Watergate: A New History," and this is an excellent book, for all audiences. But our Not Old Better Show audience will remember well the history of Watergate, President Richard Nixon's harsh fall from grace, and genuinely relate to these stories of our country's survival and triumph through one of its most challenging periods. Garrett Graff himself has an excellent, impressive history and is today a magazine journalist and historian. Garrett Graff has spent more than a dozen years covering politics, technology, and national security. He's written for publications from Wired to The New York Times and served as the editor of two of Washington's most prestigious magazines, Washingtonian and POLITICO Magazine. For all of Richard Nixon's achievements, the sometimes-unbelievable, always lurid Watergate scandal forever stains his reputation. Graff, the director of cyber initiatives at the Aspen Institute, sees the crisis as the result of amateurish fumbling rather than criminal forethought, but he attributes to the Nixon administration the "darker, racialized, nativist, fear-mongering strain of the Republican Party and American politics that would a half-century later find its natural conclusion in Donald Trump." Let's listen now from Garrett Graff's new book a brief 'moment in time' from the pre-Nixon, pre-Watergate days, but that heavily influenced was what to come… That, of course, is from the new book by Garrett Graff, "Watergate: A New History." You can hear more in our interview today and Garrett Graff's contribution to this story is to bring it all together, add his sharp-eyed questions about what doesn't make sense or still needs to be known, and energetically drive forward the story of what's known from the available evidence. We'll talk about all that and more…Please join me in welcoming to The Not Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

IMMORTALITY - Peter Ward Science and Technology Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcasts. Today's show is brought to you by Hapbee. Our guest today is Journalist Peter Ward. Peter Ward has a new book for our audience of The Not Old Better Show, titled The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever. Join me and Peter Ward for an exciting interview about his new book, The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever, as we explore in the idea that there is a time in the not-too-distant future when biotechnology will be able to keep people alive indefinitely. Obsession with longevity is nothing new, Peter Ward tells us, but as science has advanced, "immortalists were faced with a scenario most thought would never happen: they might be proved correct." As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step—to live as long as we choose—has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley. Once the stuff of Mesopotamian mythology and episodes of Star Trek, the effort to make humans immortal is becoming increasingly credible as the pace of technological progress quickens. It has also empowered a wild-eyed fringe of pseudo-scientists, tech visionaries, scam-artists, and religious fanatics who have given their lives over to the pursuit of immortality. Let's listen to a reading from Peter Ward and his new book, The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever, as he describes Ancient Greek mythology and longevity. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcasts, journalist Peter Ward. My thanks to journalist Peter Ward for his time and expertise today. My thanks to the wonderful folks at Hapbee for sponsoring today's episode and my thanks to you, my equally wonderful audience on The Not Old Better Show. Remember, let's talk about better…The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody and we'll see you next week. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

New Day Podcast - Host, Claire Bidwell Smith The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show available on radio and podcasts, everywhere you find your favorite podcasts. Today's show is brought to you by AARP. Our guest today, Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist and author who specializes in grief. And her latest book is called Anxiety– The Missing Stage of Grief. And she's a new weekly podcast from Lemonada about living a better happier life called New Day. Hosted by author, therapist, and grief expert Claire Bidwell Smith, New Day helps listeners find energy, redefine balance, and make time for hobbies again. Claire and her guests don't shy away from helping to answer the big question: How can I get through today and look forward to tomorrow? Episode one features NY Times bestselling author and podcast host Cheryl Strayed, talking about surviving the hardest years of your life. Also premiering today is episode two, with actress and TV producer Ricki Lake talking about finding love on your terms. Billie Lourd (actress), Alua Arthur (death doula), Brandon Kyle Goodman (actor), and more will join the podcast this fall. Led by her own experiences with grief, and fueled by her work in hospice and private practice, Claire strives to provide support for all kinds of people experiencing all kinds of grief. Claire's three books of nonfiction have been published in 19 countries and received many accolades and critical praise. Let's listen to the trailer from New Day, by Claire Bidwell Smith. Claire Bidwell Smith's message to us today is that these aren't cure-all fixes; I've found it's the small, consistent actions that add up to real change, but today, we talk about processing emotions and how anger and pain can come for the most unlikely of places. Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better radio shows and podcasts, Claire Bidwell Smith. My thanks to AARP for sponsoring today's show…please check out AARP in our show notes today. My thanks as well to Claire Bidwell Smith and Lemonada Media for their support of the show, and my thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience here on the radio and on podcasts everywhere. For more information and details, please Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

