Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 08-28-24

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
A critical hip-hop perspective examining personal and communal mental liberation.

1 AM
The Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA
Listen as Sarah Holmes discusses the health considerations for all of us as people return to school. She focuses on herbs and strategies to stay healthy during this transition. Originally aired 09.12.2023. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

2 AM
Green Street with Patty and Doug Wood
Living with Climate Change
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the EPAs long delay in regulating perchlorate, a chemical now contaminating our food and water, how the air in New York subways far exceeds health standards, and the problem with using recycled plastic for food packaging. Then medical doctor and PhD researcher Mary Johnson of the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University talks about climate change, wildfire smoke, and how new weather patterns are impacting our health.

2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio with Melinda Hemmelgarn
Climate Justice and Plastics in Agriculture
Did you know that farm soil is increasingly becoming a reservoir for plastic? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Grey Moran, award-winning journalist and staff writer at Civil Eats, where their writing focuses on climate change, the food system, public health, and environmental justice. Moran discusses plasticulture and the increasing use of plastic in agriculture, and how the Fair Food Alliance is working around FL law which denies farmworkers heat protection.
Related Websites: Coalition of Immokalee workers and the Fair Food Program: https://ciw-online.org/
Civil Eats: https://civileats.com/author/gmoran/
How Fossil Fuel-derived pesticides and plastics harm health, biodiversity and the climate:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239621/

3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT
Dr. Ginger Breedlove discusses the economic truths surrounding the layoffs of the midwives at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Breedlove said it best: “In the midst of a severe women’s health workforce crises and worsening maternal health outcomes for BIPOC families in Texas, could someone please explain to me how this outrageous decision meets Texas Children’s mission to, '…create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.'”

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom's non-commercial broadcast of 8-27-24