Sunday Morning Magazine
679 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago -Sunday Morning Magazine is a local Seattle podcast featuring guests from local non-profit agencies, authors and specialists in the fields that are the focus of each weekend's informative conversation. These focus areas include education, environment, charities, crime, health, domestic issues, and youth.
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12-02-18: Toy N Joy, great opportunity to make the holidays joyous for most people
December 02, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes"Toy n Joy" i-- a great annual event where 2 great community entities join forces to create an opportunity for all of us to partner with them, and help create a more joyous season for families facing challenges. Captain Lisa Barnes from the Salvation Army, and Hannah Kubiak, Communications Manager with Bartells, represent their organizations, telling us of happy experiences families have had as a result of Toy N Joy. We are invited to donate unwrapped gifts, gift cards, and make monetary dona...
11-25-18: Accelerator Y, services for homeless youth, Support Giving Tuesday! unheardseatttle.org
November 25, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesMark Putnam, Executive Director, Accelerator YMCA and Emily Meltzer, Director of Development & Communications, Accelerator YMCA share important insights about young people who experience homelessness, and find solutions through the YMCA. There are 1,500 homeless youth and young adults in King County, 1 in 3 youth who age out of foster care become homeless; 40% of youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ) Accelerator Y is the social services arm of the YMCA of Greater Seattle and is f...
11-18-18: Sasha Hendricks, Issaquah Reindeer Festival, Dec 1st-23rd at Cougar Mountain Zoo
November 18, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesSasha Hendricks is the Education Curator at Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah. There's a lot of excitement up on the mountain, the animals are all primping, the elves are helping Santa prepare for the Issaquah Reindeer Festival. It's a great way to spend a day with the family, with friends. Consider it as a gift for a family--the memories with last forever, and ticket and membership purchases all help support the important work of the Zoo. The Reindeer Festival will be open daily Dec 1-23. 10:3...
11-11-18: Dr Lee Airton, Transgender Awareness, www.genderyourguide.com
November 11, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutesDr. Lee Airton is an assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queens's University in Toronto, and author of the new book "Gender--Your Guide: A Gender-friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to do in the New Gender Culture". Dr. Airton focuses on enabling individuals and institutions to welcome gender and sexual diversity in everday life. Their book is really a very basic and informative guide that can be a big help to create a safe and welcome space ...
11-04-18: Lynn Julian, concussion, TBI, PTSD, Be proactive, www.stosglobal.org
November 04, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutesLynn Julian is one of the women featured in the book "(Extra)Ordinary Women: Ten Inspirational Stories". Lynn shares her experiences as a Boston Marathon bombing survivor dealing with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD. Lynn's story serves us in multiple ways--having suffered a concussion some years earlier. Having one concussion predisposes a person to others occurring. Because PTSD and TBI are not visible, treatment didn't happen immediately, and it's important to get attention as soon a...
10-28-18: Killian Noe, Recovery Café, saving lives, restoring life and hope, www.recoverycafe.org
October 28, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesKillian Noe is the founding Director of "Recovery Café" a comprehensive program in Seattle that is working with persons who are suffering homelessness, addictions, mental illness. It uses a membership model to walk with persons, offering various programs, services, classes and trainings. Members must be sober to attend, and assistance is provided to help them have sobriety. Members find success as they create relationships, commit to accountability, take the steps to healing. It's now been 1...
10-21-18: Michael LeMay PhD author, US Immigration Policy, Ethnicity, Religion in American History
October 21, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesMichael LeMay is Professor Emeritus at California State University, and an author of more than 2 dozen academic titles. His latest, "U.S. Immigration Policy, Ethnicity, and Religion in American History" is a very readable overview of our story of immigration over the past 200 years. Michael sees it as a door, as immigration is about persons entering the country. He organizes US Immigration policy into 6 doors, beginning in 1820 with the Open Door Era, followed by the Door Ajar Era, the Pet Do...
10-14-18: Steve Pemberton, foster care, author of "A Chance In the World" www.stevepemberton.io/
October 14, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesSteve Pemberton is a successful father, husband, business man and entrepreneur. He achieved this against incredible odds, a child in the foster care system. Steve shares some of his early life in foster care in his memoir A CHANCE IN THE WORLD--An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home. Giving a child a good foundation in their early years is critical for future success. Steve managed to receive this from people who noticed him, and included him or supported him. ...
