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Retirement At 65 – Still Possible?   Are you ready or thinking of retiring?  Forget it! The act of leaving your job after decades of service is a traumatic transition, even for the best of us. Is it because of unfinished aspirations or an emotional sense of security and well-being? When we cease to earn money we question our own value. Who are we and what are we going to do? 25% of adults expect to retire by age 65 but 39% think otherwise.  We could be working up to age 74, before you know it’s 80 plus. In this week’s US World Report radio broadcast we meet a Walmart greeter who fits this description. The U.S. government wants us to take the initiative for retirement planning nowadays. Suddenly we find ourselves completely unprepared for this task.  What happened to our pensions? What’s going to happen to Social Security? Baby boomers are facing bankruptcy in growing numbers. Most Americans only have about a thousand dollars saved.  Don’t take anything for granted. Join anchorman Tom Osborne, political scient

‘Millennials & Marriage-Saying I Don’t!’ Millennials, are saying no to traditional marriage in record numbers…and that’s not all. In Western culture in the late 18th century, marriage transformed from an economic arrangement into a union based on love. Now it may again be heading toward radical change. Marriage rates are plummeting. The median age at first marriage is now 27 for women and 29 for men — up from 20 for women and 23 for men in 1960. The median age at first marriage is now 27 for women and 29 for men. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg…  Today an unprecedented portion of millennials will remain unmarried through age 40, a recent Urban Institute report predicted. The marriage rate might drop to 70 percent -- a figure well below rates for boomers (91 percent), late boomers (87 percent) and Gen Xers (82 percent). In 2008 41% of all American babies were born to single mothers. Join Tom Osborne and the U.S. World Report radio team as they explore this unique and timely journey into unknown wate

'The U.S. Debt – Does It Really Matter?’ 21Trillion dollars!  What me Worry? Debt or deficit, Who's responsible?   When do they start docking your check? Some say the economy is in great shape.  Who says? Confusion reigns as those who are rich get richer. When is the next recession? Should we raise taxes or cut spending? Tune into US World Report Radio to find out the answers to these questions and more with Tom Osborne, Dr. David Kanervo, Mary Saliba and Ken McCaleb.

Why are some 4 and 5 year-old children able to master a musical instrument? Some even can sing before they have learned to talk. Join Tom Osborne, Dr. David Kanervo, Mary Saliba & Ken McCaleb for a fascinating romp into the land of the metaphysical. This is not your usual US World Report radio broadcast but a sincere look at some very gifted children. A 2011 study suggested parents of children with ADHD who label their children as "indigos" may perceive problematic behaviors emblematic of ADHD to be more positive and experience less frustration and disappointment, though they still experience more negative emotions and conflicts than parents of children without a diagnosis. Is this a relationship to autism or are these misunderstood children simply genius? Crystal Kids is a concept related to indigo children and has been linked by autism researcher Mitzi Waltz to the autistic spectrum. Proponent’s re-categorize autistic symptoms as telepathic powers, and attempt to re-conceptualize the autistic traits ass

World Wide Web – How Safe Is It? Are children any safer now than they were 30 years ago on the Internet? Join Tom Osborne’s US World Report radio news team for this week’s broadcast. Tech firms are finding themselves on the defensive these days. Critics accuse them of not doing enough to curb the spread of "fake news" which has helped polarize election campaigns around the world and of maximizing profits by harvesting data on consumers’ browsing habits. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who in 1989 invented the World Wide Web as a way to exchange information, said the Internet had deviated from the goals its founders had envisaged. "All kinds of things have have gone wrong. We have fake news, we have problems with privacy, we have people being phished, profiled and manipulated," he said in a recent symposium. Berners-Lee, 63, called on governments, companies and citizens to iron out a "complete contract" for the web that will make the internet "safe and accessible" for all by May 2019, the date by w

‘The New Music Business (Part 2) Production Vs. Content’ This is not your mother’s, grandmothers or great grandparents music business.  But what is it? When did everything start sounding the same? We’ve gone from ‘Singing In The Rain’ to ‘Purple Rain’ without a missing a beat. What happened to the melody along the way and when was the last time you whistled a happy tune? Find out in this week’s US World Report radio broadcast how little you actually know about this evolving industry. It may be a bridge over troubled water. Lyrics laced with obvious profanity have been adopted by our children and sung in our school halls. But there’s hope for the future as we explore 19-year old singing sensation Taliana from Los Angeles. Guided by Grammy nominee Lou Stallman and his writing partner Jerry Potente we follow this trio thru the pitfalls of modern music production. From a songwriting workshop to a radio debut, you the listener get a front row seat.  

