Voice activated devices, vacuum cleaners that work when you’re not even there, working a job from home … TV show fantasies 60 years ago that are now aspects of daily life. Were the writers of those show visionaries , or were they visitors from advanced civilizations in other galaxies? This episode goes where others have gone, but with a couple of updates. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #generoddenberry #startrek #lunerlanding #spacerace #thejetsons...
Jun 05, 2025•11 min
What do Earth Day, Kent State University, Monday Night Football and a near-fatal space mission have in common? This episode answers that question. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #1970 #kentstate university #kentstateshootings #neilyoung #apollo13 #houstonwevehadaproblem #ohio
May 29, 2025•9 min
This episode includes Boomer wisdom and fun from the internet. Jokes, memes, sincere advice and a few demographic statistics. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #agingjokes #boomermemes
May 21, 2025•14 min
We experience deaths of loved ones more as we age, but grief and loss can happen across a whole range of losses, such as jobs and physical abilities. In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Cynthia Post provides insight into dealing with grief and loss. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #griefandloss #grief #loss #drcynthiapost
Apr 09, 2025•19 min
They say age is just a number, but how does it feel when you realize that the songs “Satisfaction” and “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” turn 60 this year? This episode dives into songs, movies, TV shows and cultural events from 1965. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #turning60
Apr 02, 2025•8 min
What things do you keep? Pictures, souvenirs, old love letters? What do you toss? A lot of Boomers hang onto stuff, but Millennials usually don’t. This episode dives into trends, pros and cons of keeping things and suggests answers to the question “should they stay, or should they go?” #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #keepitortossit
Mar 26, 2025•10 min
In our fast-paced workaholic world, it is sometimes nice to do nothing, even for just a few minutes a day. This episode explores what the Italians call “il dolce far niente” … t he sweetness of doing nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is really something. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #ildolcefarniente #sweetnessofdoingnothing #AARP
Mar 21, 2025•7 min
We’re always looking out for and speaking out against age discrimination and aging stereotypes. But sometimes it’s fun to make fun of ourselves as we age. It can be healthy to not take ourselves too seriously. And humor is often based in some way on truth. This Boomer Randomness episode is a random collection of memes, dad jokes and a few observations on growing older. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #dadjokes #boomermemes
Mar 12, 2025•9 min
Boomers remember the promise of flying cars and trips to Mars. One of those two fantasies may be a reality as soon as this year. This episode goes where no one has gone … yet. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #flyingcars #alefaeronautics #spacex #mars #traveltomars
Mar 07, 2025•10 min
Many retirees dream of visiting other countries or even living in other countries. This episode includes a conversation with someone who is doing a little of both, with insight on daily life, grocery shopping, TV shows, and la dolce vita, living the sweet life. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #ladolcevita #italy #retirement #travel
Feb 21, 2025•27 min
A retirement dream, a humorous look at colonoscopies, and a few Boomer statistics are all part of this episode. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #retirement #colonoscopies #boomerstatistics
Feb 06, 2025•14 min
Trends in buying music, changes in women’s rights a few decades ago, showing your age by your choice of words, getting married after your 70th birthday, and answers to the question “what if you only had two years to live?” make up this episode. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #buyingmusic #marriedat70 #boomervocabulary #twoyearstolive
Jan 29, 2025•17 min
1985 was the last year the Inauguration was moved indoors. This episode digs into the other big event of that day and lifestyle, music, movies and television from that year. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #inauguration #1985
Jan 23, 2025•9 min
Death is inevitable, but we don’t necessarily think about it much till we start staring down our own mortality as we age. Boomers are responsible for the trend toward celebrations of life more than mourning death at funerals. This episode looks into all of that, in a generally positive way. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #celebrationoflife #funerals #heaven #cremation
Jan 16, 2025•10 min
Remember hanging chads and the Y2K scare? Many Boomers are preoccupied with measuring time like years, decades, anniversaries and birthdays. The zero-year milestones get extra attention as do groups of years like 25 or 75. This episode looks back at the first quarter of the 21st century, including technological and cultural developments. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #y2k #hangingchads #1999 #2000 #quartercentury
Jan 09, 2025•13 min
This episode is a look back at five conversations from 2024, about Music, Financial Planning, Careers and Retirement, Boomer Dating and Grandparenting Love. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #musicmemories #grandparentinglove #financialplanning #retirement #boomerdating
Jan 02, 2025•28 min
Christmas and Hannukah are the dominate December celebration in the United States, but there are at least a dozen other celebrations between November and January. This episode explores many holiday traditions here and abroad, and includes interesting tidbits from friends who spent time in Ireland, England and Spain. The episode wraps up with a peek at movies and music of the holiday season. #boomer #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #christmas #santa #hannukah #holidaytraditions...
