Backyard OASIS - Older Adults Seeking, Inspiring, Serving

The gang is back for Spilling The Tea PART FOUR! Judy, Jess, and Mackenzie talk about recent episodes of Housewives, Southern Charm, and more.

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Hosted and Produced by Judy Raper

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode Dennis Lee speaks with guest Thomas Maclachlan. They start by talking about the big decisions we make in our lives that might seem unlikely – starting with his own experience choosing to become a minister in 1966 rather than serve in Vietnam – before grappling with how to limit loneliness as we age.

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran (A.K.A. DJ Vibe Wise)

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode, Dennis Lee speaks with guest Wendy Foxmyn – community activist, town administrator, symphony orchestra musician, and so much more – about her varied and fascinating life in Western Massachusetts.

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Our guest today hopes to inspire us to reach for more joy in our lives. Denise talks with Dr. Pat Romney, an 80-year-old psychologist and writer who decided years ago that she was going to live a joyful life and so set out to build it. She shares thoughts, ideas and tips on how to build joy into our lives - not just when times are good, but every day.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode of Backyard Oasis, Dennis Lee talks with guest Linda Desmond about her journey toward becoming a passionate advocate for seniors.

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Denise talks with Larry Steinhauser, a retired licensed psychologist, about life changes encountered by older adults who find themselves needing help, learning to adjust to such life changes, and the beauty and benefits of helping others. As Larry, who is also a volunteer with Amherst Neighbors, says, "giving without measure does more for your heart than you realize." Thanks to the Beatles for the title of this episode and the Moody Blues whose lyrics to Giving Without Measure you will hear spoken near the end of today's session.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

The gang is back for Spilling The Tea PART THREE REDUX after producer Alex biffed up and lost their last recording! Judy, Jess, and Mackenzie talk about recent episodes of Housewives, Big Brother, Sister Wives and more, before giving some recommendations on what we should all be watching.

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Hosted and Produced by Judy Raper

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

This is the first of a series “Some Friends” interviewed by our podcaster Chad. He’s captured a few minutes with older folks who’ve come into his life during the last 20 years working throughout the community post retirement on issues of import to our nation and locality (zero waste; older folks interests, needs and rights; affordable housing; issues of race, class and wealth; female gender; differently abled; etc). Hope you enjoy and sit-a spell with his guests!

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Hosted and Produced by Chad Fuller

Produced by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode of Backyard Oasis, Denise Schwartz talks again with Dan Conlon, owner of Warm Colors Apiary in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, about our Common Wealth; water, food, land, air, energy, the environment; how we use and misuse resources; and why we need a cultural shift to sustain our lives and the lives of other living things on this planet.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode of Backyard Oasis, Denise talks with bee expert Dan Conlon about five easy-peasy things you and I can do to protect beneficial insects and other critters and preserve healthy habitats, including our own. Well...maybe there are more than five!

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College