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First Day Back at the Gym - Sabrena Jo Fitness Friday Series with Sabrena Jo Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #457. Today's show is brought to you by True Botanicals and Sun Basket Food. The new normal was tested, at least for me, this morning as we entered Phase 2 of COVID 19 coronavirus reopening. As of Monday, gyms and fitness outlets can now officially reopen in Northern Virginia, where I live, with restrictions and many new regulations. But working out isn't going to be the same for a while. My gym has reopened, and I'll say from my 3 early morning workouts, things are different but in a good way. Our guest today, Director of Science and Research Content for the American Council on Exercise, Sabrena Jo will be discussing all this and more… That of course is our guest today, Sabrena Jo, and we're talking about getting back to exercise, visiting your re-opened gym, and I will tell you that in my experience, the gym has changed…Visually the gym has been reconfigured so that each gym member is six feet or more apart when exercising. The studios for spin and pilates will also re-start with a reduced class schedule to make time for sanitizing pilates machines. There are many new regulations, for example, all members, tennis players, spin/pilates class attendees will be required to line up outside, six-feet apart, and wait for an instructor to open the doors. Gym members must get their temperature read before entering, and will be getting an email [explaining] that bathrooms, lobby space, water dispensers, steam room, child care, etc., will be temporarily unavailable. Since gyms were forced to close in mid-March, my gym has been running free classes via their web Live five days a week to keep their community engaged. From what I can see when exercising recently is that only a small percentage of members want to resume in-person workouts. In conversation with my gym management, they found about 50 percent were eager to return, while the other half was hesitant. Northern Virginia gyms are able to reopen with 30% capacity, and I wasted no time getting in there early this morning to get my workout in and resume my new normal, hopping right back on my favorite machines, but at 6 to 10 feet apart. What does it all mean, should you stay away, individual choices and decisions to be sure, but we'll be joined by Sabrena Jo to discuss it… Don't say away, and please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Sabrena Jo. Please support our sponsors: ● You've just got to try True Botanicals for yourself. Get FIFTEEN PERCENT OFF your FIRST purchase at TRUE BOTANICALS dot COM slash NOTOLDBETTER Https://truebotanicals.com/NOTOLDBETTER ● Right now, Sun Basket is offering $35 off your order when you go right now to SUN BASKET dot com slash NOB and enter promo code NOB at checkout: Https://SunBasket.com/NOB Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Creativity in Dark Times: Artists and Writers of the New Deal - David A. Taylor Smithsonian Associates Artist Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #456. When the U.S. and world economies collapsed into the Great Depression in 1929, creatives of all kinds faced a bleak future. The Jazz Age was dead. Among government programs designed to spur the economy back to life, President Franklin Roosevelt included the Federal Writers' Project and the Federal Arts Project. No one expected an American renaissance. Yet FDR said, "One hundred years from now, my administration will be known for its art, not its relief." And yet another quote I love, for many reasons: HARD TIMES: Somebody once said that the great oxygen of the US is optimism. What happens if we can't breathe, or eat, or go to work, go outside? We need arts. That of course, is our guest today, David A. Taylor, who'll be appearing via Zoom at the Smithsonian Associates presentation, Creativity in Dark Times: Artists and Writers of the New Deal. Check out the web site for Zoom details. Artists and writers comprised the Federal Writers Project and produced scores of travel guidebooks, histories, and a trove of thousands of life histories including the narratives of former slaves. Artists supported by the government produced landscapes, murals, street scenes, portraits, sculptures, and abstracts. Author David Taylor looks at some of the artists and writers for whom the government's programs gave them a new purpose: recording American life. Some later ranked among the most creative minds of the 20th century as screenwriters, poets, bestselling novelists, ands artists. They included recipients of the National Book Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. David A. Taylor will discuss with us how, in focusing on America, those artists could stir controversy, seen in censored travel books, banned works, and murals denounced by citizens' committees even up to the present. By tracing how these artists and works cut against the grain of public opinion and convention, Taylor examines art's power in shifting American identities. David A. Taylor teaches writing at Johns Hopkins University and was lead writer and co-producer of the Smithsonian Channel documentary Soul of a People: Writing America's Story. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, via internet phone, David A. Taylor. Please go here for more information about David A. Taylor's upcoming presentation at Smithsonian Associates: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/creativity-in-dark-times-artists-and-writers-of-new-deal Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

