EPISODES & TRANSCRIPTS
A Professor’s Take on Trump’s Medicaid Cuts
EPISODE 316 Tim Layton is a professor of public policy & economics at the University of Virginia. He analyzes Medicaid policy and its impact on real people. Professor Layton disagrees with some progressive arguments about health...
Living to 100 and Beyond – Super Aging with Author William J. Kole
EPISODE 314 More of us will be living to 100 and beyond, says Bill Kole, author of "The Big 100." But do we want to? And how will we pay the bills for all those extra decades? What is the impact of "super aging" on Social Security? Bill...
Meals on Wheels – Food for the Body & Spirit
EPISODE 313 Meals on Wheels not only delivers hot, nutritious food to seniors --- it provides an important social connection to people who may be lonely or disconnected. Meals on Wheels even makes older people safer! Meals on Wheels...
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz – Unaffordable Health Coverage Kills People
EPISODE 312 11-term congresswoman and member of House Democratic leadership Debbie Wasserman Schultz takes Trump and the GOP to task for making health coverage unaffordable. "Not having health insurance... kills people," she says....
Exciting, New Developments in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s
EPISODE 306 What can you do to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's? And where are we with early detection and treatment? Dr. Heather Snyder of the Alzheimer's Association is here with news of exciting breakthroughs in the fight...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves as We Age & Other Insights on Growing Older
EPISODE 305 Dr. Erlene Rosowsky is a clinical psychologist at Harvard specializing in the field of aging --- or "geropsychology." Her research and writings spring from a deep sense of empathy for seniors and their families. Today, she...
Answering Your Questions & Trolling the Trolls!
EPISODE 304 Shahab and Walter answer your questions about Social Security & Medicare --- and we troll the trolls! Is it time to scrap the payroll wage cap? Is Social Security really running out of money? And how do you switch from...
Social Security: 90 Years Strong — Behind the Scenes of our New Documentary!
EPISODE 303 We go behind the scenes of our new documentary film, "Social Security: 90 Years Strong." The story takes us from the 1930s, when Social Security was signed into law by FDR, to today --- when we are fighting to defend it from...
For Bot’s Sake, Keep AI Out of Medicare!
EPISODE 302 Do you want bots deciding what kind of health care you get? The Trump Administration is experimenting with using AI to determine whether patients in traditional Medicare can get the care they need. This is an attempt to make...
Rep. Brendan Boyle: Trump Too Lazy To Learn How Social Security Works (Season 3 Premiere!)
EPISODE 301 In our Season 3 premiere, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) excoriates the Trump administration for gutting Medicaid, endangering Medicare, and monkeying with Social Security. Rep. Boyle says Trump is “too lazy to learn” how...