Three Women Tell Us Why “It’s All Love”

February 2, 2010

When writer, teacher and activist Marita Golden set out to collect thoughts on love from Black writers, she thought she might hear a lot about romantic love.

Wrong. 

“I haven’t dated anyone in five years!” said one contributor, who wrote an essay about learning to love herself. Others wrote about connecting with a distant parent, loving grandchildren and-yes-romantic and magical love. Join us for this breathtakingly honest look at love, in all its forms.

Making the Case for Better Communication in Healthcare

February 2, 2010

If you have a medical emergency and are transferred from a hospital to a rehab center and then home, do you have a plan for keeping all the records in order?

Our guests this week want to help. Cheri Lattimer and Debbie White work with the National Transitions of Care Coalition, which seeks to help smooth medical transitions for patients and their families. 

A Conversation with Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee

January 26, 2010

Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert interviews Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee about H1N1 vaccines, new federal funding available for seniors programs and Medicare benefits.

Living in Poverty: A Spotlight on Women Struggling to Pay the Bills

January 26, 2010

Older people across the country are skipping doctor’s appointments, splitting pills and losing their houses. Often the money coming in simply isn’t enough to cover their basic necessities.

Journalist Barry Yeoman talks with Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert about three women he met while researching his report on elder poverty, which will appear in the March/April issue of "AARP The Magazine."

The Life and Legend of Louis Armstrong: A Conversation with Biographer Terry Teachout

January 19, 2010

When hundreds of recordings of Louis Armstrong’s private conversations recently became available at Queens College in New York, critic Terry Teachout was the first biographer to access them.  

The result is  “Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong,” an in-depth biography of the jazz great that’s full of new details about Armstrong’s personal and professional life.

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