Grass Roots Health

Most Americans do not like to think about or talk about death. Death is like the “elephant in the middle of the room.”  Everyone sees the elephant and knows that it is there, but no one says a peep! We prefer to avoid the topic. We certainly do not want to jinx ourselves! 

Death is viewed negatively as loss. When someone close to us dies (be it a person or a companion animal), we feel sadness and grief.   

But what if death is opposite of all that? What if death is very positive? Maybe instead of feeling sad, we should be happy when person or pet dies.   

In this December 2023 episode, host Tim Jordan explores this topic with his guest, Nicole Angelique Kerr: “Why Death Should Not Be Feared.” Nicole has been dead. Yet she is back to tell us about what she saw and heard while dead. Be sure to listen to this podcast so you will know what is awaiting you on the "other side."        

Resources for this podcast:

• Nicole Angelique Kerr’s Website: nicolekerr.com

• Nicole Kerr’s Instagram: instagram.com/Nicole.angelique.kerr/

• Nicole Kerr’s Facebook: facebook.com/nicoleangeliquekerr/

• Nicole Kerr’s Book: “You are Deathless: A Near-Death Experience Taught Me How to Live and Not Fear Death.” https://a.co/d/3A65L8u

• Blog Post: “Death Should Not be Feared.” https://1795group.com/death-should-not-be-feared/

• Life After Life Movie:  Named after the same best-selling book. Starring Dr. Raymond Moody.    https://youtu.be/z56u4wMxNlg

• Luarin Belg, M.D. Book: “Near Death in the ICU: Stories from Patients Near Death and Why We Should Listen to Them.” https://a.co/d/g2boGs2

• Bruce Greyson, M.D. Book: “After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond.”  https://a.co/d/i6voGOz   

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Grass Roots Health is produced by Tim Jordan. Nicole Kerr was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design and updates by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com

In this November 2023 episode, host Tim Jordan explores this question with his guests: Why don’t more American adults do this?  Do what? Advance Care Planning. Only about 1 in 3 American adults have done Advance Care Planning. Yet it is free! Why have so few done this?  

Special Guests, Debra Jackson, RN of VITAS Health Care and Kimberly Schmidt, RN of Promedica Health System help Tim answer this very perplexing and important question.  

Resources for this podcast:

• VITAS Health Care: vitas.com

• PROMEDICA Hospice: promedicahospice.org

• PROMEDICA Ebeid Hospice: promedicahospice.org/ebeid

• Two Courses on How to Do Advance Care Planning: Course # 1: For the U.S. public. Course # 2: For future or current nurses and health care providers. https://1795group.com/courses/

• Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care - National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-health-care

• The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center: Advance Care Planning: 6 Steps for Planning Your Future. https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/advance-care-planning-4-steps-for-planning-your-future.h00-158828856.html

• CaringInfo: Download and complete your State or Territory’s Advance Directive Forms in PDF format. Free! No Lawyer Needed. https://www.caringinfo.org/planning/advance-directives/by-state/

• Caring for the Dying: A Workshop Review. https://1795group.com/product/caring-for-the-dying-a-workshop-review/

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Produced and hosted by Tim Jordan. Debra Jackson and Kimberly Schmidt were booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork was done by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

In this October 2023 episode, host Tim Jordan interviews the nieces of Nancy Cruzan: Angela Broaddus and Miranda Lewis. Who was Nancy Cruzan?

She was at the center of the first “right to die with dignity” case ever heard by the United States Supreme Court. Together, Tim and his guests explore this topic:  Who was Nancy Cruzan?    