TRULY, MADLY - VIVIEN LEIGH AND LAURENCE OLIVIER The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show available on the radio and everywhere you find your favorite podcasts. I'm Paul Vogelzang and as part of our Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, we are about to discuss the sweeping story of a relationship between two Hollywood legends. Our guest today is Stephen Galloway, who'll join us in a moment when Stephen Galloway, the former executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter, and I talk political, personal, and cinematic history in this dishy interview about the tumultuous marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Stephen Galloway will be appearing Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at the Smithsonian Associates program, and the title of his presentation is Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century. Stephen Galloway has written a new best-selling novel of the same name…you'll find that and more on our website, listed in today's show notes. In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. She knew he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: She was already married—and so was he. And that was just one of many dramatic elements in a book full of them. A good choice for lovers of theater and cinema—and for those who live for the drama. Decades after both actors' deaths, the story of their love affair still captivates millions. They were two of the first truly global celebrities, whose fame was fueled by the explosive growth of tabloids and television. They seemed to have it all, but Leigh's long-undiagnosed mental illness ultimately transformed their relationship from the stuff of dreams into a living nightmare. Our guest today, Author Stephen Galloway draws on new research—including exclusive access to uncovered correspondence and interviews with their friends and family—for a look at their tempestuous relationship; one that took place against the backdrop of two world wars, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the upheavals of the 1960s—as they struggled with love, loss and the ultimate agony of their parting. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, author Stephen Gallaway. My thanks to author Stephen Galloway. Stephen Galloway will be appearing Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at the Smithsonian Associa Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

UKRAINE - Update: War, Putin, China & Negotiations for Peace The Not Old Better Show Issues Briefing Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and as part of our Newsmaker Briefing Interview Series, our guest today is David Andelman. David Andelman is a returning guest and is here today to give us an up-to-the-minute glimpse into the invasion of Ukraine. David A. Andelman is a veteran foreign correspondent for CNN News, author, and commentator who contributes frequently to CNN on global affairs. A member of the Board of Contributors of USA Today, David Andelman served for more than seven years as Editor & Publisher of World Policy Journal. David Andelman was executive editor of Forbes.com; a domestic and foreign correspondent for The New York Times in New York, Southeast Asia bureau chief, based in Bangkok, and East European bureau chief, based in Belgrade. David Andelman then moved to CBS News where he served for seven years as a Paris correspondent. Andelman followed as a Washington correspondent for CNBC, news editor of Bloomberg News, and Business Editor of the New York Daily News. In the course of his career, he has traveled through and reported from more than 85 countries. Interestingly, David A. Andelman has joined the Center on National Security as a visiting scholar and director of its Red Lines Project. The project's conception arose from President Barack Obama's failure to enforce a red line in Syria when the dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, killing more than 1,400. Obama's cabinet disagreed strongly with his decision to walk away from the red line without military action to remove al-Assad from power. David Andelman has that mindset, as does the Red Lines Project, as we try to better understand this very important global security issue, we need to do so right now, especially to understand Ukraine, Putin's mindset, where China is, and more that we'll talk about today. This will be a fascinating interview and we'll talk about the Red Lines Project, cyber-security, the world in a post-pandemic state, Biden, Putin, and China. You'll love this interview. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, CNN's David Andelman. My thanks to CNN's David Andelman. Hopefully, today's show will give you a sense of world events, national security, our place here, and what's going on. My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience…be safe, and remember let's Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Until next time, thanks, everybody. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Here Lies Me - Hillary Frank The Not Old Better Show Art of Living Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and today's show is brought to you by Masterworks. As part of our Art Of Living author, performer, and podcaster show, today's guest is the wonderful Hillary Frank. Many in our audience will be familiar with Hillary Frank's work as a contributor on This American Life. Hillary Frank is the creator of the award-winning podcast Here Lies Me, and has received awards from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, The Association for Women in Communications, The Academy of Podcasters, and The New York Festival's World's Best Radio Programs. Since 1999, Hillary has been contributing stories to a variety of public radio programs, including This American Life, Studio 360, Marketplace, and Weekend America. She is also the author of three young adult novels. As many of you in our Not Old Better Show audience will recall, Middle school will bury you, spit you out, and it's not pretty. It wasn't for me. And, that's clearly how it feels to 13-year-old Here Lies Me main character, Noa—a shy and witty misfit who endures the horrors of living in an affluent New England town with a dark side. It's the first day of eighth grade, and The Olivias are already icing her out. Here's Hillary Frank and her summary of the show, telling us in her voice, and voices: Here Lies Me from Lemonada Media is the first scripted podcast to convey the adolescent experience with realism. Another quick clip with the talented hilarious voices, and God's voice over the intercom, with Noa's hilarious response. Here Lies Me contains themes of harassment, classism, sexism, racism, trauma, consent, and finding your voice. Here's our final clip from Here Lies Me, which takes place in the cafeteria. Listen closely to the music track of the clip, as well as all the music in today's show, which is scored by Hilary Frank's daughter in real life…great stuff. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Here Lies Me creator Hillary Frank. My thanks to Masterworks for sponsoring today's show. My thanks to Lemonada Media and their Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A History of Pandemics - Dr. Allen Pietrobon The Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Assocaites Interview Series. I'm Paul Vogelzang and as part of our Art of Living and Science Awareness programs with Smithsonian Assocaites, we are joined by returning guest, Dr. Allen Pietrobon. Dr Allen Pietrobon will be appearing via Zoom at Smithsonian Associates, Wednesday March 30, but we have Dr. Pietrobon today and our subject of conversation, and the title of Dr. Pietrobon's upcoming Smithsonian Associates presentation is 'A History of Pandemics." More information is available during our interview and on the website, so stay tuned for a very informative interview. The saying goes that history repeats itself. True to form, epidemics have been a near-constant feature in human life. Up until the 1960s, recurring epidemics were simply a normal fact of daily life, always lurking in the background. Joining us today is award-winning historian Allen Pietrobon, an assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University. We will be talking to Dr. Pietrobon about some of the lesser-known pandemics and epidemics, revealing how people throughout history dealt with such sudden disease outbreaks. We'll learn from Dr. Pietrobon where these epidemics and pandemics originated. Whom did they most affect? What was learned in how to treat or prevent them? And how did societies evolve in the wake of deadly pandemics? Dr. Pietrobon explores the cholera epidemics that ravaged 19th-century New York City and the terrifying polio epidemic that first struck America in the 1840s and killed thousands during each generational recurrence. Please join me and Dr. Allen Pietrobon to discover how epidemics indiscriminately affected lives, killing presidents and paupers alike; and learn about the medical and technological advancements that have helped people to continue living, post-pandemic. My thanks to Dr. Allen Pietrobon for his expertise and generous time. Dr Allen Pietrobon will be appearing via Zoom at Smithsonian Associates, Wednesday March 30. More information is available on the website, noted-better.com. My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. My thanks, of course, to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience…please be safe, be well, let's remember Ukraine, and let's remember to talk about better…the Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody and I'll see you next time. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Celebrate Your Family History - Jenny Ashcraft The Not Old Better Show, Backstory Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. We're talking genealogy today, family history, and some families like my own, are from far-flung places all over the world, but I'm here in America now. We will be talking about my family today and I'm Paul Vogelzang. As part of our Back Story Family History interview series, we have an excellent interview with returning guest, and audience favorite Jenny Ashcraft, who is a genealogist, a researcher, a lover of the written word, and who'll join us today to talk about family history, new technology and resources available at Newspapers.com Our guest today, Jenny Ashcraft is a family history enthusiast. She works at Ancestry where she writes a blog at Fold3HQ. Jenny Ashcraft loves uncovering stories about ancestors and finds great joy in helping others to do the same. She feels completely at home immersed in dusty archives, pouring through manuscripts, or finding hidden gems in the pages of historic newspapers. Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family puts it this way: "In all of us, there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage—to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning." The psychological benefits of genealogy are significant and plentiful: among them are basic needs like acceptance and friendship, ego needs like achievement and status, and self-actualization. These psychological benefits and more, like knowing your roots boosts older adults' mental wellbeing in positive ways, giving us: a sense of accomplishment, especially if you do the research yourselves; the perspective that we belong to a family which leaves a legacy for future generations; a sense of self-worth and belonging to ancestors with whom we can participate to play our part in history; meaningful things, and of course, as we age acceptance of the concept of death and mortality. Older people who have paid attention to our family health history are better able to contribute to their own wellbeing, and better prepared to affect the wellbeing of their descendants. The grandparents, great-aunts, and great-uncles of our audience here on The Not Old Better Show also have the duty to relate the lessons their ancestors taught, and the moral principles that kept them focused. We'll talk about that, some wonderful new resources for family search, and more on our packed show today so please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show genealogist Jenny Ashcraft. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

