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Author, Seth Harwood, "Everyone Pays" Interview Seth Harwood is here today. Seth, as always, is a welcome surprise! Seth's newest book, "Everyone Pays," is a fun, fast paced, crime, Noir, page turner and Seth admits to the good news for listeners of The Not Old Better Show, this book is a true thriller, so cover the ears of youngsters, as it's NSFMV! Seth Harwood received an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and went on to build a large readership for his first novel, JACK WAKES UP, by serializing it as a free audiobook online. Harwood's novels and stories have been downloaded over one million times, and Seth actively engages in online and offline promotion of his writing because the publishing industry has changed so much, and Seth confirms a new, secret project! Enjoy. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

LED ZEPPELIN ON TRIAL FOR CHORD THEFT: WHO OWNS THE CHORDS??? "Stairway to Heaven" is considered one of the most widely heard compositions in rock history and is the signature song of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page said the song "crystallized the essence of the band." Well, the band is accused of stealing the opening chords for their 1971 hit from another song. That song, "Taurus," written in 1967 by the band Spirit are similar enough to let a jury decide whether Plant and Page were liable for copyright infringement. Attorney Larry Iser, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, who is not connected with the Led Zeppelin case, but specializes in the area of intellectual property law, and routinely advises his clients on matters concerning copyright, fair-use, clearances, and right of publicity. Larry Iser has represented the Beatles and Michael Jackson, Jackson Browne, and Crosby Stills and Nash. Mr Iser is well published on the subject of copyright infringement and just yesterday, June 16, 2016 wrote in Forbes: 'Hamilton' And Copyright: Lin-Manuel Miranda Had His Eyes On Music History.' Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

JOHN ELDER ROBISON, AUTHOR, NYT BEST SELLER, SWITCHED ON WELCOME TO THE NOT OLD BETTER SHOW, I'M YOUR HOST, PAUL VOGELZANG. As someone with autism spectrum disorder, John Elder Robison knows what it's like to feel emotionally removed from situations. John, author of the NYT best selling memoir, Switched On explains to me that there's this emotional language you're missing. There are stories in people's eyes. There are messages. John Robison didn't fully understand what they meant until he received transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, a noninvasive procedure in which areas of the brain are stimulated with electromagnetic fields to alter its circuitry. By introducing current to the brain, doctors can probe the function of certain parts of the brain and we can even modify how different parts of the brain work. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, doctors hoped to activate neurological pathways in his brain that would deepen his emotional intelligence. John learned much, and has been giving back ever since. Please join me in welcoming The Not Old Better Show, John Elder Robison, author of the NYT best selling memoir, "Switched On." Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Judy Collins & Ari Hest Interview: Silver Skies Blue Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, and I'm your host, Paul Vogelzang. Earl Nightingale, a recording artist, writer and radio personality said: "Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." That phrase truly encapsulates my guests today. Judy Collins, who The New York Times has dubbed "The Ageless Wild Angel of Pop," and singer, songwriter Ari Hest. Of course the audience of The Not Old Better Show, and the world, knows Judy Collins. Judy's ethereal, stunning voice has informed our lives since 1967. That was when her classic album, Wildflowers, zoomed up the album charts with her Top 10 hit single, the Joni Mitchell-penned "Both Sides Now." Ari Hest is, of course, newer to the scene, but over 15 years has established himself as an innovative, creative, "do it all" recording artist. Ari has released 8 albums, and over the course of a year, Ari wrote, recorded and released a new song every Monday, for his brilliantly artistic, imaginative project entitled "52." Every week for a year, releasing a new song, and on Mondays, no less. You can find out more about that project at Ari's web site, AriHest.com. As audience of The Not Old Better Show you know that I spoke to Judy Collins not too long ago about her most recent tour, so it was with giddy frisson that I approached the assignment of speaking with Judy Collins again just now about her new album with Ari Hest, "Silver Skies Blue," and how wonderful this album is, with the great variety of music, and her process of finding exciting projects. The album, again, "Silver Skies Blue," features new music written by Judy Collins and Ari Hest, and is out now, available everywhere you can buy music, including Amazon and iTunes, and you'll hear more from the album during today's interview. Ari Hest is one of Judy's favorite singer songwriters, and the two have appeared on stage together, reuniting for Judy's "Strangers Again" album, and now in true collaborative form, for "Silver Skies Blue." Still on stage, Judy Collins and her new musical partner Ari Hest are now in the midst of a national tour. Of course you can find out more about the tour, Judy's music and her social media expertise at JudyCollins.com, but please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Judy Collins and Ari Hest. