Tuesday Night

Prog notes S H 10-11-23



12 AM

About Health with Rona Renner, RN from KPFA

Interview with Dr. Rachel Zofness of UCSF about pain as a bio-social-psychological phenomenon.

More information here: https://www.zoffness.com/ and here: https://aapainpsychology.org/team/rachel-zoffness-phd/

Rachel Zoffness PhD is a pain psychologist, medical educator, consultant and author. She is a Visiting Professor at Stanford and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine. Dr. Zoffness co-hosts the podcast “Pain Points” with ZDoggMD, and serves on the Board of Directors of USASP and the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, a treatment protocol for adults living with chronic pain; and The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens, the first pain workbook for youth. She also writes the Psychology Today column “Pain, Explained.” Dr. Zoffness conducts workshops for multidisciplinary healthcare providers, and consults on the development of integrative pain programs around the world. She served on the AAPP board for 5 years, and is the founder of AAPP’s Pediatric Division.

About Health is a program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts who understand traditional and non-traditional medicine, health, and well-being. If you have suggestions for programs or questions about KPFA, please contact Rona Renner, RN, at Rona@NurseRona.com or Dr. David Feldman, PhD, at davidf@kpfa.org.



1 AM

Herbal Highway with Sarah Holmes from KPFA

A discussion of kidney and bladder support with herbs and other forms of holistic self care and awareness.



2 AM

Green Street News from the Pacifica affiliates

This week on GSN Patti and Doug talk about burning tires to power cryptocurrency data mining, tax breaks for plastic manufacturing, and PFAS in fast food. Then scientist Cheri Peele from Toxic Free Future talks about the array of chemicals in everyday products and how some retailers are helping to reduce our body burden.



2:30 AM

Food Sleuth Radio with Melinda Hemmelgarn, dietition and nutritionist

Did you know that childrens health is dependent upon their environmental conditions? Join Melinda Hemmelgarn, Registered Dietitian and Food Sleuth Radio host for her interview with Nse Witherspoon, MPH, Executive Director of the Childrens Environmental Health Network and co-leader of the science and health arm of the Cancer Free Economy Network. Witherspoon describes the Eco-Friendly childcare initiative that protects children in daycare settings, and explains why and how protecting children from pesticides and other toxins is critical to their lifelong health and well-being.

Note: October is Child Health Month; and, October 12th is Childrens Environmental Health Day.

Related website: Childrens Environmental Health Network: https://cehn.org/

Cancer Free Economy Network: https://www.cancerfreeeconomy.org/



3 AM

Whole Mother from KPFT with Pat Jones

Gabriela Gerhart



Gabriela Gerhart was born in a small mountain village in the Czech Republic. She is an entrepreneur,

speaker, author, and the Founder and President of Motherhood Center. She has always loved babies and children and knew from an early age that it would influence her career path. Due to Gabriela’s love of children and helping others, she pursued degrees in both pediatric nursing and physical therapy from 1991-1997. When Gabriela moved to the US she began working as an au pair to four boys, ranging from newborn to elementary age, from 1998-1999.

Gabriela soon noticed there was a void in the market for families of newborns and young children looking to find nannies for their children. She then realized the even greater need – a place where pregnant women and new mothers could go for advice, classes, and support. It was from this realization that Motherhood Center was born in 2000, and it has served more than 40,000 clients and counting since its beginning. Over twenty years have passed and it is still Gabriela’s passion project. She is constantly working to customize the Motherhood Center’s services and working to collaborate with others to best serve mothers and their families in our surrounding community and all over the world. Her goal is to build a cohesive network of support for new parents to turn to – the ultimate village, if you will.

Gabriela is recognized as an expert in the field of pregnancy and early-stage child development. She has intimate knowledge of the childcare and newborn care industry, as well as in-home staffing (nannies,

family assistants, and newborn care specialists), massage, yoga, and pregnancy education. She recently

launched Motherhood Network which allows families virtual access to the services and classes offered at Motherhood Center. This was a dream of Gabriela’s since she started the Motherhood Center and she is beyond elated to be able to extend support to families across the country and world.

Gabriela is passionate about supporting her community and regularly provides donations of pregnancy and parenting services and products to countless causes around Houston to assist with fundraising efforts and to better the community as a whole. To name just a few, she has supported the Children’s Museum, Junior League, The Women’s Fund, Crime Stoppers of Houston, L.I.F.E. Houston, and many elementary and preschools in and around Houston.

Gabriela is excited to have recently published her first book titled, “After the Fall,” a memoir in which she shares her journey growing up amidst communism, coming to America, and living the American dream.



4-6 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 10-10-23