🇺🇸 AMERICA AT 250: The Story We Tell… vs. The Truth We Live 🚗🔥
Release Date: 04/08/2026
From Peacocks to Penguins: Chloe Chapin on the Sartorial Revolution
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👔 The most powerful costume may be the one we stopped noticing. In Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men, fashion historian and former Broadway costume designer Chloe Chapin follows an extraordinary transformation. Men moved from colorful coats, patterned waistcoats, and elaborate display to the plain, dark suit. That change carried political meaning. During the early American republic, restrained clothing came to represent democracy, rationality, masculinity, seriousness, and public authority. Plainness became a choice that looked increasingly natural. Chapin...
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🦬 The Wild East Returns: Elk, Bison, Wolves and the Fight to Make Room 🐺🌲
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🦬 Before highways, subdivisions and shopping centers, the American East belonged to giants. Bison moved through Indiana and Illinois. Elk ranged across Appalachia. Wolves and cougars lived in forests we now consider entirely human territory. Then they disappeared. Now, some are returning. 🌲 But recovery gets complicated when an elk crosses a highway, a bison needs a fence or a wolf appears near someone’s home. Environmental writer Andrew Moore joins me to discuss his fascinating new book, The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness. 🎙️ How much...
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1,100 Miles Later: What the Trail Teaches About Aging Better
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🌲🧭 Some lives begin again at the trailhead. On this episode of The Not Old Better Show, I speak with Melanie Radzicki McManus, author of Thousand-Miler: Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail. Melanie hiked 1,100 miles across Wisconsin in 36 days, moving through forests 🌲, prairies 🌾, wetlands 💧, farms 🚜, glacial landscapes 🪨🧊, and small-town gathering places 🤝. The mileage is impressive. The message is even better: there is no one way to hike. You can section hike. Use a shuttle. Stay in a motel. Walk with friends. Start small. Begin safely. 👣 For adults 60+, that...
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Working for the Common Good: The People Behind America's Smithsonian
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Working for the Common Good: The People Behind America's Smithsonian The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series 🏛️ What if one of America's greatest career opportunities is hiding inside a museum? 🤔 Discover the people, purpose, and passion behind the Smithsonian with Fredie Adelman. 🎙️ Listen now! 🇺🇸✨ #Smithsonian #America250 🏛️ What if museums are some of the most innovative workplaces in America? Most of us think of museums as places to visit. But they're also places where scientists, engineers, educators, conservators, veterinarians,...
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Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening?
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👂🫀 Is your body trying to tell you something? 🤔 Bestselling author, reveals what science says about listening to your body for better health, strength, and longevity. 🎧✨ Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series 🫀 We spend a lot of time asking what’s new in health. 🤔 Maybe the better question is… what has our body been trying to tell us all along? That question became the foundation of one of my favorite recent conversations on The Not Old Better Show with physician and bestselling author, , author of the...
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Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening?
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👂🫀 Is your body trying to tell you something? 🤔 Bestselling author, reveals what science says about listening to your body for better health, strength, and longevity. 🎧✨ Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series 🫀 We spend a lot of time asking what’s new in health. 🤔 Maybe the better question is… what has our body been trying to tell us all along? That question became the foundation of one of my favorite recent conversations on The Not Old Better Show with physician and bestselling author, , author of the...
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Fitness Freedom: Exercising While Traveling or On the Go, Episode 2
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Fitness Freedom: Exercising While Traveling or On the Go, Episode 2 The Not Old Better, American Council on Exercise (ACE) Live Long Better Interview Series Travel is an obstacle course with coffee. ☕✈️ Dr. Sabrena Jo shares how adults 60+ can stay mobile in airports, hotels, cars, and real life. #FitnessFreedom Travel has a way of telling the truth about our bodies. ✈️ The airport is not just an airport. It is an obstacle course with coffee: long corridors, heavy bags, tiny seats, rental cars, hotel beds, unfamiliar chairs, and the occasional gate change that feels...
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Maintaining Independence Through Functional Fitness, Episode 1
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Maintaining Independence Through Functional Fitness, Episode 1 The Not Old Better, American Council on Exercise (ACE) Live Long Better Interview Series Fitness after 60 deserves a better headline. It is not about vanity. It is not about punishment. And it is certainly not about pretending we are all training for the Olympics. At its best, fitness is about freedom: the freedom to rise from a chair, climb stairs, carry groceries, reach a shelf, and keep participating in the life we have built. 🏡 In this upcoming American Council on Exercise Live Long Better conversation, I’ll speak with Dr....
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The Anti-Hype Beauty Episode: Good Housekeeping’s April Franzino on Testing, Trust, and Aging Well Core Promise to the Listener
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The Anti-Hype Beauty Episode: Good Housekeeping’s April Franzino on Testing, Trust, and the Aging Well Core Promise to the Listener The Not Old Better Show Good Housekeeping Good Better Best Interview Series Beauty advice has moved from the department store counter to the magazine page to the endless scroll. That shift matters, especially for adults 60+. Today, consumers are trying to make sense of sunscreens, retinol, dark spot correctors, fragrance, skin-tightening products, “anti-aging” claims, and social media recommendations that often sound more certain than the evidence allows. On...
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👀 LOOK TWICE: What a Former CIA Officer Wants You to See Before Trouble Finds You: Vol 3 🛡️✈️
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👀 LOOK TWICE: What a Former CIA Officer Wants You to See Before Trouble Finds You: Vol 3 🛡️✈️ The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Interview Series 🛡️ “Safety isn’t about fear — it’s about preparation.” – Tim Beard, former CIA officer, Marine, and now author of the Look Twice safety series. Tim has protected U.S. assets in hostile regions across the globe. But now, his mission is closer to home—helping seniors and families protect themselves from threats in daily life. 👁️ From elevators and ATM lines to phishing emails and parking garages, Look Twice...
info_outline🇺🇸 AMERICA AT 250: The Story We Tell… vs. The Truth We Live 🚗🔥
The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, commemorating 250 Years of Independence in 2026
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series—on radio and podcast.
For ten years now, The Not Old Better Show has celebrated health, wellness, culture, and the stories that remind us we’re not old—we’re better.
Now, as America commemorates 250 years of independence in 2026, this special series offers a dynamic exploration of America’s past, present, and future.
Explore the people, ideas, conflicts, and aspirations that have shaped America–and how the past informs the challenges and possibilities ahead.
At 250, America is still young enough to dream, and seasoned enough to know that freedom asks something of every generation.
Through our Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, we invite you to hear that story with fresh perspective, honest reflection, and renewed purpose.
This is The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, commemorating 250 Years of Independence in 2026.
Anniversaries matter. Meaning matters more.
History is never just behind us. Sometimes it sits right beside us, asking who we are, what we value, and what we owe the future.
Stay with us as Paul Vogelzang continues this Smithsonian Associates conversation on the people, ideas, and moments that still call us to be better.
Thanks for joining us this week on The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, commemorating 250 Years of Independence in 2026—on radio and podcast.
To hear more about today’s stories, catch our new Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, and enjoy our extensive back catalog of previous shows, please visit notold-better.com.
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This is a production of N.O.B.S. studios.
I’m Paul Vogelzang. Thanks for spending this time with us. Join me again next time as we continue sharing stories that remind us we’re getting better, not just older. Because 250 years later, Better is still a conversation worth having.
Let’s talk about Better.
This is The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, commemorating 250 Years of Independence in 2026