Latest Arkansas children's Podcast Episodes
Volunteering at Arkansas Children's
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - April 21, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt's Volunteer Week and at Arkansas Children's we know how important our volunteers are in helping kids be better today and healthier tomorrow. In this episode we sit down with Fant and Carol, two of our longest serving volunteers at Arkansas Children's, to discuss their passion for volunteering...
Donating for Jacob
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - April 14, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOrgan Donation save lives. In this episode of the Live, Learn and Play podcast we sit down with Elementary School teacher and Jacob's Mom, Holly Trucks. Holly shares Jacob's story, from having kidney disease at birth, his journey with Arkansas Children's, and flourishing in life as an ever growi...
The Power of Play: Child Life at Arkansas Children's
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - March 31, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe power of play can help heal a child. In this episode of the pod we talk with Brianna Shannon and Sarah Frantz, two child life specialists at Arkansas Children's, about the importance of being a child life specialist, normalization in the hospital, discuss coping methods, and explore all the...
Living Life 110 Percent
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - February 26, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings"They always said I had a 99% chance of dying, so to give life 110% chance now" says our next guest on the Live, Learn and Play podcast. For our special heart month episode, teenager Camden Tucker sits down to discuss her multiple heart surgeries at Arkansas Children's, the special care her and ...
Mental Health & COVID-19
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - February 01, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHow are you guys doing? What are you doing to handle the stresses of the pandemic and how are you talking your kids? We know that there has been a intense focus on the mental health of kids, parents, patients, and healthcare workers during the last year. In this episode of the Live Learn & Play...
The Year That Was
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - January 06, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMasks, Social Distancing, COVID-19. The year that was 2020. Patients and families taking ever precaution to keep themselves and their kiddos safe. Healthcare workers, nurses, and doctors putting themselves on the front line and sacrificing their own health for those in their care. On today's...
The Call on Christmas
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - December 22, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe holidays are a joyous time of year. There's always a lot of anticipation. Getting or giving the right gift, cooking, shopping, etc. You're opening presents, you're spending time with family, you're putting ornaments on the tree while White Christmas plays through your cozy home. But for the...
The Red-Headed Cowboy
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - November 30, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn life, taking the first steps can be the hardest, but with love and support from people like our next guest, putting one foot in front of the other becomes a mission. On today's episode of the Live, Learn and Play Podcast, we sit down with Carrie Andrews, Jayden's Mom, to discuss his adoption...
Emerging Tech & Pediatric Cancer
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - September 30, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsProton Therapy, Targeted Therapy, and innovations in Pediatric Cancer! September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month so join us on LL&P as we sit down with Dr. Joanna Mack of Hematology/Oncology at Arkansas Children's to discuss exciting and emerging tech and ways to support the brave kids fight...
Safety for Students at Home and School
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - September 01, 2020 22:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsGoing back to school, especially during a pandemic is stressful for kids and parents. We talk with Marisha DiCarlo, VP of Community Engagement,Advocacy, Health and Hope Mullins, Director of the Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children's about ways to keep your kids safe when going back to s...
A Premiere Place to Be
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - July 13, 2020 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsGoing into a 20 week ultrasound can be exciting, scary, and everything in between. But imagine hearing the news that your unborn child has something wrong with his spine, and that something is Spina Bifida. On this episode of the Live, Learn, and Play Podcast, we sit down with Arkansas Children...
Pediatric Sedation at Arkansas Children's Hospital
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - May 27, 2020 18:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHere at Arkansas Children's we know that one size definitely doesn't fit all when it comes to your child, which is why the Pediatric Sedation Team is so dedicated to providing right sized care in a safe and compassionate way. On this episode of the Live, Learn, and Play Podcast, we talk to Dana ...
All in This Together
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - April 10, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhat are the psychological effects on children during the COVID-19 outbreak? We sit down with Dr. Karen Farst, Medical Director for Children at Risk, and Dr. Nicholas Long, pediatric psychologist at Arkansas Children's to discuss how to best handle the mental and physical stresses for you and yo...
