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OK Boomer with Robert
by robertkne
Yes, we’re keeping it real! Because, every week we feature the latest Boomer news, Boomer brainteasers, Boomer fitness, Boomer nutrition (not cheeseburgers and fries), and Boomer history--As Mark Twain allegedly said ”History doesn’t repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme! 70-year-old Robert Rickman was born in the middle of the Boomer surge, recently contracted Covid19, and suffers from amusing bouts of brain fog while broadcasting LIVE from a local radio station in southern Illinois. Rickman spent decades in news broadcasting where announcers were formal and correct. Fortunately, Robert has broken this habit and makes the scene like a real person! Because Robert Rickman is...is...”Keepin’ it Real!”
Episodes
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This week's Episode: Chattanooga-based Photographer and fellow Saluki, Flint Chaney
What happens when two Southern Illinois University graduates from different decades sit down to compare college memories?In this episode of OK Boomer, Robert Rickman and Flint Cheney return to their Saluki roots and discover that while the years may ha...
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OK Boomer With Endah Wahyuni
Sometimes all you need is coffee… and a conversation that travels halfway across the world. In this episode of OK Boomer, Robert chats with Endah — a multitasking powerhouse juggling family responsibilities, business, and a growing passion for language...
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OK Boomer with Diana Walters
Diana Walters is a psychotherapist, a fellow Boomer, and a woman who got ripped off by Medicare — twice. Once as a provider who never got paid, and another as a patient who didn't know someone in Florida was spending her benefits. We talk fraud and sca...
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OK Boomer with Amanda
What happens when a boomer with ADHD meets a millennial who prefers paddle boards over treadmills? Chaos… but the fun kind. In this episode of OK Boomer, we dive into everything from “Monopoly on the Truth” (no board required!) to how different generat...
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OK Boomer With Sandra and Aleazia
What happens when a Boomer with newly diagnosed ADHD sits down with two younger minds who’ve been navigating it their whole lives? Chaos, laughter, and surprisingly honest conversation. In this episode of OK Boomer, Robert is joined by Sandra and Aeazi...
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OK Boomer with Robert and Eileen Part Two
In Part 2 of OK Boomer, we check back in with Eileen Kindred—a single mom, artist, and professional multitasker—who’s been juggling work, parenting, and survival in today’s economy. The good news? She found her mojo. Yes, that mojo. The kind you lose a...
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OK Boomer with Kristi and Kenzie
What happens when a Boomer, a Gen X professional counselor, and a Gen Z psychology graduate sit down for coffee and talk about… everything on OK Boomer Channel? ☕😄 In this episode, Kristi Weaver—a licensed professional counselor—and her daughter Kenzie...
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OK Boomer with Robert and Eileen Part 1
In this episode of OK Boomer, Robert sits down with millennial Eileen at a cozy coffee shop overlooking the Tennessee River to talk about a modern workplace paradox: when a job feels “secured” right up until it isn’t. Eileen shares a real story about a...
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OK Boomer with Robert and Karly
What's better? Working at an office, or virtually, or both?
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OK Boomer with Robert and Amy
Why did Amy, with a Master's degree, quit teaching? The answer begins with "A" and ends with "n".
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OK Boomer with Robert Interviewing...Robert?
What happens when a Baby Boomer interviews… himself? Robert Rickman proves you don’t need a guest to start a generational debate. From tuition rants to coffee-fueled wisdom, this new OK Boomer episode has it all — including rain, laughter, and no monop...
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OK Boomer with Robert and Alee
In this episode of OK Boomer, Robert Rickman dives into the clash between Baby Boomers and the young generation — but with humor and heart. Together with guest Ally Quick, an adviser to the Southern Illinois University student newspaper, Daily Egyptian...
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An Awkard Discussion about...
Is there any way to talk about religion gracefully? Or must awkwardness prevail? In this OK Boomer podcast with Sydney, awkwardness began and ended the program, but as for the middle...?
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An Awkard Discussion about Religion
That's how it started. But soon OK Boomer with Robert and Sydney will take you to another place where no one has a Monopoly on the Truth!
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This week's Episode: Laura Sguigna and Technology
Millennial Laura Sguigna of Italy and OK Boomer Robert Rickman of the U.S. met via Zoom to discuss technology. Laura and Robert agreed that modern technology can sometimes be F$#%^d U$. The podcast started that way!
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OK Boomer 12-8-23
"OK Boomer!" OK Kid, Boomers, having problems with finances, or with your health, or upcoming problems with the relatives during the holidays? The solution: brainstorming, but not the way most groups brainstorm. Craig Paxon of the consulting group Visi...