The New Music Business (Part 1 of 2)  A disturbing new music industry statistic claims that artists will only get 12 percent of the $43 billion the industry generates annually. According to the report, the industry's $43 billion year of 2017 was its most profitable since 2006. Listeners are spending more money than ever before, largely on streaming and live music, with consumer spending totaling more than $20 billion last year. Companies like Pandora & Spotify are financially hitting songwriters hard. Why? As middlemen including labels, radio companies and streaming services step in to sell and distribute music, they each take cuts of the profits, siphoning revenue away from both the songwriters and their recording artists.  Yet it's not all bad news. The report points out that the piece of the revenue pie that artists receive has actually grown over the past few decades, rising to 12 percent from just 7 percent in 2000 as artists explore routes like self-releasing their music. Artists' cut will likely co

Time Travel – Is It Possible? Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a widely-recognized concept in philosophy and fiction. Imagine the reaction by readers of H. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine. The book was of course was ahead of its time… It is uncertain if time travel to the past is physically possible. Forward time travel, outside the usual sense of the perception of time, is an extensively-observed phenomenon and well-understood within the framework of special relativity and general relativity. However, making one body advance or delay more than a few milliseconds compared to another body is not feasible with current technology. As for backwards time travel, it is possible to find solutions in general relativity that allow for it, but the solutions require conditions that may not be physically possible. Join T

RT – Exposing Russian Television RT (formerly Russia Today) is a Russian international television network funded by the Russian government. It operates pay television channels directed to audiences outside of Russia, as well as providing Internet content in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic and Russian.  RT has been frequently described as a propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy.  RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation by news reporters, including some former RT reporters. The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached its rules on impartiality and of broadcasting "materially misleading" content. Is this the Putin Propaganda Channel? Join Tom Osborne and his news team of US World Report Radio as they expose this Networks long-term disturbing intentions. It’s a broadcast you won’t want to miss!

Brexit –What’s Up? Have Aliens taken over the minds of those calling the shots in the United Kingdom?  At a perilous time in National and Domestic affairs, U.S. alliances are shaken. Britain’s uncertain future raises questions about one of our most important allies when we need it the most. What is Putin to make of all this chaos and how will he take advantage of it? Will this threaten the carefully laid Good Friday peace between Northern Ireland and the South? Will this re-ignite ‘The Troubles’ in which 3500 lives were lost. Where is Prime Minister May trying to take the UK in the weeks to come with a deadline looming on March 29th? Should the United States become a subject of her majesty? Join Tom Osborne and his news team for this week’s installment of US World Report Radio & we’ve nicknamed it ‘Brexit For Dummies!’

Ocean Dumping – The Human Toilet  150 million metric tons of trash have been dumped into the Earth’s oceans. It’s been going on since man first set sail on the high seas. But when the invention of plastics and cruise line ships entered the equation, the increase of illegal dumping has become unprecedented. The cost to what was once abundant marine life and our ecosystems haven’t been fully realized. US World Report Radio reveals only a sketch of how serious this problem has become. Join Tom Osborne, Dr. David Kanervo, Ken McCaleb and Mary Saliba as they explore the resistance and undertow to change. In 2018 a young Dutchman has set out on his life’s mission. His goal is to clean up ½ of this mess within 5 years. We’ve concluded that 192 countries are responsible and suggest they join in this effort. We’re all in this together…

Fear Of Food – Alerts & Recalls  What do Oprah, Paul McCartney, Alfred Hitchcock and Godzilla all have in common? They all share an uncommon fear of food or at least some variety of it. There has been a lot of recalls in the last two years. US World Report Radio has decided to dig in this topic with their forks, knives and spoons ready for re-action. Some of the news team’s discoveries can be traced to plain old eating preferences while others were the result of childhood trauma. But, refrigeration and transport have played a role in food contamination as well. What about genetic modification? We dive head first into the waters of Monsanto Corporation now owned by Bayer Aspirin of Germany. Only Tom Osborne could make such clarity of the facts as we know them today. Dr. David Kanervo peels back the history and how we got to our modern handling of food in the 21st Century. Ken McCaleb and Mary Saliba approach this week’s topic whimsically but with serious undertones. If you like to eat food, then this is a

Major Companies Go Belly Up! US World Report Radio remembers the companies and industry products that made America the envy of the world:  from Sears to Xerox, all fallen by the wayside.  What happened?  Where did they go and Why? We look at a world where tariffs and trade wars have returned and Amazon rules the day, bringing precious products to our doorstep on time, with little care for where they were made and by whom? Join us as we recall the day when all you needed was a Sears catalogue where you could order every household need from furniture to an actual house, completed and delivered to your lot. Take a ride with us on the luxurious Pan Am Airlines, an American icon of luxury, first to fly passengers around the world, not to mention carrying the Beatles to New York.  Who could forget them waving in front of the Pan Am logo now long gone, replaced by shoe horn seating and sometimes rude flight attendants. US World Report Radio takes a listen to Steve Jobs as he explains the sad day when marketing took

