Jo Ann interviews the Robin Hood CEO about how everyday people can address racial injustice in this moment.
This re-podcast of AARP's Take on Today is from a recent Q&A tele-town hall that Jo Ann took part in about building community during the pandemic. The event highlights the virtual resources available to help older people heal and make friends.
When Death, Sex & Money opened up the phones to talk with listeners over 60 about life today, we heard from people across the country about big changes and small ones. Here are some highlights from the special that Jo Ann co-hosted with DSM's Anna Sale. beentheredonethatpodcast.com
Our country is rapidly aging. People over 65 may nearly double over the next 40 years. We're also working later, living alone more often and facing greater financial hardship. Plus, the pandemic: 80% of COVID-related deaths in the U.S. have been people over 65.
Betty is a COVID-19 survivor at the age of 80. She's also Jo Ann's big sister. They talk about how Betty attributes her recovery to her nurses, her grandchildren, her positive attitude and the prayers of family and friends. She also offers advice on handling the disease.
Jeanne Robertson is a standup humorist who's been on the comedy scene for 56 years. Her fans are mostly Baby Boomers who readily identify with her tales of living, delivered in a patented North Carolina accent. Her anecdotes about family & friends appeal to younger audiences as well.
Jamie remembers his wife, Metropolitan Opera radio broadcaster Margaret Juntwait, who died of ovarian cancer in 2015. Their intense love and mutual respect kept them enjoying life and each other as they battled the disease for more than a decade.
A pair of stories features Baby Boomers telling separate but equally funny tales of surprise and misfortune. Pam laments a politically incorrect decision in the 1970s to assure herself more tips from waiting tables. While Linda recounts being the victim of a petty crime in the 1980s that would have landed her in jail had she reported it.
As the trial of Donald Trump captures the country's attention, BTDT goes back to the months leading up to the re-election of Richard Milhous Nixon, the first president in recent times to face possible removal from office and the only chief executive to resign.
Attitudes have changed about a lot of things over the lifetime of the Baby Boom Generation. The red-blooded, all American family of the 1950s was thought to consist of a mom, a dad and multiple biological children. But society must have forgotten to tell Helena because she had a very different take on what makes a family perfect.
Cathy and Jo Ann become lifelong friends while attending Bishop Toolen High School for Girls in Mobile, Alabama in the late 1960s. In the debut episode of Been There Done That, the show that tells the real life stories of the Baby Boom Generation, they recount a close call in the segregated South that surprised them both.
