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Carole Marks
Episode 290

My Gentle Barn

Founder Ellie Laks started The Gentle Barn after adopting a sick goat from a run-down petting zoo in 1999. 

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Talkers Magazine
Michael Harrison has served as the editor and publisher of TALKERS, the leading trade publication in the American talk media industry for the past 30 years.
Episode 288

Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

In this profound and funny book, Anne Lamott calls for each of us to rediscover the nuggets of hope and wisdom that are buried within us that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined. Divided into short chapters that explore life’s essential truths, Almost Everything pinpoints these moments of insight as it shines an encouraging light forward. 

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curing cancer Episode 287

The Terminally Ill Need More Than the ‘Right to Try’ Two hundred cancer drugs are in Phase III trials. Congress can put them into patients’ hands today.

About the Author Paul J. Marangos Dr. Marangos is author of 252 peer-reviewed research papers on neurobiology, and 4 books – three by Academic Press (the Neurobiological Research series of volumes) and a fourth titled “Emerging Strategies in Neuroprotection”. He is a founding editor of “The Journal of Molecular Neuroscience” and inventor on 14 issued patents. He spent 13 years at the NIMH and was adjunct professor of neurochemistry at GW School of Medicine during that time. He is co-Founder of...

Episode 286

Titus – Life Story of Dr. Titus Plomaritis – Immigrant Son, Football Legend, Presidential Confidant, Highly Honored Chiropractor…

The book was six years in the making for Titus, and in the last couple of years he’s been aided and edited by former Sun sports guru Sam Weisberg, a close friend. All proceeds will go to the Plomaritis Family Foundation for charitable works.
‘Titus’ tells the tale of one man’s amazing journey

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Episode 282

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know

Alzheimer’s is swiftly on the rise: it is estimated that every 67 seconds, someone develops the disease.Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know® contributes what is urgently missing from public knowledge: unsparing investigation of their causes and manifestations, and focus on the strengths possessed by people diagnosed.  People diagnosed with AD retain awareness, thinking ability, and sense of self; crucially, Sabat demonstrates that there are ways to...

Episode 281

Al Gini’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING FUNNY and the Connection Between Freedom and Creativity

Humor and joke telling are more than just foolish fun. Humor and joke telling can also serve as a safety valve or a coping mechanism for dealing with reality. Telling jokes can, at times, detox if not completely explain away some of the unsolvable mysteries of existence as well as some of the nagging problems we wrestle with day to day. Humor gives us the courage to endure that which we cannot understand or avoid. Al Gini is a Professor of Business Ethics at the Quinlan School of Business at...

Episode 280

How to Prevent Memory Loss and Sharpen Your Brain Function at Any Age

Steven Masley MD is a physician, nutritionist, trained-chef, author, and the creator of the #1 health program for Public Television.  With increasing numbers of people experiencing declining brain function, including dementia and Alzheimer’s, it’s critical to take steps to reverse cognitive decline before it’s too late!

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vanishing bone Episode 279

a Stealth Disease Caused by Total Hip Replacements

When dozens of holes appeared in a patient’s femur alongside his hip prosthesis, experts were baffled as such a phenomenon had never been seen before. Over the first four decades of total hip surgery, the severe bone destruction multiplied, crippling many thousands of patients. Eventually identified as “periprosthetic osteolysis,” this devastating disease affected over 1 million patients and was the leading cause of failure in total hip surgery. Dr. William H. Harris and his...

Episode 278

Do you fear aging?

Do you fear aging? Do you believe that the best of life is behind you? According to Thomas Moore, aging should be cherished as a series of initiations, rather than viewed as a diminishing experience.

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Episode 271

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism

Ashton Applewhite author of This Chair Rocks traces Applewhite’s journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks
myth after myth about late life.

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