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Me and All My Friends

28 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings

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An interview podcast with older folks about love, life, and joint pain. Hosted by Ben Oddo and produced in partnership with Blakeford Senior Life in Nashville. New episodes every other Thursday.

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Book Club with Sylvia Dupre & Mary Laura Philpott (Long)

April 07, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Name: Blakeford Book Club Members: Sylvia Dupre, Mary Laura Philpott, Ben Oddo Ages: 86, 47, 32 What fruit would each member be?:  Mary Laura: "Maybe a grapefruit. I like grapefruit a lot. It looks a lot like an orange but it's a little more complex. It's a little bitter. Also I think its name is funny. Grape-fruit. It's not a grape. A grapefruit has a sense of humor." Sylvia: "Can I be a vegetable? A zucchini. They are versatile. You can make zucchini bread. You can have a zucchini sou...

Book Club with Sylvia Dupre & Mary Laura Philpott (Short)

April 07, 2022 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

Name: Blakeford Book Club Members: Sylvia Dupre, Mary Laura Philpott, Ben Oddo Ages: 89, 47, 32 What fruit would each member be?:  Mary Laura: "Maybe a grapefruit. I like grapefruit a lot. It looks a lot like an orange but it's a little more complex. It's a little bitter. Also I think its name is funny. Grape-fruit. It's not a grape. A grapefruit has a sense of humor." Sylvia: "Can I be a vegetable? A zucchini. They are versatile. You can make zucchini bread. You can have a zucchini sou...

Abraham Lincoln, The 16th President (Long)

March 24, 2022 17:45 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

Name: Abraham Lincoln Age: 213 Hometown: Kentucky Did You Know?: "Of all the images that were taken of me - and they tell me there are fewer than three-hundred today - there are only four where I even have the top hat on, and they were taken at the same place. It was just a different pose."   -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blakeford.com   Music by ...

Abraham Lincoln, The 16th President (Short)

March 24, 2022 17:45 - 10 minutes - 9.85 MB

Name: Abraham Lincoln Age: 213 Hometown: Kentucky Did You Know?: "Of all the images that were taken of me - and they tell me there are fewer than three-hundred today - there are only four where I even have the top hat on, and they were taken at the same place. It was just a different pose."   -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blakeford.com   Music by ...

Steve Young, The Comedy Writer (Long)

February 25, 2022 19:50 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

For 25 years, Steve Young was a writer on my favorite show, Late Show with David Letterman. More recently, he was the star of the documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes) directed by Dava Whisenant. I have no business talking to him, yet here we are. On today's episode, we discuss industrial musicals, Steve's photo project "Celebrigum," and the relationship between art and commerce. He is not over the age of 70. -- Links Bathtubs Over Broadway Celebrigum Steve Young...

Steve Young, The Comedy Writer (Short)

February 25, 2022 19:50 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

For 25 years, Steve Young was a writer on my favorite show, Late Show with David Letterman. More recently, he was the star of the documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes) directed by Dava Whisenant. I have no business talking to him, yet here we are. On today's episode, we discuss industrial musicals, Steve's photo project "Celebrigum," and the relationship between art and commerce. He is not over the age of 70. -- Links Bathtubs Over Broadway Celebrigum Steve Young...

Adrienne Ames, The Nurse (Long)

February 10, 2022 18:25 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB

Name: Adrienne Ames Age: 81 Hometown: Washington D.C. No Longer Operates: An automobile. "I can't drive anymore. My bossy nurse friends approached me and told me that they did not like to see me driving anymore. They thought that I needed to give it up and sell my car." "How did you take that?" "Well, it was like 'whoa.' 'Cause you know that always is for everybody that freedom and that independence and so forth...And so I thought about it, and I thought, 'you know what? I see what the...

Adrienne Ames, The Nurse (Short)

February 10, 2022 18:25 - 9 minutes - 8.52 MB

Name: Adrienne Ames Age: 81 Hometown: Washington D.C. No Longer Operates: An automobile. "I can't drive anymore. My bossy nurse friends approached me and told me that they did not like to see me driving anymore. They thought that I needed to give it up and sell my car." "How did you take that?" "Well, it was like 'whoa.' 'Cause you know that always is for everybody that freedom and that independence and so forth...And so I thought about it, and I thought, 'you know what? I see what the...

Morey Hill, My Young Friend (Long)

January 07, 2022 21:05 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

Name: Morey Hill Age: 31 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Is Not: A resident of Blakeford Senior Life. "Well, I mean, I get it. You've interviewed nine people over 70, and there's only so many." "Well, you know, this is called 'Me and All My Friends.' Morey is my really good friend, and I can interview whoever I want." "Anybody." "Anybody, yeah." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in...