God: An Anatomy - Francesca Stavrakopoulou The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series here on our radio shows and podcasts. I'm Paul Vogelzang and we have a really fantastic show today on what is among our most popular subjects: God. and with a new guest, you'll find fascinating: Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou, who'll be appearing at Smithsonian Associates, Thursday, March 10, and more details in our show notes today and on our website. Christianity teaches us that the biblical God was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The Bible's frequent portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as a metaphorical, figurative, or poetic construct. But in a talk that draws on her revelatory studies, ancient religions expert Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of the biblical God: This is a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs; who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes; and who is undeniably male. Stavrakopoulou, a graduate of Oxford University and a professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient religion at the University of Exeter, has closely examined and researched the portrayal of God's body in the Bible, and shown how this deity was originally understood by His worshippers in the biblical world. God was created in the image of the people who lived then, a product of a particular society at a particular time, and shaped by their own circumstances and experience of the world. This reclaimed image of God may change how we think about religion, our bodies, and our humanity. Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou has written a fascinating new book, "God: An Anatomy," which we'll be discussing today at length, as well as all aspects of Dr. Stavrakopoulou's upcoming presentation at Smithsonian Associates. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates interview series, Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou My thanks to Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou for her generous time today. My thanks, as well to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. My thanks to you my wonderful Not Old Better Show au Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.