It's the cure-all wonder, a sure-fire panacea for all your ills, "and it's only a dollar, step right up, it's only a dollar, step right up..."
Turmeric - or, as Joe Queenan would have it - snake oil.
Sure, he's given it a try - but judging from this it's done nothing but make him gnarly.
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6:58
The Wisdom of Solomon
Who should you turn to in times of peril? Your elders, right? Joe begs to differ.
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4:50
The Water Cooler
Fifteen years of pain, in the shape of one man's drinking water contract that was only ever meant to help keep the American economy from tanking. Joe Queenan at his exasperated best.
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9:51
Surgical Strike-Out
Getting on in life most likely means becoming more familiar than you might like with your local medical professionals. Joe's a three-time loser when it comes to minor surgical operations, an epidemiological outlier who wants to know how many other people can claim the Triple Crown of failed procedures. Anyone heading for root canal surgery might want to skip this one.
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7:17
TRAILER
Joe Queenan welcomes you to his new podcast musing on all things to do with ageing and figuring out how to step off the stage of his career gracefully.
Joe Queenan has been around the block a time or two, and now finds himself in his seventies, ruminating on things he never thought would even affect him in ways he never would have predicted. By way of sharing the load he’s offering short insights into later life, stripped of the cliches and assumptions normally guaranteed when talk turns to ageing. They’re funny, they’re smart, and they’re blessedly brief - Joe’s not interested in wasting your time or his own.
Producer: Geoff Bird
UK