10-7-18: When Cancer Comes to Work, Oct 18 event. www.cancerpathways.org
October 07, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesAnna Gottlieb, Executive Director, and Elisabeth Clymer, Program Manager, with Cancer Pathways in Seattle have important information that affects each of us, because cancer does touch each of us in some way. Cancer Pathways, formerly Gilda's Club in Seattle, provides education, support, a place to connect and to be heard. Cancer Pathways goes out to the community -- they have a great program for high schools where the focus is on Prevention. And they are offering a new workshop for employers ...
9-30-18: Making Strides for Breast Cancer Oct 20, Gas Works Park, Research www.cancer.org
September 30, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesMaking Strides for Breast Cancer is on the calendar for Saturday, October 20 at Gas Works Park. Emily Vega is coordinating the event and encourages us to come out as team, or individually, but come out to support and learn more about the Research happening in the Puget Sound area. Genie is a breast cancer Survivor and expresses her gratitude for the Research that made it possible to detect the breast cancer she had and provide Genetic Counseling. In addition, the funds provide various kinds o...
9-23-18: Maya van Rossum, environmentalist, The Green Amendment, www.mayavanrossum.green
September 23, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesMaya van Rossum is a veteran environmentalist, and the leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Maya's new book:-- The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment is critical reading for anyone interested in protecting the environment in their own area/state. Maya's goal is to awaken and empower us to take action for our environment rights by pioneering the 'Green Amendment Movement' to secure our own constitutional right to a healthy environment. www.mayavanrossum.green/
9-16-18: Dr. Victor Romano, manage pain, www.drvictorromano.com
September 16, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDr. Victor Romano is an orthopedic surgeon in Oak Park, IL, and the author of "Finding The Source: Maximizing Your Results – With and Without Orthopedic Surgery". He's board-certified in orthopedics and sports medicine with over 25 years of experience in the field. He loves his work, loves to help people, and aim to do so in the least invasive ways. Because pain is too often present in our lives, much of it stemming from our back, he has some good insights. www.drvictorromano.com
9-09-18: Steve Kipp, stroke survivor! Heart Walk, support research. www.heartwalk.org Oct 13!
September 09, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesSteve Kipp is here to tell a critical story of life, of surviving a stroke, a young, healthy, active guy, yet a stroke occurred. Steve's story is important insight and information for each of us as stroke and heart disease are the leading causes of death. Someone in the US has a stroke about once every 40 seconds. To be more informed, to support the work of the Heart Association to advance research with fund raising, Steve extends the invite to the Heart and Stroke Walk. In Seattle it's on Sa...
9-02-18: Debbie Reber, a mom, home-schooling, author: "Differently Wired" www.debbiereber.com
September 02, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutesDebbie Reber is a NY Times best selling author and with her new book : "Differently Wired--Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World" brings key information for parents of kids who are 'differently wired' as well as teachers, and anyone working with these kids. As school begins, this really is an important foundation to help everyone to be/feel successful Debbie's son had been diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's, but the family didn't receive much direction following the diagnosis. ...
8-26-18: Carrie McBride, The Walk to End Alzheimers, commit to it, www.alz.org/walk
August 26, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesCarrie McBride with the Alzheimers Association gives us statistics about Alzheimers and dementia. Alzheimers is the 3rd leading cause of death in our state. The Walk to End Alzheimers is a major fund raiser, and the funds are used for research, for community support and education. People need to know they are not alone. There are numerous walks in Western Washington: Bremerton--Sept 8, Tacoma--Sept 16, Redmond--Sept 23, Seattle--Sept 29, Everett Oct 6. Get a group of friends together and make...
8-19-18: Thomas Moore, philosopher, "Ageless Soul" www.thomasmooresoul.com
August 19, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesThomas Moore is a NY Times best-selling author, a university professor and a psychotherapist. Thomas is really a thinker--who shares his internal thoughts and journeys to help us consider our own life and purpose. In his new book: Ageless Soul--The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy, Thomas invites us to reflect on the meaning of age and aging. Consider that aging happens from the moment we are born. And consider that it differs from growing old. There is life and wisdom in aging, and it...