Resources for this podcast:

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-health-care

• The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center: Advance Care Planning: 6 Steps for Planning Your Future. https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/advance-care-planning-4-steps-for-planning-your-future.h00-158828856.html

• CaringInfo: Download and complete your State or Territory’s Advance Directive Forms in PDF format. Free! No Lawyer Needed. https://www.caringinfo.org/planning/advance-directives/by-state/

• Webb City School District: https://wcr7.org/

• Center for Practical Bioethics: The Case of Nancy Cruzan: https://www.practicalbioethics.org/shared-decision-making-and-advance-care-planning/end-of-life-ethics/the-case-of-nancy-cruzan/

• The Washington Post: The Long Death and Nancy Cruzan. December 29, 1990" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/12/29/the-long-death-of-nancy-cruzan/7393a252-8ea9-4885-8c86-b08e2a1d4ff3/

• The New England Journal of Medicine: Editorial article written by George J. Annas, J.D. MPH. September 6, 1990. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199009063231010

• The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics: Departed, Jan. 11, 1983; At Peace, Dec. 26, 1990. Written July 2001 by Sara Taub, MA.: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/departed-jan-11-1983-peace-dec-26-1990/2001-07

• Caring for the Dying: A Workshop Review. https://1795group.com/product/caring-for-the-dying-a-workshop-review/

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In this September 2023 episode, host Tim Jordan and his guest, Patrick Johnston, Vice President of Community Investments at the Greater Toledo Community Foundation, explore this topic:

“Common Mistakes People Make When Writing Grant Applications.”

Do you want to become the best grant writer that you can be? Are you interested in obtaining more grant funding for your organization? If the answer to either of those questions is “yes,” then should listen to this episode! Please do not make these same common mistakes that others have made.    

Resources for this podcast:

• The Greater Toledo Community Foundation: www.toledocf.org

• Grants 201: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Grant Writing. A Virtual Workshop. Sunday September 24, 2023. 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Eastern. $5 of your registration goes to a vetted charity to help the people of Maui, Hawaii. Registration only $9. Register today! https://1795group.com/event/grants-201-avoiding-common-mistakes-in-grant-writing-a-virtual-workshop/

• Grant Programs. Grants.Gov. https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-programs.html

• Grants 101: A Primer on Grants. A Resource Guide. Cost $4.99. https://1795group.com/product/grants-101-a-primer-on-grants/

• Grants 101: The Complementary Nature of Grants. A Resource Guide. Cost $4.99. https://1795group.com/product/grants-101-the-complementary-nature-of-grants/

• Grants 101: Evaluating My Organization’s Grant Readiness. A Resource Guide. Cost $4.99. https://1795group.com/product/grants-101-evaluating-my-organizations-grant-readiness/

• Funding My Programs. Resource Guide Cost $4.99. https://1795group.com/product/funding-my-program/

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Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com                         It is produced by Tim Jordan. Patrick Johnston was booked by Tim Jordan. Art work done by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

In this August 2023 episode, host Tim Jordan explores the topic, “Is the mental health of shooters to blame for mass shootings? His guest for this thought-provoking interview is Dr. Lisa Pescara Kovach.

Fact: This year (2023), is on pace to become the deadliest year for mass shootings in recent history. A mass shooting is defined as 4 or more people shot, wounded, or killed.

Fact: Public mass casualty events are becoming more common.

Fact: In a given year, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness and 1 in 6 young people experience a major depressive episode

Fact:  The vast majority (e.g., more than 90%) of people with mental health conditions are not violent. Only 3%–5% of violent acts can be attributed to them. In contrast, people with a severe mental illness are over 10 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than the general population.

Fact: After every mass shooting, certain politicians, especially those with ties to the National Rifle Association, and pundits say that the mental health of the shooter is to blame.

Is the mental health of each shooter to blame?  Listen and find out.

Resources for this podcast:

• The University of Toledo: https://www.utoledo.edu/

• The Judith Herb College of Education @ UToledo: www.utoledo.edu/education/

• UToledo Center for Education in Mass Violence & Suicide: Dr. Lisa Kovach. https://www.utoledo.edu/education/centers/mass-violence-suicide/experts/pescara-kovach-lisa.html

• Book Co-Authored by Dr. Kovach: White Supremacist Violence: Understanding the Resurgence and Stopping the Spread (2023). Routledge Press, Taylor and Francis Group. https://www.amazon.com/White-Supremacist-Violence-Brian-Brunt/dp/1032058854

• The Facts on Mental Illness and Mass Shootings: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/the-facts-on-mental-illness-and-mass-shootings/

• Research: Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Mass Shooting? https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/mass-shootings-and-mental-illness?

