Down To Earth With Harriet Cammock
525 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsSharing hope, loving people, changing lives. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
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#Covid19 Has Led To Early Release For Many Inmates-Except In Arizona
April 10, 2020 14:48 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBWith more than 42,000 inmates, Arizona has the highest incarceration rate in the western United States and the fifth highest in the nation. As cases of #covid19 soar in the nation’s cramped, overcrowded jails, the state is among several facing intense criticism for what civil rights groups, families of prisoners and corrections officers say is a haphazard response. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podc...
How The Corona Virus Has Disrupted Our Beauty Routines
April 09, 2020 14:48 - 42 minutes - 39.6 MBIn an attempt to slow the spread of #covid19, non-essential businesses have been closed. Beauty supply stores and hair salons, barber shops, spas, and the bedrock of our beauty care regimens have been deemed non-essential. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
America’s Farmers Ate Feeding The Nation- Even As They Fear Getting Sick
April 08, 2020 14:53 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBAmerica’s farmworkers are caught between #Coronavirus fears and feeding a nation with a staggering population. People across America have rushed to grocery stores to panic- buy food to tide them over while hunkered down from #covid19 stay-home orders. But agriculture has been deemed an essential service by the federal government- which means that for farmworkers ( most of whom are undocumented) , social distancing is virtually impossible --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The eas...
America’s Farmers Are Feeding The Nation- Even As They Fear Getting Sick
April 08, 2020 14:53 - 46 minutes - 43 MBAmerica’s farmworkers are caught between Coronavirus fears and feeding a nation with a staggering population. People across America have rushed to grocery stores to panic buy food to tide them over while hunkered down from COVID-19 stay-home orders. But agriculture has been deemed an essential service by the federal government—which means that for farmworkers (most of whom are undocumented) , social distancing is virtually impossible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify...
For Domestic Abuse Victims, Home Is Where The Violence Is
April 07, 2020 15:09 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBIn the midst of the #coronavirus pandemic, a dangerous new trend is spiking- uptick in domestic violence reports. While many individuals are safely sheltering in place, at home, domestic violence victims are trapped with their attackers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
The Lord Will Fight My Battles
April 05, 2020 14:59 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this season of uncertainty, we look up onto the hills and ask God for His protection as we go through this week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Digitizing Your Important Documents In the Era of #Coronavirus
April 03, 2020 14:48 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBEven if you’re already backing up your digital files, do you have a backup plan for your one of a kind documents and photos that you have only on paper- like birth certificates, marriage licenses, and military discharge papers? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
#Covid19 Is Exposing The Class Divide in Europe
April 02, 2020 14:53 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBAcross Europe, affluent city dwellers have fled the epicenters of the #Coronavirus crisis to their second homes, where proximity to the sea lessens the discomfort of confinement. But in doing so, fears about the possible exposure to the virus by residents with access to few hospitals and limited incomes have flared. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Nonprofits Are Facing Record Closures Because of COVID-19
April 01, 2020 14:51 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBMany nonprofit organizations are facing record reductions in funding. Most may not survive the ravages of the Coronavirus pandemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Nonprofits are facing record closures amidst #covid19
April 01, 2020 14:51 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBMany nonprofits are facing record closures, temporary, some may even be permanent. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/support
Older Americans Are Facing A Digital Divide
March 31, 2020 14:35 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBBaby boomers, folks older than 65 are facing tech challenges in the wake of the coronavirus. What can be done to make them cope with isolation and lack of tech skills to navigate modern communication --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Should Preschool Be A Fundamental Right?
March 30, 2020 14:52 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBPublic school education in the United States starts at the age of 5. Some politicians are proposing a government funded preschool system that would benefit young children --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
The Lord Is Our Protection During These Times
March 29, 2020 14:55 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBProverbs 18:10 teaches us many things, the most important of which is that none but the Lord can be our protection, especially during these times. In fact, the classic verse, which tells the name of the Lord is a strong tower, and those who run into it are safe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
For the Class of #2020, a job-eating virus recalls the #GreatReceasion
March 27, 2020 15:02 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBThey hopes to secure jobs on political campaigns, at fashion brands and law offices, and in sales and finance, they’ve had internships canceled and interviews postponed, wandered through empty job fairs and seen recruiters ignore their anxious emails ... When the coronavirus pandemic forced college students across the country to leave campus in early March, the abrupt departure was especially painful for seniors, It meant rushed goodbyes, canceled graduation ceremonies and an overwhelming sen...