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Trial By Fire...Tribute to Journey Interview On June 4th, 2016, Trial By Fire, the Journey Tribute Band is appearing at the Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg, Virginia, 8:30 PM. This is a wonderful interview with Ernie Shepherd, lead singer, Trial By Fire, and a wonderful family, all ages, G-rated event! Amazing at it seems today, but in 1996, arena rock superstars Journey put the band back together to record their tenth studio album, Trial by Fire. Shortly after the release of this reunion album lead singer and signature voice, Steve Perry injured himself while training for what was to be a high energy road show. With Steve Perry unable to perform, the Trial by Fire tour became "the tour that never happened". Imagine if Steve Perry had never injured himself on that fateful day. What would the Trial by Fire tour look like? Flash forward to the present. TRIAL BY FIRE is born out of the hearts of five seasoned North Carolina - based musicians who have decided to answer that question. It is their vision to bring that 1996 tour to Journey fans across the country… to embrace the sound and visuals of the Steve Perry era of Journey. Prepare to let TRIAL BY FIRE take you back to an earlier day when lighters were held high, and you couldn't help but sing along to such powerful choruses as "Don't Stop Believin'", "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights", "Separate Ways" and "Faithfully" Join me for the excellent story of the band, and wonderful interview with lead singer, Ernie Shepherd! Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

SMARTER FASTER BETTER: The new book by NYT investigative journalist, Charles Duhigg My guest today is Charles Duhigg, and in this segment of The Not Old Better Show we'll talk the Pulitzer Prize Winning author, New York Times investigative reporter, about his new book, "Smarter Faster Better." In the book, Charles Duhigg talks about motivation, goal setting and decision making – and why some people get so much done. As always, here on The Not Old Better Show, we'll focus on how those in the 50+ age community can learn, hone, refine our skill set, despite some of the economic forces thrown our way. Charles Duhigg's newest book called "Smarter Faster Better" explores the science of productivity. Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, that's an important distinction, particularly now, today, as it is easier and easier to be busy, and that does not mean that you're necessarily becoming more productive. The most productive people, in fact, often understand that distinction and they go out of their way to try and not be busy, but to do the things that actually matter. For the Not Old Better audience, we'll learn this science of productivity and how to succeed with less stress and struggle. Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit. Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children. One of the book's best stories is of the creative process around the hit Disney movie "Frozen," and how the movie, which almost didn't happen, ultimately came together because Disney found the right creative process. Creativity and productive creativity is about having the right process in place, a creative process that helps people understand how to take the ideas that they know are real and meaningful and to use them in new ways. It's a wonderful book, and we'll put an excerpt to "Smarter Faster Better" in the notes for you, courtesy of Random House and Charles Duhigg. You'll find a great resource on how to build a better "to do" list on Charles' web page: CharlesDuhigg.com If you enjoyed this episode with Charles Duhigg, of The Not Old – Better Show, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes. For more information about The Not Old Better Show, please find us at NotOld-Better.com. Please join me in welcoming Charles Duhigg. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Paul Steinberg, MD., Cancer Survivor, Author of "A Salamander's Tale." Interview My guest today is Dr Paul Steinberg. Dr Steinberg has written an important book, "A Salamander's Tale," which is an unexpected, refreshing, often very funny memoir about his long journey with cancer and how he not only solved the case of keeping himself alive, despite recommendations from the medical community to proceed with surgical castration, but of living better. Today's show will be especially important for men, and the women who love them, here on The Not Old Better Show. Thousands of men are coping with prostate cancer every year, and some people are losing their lives to it. Can you imagine if you're a 35-year-old doctor and you're told that you have advanced prostate cancer, an aggressive prostate cancer. What would you do? Well, one doctor who got that diagnosis more than 30 years ago, fought back and he fought back in a big way. He is now one of our nation's longest living cancer, prostate cancer survivors, and he's written a really wonderful book about his journey. It's called "A Salamander's Tale," and it's a play on words, and we're going to find out how. Throughout his fight with prostate cancer, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys. The first was to transition from doctor to patient and surrender his physical health to a medical establishment he knew from firsthand knowledge would be using approaches that would be outdated within a few years. The second was a spiritual journey. His search for a higher meaning in his life sent him as far as walking over hot coals with Tony Robbins. Using the salamander as his role model, Steinberg, a college-health and sports psychiatrist, takes a look at the evolution of the regenerative capabilities of cold-blooded vertebrates like the salamander and at what we as humans have lost and gained in our warm-bloodedness. Dr Steinberg also discusses how prostate cancer evolves, and how prostate cancer changes with our age? With wit and humor, Steinberg tackles lust and sex, and ultimately time and death and the gods. Having lived longer than virtually anyone else with metastatic prostate cancer, he uses his knowledge as a doctor and experience as a patient to provide a story of endurance and perseverance, weaving a tale of grace, regeneration, and redemption—just not the kind of regeneration and redemption that he or anyone else would expect. You can find out more about Dr Steinberg, his journey, and his thoughts about life, happiness, and living a full life at http://paulsteinbergmd.com One of the fascinating components of the web site is the "cancer timeline," and each step of Paul's amazing journey. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Grammy Award winner, Suzy Bogguss has been recording music for over 25 years, and fans of The Not Old Better Show will appreciate Suzy's musical roots, her great outlook on life, and her beautiful voice. From her earliest years growing up in Aledo, Illinois, Suzy Bogguss loved music. She joined the church choir at age five, played the piano and drums, and bought her first 12-string with the money she earned from babysitting. She moved to Nashville in the mid-'80s and paid the bills by singing demos by day and performing three nights a week at a local rib joint. Now, more than a dozen albums later, 2 million copies sold of your first three albums, and awards ranging from the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist of 1989 to a Horizon Award given by the Country Music Association to a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. Rolling Stone says of Suzy's album "Lucky," The 26 Albums of 2014 You Probably Didn't But Really Should Hear "Lucky" is Suzy's latest, which was recorded with her husband, songwriter and esteemed recording engineer Doug Crider. The album "Lucky" honors legendary songwriter Merle Haggard, includes favorites such as "Silver Wings", "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down", and "Today I Started Loving You Again," and singing these songs in a live setting is a passion of Suzy's. Suzy's fans have been listening to her now for a quarter century, while others first clued into her recent, independently released albums, "American Folk Songbook," "Sweet Danger" and "Swing." Some of Suzy's fans — 964, in fact — contributed money to make and promote "Lucky" through a Kickstarter campaign, and the entire project was funded through fan support. You can find out more about Suzy, her music, and her upcoming tour schedule at suzybogguss.com Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Interview with Renowned Singer/Songwriter/Artist, Judy Collins Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. Today, I talk to the incomparable, Judy Collins. Judy Collins is appearing live at the Tally Ho Theater, in Leesburg Virginia, Friday night May 13. Other upcoming tour dates are available on her web site, judycollins.com We all know Judy from the Crosby Stills & Nash hit, "Suite Judy Blue Eyes," and she is certainly a favorite of our audience, and someone who's beautiful soprano voice transcends most music styles, genres and the test of time, making her "not old, but truly better." One of the leading singers of the 1960s and 1970s, Judy Collins was born on May 1 (my birthday, too). She grew up in Denver, Colorado, where she began studying classical piano at the age of 5. In her teens, Collins turned to folk music. She scored her first commercial hit in 1967 with the iconic Joni Mitchell song, "Both Sides Now." Which is playing now. In our interview today, among the many subjects Judy talks about is her early