In this episode, we hear from Thema Bryant: she is a minister, author, podcast host, and the president-elect of the American Psychological Association. She will discuss her work of using dance and spoken word as tools for the journey of self-healing.

Sour Diesel, Girl Scout Cookies, Pineapple Express. The names for different strains of cannabis in the recreational world can be wild. Or maybe you've heard that Indica puts you "In da couch" and makes you super relaxed. 

So what really is in a name, and how did we end up with these classifications and descriptions?

Listen as we discuss the history of strains, names, and whether or not the stories you hear about them are true.

In this episode, we hear from Denise Bossarte, poet, photographer and author. She will discuss her experience, her creative process, and how writing helped her and others in the process of healing.

Lurie Children’s is one of the only pediatric hospitals in the world home to experts in the surgical treatment and care for children with a rare disorder in which a clot forms blocking the main portal vein going into the liver. This condition is known as portal vein thrombosis, the cause of which in many cases is never determined.

At Lurie Children’s, two pediatric liver experts are able to help many children with this condition avoid a liver transplant, even when their families have previously been told that is the only treatment.

Today we talk with those physician-surgeons, Drs. Riccardo Superina and Caroline Lemoine.

Stephanie Nicholson discusses breastfeeding support, how people can prepare for breastfeeding, and the benefits that breastfeeding can have for a child.

Cannabis is an interesting plant been around for thousands of years used by humans for food, fiber, and medicine. But the botany of it is really fascinating.

There is a sexuality to the cannabis plant, separate male and female cannabis plants. This is also referred to as dioecious.

We have all of our hosts on today, to discuss the differences in these plants, why having different sexes is advantageous, and how each plant works on a biological level.

In this episode, Sheel Bhuta, a Holistic Healer, leads a discussion focusing on her personal journey with trauma and healing, and how it helped shaped her career path.

Dr. Gayar (Medical Director for the McLaren Proton Therapy Center) talks about proton therapy and its benefits in cancer care. Dr. Gayar explains what proton beam therapy is, the forms of cancer that can be treated with this therapy, and who is a good candidate for it.

When young patients get the devastating diagnosis of a brain tumor, their families want to know what treatment options they have to pursue. Pediatric neurosurgery specialists like Dr. Michael DeCuypere is not only trained in minimally invasive neurosurgery to remove tumors, but he is also among the few pediatric neurosurgeons in the country who is studying new ways to diagnose and treat them. We talk with him about the surgeon’s role in treating pediatric brain tumors and the potentially game-changing research he is leading now in this area.

Dr. Ari Greis is a board-certified physician who specializes in the non-operative treatment of spinal and musculoskeletal disorders.

He is the director of the Medical Cannabis Department at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and was a Senior Fellow in the Institute of Emerging Health Professions and the Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp. 

Dr. Greis is back on Cannabis Grand Rounds with Dr. Hal Altman MD, MS, and Dr. Leslie S. Matthews MD, MBA, MS to dive deeper into his research on the treatment of chronic pain with cannabis as an alternative to opioids, and what he hopes the future of cannabis research will look like.