Boomer Generation Radio: Recent Episodes

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Podcasts from Rabbi Address’ Boomer Generation Radio program, which appeared on WWDB-AM 860 in Philadelphia from February 2013 until January 2017.

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On this final episode of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Rabbi Tsurah August and Yosef August discussing chaplaincy and compassionate care. Rabbi Tsurah August is a chaplain for Jewish Family & Children’s Service of [Read more...]

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On the January 24, 2017, the guests are William Benson, a principal in the Silver Springs, MD-based health benefits consulting firm, Health Benefits ABCs LLC, and Dorian (Dori) Mintzer, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and life [Read more...]

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In the January 17, 2017 Boomer Generation Radio, Marilyn Haskel of the Kendal community Collington discusses music for older adults, and Mark Dann, federal affairs director for Compassion and Choices, the nation’s oldest, largest and [Read more...]

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On the January 10, 2017 Boomer Generation Radio show, Barbara Shaiman of Embrace Your Legacy discusses  strategies and activities to help people “live their legacies,” become more philanthropic and create projects for social change. In [Read more...]

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On the December 13, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, Jon Roesser, general manager of Weavers Way Cooperative Association, explains the coop movement and the organization’s mission of operating a grocery-based consumer organization that is owned [Read more...]

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On the December 6 Boomer Generation Radio program, Stephen Maag, director of residential communities at LeadingAge, formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, is the first guest. He discusses [Read more...]

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On the November 29, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the guest is Cornelia Biddle, author and descendant of Francis Martin Drexel, grandfather of Saint Katharine Drexel. She is currently writing about her ancestor Nicholas Biddle, president [Read more...]

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Anndee Hochman, writer, teacher, and educator, is the first guest on the November 22, 2016 edition of Boomer Generation Radio. Pat Tadel, MSN, RN, a clinical ethicist from Gundersen Health in LaCrosse, WI, visits during [Read more...]

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The guests on the November 15, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program are Dennis and Judy Cook, residents of the Kendal community in Oberlin, OH, who produce a traveling historical music program focusing on Civil War [Read more...]

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Barbara Walvoord, a resident of Kendal Corporation’s Lathrop Easthampton Community, discusses her role as chair of the Lathrop Community Land Conservation Committee, a committee of residents that works closely with Lathrop management to manage Lathrop’s [Read more...]

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The November 1, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio guests are Callie Janoff, director of ARCH (Aging Resources Consultation and Help) at the New York Yearly Meeting of the Quakers, and Michael Steinberg of Senior Planning New [Read more...]

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On the October 25, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, Dr. Richard Stern, a family and child psychologist in private practice, discusses Boomers dealing with adult children, and Dr. Susan Lieberman, a Houston-based end-of-life consultant and author [Read more...]

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On this episode of the Boomer Generation Radio show, Rabbi Address’ guests are Robert Cothran, an artist and resident at Kendal at Oberlin, Ohio, and Helene Cohen of Crossroads Elder Advocacy Solutions and Services. Boomer [Read more...]

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On the September 27, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, David Griffin, director of Episcopal Community Services, Debbie Derman, Ph.D., a grief counselor in suburban Philadelphia. , are the guests. About the Guests Episcopal Community Services [Read more...]

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On the September 13, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio Show, the guests are Dr. Jeanne Walker from the English Department at the University of Delaware, talking about teaching about poetry, and Andrew and Meredith Becker discussing [Read more...]

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On the September 6, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio the focus is on the Creative impulse of aging and a examination of sleep apnea. In the first segment, Marilyn MacGregor of Art Smart Travel discusses how [Read more...]

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The guests on the August 30, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio are Dr. Virgil Hoftiezer, retired Associate Director and Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Allan Spector, co-author with Keith [Read more...]

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On the August 23 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Laura Mosqueda, Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, in Los Angeles, CA, discussing elder abuse and neglect, [Read more...]

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On the August 16, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the guest is the Rev. Dr. William B. Randolph, Director of Aging and Older Adult Ministries at the Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church, based in [Read more...]

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On the August 9, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Adam Brunner, Director of OSHER Life Long Learning at Temple University, and Carolyn Crouch-Robinson of Project Home of Philadelphia. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute [Read more...]

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On the July 26, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, the guests are Dr. Diane Reibel, who directs the Stress Reduction Program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Jefferson Health; and Dr. Don [Read more...]

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On the July 19, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the first-half guests are Mary Ellen McNish, resident at Friends in the City, and Ted Reed, a board member, and Joan Countryman, board chair of Friends in [Read more...]

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On the July 12, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, Rabbi Address speaks with Sarah Matas, Resident Services Administrator at Barclay Friends, a Kendal Corporation senior living facility in Chadds Ford, PA, and Dan Cohen, founder [Read more...]

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On the July 5, 2016 episode of Boomer Generation Radio, the guest for the hour is John Diffey, who retired recently as president and CEO of Kendal Corporation, the Quaker-based provider of continuing care retirement [Read more...]

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On the June 21, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, documentary filmmaker Martin Zied discusses his “Voice Messages” film project, a documentary that combines singing, speaking, science, sociology and history to examine the power and beauty [Read more...]

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On the June 14, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, the first-half guests are Diana Cox, executive director, and Neil Beresin, national program manager, of Vitalize 360, a coaching and assessment process for older adults that [Read more...]

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On the 6/7/2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, the opening guests are Anna Beresin and Lindsey Sparagana, educators from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, discussing their intergenerational work in the arts. In the second [Read more...]

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Nationally known author, psychologist, and radio show host Dr. Dan Gottlieb is the guest on the May 31, 2016 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, to discuss the broad topic of love. About the Guest Dan [Read more...]

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The May 24, 2016 guests on Boomer Generation Radio are: Donna Butts, executive director of Generations United, an organization acting as a catalyst that brings single-age focused groups together to build and support a common [Read more...]

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The May 17, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show includes interviews with Steve and Marcia Plotkin on “flunking” retirement, and Dr. David Laskin, MD, on stroke-related issues. About the Guests Read about Steve Plotkin on his [Read more...]

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On the May 10, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Cathy Ciolek, PT, DPT, GCS, Co-Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, talking about physical therapy issues, [Read more...]

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On the May 3 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Coleen Kayden R.Ph., a geriatric and palliative care pharmacist to dsicuss the proper understanding of prescription drugs for boomers and elders; and Thomas [Read more...]

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PROGRAM NOTE: The Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, which is normally released on Fridays, is taking this week off for Passover, but will be back again next Friday. On the April 19, 2016 Boomer Generation [Read more...]

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The April 12, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program includes interviews with Dr. Judith Curtin, AuD, CCC A/SLP, an audiologist with ABC Hearing in Philadelphia, PA, and Dr. Stephen Goldfine, chief medical officer of Samaritan Healthcare [Read more...]

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Jim Firman, Ed. D., president and CEO of the National Council on Aging, is the guest for the entire hour on the April 4, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program. You can listen to the program [Read more...]

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this week's guests are Rabbi Lawrence Troster, one of the country's leading eco-theologians, and Denise Lettau from Wells Fargo, to discuss financial services. [Read more...]

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In this edition of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Glenn Bergman, president of Philabundance, Philadelphia’s food bank, and Liliana Abramson, a patient advocate and nurse liaison who helps seniors navigate the healthcare system in [Read more...]

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On the March 8, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, Rabbi Address welcomes Rabbi Mordechai E. Liebling, director of the newly created Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC). In the second half [Read more...]

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On the March 1, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, the guests are Sharon Daitz, Regional Vice President, Programs & Institutional Giving of the Arthritis Foundation and Katie Nathan, head of operations, CaregiversDirect.com. About the Guests [Read more...]

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On the February 16, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, Rabbi Address talks with Dr. Derenda Schubert, executive director, and Renee Moseley, associate director, of Bridge Meadows.  Bridge Meadows has the mission of developing and sustaining intergenerational [Read more...]

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On the February 9, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, Rabbi Address chats about gerontology and the new field of geropsychology with Dr. Peter Lichtenberg, Director of both the Institute of Gerontology and the Merrill Palmer Skillman [Read more...]

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In the February 2, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, Rabbi Address welcomes Dr. Harry “Rick” Moody for the full hour. Dr. Harry (Rick) Moody is the recently retired Director of Academic Affairs for AARP, and [Read more...]

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On the January 26 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests in the first half of the program are Kate Curran and Leslie Milsap from Moving Station, a global relocation management company, which was founded [Read more...]

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On the January 19, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, the opening guest is Dr. Ken Coburn, MD, MPH, FACP, president of Health Quality Partners, a non-profit research and development organization committed to designing, testing, and [Read more...]

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On the January 12, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the opening guest is Betsy Werley, director of network expansion for Encore.org, which advances the idea of leveraging the skills and talents of experienced adults to improve communities [Read more...]

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On the January 5, 2016 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, Dr. Barbara Harrison, associate professor of Nursing at West Chester University discusses healthy aging wellness, and exercise. In the second half of the program, Joy [Read more...]

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Terri Clark, Prevention Services Coordinator at ActionAIDS, and Ricki Goodstein from Goodstein Law are the guests on the December 15, 2015 episode of Boomer Generation Radio. About the Guests Terri Clark Certified Health Education Specialist [Read more...]

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On the December 8, 2015 episode of Boomer Generation Radio, three representatives of Pennsylvania’s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program discuss how they help Medicare beneficiaries to recognize and avoid Medicare fraud. SMPs provide education and advocacy [Read more...]

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On the December 1, 2015 Boomer Generation Radio show, the guests are Peggy Brick from Kendal Corporation, who discusses her new book, Experiences written with two residents at Kendal’s Longwood at Kendal community, Marilyn Van Savage [Read more...]

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On the November 24, 2015 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Kate Clark from the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and Lisette Sartras, who discusses aging issues in the Latino community. Kate Clark is [Read more...]

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