David begins this week by asking the 1946-1964 baby boomer generation the provocative question, "Why are you averse to change and learning technology?" We learn some shortcuts in using our computer browsers to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine, and to not to be afraid of Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant as they make our lives easier. David also offers advice on saving money on our mobile phone bills. And guest Jeffrey Ginsberg details the advancements in hearing aids through Bluetooth wireless technology.

YAK ABOUT TODAY - A Boomer's Guide to A Life

Why Are We So Averse to change, Jeffrey Ginsberg - Hearing Aid’s are Only The Beginning

David answers listeners questions this week and covers topics including using a programmable outlet to brew your morning coffee, how you like it and when you want it. He also tells us how learning to use a fax machine while a young temp typist lead to his fascination with computers as well as a brief discussion on David’s love affair with the iPad.David will be back with another “Yak About Today” soon. In the meantime listen to the latest “Yak About today in Tech”. The final segment is a tutorial on how streaming services are the equivalent of the television networks we grew up with, including the most popular services as well as the newest, and what is offered with each platform.

Tech Answers, Favorite IOT, Fax Machines, Streaming Services

David starts with the subject that is on most folks minds this week, which is navigating the websites to get signed up for the COVID vaccine . On "Tips & Yak Tricks" we learn how to use our smartphones for Wi-Fi Calling, and we discover how pervasive data gathering is and how to turn off location services on our aps to secure our privacy.

Vaccine Rollout, WiFi Calling, Your Being Followed

David kicks off a new season of Yak About Today in Tech, teaching the wiser generation to become more savvy in tech. We learn to not be afraid of technology and to understand that it is like driving a car. We don't need to know how to repair our cars to drive them, and we don't need to know how to program a computer to operate one.In Tech News we learn how to make wise choices in accessing cable TV, and in Tips & Tricks, David shares how to read ebooks for free or even turn them into audio books, as well as some tips on internet safety regarding passwords and how to avoid scams.

While Yak About Today is on Hiatus - We bring you the New I Heart Radio Show "Yak About Today in Tech"

Join Stephanie and David on a special Thanksgiving Yak About Today. David begins with a brief history of the holiday and Stephanie gives us her thoughts on what it means to her. In between, they  share remembrances of Thanksgiving  sharing their funniest and favorite stories from childhood right through the present. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964,

David and Stephanie Tell Thanksgiving Stories

This weeks show was recorded a few days after the election and David & Stephanie discuss post election stress and try to put it all in perspective. They both conclude that whichever way the results fall, "It's going to be alright". Stephanie discusses gender roles throughout history from ancient times right through today. The focus year this week is 2008 which was also a monumental election with the Democratic party choosing between two firsts, an African American or a woman to be their party's standard bearer. David continues the theme of the election relaying how after the long election and serving as a poll watcher in his county , the whole process has left him feeling numb. Stephanie concludes  with something good, which is sitting on her back deck in a gentle mist, observing nature and her Spanish Oak which makes her feel good. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964,  

Post Election Stress, The Year 2008, David was a Poll Watcher

Stephanie & David's conversation this week ranges from baby boomers who are not all at a place that they had envisioned, a discussion of the cultural, newsworthy events and musical highlights of the decade of 1975-1985 to Stephanie sharing her lifetime love of poetry featuring a current poet she has recently found. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964,

Are the Wiser and More Mature of us all successful, The decade 1975-1985, Stephanie Shares here lifetime love of Poetry.

With this week's show being just a few days before the election, both Stephanie and David have decided that it is time to disengage from the constant political anxiety. David discusses being a poll watcher in his community during the early voting and Stephanie has decided to get involved in local grass roots state politics after the election. This week we look back at the decade of 1965-1975 and a discussion of the similarities between then and now. David talks about his recent physical and how he found it amusing how his doctor told him he is basically healthy with a great future. Stephanie agrees that we all constantly need to think about our future at all stages of our lives. Stephanie concludes with positive thoughts about all the joyful things about being thankful. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, ----more----

Stop this Political Anxiety, TheDecade 1965-1975 and Stephanie is Positive About our Future

This week's conversation begins with Stephanie telling David about her pre-Halloween fun experience of socially distancing with friends on paddle boats all wearing witches hats, around Lake Austin, which leads to a discussion of retail stores pushing holiday decorations  earlier and earlier each year. David brings back "Yak About Tech" to talk about this years newly introduced  iPhones as well as his Apple Ecosystem. The look back is to 2000 and the fear of computer systems  crashing. It was the year that PlayStation 2 was introduced and the year that the presidential  election  between George W. Bush and Al Gore was heard in the Supreme Court in December. Stephanie concludes this week's program back on the subject of Halloween and how she gave out candy in past years rather than healthy treats but not this year, due to the pandemic.----more----

Stephers Halloween, David talksTech, and the Year 2000

This week's ongoing conversation between two friends begins with David and Stephanie discussing their exhaustion with current politics, and how the early voting has finally begun as the political season  draws to a close. The look back is to 1978, the start of video games, and an early version of personal computers. It was the year of Jim Jones and his cult in Guyana and the year that Saturday Night Fever dominated the box office and the music scene with the Bee Gees soundtrack. They both agree that the song of the year was Lionel Richie's Commodores with "Three Times A Lady". This week David reflects on the different perception of time from when back in Junior High School, time seemed to take forever and how today refilling his two week pill box seems to happen every day. They both agree that one childhood year feels like ten adult years. Stephanie concludes with a  discussion of her lifelong love of little things that fit in the palm of her open hand from childhood right through today.

