Is our planet really getting warmer and drier? More importantly, what does that mean for all of us—no matter where we live or what our family looks like? To tackle these pressing questions, our host Tim Jordan sits down with Dr. Annalisa Bracco, a Senior Scientist at the Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici Foundation in Milan, Italy (CMCC). Dr. Bracco specializes in climate modeling and global warming trends. She will help us understand how changes in our climate affect everything from our daily lives to the future of the planet. Together, we’ll explore why stewardship of our planet matters—not just for those with children or grandchildren, but for everyone who cares about the legacy we leave behind. Tune in to hear a true scientist and discover what actions we can take to protect our world. Listen, learn, subscribe, share, and rate this podcast!   Resources for this podcast: Website: The CMCC Foundation https://www.cmcc.it/about/the-cmcc-foundation   You Tube Video (August 2024). Ted Talk. Using Intuition & AI to Save the Coral Reefs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7u1kVVIwrg   You Tube Video (March 2024). The Simons Foundation. The Climate Multiscale Challenge from the Lens of the Ocean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PH3fvxbOEs   Website. (July 2025). National Centers for Environmental Information. Assessing the Global Climate in June 2025. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202506   Website. (July 2025.) Science News Today. The Planet is Drying Faster Than We Ever Imagined. https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/the-planet-is-drying-faster-than-we-ever-imagined   Website: (October 2025). Wilson, B. “Hoover Doom:” Arizona utilities brace for diminished hydropower as Colorado River dams face critical shortfalls. https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/16/hoover-doom-arizona-utilities-brace-for-diminished-hydropower-as-colorado-river-dams-face-critical-shortfalls/   Article: Ocean Warming: NASA. Global Climate Change. Vital Signs of the Planet. December 2023. https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ocean-warming/. ===================================I Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Email contact:  tjordan@1795consultng.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795consultng.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Dr. Annalisa Bracco was booked by Tim Jordan.   Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.     Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio  https://www.sumarecording.com/   Website design and podcast page by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com  

I believe that politics determine a person’s health status. Politics determine one’s world view, one's priorities, and funding for various causes. Politics and public health are intertwined.   In fact, there is not an area of life that is not impacted by politics. The health of the U.S. public has always been political. Therefore, we should be talking (and teaching students) more about politics.   Local elections often have very low voter turnout, which gives your vote significantly more power. Small margins have big consequences. Many local races are decided by just a few dozen or hundred votes. Please vote!   Local elections largely determine quality of life. Many critical decisions about your immediate community are made at the local level. For example, in November, you will probably be voting on some of the following issues.   Education: School board members supervise, hire, and dismiss the superintendent, establish policies, make decisions on curricula, school funding, and classroom sizes.   Public safety: Mayors, county sheriffs, and district attorneys set policing policies and affect the criminal justice system in your community.   Infrastructure and services: City council members and county commissioners determine how your tax dollars are spent on roads, parks, libraries, and utilities like water and sanitation.   Housing and zoning: Local officials decide on zoning laws, affordable housing availability, and land use for new developments.    Voting locally can also empower historically underrepresented groups and communities and ensure that government is responsive to all residents.    Low turnout among certain populations can result in decisions that do not reflect their needs. Conversely, high participation can drive systemic change. Please vote!   Local election officials also oversee polling locations, voting hours, and how election laws are implemented, all of which affect the accessibility of voting.   Consistent voter participation ensures that elected officials are accountable to the people who put them in office.    Besides that, local leaders are part of your community, making them more accessible and responsive to residents than national politicians. You are more likely to have opportunities to engage directly with local officials, whether it be through social media, at a community event, or a town hall type meeting.   You have the opportunity to give input. Many local boards and commissions are volunteer positions that allow residents to provide input and shape policies on specific issues.    Major policy changes often start at the grass roots or local level before gaining momentum to become state or national initiatives. By participating in local elections, you can help lay the groundwork for wider change on issues you care about.   Resources for This Podcast:   Facebook Page:  Joseph Audino for Riverside School Board.  https://www.facebook.com/p/Joseph-Audino-for-Riverside-School-Board-61578792220875/   Website: Lake County Board of Elections.   