COVID-19: An Informed Discussion
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - March 20, 2020 21:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPediatric Hospitalist Dr. Rebecca Cantu joins the podcast to discuss COVID-19, where it started, how it spreads and ways to keep you and your family safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Kid of Steel
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - February 28, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhen we think of comic books, we think of the typical things. Soaring through the air, the capes, the symbols, beating the bad guy. You know, superhero stuff. But for the kids at Arkansas Children's their superpowers are even more page turning and for some cardiac patients the symbol on their...
The Person that She is
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - January 30, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsType 1...Type 2. One of the first things that comes to mind after hearing these words is Diabetes and the complications that come with it. Faithful, loyal, funny, witty. A true family hero. The first things that come to mind when describing Finley Kate, a precious 8 year old with Type 1 Diabe...
To Protect and Serve
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - December 30, 2019 20:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTo protect and serve. A police officer's creed. But what happens when a devastating diagnosis attempts to take away a father and policeman's ability to protect the most important thing, his son's health. On today's episode we talk to Steve Chamness, a North Little Rock Police Officer to disc...
Just to be Her Mommy
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - November 26, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe all make lists. Grocery lists, lists of goals, and just regular to do lists. But for some people a list can actually save a life. On today's episode of the Live. Learn. & Play podcast we talk with Ruby Peeler's Mom, Betsy, about her daughter's story and about a list she never expected to be...
The Power of Patient Centered Care
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - October 31, 2019 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA discussion with Parent Partner Jodie McGinley about the power of patient centered care, the importance of Family Advisory Boards at Arkansas Children's, and her own testimonial about her and her family's journey from heartbreak to giving back.
I Was Ready to Hear it
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - September 26, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTeenage cancer survivor Alex Hinerman joins us on this episode to talk about the difficulty in getting diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma, the battles with cancer and treatment, and the special memories of her time at Arkansas Children's.
Kaden's Courage
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - September 18, 2019 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDiagnosed in 2015, with Ewing Sarcoma, a bone cancer, Kaden Peebles understands the affects and inner strength it takes to battle cancer. This is her second battle with the disease but this time with Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia, caused by chemotherapy from her first fight with cancer. We si...
A Firecracker of Hope
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - September 04, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsErin Johnson, Tori's Mom, sits down on the podcast to discuss her 4 year old daughter's difficult and scary journey with pediatric cancer and how Arkansas Children's made a difference in the lives of Tori and her family.
She Looked Up at Me
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - August 20, 2019 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode of Live, Learn & Play, mom Heather Honaker sits down to tell the story of her youngest daughter, Ellie who was born Down Syndrome and underwent further health complications in the earliest time of her life.
Every Piece of Compassion
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - July 11, 2019 18:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode of Live, Learn & Play we sit down with Taylor Long, a nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, to chat about the culture of nursing here at Arkansas Children's, the values of being a nurse, and a behind the scenes look at what makes Arkansas Children's different as a pediatric...
Hearing Mercy
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - May 30, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsImagine your child suddenly not being able to hear you, family, friends, or the rest of the outside world. That was the reality for mom Katie Clifton and her five year old child Mercy. In this episode we sat down with Katie to understand what Mercy's diagnosis was, the impact it had on Mercy a...
Angels in the Air
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - May 09, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHappy Nurses Week! Nurses Week runs from May 6th to May 12th! We love our Nurses here at Arkansas Children's and to celebrate we sat down with Angel One Transport Nurse Matt Whaley to discuss his 15 years here at Arkansas Children's, stories from his work, and how Arkansas Children's nurses prov...
Levi's Story
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - April 15, 2019 18:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode we talk to Ashley McNatt, Levi's mom, about his cleft diagnosis and how the experts at Arkansas Children's and most importantly his family, bonded together to help Levi smile even bigger.
Reed's Story
Better Today, Healthier Tomorrow - February 25, 2019 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode we are talking to Lindsay Uekman, Reed's Mom, about Reed's heart transplant journey at Arkansas Children's and how even a hurricane couldn't come between Reed and his family's journey to a new beginning.
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