• Article: Blaming mass shootings on the nation’s mental health crisis is harmful. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/blaming-mass-shootings-nations-mental-health-crisis-harmful/story?id=84973562

• Blog: What Do We Do About the Gun Program in America? https://1795group.com/what-do-we-do-about-the-gun-problem-in-america/

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Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group.  www.1795group.com Produced by Tim Jordan. Dr. Pescara Kovach was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork done by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering was done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

In this Independence Day 2023 special episode, Tim Jordan, host, explores the topic, “When Gun Violence Becomes Personal.”

In the early morning hours of Friday May 18, 2018, gun violence became personal for Rhonda Hart. She did not ask for it; did not deserve it; and certainly did not want it!

In a first period art class at Santa Fe High School (Texas), her 14-year-old daughter, Kimberly, was shot to death along with seven other students and two teachers. Thirteen others were wounded that day.

Two armed police officers were in the school every day. The officers exchanged fire with the 17-year-old male shooter (a student at the school) but were unable to stop him from killing ten people. One officer was wounded. Eventually, the shooter surrendered to the police officer who was not wounded and a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper. Since 2018, Texas judges have ruled that the shooter has been mentally incompetent to stand trial. Texas is rated last in the U.S. in access to mental health care (Mental Health America, 2023).   

Listen as our host and special guest, Rhonda Hart, talk about Kimberly, grief, advocacy, and gun violence. Will gun violence become personal for you someday? Rhonda believes that it will.

Resources for this podcast:

• Office of Governor Greg Abbott, Texas: https://gov.texas.gov/

https://gov.texas.gov/governor-abbott

• Governor Greg Abbot’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX

• Newtown Action Alliance: An all-volunteer grassroots organization founded by Newtown, CT residents after the tragic shooting there on December 14, 2021, at Sandy Hook Elementary School. https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/

• Survivors Empowered: An organization founded by Sandy and Lonnie Phillips after the killing of their daughter, Jessica Redfield Ghawi and eleven others in the mass shooting at the Aurora Colorado Theater in 2012. https://www.survivorsempowered.org/

• Moms Demand Action: A grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect young people from gun violence. https://momsdemandaction.org/

• School Shootings by Country 2023: World Population Review

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/school-shootings-by-country

• Blog: “What Do We Do About the Gun Program in America?”

https://1795group.com/what-do-we-do-about-the-gun-problem-in-america/

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Produced by Tim Jordan. Rhonda Hart was booked by Afrodite Georgakopoulos. Audio editing and mastering was done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

Did you notice more mis/disinformation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on social media? Have you noticed how mis/disinformation (and conspiracy theories) are used by certain groups to motivate acts of hate and violence toward our government, towards Black and Brown people, Jews, and other racial and ethnic minorities? 

In this episode, Tim Jordan (host), interviews Dr. Yotam Ophir, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication from the University at Buffalo, New York. Dr. Ophir is originally from Israel. Therefore, his perspectives on U.S. society are “fresh” and unbiased. Listen to the fascinating and far-ranging interview.    

Resources for this podcast:

• University at Buffalo Website: buffalo.edu

• The Difference Between Misinformation and Disinformation from the American Psychological Association:  https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/misinformation-disinformation

• How Disinformation is Spread Online: World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/four-ways-disinformation-campaigns-are-propagated-online/

• Research Studies on Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories:

1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2077654

• Radio Show Podcast on Proclaim FM 102.3.“The COVID-19 Pandemic: Rumors, Myths, Wives’ Tales, and Conspiracy Theories.” Watch on You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZR5hlxQ3k&t=1454s  Especially watch from 17:59 to 21:54 to learn about the “Five W’s” of how to evaluate information that you encounter. 