https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/boe/   Website: Honesty for Ohio Education. https://www.honestyforohioeducation.org/school-board-elections.html   Website: Nonprofit Vote.  Local Elections: Small Margins, BIG Consequences  https://www.nonprofitvote.org/local-elections-small-margins-big-consequences/   Website: League of Women Voters. Why Local Elections are Critical to Democracy.  https://www.lwv.org/blog/why-local-elections-are-critical-democracy   ========================================   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact me at: tjordan@1795consulting.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795consulting.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by 1795 Consulting.   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Artwork is created by Priyanka Banerjee.      Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio  https://www.sumarecording.com/   Website design by

Are humans susceptible to misinformation? Did Donald Trump, Fox News,  and the Republicans start  misinformation? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? Listen as host Tim Jordan explores the answers to these questions and more with Dr. Yotam Ophir, an expert in the field of misinformation.   ================================= Resources for This Podcast:   Website:  University of Buffalo of New York.  https://www.buffalo.edu/   Website:  The Department of Communication, the University of Buffalo of New York.  https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/communication.html   Website:  Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. Associate Professor and faculty member, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences.   https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/communication/faculty/faculty-directory.host.html/content/shared/cas/communication/faculty-staff/faculty-profiles/ophir-yotam.html   Book: Misinformation and Society. Wiley-Blackwell. 352 pages. Published June 25, 2025.  Available at Wiley-Blackwell, Amazon, and at other major book sellers. Written by Yotam Ophir. Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Misinformation-Society-Yotam-Ophir/dp/139423645X   Book: Democracy amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion. 488 pages. Published January 13, 2023. Available at Oxford University Press, Amazon, and at other major book sellers. Cowritten by Yotam Ophir and 10 others with expertise in the topic.   Article:  (2024). How and why does misinformation spread? The American Psychological Association.   https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/how-why-misinformation-spreads   Article: (2020). Evaluating Online Information. Types of Misinformation.    https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/c.php?g=849536&p=6077637 ========================================   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact me at: tjordan@1795consulting.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795consulting.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by 1795 Consulting.   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.      Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio  https://www.sumarecording.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com  

On July 3, 2025, Congress passed the sweeping, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Amid the self-imposed rush to deliver the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk by July 4, many Americans are still looking for information about the bill. This bill was largely debated in the dead of night and pushed through at breakneck speed. The confusion that many Americans are experiencing has been exacerbated by misleading and inaccurate statements about how and whether the bill’s cuts will affect people’s health. It will!  Make no mistake – this bill will negatively impact U.S. health! Those who need Medicaid the most will be negatively affected. Furthermore, from 2027 to 2034, Medicare benefits will be cut. Every budget bill is a moral document. Values are clearly shown in budgets. What does this bill show about values? Listen to this podcast and find out. Listen as host, Tim Jordan, interviews John Ross, M.D., MPH about how U.S. health care is funded and the impact of the One Big, Beautiful Bill on the health of Americans. ================================= Resources for This Podcast: Podcast:  (2025). Who is the Real Donald Trump – An Interview with David Cay Johnston. https://1795group.com/episode/s2-e6-who-is-the-real-donald-trump-an-interview-with-david-cay-johnston/   Podcast: (2025). The Future of Public Health in the U.S.- An Interview with Dr. Mike Osterholm.  https://1795group.com/episode/s2-e4-the-future-of-public-health-in-the-u-s-an-interview-with-dr-mike-osterholm/   Blog Post: (2025). Why Trump Does Not Want Diversity. https://1795group.com/why-trump-does-not-want-diversity/ Blog Post: (2025). The Future of Public Health. https://1795group.com/the-future-of-public-health/   Article: Phelps, K., Rollins, H., Ditmyer, M. (2025). Understanding the Healthcare Impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill. The Michigan Public Health Association. https://mipha.org/home-2/one-big-beautiful-bill/#:~:text=On%20July%204%2C%202025%2C%20President,to%20understand%20its%20potential%20consequences   Article: (2025). What Health Care Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Mean for States. National Academy for State Health Policy. https://nashp.org/what-health-care-provisions-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-mean-for-states/#:~:text=Once%20the%20OBBBA%20law%20is,to%20only%20certain%20lawful%20immigrants   Article (2025). What is the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and Its Impact? League of Women Voters. https://www.lwv.org/blog/what-one-big-beautiful-bill-and-its-impact#:~:text=The%20OBBB%20makes%20the%20largest,states%20being%20overburdened%2C%20and%20more ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact me at: tjordan@1795consulting.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795consulting.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Consulting.   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.      Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio.  https://www.sumarecording.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio.  www.greentreemediallc.com

