Tuesday Night

Holistic health focus


Prog Notes S H 03-27-24



12 AM

About Health from sister station KPFA

Letting Go

Nurse Rona Renner discusses facing death and helping loved ones do so. Her anticipated guest turned out not to be available to discuss his book on the topic, so she took listener calls on the matter. Note: She gave a trigger warning at the start that there might be discussion of suicide.



1 AM

Herbal Highway

Allergies

Host Emiliano Lemus discusses allergies and herbs that can be used to deal with symptoms like itchy eyes and skin.



2 AM

Grassroots (formerly Green Street News)

H2O

We all need clean water. This week, after the headlines, Patti and Doug speak with attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler about water quality, the Clean Water Act, Congress, lead pipes, PVC, PFAS and other things that threaten our water supply.



2:30 AM

Food Sleuth Radio

Heavy Metals in our Foods

Did you know that heavy metals are present in a wide variety of our foods? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Conrad Choiniere, Ph.D. Director, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Choiniere discusses common heavy metals in our food supply, and specifically the recent investigation into lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce. Choiniere chairs FDA's Toxic Elements Working Group, which prioritizes the Administration's efforts to reduce exposures to lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals from foods to the greatest extent feasible.

Related website: Closer to Zero: https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/closer-zero-reducing-childhood-exposure-contaminants-foods

https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-elevated-lead-chromium-levels-cinnamon-applesauce-pouches-november-2023



3:00 AM

Whole Mother from sister station KPFT

Marya Axner has spent the past 30 years as an activist working against oppression of all kinds and also working as parent educator. She speaks and leads workshops on the topic of anti-Semitism and racism, at social justices organizations, worker organizations, and religious institutions. She currently is active in Fix the Grid, a network of organizations trying to make the governance of our electric grid in New England more democratic and more responsive to climate change issues. She has been the Director of a parents’ program in the Somerville Public Schools, supporting parents to be involved in their children’s education. More recently, she was the Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee, where she organized the Jewish Community to stand up with workers for their rights.


Marya Axner has taught listening skills through Re-evaluation Counseling for many years. Axner has also been active in Sustaining All Life (SAL) and United to End Racism (UER) both projects of Re-valuation Counseling. She leads Family Workshops for Sustaining all Life (SAL) whose mission is to end human caused destruction of the environment and end the exploitation and oppression of people most affected by climate change. She leads workshops on how to use listening tools to empower people in the Climate Change movement.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s non-commercial version from the earlier broadcast on 3-26-24