Eileen Pollack
eileenpollack2024.bsky.social
Eileen Pollack
@eileenpollack2024.bsky.social
Borscht Belt born and bred ... writer, teacher, podcaster, devotee of science, humor, tennis, love
I've been so caught up in our national nightmare I forgot to post the link for Season 2 Episode 15 of MAYBE IT'S ME. I hope everyone attends an anti-ICE protest today. But if you want something to listen to on the way there or back, here's my latest offering.
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MAYBE IT'S ME: GET A DOG, or REST IN PEACH
I really, really want a dog. Why don't I get one? If I do, will you pay for all its vet bills? Does everyone need to be a doggie parent to a furbaby? Can't you just own a mutt? 
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January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
How can you pass up a podcast with the title "How Not to Be Electrocuted by Your Toilet"? sites.libsyn.com/555897/how-n...
MAYBE IT'S ME: HOW NOT TO BE ELECTROCUTED BY YOUR TOILET
Have you ever had a hard time convincing someone that something is wrong with your car, your house, or your computer and they really do need to fix it? Of course you have. I can't help you fix whateve...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Feel lucky enough to tune in to the 13th episode of season 2 of my podcast, MAYBE IT'S ME?
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MAYBE IT'S ME: THE "C" WORD
Believe it or not, I've been told I had cancer SIX TIMES. Luckily, five of those diagnoses were wrong. But why were so many doctors so eager to tell me that I had a fatal disease? Is that any better t...
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December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you're vegging out post-turkey, here's a new epsidoe of Maybe It's Me you might enjoy, especially if you've ever tried playing a musical instrument: sites.libsyn.com/555897/breat...
MAYBE IT'S ME: BREATHING, TONGUING, FINGERING, or, MUSICALITY
Did you play a musical instrument in elementary school? Did you give it up? Why? Do you wish you had continued taking lessons? Is it ever too late to try again?
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November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Why doesn't anyone pick the partner that other people think they should pick? Who the hell knows, but if you've ever watched a reality dating show on TV, this episode of Maybe It's Me is for you. sites.libsyn.com/555897/datin...
MAYBE IT'S ME: DATING LEONARD
What's it like dating the star of a reality TV show like The Golden Bachelor? Is there any hope for a woman in her sixties or seventies who still wants to find love before she dies?
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October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Getting ready for No Kings! In the meantime, here's the latest episode of my podcast MAYBE IT'S ME!

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MAYBE IT'S ME: PAJAMAS
Did you know that bridge was once the most popular game in America? EVERYBODY played. And now? Hardly anyone. So, why did I become obsessed with playing bridge? Why do any of us pursue the hobbies we ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I used to make fun of my parents for spending all their time at doctor's appointments. Now I'm doing the same. If you are, too, tune in to Season 2, Episode 7 of MAYBE IT'S ME and we can compare notes.
MAYBE IT'S ME: STAYIN' ALIVE
Are you spending a ridiculous proportion of your time in doctors' offices, at the gym, or in various beauty and wellness establishments? If we devote sall our time and energy to trying to stay healthy...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Okay, the latest episode of Maybe It's Me is one you won't want to miss ... if only because you will find me trying to draw a naked man. sites.libsyn.com/555897/site/...
MAYBE IT'S ME: LIFE DRAWING
I signed up for what I assumed would be a very basic art class, strictly for beginners, but there on the stage stood a very handsome, entirely nude man I was expected to draw. What happens when we fin...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Season 2, Episode 5 of MAYBE IT'S ME is out just in time for your weekend roadtrip! sites.libsyn.com/555897/site/...
MAYBE IT'S ME: WHY MY MOTHER WAS DEBBIE DOWNER
My mother saw disaster lurking everywhere. Why did I take so many decades to believe she--and so many women like her--had a lot of reasons to be afraid, not only for herself but for all of us? 
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August 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In case the demolition of our public health system doesn't have you worried enough, Season 2, Episode 3 of MAYBE IT'S ME has just gone public ...
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MAYBE IT'S ME: ELDERLY
We're forgetting just how horrifying it was to live through the covid pandemic, especially if you were elderly, disabled, or otherwise at risk. We're forgetting how many loved ones we lost, how many s...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just in time for Wimbledon! This one is for tennis lovers, athletes of all genders, older people who are still getting out there, and anyone who wonders why we keep doing what we do, even if we're not very good at it.
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MAYBE IT'S ME: THE TRUE GAME OF TENNIS
Why have I battled dybbuks, injuries, sexism, and the infirmities of age to continue playing competitive tennis? What has Title IX meant to women of my generation? And, if you'll excuse me for being c...
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July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Want a diversion from the rotten state of the world? Tune in to the first episode of the second season of MAYBE IT'S ME to find out whether I did or did not jump out of an airplane.

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MAYBE IT'S ME: SKYDYING
I've been terrified of dying all my life. Now that I'm in my sixties, I'm even more frightened. So why on earth would I decide to jump out of an airplane?
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June 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you need cheering up, here's the new episode of Maybe It's Me. It's about trying to do something you've always been told you were really bad at. If you make it to the end, you will be one of the few people on the planet who has ever heard me sing.
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MAYBE IT'S ME: HOW SWEET THE SOUND
Since my earliest years, I've been told I couldn't catch a tune in a gallon bucket. Nothing scared me more than singing in front of another human being, let alone an audience. So, what prompted me to ...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here we go ... episode 14 of MAYBE IT'S ME, just in time to cheer you up ... be glad you're not your teenage self, trying to prove yourself by waiting on tables!
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MAYBE IT'S ME: HOJO'S
Why would anyone give up a cushy summer job in an air-conditioned office for a sweaty marathon waiting tables at a busy Howard Johnson's ruled by a hard-hearted jerk of a manager? Why do so many of us...
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May 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's a short, sweet episode of my podcast MAYBE IT'S ME ... #13 ... for anyone who has lost a parent, or fears losing one.
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MAYBE IT'S ME: HALLUCINATIONS
Why do we take so long to appreciate our parents for who they really are instead of scorning them for not being who we wish they were? Here's my version of a Father's Day tribute, a few weeks early .....
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May 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is it, the episode you didn't know you'd been waiting for ... a raunchy look at dating in one's sixties in NYC ... sites.libsyn.com/555897/maybe...
MAYBE IT'S ME: MAYBE IT'S ME: THE ONE-WOMAN SHOW I'LL NEVER PERFORM IN PUBLIC
Dating is hell for everyone. But if you're a feminist in your sixties dating men in their seventies who mostly still view women the way they were taught to view them in the 1950s, you might find yours...
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April 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM