Humarian Health
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe entire medical and scientific team at Humarian share a commitment to the science of digestive health. Humarian Health is a podcast dedicated to digesting gut health research and passing practical insights on to you and your family.
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Humarian Health Podcast: Strokes
January 26, 2021 16:14 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this episode of the Humarian Health Podcast, Amy and Dr. Benzinger are joined by stroke specialist Dr. Amytis Towfighi, MD, to discuss strokes and talk about her book, “What You Must Know About Strokes: How to Recover from a Stroke and Prevent another Stroke”. Dr. Towfighi talks about her reasoning for wanting to write a book about stroke and points out how little attention it receives compared to its prevalence and severity. Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the world and the...
Humarian Health Podcast - Dr Clifton Meador - Little Book of Doctor's Rules
December 15, 2020 14:05 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBOn this episode of the Humarian Health Podcast, Amy and Dr. Benzinger are joined by Dr. Clifton Meador, MD, to discuss his book, The Little Book of Doctors’ Rules: A Practical Guide to the Art of Healing. Dr. Meador is a retired physician and professor of medicine emeritus at Vanderbilt Medical School. He shares his background in medicine and explains what events in his career led to his desire to write a book on rules for doctors. They discuss Dr. Meador’s four major categories of patients...
HHP Expert – Dr. Donald S. Teig - High Performance Vision
June 09, 2020 18:23 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B are joined by Dr. Donald S. Teig, author of High Performance Vision, to talk about visual performance in sports and in life. Dr. Teig starts by talking about his background in psychology and how that shaped his interest in all aspects of visual performance. Dr. Teig explains how depth perception, peripheral awareness, eye-hand coordination, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and many other visual parameters all factor into vision performance. They discu...
HHP Expert - Dr. Mandip S Kang, MD, FASN - The Doctor's Kidney Diets
May 11, 2020 20:16 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B are joined by Dr. Mandip S. Kang, MD, FASN, to discuss food, kidney health, kidney disease, and how they all tie together with his book, The Doctor’s Kidney Diets: A Nutritional Guide to Managing and Slowing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease. Dr. Kang starts by discussing what he learned during his training in nephrology that led him to write his book. He gives a brief rundown of kidney functions in the body before describing the three most common ki...
HHP - Dr. Shawn Benzinger - Stress Kills: How Stress Shows Up & What It Can Do - Part 3
April 07, 2020 18:21 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week, we're bringing you the final part of Dr. B’s series on stress. Amy sits down with Dr. B for a discussion on how your mindset can affect the way you deal with stress. They start off by giving examples of how their mindsets have changed in their own lives recently and the effects those changes have had on their personal stress levels. Dr. B. outlines some problematic tendencies that can arise with fixed mindsets compared to growth mindsets, like gravitating towards known quantitie...
HHP - Dr. Shawn Benzinger - Stress Kills: How Stress Shows Up & What It Can Do - Part 2
March 03, 2020 16:15 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBJoin us this week for part 2 of Dr. B’s series on stress. Amy sits down with Dr. B for a discussion on the physiological effects of stress. They talk about major stressful events and what they mean for individual stress levels. Dr. B and Amy each mention some of the major symptoms they experience when they feel stressed. They talk about some of the most common stress symptoms cited after major stressful events, and then Dr. B breaks down some of these symptoms by going into detail about t...
HHP - Dr. Shawn Benzinger - Stress Kills: How Stress Shows Up & What It Can Do - Part 1
February 03, 2020 19:07 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBWe have all kinds of great guests lined up for 2020, but we’re kicking off the year guest-less as Amy joins Dr. Benzinger for the start of a three-episode series about stress. This first episode is all about how stress shows up in our bodies and what it can do. Topics covered include doctor visits due to stress, common symptoms of stress, technology, and social media, and how to approach stress management day-to-day versus long term. In the second half of the show, they discuss the increas...
HHP Expert - Earl Mindell - What’s in Your Blood & Why You Should Care
January 08, 2020 20:57 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this week’s show, Dr. B is joined by returning guest, Dr. Earl Mindell, RPH, MH, PhD, to discuss his book, What's in Your Blood and Why You Should Care: How to Cleanse and Detoxify Your Blood for Optimum Health, co-authored by Gene Bruno. They get right into it with some talk about what kinds of harmful chemicals are in our water supply and how the water quality compares to 50 years ago. Then they dive into Vitamin D deficiency, cholesterol, and what can happen when harmful chemicals make ...