8-12-18: Dr. Dirk van Leenen, author, 3rd: The Last Train to the Concentration Camp
August 12, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDr. Dirk van Leenen was a child in Holland when WWII was being fought, old enough to understand the experience. His father was a leader of the Resistance, were housed and moved through their home, countless lives saved. Near the end of the war he and his parents were transported to a concentration camp and only endured one day there. He has been writing about the war time experiences, and speaking where he can, to enlighten, inform, and inspire us to be ever aware in our life, to do what need...
8-05-18: Dr Rosemary Peterson, Joe Farrington, talk Cholesterol. Know your numbers! www.heart.org
August 05, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesNearly 1 in 3 adults has high cholesterol. That should certainly grab our attention. To get a clearer understanding we have cardiologist, Dr. Rosemary Peterson who works with this on a daily basis, to explain why high cholesterol is often called 'the silent heart attack'. And we also meet a man, Joe Farrington, who less than 2 years ago experienced 'the silent heart attack'. Doctors informed him that he should not be alive when he finally had his appointment. Joe's mission now is to live a he...
7-29-18: David Williams, Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, Mira Slovak, "A Race to Freedom", Seafair
July 29, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDavid Williams is the Executive Director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, a place where the classic hydros are restored. And they are used in performance races during the year, including at Seafair. David is also a writer, as part of the Museum mission is to preserve the history of the people who contributed to building the sport. The new book is: A Race to Freedom--The Mira Slovak Story. David will do a reading and book signing at Third Place Books in Seward Park on August 8th....
7-22-18: Prof Martha S. Jones, 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment, marthasjones.com
July 22, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesJuly 28th, marks the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the 14th Amendment of our Constitution, which defined American citizenship. Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor at Johns Hopkins University. She was formerly a founding director of the Michigan Law School Program in Race, Law & History. She is an author, and her new book, directly related to the 14th Amendment--Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America. www.marthasjones.com
7-15-18: Dr. Julie Lamb, infertility specialist, vitrification, www.pnwfertility.com
July 15, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDr. Julie Lamb is an endocrinologist and infertility specialist at Pacific NW Fertility in Seattle. Dr. Lamb gives us important information about our body and the biology of pregnancy. It's possible to take the matter of getting pregnant as something that will be easy. Some of today's trends, women posting pregnancy for various reasons, including their career, finances, being with the right partner. But time doesn't really work in a woman's favor. So having a conversation with a fertility spe...
7-08-18: Dr Christal Glangchai, entrepreneur, author "VentureGirls" www.venturegirls.org
July 08, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutesChristal Glangchai PhD is a scientist, entrepreneur and mentor whose big passion is to inspire and help girls in all of these areas. In a family of girls, her father engaged them in all kinds of activities around home, even repairing the car. She is dedicated to helping girls really fulfill their potential. Much of her work can be found in her new book: VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow's Leaders. Great resource for parents and teachers. www.venturegirls.org
7-01-18: Dr Scott Litin, 'Mayo Clinic Family Health Book', create your own emergency kit
July 01, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesDr. Scott Litin, an internist at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, takes the time to touch on a few of the topics in the updated volume of the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book. It's a terrific resource that covers some of the basic questions we might have about flu and fever. It helps to get us organized for a doctor visit. Dr. Litin suggests having questions written down to make the best use of the limited time of a doctor visit. With summer and camping time upon us, it even covers creating a good e...
6-24-18: Michael Schreeinga MD, 'They'll Never Be the Same, A Parent's Guide to PTSD in Youth'
June 24, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDr. Michael Schreeinga is an award-winning research psychiatrist, and author of "They'll Never Be the Same, A Parent's Guide to PTSD in Youth". Foremost is the fact that PTSD has been overlooked in youth. We may finally be acknowledging it with all the school shootings. But Dr. Schreeinga points out the other areas from which it results: Natural disasters, witnessing domestic violence, motor vehicle accidents, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and accidental injuries. Very important reading for p...
