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Have you joined a social-networking Web site? Do you text? Do you read the newspaper online?
Even if you're a Baby Boomer who HAS embraced the ever-evolving tech scene, your children and grandchildren may doubt that you'll ever keep up or fully embrace new gadgets the way they do.
A study sponsored by AARP and Microsoft- "Boomers and Technology: An Extended Conversation"- set out to determine exactly where Boomers stand.
The study was overseen by Michael Rogers- a so-called "futurist." In this edition of Prime Time Radio, Rogers joins host Mike Cuthbert to discuss his findings.
Then … Listening to certain types of music has been shown to lower blood pressure, relieve depression, stabilize blood pressure and even lessen the need for sedatives and pain killers during and after surgery.
Dr. Joanne Loewy is at the forefront of practicing music therapy and investigating its benefits.
She directs The Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and has edited two books on music therapy, “Music Therapy in Pediatric Pain” and “Music Therapy in the NICU.”
This wide-ranging conversation with Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert covers how music therapy started to gain acceptance in medical circles, how it can benefit patients with heart disease and much more.
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Piece Description
Have you joined a social-networking Web site? Do you text? Do you read the newspaper online?
Even if you're a Baby Boomer who HAS embraced the ever-evolving tech scene, your children and grandchildren may doubt that you'll ever keep up or fully embrace new gadgets the way they do.
A study sponsored by AARP and Microsoft- "Boomers and Technology: An Extended Conversation"- set out to determine exactly where Boomers stand.
The study was overseen by Michael Rogers- a so-called "futurist." In this edition of Prime Time Radio, Rogers joins host Mike Cuthbert to discuss his findings.
Then … Listening to certain types of music has been shown to lower blood pressure, relieve depression, stabilize blood pressure and even lessen the need for sedatives and pain killers during and after surgery.
Dr. Joanne Loewy is at the forefront of practicing music therapy and investigating its benefits.
She directs The Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and has edited two books on music therapy, “Music Therapy in Pediatric Pain” and “Music Therapy in the NICU.”
This wide-ranging conversation with Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert covers how music therapy started to gain acceptance in medical circles, how it can benefit patients with heart disease and much more.
Timing and Cues
00:00 - 01:00 Billboard (promotes both halves)
01:00 - 01:05 Silent Pause (allows cutaway to newscast)
01:05 - 28:04 Segment #1 (optional fundraising cutaway between 24:00-26:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")
28:05 - 30:05 MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS with Bill Newcott
30:05 - 30:07 Silent Pause (allows stations to cutaway for I.D., weather report, etc.)
30:07 - 30:34 Billboard for Segment #2 (runs :27)
30:35 - 54:00 Segment #2 (optional fundraising cutaway between 48:00-50:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")
54:00 - 54:05 Silent Pause
54:05 - 59:00 "PRIME TIME POSTSCRIPT" (optional module for stations that do not insert a newscast at the top of the hour)
59:00 - 59:05 Silent Pause
59:05 - 59:25 :20 Promo
59:25 - 59:30 Silent Pause
59:30 - 59:59 :29 Promo
Additional Credits
Associate Producer: Angel Todd;
Engineer: Ben Pizzuto
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