Episodes

  • MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS

    MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS
    Apr 25 2024
    Boston fandom was understandably excited about the return of Mookie Betts to Fenway Park in late August, 2023, almost four years after his untimely and hurtful trade to the LA Dodgers. Did Mookie disappoint on that first visit back? Did Mookie ever disappoint? No and No. Mookie undermined the Red Sox with his batting and … Continue reading MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS →
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  • WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD

    WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD
    Mar 15 2024
    As an historian, I was intrigued to receive a letter from the Wellfleet Historical Society that they planned to undertake an oral history project, to be converted and bound into text, in the Summer of 2023, to gather its fascinating history. I volunteered my services, one thing led to another, and in July I sat … Continue reading WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD →
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    38 mins
  • PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK

    PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK
    Feb 25 2024
    As said, I had some time when getting a trade publisher proved problematical. Then illustrator and friend, Holly Sullo, advised me that as the owner of the copyright to “Intimate Conversations,” I could publish that book privately without undercutting my chances of obtaining a publisher later because there was no agent, and no middleman. I … Continue reading PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK →
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    21 mins
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
    Jan 30 2024
    I may have surprised my esteemed collaborator, Jordan Rich, when he opened this podcast with the question,” Where do you think mankind is headed?” I answered, “I think we are headed for the destruction of mankind.” That is a view I have held since the bomb was unleashed on Japan, a view that seems quite … Continue reading ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) →
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    16 mins
  • MOVIES THEN AND NOW

    MOVIES THEN AND NOW
    Jan 9 2024
    There is no question that the really good movies hold a mirror up to ourselves, just as do good operas like Mozart’s astounding, “The Marriage of Figaro.” Early on movie production artists realized how big a role music, and all the arts, play in those fascinating movies. Cinema is a very important part of our … Continue reading MOVIES THEN AND NOW →
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    22 mins
  • GROWING OLDER

    GROWING OLDER
    Nov 10 2023
    One of the great features of growing older is the fun and interest of being close friends with people of whom we never tire, with whom the conversation always waxes. Such folks inspire us to talk openly, honestly, and helpfully about old age itself. Such a person is my podcast partner, Jordan Rich, who although … Continue reading GROWING OLDER →
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    16 mins
  • THE FRIENDSHIP OF NEIGHBORS AND LONG LIFE

    THE FRIENDSHIP OF NEIGHBORS AND LONG LIFE
    Aug 28 2023
    Everybody knows Covid changed the pattern of our lives. So too have the crevices now cracking the political landscape of our country. Neighbors used to be friends, adults mixing with kids, young and old mixing with each other. Does that closeness still exist as it did before? Has that difference had an effect on our … Continue reading THE FRIENDSHIP OF NEIGHBORS AND LONG LIFE →
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    21 mins
  • BOSTON THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE AND FRIENDSHIP

    BOSTON THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE AND FRIENDSHIP
    Jul 3 2023
    Quite a claim, but true. Aren’t zillions of folk drawn to this great city by its multiplicity of attractions from the historicity of its appearance to its institutions of education, health care, biotechnology, business, finance, transport, manufacturing, tourism, finance and insurance, and hardly least, its music, not to mention its storied sports franchises, the Red … Continue reading BOSTON THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE AND FRIENDSHIP →
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    26 mins