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OK Boomer Podcast 12-1-23
"OK Boomer!" Opening OK Kid, For some of us the Holidays are rougher than the rest of the year. So some of us need a little Encourementology with Kendell Boysen. When you listen to the Boomer newscast, you might be listening to a certain story and say,...
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JFK Special-Small town radio station breaks story of the century
It's the most famous recording, you've never heard! We'll explain how a small radio station in a rural area broke a story about the crime of the century by being the first to reveal that Lee Harvey Oswald was a suspect in the assassination of John F Ke...
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OK Boomer 11-10-23
"OK Boomer!" said the kid over my shoulder. "OK kid, here are two things you won't have to worry about for a long time. Medicare and gas prices. We'll look at both in a few minutes," I said. Then Kendall Boyson says if you want things to change...start...
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OK Boomer 11-3-23
Next, on OK Boomer. Medicare counselor Kim Shefner will give us a brief overview of Medicare plans. And Jill Graskowitz is planning a weekend blow out with "The Girls." She asked Robert Rickman to post bail if things get out of hand! Then the Mad Hippi...
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OK Boomer for late October 2023
OK Kid, Speaking of which... I blanche every time I hear my voice from 47-yeasrs ago! For those of you who were not blessed with a broadcast career, there is probably little evidence of what kind of a kid you were back then. This will be hard to believ...
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OK Boomer 10-13-23
The man on the left wants to TAKE OVER Nashville. His name is Austin Lane and he tells OK Boomer how, and why. Then, comes a segment of OK that wins the prize for originality ORRRR the Rusty Mic award...or both. All we can say is that Robert Rickman di...
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OK Boomer 9-29-23
"OK BOOMER!" says the kid. "OK Kid," says Robert. Let's talk about something that is facing some Boomers right now--Alzheimer's. But research shows you may be able do something about it. We'll be hearing from Nurse Practitioner Cindy Womack of the Smit...
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OK Boomer 9-22-23
Let's get the hard part out of the way and talk about the disease everybody is sick and tired of. In some cases...literally. We're talking about Covid.. Cindy Womack is a nurse-practitioner at Smith Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatment...
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OK Boomer for 9-15-23
What do General Z’s think of we Boomers? To get an answer I asked Millennial Emily Lake who says Generation Z is being too tough on the Boomers, but Emily adds that Boomers have their faults too. We’d like to welcome Jill Graskowitz a regular contribut...
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Procrastination Episode 9-8-23
There was this business card I needed to design but...It seemed to be so COMPLICATED! And I thought and thought...and finally called her while on-the-air one day... Terri Sterling Donovan is an expert communicator and anti-procrastinator. Soon....  Th...
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OK Boomer 9-1-23
Shopping is easy for millennials and Generation Z. But many Boomers are left out. So says Jorge del Cario who runs a website called FAR OUT...that’s designed to make businesses Boomer friendly. Jorge del Carpio Far Out Founder Farout.store The WDBX Mad...
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OK Boomer for 8-25-23
Mark Twain allegedly said that history doesn’t repeat itself but DOES rhyme. Our Bob Smith has an interview with then Us Congressman Paul Simon...recorded in 1975. What about that interview rhymes with the events of today? Let's talk Food Desert, or wo...
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OK Boomer Podcast 8-18-23
Robert Rickman What happens when the kids have left the nest, and neither the wife nor husband is working? And they are sitting on the couch looking at each-other and thinking... "Who the hell are you? Jill Graskewicz. who runs a local senior center, t...
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OK Boomer 8-14-23
Jill Graskewicz Director of Club 60 in Marion, Il. While Boomers don’t have a sterling reputation dealing with all things electronic...many of us are willing to trade a hardcover for an eBook. Librarian Amber Filbeck though not a Boomer, has some insig...
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OK Boomer 8-4-23
Bob Baer is on the left of the SIU Astronomy team. There is this little college town in the southern Midwest which is 15-miles from the nearest interstate. This little town will be the center of National attention on April 8, 2024, because at 2:01 in t...
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OK Boomer for 7-28-23
This month temperatures in many places nationwide are soaring into the 90’s and `100’s. And one person is afraid that seniors may skimp on the air conditioning. Becky Salazar will talk about Boomers, heat and confusion. And, we’ll check the nation’s we...
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OK Boomer 7-24-23
Do you know someone who has moved to another city...or state because of politics? Economics Professor John Jackson of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute doesn’t expect this tribalism to end soon. But professor Jackson does offer a possible solution...
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OK Boomer Podcast 7-14-23
A few weeks ago, I spotted a woman curled-up next to a plastic box of her things. I think she was homeless. And though I couldn’t see her face, she might have been a Boomer, because too many Boomers are retiring…to the streets. Percussionist Kevin Luca...