Every day, each American generates about 5 lbs. of trash. The rest of the world averages about 1.8 lbs. of trash per person each day. Why the huge difference? According to research, about 76% of Americans throw their recyclables in the trash. How can we increase recycling? For example, we know that plastic waste does not break down in the environment for hundreds of years. Even then, it breaks down to microplastics and nanoplastics.  As a past guest said on this podcast, “This generation is discovering the problems. The next generations must solve them.” Very true! Listen as host Tim Jordan explores these issues and others with his special guest, Jeff Snyder, Senior Vice President, Recycling & Sustainability, Rumpke Waste and Recycling.    ================================= Resources for This Podcast:   Website: Rumpke.  https://www.rumpke.com/   Article: (2024). Rumpke opens the largest, most technically advanced recycling facility in North America. https://www.rumpke.com/about-us/service-areas/oh/franklin-county/columbus/recycling-resource-center   Report: (2024). State of Recycling: The Present and Future of Residential Recycling in the U.S.  The Recycling Partnership: Solving for Circularity. https://recyclingpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Recycling-Partnership-State-of-Recycling-Report-1.9.23.pdf   Article: (2024). Kaufmann, L.  Americans Throw 76% of Their Recyclables Into the Trash. Bloomberg.  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-10/americans-trash-three-quarters-of-recyclables-study-finds?embedded-checkout=true&utm_source   Article: (2024). Plastics Recycling Global Markets Report 2023-2024 & 2029: An ESG Perspective, Competitive Intelligence, Emerging Technologies and Developments, Key Dynamics. Global Newswire. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/24/2902799/28124/en/Plastics-Recycling-Global-Markets-Report-2023-2024-2029-An-ESG-Perspective-Competitive-Intelligence-Emerging-Technologies-and-Developments-Key-Dynamics.   Article: (2024). Garcia, T.  TN lawmaker to propose bill aimed at reducing waste, adding jobs.  WSMV4. https://www.wsmv.com/2024/12/17/tn-lawmaker-propose-bill-aimed-reducing-waste-adding-jobs/?utm_source   Article (2019). Mismanaged waste ‘kills up to a million people a year globally.’ The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/14/mismanaged-waste-kills-up-to-a-million-people-a-year-globally ========================================   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact me at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.      Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio  https://www.sumarecording.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com =================================  

Who is the “real” Donald Trump? What does the President of the United States have to do with the health of Americans? The identity of the President has everything to do with health! You see, one’s view of the world determines his/her investment in the health of Americans. The health of Americans has always been political. Whether it is abruptly terminating international assistance in foreign aid, ending severe weather warnings, trying to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), decimating the National Park System, slashing existing grants at the National Institutes of Health on vaccine hesitancy, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and COVID-19 because these topics do not align with your priorities, cutting new grant funding, telling public health specialists what words they can say or write, slashing scientific research at universities, or cutting employees and grant funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ending programs and grants that are considered WOKE, recommending health related tariffs, having fewer Americans with health insurance, or making radical changes to Medicaid and Social Security, who the President is matters.    Listen as host Tim Jordan interviews investigative reporter and author David Cay Johnston about Donald Trump.  David has known Donald Trump for 40 years!  He has written entire books about Trump and has never been proven wrong.  I encourage you to listen.  ================================= Resources for This Podcast: Rochester Institute of Technology Website: (2025). www.rit.edu David Cay Johnston’s Webpage at the Rochester Institute of Technology  www.rit.edu/directory/dcjgla-david-cay-johnston David Cay Johnston’s Books on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Cay-Johnston/author/B001KDG3PW?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8d62bd08-1b69-4a7a-b971-e5463099fc47 Article: (2025). Johnston, D.C.  