Welcome to Experience Over Expectation with Mary McCorvey—where we let go of the plan and live on our terms. Today’s guest is Gramps Jeffrey (aka Marc Joseph): father of four, grandfather of six, author of I Don’t Want to Turn 3, and co-founder of BabyBoomer.org, a powerhouse community featuring hundreds of expert contributors across Health, Finance, Parenting, culture, and more.

We dig into:

• Why so many grandparents feel “at a distance” from their grandkids—and how to re-engage with respect and boundaries
• The surprising power of a nightly question: “What did you do that was nice for someone today?”
• Boomers’ outsized role in entrepreneurship and the coming wave of small-business transitions
• How AI can be a practical assistant (not a threat) for grandparents, parents, and creators
• Passing on values, not just valuables, in the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in U.S. history

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⏱ Chapters

00:00 Intro — Why Boomers still matter (a lot)

02:00 The shared culture that shaped a generation

04:10 Why many grandparents aren’t as involved today

07:45 Boundaries, respect, and avoiding “unsolicited advice”

10:45 What Boomers are doing right: service & Legacy

12:40 Small Businesses, entrepreneurship & the next 10 years

15:10 AI as a life assistant (not a replacement)

18:05 How Mary used AI to analyze life stories for her book

21:00 Teaching critical thinking in an AI world

24:00 The one question to ask kids every night

26:20 Closing & where to find the book + BabyBoomer.org

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Mary McCorvey is a veteran of the Gulf War, founder of 7 companies, TV producer, author, radio host, and playwright whose life reads like a memoir—because it is one. From being implicated in a murder at 17 to surviving sarin gas exposure in Kuwait, Mary’s story is defined by resilience, reinvention, and one core question: What do you do… when life keeps rewriting the script?

After being diagnosed with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and told she had two years to live, Mary defied the odds. She rebuilt her life after betrayal, launched a mission to send students’ work to the Moon, and most recently, opened a locked box she’d carried for 35 years—unleashing a memoir-in-motion about love, memory, and healing.

Now the host of the podcast and author of the book, Experience Over Expectation, Mary brings wit, warmth, and depth to conversations about identity, aging, forgiveness, and second chances. She’s equally at home discussing trauma and tenacity as she is laughing through the absurdities of life.

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