Swimming Upstream Radio Show
Swimming Upstream Radio Show HOST DOROTHY WILHELM – This new show is for people who want to break the mold to live life as if it mattered – and laugh along the way. Join Dorothy for new ideas and a lot of fun. #Dorothy, #Tacoma News Tribune, #live as if, #Generation Gap www.itsnevertoolate.com, https://www.facebook.com/WereSwimmingUpstream/
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August 4, 2025 • 23 mins
Do you mean big companies really hire spies to prevent fraud and criminal activities? Yes, but more Betty Crocker and less James Bond.
Our guest today, Jean Hughey was adjusting to a cross country move and so she looked for a part time job. She didn't expect to wind up as a spy for a one of the US' biggest companies. She turned out to be pretty good at it.
Dorothy observes, "This seemed a wild story to me and I wondered if c...
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July 21, 2025 • 28 mins
About 22% of adults age 65 and older reported volunteering in 2021, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Volunteering and Civic Life Supplement. Around 22% of people in their 70s and 80s volunteer on a weekly basis, which is higher than the rate among older adults in their 50s.
This week on the Swimming Upstream Radio Show, we’ll meet two people repelling for a cause and one who says public sp...
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This is the second in the series of paintings of the old west as it was left. The paintings were by acclaimed cowboy artist Fred Oldfield and acclaimed because they so obviously were lived by the man who painted them. This is my favorite, notes Dorothy Wilhelm. Although the photo of Fred comes from Eastern Washington, everyone knows the feeling when the sky literally seems to close down around you.
This description of Fred's lif...
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It's Independence Day, the 4th of July is at hand. Let's talk about illegal fireworks - and other patriotic things.
On this edition of Generation Gap, we pay tribute to the old days of the 4th of July when celebration wasn't complete til somebody blew off one or more appendages. On this show our regulars (Dorothy - Silent Generation ) (Ray - Millennial) (Jason - Gen X) will recall how Independence Day was different in their gen...
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June 30, 2025 • 26 mins
Sandra Solon, our Crafty Canadian is a regular on our podcasts. She is a wizard at creating activities for hand crafted items you didn't know you wanted. She's also a perfect example of why we cherish our Canadian neighbors. Last month, she created beautiful, edible dandelion cookies and beautiful inedible paper fortune cookies. They were great. We don't know why. Last week she sent an excited bulletin that hundreds of spider b...
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June 16, 2025 • 26 mins
Award-winning author DL Fowler (the Lincoln Guy) transports readers into his characters' inner worlds. His bestselling work, Lincoln Raw-a biographical novel, imagines how Lincoln viewed the world in which he came of age. DL Fowler's book, Lincoln Raw is curated in the Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
Dorothy says, "I am proud to say I am responsible for Larry Fowler being called "The Lincoln Guy" -...
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June 9, 2025 • 24 mins
Fred Oldfield grew up with his large family on Washington State's Yakima Indian reservation. He was generally conceded to be the premier western painter of the last 50 years. This series will look at the old west through the cowboy artist’s eyes.
Initially Fred had no idea of being an artist but one day he painted a bull thistle on the bunkhouse wall. His big brother said, "What did you want to paint that for? It's just a thi...
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June 2, 2025 • 25 mins
We're pretty sure Co-host Ray Miller Still is a millennial. It doesn't do to make too much of a point. Ray is the editor of the Enumclaw Courier Herald which is the only paper of that name in the United States. This Week we're joined by our Producer, Jason Falls, who is a member Generation X. Swimming Upstream Host Dorothy Wilhelm is a member of The Silent Generation. For those who are thinking, "C'mon, she's never been silent ...
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Terri Thal was a vital presence in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk music world, where she played a pivotal role as Bob Dylan's first manager at just 21 years of age. At the heart of it all, she witnessed—and helped shape—one of the most important cultural movements of 20th-century America," Essayist Frank Matheis wrote those words about Terri Thal in his candid account, A Life of Grace and Grit: The Legacy of Terri Thal. Frank is...
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May 19, 2025 • 26 mins
Welcome to an all-new episode of the Swimming Upstream Radio Show. Dorothy's guest this week is Sandra Solon — The Crafty Canadian. Dorothy and she talk about her recent trip to India, all the things you didn’t know about tea, and ideas for summer crafts for your family.
And don't forget to subscribe to the Swimming Upstream Radio Show. You can find us on our website at SwimmingUpstreamRadioShow.com, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spoti...
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May 12, 2025 • 27 mins
Welcome to an all-new episode of the Swimming Upstream Radio Show. Dorothy's guest this week is Regina Carey.
As the "Queen of Action" and a seasoned advocate for professionals with invisible disabilities, Regina specializes in reigniting passion within hearts that may have temporarily forgotten to focus on themselves and their dreams. Whether you're living with ADHD, chronic pain, anxiety, or learning disabilities, she helps you ...
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May 5, 2025 • 29 mins
Welcome to an all-new episode of the Swimming Upstream Radio Show. This week as usual on Generation Gap, Dorothy talks to Ray Miller Still. He is the editor of The Courier Herald.
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April 28, 2025 • 26 mins
Welcome to this all-new episode of Dorothy Wilhelm's Swimming Upstream Radio Show. Dorothy's guest this week is dynamic communications expert Rebecca P. Murray. As the founder of her own podcast, Showcase Your Shine in the Northwest, Rebecca is passionate about transforming team dynamics by refining the art of listening, presenting, and facilitating.
She'll share what she's learned about the power of your voice - and Folger's c...
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August 25, 2024 • 30 mins
Host: DOROTHY WILHELM - Dorothy Wilhelm is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster who has entertained audiences from Bangkok to Nashville for more than four decades. Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV and for the past decade has hosted Swimming Upstream Radio Show on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads.) www.swimmingupstreamradioshow.com
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN - PART 2
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August 18, 2024 • 33 mins
Host: DOROTHY WILHELM - Dorothy Wilhelm is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster who has entertained audiences from Bangkok to Nashville for more than four decades. Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV and for the past decade has hosted Swimming Upstream Radio Show on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads.) www.swimmingupstreamradioshow.com
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN - PART 1
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August 8, 2024 • 46 mins
Don't Mess With My Summer Vacation
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August 8, 2024 • 27 mins
DOROTHY WILHELM - Dorothy Wilhelm is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster who has entertained audiences from Bangkok to Nashville for more than four decades. Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV and for the past decade has hosted Swimming Upstream Radio Show on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads.) www.swimmingupstreamradioshow.com
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO KIDS TODAY?
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August 8, 2024 • 123 mins
USTICE RICHARD GUY analyzes the first Presidential Debate
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August 8, 2024 • 29 mins
Generation Gap –
Ray Miller Still – rstill@courierherald.com (mailto:rstill@courierherald.com)
How the Generations are pushing each other apart.
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August 7, 2024 • 24 mins
Host: DOROTHY WILHELM - Dorothy Wilhelm is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster who has entertained audiences from Bangkok to Nashville for more than four decades. Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV and for the past decade has hosted Swimming Upstream Radio Show on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads.) www.swimmingupstreamradioshow.com
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