Political Exhaustion, TheYear 1978, How filling a Pill boxTells Time

  This week, David celebrates a big birthday and Stephanie thinks that David may have stumbled upon the secret to aging well.  The discussion turns to a re-examination of social media after Stephanie gets locked out of Instagram and decides to take a break. The year is 1979, the introduction of the Sony Walkman and the Knack with "My Sharona", Michael Jackson's, "Off the Wall", and Stephanie recalls rollerskating in Venice Beach while David was living an artsy and decadent life, directing a play in London. We conclude this week's conversation with David thinking about history and the possibility of history repeating itself, while Stephanie is looking for something good coming out of the pandemic.----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, ----more----

A birthday, Social Media, 1933 Germany and 1975

  Today's never ending conversation starts with David and Stephanie both agreeing that they had good weeks when not watching or reading the news on a daily basis. David laments how the pandemic has forced the cancellation of performing arts in New York City and elsewhere. Today's look back is on 1974, the year that Gerald Ford became president after the resignation of Richard M. Nixon, and Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavy weight title when he refused to take the step forward at his local draft board. Stephanie's commentary this week reflects on the lack of reporting of a family life and the lack of humanity in today's White House, unlike any administration in recent memory. And David finishes by expressing his joy at doing the show each week with Stephanie. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, Write to yakabouttoday@gmail.com

Culture or No Culture,The Year 1974, Who is Mr. Sheets

David and Stephanie talk about the fires in Oregon and the underlying issue of climate change, and how both sides of the political spectrum should listen to each other. The year is 1946 at the beginning of the the baby boomer generation, a year that introduced the bikini, UNICEF,  Tupperware and MENSA. David is approaching a milestone birthday and Stephanie concludes with a thoughtful poem. ----more---- The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, Write to yakabouttoday@gmail.com  

Climate Change, 1946 and David doesn't Know What To Do with Himself!

Today's conversation begins with David and Stephanie sharing their frustration of being stressed out by both the health crisis and the political climate, and the lack of civility. Stephanie proposes a re-imagination of the drive-in of her youth as a venue for concerts, while keeping our social distance.  We look back at 1977, the year Jimmy Carter was inaugurated and Roots was the most watched and talked about television series. It was also the year that Elvis Presley died and one of the great New York City blackouts. Stephanie began a short career as a singer in a rock band and David was a bartender in a New York City theatrical bar, and he shares his stories of his encounters with legendary stars Ethel Merman and Richard Burton. And we finish with both David and Stephanie discussing the best way for wisdom to be shared with the younger generation.   ----more----   The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, Write to yakabouttoday@gmail.com

Stressed Out by the Political Crisis and Health Crisis?, 1977, Ethel Merman Tells David he's a Star

This week’s conversation begins with David and Stephanie agreeing that the Democratic Convention was a success with many well-delivered speeches, highlighted by those of former president and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama. David discusses the importance of exercise, particularly during the pandemic lock-down. 1968 is the featured year including the Vietnam War and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. It was also the year that Star Trek debuted on television and the Broadway show, Hair was at the vanguard of the hippie movement. Stephanie wraps up by wondering about how the current turbulence and divisive politics of today will affect the younger generation growing up during these troubled times.   ----more----   The Yak About Today broadcasts deliver on-air and online conversations, interviews and stories engaging the Baby Boomer Generation and beyond with discussions, tips and information. “Hosted by authentic conversationalists, intuitive listener and boomers themselves, David Yakir and Stephanie Raffelock bring a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with their audience and not at them. David and Stephanie share Engagement, Education, Enjoyment & Empowerment on-air and online for the BabyBoomer Generation delivered with humor, wit and thought.” YOU CAN FIND “ YAK ABOUT TODAY” ON THE I HEART RADIO STATIONS - WCZRREAL RADIO 101.7 IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE ON ALL MAJOR PODCASTING SYSTEMS. Facebook.com/yakabouttoday Facebook.com/dyakir Facebook.com/thepodgeist Twitter.com/dyakir Twitter.com/yakabouttoday Twitter.com/thepodgeist Yakabouttoday.com #fitness, #technology, #finance, #entrepreneurship, #baby-boomers, #therapy, #nutrition, #the_podgeist_company, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, #babyboomers, #millennials, #aging, #wwii,#war, #world, #people, #retirement, #taipei, #chinese_taipei, #vero_beach, #treasure_coast, #WCZR, #David_Yakir, #Stephanie_Raffelock, #Fitness, #current_events, #1946_1964, Write to yakabouttoday@gmail.com  

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