All the Damage Trump’s Tariffs are Doing. DC Report. (May 20, 2025.) https://www.dcreport.org/2025/04/08/all-the-damage-trumps-tariffs-are-doing/ Article: (2025). Rosenthal, E. How Trump aims to slash federal support for research, public health, and Medicaid. KFF Health News, (May 20, 2025). https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-care-spending-cuts-research-trump-administration-tariffs-public-health/ Article:  (2025). Hart, A. Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services. CBS  News Health Watch (May 19, 2025).  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-medicaid-social-services-housing-nutrition/ Article: (2025). Parashar, S. Finally, India makes it official: Trump didn’t broker India-Pakistan cease fire.  The Times of India. (May 14, 2025). https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/finally-india-makes-it-official-trump-didnt-broker-india-pakistan-ceasefire/articleshow/121149120.cms Article. (2025). President Trump’s First 100 Days: Attacks on Human Rights, Cruelty, and Chaos. Amnesty International News (April 30, 2025). https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/president-trumps-first-100-days-attacks-on-human-rights/ Podcast: (2025). The Osterholm Update. Dr. Mike Osterholm and CIDRAP.  https://open.spotify.com/show/0ymlroFYVlSAnoq0uqECGx?si=b14bd54d600c47bc Podcast: (2025). Letters from An American. Dr. Heather Cox Richardson. https://open.spotify.com/show/2NAihO3xHMQr64EnvpvHDl?si=0b65fac270294aad Podcast: (2025). The Meidas Touch. Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meisales.   https://open.spotify.com/show/34NcOzUEJs0T5DaUeYLfFl?si=0e2b4118de2b4c10 Article: Jordan, T.R. (2024). The Problem of Christian Nationalism. https://1795group.com/the-problem-of-christian-nationalism/ Article: Jordan, T.R. (2023). Lies Have Consequences. https://1795group.com/lies-have-consequences/ Article: Jordan, T.R. (2003). WOKE: Are You Awake?   https://1795group.com/are-you-awake/ ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this po

Should Christians care about refugees and immigrants? Listen as Tim Jordan explores this question with his special guest. You should know the differences between the words, “refugee” and “immigrant.” The key difference between a “refugee” and an “immigrant” lies in their reason for migration. “Refugees” are forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war, or violence. “Refugees” seek safety elsewhere, often seeking asylum or refugee status in another country. “Immigrants,” on the other hand, choose to move to another country for various reasons, including economic opportunities, family reunification, education, or to escape difficult living conditions. Due process protections in the U.S. apply to all persons, both citizens and non-citizens, including individuals and corporations. This includes all human beings, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. Even non-citizens are entitled to due process within the U.S., meaning they cannot be arbitrarily deprived of their rights. The Due Process Clause, found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, ensures that no person can be deprived of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law.    In the United States, children born on U.S. soil are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. This is a principle known as birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This means that the child becomes a U.S. citizen regardless of the parents' immigration status or the parents’ citizenship status. ================================= Resources for This Podcast:  Webpage (2025). https://waterforishmael.org/ Facebook Page (2025). https://www.facebook.com/waterforishmael/ Webpage (2025). https://immigrationforum.org/ Webpage (2025). https://careustz.org/ Article (2025). Briceno, M., & Ramirez-Uribe, M. How falsehoods drove Trump’s immigration crackdown in his first 100 days.  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/29/how-falsehoods-drove-trumps-immigration-crackdown-in-his-first-100-days? Article (2025). Trump’s First 100 Days: Creating an Imperial Presidency That Harms Americans. The Center for American Progress.  Article (2024). Shiavenza, M. & Panress A. Deep Dive: The Great Replacement Theory. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. https://hias.org/news/deep-dive-great-replacement-theory? Article (2023). Jordan, T.R. The Problem of Human Migration.   https://1795group.com/the-problem-of-human-migration/ ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.    Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio   https://www.sumarecording.com/ Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com    

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I first heard about Dr. Mike Osterholm in March 2020 while on spring break in the Phoenix, AZ area for spring training baseball. After attending a spring training game or two, my son-in-law informed me that baseball was canceled for the year. Initially, I thought he was joking, but he was not. The 2020 preseason and regular season baseball were canceled for all fans.   That night, we drove approximately 45 minutes to meet some relatives from Tucson, AZ at a restaurant halfway between where we were staying and where they lived. On the way there, my son-in-law asked if I wanted to listen to Dr. Mike Osterholm from the University of Minnesota on the Joe Rogan podcast. I replied, “yes.”  All of us in the rental car listened intently and learned a lot!   Dr. Osterholm became a trusted source of information for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. He provided straightforward and accurate information – only calling “balls and strikes” as he says. He is truly, "Mr. Public Health." Listen as host, Tim Jordan, asks Dr. Osterholm the key question: “What is the future of public health in the U.S.?”    ================================= Resources for This Podcast:  Webpage (2025). The University of Minnesota. https://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Webpage (2025). The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ Webpage (2025).  The School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. https://www.sph.umn.edu/ The Osterholm Update Podcast (2025). Discussion and analysis on the latest infectious disease developments by Dr. Michael Osterholm and host Chris Dall. 180 Episodes as of today. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/osterholm-update YouTube (2025). Public Health expert says, “there’s no way we won’t regret cuts” at Health and Human Services. Dr. Spencer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKS1TKn5wA Article (2025). Richert, C. Osterholm predicted the pandemic for years. Then the battle against COVID-19 became personal. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/10/michael-osterholms-battle-against-the-covid19-pandemic YouTube (2022). Dr. Osterholm returns again to the Joe Rogan Podcast. Episode #1779. https://youtu.be/wyr3WHXMy5k?si=hsVjhh4JEa8Qsvjb Article (2021). Nichols-Henning, A.  Q&A with Dr. Michal Osterholm. https://iloveinspired.com/dr-michael-osterholm YouTube (2020). Dr. Osterholm on the Joe Rogan Podcast the very first time. Mentioned above. Episode #1439.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSw Amazon Books (2017). Osterholm, M. and Olshaker, M. Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.  Also available at other book sellers.    https://www.amazon.com/Deadliest-Enemy-Against-Killer-Germs/dp/0316343692 YouTube (2006):  Dr. Osterholm on the Oprah show predicted many things that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/u6iZ2e11mkk ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee.    Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio  https://www.sumarecording.com/ Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com  

The U.S. has an Israel problem. The problem is this: The U.S. has supplied weapons to Israel that have been used by Israel in serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and in a manner that is inconsistent with U.S. law, policies, and values.  The U.S. has supported Israel since the modern establishment of the nation in 1948. There have been atrocities on both sides. However, the atrocities have been greater on the Israeli side.  The 1795 website features a blog by this same title:  https://1795group.com/the-u-s-has-an-israel-problem/ For the better part of the 20th century, Israel expanded on the foundation of occupation and settler colonialism, while Palestinians attempted to resist within their limited resources and space. Many Israelis acted as if the Palestinians were not even there. Non-existent.   Now we have a U.S. President that wants to permanently displace approximately 2 million people from their home to locations unknown after Israel demolished their homes with bombs and missiles. He also stated publicly that the US. will "take over" Gaza, displace nearly 2 million Palestinians from their home to locations that he did not specify, and turn Gaza into new "Riviera" ================================= Resources for This Podcast:  1) Website (December 2024): Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. Israel and the Occupied Palestian Territory.  https://www.globalr2p.org/countries/israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/   2) News Article (January 20, 2025).  BBC News.  Israel and the Palestinians: History of the conflict explained. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44124396   3) Website: Amesty Interational (2023). Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/report-israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/   4) Lawler, D. & Ravid B. (February 4, 2025). Trump claims U.S. will "take over" Gaza and turn it into new "Riviera" Axios, https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/trump-gaza-takeover-palestinians-israel   5) Article: Aljazeera News. Updated June 2, 2024.  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce#:~:text=At%20least%2036%2C439%20Palestinians%20have,still%20held%20captive%20in%20Gaza   6) Article: BBC News. April 5, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975   7) Article: AP News. Updated May 23, 2024.  https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-end-insurgency-0fcb4e20821ba8c0e49edf6571486d3b   ========================================================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Attorney Maha Zeidan was booked by Tim Jordan.  Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.   Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/ Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com                

