u/SuzQP

I typically tune in to POTUS on weekday mornings to listen to Smerconish's lively political discussion. Over the past few months, he has become increasingly unreliable. He's absent now at least twice a week, usually replaced by a guest host. Some of these, like Eli Honig, are great. Others, like Bob Crawford (in for Smerconish today), lack the energy and verve needed for a dynamic morning show.

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Last Friday, there was a pre-recorded hour-long interview with a comedian. Not a political comedian, just some random comic. Today, it's low-key Bob Crawford interviewing first a historian about.. something (my mind wandered) followed by an even more low-key interview of someone about the Marx Brothers.

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Here's the thing. If Michael Smerconish is bored with doing his show or has better things to do, Sirius needs to replace him with an up-and-coming podcaster with the time and discipline to show up every day. Personally, I'm fed up with the constant bait and switch.

I was injured at work and retired as a result at age 59. I have never received SSDI, but I did win a court settlement that required me to retire. I will be 62 in August. Should I apply for SS or SSDI? I realize that I probably should have applied for SSDI sooner.