Dec 25, 2024•21 min
Many Boomers keep a journal/diary, especially as they reach retirement age. It can allow them to reflect on their life experiences, preserve memories, or maybe leave stories and information for their children or grandchildren. This episode explores types of journals and provides tips for starting and maintaining journals. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #journaling #journals
Dec 18, 2024•8 min
If you’re a Boomer, you might remember 1974 like it was yesterday. And you might be shocked when someone tells you it was 50 years ago. This episode looks back to to life in 1974, with music, news and trivia. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #1974
Dec 12, 2024•9 min
This episode explores the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. How did it start? Did the Pilgrims eat pumpkin pie? How do some Boomers celebrate Thanksgiving? #boomer #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #thanksgiving
Nov 27, 2024•12 min
Older Boomers will forever remember what happened this week sixty-one years ago. November 22, 1963, is the day that President John Kennedy was assassinated in a celebratory motorcade in Dallas, Texas. This episode explores that day and weekend and includes some memories from three Boomers. #boomer #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #jfk #kennedyassassination
Nov 20, 2024•13 min
Typical Americans move eleven times in their lives and each year between eight and eleven percent of the population relocates. This episode looks at reasons, attitudes, packing, unpacking, what to keep, what to toss and other aspects of moving to another address. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #moving
Nov 13, 2024•9 min
If you could sit on a park bench for an hour and chat with anybody living or dead, who would you choose?The answer could be totally unrealistic, like chatting with Jimi Hendrix or Eleanor Roosevelt. They’re dead. Possible, but also unlikely, a famous living person like Oprah Winfrey or Mick Jagger. This episode takes a quick look at some possible answers. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging
Sep 18, 2024•8 min
How do you feel when you realize that an event that feels like it happened just a few years ago happened a few decades ago? Does it shock you when you find out that Joe Biden, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney are the same age, and Donald Trump, Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin are the same age? How old is the oldest American or the oldest person in the world? What is the latest AARP aging initiative? We’ll explore all of that in this episode. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #...
Sep 13, 2024•9 min
What songs were popular on Labor Day weekends in your youth? How did Labor Day start? What about this ‘don’t wear white after Labor Day’ thing? This episode explores those questions. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #laborday #worksongs
Aug 28, 2024•11 min
Woodstock is considered by many as the most significant music event of all time. It launched many music careers and further established the popularity and significance of others. A small sampling: Santana, The Who, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Crosby Stills Nash &Young. This episode looks back at the ups, downs, myths, facts, and music of this event which was billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". #boomer #boomers #babyboomer #bo...
Aug 22, 2024•13 min
No matter how much we know it’s coming, the death of a loved one, especially a parent, is usually a shock, instantly leaving a void in our lives. This hits Boomers especially hard because it shines a light on our own mortality. When that person dies, what do you do first? Who do you call? This short episode explores these questions. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #deathofaparent
Aug 15, 2024•6 min
The media doesn’t cover Moon landing anniversaries much anymore, but this podcast does. The first human steps on the lunar surface happened 55 years ago this summer. Listen to eight Boomers share memories of watching the first human steps on the moon live on TV and hear about planned future flights to the moon and beyond. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #moonwalk #lunarlanding #manonthemoon #onesmallstep #apollo11 #spacerace #artemis
Aug 07, 2024•16 min
This episode is a Boomer’s perspective on being a Boomer, growing up during the Cold War time, learning about life and parenting from the previous generation and the importance of keeping a journal. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging ##beingaboomer #thecoldwar
Jul 31, 2024•18 min
Injuries happen, jobs end, spouses die, life priorities change. Those things can be especially challenging for those of Boomer age, but we can walk through our fears and move forward with our lives. This episode is the story of an inspirational journey from someone who has moved forward. #boomerrandomness #boomers #babyboomer #boomerlife #aging #movingforward #inspirationaljourney
Jul 24, 2024•27 min
