In this special episode from April, 2025, host Walter Gottlieb and digital media manager Shahab Shokouhi answer your questions & school the trolls from our Facebook page. Questions include: Will Social Security still be there for me? How much money is in the trust fund? And when will people formerly limited by WEP & GPO get their checks? We also answer the Facebook trolls who insist we are "commie Democrats spreading lies." Fun times!

Ann Crittenden was a correspondent for the New York Times in the late 70s and early 80s. She left the paper to care for her newborn son --- and later become an advocate for the millions of Americans who stay at home to care for kids, elderly parents, or other relatives in need. Author of the 2001 best-seller, "The Price of Motherhood," Ann says it's finally time that our society placed more value on caregiving --- and caregivers! She also reflects back on her time at the "Newspaper of Record," aka "The Grey Lady," including putting a member of Congress in jail and the perks of being a Times correspondent.

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley worked hard to improve customer service at the Social Security Administration --- only to see Trump, Musk & DOGE interefere in the agency and reverse the significant progress of O'Malley and his team. Beneficiaries can't get through on the 1-800 number, SSA's website is crashing, and people are being declared 'dead' while very much alive. O'Malley worries that Trump, Musk & DOGE could 'break the system,' affecting millions of Social Security beneficiaries. This is an encore episode from March, 2025.