Co-host Ann Diver-Stamnes said that the joy of talking with Dr. Dick Stull is what can happen within the space of 60 seconds: "One of the reasons I love talking to you, Dick, is that this conversation just went from Miles Davis to Moby Dick to Goethe." Doc Stull is a true Renaissance man. He is an author, poet, musician, and now retired professor who continues his rich creative life and also is a professional American English accent trainer, English/ESL instructor, radio commentator - and the

"If you want to boost your creativity, there are a lot of different strategies to do so, but this was pretty simple and easy, and anyone can employ it: moving more is the best prescription." Dr. Marily Oppezzo is this week's guest on Chronologically Gifted talking about her research on the link between walking - indoors or outdoors - and creativity. She is a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford and a behavioral and learning scientist.

"Most broadly, creativity is one of the - if not the - major forces that drives the evolution of culture." Dr. Gary Gute talks about the centrality of creativity in human life and the factors that influence creative potential. Gary is a researcher, an associate professor in the School of Applied Human Sciences, and the Director of the Creative Life Research Center at the University of Northern Iowa.

"We find that in older people, yes, it's true that they are distracted more, but they are also better able to use that distracting information for solving problems." Dr. Oshin Vartanian talks about neuroscience and creativity, focusing on how and why creativity can increase in later life. Oshin is a researcher, an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and an author and editor of the book Neuroscience of Creativity published by MIT Press.

"We are all going to be old someday. It's one of the few discriminatory classifications that if one is lucky, one becomes. So we're all going to be there someday, and if we understand that, and we know our own worth, we'll try to value other people's worth." Richard B. Cohen shares his insights and expertise on age discrimination in employment. Richard is an attorney with the FisherBroyles in New York and writes an employment discrimination blog .

What occupations are expected to grow in the next ten years? What challenges do older workers face, and what are their retirement plans ? What skills will older workers need? Kelly Mikelson answers these questions and more. Kelly is a senior research associate in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute . Her work focuses on evaluating workforce development and postsecondary education programs and includes studies of income support, welfare reform, and social service programs

Kerry Hannon offers specific advice for people thinking of embarking on an encore career: “Start thinking at 50 what you might want to do at 55 or at 55 for (what you might want to do) at 60 because a career transition to an encore career does not happen overnight. You have to plan for it." People who successfully transition to an encore career in later life take their time, try out the job, reach out to people who are doing the job, and are as financially fit as possible. Kerry is an expert on

This week the show begins an exploration of a new topic: work in later life. The first guest is Dr. Peter Cappelli who notes, "Older workers have tacit knowledge - the kind of thing you can't learn in a book. You name it, and things seem to get better with older workers, and it makes perfect sense (because) age and experience are highly correlated." Peter is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School at the University of

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's founder, president, and executive director Captain Paul Watson's philosophy on activism is summed up by this comment: "Each and every one of us has the ability to change the world for the better. All we have to do is harness our own abilities and our talents to our passion, and with courage and imagination we can change the world."

Office of the Americas Director Blase Bonpane, a passionate lifelong advocate for peace and the planet, stated, "Our wars are not defensive. They are aggressive, and they are thereby illegal internationally. Our people have the right to oppose them, and real patriots would oppose them because they'd like to save the planet which is in danger. The planet cannot be sustained with perpetual war. It can't take it. The air can't take it. The oceans can't take it." In addition to his decades of work