Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-17-2024

12 AM
About Health
Existential Psychotherapy
Dr. David Feldman, PhD, discusses another in a series on different approaches to psychotherapy and mental health -- this time, what does Existential Psychotherapy seek to accomplish and what issues might it be appropriate for -- with Dr. Jerald Lee Shapiro. Shapiro is the author of 17 books and a professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University, but has retired from his private practice and is no longer taking clients.

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Toxic Overload
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of toxins in our environment and the impacts on our bodies. She discusses strategies to decrease our toxic load as well as plants to support our health. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway

2AM
Green Street
Climate change, weather and health; the dangers of "Grill, baby, Grill"
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug Wood discuss how climate change is impacting the weather, and how the recent Supreme Court decision allowing courts to interpret laws instead of federal agencies, overturning a Reagan-era precedent on deferring to regulatory agency interpretations, will impact environmental cases. Then dietician and cancer expert Denise Snyder talks about the hazards of grilling meat on an open flame.

2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Heavy Metal contaminants in food
Did you know that the mundane advice dietitians give to eat a variety of foods in moderation is actually critical to both reaching nutritional adequacy and protecting us from contaminants in foods? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kellie Casavale, RD, PhD., Senior Science Nutrition Advisor at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Casavale discusses ways to protect vulnerable populations, especially children, from heavy metal contaminants (lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic) in our food, with an emphasis on fish and seafood.
Related website: Advice About Eating Fish and Shellfish: https://www.epa.gov/choose-fish-and-shellfish-wisely/epa-fda-advice-about-eating-fish-and-shellfish
https://www.fda.gov/media/102331/download?attachment
Closer to Zero: Reducing Childhood Exposure to Contaminants from Foods: https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/closer-zero-reducing-childhood-exposure-contaminants-foods

3:00
Radio Eco-shock
Whole Mother usually heard at this time, has not been producing new programs for KPFT the last few weeks, perhaps impacted by Hurricane Beryl, which produced destructive flooding in Houston. Instead we are running this program on heat waves from the Pacifica affiliates unit.
27 Ways Extreme Heat Can Kill You
How your body breaks down in extreme heat. We start with the paper Twenty-Seven Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You: Deadly Heat in the Era of Climate Change. Medical terms explained. Short clips from an Ecoshock interview with lead author Dr. Camilo Mora included. Australian heat and health expert Elizabeth Hanna makes it all clear (replay). Quick review of 15 lessons from the Russian heat wave of 2010 (55,000 killed, wheat exports annihilated, and more). A new compilation of heat survival know-how.

4:00 AM
Thom Hartmann Program
One hour only of Thom to accommodate Democracy Now's special coverage of the RNC live at 5 AM
Apologies for yesterday's technical failure. We will get the file up on the archives
Hour two from Hartmann's broadcast from7-16-24

5:00 AM
Democracy Now!
Live coverage with Amy Goodman and team from the RNC in Milwaukee WI and from the streets and the communities, with alternative views and analysis