Ohio is using #covid19 to ban #abortions
March 26, 2020 15:03 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBIn an effort to ensure healthcare workers on the frontlines of the #coronavirus outbreak have proper access to personal protective equipment, authorities at both the state and federal level are asking doctors and patients to forego ‘nonessential’ operations --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Elected Officials Are Profiting From #Coronavirus
March 25, 2020 14:50 - 45 minutes - 42.6 MBWhile people suffer from illness, financial calamity, and anxiety, elected political officials are profiting. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
During Times of Crisis, Religion Can Help or Hurt
March 24, 2020 14:58 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBThe secular world has failed to provide answers-or understanding-for the coronavirus’ impact. As a result, mullions are turning to their faith. Believers worldwide are running afoul of public health authorities’ warnings that communal gatherings, the keystone of so much religious practice, must be limited to combat the virus’ speed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harri...
Coronavirus will change us permanently
March 23, 2020 15:54 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBThe ramifications of the coronavirus will change us, permanently. Factors like social distancing, working remotely, will affect the way in which we conduct ourselves after this --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Be Anxious For Nothing, Because It Always Works Out
March 22, 2020 14:56 - 50 minutes - 47 MBThe Bible tells us not to be anxious, but is this actually a reasonable demand in this current day and age? How is it possible to be completely free from worry and stress when there’s so much to deal with? Phillippians 4: reminds us to be anxious for nothing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Your Peace Of Mind Is The Perfect Antidote To Anxiety
March 20, 2020 14:54 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBSeneca, the Younger, a noted Roman Stoic philosopher, once said that there are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us, and that we suffer more often in imagination than in --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
100 Things To Do While You’re On Quarantine
March 19, 2020 14:56 - 51 minutes - 48 MBEverything is closed! Concerts, sporting events, schools, tourist attractions- what do you do when you can’t go out? Listen for a l list of things you can do. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
How Are American Staying Home From Work
March 18, 2020 14:47 - 41 minutes - 38 MBAmerican workers have been asked to stay home but many in retail, restaurant and other industries who don’t have paid sick leave ate struggling. The Feds say they ate issuing a stimulus,. What can you do? Harriet offers suggestions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/support
How Are Americans Staying Home From Work?
March 18, 2020 14:47 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBAlthough most American workers have no trouble staying home, many in retail, restaurant and other industries who don’t have paid sick leave are struggling to supplement their income. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Femicide in America is silently killing Women and girls
March 17, 2020 14:51 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBIn 2018 1,600 women and girls were killed in their beds, while at work, in yoga studios, by fathers, ex-boyfriends, husbands, cousins, sons, neigjbors and strangers. Femicide is the killing of women because of their gender --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Why Kentucky Is The Cancer Capital Of America
March 16, 2020 14:57 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThanks to poverty, geographic isolation and inadequate healthcare, Eastern Kentucky has the highest rates of cancer. Kentucky is number one in mortality rates of cancer per capita in the United States . Eastern Kentucky, a rural part of the state marked by abject poverty and soaring unemployment fares no better, facing significantly higher rates of mortality and morbidity from heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and cancer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...
Looking To The Hills From Whence Cometh Our Help
March 15, 2020 14:54 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBWhen your world turns dark and your journey turns rugged, where do you turn for help? What is your source for the confidence you need to face the headwinds of life? Psalm 121 encourages us in such times. It reminds us where our help comes from and infuses us with confidence: “My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/har...
Femicide In Mexico Has Resulted in Violent Deaths For Women
March 13, 2020 15:06 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBThe expression of a new culture against silence and machismo taking root in Mexico, a culture in which women ate demanding equal treatment. This expression comes in light of a newly classified form of crime known as ‘femicide’, or the killing of a woman or girl in particular by a man on account of her gender. In other words, Femicide is the murder of a woman simply because she is a woman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support th...
The Anatomy Of Your Spiritual Energy
March 08, 2020 15:02 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBScience has long told us that your organs play vital roles in keeping your body healthy, What spirituality tell is, however is that your organs are just as important to your spiritual health as they are to your physical health. For example, pain in your shoulders and arms can indicate some resentment and bitterness in the person experiencing the pain. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif...
