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In today’s episode we begin a brand new series focused on the early peopling of the Americas, examining who they were, where they came from, and how they adapted to changing climates.  Joining us today is Dr. Tom Dillehay. Dr. Dillehay is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt College, specializing in archaeology, migration patterns, political and economic change, and South America. Dr. Dillehay received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 based on research from large Inca sites in Peru and then taught at the Southern University of Chile in Valdivia.  In that same year, the now famous Monte Verde archaeological site was discovered about 120 miles south of Valdivia.  Along with his colleague Mario Pino, Dillehay began excavating the Monte Verde site in 1978 and recovered evidence of its extreme antiquity as well as its high degree of organic preservation.

Early reports of pre-Clovis occupation at Monte Verde sparked widespread scepticism and criticism among the archaeological community. In 1997 nearly twenty years after the excavations at Monte Verde began, a blue-ribbon panel of archaeologists inspected the site and concluded that Dillehay’s analyses and interpretations were correct, accepting an age of 14,800 years old for the site.

Dr. Dillehay has published 25 books and over 200 refereed journal articles.  He has been a Visiting Professor at universities around the world and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Southern University of Chile.

To learn more about Dr. Dillehay's work, or to purchase his books please visit:

Dr Dillehay's Vanderbilt College page

Dr Dillehay's Scientific Publications

Dr Dillehay's Books at Amazon

In this episode  we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, delving into a another holistic approach to human health.  Today we welcome Dr. Tommy John, DC to the program.  Dr. Tommy has over 17 years of hands on health experience with a Master Degrees in Health and Exercise Science from Furman University, and a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Life University, in Marietta, Georgia.  We explore the 8 essential components and practices to live a healthy and disease free life.

Dr. Tommy was drawn to chiropractic practice because he realized there was a higher element missing from healing, the performance process, and the proper function of the human body arising from our innate intelligence and the nervous system.

Following in the footsteps of his father, Tommy John Sr, a renowned legend in Major League Baseball who played for 26 years as a pitcher, Dr Tommy also played professional baseball for three years with teams such as the LA Dodgers. Unfortunately his playing career was abruptly ended from a rare infection in his throwing shoulder. As a result Dr. Tommy developed his own baseball performance company providing over 11,000 baseball training sessions for baseball players from ages six to thirty. Additionally, he expanded his practice of personal training, sports performance training, and rehabilitation of all types of soft tissue injuries.

The primary goal at the Dr. Tommy John Performance and Healing Center is to provide entire families with integrative, individualized care plans and treatment to improve their quality of life by reducing physical and emotional pain from injury and aging, and minimizing the use of pharmaceuticals or surgerical interventions.

To learn more about Dr Tommy and his work, or to order his book please visit:

Dr Tommy's Webpage

Dr Tommy's Book

Dr Tommy's Instagram

In today’s program we continue our forest management investigative series, focusing today on the forests located in Northern British Columbia.  Joining us for this episode is Michelle Connolly, the Director of Conservation North. Michelle has been a dedicated volunteer in the environmental movement for the last 25 years. This passion led her to obtain a Masters of Science in Forest Disturbance Ecology from the University of Northern BC. Michelle spends much of her personal time exploring and admiring the natural forests in her area.  Mrs. Connolly has worked as a biologist for the federal government, a large environmental NGO, as a coordinator for a climate change research program, and briefly as a forestry technician for the BC government. She has also been an advocate for First Nations.

Conservation North is a 100% volunteer-run community group based out of Prince George BC, and is a science-based, and donation-supported conservation group.

To learn more about Conservation North please visit:

Conservation North Website

Conservation North Instagram

Conservation North Facebook Page

In today’s program we explore a made in BC novel sustainable aquaponics technology.  Our guest for the program today is Mr. Rudi Schiebel, founder and CEO of Habitat Life Sciences, based out of Chase, BC.  Habitat is in the business of producing sustainable certified organic coho salmon, and organic ultra premium smokable Cannabis flower for the legal Canadian market.  Over the past 7 years, it has been Rudi's mission to find the most innovative ways to produce responsible and sustainable products and to continue pushing the limits of combining today's technologies with ecosystem based growing practices.

The cornerstone philosophy which governs all activities at Habitat is "producing more by wasting less". This philosophy is at the core of Habitat’s aquaponics technology which has now uniquely positioned itself at the forefront of multiple emerging industries - inland salmon farming, closed ecosystem technology, and cannabis cultivation.

To learn more about Habitat Life Sciences please visit the following links:

Habitat Website

Youtube video facility tour

Their Cannabis flower is available from retailers in BC, AB, MB, and SK.  Visit a dispensary near you and ask for their flower by name! 

If you live in Kamloops or Kelowna, you can purchase their coho salmon from Fisherman's Market locations.

In today’s program we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, today delving into a very interesting holistic approach to human health.

It is a great honour to welcome Dr. Thomas Cowan to the show.  Dr. Cowan graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1984. After his residency in Family Practice in Johnson City, New York, he set up an anthroposophical medical practice in an intentional community in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dr. Cowan has served as vice the president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophical Medicine and is a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

Dr. Cowan is the author of a number of books including “The Fourfold Path to Healing”, “Human Heart - Cosmic Heart”, “Vaccines - Autoimmunity - and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness”, “Cancer and the New Biology of Water”, and his most recent volume “The Contagion Myth” which was recently released at the end of September 2020.

