# RICHARD ROUTMAN: We Need to Talk About What's Happening to Our Elders Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-conquers-alz-103066/richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-conquers-alz-103066/richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders.md Podcast: [Love Conquers Alz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-conquers-alz-103066) Published: 2025-07-07T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/728654/episodes/17454487-richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders.mp3 Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/728654/episodes/17454487-richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/love-conquers-alz-103066/episodes/richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders Duration seconds: 3503 ## Resource Alzheimer's and elder care demand our attention not just because millions endure them, but because the systems that are supposed to protect our most vulnerable are fundamentally broken. In light of the upcoming release of our documentary, No Country For Old People; a Nursing Home Exposé, August 1st on Amazon, my producing partner and today's guest host, Rick Mountcastle (whose work prosecuting Purdue Pharma was dramatized in Hulu's "Dopesick") and I are turning our focus on elder abuse.  ... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/love-conquers-alz-103066/episodes/richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-conquers-alz-103066/richard-routman-we-need-to-talk-about-what-s-happening-to-our-elders.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.