Podcast appearances and mentions of James R Hagerty

In 1938, the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt created a small agency called Fannie Mae. Intended to make home loans more accessible, the agency was born of the Great Depression and a government desperate to revive housing construction. It was a minor detail of the New Deal, barely recorded by the newspapers of the day. Over the next seventy years, Fannie Mae evolved into one of the largest financial companies in the world, owned by private shareholders but with its nearly $1 trillion of debt effectively guaranteed by the government. Almost from the beginning, critics repeatedly warned that Fannie was an accident waiting to happen. Then, in 2008, the housing market collapsed. Amid a wave of foreclosures, the company's capital began to run out, and the U.S. Treasury seized control. From the New Deal to the administration of President Obama, author James R. Hagerty explains this fascinating but little-understood saga. Based on his reporting for the Wall Street Journal, personal research and interviews with executives, regulators and congressional leaders, Hagerty charts the course of Fannie Mae. With The Fateful History of Fannie Mae, he explains the politics, economics and human frailties behind seven decades of missed opportunities to prevent a financial disaster. James R. (Bob) Hagerty is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He also has worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune in cities all over the globe. Hagerty worked on a WSJ team that won the Distinguished Business Reporting award for articles about the subprime mortgage crisis. Purchase his book HERE https://www.facebook.com/bob.hagerty.3 https://x.com/JamesRHagerty https://bsky.app/profile/jamesrhagerty.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-r-bob-hagerty-38371a6/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"If obituaries can't be fun, what's the point of dying?" - James Hagerty  Known to his friends as Bob, James Hagerty has an illustrious career as a staff reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal spanning over four decades, covering stories across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. James Hagerty is the author of "Yours Truly," a remarkable guide to crafting life stories. This exceptional book has garnered acclaim from prestigious publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and, of course, The Wall Street Journal. Currently a freelance writer for The WSJ, James has spent the last seven years crafting nearly 1,000 obituaries.  Get ready to gain powerful and also light-heated insights into the art of storytelling, especially the hardest story of all - your own! LINKS: James R. Hagerty- Special Guest  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-r-bob-hagerty-38371a6/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/JamesRHagerty Book Website - http://yours-truly.jamesrhagerty.com/ Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie talks with James "Bob" Hagerty, the Wall Street Journal's only full-time obituary columnist, regarding how to tell your own life story. Over the past 40 years, Hagerty has worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. Today, he is the paper's only full-time obituary writer. Each week, he writes three or four obituaries examining extraordinary lives he's discovered—both the famous and the obscure. He finds it absolutely inspiring! One of Hagerty's articles — regarding “an obituary writer writes one for himself”— yielded such an outpouring of reader responses, that it inspired his most recent book, Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story. In this episode Hagerty talks about what's he has learned from writing obituaries and how to make sure your life story is not boiled down to just a few lines after you die. Leaving things to chance, your obituary is almost certain to be solemn, formulaic and full of errors... but you can have the last word! Listen to the show live in San Francisco or via live-streaming on iHeart Radio worldwide… You can also listen on ANY podcast platform, including Apple podcast, iTunes, Spotify, TuneIN, Stitcher, Google Play and all the others. Sign up for the podcast here. SHOW NOTES: James "Bob" Hagerty: BIO & Some of Hagerty's stunningly engaging Obits: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/james-r.-hagerty BOOKS: Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story, by James R. Hagerty — In this surprisingly upbeat book about a usually downbeat subject, The Wall Street Journal's veteran obituary writer, James R. Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who want to have the last word by crafting their own stories in their own voices—with flourish, honesty, and even humor. The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall, by James R. Hagerty C-SPAN video – James “Bob” Hagerty talks about his excellent book: The Fateful History of Fannie Mae:https://www.c-span.org/video/?309009-1/the-fateful-history-fannie-mae