Morey Hill, My Young Friend (Short)

January 07, 2022 21:05 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MB

Name: Morey Hill Age: 31 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Is Not: A resident of Blakeford Senior Life. "Well, I mean, I get it. You've interviewed nine people over 70, and there's only so many." "Well, you know, this is called 'Me and All My Friends.' Morey is my really good friend, and I can interview whoever I want." "Anybody." "Anybody, yeah." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in...

Carney Farris & Daughters, The Organic Farmers (Long)

December 24, 2021 02:40 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

Name: Carney Farris Age: 89 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Claim to Fame: Operated a Christian commune in the 70's and 80's on a farm west of Nashville. "If daddy came back from work or was out driving somewhere, he would just pick up hitchhikers. They both picked up hitchhikers. Those hitchhikers would end up in our basement sleeping or in one of the farm houses. And they were not all good characters. So I think that's where the concern for the danger came from, but it also taught all o...

Carney Farris & Daughters, The Organic Farmers (Short)

December 24, 2021 02:40 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MB

Name: Carney Farris Age: 89 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Claim to Fame: Operated a Christian commune in the 70's and 80's on a farm west of Nashville. "If daddy came back from work or was out driving somewhere, he would just pick up hitchhikers. They both picked up hitchhikers. Those hitchhikers would end up in our basement sleeping or in one of the farm houses. And they were not all good characters. So I think that's where the concern for the danger came from, but it also taught all o...

Midseason Review

December 10, 2021 02:30 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Ben sets out with a microphone to hear what residents and staff of the Blakeford think about the podcast so far. The results are conclusive: "Me and All My Friends" is a show some people have heard of.   Plus: holiday gift recommendations, whether Ben is a fraud, and other unrelated topics.   -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blakeford.com   Music by Jo...

Joe Bandy Jr., Local Businessman/Bingo MC (Short)

November 25, 2021 19:40 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MB

Name: Joe Bandy Jr. Age: 90 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Did you know?: Bandywood Drive in Nashville is named after his family. "There was a fellow that worked in my dad's office named Woodcock, C.C. Woodcock. And one day he came in and said, 'Joe, I've got a problem. I'm trying to develop that property that I own and the city has already turned down three names for the street, and I've got to get a name for the street.' And my dad thought a minute - so he tells me - and said, 'name it...

Joe Bandy Jr., Local Businessman/Bingo MC (Long)

November 25, 2021 19:40 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Name: Joe Bandy Jr. Age: 90 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Did you know?: Bandywood Drive in Nashville is named after his family. "There was a fellow that worked in my dad's office named Woodcock, C.C. Woodcock. And one day he came in and said, 'Joe, I've got a problem. I'm trying to develop that property that I own and the city has already turned down three names for the street, and I've got to get a name for the street.' And my dad thought a minute - so he tells me - and said, 'name it...

Wine Group with Jean Oldfield, Ann Walling, and Frances M. Edwards (Short)

November 11, 2021 19:20 - 10 minutes - 9.16 MB

Name: Wine Group Members: Jean Oldfield, Ann Walling, Frances M. Edwards, Ben Oddo Ages: 92, 81, 91, 32 What would they think of Ben if they met him in the 60s?:  Frances: "Back in those days you would have been somebody that I would've thought was interesting, and I'd like to know what you had to offer." Jean: "Maybe I would wonder what you did for a living. I guess because the way you're dressed maybe." Ann: "My mother would have thought you were poorly dressed."   -- Sponsor Bla...

Wine Group with Jean Oldfield, Ann Walling, and Frances M. Edwards (Long)

November 11, 2021 19:20 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MB

Name: Wine Group Members: Jean Oldfield, Ann Walling, Frances M. Edwards, Ben Oddo Ages: 92, 81, 91, 32 What would they think of Ben if they met him in the 60s?:  Frances: "Back in those days you would have been somebody that I would've thought was interesting, and I'd like to know what you had to offer." Jean: "Maybe I would wonder what you did for a living. I guess because the way you're dressed maybe." Ann: "My mother would have thought you were poorly dressed."   -- Sponsor Bla...

Leon Tonelson, The Fruit of the Loom Salesman (Long)

October 29, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

Name: Leon Tonelson Age: 87 Hometown: The Bronx, New York Member of: The 8730 Club "It's a very exclusive club. Your body is 87 years old - it has to be, otherwise you can't be in that club - and your mind has to be at 30. You can't have an 87 year-old body and an 87 year-old mind. You're not in the club."  "That's the 8787 Club." "That's the 8787 Club. That's one club you don't want to be in." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of sen...

