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#134 Spierig Brothers Interview: Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built Hi, everybody. We're here at the Winchester House, San Jose, California. I've been asked to join the CBS Films team (thank you!) to interview film directors, Peter & Michael Spierig. The new film, titled, "Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built."  was filmed, in part, here at the Winchester house.  The film is inspired by th...

#133, General Omar Bradley, America's GI General Author Interview with Steven L. Ossad A new book details "America's GI General," a full biography of General Omar Nelson Bradley. Award winning author, military historian, leadership development expert, and former Wall Street executive, Steve Ossad joins us today on The Not Old Better Show . Steve's new book, Omar Nelson Bradley, America's GI Genera...

#132 The Burr Conspiracy: Interview with James Lewis Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our guest today, Dr James Lewis, professor of History at Kalamazoo College, has written a fascinating new book about Aaron Burr, titled, The Burr Conspiracy, Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis. In the book, Dr Lewis uses the uncertainty about Burr's intentions in the fall of 1806, and the tr...

#131 "Marshall" Live Hard. Fight Harder. Review... The Not Old Better Show, Movies for Adults October 2, 2017 is   the 50th anniversary of Justice Thurgood Marshall's swearing-in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on October 2, 1967. He was the Court's 96th justice and the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court. If you have to see one motion pictu...

#130 Mindshift: Learning to Learn, Interview with Barbara Oakley, PhD Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our guest today, Barbara Oakley didn't begin learning remedial high school algebra until age 26. Now she's a professor of engineering, a New York Times best-selling author, and instructor of one of the world's most popular massive open online courses, "Learning How To Learn," with nearly...

When a Russian rocket lofted Sputnik 1 into orbit on October 4, 1957, the worldwide reaction was a mixture of awe and apprehension. The Space Age—and the Space Race—had begun. Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I'm your host, Paul Vogelzang.   You are listening to the actual telemetry signal from Sputnik 1, launched October 4, 1957. Sixty years ago, before most people living today were born, the...

Battle of the Sexes + Interviews: King, Stone and Carell Movies for Adults Interviews & Review Series The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (played in the film by Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (played by Steve Carell) was billed as the "Battle of the Sexes" and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match cau...

Jean Twenge, Ph. D, Author, iGen: Super Connected Kids Are Less Happy. Why? The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I'm your host, Paul Vogelzang. A new book details the dramatic effects digital devices can have on today's tech-savvy kids. It's called, "iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Compl...

"American MC," Interview with Creator Tommy Baker The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series This is a fun show.  If you recall the film , Wild Hogs , starring Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William Macy, and John Travolta, as motorcycle buddies, and of course the excellent TV series Sons of Anarchy, you're getting close to the new, real-life docuseries from our guest today, Tommy Baker, titled, Ameri...

Dr Susan Persky, How Virtual Reality Is Changing Medicine Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Virtual reality has rapidly moved beyond the gaming world—and into the world of medicine. The ability to simulate experiences expands opportunities for doctors, biomedical researchers, clinicians, and patients in ways previously unattainable. Virtual reality is capable of making people feel as if the...

"Their Finest" Movie Review, Interviews & "Dunkirk" Movie Comparison I watched 2 movies this weekend. "Their Finest," from BBC films. I wasn't sure why I hadn't heard of Their Finest. Probably because it never actually got an American release, and even its UK release came two years after it acquired distribution. But its cast is everything good in the world: Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy, who'll j...

Jumping with the US ARMY Golden Knights! 13500 Ft. Above Earth, That's Me Up There...Jumping from Plane! They're called the Golden Knights, and they've been in existence for more than 50 years. An elite group of men and women in the US Army, who travel all over our country, in fact, all over the world demonstrating some of the most elaborate, intricate and amazing feats of skydiving and of course,...

Dr John Whyte, FDA, AARP New American Diet Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living, Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show.  As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art Of Living series, my guest today, Dr John Whyte is a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades.  Dr Whyte, an MD, who still sees patients, is probably...

Jackson Mann, VIBES CEO, on Shark Tank! The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series Our guest today, Jackson Mann, CEO of VIBES High Fidelity ear plugs, was recently on the TV program SharkTank. Pitching his specialty earplugs for live music, entertainment and concert goers to the 5 sharks, is an amazing experience, and you might say, Jackson Mann just wanted the Sharks to "hear him out." Jackson Ma...

Mario Livio- Why? What Makes Us Curious Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series The ability to ask "why?" makes us uniquely human. Curiosity drives basic scientific research, is the engine behind creativity in all disciplines from the arts to technology, and a necessary ingredient in every form of storytelling (literature, film, TV, or even a simple conversation) that delights rather than bores....

Dance, Comics, Film & Social Justice How To Start and Succeed With This Conversation The 120 Project – a social justice arts activism platform, which we would like to share with your community. Using dance, comics, and facilitated dialogue, we can offer creative and robust conversation and art-making sessions around issues important to you and your community. It is a proven fact that dialog binds...

Adding Acoustic Ceiling Tiles to my Home Video Production... So important, and So Easy...1, 2, 3, DONE One of the biggest issues when recording audio at a home studio is extraneous noise, and when we begin our recording careers, we often grossly underestimate the importance of room acoustics … And we assume, at least I did, that just because we have a nice condenser mic and expensive studio monito...

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Spend a night at the National Museum of American History, Air & Space, and Natural History Here's How, and Why... Watch and enjoy...ALSO...news flash! Smithsonian Associates is offering a special discount to Not Old Better listeners. To save $20 on a ticket, call 202-633-3030 and use promo code 232100. The offer is valid on ticket orders (including Smithsonian Sleepovers!) through August 31. Talk...

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Face to Face with Dr Cindy Otto, Founder of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center Smithsonian Associates & The Not Old Better Show Art of Living Series Opened on September 11, 2012, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center serves as a national research and development center for detection dogs. With the United States national security under constant threat from attacks, detection dogs are still the best tool tha...

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...

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 pa...

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...