“No one understands the treasures to be found in life stories better than James R. Hagerty,” the New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene said in an advance review of Hagerty's “Yours Truly.” “Yours Truly” provides inspiring examples of life stories including both personal triumphs and disasters and injecting a dose of humor whenever possible. At The Wall Street Journal, Hagerty is known for writing about people who weren't famous but lived fascinating lives. His motto: If obituaries can't be fun, what's the point of dying? “Yours Truly” explains why and how people should take charge of the narrative of their life by writing or recording their memories, in long or short form. Having written more than 1,000 obituaries in the past seven years, Hagerty believes that everyone has interesting stories to tell and that preserving them can be the best gift ever given to friends and loved ones. “Being famous is not a prerequisite for valuing and preserving your best stories and the lessons you've learned,” he says. Contrary to popular belief, telling and preserving those stories isn't a chore to be taken up only in old age, Hagerty writes. Instead, young and middle-aged people should start keeping notes, recordings and annotated pictures. Hagerty, who grew up in North Dakota and has lived in Pittsburgh since 2005, is The Wall Street Journal's lead obituary writer. https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-r-bob-hagerty-38371a6/

Telling the stories of long, healthy and productive lives is what we do here.  We share insights into how people conduct themselves - the habits, hacks, lessons and learning curves that evolve over time.  We hear about relationships, athletic adventures and career achievements - the highs and the lows of a life well-lived.One day, hopefully in the distant future, it will be obituary-time. A few paragraphs politely mentioning some of our milestones along with funeral arrangements and options for flowers.  But before it comes to that, have you ever thought about telling your own story?  James R. Hagerty writes obituaries for The Wall Street Journal, but his new book focusses on the living. In Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story, James shares his skills and insight into how to record the pivotal moments of our lives.  He also explains how the process could prove life-enhancing or enlightening and a valuable resource for our loved-ones. In this interview we cover:The value of having a life story preserved.The difference between an obituary and telling your own storyJames' story as a career obituary writer and journalistBut I'm not famous or infamous - do I have a story to tell?How open do I need to be about every high and low in my life? When discretion is the better part of valorSaving stories - from letter-writing to social media postsIs the process therapeutic? How do others benefit from you writing your story?The skill of asking questionsRealizing how little we know about each others' livesEnjoying a long life and career and staying engagedDISCOUNTS▸ DoNotAge is offering listeners to LLAMA a 10% discount on its range of products, including NAD boosters. Use the use code LLAMA for purchases at DoNotAge.orgHealth queries can be answered by emailing: hello@donotage.org▸ Recharge Health is offering LLAMA listeners a $30.00 discount on the purchase of FlexBeam, for red light therapy, which may help your body heal and promote  the health of skin and muscle tissue .  Use the code LLAMA at checkout. ▸ Time-line is offering LLAMA podcast listeners a 5% discount on its Mitopure products - Mitopure Powder, Softgels and Mitopure + Protein. Mitopure supporAsk a FarmerAnswering questions about food and farming in CanadaListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyAffiliation disclosure: This site includes affiliate links from which we derive a small commission, if you click on the product links and use the code LLAMA at checkout. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue sharing conversations like this. LLAMA is available, free of charge, wherever you get your podcasts. Our mission is to explore the science and lifestyle interventions that could help us live longer and better. Thank you for the support!Support the showThe Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.

What's your story? It may seem difficult to to summarize but nobody is better prepared to tell the story that is truly yours than YOURS TRULY!Today's guest, James R. Hagerty, joins the Aging GreatFULLy power-hour with a special message for listeners: Someday, the story of your life will be written. The only question is how well will it be written and how will you define the meaning of your amazing life? Will it inspire others today and into the future to live more fully? What would you say about the unique journey of becoming you?As The Wall Street Journal's only obituary writer, James R. Hagerty, has spent his professional life summing up the meaning of a life and capturing the final story for many. As a result, he has written a book, YOURS TRULY: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story, to help readers preserve their best stories. He believes doing so may be the best gift you ever give to your family and friends. However, he also shares the side benefit in reviewing your life story and measuring your life before someone else does it for you, prompts us to think about life's different paths and sudden twists. The takeaway is often discovering there's still time for new adventures and opportunities to rewrite your script.Hagerty has written hundreds of obituaries about the famous, the should-have-been-famous, the infamous, notable, and little-known. He's gifted in the ability to sum up a life's glorious highs and lows, and goes straight to the heart of what it was all about. We uncover how everyone can apply Hagerty's skills as an obit writer to examining their own life while still living it!Tune in as we discuss his recently released book, YOURS TRULY: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story, a heartfelt and reassuring guide, with Hagerty leading you to find the extraordinary in your ordinary – the pivotal moments, the failures, the incredible, the beautiful, and the painful points that go into every life, and makes yours unique. You'll discover that the highs and the lows, the disappointments and the small, quiet, beautiful moments, make up who you are. Looking at your life story so far is a spirited exercise that often leads to surprising places and in many cases, transformative experiences.Over the past four decades, James R. Hagerty has worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief for the WSJ and the International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, London, Brussels, Paris, Atlanta and New York. He holds a degree in economics from the University of North Dakota. To learn more about his work or purchase his book, YOURS TRULY, visit him at http://yours-truly.jamesrhagerty.com/.Thank you, amazing Aging Rebels, for listening to the Aging GreatFULLy show! We are proud to be the Listener's Show and create this show for YOU! If you enjoy this episode, please share it with your friends and family and leave us a positive show review on your favorite platform! We are grateful and love spotlighting listener reviews on air who do! We broadcast to over 170 countries around the world on your favorite platforms! To listen, stream, connect, share, download, subscribe, visit our official host page at or https://www.spreaker.com/show/aging-greatfully-with-gerontologist-holl or to connect with host Holley Kelley visit www.HolleyKelley.com where you can find official #AgingRebels™ Merch, stream the Aging GreatFULLy show and much more! Always remember, YOU rock and YOU ROLE model!

