YAK ABOUT TODAY
Health & Wellness Podcasts
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 an authentic conversationalist, intuitive listener and a boomer himself, David Yakir brings a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with audience without talking at them.
#David_Yakir shares #Engagement, #Education, #Enjoyment & #Empowerment on-air and online for the #BabyBoomer Generation delivered with #humor, #wit and #thought.
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Vero Beach, FL
Genres:
Health & Wellness Podcasts
Description:
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 an authentic conversationalist, intuitive listener and a boomer himself, David Yakir brings a genuine, down to earth and disarming personality that talks with audience without talking at them. #David_Yakir shares #Engagement, #Education, #Enjoyment & #Empowerment on-air and online for the #BabyBoomer Generation delivered with #humor, #wit and #thought.
Twitter:
@dyakir
Language:
English
Contact:
9177973900
Website:
http://www.yakabouttoday.com/
Email:
yakabouttoday@gmail.com
Episodes
David and Stephanie Tell Thanksgiving Stories
11/25/2020
David and Stephanie Tell Thanksgiving Stories. The good, the bad, the funny, the emotional. And looking past this year to the Thanksgiving we hope for in the future.
Duration:00:23:30
Post Election Stress, The Year 2008, David was a Poll Watcher
11/16/2020
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...
Duration:00:24:42
Are the Wiser and More Mature of us all successful, The decade 1975-1985, Stephanie Shares here lifetime love of Poetry.
11/9/2020
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.
Duration:00:21:50
Stop this Political Anxiety, TheDecade 1965-1975 and Stephanie is Positive About our Future
10/31/2020
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...
Duration:00:21:41
Stephers Halloween, David talksTech, and the Year 2000
10/24/2020
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...
Duration:00:23:08
Political Exhaustion, TheYear 1978, How filling a Pill boxTells Time
10/18/2020
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...
Duration:00:24:14
A birthday, Social Media, 1933 Germany and 1975
10/4/2020
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...
Duration:00:24:21
Culture or No Culture,The Year 1974, Who is Mr. Sheets
9/27/2020
Here you go:
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...
Duration:00:23:50
Climate Change, 1946 and David doesn't Know What To Do with Himself!
9/19/2020
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.
Duration:00:33:00
Stressed Out by the Political Crisis and Health Crisis?, 1977, Ethel Merman Tells David he's a Star
9/12/2020
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...
Duration:00:22:07
One Diverse Convention the other..., the Year 1968, Stepher's Finds A Ray of Sunshine in today's Environment
9/5/2020
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...
Duration:00:30:06
Shirley Chisholm, 1984 and The Box that had David's Life
8/30/2020
Shirley Chisholm, 1984 and The Box that had David's Life
Duration:00:23:14
Senior's Are Lonelier than Ever. The Year is 1975 And Stephanie on forgiving, healing and new awakenings.
8/22/2020
Stephanie and David's journey today starts with the a discussion about the ramifications of dealing with isolation in the COVID era we live in today. The look back this week is to 1975, the year of mood rings, eight tracks, discos and the music of Paul Simon and & The Captain & Tennille. It was also the year the Vietnam War ended, but most memorable to our hosts was the beginning of Saturday Night Live. And we wrap up this week with Steph's inspirational thoughts on forgiving, healing and a...
Duration:00:25:37
9 - Who is Sadio Manet, TheYear 1965, And aren't Liberals more pro-life?
8/15/2020
Who is Sadio Manet, TheYear 1965, And aren't Liberals more pro-life?
Duration:00:22:54
8 - Stepher's Feels a Bit Down; TheYear 1982, David's Been Thinking about What he was Thinking About.
8/8/2020
Stepher's Feels a Bit Down; TheYear 1982, David's Been Thinking about What he was Thinking About.
Duration:00:41:20
7 - The American Flag and Wearing Masks, The Year is 2014 And Stephanie Ends on a HIgh Note
8/1/2020
a great current event this week because. I am so wanting good news. I am so hungry for the positive, and I found this fabulous news story about a guy that you may not know. His name is Satio Monet and he's from Senegal. Now, I'd never heard of his name, but he's a socket player for player. he's what Europeans call, they're playing football.
[00:01:27] And here's what he says about the millions and millions of them dollars that he's making every year. This touched me so much. Why would I...
Duration:00:23:12
7 - The Supreme Court - LGTBQ+, DACA and the year 1972
7/25/2020
7 - the Supreme Court, LGTBQ+, DACA and the year 1972
[00:00:00] Stephanie Raffelock: [00:00:00] What's up everybody. I'm Stephanie RAF lock with my cohost, but your cure and you are listening to yak about today. A place to hear conversations, gain insights and perspectives from the mouths of baby boomers. That's us. So if the year's 46 to 64 means something to you, then this is the place you want to be.
[00:00:34] So put on your headphones, go for a walk and listen to what we yak about...
Duration:00:23:07
6 - The Arts have disappeared from our papers. The year is 1995, How will young people look back on this time - how will we re-imagine life
7/15/2020
The year is 1995, the decade
The OJ trial of the century led the news. David and Stephanie share their experiences.
It was the decade of Tech wealth
Steph takes a look back how we celebrated special events as children and how young people today are experiencing their special events in times of the pandemic.
We ask the question "Will they have the same type of memories that we have.
Duration:00:22:51
5 - Why Not Wear A Mask . What is Ageism all About and is it warranted. The Year 1978 - All This and More with Stephanie Raffelock and David
7/10/2020
We begin with Stephanies' discussion about "Wearing the Mask" - Why has this been politicized? Is freedom really the thinking behind not wearing the mask? David has an interesting take on Ageism.
Duration:00:23:03
4 - The Supreme Court rules on LGTBQ+ right and DACA and What was it about 1972
6/30/2020
The Supreme Court and title 7. An LGTBQ+ win and Dreamers get a reprieve. What happened and where were we in #1972 ? Stephanie and David talk among themselves.
Duration:00:23:07