With the appointment of Robert F Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Trump administration has systematically targeted the next generation of scientists and public health leaders. He has cut science funding to its lowest level in decades. More than 20,000 jobs were eliminated, billions of dollars…

We’re going to take a break from politics and the voices of older adults on today’s podcast and talk with the younger generation that keeps us inspired. I was recently introduced to a compelling new voice in filmmaking, a bold young screenwriter and director whose creative vision and storytelling instincts…

A Fact Sheet at whitehouse.gov is entitled President Donald J. Trump Keeps Promises to Our Veterans and Establishes New Center for Homeless Veterans. Fact Sheet Link https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-keeps-promises-to-our-veterans-and-establishes-new-center-for-homeless-veterans/ On this page is the statement “President Trump strongly believes that every veteran deserves our gratitude, and that the federal government should treat…

A FACT CHECK at the White House website proclaims “President Trump will always a protect Social Security and Medicare.” It goes on to quote Elon Musk saying “The waste and fraud in entitlement spending — which is most of the federal spending is entitlements — so, that’s, like, the big…

A recent space tourism flight on the Blue Origin capsule featuring an all-female crew including Katy Perry and Gayle King sparked some controversy over whether it was a publicity stunt to promote Jeff Bezos’ space tourism business or whether it had some scientific purpose. We were curious about humans’ venture…

A free ranging discussion of freedom of the press. Dictators hate a free press. Victor Orbán in Hungary built his own media universe while simultaneously dismantling the free press. The Nazis smashed printing presses of opposition newspapers. One of Trump’s first actions was to dictate who would cover him in…

A recent article in the Washington Post described the current administration's attempts to cancel leases for many National Park Service buildings saying that it could save taxpayers millions of dollars. This move came after the firing of about 1000 probationary workers. I wanted to learn more about the National Park…

I was 6 years old when Voice of America first broadcast during World War II. It was established in 1941 initially focused on countering Nazi and Japanese propaganda during World War II and later played a significant role during the Cold War broadcasting to communist countries. Very recently, however, the…

In a late night rant on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump posted "NPR and PBS, two horrible and completely biased platforms (Networks!), should be DEFUNDED by Congress, IMMEDIATELY. Republicans, don’t miss this opportunity to rid our Country of this giant SCAM, both being arms of the Radical Left Democrat…

INDIVISIBLE.ORG ACTION LINKS HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS if you have a Republican senator or representative, send them a message now and tell them that they will be held accountable for supporting Trumps’s assault on public schools. The link to this, with a script is in the…

The news that the Trump administration plans to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency's offices and the future implications of Trump's energy policies on the environment and climate led to my concern about how it will affect my children and grandchildren and yours. Because I didn't understand what all the implications…

One cannot turn on the news on TV or read a newspaper without hearing the words - Constitutional crisis. There's so much confusion about whether we are in a Constitutional Crisis or not, Professor Alexandra Keyssar rejoined the podcast to help us understand what a Constitutional crisis is and whether…

ACTION LINK Tell your Reps what you think about their vote to cut Medicaid and SNAP https://5calls.org/issue/budget-safety-net-cuts-wealthy-tax-breaks/?utm_source=5calls&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=every-republican-just-voted-to-cut-medicaid Today’s ActionCast is from the app 5 Calls. 5 calls is an app available in IOS and Android that makes it easy for you to call your representative and senators and make your…

ACTIONCAST FROM THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS\ LINK: Tell Congress to protect the American People https://www.americanprogress.org/take-action/tell-congress-defend-america-against-trumps-power-grab/? THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS COMMENTED ON SEVERAL ISSUES FROM TRUMP’S 2025 JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS CAIT SMITH ON THE NEW POLICY THAT AMERICA WOULD RECOGNIZE ONLY TWO GENDERS INSERT BOBBY…

Link: March Recess Toolkit https://indivisible.org/muskorus?akid=116804.4164272.uLdNiN&rd=1&t=21&utm_medium=_20250305&utm_source=email From Indivisible.org "Recess weeks (officially called a District Work Period for the House of Representatives and a State Work Period for the Senate) are periods throughout the year where Members of Congress (MoCs) return home to meet with their constituents. They’re supposed to be periods…

WE AT SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO JOIN AS MANY GROUPS AS POSSIBLE, MONITOR THEIR APPEALS TO THE PUBLIC. AND BRING THEM TO YOU IN WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS ACTION CASTS. WE WILL PRESENT THEIR VIDEOS, SUMMARIZE THEIR THOUGHTS AND PROVIDE IDEAS FROM THESE GROUPS…

From Indivisible.org "The House and Senate are heading home for recess from March 15-23 -- and they are desperate to avoid you. Why? Because during the last recess, the few Republicans who dared to hold town halls got absolutely wrecked by their own constituents. People showed up. They demanded answers.…

There's an old Joke: What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? The answer: I don't know and I don't care. That pretty much sums up the way many of us feel right now. This podcast was recorded in mid- February, 2025 about a month after the inauguration of Donald Trump.…

To be honest I should have titled this podcast -Surviving the Podcast Guests.Tune in and you'll understand why I said this. Joel and Karmela Waldman are mother and son co-hosts of their True Crime podcast called Surviving the Survivor. Joel worked most recently as a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent for Fox…

We've just been through an historic election and so we asked Bob Levey, a prize winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson administration to talk with us about it. We talked about Bob's early years at The Washington Post and his currect column on the Senior…

This podcast was recorded during the part of the year in which the holiest of Jewish holidays takes place. It seemed appropriate to take some time to remember those of us who were lost during the Holocaust, but a part of the Holocaust many of us know little about, This…

According to Senator Bob Casey, the ranking member of the special committee on aging , "The right to vote is one of the fundamental pilars of our democracy, but that right is under attack for millions of older Americans across the nation. Attempts to limit voting locations, the length of…

We all get them - those momentary lapses when we can't recall someone's name, why we came into a room or where we left the car keys. We call them senior moments, but are these moments inevitable or limited to seniors? We'll learn more about these senior moments and how…