HHP Expert - James William Templeton - I Used to Have Cancer
December 03, 2019 16:12 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBOn this week’s show, Dr. B is joined by James Templeton to discuss his book, I Used to Have Cancer: How I Found My Own Way Back to Health. James tells Dr. B about his background as a successful business and family man, his family’s history with cancer, and why that history led him to becoming a fitness fanatic. He talks about his stage 4 melanoma diagnosis, and his subsequent depression, job loss, divorce, and news that the cancer had spread to his lymphatic system. After learning that he’...
HHP - Dr. Brittany Henderson, MD, What You Must Know About Hashimoto’s Disease
November 04, 2019 16:03 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Brittany Henderson, MD, to discuss her book, What You Must Know About Hashimoto’s Disease: Restoring Thyroid Health Through Traditional and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Henderson talks about her background as a board-certified endocrinologist and what led her to opening a thyroid specific practice and writing a book on Hashimoto’s disease. She discusses the overall the prevalence of hypothyroidism, how suffering from one autoimmune disease ca...
HHP Expert - Tony Kantzavelos - Pharmacist and Owner of Nora Apothecary
October 08, 2019 20:36 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Tony Kantzavelos, a pharmacist and owner of Nora Apothecary to talk about compounding, specialized pharmaceutical preparations, and his business. Tony tells us a little about Nora Apothecary and what separates a compounding pharmacy from a typical one. He describes the process of compounding and the many different forms that compound pharmaceutical products can take. Tony goes over the numerous scenarios in which compounding drugs offers be...
HHP - Dr. Ryan Bentley - The truth about everyday products with added probiotics
September 09, 2019 14:51 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBThis week, we welcome Dr. Ryan Bentley back to the show. He joins Amy and Dr. B. to talk about probiotics in everyday products. You can now find orange juice, milk, lotion, makeup, and many other products that claim to be loaded with probiotics. Are they effective? Can they act as substitutes for probiotic supplements or fermented foods? Do the sugars in some of these products activate probiotics prematurely? How much do we really know about the effects of the probiotics in these product...
HHP Expert - Jodi Smith - Losing Weight, Eating Well, and Dieting - Part 2
August 06, 2019 19:49 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn part 2 of our dietary discussion with Jodi Smith, Amy and Dr. B. join Jodi to discuss nutrients, dietary trends, and how to form long-term healthy eating habits. Topics discussed include: · Why a keto diet can reduce the likelihood of heart disease for some people and increase it for others, and why the idea that keto is a good diet for everyone that’s obese is probably not true. · Best practices and tools for making sure your diet is giving you essential nutrients that you nee...
HHP Expert - Jodi Smith - Losing Weight, Eating Well, and Dieting - Part 1
July 10, 2019 14:50 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWe have a 2-parter for you this time! In part one, Jodi Smith returns to the show to talk with Amy and Dr. B. about losing weight, keeping it off, and where diets like Whole 30, paleo, and keto fit into the mix. Jodi is a medical nutritionist and the creator of Plateology.com. Topics discussed include: · Major reasons people go on diets · Why we need to be better about considering the bigger picture regarding our weight · A deep dive into some shocking statistics on the cur...
HHP Expert - Dr. Jolene Brighten - Hormonal Birth Control
June 05, 2019 16:37 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week’s show is a good one, folks! Dr. B. is joined by nutritional biochemist and leading expert in women’s medicine, Dr. Jolene Brighten, to discuss hormonal birth control and her book, Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill. After some talk about general hormonal birth control statistics, Dr. Brighten talks about potential short-term and long-term side effects of prolonged birth cont...
HHP Expert - Laura Stevens - Solving the Puzzle of your Hard-to-Raise Child
May 06, 2019 19:11 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Laura Stevens, author of Solving the Puzzle of your ADD/ADHD Child: Natural Alternatives for Hard-to-Raise Children. Laura tells Amy and Dr. B. how she became interested in the topic of ADD/ADHD and how this led her to write her first book, How to Feed Your Hyperactive Child. Laura describes the importance of clean diets when dealing with hyperactive children and why it’s especially important for parents to be on the lookout for dyes on ingre...