Is climate change caused by humans? Or is climate change a hoax made up by liberals? Is climate change just a naturally occurring phenomenon in the environment? Do over 97% of climate experts believe that humans are causing climate change? Who or what is responsible for the 26% of Americans who deny human-caused climate change and the 14% who deny climate change is happening at all?         Listen as our host Tim Jordan asks one of the world’s top experts in climate change and its impact on the Amazon region these questions and more. Who is terrified? Who is optimistic?  Listen and find out.  =================================Resources for This Podcast:  Webpage (2024). International Science Council. Carlos Nobre, Senior Scientist. https://council.science/profile/carlos-nobre/ Webpage: (2021).  Amazonia 4.0. Scientific Council, Carlos Nobre, Counselor. https://en.amazonia4.org/project/carlos-nobre/ Webpage (2024). The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC Cop 30).International Institute for Sustainable Development. SDG Knowledge Hub.    https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/ Article: Gounaridis, D. & Newell J. (2024). The social anatomy of climate change denial in the United States. Nature.  Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-50591-6 Article:  Bohr, J. (2022). The structure and culture of climate change denial. The American Sociological Association, Footnotes. Volume 49 (3). https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/structure-and-culture-climate-change-denial/ Article: NASA (2024). Do scientists agree on climate change?  https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/faq/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change Webpage:  Stanford University, (2025). Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. https://fsi.stanford.edu/global-populisms/global-populism-about Article:  Sordi, J. (2024). Carlos Nobre a terrified by optimistic scientist at the COP biodiversity conference. Sumauma. https://sumauma.com/en/carlos-nobre-um-cientista-apavorado-mas-otimista-na-cop-da-biodiversidade/ Article:  Montaigne, F. (2019) Will deforestation and warming push the Amazon to a tipping point?  Yale University. Yale School of the Environment. Yale Environment 360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-deforestation-and-warming-push-the-amazon-to-a-tipping-point Video: (2021). Amazonia 4.0: The Reset Begins https://youtu.be/P1swbjiIMUs?si=e9wN2qlk1nSRzf-g ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Dr. Carlos Nobre was booked by Tim Jordan.  Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.   Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/ Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com  

Of all similar, wealthy nations of the world, Americans pay the most for health care (I call it “sick care”) and receive the least back for their investment.   Get out your large, foam finger. We are No. 1 in health care!  We're No 1.  USA! USA! USA!  Right? Wrong!   Infant mortality (death) rate is often used as a proxy indicator of a nation’s health. The U.S. had a higher infant mortality rate than other wealthy countries like us in 2023. Even the Slovak Republic and Chile were better!     The infant death rate in 2013 was 5.9 per 1,000 live births. What was the infant death rate in 2023, ten years into the future? The provisional number provided by the CDC for 2023 (CDC, 2024) was 5.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. A major drop, correct?  Nope!  However, Black infants died the most. I am sure it is the amount of pigment in their skin.    A Vital Statistics Rapid Release report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the provisional infant mortality rate for the United States in 2022 rose 3% from 2021, the first year-to-year increase in the rate since 2001 to 2002. You can read the details here: Infant Mortality in United States: Provisional Data from the 2022 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File  In maternal health, the U.S. has a similar problem. In 2022, the maternal death rate was approximately 22 deaths per 100,000 live births, which again is much higher than other wealthy nations like ours. In fact, the U.S. maternal death rate is 55% greater than that of Chile.   Like their babies, black pregnant moms have the highest death rates.    Are there issues in maternal and child health? Listen as host, Tim Jordan explores these issues and more with our expert guest, Mr. Duane Herron of Georgia.     ================================= Resources for This Podcast:  1) Website: Cobb and Douglass Counties, Public Heathhttps://cobbanddouglaspublichealth.com/ 2) Website: CDC, Maternal and Child Heath. https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/infant-mortality/ 3) Report: March of Dimes Report Card for the U.S. https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/reports/united-states/report-card 4) Website: The World Health Organization. Social Determinants of Health    https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health 5) Podcast to Listen To:  The Fractured U.S. Health Care System.  https://1795group.com/episode/episode-2/ 6)  Podcast to Listen To:  Is There Racism in the U.S. Health Care System?           https://1795group.com/episode/episode-4/ 7)  Podcast to Listen To: Is There Racism in Maternal and Child Health in the United States?  https://1795group.com/episode/episode-24-is-there-racism-and-maternal-and-child-health-in-the-united-states-an-interview-with-duane-herron-tiffiny-jones-and-elizabeth-williams/ 8)  Article: Racism Creates Inequities in Maternal and Child Health, Even Before Birth. (2021).  https://www.childtrends.org/publications/racism-creates-inequities-maternal-child-health-even-before-birth? 9)  Article to Read:  Systemic Racism – A Key Risk Factor for Maternal Death and Illness. (2021). https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2021/systemic-racism-key-risk-factor-maternal-death-and-illness? 10) Article to Read: Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health:  Current Status and Efforts to Address Them (2022).  https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/? ======================================== interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Duane Herron was booked by Tim Jordan.  Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.   Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/ W