As a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, James R. Hagerty, known as Bob, writes obituaries, mostly about prominent people in business or economics, Bob has been a reporter and editor for more than 40 years at The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune, in the U.S,, Europe and Asia.In his just-published book, Yours Truly, An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story, Bob synthesizes what he has learned about a well-lived life by writing obituaries – and he exhorts all of us to write our life stories before someone else writes them for us.www.wsj.com/news/author/james-r-hagerty

James R. Hagerty is the Obituary writer for the Wall Street Jornal. He asked for the job and is optimistic not morbid about life. He's suggested how he'd like his own obituary to be written which attracted notice from the BBC World Service Outlook program. Bob suggests how a good obituary should be put together, describes his writing process, remembers some of his subjects and other interesting and award-winning writing he's done on Home Depot, Fannie Mae and the Mount Lebanon library. He's been based in Hong Kong, Paris, and Atlanta but loves Pittsburgh in this conversation with Jim Cunningham.

This is the twentieth episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on December 29, 2015, as Episode 23.  To ban or not to ban, this is the question. Conversations in the academic world have raised questions about the benefits of banning certain words from a student's writing, as IEW requires. Join Andrew and Julie as they unpack the idea of banning words and discuss its value as it helps establish a student's linguistic foundation. Referenced Materials: "‘Use More Expressive Words!’ Teachers Bark, Beseech, Implore" by James R. Hagerty "'Teachers! Please Do Not Make Your Students Use Synonyms for Said,' I Blurted" by Gabriel Roth Maria Montessori A Word Write Now "Process versus Product" "Good Writing vs. Great Teaching" Penrod by Booth Tarkington Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

JAMES R. HAGERTY : BIO & Some of his stunningly engaging Obits: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/james-r.-hagertyC-SPAN video - James "Bob" Hagerty talks about his excellent book: The Fateful History of Fannie Mae : https://www.c-span.org/video/?309009-1/the-fateful-history-fannie-maeIn this book, Hagerty examins the 1938 creation and 70-year history of Fannie Mae. Among the topics he addresses are the role of federal regulation in the financial and housing industries, political interests in the company, and the 2008 financial crisis. He responded to questions from the audience.BOOKS:The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall, by James R. Hagerty

You could say The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie's guest mentor, renown WSJ Obit writer James R. Hagerty, brings dead people back to life—capturing the extraordinary lives of both the successful and the obscure and the significant lives of optimism, resilience, audacity, generosity, and humor that they led. But the truth is, Hagerty does much more. The 30-year veteran reporter, editor and bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, London, Brussels, Paris, Atlanta and New York, and author of "The Fateful History of Fannie Mae," is no stranger to award-winning writing. He's written about everything from real estate, economics, bond markets, furniture, Belgian beer, English plumbing and even Hong Kong criminals, but for Hagerty, none of it compares to his Obituary writing. In this episode, Hagerty talks about invaluable lessons he's learned from those on whose shoulders we stand, how reading Obits can help us live our own best lives, and why he loves what he does today. Find Show Notes here. Listen to show below or, even better, subscribe to The Mentors Radio podcast -- it's FREE! -- here.