What Will It Take to Hold Honest Elections? Listen to Lulu Friesdat, journalist and producer of the film Hollerback, discussing hand countered paper ballots, election integrity and the current recount in conversation with Alison Rose Levy.
Sandor Ellix Katz – Lebanese Kishk Recipe
Total Hands-On Time: 30 min Cook Time: 30 min Kishk can be used to flavor and thicken any soup or stew, including this Shurabat al Kishk. This Lebanese dish has been given a vegetarian twist. Read more
The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z – Far Infrared Light Energy and the Benefits of Sauna Therapy – 11.29.16
Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Phillip Wilson. Phillip graduated from Indiana University with an honors degree in Mathematics, and spent 4 years in graduate school in mathematics before awakening to new understanding of life. In 1971, Phil began fasting in order to purify his body, his feelings, and his mind.
The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z – Gut Microflora and Arthritis – 11.15.16
Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews pharmacist David Forman . Known as “The Herbal Pharmacist,”
Oxytocin enhances spirituality, new study says
Oxytocin has been dubbed the “love hormone” for its role promoting social bonding, altruism and more. Now new research from Duke University suggests the hormone may also support spirituality. In the study, men reported a greater sense of spirituality shortly after taking oxytocin and a week later. Participants who took oxytocin also experienced more positive emotions during meditation, said lead author Patty Van Cappellen, …
DAVID ROSEN – Are We Entering an Era of Postmodern Serfdom?
Over the last few years, a growing numbers of authors have convincingly argued that America’s social order is in a deepening crisis. Among these studies are: Louis Uchtelle, The Disposable American (2007); Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine, (2008); Don Peck, Pinched (2011); Donald Barlett and James Steele, The Betrayal of the American Dream (2012); D. W. Gibson, Not Working (2012); and Barbara Garson, Down the Up Escalator (2013). These and other writers …
Chris Hedges – Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
Police officers carry out random acts of legalized murder against poor people of color not because they are racist, although they may be, or even because they are rogue cops, but because impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states. Police can stop citizens at will, question and arrest them without probable cause, kick down doors in the middle …
For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds
Broad demographic shifts in marital status, educational attainment and employment have transformed the way young adults in the U.S. are living, and a new Pew Research Center analysis of census data highlights the implications of these changes for the most basic element of their lives – where they call home. In 2014, for the first time in more than 130 …
Steve Fraser – Bernie, The Donald, and the Sins of Liberalism
Arising from the shadows of the American repressed, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have been sending chills through the corridors of establishment power. Who would have thunk it? Two men, both outliers, though in starkly different ways, seem to be leading rebellions against the masters of our fate in both parties; this, after decades in which even imagining such a …
PATRICIA MILLER – WOMEN ARE LEAVING CHURCH, AND THE REASON SEEMS CLEAR
Anew Pew Research Center analysis of General Social Survey data confirms a long-simmering trend in U.S. religious observance: While attendance at religious services has declined for all Americans, it has declined more among women then men. In the early 1970s, 36 percent of women and 26 percent of men reported attending church services weekly, a ten-point gap that reflected the long-standing …