6-17-18: Frank Shaw, author, dad, addictions, recovery, overdose, www.signalsoftranscendence.com
June 17, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesFrank Shaw is a practicing trial attorney, a husband, dad of 7 sons, and a recovering alcoholic. Frank writes of his life and experiences in "Signals of Transcendence" in the hope that some part of the story will help, encourage, support others going through something similar. One other big part of Frank's story is the death of his son Fletcher, just 20. Fletcher was in recovery from drug abuse. This is a story repeated much to often as we hear. Hopefully this encourages more conversations in...
6-10-18: The Arc of King County, 5K for Inclusion, www.thearcofkingcounty.org
June 10, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutesThe Arc of King County in an 82 year long non-profit organization that serves all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the lifespan: from prenatal diagnosis through end of life care. The programs are free to families and help the individual to live to the best of their ability, to learn self advocacy; and for parents and care givers there is good peer-to-peer support that happens. An important piece of the work at this time is with helping to prevent homelessness for...
6-03-18: Pati Poblete, gun violence, important book: A Better Place-A Memoir of Peace...
June 03, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesPati Poblete is a longtime Bay Area journalist and has used her writing talent to relate a devastating story--the murder of her 23 year old son, Robby, 4 years ago, and her journey of healing. A Better Place--A Memoir of Peace in the Face of Tragedy is a raw and honest recounting of the tragedy and is balanced with the portrayal of Robby's deep engagement in, and love of life! Pati knows that we each have our own journey of healing but her expression of her path is sure to share ideas with ot...
5-27-18: Dr Dennis Wang, Bill Monroe give good info about strokes! www.heart.org
May 27, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesMay is stroke awareness month. Dr.Dennis Wang is a stroke specialist with CHI Franciscan Health- and provides us with important guidelines on awareness and practicing prevention--blood pressure being key in this area. We also meet Bill Monroe, a stroke survivor who underscores Dr. Wang's insights and directions. Both highlight "FAST" as an indicator of a stroke happening: F--change in the face/drooping, A--arm weakness--difficult to lift/ hold straight out in front of self, S--slurred or diff...
5-20-18: David Richart, Komen Race for the Cure June 3 at Seattle Center, www.komenpugetsound.org
May 20, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesDavid Richart, Executive Director of Susan G Komen Puget Sound extends the invite to join and support the annual--Big 25 this year!--Race for the Cure. Takes place Sunday morning, June 3, at the Seattle Center. Fundraising and financial support are critically important--to support continued research, as well as support women and families with financial challenges that often supersede getting treatment! Seattle is a big center for the research, so a major portion of funds stay right here in ou...
5-13-18: Lisa Rosenblum, Executive Director of the King County Library System, www.kcls.org
May 13, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesLisa Rosenblum is the new Executive Director of KCLS--King County Library System, coming across the country from her former position at the Brooklyn Public Library. Lisa is the first female director in more than 5 decades, so great new energy for the Northwest. KCLS is the #1 library system nationwide in digital checkouts and Lisa is here to continue this trend but acknowledges that 'paper' is still here for those of us who love it. KCLS is a huge system, 49 Libraries as well as a Mobile Serv...
5-06-18: Luke Minor, GET for college, plan ahead for a great future for your kids, www.get.wa.gov
May 06, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesLuke Minor, Senior Associate Director of Washington State's GET Program--Guaranteed Education Tuition, shares much information about this important action to take on behalf of our kids. Ideally, we begin young, at their birth, even before--baby showers are a great event where the host can suggest contributions to a child's future education. GET, a 529 prepaid college tuition plan is viewed as tops in the country. Already over 51,000 students have used their GET funds in all 50 states, and in ...
4-29-18: Dr. Al-Mateen, psychiatry, youth, early diagnosis critical www.aacap.org, www.nami.org
April 29, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesDr. Cheryl Al-Mateen is Medical Director of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, and Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Psychiatry. She is passionate about helping kids and youth because it's known that half of mental illnesses start before age 14. This being the case...we need to get a better understanding and be proactive on behalf of these kids, their families, and ultimately the future and our communities. www.aacap.org , www.bpkids.org , www....
4-22-18: Christian Davenport, 'The Space Barons', www.museumofflight.org Apr 25
April 22, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesChristian Davenport is a staff writer at the Washington Post where he covers the space and defense industries for the financial desk. So he's had the opportunity to be up close with the recent history of space activities. Christian is also an author whose newest book is: The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos. Christian will be in Seattle at the Museum of Flight (a great Seattle treasure!) on Wednesday April 25 at 6:30 to discuss the book, sign copies, e...
