Camp Codger

12/11/2025

Richard Kipling, my Camp Codger co-founder, co-host, and one of my very best friends, is gone. I miss him deeply.

Ricard Kipling, co-founder and co-host of the Camp Codger podcast, is gone. We lost one of our best friends and a wonderful human being.

06/11/2025

Gary really struggled on his last hike up Picacho Peak. His age is catching up, but he's not giving up. He has a new mantra for dealing with aging: allow-accept-adapt. It might just work...

04/15/2025

Gary's dinner with friends starts with the usual organ recital and wraps up with some good advice for seniors from Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood). The YouTube version even has a bit of " action" at 2:30. Follow the links below for the audio and YouTube versions, or listen on your favorite podcast app.

12/31/2024

Gary discovers that Sam Toperoff, author of the article, In the Land of the Very Old, is no longer with us. Sam was an inspiration to him, a real-world example of a person in their 90s still being creative and productive as a writer. Sam will be missed.

Gary reflects on the passing of Sam Toperoff, the author of an article about aging in the Land of the Very Old.

12/17/2024

Gary receives an Explanation of Benefits statement from his Medicare Advantage company. He discovers his medical providers charged over a quarter of a million dollars for diagnosing and treating his cancer.

Healthcare billing insanity is a hallmark of the medical-industrial complex. Are those fantastical prices real? Who pays those amounts?

12/09/2024

Gary's surprising side effect from radiation treatment made him reconsider his decision to end the Prostate Papers series. A "wrap II" is in order.

09/17/2024

Gary Ebersole wraps up The Prostate Papers with a final episode about the biopsy and prostate cancer treatment decisions he made. It will be in the rearview mirror at the end of October. Hooray!

05/20/2024

Guess what? We screwed up when we published the last episode of The Prostate Papers. One more time (the link is below)...

05/19/2024

Gary takes a break from his prostate cancer research and talks about the members of his new club.

05/04/2024

Gary is back with another episode of The Prostate Papers. He discusses how he entered the prostate cancer maze with an elevated PSA score.

04/28/2024

In Chapter 3 of The Prostate Papers (our Camp Codger podcast), Gary comes out of the prostate cancer information rabbit hole to take stock of what he has learned.

04/23/2024

Gary's back with a report on his deep dive down the prostate cancer information rabbit hole. It can be overwhelming at times, but he feels it's worth the effort for guys entering the "prostate zone."

In chapter 2 of The Prostate Papers, Gary goes down the rabbit hole, searching for information about diagnosing and treating prostate cancer.