The Diet Industry Wants You To Lose Weight- Even If You’re Already Healthy
March 06, 2020 15:56 - 50 minutes - 47 MBThe Diet industry is consistently scrambling to encourage society, to lose weight, even when doing so is not in one’s best health interests. There’s only so many ways to rephrase the concept of ‘eat less crap and get some exercise’. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
The Women Wo Are Starting The Most Businesses Are Black
March 06, 2020 01:04 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBBlack women are starting businesses at the fastest rate of any social group. Since 2007, the number of companies owned by African-American women has grown by an astonishing 164%. Nearly half of women owned business in the country (44%) are controlled by minority women. Minority women are still being locked out when it comes to accessing capital. Data from the Federal Reserve shows Black Women are more likely than whites to not access credit. In fact, women and minority business owners are den...
Has Silicon Valley Made The Workplace Too Casual?
March 04, 2020 17:27 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBMore and more offices in Corporate America have adopted a work culture strongly influenced by the casual, laid-back attitude of technology start-ups. Unlike the offices of yesteryear, where employees clocked out at 5Pm sharp, and serious formality- referring to the boss as “Mr” so-and-so, business professional dress everyday, keeping family life separate from work life- today’s modern office touts open floor plans, first-name basis with the manager, and sweaters and jeans everyday. Has this i...
Has Silicon Valley Made The Workplace Too Casual
March 04, 2020 17:27 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBMore and more offices in Corporate America have adopted a work culture strongly influenced by the casual, laid-back attitude of technology start-ups. Unlike the offices of yesteryear, where employees clocked out at 5Pm sharp, and serious formality- referring to the boss as “Mr” so-and-so, business professional dress everyday, keeping family life separate from work life- today’s modern office touts open floor plans, first-name basis with the manager, and sweaters and jeans everyday. Has this i...
The Unexpected Danger of Seeing A Paychiatrist
March 03, 2020 16:10 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MBIf you decide to see a psychiatrist for any mental issues you may be suffering from, there is a near certainty that you will be prescribed a neurotoxic psychiatric drug, according to new data. The more drugs that people are prescribed, the more difficult it becomes for them to appreciate what is happening to them or muster the will power to protest. Is lack of empathy to blame for the tendency of psychiatrists to just prescribe medication for their clients’ problems? Or is the pharmaceutical ...
Why Is Race Still Being Treated as a Scientific Category
March 02, 2020 16:03 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBRace science or the pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to justify racism, racial inferiority or racial superiority, is making a startling comeback. Although all human genomes are 99.5% identical, it is nonetheless true that the remaining 0.5% can vary in ways that correlate to geographical ancestry. Those correlations, however, so not strictly map to social categories . With ethno-nationalists touring race science as an absurd means of celebrating people who are of Norther...
The Bible That Oozed Oil- Or Did It?
March 01, 2020 15:55 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBIn the Summer of 2016, Gos gave Johnny Taylor a prophecy. After the presidential election that Fall, so the prophecy went, God would position Johnny and his group of friends to do great things. One Monday night, Johnny and a small, informal prayer group met to pray in the back room of a small Christian gift shop called Grace 251. Within a few days, johnny recalled, he opened his Bible and noticed a small spot of oil. His mother assured him that the grandkids hadn’t been near the book during t...
How Come Nobody Talks On The Phone Anymore
March 01, 2020 01:20 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBTraditional phone culture is slowly disappearing. The telephone swept into American’ lives in the first decade of the 20th century. At first, no one knew exactly how to ‘telephone’. Now we sue other forms of communication such as text messaging, twitter, instagram and of course, face time!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
When Facial Recognition Goes Wrong
February 27, 2020 15:45 - 40 minutes - 37.9 MBIn a notification sent to customers obtained by Daily Beast, ClearviewAi said that an intruder ‘gained unauthorized access’ to its customer list, which includes police forces, law enforcement agencies and banks. Listen to a previous #episode of this podcast on 1/29/10 in which we talked about the likelihood of the software being hacked! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/h...