In today's episode we explore a number of topics including uncovering the true function of the human heart and how to maintain heart health, the misconception of the germ theory and its effect on human health, the many falsehoods related to the chinese corona virus, and what steps humanity must take to ensure our healthy survival.

To learn more about Dr. Cowan, his work, and his books please visit:

Dr. Cowan's website

In today’s program we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, today delving into the subject matter of addiction treatment.  Joining us for today’s episode is Mr. Zach Rhoads, an addiction treatment coach from the Life Process Program. The Life Process Program was designed and developed by the eminent Dr. Stanton Peele, the world’s leading authority on non-12 step addiction recovery. Dr. Peele is a world-renowned addiction expert, author and therapist, who has remained prominently at the forefront of the addiction field for nearly five decades, challenging and changing the way people understand addiction and recovery.  The Life Process Program works with the idea that addiction occurs with a range of experiences, a recognition of the possibility of natural recovery from addiction, and the harm reduction approach to addiction.

Mr Rhoads once battled addictions of his own, including a destructive involvement with opiates.  He now lives a healthy and happy life with his wife and daughter in Vermont.   Zach is a columnist for Filter Magazine, and together with Dr. Peele co-authoured the book “Outgrowing Addiction with common sense instead of Disease Therapy”.  Zach is also a broadcaster being the host of The Social Exchange podcast, and he looks after the Life Process Program Podcast.

To learn more about Mr. Rhoads or the Life Process Program please visit the following links:

Life Process Program

The Social Exchange Podcast with Zach Rhoads

Outgrowing Addiction with Common Sense Instead of Disease Therapy

In today’s program we embark upon our forest resource management investigative series. Today we will focus on the present status and importance of Old Growth forests in British Columbia.  Joining us for this episode are two of the authors of an important recent publication entitled “BC's Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity”.   

Our first guest Dr. Rachel Holt, originated from the UK and concluded her graduate studies and research in British Columbia which spawned her passion for the BC landscape and its incredible biodiversity. Dr. Holt is trained in the science of conservation biology, and is accomplished in the art of applying science towards land and resource management initiatives.

Our second guest is Dr Karen Price, an ecological consultant based in an off-grid log cabin near Smithers, BC who works at the interface of science and management with her partner Dave Daust.  Dr Price developed her passion for ecology early, collecting skulls and lichens at age 5, in her relatively tame native English countryside. She came to BC at 12 years of age and spent hours in the wild forests near Vancouver. She realised her childhood dream of studying behavioural ecology in grad school at Simon Fraser University where she obtained her PhD in behavioural ecology.

The present situation is abysmal.  In British Columbia, of the 50 million ha of forest cover, about 13.2 million ha are classified as old growth (about 25%), and only approximately 415,000 ha are productive old growth. This is < 1%.  Nearly half of ecosystems have < 1% of the amount expected naturally, and of our remaining old growth, 3% is productive.

To learn more about today's topic or guests, please visit the following:

Dr. Rachel Holt

Dr. Karen Price

"BC's Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity" - Publication

In today’s program we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, today delving into the subject of Glyphosate as a toxin to human health.  Our guest for today's episode is Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Dr. Seneff received a B.S. degree in Biophysics in 1968, an M.S. and E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1980, and a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1985, all from MIT.

For over three decades, her research interests have always been at the intersection of biology and computation. She has published over 170 refereed articles, and has been invited to give keynote speeches at several international conferences.  For the last 12 years she has worked to try and understand the role of toxic chemicals in the deterioration of human health. Dr. Seneff has published over two dozen papers in various medical and health-related journals on topics such as modern day diseases (e.g., Alzheimer, autism, obesity, cardiovascular diseases), analysis and search of databases of drug side effects using natural language processing techniques, and the impact of nutritional deficiencies and environmental toxins on human health.

For more information on Dr. Seneff's work please visit her website and download the 2 presentations offered here:

Dr. Seneff's website

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

In today’s program we return our focus to British Columbia and wade into the mucky mire of the Site C dam project.  Joining us today for his second appearance on the show is Ken Boon, President of the Peace Valley Landowners Association. In this episode we will highlight the most recent, and the ongoing problems with the Site C dam project and attempt to provide a comprehensive picture for the voters of BC on this subject prior to the upcoming provincial election.  Demand action from you MLA!

To learn more about the Site C dam project and to sign some petitions, please visit:

Peace Valley Landowners Association

Stop Site C Today

Lead Now - Stop Work at Site C

Peace Valley Site C Petition

In today’s program we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, today delving into the subject matter of addiction and substance use disorders, and the pathways to recovery.  Joining us for today’s episode is Dr. Stanton Peele. Dr Peele has been a leading global figure in the field of addiction, and addiction recovery for 50 years now.  Dr. Peele earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1973. After earning his J.D. from the Rutgers School of Law in Newark in 1997, Dr Peele was admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars.

Dr. Peele has been a pioneer in applying addiction beyond the area of drugs and alcohol, identifying the social-environmental causes of addiction, harm reduction policies, and the self-cure of addiction.

Since the publication of his first book Love and Addiction in 1975, he has presented his ideas and data in a series of twelve books and over 250 professional and popular articles.  His thoughts have appeared in the major social, scientific, psychological, and addiction journals. Recognition for his academic achievements have included the Mark Keller Award from the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drug Policy Alliance.  Dr. Peele lectures internationally on the meaning, treatment, and future of addiction.

For more information on Dr. Peele and his programs please visit:

Dr. Peele's website

Life Process Program