Leon Tonelson, The Fruit of the Loom Salesman (Short)

October 29, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MB

Name: Leon Tonelson Age: 87 Hometown: The Bronx, New York Member of: The 8730 Club "It's a very exclusive club. Your body is 87 years old - it has to be, otherwise you can't be in that club - and your mind has to be at 30. You can't have an 87 year-old body and an 87 year-old mind. You're not in the club."  "That's the 8787 Club." "That's the 8787 Club. That's one club you don't want to be in." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of sen...

Steve McHugh, My Roommate's Grandfather (Short)

October 14, 2021 19:40 - 9 minutes - 8.73 MB

Name: Steve McHugh Age: 86 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Number of Steve-isms Used During this Episode: 3  "I didn't give a great big o' fuzzy gray rat's ass." "I played a little tennis, wasn't very good at that. Every time the ball came over the net it looked like a new moon rising." "Just enough garlic to gladden the heart of a Roman." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashvi...

Steve McHugh, My Roommate's Grandfather (Long)

October 14, 2021 19:40 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

Name: Steve McHugh Age: 86 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Number of Steve-isms Used During this Episode: 3  "I didn't give a great big o' fuzzy gray rat's ass." "I played a little tennis, wasn't very good at that. Every time the ball came over the net it looked like a new moon rising." "Just enough garlic to gladden the heart of a Roman." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashvi...

Frances M. Edwards, The Sex Educator (Long)

September 30, 2021 17:25 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Name: Frances M. Edwards Age: 91 Hometown: Tupelo, Mississippi Did you know?: "Lions are the only multi-orgasmic male beasts." "Wow." "That's why I have that picture over there." "Oddly enough, a tiger with a human. There's a woman - a lounging woman - on the tiger, knowing for a fact he's a multi-orgasmic beast." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blak...

Frances M. Edwards, The Sex Educator (Short)

September 30, 2021 17:25 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MB

Name: Frances M. Edwards Age: 91 Hometown: Tupelo, Mississippi Did you know?: "Lions are the only multi-orgasmic male beasts." "Wow." "That's why I have that picture over there." "Oddly enough, a tiger with a human. There's a woman - a lounging woman - on the tiger, knowing for a fact he's a multi-orgasmic beast." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blak...

Dr. Gene Regen, The Renaissance Man (Long)

September 16, 2021 15:50 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Name: Dr. Gene Regen Age: 91 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Boxing Record: 1-0 "I only had one TKO, and that was John Jay Hooker." "John Jay Hooker, the political gadfly." "Yes, uh-huh. And he had had a lot of private training and I was scared to death of him. So I only threw one punch. I went out, dashed around a little bit, faked a left above his head, and unloaded everything I had in my right hand right in his solar plexus. He flopped back on the mat and wouldn't get up." -- Spons...

Dr. Gene Regen, The Renaissance Man (Short)

September 16, 2021 15:50 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

Name: Dr. Gene Regen Age: 91 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Boxing Record: 1-0 "I only had one TKO, and that was John Jay Hooker." "John Jay Hooker, the political gadfly." "Yes, uh-huh. And he had had a lot of private training and I was scared to death of him. So I only threw one punch. I went out, dashed around a little bit, faked a left above his head, and unloaded everything I had in my right hand right in his solar plexus. He flopped back on the mat and wouldn't get up." -- Spons...

Vera Burriss, The German (Short)

September 02, 2021 15:10 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MB

Name: Vera Burriss Age: 84 Hometown: Berlin, Germany Drink of choice: "Uh, tonight I'll probably have a gin and tonic with ice cubes."   "What else do you drink? You drink Martinis?"   "Friday night's Martini night."   "Go on."   "Sunday night is...are you sure this--"   "No, we're gonna keep this all in." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blake...

Vera Burriss, The German (Long)

September 02, 2021 15:10 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Name: Vera Burriss Age: 84 Hometown: Berlin, Germany Drink of choice: "Uh, tonight I'll probably have a gin and tonic with ice cubes."   "What else do you drink? You drink Martinis?"   "Friday night's Martini night."   "Go on."   "Sunday night is...are you sure this--"   "No, we're gonna keep this all in." -- Sponsor Blakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blake...

Introducing "Me and All My Friends"

August 31, 2021 20:10 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MB

“Me and All My Friends” is an interview podcast that shares the stories of older folks in a way that is entertaining and restorative. It is a show for anyone who wants to connect with octogenarians and septuagenarians (but not sexagenarians - too young). Unlike most shows about aging or geriatric matters, our project will transcend generations while treating our subjects with the vibrancy, humor, and dignity they deserve. Hosted by Ben Oddo and produced in partnership with Blakeford Senior ...