4-15-18: Bruce Beehler, ornithologist, "North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration..."
April 15, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutesBruce M. Beehler is an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, author, and lecturer. He is a research associate in the division of birds at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. And, he has published eleven books about nature. His new one is: North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring. Besides bringing a focus on our environment, it may inspire some special excursions of our own--in our back yard, our state, or perhaps a partial journey such as Bruce un...
4-08-18: Dr. Ilona Jerabek, value of emotional intelligence www.psychtests.com
April 08, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesDr. Ilona Jerabek is the founder of Psychtests, based in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Jerabek is a specialist in the field of psychometric assessments. They do Testing of classical IQ, personality, self esteem, for individuals and companies. Recent research revealed that EQ, emotional intelligence, self awareness, carries greater weight in a person's life. As Dr. Jerabek states: people with high emotional intelligence tend to be more successful in life than those with lower EIQ even if their classic...
4-01-18: Thomas Reynolds, food insecurity and social justice, www.northwestharvest.org
April 01, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesThomas Reynolds, CEO of Northwest Harvest directs the spotlight to the hunger issues that still face our community. Children in low income families now will get a healthy school breakfast as a result of state law Gov. Inslee signed recently--Breakfast After the Bell. Notes of thanks are great to send--email, or call the Legislative Hotline: 1-800-562-6000. A big challenge facing NW Harvest is finding a new space for the Cherry St Food bank, the largest one, and situated in the Central distric...
3-25-18: March of Dimes, March for Babies, volunteer, engage, support www.marchofdimes.org
March 25, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesThe March of Dimes/March for Babies coming soon and this is an important fund raiser. The funds support research that focuses on the health of mothers and newborns. The goal is to prevent premature births, but still 1 in 10 births nationally are premies. Kristen Almgren from the local March of Dimes office, and Stephen Berry, a major Volunteer as well as a dad who has experienced 3 premie births--they now have a 4 year old daughter, but twins were born too early to survive. Both are passionat...
3-18-18: YES-Youth Eastside Services providing support for youth (families) birth to age 22
March 18, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutesPatti Shelton-McGougan CEO of YES, Youth Eastside Services. YES celebrates 50 years of providing now expanded services, programs that support LGBTQ youth, the Latino community, recovering youth, those with mental health issues, and these services are for children from birth to age 22, along with parental support. Because this support is offered to all regardless of ability to pay, financial support of YES is highly important, and Volunteers are always welcome in many different capacities--so ...
3-11-18: Habitat For Humanity King County, March 20th Fundraiser. www.habitatskc.org
March 11, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutesGail Luxemberg is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County and provides a good overview of the work of Habitat in collaborative work with lower income families to build their own home. There's a good deal of education that accompanies the actual building so that the new home owners have a good awareness of how to deal with mortgages, maintenance, as well as leadership. Maclovia Varner, an Army Vet, just moved into her new home a month ago and is ecstatic about have this permanent h...
3-04-18: Cancer Pathways, Cancer Unwrapped writing contest! www.cancerpathways.org
March 04, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesCancer Pathways was formerly Gilda's Club in Seattle. Things change, but the mission of providing services continues, and is very locally centered and serving all of Washington state. Anna Gottleib Founder and Executive Director of Cancer Pathways provides a big overview of the services and support anyone connected to cancer can receive. Liz Lange, Program Manager oversees numerous Programs that engage all ages and the variety is sure to provide comfort to most. The big focus for the coming w...
2-25-18: Rob Barnett, energy expert, author "The Economists' Diet"
February 25, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutesRob Barnett is an economist, author, energy expert, and public speaker. His work as author is in collaboration with his mentor and co-author, Chris Payne. Based on their lives and results both found in their life style, weight gain, and then major weight loss, they've written: The Economist's Diet. They attribute weight gain, becoming obese, to having a good paying job, working long hours, eating out regularly and sparing no cost. Chris first approached his new life style and weight loss, now...