HHP Expert - Swathi Rao
April 10, 2019 18:12 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBOn this week’s show, Dr. B. is joined by Swathi Rao, owner and CEO of local Indiana practice, Be Well Family Care. Be Well Family Care is a family practice with a focus on integrated care, or what Swathi calls “smart medicine.” This means that the practice tries to utilize everything that research brings to them, whether it be traditional, alternative, or functional medicine. Swathi talks about her background in traditional medicine and the catalyst that caused her to favor integrated care...
HHP Expert - Amy Medling, Healing PCOS
March 12, 2019 21:38 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Amy Medling to talk about polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and her book, Healing PCOS: A 21-Day Plan for Reclaiming Your Health and Life with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Amy talks about her personal struggles as a woman growing up with undiagnosed PCOS and why 50-70% of women with PCOS remain undiagnosed. She talks about how her PCOS symptoms led to gaslighting from doctors. There is no magic pill to cure PCOS, so Amy explains why changing yo...
HHP Expert - Sandra Kaufmann: Why We Age and How to Stop It
February 12, 2019 16:06 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Sandra Kaufmann to discuss her new book, The Kaufmann Protocol: Why We Age and How to Stop It. Amy and Dr. B. ask Dr. Kaufmann about her background as a tropical ecologist and plant physiologist, why she decided to become an anesthesiologist, and how she used her diverse scientific background to unravel the mysteries of aging. She explains why the Kaufmann Protocol is the first ever comprehensive scientific system to explain why we age and w...
HHP - Dr. Ryan Bentley - How long does it take to see the effects of probiotics?
January 10, 2019 21:35 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBDr. Ryan Bentley returns to the show this week to have another fun chat with Amy and Dr. B. about probiotics. The big question of the day: how long does it take to see the effects of probiotics? According to Dr. Bentley, it depends. The trio delves into why there isn’t one definitive answer to this question. They discuss some of the different factors that can cause variability in this time-frame and talk about some easy ways to tell that a probiotic is having an effect. Dr. Bentley talks...
HHP Expert - Dr. Rajiv Sharma: Pursuit of Gut Happiness, Edition 2
December 13, 2018 21:05 - 12 minutes - 8.53 MBToday, we welcome back board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Rajiv K. Sharma, MD. Amy sits down with Dr. Sharma to discuss the new edition of his book, Pursuit of Gut Happiness. Dr. Sharma talks about the new edition’s updates to spices and herbs and its increased emphasis on turmeric. Then he dives into some more specific benefits, like how mint affects smooth muscle spasms and stomach pain and how ginger can affect joint pain and aches. Dr. Sharma then disappoints Amy by dispelling the...
HHP Expert - Syd Singer & Soma Grismaijer, Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras
December 06, 2018 21:30 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week’s show is all about bras! Or rather, the lack thereof. Amy is joined by Humarian’s Community Manager, Christina Conlon, to talk to Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer about their book, "Dressed to Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer and Bras”. Syd and Soma work in the field of “applied medical anthropology” with a focus on how culture and lifestyle can make us sick. Soma begins by sharing her story of finding a lump in her breast and how a prior experience in Fiji led to the id...
HHP Expert - Dr. Jeffrey Anshel - Macular Degeneration
November 29, 2018 16:01 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Jeffrey Anshel, optometrist and author of Smart Medicine for Your Eyes. Amy and Dr. B chat with Dr. Ansel about eye exams, carrots, and eye diseases. Dr. Ansel explains the three “O’s” and how overall nutrition can affect our eyes. He also spends some time discussing the effect of continued electronic use on our ocular health. Tune in to find out why the windows to the soul are also the mirrors for the body! You can find Smart Medicine for Your Eyes on amazon.co...
HHP Expert - Becca Coffin - Knowing Your Family's Why
November 15, 2018 16:37 - 28 minutes - 26 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Becca Coffin, an intentional living coach, to discuss living intentionally, the importance of identifying core values, and the dangers of fear-based decision making. Becca talks about how her background with her local church and project management led her down the path to become an intentional living coach. They discuss why so many people are living on autopilot, living in survival mode, or just aren’t feeling fulfilled by life. Becca descri...
HHP Expert - Denise Dilworth, Reiki Master
November 01, 2018 13:30 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBOur guest this week is Reiki master Denise Dilworth. Denise joins Amy to discuss the art of Reiki healing and the benefits it can provide. She talks to Amy about the three levels of Reiki masters, the way that Reiki works to heal the body, the nature of attunements, the difference between Reiki and other healing arts, why someone might want to consider seeing a Reiki master, what a typical Reiki session looks like, and how to find a good Reiki master.