recording career with Elektra Records, what she learned and how it influenced the rest of her work. Unlike Joan Baez, who she was frequently compared, she used her classical music training to evolve into being a singer of art songs and show tunes, sometimes employing semi-classical arrangements. After her public debut at age 13 as a classical pianist, July Collins continued to make her mark. She's recorded more than 40 albums, using her lifelong love of the guitar and a broad range of material—from folk and pop to standards and her own compositions. Known for her clear, crisp soprano voice. Both Pete Seeger and Woodie Guthrie are influences, and Judy recorded one of her very first hits, a song by Pete Seeger, Turn, Turn, Turn, which you'll hear. Judy Collins is famous for her versions of songs by Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Judy's version of the moving "Send in The Clowns," by Steven Sondheim, from the musical, A Little Night Music, is among my favorite songs of all time. The song earned her a Grammy nomination and Sondheim took home the award for Song of the Year. Her recording of the song hit the charts twice, first in 1975 and then in 1977. She's also written two memoirs, a children's book and a novel and is an accomplished painter, actress, filmmaker and record label head. In 1969, Collins made her stage debut appearing in a New York City revival of Peer Gynt (pear gint) with Stacy Keach and Olympia Dukakis. She later made other appearances on television, including guest spots on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. Working behind the camera, Collins produced and co-directed the 1974 documentary Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman about her former piano teacher. The film received an Acade Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Interview with New Yorker Magazine cartoonist, Roz Chast author of "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?" My guest today is New Yorker Magazine cartoonist, Roz Chast. I've seen her speak here in Washington DC, and on May 13, Chast will appear in Reston, Virginia to discuss her graphic memoir, "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?" As an only child, Roz Chast found herself as the sole caretaker for her parents, George and Elizabeth Chast, when they reached old age. As she cared for her parents, and following her father's death, it became clear Chast wanted to, and needed to tell their story. If you've never seen Roz Chast, but have seen her cartoons, you might imagine her to be one of the cartoons she so ably draws: frizzy hair, frazzled demeanor, eyes crossed, with exclamation points swirling around her head inside the cartoon bubble she's drawn for her clever one liner response. But, the real life Roz Chast is a lovely, generous, sincere, funny, observer of life, which she depicts brilliantly in her cartoons. After talking with her for this interview for nearly an hour, even more appealing aspects of her personality are revealed: for one, she has many comic voices. As you'll hear in today's wonderful interview, many of Roz' impressions sound like she's poking fun at her very challenging up-brining, as only child of quirky parents, when in reality she's very nobly caring for her parents at a time when they truly needed her. Roz very much personalized our interview and conversation, asking about me, my parents, my father's illness and my own children. And, unlike, other interviewees, who want to portray themselves, themselves, and oh, by the way, themselves, Roz genuinely cares about the connection, which likely deepens her understanding of her touching, and hilarious cartoons. Roz Chast's cartoons exude warmth and whimsy, but often share more in common with the dark humor of cartoonists like Charles Addams or Gahan Wilson than they do with "Peanuts." I mention that my own parents owned the Charles Addams book "Monster Rally," which I loved, and apparently influenced Roz, too. When she broke into a regular gig as a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine in the 1970s, at age 23, she had already cultivated the eccentricities that became the hallmark of her work. As proof, an adult Chast drew a cartoon that shows a woman holding what is clearly a very "war torn" oven mit, saying to her mom, "Mom, what is it with this oven mit? It''s from year one!" "It's disgusting! It's all burnt and cruddy. And, it's got patches on it! Oh my god, these patches come from a skirt I made 40 years ago in Home Ec! Directing her comments to her mother, at the sink, washing dishes, she says, "Please let me buy you a new over mit." Without missing a beat or in this case, a frame, her mom replies, "Why waste your money? That one still works." Chast has illustrated more than 800 cartoons for The New Yorker, as well as a number of books. Her book, "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?," is a New York Times best seller and a National Book Award Finalist, and is a sharply-observed memoir of her parents at the ends of their lives. Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.