Radio From AARP Publications

The First Social Security Recipient
AARP Bulletin December 2007
Writer Kenneth J. Cooper tells how the wave of 80 million boomers will impact the Social Security system as they retire. Read all about it in the December issue of the AARP Bulletin.
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The Line Starts Here: Service may be Social Security's No. 1 problem
AARP Bulletin - October 2007
Today, an average of 51 percent of all calls to local offices get a busy signal, according to the SSA's own study. More news from an overstresses system here.
And listen to our radio program about Social Security service problems.

Listening for Quiet
AARP The Magazine - November & December 2007
Read all about an extraordinary and unique artist: "In 2005 Gordon Hempton, an Emmy-winning natural-sounds recording artist who was recovering from a bout of temporary deafness and horrified by the noise around him, chose this tiny spot of land in the Hoh Rain Forest—latitude 47º 51' 959" N, longitude 123º 52' 221" W, to be exact—and declared it a sanctuary of quiet." And visit our multimedia report Sounds of Silence.

Katrina
AARP The Magazine - September/October 2007
July 20, 2007 - Writer Barry Yeoman revisited the Gulf Coast recently to investigate progress, or the lack of it, in caring for victims of Hurricane Katrina. From our special Katrina page, you can visit the feature story in AARP The Magazine, as well as viewing exclusive video. And make sure to listen to our hour-long documentary on "The Voices of Katrina."

On My Own - Iris Krasnow
AARP The Magazine - September/October 2007
July 17, 2007 – Iris Krasnow's memoir of her dysfunctional relationship with her mother explores the difficulties that kept them apart…distance, her mother’s attitudes as a Holocaust survivor, and increasing dementia. In "I Am My Mother’s Daughter" Krasnow discusses her unique mother-daughter relationship and how she came to terms with it. Read Krasow's essay about losing her mother in AARP The Magazine.

Listen to the radio interview with Real Audio.

Tony Bennett
AARP The Magazine - September/October 2007
July 20, 2007 - Tony Bennett is on the cover of the new edition of AARP The Magazine, and we've got never before seen video of his interview with host of Prime Time Radio, Mike Cuthbert. Start here, and enjoy!

The Ladies of Covington
AARP The Magazine - July/August 2007
June 5, 2007 - AARP's Karen Reyes is one of many devoted fans of The Ladies of Covington- a series of novels by Joan Medlicott featuring three wonderful, complicated, fascinating women – all well over 60.  In Asheville, North Carolina –close by where the Ladies live – Karen talked with Joan about her Covington novels – 8 so far – and the characters that prompted her to write them. Listen >

LINKS: The New Housemates in AARP The Magazine; The Covington Chronicles in AARP The Magazine

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Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness
AARP Bulletin - January/February 2007
January 9, 2007 - David Hyde Pierce may be best known for his role as Niles Crane on the TV comedy “Frasier”. But these days he spends a lot of his time in the public eye talking about Alzheimer’s—the disease that afflicted both his father and grandfather. Pierce sits down with Mike Cuthbert to talk about the effects of Alzheimer’s and the prospects of a cure. Listen >

LINKS: Spotlighting Alzheimer's in the AARP Bulletin

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The Great Risk Shift
AARP The Magazine - January 2007
January 9, 2007 – This week we take a look at what our guest, Jacob Hacker, calls “The Great Risk Shift.” He traces a steady transfer of the burden of insecurity and risk from the government and corporations onto citizens mostly in middle to lower income brackets. He shares how we can fight back against these accelerated trends. Listen >

LINKS: The Great Risk Shift on Barnes and Noble website; Put Your Retirement on Remote Control in AARP Segunda Juventud; Web Exclusive Book Review of the The Great Risk Shift in AARP The Magazine

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