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Sally Fallon Morell, president and founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation, discusses her latest book Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashoined Remedy for the Modern World about the preparation of nutrient-dense broth and its benefits for health and medical conditions.

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An interview with Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, author of two books about the health consequences of hysterectomy and ovary removal, discussing how to make protective choices and what to do to recover.

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Jeffry Fawcett PhD and Layna Berman review the Anthropocene Theory, its media impact, critics, and political implications.

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Author Katie Singer talks about her book An Electronic Silent Spring. Layna and Jeffry then discuss some testimonials from her book, which is a forum of scientists, parents, and electrosensitives about the health consequences for humans, trees, birds and other mammals of the proliferating wireless revolution.

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Jeffry Fawcett PhD and Layna Berman review the American Cancer Society’s new guidelines for mammograms and critique them using several review articles and editorials pointing to increased mortality from overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer.

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Jeffry Fawcett, PhD reviews and critiques recent research identifying the hormone glucagon rather than insulin, as the hormone responsible for high blood sugars. A discussion follows with Layna Berman about the lack of consideration of environmental factors and stress in the development of metabolic disruption and non pharmaceutical ways of treating instead of developing drugs to disrupt the balance between glucagon and other hormones.

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Mark Nathan Cohen, PhD professor of anthropology and author of Health and the Rise of Civilization discusses how humans developed as hunter-gatherers and what was lost when they turned to agriculture.

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Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the attachments that create health risks from food to drugs, how to start the change process, and how to support the body in making changes.

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Primatologist Frans de Waal, PhD, author of The Age of Empathy and Primates and Philosophers, discusses what we have to learn about empathy and cooperation from other animals and how humans can develop their own innate capacities to work together.

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A re-broadcast of an interview with Sally Fallon Morell and lipid researcher the late Dr. Mary Enig recorded after the first publishing of their groundbreaking book Nourishing Traditions, almost twenty years ago. Still in publication, the book has changed cooking and eating habits worldwide.

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