HHP Expert - Beth Booram, Spiritual Director
October 25, 2018 13:04 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBOur guest this week is spiritual director Beth Booram. Beth is also an author, retreat leader, and co-founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy. She joins Amy and Dr. B to outline the purpose of a spiritual director and the concept of a ministry of listening. Beth talks about what drew her to spiritual direction, what to expect from a session with a spiritual director, and explains the difference between spiritual direction and therapy.
HHP Expert - Pilar Jennings, PhD, To Heal a Wounded Heart
October 18, 2018 19:18 - 25 minutes - 23 MBOn this week’s show, psychotherapist Dr. Pilar Jennings, PhD, joins Amy and Dr. B. to talk about Buddhism, psychotherapy, trauma, and to discuss her book, To Heal A Wounded Heart: The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action. She describes her history with Buddhism, psychotherapy, and meditation, and how this background led her to bring them all together in her career. Pilar discusses how this unconventional version of therapy focused on being with and accepting silence ...
HHP Expert - Liz Howerth, Family Counselor
October 11, 2018 10:58 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBOn this week’s show, family counselor Liz Howerth joins Amy and Dr. B. to discuss counseling, self-motivation, and the importance of being honest with ourselves. Liz tells us how she got started and why she decided to become a family counselor. The gang discusses the nature of counseling and where it fits within the paradigm of therapy, psychology, and psychiatry, and they touch on recent shifts of acceptance in the public perception of counseling being a normal part of good mental health mai...
HHP Expert - Gila Kurtz - with Dog is Good, National Walk Your Dog Week
October 04, 2018 14:12 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBOn this week’s show, we welcome Gila Kurtz for National Walk Your Dog Week. Gila joins Amy and Dr. B. to talk about her website, Dog is Good, and her book, Fur Covered Wisdom: A Dog Can Change the Way You See the World. Gila discusses her background as a professional dog trainer and what inspired her to create Dog is Good. They talk about why Dog is Good is more focused on the messages than the products themselves, and Gila shares some of her favorite messages that customers have latched onto...
HHP Expert - Nick Nilsson - The Mad Scientist of Muscle
September 27, 2018 16:41 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBOur guest this week is fitness trainer and author, Nick Nilsson. Nick joins Amy and Dr. B to talk about intense weight training and exercise. Tune in to find out why Nick ate 8-9,000 calories a day in college, what he has done to get kicked out of gyms, and why he’s known as the “Mad Scientist of Muscle”. Nick also talks about some more traditional exercises and tips for helping someone that wants to add more weight to their lifts. You can find more information about Nick and his weightli...
HHP Expert - Joan Pagano - Fitness
September 20, 2018 13:41 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBOur guest this week is Joan Pagano, personal trainer and author of Strength Training: Exercises for Women. Joan joins Amy and Dr. B. to talk about how our bodies change as we get older and how our fitness routines should be changing as we do. She discusses why cardiovascular is only part of the fitness equation, what else we should be doing to have a well-rounded workout, and why strength training, flexibility, and balance are all important components of a well-rounded fitness routine. She ...
HHP Expert - Megan Gilmore - Counselor and Coach
September 13, 2018 13:40 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBOur guest this week is Megan Gilmore, executive director of Lark’s Song. Megan is a professional coach with a focus on positive psychology. Megan sits down with Amy and Dr. B. to chat about how she got into professional coaching and what led to the creation of Lark’s Song. She talks about the mission of Lark’s Song and how it helps clients to overcome obstacles and challenges on the way to wellbeing that they might not be able to overcome by themselves. Megan also describes the benefits of...
HHP Expert - Dr. Jessica Vogelsang with Pawcurious - Animal Pain Awareness Month
September 06, 2018 13:15 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOn this week’s show, Dr B. is joined by author and veterinarian Dr. Jessica Vogelsang with Pawcurious to discuss pain related to Animal Pain Awareness Month. They discuss how to recognize when an animal is in pain, acute pain vs. chronic pain, why certain breeds of animals are better at enduring pain than others, and why the stoic animals are the ones we need to keep the closest eye on. Dr Vogelsang discusses how the pet’s role in the family has changed family dynamics and priorities over tim...
