OURGENPOD talkin' 'bout Our Generation

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Latest Episodes

21. THE GENERATION MYTH
March 26, 2023

We started this podcast with the slogan "By, For, and About Baby Boomers." But we soon realized that these generational divisions are hurting all of us. We're still coming from the perspective of peop

20. AGEISM with ASHTON APPLEWHITE
January 30, 2023

This episode hits back at a pernicious phenomenon that hurts all of us -- AGEISM. Leading expert on Ageism and Author of the no-nonsense book "This Chair Rocks" ASHTON APPLEWHITE exposes this insidiou

19. THANKSGIVING 1621
November 24, 2022

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,

18. DAY of the DEAD 2022
October 29, 2022

In this special 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.

17. "QUEER DUCKS" author ELIOT SCHREFER
October 07, 2022

In This Episode, Julian talks with Eliot Schrefer, author of "Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)" the new breakthrough book on sexual behavior in the Natural World ... and it's probably not what you think it is.  Eliot reveals some social behavior among our

16. DR. SHEPHERD SIEGEL Part 2. THE TRICKSTER & DISRUPTIVE PLAY
August 19, 2022

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.

15. CIVILITY By GEORGE WASHINGTON
July 02, 2022

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

14. CIVILITY PLAY WITH DR. SHEPHERD SIEGEL!
May 03, 2022

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 do

13. CIVILITY "Unleashing the Power of Respect" with Dr. Joseph Shrand
March 11, 2022

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

12. REMEMBERING MICHAEL LANG, the Father of Woodstock
January 09, 2022

In September of 2020 we interviewed Michael Lang, the mercurial force behind Woodstock — the cultural phenomenon that occurred on Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York in the summer of 1969, and had a