What is 'Natural,' Food, Life, and Religion - Alan Levinovitz Art of Living Author Interview Series... Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #455. As part of our Art Of Living author interview series, today's show is fascinating. We'll be speaking with author, academic, and journalist Alan Levinovitz about his new book, 'Natural: "How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads…". Dr. Levinovitz will be reading a passage from his new book, too. I loved the book, and let me tell you a bit about this subject: Debates about what can be called 'natural' might seem unnecessary today, or even quaint, but not so this one, especially because our guest Alan Levinovitz answers our questions about how this focus on 'natural" drives more attention to COVID, religion, and the climate crisis From 'clean eating' to the countryside to Goop, 'natural' is assumed to be good and is almost a new religion, Dr. Levinovitz tells us today. Additionally, we'll hear from Dr. Levinovitz, who is an assistant professor of religion at James Madison University and a freelance journalist about our collective enchantment contradictions with what is "Natural," and with the concept of "natural," and tells us that often what qualifies as Natural is not simply a nutritional issue, but a moral one. "Natural" equates to "goodness," according to Dr. Levinovitz, "Seeking out natural products is about health, yes, but holistic health," he wrote. "Physical and spiritual, personal, and planetary. Nature becomes a secular stand-in for God, and the word 'natural' a synonym for 'holy, and even religion." Let's hear from Dr. Alan Levinovitz, reading from his new book, That of course is our guest today, author, academic, and journalist Alan Levinovitz reading from his new book, 'Natural: "How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads…" Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, author, academic, and journalist Alan Levinovitz. My thanks to the author, academic and journalist Alan Levinovitz, 'Natural: "How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads…"And, my thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please be safe, practice smart social distancing, be well, and remember, Let's Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody. Please find out more at https://notold-better.com Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A Decade of Disruption - Garrett Peck The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #454. As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art Of Living author interview series, today's show is one to listen to. They all are :) But, returning guest, historian, Garrett Peck, has written a new book, A Decade of Disruption. Garrett Peck is a popular guest here on the program, and his new book, again, A Decade of Disruption, is getting rave reviews online already, and it is excellent. We'll be speaking with Garrett Peck about his new book, A Decade of Disruption, and also about his upcoming Zoom presentation at Smithsonian Associates. Yes, I said "Zoom presentation." Of course, Smithsonian Associates—the world's largest museum-based educational program— is presenting a new online learning initiative, Smithsonian Associates Streaming. Live programs through June 11 are offered free of charge with an expanded slate of virtual programming, inspired by the full range of topics Smithsonian Associates offers year-round, available for streaming beginning June 16. It just so happens, that Garrett Peck will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates, June 16, 2020, via Zoom, and the title of his presentation, to coincide with his new book, is A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium. Details are available on our website. As I say, Garrett Peck's new book is getting rave reviews, and we'll hear from Garrett Peck about the book, the unprecedented sweep of events and upheavals in the years that spanned 2000 to 2010, The 9/11 terrorist attacks. Enron and WorldCom. The Iraq War. Hurricane Katrina. The disruptive nature of the internet. An anxious aging population redefining retirement. The gay community demanding full civil rights. A society becoming ever more racially diverse. The housing bubble, and much more, including a reading from Garrett Peck, from his new book related to climate change, another catastrophic disruptive event… That of course is our guest today, author, historian, Garrett Peck, reading from his new book, A Decade of Disruption. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Bette Show, author, historian, Garrett Peck. My thanks to Garrett Peck, author of the new book, A Decade of Disruption. Garrett Peck will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates, June 16, 2020, via Zoo Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The CEO's Time Machine - Geoff Thatcher & Zoe Thatcher The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #453. Today's episode is brought to you by Lightstream. As part of our Art of Living, author interview series, today's show is a very special one. Our guests are father, daughter author team, Geoff Thatcher and Zoe Thatcher. Geoff Thatcher and Zoe Thatcher have co-written the new book, THE CEO'S TIME MACHINE. THE CEO'S TIME MACHINE will transform how you view leadership and innovation. The title says it all…wouldn't it be great to have a time machine in business, and in our lives? It is impossible to predict the future of innovation and business success—but what if you had a time machine? Where would you take it? Does going to the future provide you with answers? Are you missing the obvious in the present? What can be learned from the past? For CEO's for all of us, there are problems that come from trying to see the future, but, there's a test for that… That was Geoff Thatcher and Zoe Thatcher reading from THE CEO'S TIME MACHINE. Zoe Thatcher did all the art, and when you buy the book, which I encourage you to do, check out page 55, and the accompanying artwork, which beautifully depicts the giggle test." And, that was Zoe Thatcher. You've got to see her artwork, which we'll add an image of to the site. As I say, you'll love this book, and it's great for all audiences and all families. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better show via internet phone, Geoff Thatcher, and Zoe Thatcher. My thanks to Geoff Thatcher and Zoe Thatcher, authors of the new book, THE CEO'S TIME MACHINE. My thanks to Lightstream for sponsoring today's show. Please check out Lightstream, go to LIGHTSTREAM DOT COM SLASH NOTOLD And, my thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please stay safe, practice smart social distancing, and be well. Let's Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody. Support our sponsors: * Apply today to get a special interest rate discount and save even more * The ONLY way to get this discount is to go to LIGHTSTREAM DOT COM SLASH NOTOLD * L-I-G-H-T-S-T-R-E-A-M DOT COM SLASH NOTOLD. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Fitness and Gyms, Post COVID-19 Fitness Friday Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #452. Today's show is brought to you by SunBasket and True Botanicals! Our show today 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. On the Fitness Friday program, we talk with Sabrena Jo about excise and fitness. We all know that exercise is important, especially for our physical and mental health. Returning to exercise after an illness is often a very tough battle, and during our COVID 19 quarantine period, when we've cooped up, without our gyms, we need to be mindful of easing ourselves back into exercise again, particularly after the current Coronavirus outbreak. I love speaking with Sabrena Jo, American Council on Exercise (ACE) Fitness Director of Science and Research Content, because of her research orientation. Research, fact-based analysis, and outcomes orientation is critical to our Not Old Better Show audience. I spent considerable time researching some questions to ask Sabrena Jo, and we'll talk about steps back to exercise, such as: 1. You might feel as if you are starting from scratch but your fitness will return quickly once you begin. 2. Take it slowly..don't overdo it and fatigue right out of the gate 3. Listen to your body, and do what feels right, even something easier until you're back to full strength. 4. Always remember to rest and recover, and heal yourself, then add more and more exercise until you're feeling your previous levels of strength. 5. Stay positive, and pace yourself. Things return gradually. It might feel like you're taking baby steps at first but will be surprised at how quickly you will regain your fitness. Remember that being active will help to keep your immune system in good shape to fight off future infections. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via interview phone, ACE Fitness' Sabrena Jo. My thanks always to Sabrena Jo, ACE Director of Science and Research Content for joining us today. Of course, my thanks to SunBasket and True Botanicals for sponsoring the show…remember, please support our sponsors by checking out their products, which you can do with full discounts right from our show notes. 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. Practice smart social distancing, be safe and be well. Remem Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Nzinga Harrison, MD - In Recovery Podcast Health and Wellness, Science & Technology Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #451. As part of our health and wellness series, our guest today is Dr. Nzinga A. Harrison. Dr. Nzinga A. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer, at Eleanor Health. Eleanor Health is a new-ish (and pretty groundbreaking) outpatient clinic with a unique payment model and an emphasis on evidence-based care, with an emphasis on a problem-solving, rather than a fit-someone-inside-a-box, approach to treatment. A well-respected physician and educator, Dr. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, a value-based provider of compassionate, comprehensive, outpatient addiction treatment. Approachable and energetic, she has been known to explain medical concepts with an ease and humor that results in her audiences developing understanding of difficult material while having a good time doing it! And, you'll hear that throughout the interview. You'll also hear us talk about Dr. Nzinga A. Harrison's new podcast, In Recovery, with Dr. Nzinga A. Harrison. The In Recovery podcast will fill the much-needed gap for individuals and their loved ones seeking immediate and long-term support with addiction. Hosted by physician and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Nzinga Harrison, In Recovery will field questions in a radio-style, call-in format from real people struggling with every form of addiction, from drugs and alcohol to work and gambling. Here is a brief trailer from In Recovery, new from Lemonada Media. The new trailer from In Recover podcast. In Recovery is also for healthcare providers and anyone committed to a more values-based, comprehensive and compassionate approach to recovery and mental health in America and abroad. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Dr. Nzinga Harrison. My thanks to Nzinga Harrison for her generous time today, and my thanks to Lemonada Media for all the arrangements. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please keep the emails and show suggestions coming my way at Paul@notold-better.com. Remember, be safe, be well, practice smart social distancing, and let's talk about Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks everybody. In Recovery Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-recovery/id1496791220 Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #450. We all know that music, and as part of our Art of Living, author interview series, our guest today is baseball writer, historian, Alan Gaff. Alan Gaff is author of the new book, The Lost Memoir of Lou Gehrig. I loved the book, and for those of us eager to have baseball back in our lives, but watching Korean Baseball Organization's brand of high energy baseball, and hoping baseball will return soon, you'll love this book, too. Lou Gehrig, one of the greatest baseball players that ever lived, is so much more than the horrible disease that killed him. The first half of this book is told by Lou Gehrig in his own words through articles he wrote during his championship season in New York City. To be able to read Gehrig's words describing his entrance into professional baseball was priceless. I'll offer my thanks to our guest today, Alan D. Gaff, right now for collecting these forgotten newspaper columns. That, of course, is our guest today, Alan Gaff reading from his new book, Lou Gehrig, The Lost Memoir. And we heard the famous farewell speech by Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, a baseball legend. Scott Boras, an attorney for baseball players, wrote a recent editorial in The NY Times, in which he said so eloquently, "In some of America's darkest moments, the country has turned to Major League Baseball to bring hope and normalcy back to everyday life. It is time again for baseball to serve. The millions of baseball fans in America can continue to do a small part for the nation by staying at home while enjoying a sense of hope and normalcy and watching the game we love." In the meantime, we can enjoy Alan Gaff's new book, The Lost Memoir of Lou Gehrig. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, author Alan Gaff. Please check out Alan Gaff's new book: https://books.apple.com/us/book/lou-gehrig/id1469990758 Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Murder Hornets - Not What You Think... Smithsonian Inside Science Interview with Dr. Floyd Shockley Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #449. As part of our Smithsonian, Inside Science interview series, we have the latest buzz…Giant 2-inch insects known as "murder hornets" have arrived in the U.S. from Asia for the first time. They got their name because of the potential threat they pose to bees, and now there's a rush to stop them before they multiply. "Bee lives matter." Asian giant hornet attacks and destroys honeybee hives. A few hornets can destroy a hive in a matter of hours. The hornets enter a "slaughter phase" where they kill bees by decapitating them. They then defend the hive as their own, taking the brood to feed their own young. They also attack other insects but are not known to destroy entire populations of those insects. While they do not generally attack people or pets, they can attack when threatened. Their stinger is longer than that of a honeybee and their venom is more toxic. They can also sting repeatedly. If it becomes established, this hornet will have negative impacts on the environment, economy, and public health of the United States. Here to help us understand these hornets is Smithsonian's, Dr. Floyd Shockley. Dr. Floyd Shockley is the Collections Manager for the Department of Entomology at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. According to Dr. Shockley, "More people die of honey bee stings in the U.S. than die annually, globally, from these hornets." About 60 to 80 people die from allergic reactions to honey bee stings; only about 40 people die per year in Asia. mostly in Japan, from reactions to the giant hornet stings. That said, the sting of the Asian giant hornet is far more painful and toxic than that of a honey bee. Researchers have likened the sensation to having a hot nail driven into one's flesh. However, Shockley says giant hornets are only dangerous if provoked and tend to keep to themselves unless threatened, but they're not a new thing… That, of course, is our guest today, Dr. Floyd Shockley, and now please join me, via internet phone, in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Dr. Floyd Shockley. My thanks to Dr. Floyd Shockley, from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. My thanks, as always, to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. And my thanks always to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Remember, stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody. https://notold-better.com Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

NSF Self Sanitizing Masks and Interview with David Leventhal Dance for PD Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #448. Today's show is brought to you by Skylight Frame. As part of health, science, and the arts series, we'll be joined today by David Leventhal, who is the Program Director and founding teacher of the Dance for PD approach. Before we join David Leventhal, I want to give everyone a National Science Foundation update from the front lines of COVID 19. And, perhaps some good news, too. As we've been following the news reports, we all are wearing masks, social distancing, and ordering for delivery in. Here's the issue with the masks, and why they're important: the spread of infectious respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, typically starts when an infected person releases virus-laden respiratory droplets through coughing or sneezing. To further slow and even prevent the virus from spreading, we need to greatly reduce the number and activity of the viruses in those just released respiratory droplets. Current masks worn by individuals provide a physical barrier, reducing the number of escaped respiratory droplets that would become a new source of infection after entering the atmosphere or landing on objects and surfaces. But, through a RAPID funding grant from the National Science Foundation, a new self-sanitizing medical face mask is being developed to deactivate viruses on contact. This new mask mitigates the transmission and spread of viruses. How does it do it? Always fascinating work from the National Science Foundation, and we thank NSF for their work and time. Let's move on to another impressive science story. The use of dance as therapy for Parkinson's Disease, hence the name: Dance for PD. Dance for PD was conceived in 2001 as a collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) and Brooklyn Parkinson Group and is now administered by MMDG, and David Leventhal. Dance for PD was born from the idea that people with Parkinson's could benefit from the insight and specific techniques and methods used by dancers to guide their own bodies and minds, Dance for PD® strives to increase coordination, balance, flexibility, and strength through music and movement from a broad range of dance styles. In classes led by professionally-trained dancers and musicians, participants experience the grace, fluidity, and power of dance in a social, joyful, and supportive environment. Dance for PD's fundamental working principle is that professionally-trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge about balance, s Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.