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OK Boomer for 7-7-23
Two years ago I visited a Senior Citizens Center for the first time. Why? Because at 68 I didn’t think I was old. It turns out other Boomers feel the same way according to Jill Graskowitzwho talks about her parents. Jill runs a local senior center that...
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OK Boomer 6-2-23
OK Gang. Think about this. Some regulars at a local senior center weren’t seen for a while; they couldn't afford to pay for a meal. And we’re talking about a $4 meal ticket. Jill at Club 60 talks about an epidemic among seniors called “Food Insecurity....
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OK Boomer 5-26-23
OK Gang…. Here’s a sobering thought. There are more senior citizens living this country than ever before, but funding for senior programs continues to drop…Janet Melvin from the Wit and Wisdom Senior Center talks about what she has seen during her deca...
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OK Boomer for 5-19-23
Let’s go back and think about our teenage years….when we went to the sock hop at the Junior High, or the teen center. But imagine what it be like to return to the that special place 60 years later. Sandi Bullar is the person we're talking about and the...
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OK Boomer 5-12-23
We’ll start out maybe...with you, a fellow Boomer. Are listening to me by yourself, and spend most of your time that way? By yourself? Well, the Surgeon General recognizes this as a major problem in our country. We'll hear from Surgeon General Vivek H....
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OK Boomer 5-5-23
I was always contemptuous of shooting pool as a legitimate exercise. But I changed my mind after visiting a pool room in a senior citizens' center, where I learned that shooting pool, or Billiards is a first-rate exercise! Besides, shooting pool can di...
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The Worst Day of my Broadcast Career
This is an EF4 tornado that hit a suburb of Nashville, TN in 2009 I was on the air at a Nashville news station with continuous coverage of the disaster most of the next day. It was horrible! But as Mark Twain allegedly said, "History doesn't repeat its...
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OK Boomer for 4-28-23
On this week's program... A spilled cup of coffee during the broadcast resulted in fifteen exciting and unpredictable minutes on-the-air! Also, the combined trust funds of Social Security are expected to run out by 2035, and Boomers are understandably ...
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OK Boomer for 4-21-23
Some of us OK Boomers are asking people tooooooo….speak up. That’s because aging and hearing loss go together. But that's not the case for everyone because when the power goes out Diane Hardt pricks-up her ears. We’ll talk with Diane about how noisy it...
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OK Boomer 4-14-23
In this episode, we will hear from a Boomer...a first responder who came upon a scene of incredible death and destruction when he was in his twenties. And he stuffed this horrible memory for decades until...well the tragedy started in the air over San ...
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OK BOOMER 4-7-23
Mark Twain once allegedly said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme… Phil Bredesen, the governor of Tennessee 14-years ago, predicted the shift of Tornado Alley to the east. You’ll hear what this shift did to a suburb of Nashville, TN....
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OK Boomer 3-31-23
You're with your 35-year-old daughter at the drugstore, and the clerk ignores you and only talks to your daughter. It's called "Ageism" and Becky Salazar, director of a local area on aging has some thoughts about how to STOP it. And as we heard last ti...
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OK Boomer 3-24-23
Some Baby Boomers are retiring to their Alma Maters. Well, not the college but the town. And with university enrollments down nationwide, This college town is offering incentives for people to move there. We’ll hear from city planner Ashley Gibson. Man...
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OK Boomer-Giving up? 3-17-23
What happens when a Boomer gives up? You know, when they spend most of their watching TV, eating, and maybe smoking? We'll talk to a person who's seen it happen. And how do you stop this downward slide? Stay active... like you did when you were a kid. ...
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OK Boomer 3-10-23
The income tax deadline is a little less than 6 weeks away, and if you qualify your local college or university may help you. We'll talk to the dean of a local business school. Walking on a treadmill and texting on your Smartphone? Yuck! But what about...
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OK Boomer3-3-23
Taking a course online? Is it hard to get personal (live human) help? The Dean of A business school at a major university says his online program is different, with personal mentoring, a graduation ceremony, and more….all online! Reading habits have ch...
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Yes, we’re keeping it real! Because, every week we feature the latest Boomer news, Boomer brainteasers, Boomer fitness, Boomer nutrition (not cheeseburgers and fries), and Boomer history--As Mark Twain allegedly said ”History doesn’t repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme! 70-year-old Robert Rickman was born in the middle of the Boomer surge, recently contracted Covid19, and suffers from amusing bouts of brain fog while broadcasting LIVE from a local radio station in southern Illinois. Rickman spent decades in news broadcasting where announcers were formal and correct. Fortunately, Robert has broken this habit and makes the scene like a real person! Because Robert Rickman is...is...”Keepin’ it Real!”
HOSTED BY
robertkne
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