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Marshall Tucker Band Interview, Doug Gray, Lead Singer The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. My guest today, Doug Gray, frontman, lead singer for the Marshall Tucker Band, is part of Rock & Roll legend, aristocracy, and good man, US Army vet all rolled into one. Now, at age 68, nearly 45 years since first taking the highway, Doug Gray is loving life, the music, and the fans, as the guiding force, leader, mastermind, master-of ceremonies and lead-singer for the Marshall Tucker Band. The Marshall Tucker Band, formed in the early 1970s and, in the early-to-mid-1970s, they played a string of show as opening act for The Allman Brothers Band, another rock and roll legend. Both groups, incidentally, became famous for their jazzy solos, blues-rock and extended jams. "Heard It In a Love Song," which, of course, you're listening to now, is one of the Marshall Tucker Band's most recognizable hits, and a song that took Gray, as lead singer, is a Southern Rock classic, and reached #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart." Doug Gray, a U.S. Army, loves the settings of small intimate theaters, like Tally Ho, where the Marshall Tucker Band will be performing Thursday, June 15, 2017. In recent years, the Marshall Tucker Band has been paid "a whole lot of respect" by younger generations of musicians, despite not having had a hit in years. Many country bands have begun to cover the band's tunes. And that has put this band back in demand, even as Gray now stands as the only original member remaining with the group. The Marshall Tucker Band will be performing live at the Tally Ho Theater, June 15, 2017, but we've got Doug Gray today on The Not Old Better Show. Click HERE for tickets and more information: TallyHo Theater. Enjoy. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Women In Science, 250 Years, Interview with Grace Costantino Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Grace Costantino began her career at the Smithsonian Libraries in 2008 as a Digital Services Intern, working to help develop the Smithsonian Research Online Repository. From August 2008-January 2012, she served as a BHL Librarian at the Smithsonian Library. As part of our Smithsonian Associates partnership program, our guest today, Grace Costantino is one of the new breed of federal government employee: young, digitally savvy, and excited about her work. Grace Costantino is also an award winning leader among her peers, teaching, tutoring, and communicating in support of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Grace Costantino is truly talented, and it's a pleasure to hear from her. Ms Costantino will be speaking at the Smithsonian Associates program, titled The Rise of Women In Science: 250 Years of Trailblazers, along with Wayne State University science historian, Marsha Richmond, July 10, at the Ripley Center, Washington DC, and we'll have links up to Grace Costantino's impressive bio, her web sites, her books and articles, etc., but she's here with us today. As all Not Old Better audience are trailblazers, on our path's to reinvention, we're interested in and committed to learning and other's who have blazed trails. Certainly, Grace Costantino is a trailblazer, and you'll love this interview. Join me in welcoming today via SKYPE to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living series, Grace Costantino. For more information, tickets and other details, please click HERE: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=239202 Enjoy! Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Mike German, FBI Undercover, Thinking Like a Terrorist Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Mike German served sixteen years as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he specialized in domestic terrorism and covert operations. His undercover work against white supremacist skinhead groups, and right-wing militias, disrupted planned acts of terrorism and led to multiple criminal convictions. He served as a counterterrorism instructor at the FBI National Academy before leaving the FBI in June of 2004. German lectures frequently on counterterrorism and intelligence matters, and his commentary has appeared in the National Law Journal, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Miami Herald. German is a contributor to the conference report "Law vs. War: Competing Approaches to Fighting Terrorism," published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Now living in the Mid-Atlantic region, he is a private consultant, an adjunct professor at the National Defense University, and a Senior Fellow with Globalsecurity.org. To survive undercover as an FBI agent, it is not enough to simply dress like a terrorist or act like a white supremacist, you have to think like them. Mike German, a former FBI agent, did just that by figuring out what makes terrorists tick, infiltrating their ranks, learning what they want and how they plan to achieve it, and winning their trust. It was a harrowing ride, but in the end he exposed their criminal activity without losing his life. In fact, he was able to write a book about his experience, Thinking Like a Terrorist, and his story inspired the recent movie, Imperium. Mike German is our guest today on The Not Old Better Show, and German shares the hard lessons he learned as an undercover agent with a clear-eyed assessment of the threats we may or may not face, how to fight them, and how to preserve our core values in the process. German is a fellow with the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School. My thanks to the ADL and their excellent report on "Music and the Sounds of Hate," including the song, "Rock Against Communism." Tickets and more information, are available HERE: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=238969 Enjoy. