OURGENPOD talkin' 'bout Our Generation

OURGENPOD talkin' 'bout Our Generation

OURGENPOD "talkin' 'bout Our Generation" is a bold, intelligent, irreverent podcast about life in America -- how we got here, and how we can make things better. We're focused on the generation of people 55+ -- like us -- but all are welcome. We just don't believe in Ageism. We're confronting some big challenges as a nation and globally, and we're all in this together. We don't confront, rant and rave (too much); we're looking for solutions. We've talking about the dangerous decline in civility in America. Our content is guided by our audience: we listen to our listeners. So please join the conversation, but just try to be civil!

Episodes

July 4, 2026 • 26 mins
A frank and at times troubling comparison of 1776 and 2026, the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Friendship as we Age -- the risks of letting our friendships fade away, the Epidemic of Loneliness, and expert guidance on how to maintain, restore, and reconnect with old friends, and how to make new ones.
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April 21, 2026 • 32 mins
A conversation with a leading expert on friendship as we age, Dr. Rebecca Adams.
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November 25, 2025 • 45 mins
A personal look into the real story behind our celebration of Thanksgiving, with a personal perspective from our Director Rob Wilson, who had eight ancestors on the Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to America.
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November 1, 2025 • 49 mins
An expert's journey into the Latino tradition of greeting their lost loved ones on the one day when the veil between the dead and the living is the thinnest, and the dead can pass through to celebrate with their family.
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July 3, 2025 • 36 mins
A dramatic reading of Young George Washington's "Rules for Decent Behavior and Civility in Company and Conversation" and finding hope in the civility, kindness, and peacefulness of massive demonstrations.
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January 10, 2025 • 37 mins
A compendium of listener and guest comments on Friendship -- a topic especially appropriate for this time of year when we pine for Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward toward Men (and Women).
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December 3, 2024 • 2 mins

A sampler of our upcoming episode, "Woodstock through the eyes of an Ingenue"

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November 25, 2024 • 44 mins
In this special Thanksgiving Episode, Host Julian G. Simmons interviews our Director, Rob Wilson -- who had eight ancestors on the Mayflower. They discuss the origins of this holiday in a very personal way,
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April 16, 2024 • 50 mins
Talking about the vital role our Animal Friends play in our lives, helping to overcome the "Epidemic of Loneliness" silently sweeping our generation.
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November 6, 2023 • 42 mins
An on-site visit to the remarkable center created by Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg -- a model for conquering "The Epidemic of Loneliness."
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June 22, 2023 • 31 mins
In the first of our new series on FRIENDSHIP, we hear from an old friend and therapist, Lee Armstrong. Friendship has been called a key to not only our happiness as we age, but our mental and physical health. As we face an "epidemic of loneliness" in America, we hope this series will help find some solutions.
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March 26, 2023 • 45 mins
It's time to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. Bobby Duffy blows a hole in the wall between Boomers & Millennials.
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January 30, 2023 • 55 mins
This episode hits back at a damaging phenomenon that is hurting all of us -- AGEISM. Leading expert on Ageism and Author of the no-nonsense book "This Chair Rocks" ASHTON APPLEWHITE exposes this insidious social sickness and how we can cure it...starting with ourselves.
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October 30, 2022 • 48 mins
In this 2022 Halloween Episode, Host Julian G. Simmons brings back the dead....or their spirits, anyway, as we learn the Aztec traditions that are the origins of the Mexican "Dia de los Muertos" celebration.
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October 7, 2022 • 45 mins
Conversation with Eliot Schrefer, author of "Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)" the new breakthrough book on sexual behavior in the Natural World.
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In Part Two of our interview with Dr. Shepherd Siegel, Host Julian G. Simmons and Shep talk about the role of "The Trickster" in politics and culture -- and how "Disruptive Play" can help steer society back toward a more healthy place.

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July 2, 2022 • 34 mins
In a Special Fourth of July Episode, Host Julian Simmons gives a slightly tongue-in-cheek reading of a list assembled by a fourteen-year-old George Washington, "Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation."
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In the third in our series on "The State of Civility in America," Dr. Shepherd Siegel poses the question: Can You Come Out and Play?

Things are getting scary out there -- very UNcivil -- and with our Civility Series we're searching for ways to turn that downward spiral on its head.  How do we redirect all that anxiety & anger into something positive?

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Dr. Siegel brings us something entirely different. In this first...

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In the second of our series on "The State of Civility in America," we talk with Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Shrand, whose new book, "Unleashing the Power of Respect," may just be the first step toward a cure for the rampant incivility that is plaguing our country.

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