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Grass Roots Health is produced by Tim Jordan. Dr. Ophir was booked by Afrodite Georgakopoulos. Research was done by Alexandria Williamson. Audio editing and mastering was done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

In episode # 9, Tim Jordan (host), interviews Dr. Jeffrey Layne Blevins, Professor, Department of Journalism and School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Have you ever wondered by scamming seems to be on the increase? Or why anti-Semitism is now higher than it ever has been at any time since the Anti-Defamation League started recording such incidents in the 1970’s? Or the role that social media played in the January 6 insurrection at the Capital Building in Washington, DC? Or why hate groups or White Supremacy groups seem to be targeting former members of the U.S. military?

Listen to the fascinating interview as our host explores these questions and more with Dr. Jeffrey Blevins. The topic of this episode is: “How Social Media Has Changed Us.”  

Since this episode is streamed worldwide prior to Mother’s Day in the United States (May 14, 2023), host Tim Jordan also includes a very funny tribute to his mother. You may have even been on the receiving end of some of these same sayings yourself! Listen as Tim gives this humorous tribute to his mom.

Resources for this podcast:

• University of Cincinnati Website:  www.uc.edu

• Department of Journalism, University of Cincinnati: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/journalism.html

• School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/spia.html

• Dr. Jeffrey L. Blevins, Research Directory: https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/blevinjy

• Article:  “What you Post on Social Media Matters to Employers.” UC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZR5hlxQ3k&t=1454s

• Book by Dr. Blevins: “Social Media, Social Justice, and the Political Economy of Online Networks.” (2022). Available on Amazon at: https://a.co/d/6KuAmm9

• Radio Show Podcast on Proclaim FM 102.3. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Rumors, Myths, Wives’ Tales, and Conspiracy Theories.” Watch on You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZR5hlxQ3k&t=1454s 

• Article: “Social Media Platforms and the Lessons of January 6.” Forbes Magazine. August 1, 2022. Click on link here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2022/08/01/social-media-platforms-and-the-lessons-of-january-6/?sh=4b040be475c9

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It was produced by Tim Jordan. Dr. Blevins was booked by Afrodite Georgakopoulos. Research was done by Alexandria Williamson. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos. License code: HQ9KQCNB50MTMH23.  Audio editing and mastering was done by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/

In episode # 8, host Tim Jordan interviews Dr. Amy Thompson, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wright State in Ohio. Together they explore some of the unprecedented challenges facing colleges and universities (and their customers). Be sure to listen to this thought-provoking conversation!

Resources for this podcast:

•  Wright State University Website:  www.wright.edu

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The 1795 Group works with many different types of organizations to improve people’s health and quality of life. Contact us at: [email protected] if you would like to brainstorm ways to work together. 

In episode # 7, host Tim Jordan interviews Hospice Nurse Penny Hawkins-Smith about her perspective on death and dying. During this fascinating interview, they discuss many topics including the recommended educational and training path to become a hospice nurse; the challenges involved for families in letting their dying loved one decide how much they want to eat or drink; myths of hospice care; the death rattle; how the dying often rally right before death; how the dying often see or reach for people or things in the room; weird things experienced in hospice care; and whether Hospice Nurse Penny believes that death is a door or a wall. Be sure to listen to this excellent conversation!

Associated Resources

• Article: Why many doctors still find it difficult to talk about dying with patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2019 January 7; 191:E22-3. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-569 Link to article below:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312518/#:~:text=Some%20struggle%20with%20the%20limitations,lead%20in%20opening%20a%20dialogue.

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The founder and Director of the 1795 Group is Dr. Timothy R. Jordan. He has been a health educator (grades 6-12), Assistant High School Principal, Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education for a large health care system, and a Professor of Public Health for the past 23 years. He has earned more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and 90 peer-reviewed presentations. Dr. Jordan’s areas of research include end-of-life, reducing racial/ethnic health disparities, health behavior change, chronic disease prevention, and smoking prevention and cessation.