The Iseeoldpeople Podcast

Dr. Bruce rambles on about literary deception in popular works of fiction and the long wait times in the Canadian Health Care system. 

Dr. Bruce rambles on about the devious all out attack on his beloved favourite drink and gets a bit hot under the collar talking about the loss of his Rights and Freedoms.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about achieving 6 years of sobriety and does a deep dive into his ongoing struggle with his daily companion, pain.      *55515*

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his 4000 Mile odyssey, travelling around the Great Lakes. Visiting the 45th Parallel, the half way point between the North Pole and the Equator, stood at the Geographical centre of North America in South Dakota and crossed the abyss where the water flows, the point where water eventually makes it to the Atlantic Ocean or move a few feet west and the water flows to the Arctic Ocean. Plus a bunch of other stuff!

Dr. Bruce rambles on about aging, invisibileness (is that a word?) and a duck.  Poor Poor Delores.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his role as a Domestic Engineer, managing his household and the multiple positive effects that have resulted from this new and exciting career.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about feeling healthy and then spends a bit of time talking about how much things have changed since the 60's and 70's with regards to freedom, smoking and drinking. (hint: 2 of the three are much better now)

Dr. Bruce has hit the Back Nine of the Podcast journey. The 10 year project following ages 60 to 70 years of age is now in it's sixth year. 

Dr. Bruce drones on about his 5 years of sobriety and his health status. 

Dr. Bruce philosophizes on the biggest change that has happened in the World on his watch. 

Dr. Bruce rambles on about getting to the half way point in his preposed 10 year podcast journey

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his podcast numbers, autumn in Norfolk county and his 24/7 little friend, tinnitus

Dr. Bruce gives his 'Cake Talk' on his drinking journey. In AA, your sobriety date is your Birthday and you usually get the floor and then you all have cake. So there is no cake today, but you get the talk. All talk, no cake.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his recent drive over the North Shore, the ducks that made his yard their home and his ongoing mitigation of the omnipresent tinnitus shaking his brain every day.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his 2016 trip to Myanmar and his recent experience almost running out of gas in Manitoba.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about travelling when he was young and penniless and how much more exciting those travels were in comparison to recent trips.  It was great to go down memory lane, because that is all we have, there were not many pictures taken.

It has been three and a half years since Dr. Bruce drank any alcohol. He takes a few moments to talk about his drinking career and how he managed to get to long term sobriety.

Dr. Bruce goes down memory lane on his 64th birthday with a couple stories about his mother.

In Loving Memory

Patricia Anne  1934-2023 

Dr. Bruce is a typical boomer. He has worked almost continuously since he was 12 years old. Walking dogs and delivering the TV Guide to Grain Elevators and Paper Mills as a teenager, work was plentiful and having a job was just second nature.  

Dr. Bruce is whining about his chronic tinnitus and nervous about his upcoming CT Scan of his Skull and Ears, but at least he is heeding the advise of so many and getting his head examined.  

Dr. Bruce finally gets behind the mic again and tries to put into words his frustration with the seemingly never ending Madness that now defines our world in 2022.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his two years abstention from alcohol and his present state of health.  Spoiler......He's just getting old. 

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his Flight of Fancy that never got off the ground, his 6 days in the car to get to Winnipeg and back and his love for nature and all it's glory.

Dr. Bruce was walking on air a couple weeks ago, only to be deflated and is now losing hope that the Age of Madness will end soon. 

They rode for our freedom, instead, we are under martial law. 

Dr. Bruce is spitting mad and has finally found his voice in this Time of Madness. The Truckers are heading to Ottawa, this nightmare is going to end.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about the winter weather, reads an ode to his father and a glimpse of what it was like growing up in the 60's.

Dr. Bruce is back after a four month hiatus to celebrate his 62nd Birthday, rambling on about everything but that damn Elephant in the room.

The book Breathe by James Nestor is referred to in the Podcast.

Dr. Bruce decides that it is is in his best interests to end the ISeeOldPeople Podcast. It has been an incredible 1 3/4 year experience and hopefully, if hope returns to our world the podcast can resume in one form or another.

"Until then, thanks for listening, you have been a loyal and engaging audience, I will miss you all." Dr. Bruce

Dr. Bruce celebrates one year of sobriety; a journey of learning to be honest with yourself and to build resilience because of that honesty.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about reaching 11 months of Sobriety, the third Ontario lockdown and an unexpected online teaching gig that came at just the right time.

Dr. Bruce plows through a month filled with health problems and both external and self created stressors. He shares his heartfelt gratitude for his wife and his growth emotionally at 10 months of sobriety.

A battered and bruised Dr. Bruce attempts to deliver a podcast with questionable results.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his 8th month of Sobriety, a milestone he has reached twice before.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about trying to find a new direction for his podcast in the Age of Madness and reminisces about his father after he realizes he can not remember the sound of his voice.

Dr. Bruce just wants to lay out what it is like at this exact moment on Mother Earth as a thoughtful and concerned contemporary witness to the day's events.

Dr. Bruce realizes he is brooding too much about the Age of Madness and it is affecting his social relationships, then he gets worked up about personal and medical freedoms, thus proving everyone's point!

Dr. Bruce celebrates his 61st birthday and the 1 year anniversary of the ISeeOldPeople Podcast.  47 episodes! An almost weekly experience!

Dr. Bruce rambles on about Mennonites and medical freedoms, getting his first tattoo and volunteering. 

Dr. Bruce follows up on his last episode when he left it up in the air as to what happened to his passenger after their traumatic car accident as well as rambling on about enjoying his return to the sunny climate of Southern Ontario.

Not really rambling today, some serious pain on display.  I looked back trying to determine the exact date that it occurred and found an account that I had written of the incident the next day. Fresh and Raw, it has given me insight to the the trauma of that night and how it has affected me for almost two decades afterward. 

Dr. Bruce rambles on about walking the track at the gym, losing some weight and finally finishing David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

Dr. Bruce, tired of the madness around him decides to escape into his amateur singing, sharing a few of his favourites.

Blue Umbrella by John Prine

Helpless by Neil Young

Just a Gigolo/That's Amore by Louie Primo

Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash

Dr. Bruce rambles on about the introduction of Seed Oils into the modern diet in 1865, attending what he thought was his first protest (it wasn't) and getting a scolding after only his first week attending a new gym.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his two week self quarantine ending, plans for a Steak dinner out, his observations on a random hipster and his joy over the return of live sports.

Dr. Bruce returns to the 'Common Sense' province for a reprieve in this time of madness.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery and the powers of observation in health care.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about his recent retirement and reads his 2018 short story, The Last Chiropractor.

Dr. Bruce rambles on about going to the Zoo, retirement and medical tyranny. 

Dr. Bruce rambles on about finally catching a fish, the fragrant smell of Cannabis growing in the County and advising his listeners to avoid King-Sized beds. Quite a potpourri of topics!

Dr. Bruce finally turns the car around and drives the 20 hours back to Norfolk County.