Camp Codger

03/20/2026

Trump's un-American SAVE America Act is a democracy-destroying disaster.

The SAVE America Act is voter suppression at its worst. Millions of voters born in the U.S. will be denied the right to vote.

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.