Murals Against COVID-19 (0:00:00)

There is some really cool urban art in our cities. They make the city more beautiful, give our streets more personality, and it gives us a fun reason to take a picture next to a painted wall. But can they do more than just make a bland wall look more interesting? That’s exactly what Ruben Rojas believes. He’s an artist and activist whose murals can be seen in cities around the world. His “mission is to ignite creativity and inspire others to see the world through the lens of love” and recently he started a campaign to create 1000 murals on closed businesses in Santa Monica in response to the coronavirus.

Cleaning Household Fabrics (0:16:42)

You know that moment when you see that your kids’ sheets haven’t been washed in a few weeks, and you feel both disgust and frustration that they either forgot or were too lazy to throw them in the wash on Saturday? Now as gross as that may seem, do you ever stop to think about the last time you washed your couch cushions? Or the bathmat? How about your living room drapes? And although you wash your pillowcase often, has your pillow itself ever gotten a good scrub? Well before you enter into full-blown anxiety over the dirt and germs secretly hiding in the fibers that fill our homes, we’ve invited expert and owner of Go Clean Co, Sarah McAllister, on the show to tell us everything we need to know about properly cleaning our household fabrics.

Medical Clowns (0:33:43)

The atmosphere in hospitals across the country these days has been gloomier than usual. There’s little room for laughter amidst the hordes of COVID patients in New York and some rising numbers in other cities. But what if laughter had healing capacities? We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine, but I think many of us would also prefer taking morphine over watching Seinfeld to manage our pain. But what would you say to a visit from a professional medical clown? Around the world these clowns are dedicating their careers to bringing humor and fun to hospital patients. Joining us today to share his past experience is Matthew A. Wilson, a former medical clown and Emmy-award winning performer, who spent years at the bed sides of terminally ill children giving them, their families, and the hospital staff something to laugh about.

Mitigating Future Pandemics (0:52:50)

As we see the beginning of life returning to normal, we may be feeling some anxiety about the possibility of a pandemic like this happening again. If that does happen, what can we do? How can we be prepared and how can we stop the spread of a virus like this early on so it doesn’t reach pandemic levels? Dr. Michael Greger is a physician who recently came out with a book called "How to Survive a Pandemic." With all the concerns going around in the world, we thought we would invite him onto the show to discuss how we can mitigate future pandemics.

Drive-By Musicians (1:08:33)

Most assisted-living facilities across the country are closed to visitors right now. It can be lonely for senior citizens to live away from their families, but lately it’s been made worse because they can’t be visited by family and friends. Well, an assisted-living home in Billings, Montana came up with a perfect way to help seniors feel loved during this time of isolation and chaos. Members of the community are welcome to share their talents with the assisted-living residents as they become drive-by musicians. Here to tell us all about it is JustServe specialist Lynnadele Nielsen!

After the Storm (1:18:10)

We’re pretty grateful that things with COVID have been calming down. But even if things could go back to normal in the blink of an eye, we’dstill have some emotional recovering to do. We all went through something. Whether you lost a job, a family member, or simply the freedom to leave your house,life was turned upside down,and we’re all walking the road to recovery.So, here to share with us her thoughts on how we can allow this event to strengthen us as we turn towards recovery is trauma expert Dr. Joyce Mikal-Flynn.

Hamburger History (1:31:05)

When you think of the quintessence of American food, what comes to mind? If you’re like me,you probably think of the hamburger, and for good reason: Americans eat 50 billion hamburgers a year! The hamburger has created over a billion-dollar industry in the U.S. But when you travel abroad, you’ll find that people of different countries are just as in love with this symbol of classic, American cuisine as we are. But, how did this popular dish come to be? And, with consumers becoming increasingly more health-conscious, how is it changing? To help answer these questions and more, we invited Christopher Carosa, a Hamburger Historian and Yale University graduate who recently came out with a book called Hamburger Dreams.