HHP Expert - Dr. Shaw, Giving Your Cats an Enriched Life
August 30, 2018 14:10 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, a local veterinarian who specializes in cats. Dr. Shaw sits down with Amy and Dr. B to discuss feline enrichment, which is finding ways to provide cats with a sense of engagement, decrease boredom, and keep them mentally stimulated. Dr. Shaw covers a wide range of topics, such as importance of moisture rich diets, putting distance between food bowls and water bowls, walking cats with harnesses, fresh sunshine, cat cafes, cat tunnels and free floating...
HHP Expert - Sara Hemmick, Athletic Trainer in Private Practice
August 22, 2018 17:05 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOn this week’s show, Amy and Dr. B. are joined by Sara Hemmick, athletic trainer and owner of Myo-Fit. Sara joins the cast to talk about athletic training and how Myo-Fit differs from normal athletic training by specializing in manual therapy, or manipulative therapy. She educates us on the difference between manual therapy and physical therapy, why it’s so important to properly distinguish between the two, why manual therapy is so much more important in today’s world than it was 30 years ago...
HHP Expert - Patty Pavey, Hypnosis
August 15, 2018 21:43 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBOur guest this week is Patty Pavey, a local hypnotist. Patty joins Amy and Dr. B to talk about how she got into hypnosis, what exactly hypnosis is, who can and should look to hypnosis, what hypnosis actually feels like, how hypnosis differs from meditation, what kinds of issues hypnosis can help with, and what a typical hypnosis session looks like. Also, what in the world is a golf hypnotist?
HHP Expert - Dr. Vijaya Nair, MD: Prevent Cancer, Strokes, Heart Attacks and Other Deadly Killers
August 09, 2018 12:36 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBOur guest this week is Vijaya Nair, MD, and author of Prevent Cancer, Strokes, Heart Attacks & Other Deadly Killers. Dr. Nair joins Amy and Dr. B to discuss her education in Eastern and Western medicines and how it affects the way she practices medicine today. The gang talks about pharmaceuticals and natural alternatives, inflammation and oxidation, and what diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and arthritis have in common. They also cover how diet affects disease, anti-inflammatory foods, and...
HHP Expert - Dani Landolt, Leader Dogs For the Blind
August 02, 2018 12:31 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBOn this week’s episode, Dr. B is joined by Dani Landolt, the chief marketing officer for Leader Dogs for the Blind. Dani and Dr. B talk about how she moved from sports marketing to sales to the pet industry and spend some time discussing the background and mission behind Leader Dogs for the Blind. Dani describes the three main services offered by Leader Dogs for the Blind, namely guide dog training (including a dedicated deaf/blind Leader Dog training program), accelerated orientation and mob...
HHP Expert - Jeffrey Anshel, OD, Food & Supplements for Optimal Vision Care
July 26, 2018 13:25 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Jeffrey Anshel, optometrist and author of Smart Medicine for Your Eyes. Amy and Dr. B chat with Dr. Ansel about eye exams, carrots, and eye diseases. Dr. Ansel explains the three “O’s” and how overall nutrition can affect our eyes. He also spends some time discussing the effect of continued electronic use on our ocular health. Tune in to find out why the windows to the soul are also the mirrors for the body! You can find Smart Medicine for Your Eyes on amazon.c...
HHP Expert - Dr. Deva Khalsa, Natural Dog Book
July 19, 2018 12:19 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Deva Khalsa, a pioneer in holistic veterinary medicine and author of Dr. Khalsa’s Natural Dog: Holistic Therapies, Nutrition, and Recipes for Healthier Dogs. Dr. Khalsa joins Amy and Dr. B. to outline how holistic medicine can make your animal’s body smarter, wiser, and more able to stay healthy and fight diseases. She discusses the importance of vetting your vet, differences between traditional medicine and holistic medicine, why veterinarian medicine has become a ...
HHP Expert - Bryant Johnson, The RBG Workout
July 12, 2018 12:57 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBOur guest this week is Bryant Johnson, author of The RBG Workout. RBG, as in Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Bryant is the Supreme Court Justice’s personal trainer, and his book outlines the workout that he designed and guides her through twice a week. Bryant tells Amy and Dr. B all about his day job as a paratrooper in the Army Reserve and how he ended up as Justice Ginsberg’s personal trainer. He describes how he designed a customized workout for Justice Ginsburg to rebuild her ...
