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Janice and I are fascinated by history, she loves reading biographies and I love going to museums. Both serve the same purpose; to increase our knowledge of the past, learn our commonalities with other cultures, try to figure out our place in the world and find a way to not keep watching “Odd Couple” reruns all the time. But let’s be honest, that show is a treasure and the jokes never get old. Your Agenda hosts happily present their stultifying lack of knowledge as they scrap

This particular conversation was born out of my epiphany that, while I had heard of the Crimean War, I had never learned anything about Crimea; its history, geography, language, exports, or other AI headings. I knew only that they'd been in a war, and also felt confident in my strong suspicion that they, like other places I've visited, inexplicably run Kojak and Mannix reruns all day long on their hotel TVs. When I confronted Greg with the question - did HE learn anything abo

Life is hard enough with real problems but all of us seem to have demons lurking in the inner recesses of our mind. From high places (acrophobia) and outdoor spaces (agoraphobia) to spiders (arachnophobia) snakes (ophidiophobia), clowns (coulrophobia) and bananas(yes, bananaphobia is an actual fear!), phobias creep up on you when you least expect them and impact your life. Basically, there’s a lot of nutty people out there and we love every one of the for a very simple reas

There’s no better way to expand your view of the world, appreciate other cultures, experience living history and feel connected with other people than to travel. Yet for all the places Janice and I have travelled, and we’ve travelled a LOT, we certainly have war stories and hacks to share. So join us for a world tour and wish list of destinations romantic, exotic and meaningful, with a little annoyance and exhaustion thrown in for good measure. All aboard! - GH

We recorded Are We Old? about 5 months ago, I can hear the dew of youth in our voices. This was the second or third episode we did, an early experiment of me making segue noises instead of shelling out cash to buy royalty-free sound effects. What did we know? It was Spring ‘26 and we were both still only 62 years old. In general, Greg and I talk a lot about age: do we look it, do we feel it, how long do we have, and is watching reruns of New Girl really making the most of tha

Janice gets total credit for coming up with this one! Only she was aware of the correlation between Post Toasties and going postal. The behavioral science unit at Quantico could learn a lot from her, and you will too in this episode of The Agenda! One of the best things about these episodes is that we discover new things about each other, like Janice’s fascination with breakfast food and my deep bench of serial killer stats. We wanted to make sure you were up to date on your

I’ll speak for myself, I’m pretty repressed and it’s not easy for me to admit all the embarrassing things I’ve done in my life. So spilling it all on our podcast is either (1) badass, (2) a demonstration of personal growth, or (3) an unvarnished ploy to build listenership. The answer, of course, is 3. I’ve done so many embarrassing things that the limitations of cyberspace made editing this episode a special challenge. And now I’ll speak for Greg: he’s embarrassing too. Agend

Relationship Do's and Don'ts Welcome to The Agenda Podcast (the agendapod.com) where you will meet Janice and Greg - and Jake - our lovable Shih Tzu who has since passed away but barks forever in our hearts. This is our first podcast and our first blog! How did we get here? Why “The Agenda”? Janice keeps lists of subjects on her phone that she wants to discuss with other people; she calls each one, you guessed it, an Agenda. Greg had been wanting to do a podcast with Janice f

Navigating the right way to handle every situation is a matrix of appropriate behavior, pleasant conversation and non-confrontational banter. We relive our stories through this hellscape of forced smiles and gifts that are welcome but not too expensive. Many years ago when I worked in international television, representing TV shows for sales around the world, it was important to understand various cultures and what was acceptable during meetings. Eye contact, the correct hand

One of us really does NOT like "The Sound of Music." Guess who in this episode! Breaking down our loves, likes and lookaways... Boy, you never really know how curmudgeonly you sound until you launch a podcast. We did this one called Whattaya Like and it turns out - not much! (Spoiler - at the end Greg and I find out we like each other - which is not a bad reason to launch a podcast) (conversely, doing it for the money IS a bad reason and I’m typing quickly before the repo tea