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Dr Lexi Lord, Interview, Doctor's Orders Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Alexandra, "Lexi," Lord, chair and curator of the division of medicine and science at the Smithsonian American History Museum, explores the medical and public health advances of the '20s and places them in a cultural context. In the previous decade World War I shaped new discoveries in medicine, and examinations of drafted soldiers revealed that the men defending our country were not as strong and healthy as once perceived. As a result, public health became a matter of national security. With the postwar population shift from rural areas to urban centers, improved health and sanitation for both types of communities became a concern. Poorer, less populated parts of the country were often in desperate need of health and hygiene essentials, including indoor plumbing and running water. Cities were experiencing public health problems due to overcrowding, prompting initiatives and policies to reduce infant and childhood mortality, as well as to control infectious diseases. The new freedoms offered by urban life also lead to a shift in social behaviors, and in response, the U.S. Public Health Service launched the first national sexual education campaign, now the longest-running one of its kind in the country. The 1920s also saw a push for the professionalization of doctors and nurses, an increase in the number of school nurses, and breakthroughs in treating diseases, like diabetes, that once were considered a death sentence—and was the decade in which a new, hopeful trust in medicine placed its practitioners in high public regard. For more information and tickets, please click HERE: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=238968&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MAY17eMBreathofHistory05.18.17&utm_content=version_A&tmssource=231524 Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Q & A with Physicist Clifford V. Johnson, About the Creation of Genius, and Albert Einstein Our guest today, Dr. Clifford V. Johnson is a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Southern California. Hearing the word 'physics,' should definitely not scare you away. Actually, quite the contrary. You'll want to hear this because Dr. Johnson is well known for explaining physics to the general public, through public lectures, writing, drawing, blogging, filmmaking, appearances at museums, bookstores, festivals, and especially through television and online. He works with artists, writers, filmmakers, and others to help improve science content and the perception and understanding of science in the arts, media, and the broader culture. Dr Johnson was the science script adviser for the National Geographic anthology series GENIUS. Genius is currently airing episodes on the National Geographic Channel, as well as trusted online sites. GENIUS, from Executive Producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard is the story of Albert Einstein. GENIUS follows the brilliant scientist through the ups and downs of his life, from failing to get his doctorate to developing the general theory of relativity. Dr. Clifford Johnson guided, advised and even cajoled a bit to "get the science right" on the program. As all Not Old Better audience love our science programs, you'll love this interview. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via Skype, Dr Clifford Johnson. Enjoy. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Deborah Riley, Production Design Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates For devoted followers of HBO's Game of Thrones, the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros is a land they know intimately. Its castle halls, towering battlements, starkly beautiful landscapes, and torch-lit chambers are places that root the epic narrative in a highly detailed world that bridges the real and the imagined. Production designer Deborah Riley is our guest today on The Not Old Better, Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living series. Riley, who joined the series in Season 4, is responsible for creating the visual environment against which the saga of power, family, revenge and romance plays out. Just as the show's characters and plots reflect a range of world mythologies and legendary archetypes, so too does the look of Game of Thrones, for which Riley draws on a mix of historical periods, styles, and cultural traditions. Even the shooting locations—which extend from Northern Ireland to Croatia to Iceland—add to that global mix. Riley talks about how she and a small army of craftsmen give Game of Thrones its distinctive visual style in a conversation with Lisa Woolfork, an associate professor of English at the University of Virginia, who recently taught a class that analyzed Game of Thrones. At a reception afterward, check out a replica Iron Throne (courtesy of HBO), and raise a toast with Game of Thrones beers from Ommegang Brewery, including the newest in the line, Bend the Knee. Enjoy. For more information and tickets, please click HERE: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=239200 Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.