2-18-18: Dr Melba Pattillo Beals, Little Rock 9, March Forward, Girl
February 18, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesDr. Melba Pattillo Beals is a truly great figure in history and in this country. She is one of the high school students from 1957, the Little Rock 9, who played a significant role in desegregation. The Federal Court had ruled on integration in all schools. Even at a very young age Melba did not understand segregation, so she was a natural candidate for the group of black students selected to attend Capital High School in Little Rock. In her memoir "March Forward, Girl" she tells of her youth,...
2-11-18: Dr. Jay Cohn, author: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us.
February 11, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesDr. Jay Cohn-- professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Dr. Cohn wants us to learn of our medical predispositions and treat those early, not end disease--which is our mode. And to support our education at our own pace, Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us". www.cardiovasculardiseaseprevention.org
2-04-18: Dr. ArLynn Diamond, psychologist, sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviors in workplace.
February 04, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutesIn light of the sexual harassment cases, and associated cases of power and bullying tactics, we have Dr. ArLynn Diamond joining us. Dr. Diamond is an internationally recognized Leadership, Management, Professional Development, and Organizational Development consultant who works with clients across the country and internationally. Dr. Diamond mentions a card that the Ritz Carlton would supply to their staff, an 'instruction' of the way to do their work: We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladi...
1-28-18: Mary Lou & Kayla Ballasone, Laurie Hardie, Foster care, adoption, www.lcsnw.org
January 28, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesMary Lou Balasone, as a single woman, chose adoption to create her family. She was offered a brother and sister and welcomed them to her home. Kayla joins her mom to give us insights into foster care and adoption, which is the route Luther Community Services uses. It is a journey with bumps along the way, but it is such a critically important one that ultimately touches all of us. But the focus is on the children, to provide stability, to provide a home and love. Laurie Hardie provides info o...
1-21-18: Sylvia Tara PhD, biochemist, www.thesecretlifeoffat.com
January 21, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesSylvia Tara PhD is a biochemist who has worked at the world's largest biotech companies. Yet the thing that compelled her to the research of the past 5 years culminating in her new book was her own struggle with weight and particularly with 'fat'. She realized that with her science knowledge she had the tools to study 'fat', the reasons that we all are affected differently by it. Her book: The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least-understood Organ And What it Means For You" ...
1-14-18: James Kilgore, educator, criminal justice, author, "Understanding Mass Incarceration"
January 14, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutesJames Kilgore is a writer, researcher and educator at the university level, and a man who spent some years locked in a high security prison. Because of the experience and seeing the disproportionate numbers of minorities being imprisoned, he has written: Understanding Mass Incarceration--A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time". Since 2002, the US has had the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 500 prisoners per 100,000 residents, or about 1.6 million prisoners...
1-07-18: Aaron Jafferis, playwright, new musical "How To Break", www.villagetheater.org
January 07, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutesAaron Jafferis is a hip hop poet and playwright. He is also a writer-in-residence at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, CT. The result of the creative 'collision' of these 2 careers is a new hip hop stage musical "How To Break", and it's make its debut here at the Village Theater in Issaquah. "How To Break" presents the story of 2 teenagers battling not just their disease but the system providing their care. It's serious but with hilarious moments. It provides a good opportunity for thought,...
12-31-17: Betty Lockner, GET program, save for college, www.get.wa.gov
December 31, 2017 08:00 - 29 minutesBetty Lockner is the Director of Washington state's GET--Guaranteed Education Tuition--Program. It's been in a hold and revamp place for about 2 years, but is back and continues to be the best plan to save for college tuition for our children, particularly if started at a young age. It's a great baby gift, great gift to add funds for special occasions, and can even be used for our own education! if our kid gets scholarships or decides on a different future path. GET has now been in place for ...
12-24-17: Dr. Kristen Willeumier, neuroscientist, create your healthy brain, www.drwilleumier.com
December 24, 2017 08:00 - 29 minutesDr. Kristen Willeumier is a neuroscientist with knowledge on how the brain is affected by health, nutrition and the impact of concussions. She was Director of Research for the Amen Clinics from 2009-2016 and currently is a Scientific Advisory Board member of Black Brain Health the makers of CogGevityâ„¢ Advanced Brain Nutrition. The important news is that we have ways of doing brain scans to note problem areas in the brain, and ways to keep our brain healthy. Prevention is always key. www.drw...