HHP Expert - Lorien Clemens with PetHub, Lost Pet Prevention Month
July 05, 2018 12:53 - 24 minutes - 22 MBOur guest this week is Lorien Clemens with PetHub. Lorien joins Amy and Dr. B. to discuss all the things PetHub is doing to help protect, share, and nurture animals’ lives for pet parents. Lorien discusses why PetHub created Lost Pet Prevention Month in 2014 and how it has been used to provide resources for preventing lost pets and tools for finding them if they go AWOL (absent without a leash). She also discusses the importance of cat collars, external identification tags, pet licenses, r...
HHP Expert - Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, Healthy Heart Doctor
June 28, 2018 11:30 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBOur guest this week is holistic cardiologist, Dr. Joel Kahn. Dr. Kahn joins the show to talk about the ins and outs of heart health, heart disease, and plant-based diets. Dr. Kahn describes his path to becoming a cardiologist and why he decided to switch to a plant-based diet early on in his life. He explains his integrated approach to cardiology, the benefits of plant-based diets, steps you can take to ensure healthier heart health now and later in life, how quickly the body responds to majo...
HHP Expert - Larry Kay, Positively Woof
June 21, 2018 14:20 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBOur guest this week is Larry Kay with Positively Woof. Larry joins Amy and Dr. B. to talk about how his history in TV, music, media, and writing for Pink Panther and the Muppets led him to the pet industry, the creation of Positively Woof, and writing a book on dog training with President Obama’s dog trainer, Training the Best Dog Ever. Larry explains how “Positively Woof” went from his sign-off, to his motto, to his whole professional life and why Positively Woof is all about A.R.F. (Advoca...
HHP BlogPaws - Hannah Zulueta with Maggie Loves Orbit
June 20, 2018 17:08 - 12 minutes - 11 MBAmy and Dr. B. are joined by pet blogger and Instagrammer, Hannah Zulueta after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about Boston terriers, Instagram, home cooking for pets, and her blog, Maggie Loves Orbit.
HHP BlogPaws - Jessica Rhae Williams with You Did What With Your Weiner?
June 20, 2018 17:05 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBDr. B. is joined by blogger Jessica Rhae Williams after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about miniature doxens, why it’s unwise to make assumptions about the physical capabilities of a dog based on its size, hiking with small dogs, precautions to take when hiking with dogs, and her website, youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com.
HHP BlogPaws - Paula Gregg with Sweet Purrfections
June 20, 2018 17:02 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBAmy and Dr. B. are joined by cat blogger Paula Gregg after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about her blog, Sweet Purrfections. Paula talks about how she started cat blogging, her love for Persian cats and why they are so good for type A personalities, how she managed to go 2500 consecutive days with a post on her cat blog, and all about her future plans for her website. You can find more on Paula and her Persians at sweetpurrfections.blogspot.com.
HHP BlogPaws - Sam Ratcliffe, Vegas Rock Dog Radio Show
June 20, 2018 16:59 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBAmy and Dr. B. are joined by radio personality Sam Ratcliffe after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about Vegas Rock Dog Radio. Sam talks about how she became involved in radio for dogs, her upcoming pet-focused TV program, the wide range of topics her program covers (such as training and nutrition), issues with pet shampoos, and her work with underserved animals and the five freedoms. You can find Sam and her radio show on every social media channel and at vegasrockdogradio.com.
HHP BlogPaws - Bryn Nowell with A Dog Walks Into a Bar
June 20, 2018 16:56 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBAmy and Dr. B. are joined by blogger Bryn Nowell after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about her blog, A Dog Walks into a Bar. Bryn talks about how she decided to merge dogs and beer into a blog, her experience as a dog photographer, and all about her two Boston terriers. You can find booze info, cute dog pics, and more about Bryn and her dogs at adogwalksintoabar.com.
HHP BlogPaws - Adriana Martin with Tails Diary and Adriana’s Best Recipes
June 20, 2018 16:54 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBAmy and Dr. B. are joined by blogger Adriana Martin after Blogpaws 2018 to talk about her blogs, Tails Diary and Adriana’s Best Recipes. Adriana talks about her background as a chef, why she decided to start blogging about pet food, why simplicity is such a key component of her recipes, and why we need to be just as mindful about pet diets as we are our own. You can find more about Adriana and her food knowledge on tailsdiary.pet and adrianasbestrecipes.com.