Enlightenment – What/Who Inspires You? There are many inspiring success stories here in the United States: Oprah, Steve Jobs, Ronald Reagan, Maya Angelou, Jimi Hendrix & Mark Twain to name just a few. In the last year of his life when he was campaigning for president, Robert Kennedy would close each speech with the words of George Bernard Shaw: “Some see things as they are and ask ‘Why? Others dream things that never were, and ask Why Not!”   Senator Kennedy launched his campaign for the presidency to reassure Americans that even though his brother JFK had been assassinated a few years earlier, the ability to dream the impossible was still alive. His campaign inspired millions to believe again that one person can make a difference.  Join US World Report Radio this week as we examine this question Enlightenment, What/Who Inspires You? How much did our parents, teachers, politicians, or religions influence us? Is there a secret gene all successful people have that drives them in their accomplishments? The a

The End Of Aging – Can It Be True?   First of all, and contrary to popular belief, aging is not universal. Species such as lobsters, rockfishes and tortoises show no sign of aging. Secondly, humankind is, in a sense, a struggle against Nature. How else can you explain the popularity of today’s so called Vampire Facelift procedure? Join Tom Osborne and his radio news team for a peek into the not too distant future where old mice are getting younger. Stem cells are battling the wears and tears of our fragile human bodies making them young and strong again. Numerous studies have shown that calorie restriction can lengthen our lifespans by more than 30%. So, does that mean to live longer we need to starve ourselves and eye each other hungrily? There’s even a fountain of youth recipe on our program this week. What are the economic ramifications of living to 100, 200, 1000 or more years of age? It’s all here on US World Report Radio waiting for you to digest.  Will these treatments only be available to the super ri

The Next Pandemic – How Soon?  A pandemic occurs when a specific influenza virus to which people have little or no immunity, spreads around the world to people from many countries. US World Report Radio explores the 1918 Influenza pandemic which took the lives of over 100 million people in the US alone and warns of a future looming health crisis. Are we prepared for what medical professionals have deemed as inevitable? Will Measles, Ebola, Zika, Bird and Swine flu all outpace our efforts to contain them?  It’s time to expose and address the fake news link to vaccination and child health issues. Join Tom Osborne, Dr. David Kanervo, Mary Saliba and Ken McCaleb for this very serious discussion that parents worldwide need to hear. Is there a magic pill or shot that will cure us? No, but there is plenty we can do to avoid any harm to our friends and families. US World Report Radio will soon be heard in Washington State where a recent surge in Measles activity has taken place. With regard to Pandemics... timing is

The Psychology Of Animals Do animals have a mind in the same manner that humans have a mind? Can they distinguish themselves from their environment? Do they have a mental concept of the past, the present and their own mortality? US World Report asks are animals self-aware? How do they categorize objects in their world? Why and how do some birds have the ability to speak better than humans? In this radio broadcast the news team explores the PTSD effects of WWII dogs returning from battle. MRI’s are taken of crocodiles listening to music and what their brains prefer to hear. Even animal hoarders have been known to cause serious psychological damage to their over crowded tenants/pets. Do animals plan for the future? It’s all here for you to learn much more and enjoy. We also present the theories of whether or not your furry or feathered critters are capable of compassion and love.

Artificial Intelligence – Servant or Master   ‘AI’ as it is also known is here to stay. Even if we wanted it to go away it would reset itself. US World Report attempts an impossible autopsy on this controversial topic. Machines like this never die but will we be allowed to turn them off? Will they be engaged in our future battlefields and whose side will they take? Can they oversee our Supreme Courts and consciously dole out equitable punishment? We’ve already embraced AI in the medical profession but do we want to receive our nightly newscasts from them? Meet the lovely but creepy Sophia. Perhaps she’s not the woman of your dreams but she can change your life… or end it. 

Billionaires seem to be coming out of the woodwork and running for president. The art of the deal is being shown for what it is. The disintegration of our treasured democracy for the entire world to see and it may be irreversible.  There are those, one hundred million strong, who say no that is not the case. Our newest installment of US World Report asks are you one of those? Never before in our history have we experienced such peril to our government from within.  Is the American democracy up for sale and who is profiting? Now more than ever join our radio news team’s discussion on this watershed moment in the defense of our nation and its heritage. Find out the salaries of heads of state from around the world and decide if we can afford to pay Donald Trump just one dollar per year? Remember how we all felt about Richard Nixon in 1974… well, is history going to repeat itself?

Not so… Americans are speaking out loud and clear. They’re saying we're fed up with Washington D.C. politics. The shut down is affecting over one million federal workers who like many of us live from paycheck to paycheck. In the absence of these workers our whole nation’s vital protection system is unplugged and in chaos. Whether it be food or nuclear weapons, no one is minding the store. The DOD officials say, “We cannot emphasize too much how destructive this shutdown really is. It ripples through the entire National defense preparedness.” Join Tom Osborne and the no spin US World Report radio news team as they dedicate their first syndicated program to this alarming discussion. Why is the proposed 5 billion dollar wall holding our country hostage and where are the adults in the room? The international community remains speechless!