{"id":822,"date":"2013-05-29T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/?p=822"},"modified":"2013-05-29T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T22:47:10","slug":"talking-seniors-discounts-on-the-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2013\/05\/talking-seniors-discounts-on-the-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking seniors discounts on the radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"did<\/a>This post<\/a> on why seniors get discounts on tickets received some commentary, and there’s a chance for even more: I’ll be discussing the issue on Wisconsin Public Radio’s At Issue<\/em><\/a>, with host Cynthia Schuster, Thursday 3:00 – 4:00 Central. As a fellow Canadian once sang, call me at the station, the lines are open …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post on why seniors get discounts on tickets received some commentary, and there’s a chance for even more: I’ll be discussing the issue on Wisconsin Public Radio’s At Issue, with host Cynthia Schuster, Thursday 3:00 – 4:00 Central. As a fellow Canadian once sang, call me at the station, the lines are open …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issues","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dIW5-dg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":804,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2013\/05\/why-do-seniors-get-discounts\/","url_meta":{"origin":822,"position":0},"title":"Why do seniors get discounts?","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"May 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Priceonomics blog: You\u2019ve seen them on the bus, in museums, and at movie theaters: senior discounts. 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