Wednesday Night

Program Notes

12 AM

About Health – The Vagus Nerve

About Health is 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, please contact Rona Renner, RN, at Rona@NurseRona.com or Dr. David Feldman, PhD, at davidf@kpfa.org.

https://kpfa.org/episode/about-health-august-28-2023/

There has been a lot of talk about the Vagus Nerve these days. It can help us during times of stress or illness, and it’s one of the longest and most important of 12 cranial nerves in our bodies. It connects our brain to our gut (and our gut to our brain), and affects our mood, digestion, heart rate, immune response, and much more. Join Nurse Rona and her guest Amelia Barili, PhD, to learn about the Vagus Nerve and ways it can help us in these challenging times. See also: https://www.nurserona.com/



1 AM

Herbal Highway – Digest part 2 – Gut

https://kpfa.org/episode/the-herbal-highway-august-15-2023/

Join Sarah Holmes @blueotterschool for the next episode of her series on digestion. Learn more about how your body works and the herbs to support us when our bodies aren’t working so well. In this week’s episode, Sarah moves down the digestive tract and focuses on the gut, what is happening in the small and large intestines and herbs to support optimal health. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @theherbalhighway.



2 AM

Food sleuth Radio

Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners "think beyond their plates," connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.

Steven Lawrence, film-maker on “The Invisible Extinction” (overuse of antibiotics)

Did you know that the misuse of antibiotics can disrupt our gut microbiome, and contribute to a range of diseases? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Steven Lawrence, award-winning film maker and co-producer of the documentary, The Invisible Extinction. Lawrence discusses his personal experience with the side effects of antibiotics, and the making of a film that takes audiences on a global journey to understand the far-reaching impacts of our gut microbiome on health and disease, as well as the creation of a microbial preservation vault. 28 min

Related website: https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com/



2:30 AM

Martin Blaser MD on the Human Microbiome

Did you know that the overuse of antibiotics can disrupt our microbiome, and contribute to diseases such as asthma, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and more? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Martin Blaser, M.D., Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome at Rutgers University, author of Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, and featured in the documentary film, Invisible Extinction. Blaser discusses the relationship between the human microbiome, health and disease, and the cumulative effects of exposure to antibiotics. 28 min

Related website: https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com/



3 AM



Whole Mother with Pat Jones

Home birthing and midwifery

Jackie Griggs, RN, CNM, and Abby Henson, CLC, SM

https://wholemothershow.com/allshows/

Jackie Griggs, CNM, has been a Nurse Midwife in the Houston area for the past 30 years. She is a mom of 5 grown sons, 3 born at home with the help of midwives. She owns a birth center in Beaumont, and helps with babies at home in Houston and the birth center in Beaumont. She has been on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Birth Centers, until just recently, and still is a very big advocate for midwifery care at a birth center or home, for the women of this country.



Abby Henson is a student midwife studying at the National College of Midwifery, currently apprenticing in Houston with Jackie Griggs. After working for 10 years as a business consultant, Abby’s interest in midwifery began when she had each of her two children with midwives. After each delivery, Abby’s interest in birth work and midwifery grew stronger, and in 2022, she decided to leave consulting and become a midwife. She is excited to dedicate her work to empowering parents through the birthing process. Abby is also a Certified Lactation Consultant.



4-6 AM Final two hours of The Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 8/29/23