Some of you loved my song "We Thank God For Being An American" from the last episode while others were incensed.  I try to apologize.  Did you know the Biblical context for "virgin" just meant a young woman?  Should you always go along with a crowd giving a standing ovation even if you were not that impressed?  Are Nazi analogies fair or overused?  Has politics become another form of entertainment and what to do about it?  If a biological male self-identifies as a female whose pregnant should HR grant maternity leave?  If I swung at a throw over to first base to end a game in Little League was I an idiot or overly optmistic?  People have questions, I have answers.  Subscribe and THRIVE!!!!   

Can an aging senior with memory issues navigate the digital world?  I offer a solution.  A new client had an affair with a married man. Now her religious parents are furious, her lover is over the top mad she let her parents find out, his wife hates my client and has sunk into depression and this client wants to know what to do. My path forward is an outside the box approach that just might thread the needle. Have you ever seen a sentence with three cliches? In episode 127 I infuriated some political conservatives and country music fans and to make up for that unintended slight I wrote and recorded a song to show I do love country music and use it to sincerely apologize to them. My new song is called "We Thank God For Being an American" and I am very proud of it. In fact, I think I may have a hit on my hands. Please take a listen and let me know what you think. Subscribe and THRIVE!!!!

OK, this might be the strangest episode yet.  I've either lost my mind or figured out the real reason Trump won. Either way, this one's unique. Also, some of you wondered if you didn't like the Super Bowl half time show does that make you a racist. Is fantasy oxygen for the psyche and the key to our well being? Does religion provide that daily dose of the fantastic and minus religion do we seek fantasy elsewhere in a secular world? Why are there roller coasters on cruise ships? If I went to a Renaissance Festival dressed as Mr. Spock would that be a cruel joke on the maidens faire and scurvy knaves? Does it make sense to talk about "The Odyssey" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer" in the same paragraph? And it's all over in under 20 minutes. SUBSCRIBE and THRIVE!!!! 

Do you need to be dirty to be relevant in today's media climate?  I attempt to straddle the clean/dirty divide.  Does anybody fall for Artificial Intelligence online sex come ons?  Did AI Lisa really make those bikini pictures "just for" me? Are conservatives more likely to fall for AI falsehoods?  How does the Left fight back for the next four years?  A client who wants to gift money to just his family members who are not homophobes (others are) asks for help.  I offer a unique solution.  Do the ends ever justify the means?  Will the murderer who killed the health insurance CEO ever be seen as a folk hero?  Why are "Star Wars," "High Noon," "Ghandi," and Switzerland in my response?  Is the weight loss drug Wegovy the answer to the question "Is big government the answer?"  All this and more in just 20 minutes.  You've done worse things with your time.  Subscribe and THRIVE!!!!  

Want to make some money?  My 2025 predictions for the new year come with a money back guarantee.  Want to know what insanity Trump says in his inauguration speech?  I've seen the future and share it with you.  I also help a client who doesn't want to go back to the office as his company is demanding.  Should he quit if they don't let him telecommute?  Are small towns really safer?  Why do some people in small towns freak out?  What does rural Illinois in January have in common with the moon?  AI can do some impressive things but I still know it's the devil in disguise and will end human creativity if we use it.  I describe why the human creative spirit should never be taken out of the equation and the best example in human history of how we get it right.  Would AI ever create the Beatles or even the Monkees or even Beatlemania?  Would you watch a movie mashup called "Whatever Happened to Rosemary's Baby Jane?"  Can AI do standup comedy?  The joke I love the most is sacrilegious but would it ever come my way if AI was in charge?  All this in under 19 minutes.  What do you have to lose (other than that)?  Subscribe and THRIVE! 

Just in time for the holidays, especially if you want to hear something that has very little to do with the holidays, comes a new episode briefly touching on Trump cabinet picks, I help someone who thinks they're the victim of ageism, a gym teacher who endured a serious dodgeball accident, possible jobs for retirement age Baby Boomers, the dangers of senior porn, the slowest standing ovation in comedy history, how to get young people to watch the evening news, are tattoos now necessary to be relevant, what if your last name is Alzheimer or Hitler, surgical mistakes and how to avoid them and what every pregnant woman should do before going to the hospital. All that in just over 18 minutes.  Subscribe and THRIVE! 

Does America want politics to be a reality game show? Was Biden competent but boring? A client has a mother-in-law that criticizes her driving. I offer some solutions that involve air bags. Another client's fiance has a tattoo of his past girlfriend that is a problem and she's thinking of calling off the wedding. I might have a work around. For the first time I am thinking of getting some tattoos for very practical reasons that might be helpful for many of us. Does God hate sex? What do the Amish do on the wedding night? Are erotic dreams the work of Satan? And what is the real purpose of saying a prayer before bed? All that and more in just 18:12. Subscribe and THRIVE. The best thriving EVER!

In episode 122 I try my darndest to help clients suffering from post election PTSD and pretty much fail. I'm too pissed off myself. But I do grapple with can you fix dumb, should we try to understand the other side, are one issue voters the problem, why does the working class stab themselves in the back, do most Americans hate smart people, is someone with a combover a pathological liar, is there no level of hypocrisy the right won't sink to, what can the gateway theory of communication teach us about today's political climate, what will conservatives say when America goes over the cliff, does the Old Testament advise women to use the rhythm method of contraception, is there a Hail Mary pass to make to thwart the Trump Agenda and what album do I listen to that always gives me peace and serenity?  All that in under 19 minutes.  SUBSCRIBE and THRIVE!!!!!  

This election is going to be the most important of our lives and in this episode I give a non-partisan reason for voting for Harris that involves Arnold Palmer.  Like Trump, I too, saw Arnie in a golf course locker room and I want you to know what I thought.  Are you happy with the quality of people who run for Congress?  If not I have a new form of government you might like.  And I have proof that Artificial Intelligence is incompetent, if an AI generated email I got is any indication.  And it's all over in 17 minutes.  You can't lose.  SUBSCRIBE and THRIVE!!!! 

If the business of America truly is business then wouldn't it follow you could sell advertising space on your headstone?  I have an answer.  Also, the worst obituary ever published, what one cemetery is doing to have a revenue stream other than death, what kind of businesses would benefit from selling THC beverages, the only (but huge) mistake Coca-Cola ever made, are you breaking your marital vows if you want a sleep divorce, why frontier/pioneer families often had 20-30 kids, why conservatives continue to believe Trump's lies and what that has to do with the Bible and some wild digressions by me that suggest ADD or mild schizophrenia in just 20 minutes. SUBSCRIBE and THRIVE!!!!!