We Have To Stop Telling Women That It’s Their Responsibility To Fox #Sexism
February 26, 2020 16:02 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MBIf you’re a working woman, you’re likely inundated with advice about how to ensure that gender double standards don’t affect your career. The message says be assertive but when we do we are called aggressive while men can be aggressive and hailed as the hero. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Internalized Misogyny Among Women in the Workplace
February 25, 2020 17:22 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBHave you ever met a woman who hates other women. Studies show that though men practice some form of elitism among their ranks, women are meaner to other women --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
The Cause of and cure for poverty
February 24, 2020 15:58 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MBWhat is the cause of mental health problems among poorer people? Can higher crime rates, lower educational performance and higher rates of mental illness be cured by simply handing over more money? Research generally says the answer is yes. According to data from Duke University, the stress of poverty puts people genetically predisposed to develop an illness or disorder at an elevated risk. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support ...
#HlobalPandemic,#Coronavirus #locusts, is it a #biblical thing
February 23, 2020 15:57 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBIn temples, mosques and churches, China’s religious believers have jumped into the national battle against the #coronavirus. They have offered prophecies and prayers, services and ceremonies, as well as donations totaling more than $30M. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Myths About The History Of Black People In America
February 21, 2020 15:54 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBTo study American history is often an exercise in learning partial truths and patriotic fables. Textbooks and curricular throughout the country continue to center the white experience, with Black people often quarantined to a short section about slavery and quotes by Martin Luther Kin jr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Unconcerned pelvic exams are becoming standard practice
February 20, 2020 15:58 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBPelvic exams necessitate physical inspection of the most sensitive areas of a woman’s body. The exams are typically conducted while the patient is awake and consenting at a gynecologist visit, to screen for certain cancers, infections and other reproductive health issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Short Stays In Foster Care Come With Hidden Trauma
February 19, 2020 16:02 - 49 minutes - 46 MBWhen most Americans think of foster care, they think of children waiting years in homes or institutions to return tot heir families or to be placed foe adoption. But every year, an average of nearly 17,000 children are removed from their families’ custody and placed in foster care only to be reunited within 10 days, according to a Marshall Project analysis of federal Department of Health and Human Services records dating back a decade. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
Facebook Anti-Vaxxer Geouos Are On The Rise
February 18, 2020 15:59 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBFacebook groups dedicated to health misinformation are being used to to share potentially dangerous advice. The mother of a 4 yr old Colorado boy consulted a Facebook group called ‘Stop Mandatory Vaccination’ one of the largest known health misinformation groups with more than 178,000 members, after the boy was diagnosed with the flu. According to the mother’s post, the boy was prescribed Tamiflu, by a doctor, but the mother refused to have the prescription filled. The boy who was running a f...
Racist Language Is Still in home deeds across the country
February 18, 2020 14:58 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBRacial covenants, or clauses in real estate contracts that prohibit the sale or rental of a property to a person who is not Caucasia an, can still be found in modern contracts. These covenants specifically batted non-whites from buying property undesirable, affluent neighborhoods . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
What Happens When True Live Is not Enough?
February 16, 2020 15:53 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBCaroline Flack, the 49 yr old former host of the wildly successful British reality show ‘Love Island’, committed suicide the day free Valentine’s Day . Her death came on the heels of a public breakup with her boyfriend,27 yr old Lewis Burton,, who had accused her of assaulting him; the accusations resulted in Caroline being charged with his assault.. At the time of her death,she was facing an upcoming trial stemming from the assault allegations. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...
Native and Indigenous women are dying in childbirth
February 14, 2020 16:46 - 52 minutes - 49 MBA recent NBC News investigative reporting reveals the number rod Native American Indigenous women who are dying in childbirth . In this episode Harriet tellers her own story of implicit bias that impacted her pregnancy and almost caused the death of her and her baby in a Florida Hospital. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Why Do Black Puerto Rican’s Identify as White on #Census
February 13, 2020 15:53 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThe island nation has a long and shocking history of it’s residents identifying as white. More than three quarters of Pierre Ricans identifies as white on the last census, even though a large portion of the island has roots in Africa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support
Homelessness Among School Children Is on the Rise-Again
February 12, 2020 15:46 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBThe National Center for Homelessness in Education is reporting an increase in homelessness among public school children for 2017-2018 school year. There ‘a been a 137%increase in students who described living in unsheltered spaces like abandoned buildings and cars --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrietcammock/support