We are born, live, get old, and then die. This is the natural cycle of life. One thing is certain, humans have a 100% mortality rate.  Death is a rite of passage in which we all participate – as a family member, a health care provider, or as a patient.     Healthcare providers often view death through a biomedical lens and define death as a physiological event. As a result, they often view death very narrowly as a medical failure. Therefore, healthcare providers are frequently the worst “death deniers” in American society.    Instead of talking about death and dying openly and honestly and allowing their patients to prepare for their departure, many healthcare providers often put their patients on the “medical treadmill” of another surgery, another amputation, another round of chemotherapy, or more radiation. Such medical treatment is frequently futile and only serves to steal the patient’s quality of life at the end-of-life stage.  In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, talks to Kelvin Freeman about what he has learned via his research with program directors of accredited physician assistant training programs across the U.S.   Do physician assistant students receive adequate end-of-life education during their training?   Listen and find out.   ================================= Resources for This Podcast:  Detroit Michigan Health Department: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/detroit-health-department Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor. Emergency Preparedness and Response. https://www.osha.gov/emergency-preparedness Article: (2024). Applying a Health Equity Lens to Better Understand End-of-Life Prognostication. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/applying-health-equity-lens-better-understand-end-life-prognostication/2024-10 Blog (2023).  Adding Life to One’s Remaining Days. https://1795group.com/adding-life-to-ones-remaining-days/ Article: (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic has changed dying and grief: Will there be a surge of complicated grief? Death Studies, 84-90;   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2021.1929571 Article: (2020). COVID-19 brings a new urgency for advance care planning: Implications for death education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2020.1821262 Article: (2019). Dying Well-Informed: The Need for Better Clinical Education Surrounding Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6913833/#:~:text=Moreover%2C%2040%20percent%20of%20medical,informing%20patients%20about%20their%20prognoses Letter to the Editor:  The Uphill Task of Improving End-of-Life Training in U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Programs (2019). https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2019/10000/the_uphill_task_of_improving_end_of_life_training.5.aspx Article: (2017) Predicting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advance Care Planning Using the Integrated Behavioral Model. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0030222817691286?casa_token=ksd86v_2QwAAAAAA%3AS6NMzc4Ve_JdlusxbnlPdlYVy-Z4c9a6PtfgofOiAYP39LyxSh0A2eXiqWBjNfeg_NAG-HxhyWXo Article: (2016). Teaching About Life and Living in Courses on Death and Dying. Death Studies. Written by Charles Corr.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0030222815575902?casa_token=yIb4TUwp3H8AAAAA%3A6CdzEs53Wn65ALnwonTDLydfKDV_HEuiJ4wNn7retxXyRrL1HKpVy8LloywVLzahA1_j18GJjbON Podcast: Episode 7: Death and Dying from the Perspective of a Hospice Nurse – An Interview with Nurse Penny.  https://1795group.com/episode/episode-7-death-and-dying-from-the-perspective-of-a-hospice-nurse-an-interview-with-nurse-penny/ TV interview with Dr. Tim Jordan on bereavement and grief. https://youtu.be/a0QWYEmbw40 Blog: The Mountain that Everyone Must Climb.https://1795group.com/the-mountain-that-everyone-must-climb/ ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.co

We adults have created a plastic pollution disaster for those that will follow in our footsteps. However, you can be part of the solution starting today!   Microplastics, 5 millimeters or less in size, come from a variety of larger plastics such as plastic bottles, car tires, plastic beads (including those in skin-care products), and synthetic fibers. These larger plastics typically break down into smaller and smaller plastics called nano-plastics (less than 1 micrometer in size). Nano-plastics also come from industrial processes.       Plastic pollution is also in our homes. Your carpet and rugs are especially to blame. Clothing, bedding, and other textiles shed microplastics in fiber form and are major contributors to plastic pollution, especially when washed. These microfibers, which are carried off by your drains from your washer, enter the wastewater, eventually end up in the environment. The problem with plastics is that take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Only 10% of plastic waste is recycled. Most plastic waste just sits there in the soil in landfills as an environmental pollutant. Worse yet, about 11 million tons of plastic enter our oceans yearly. Let’s do something about this plastic disaster!      Listen and learn about plastic pollution in our homes as host Tim Jordan interviews Judit Weis Ph.D. about this issue.  Resources for this podcast:  1) Judith Weis, Ph.D.:  Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Weis 2) Rutgers University Website: www.rutgers.edu 3) Biological Sciences at Rutgers Website: www.biology.rutger.edu 4) Books by Guest, Judith Weis. https://sites.rutgers.edu/judith-weis/books/ 5) New Book by Guest, Judith Weis, Ph.D. Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know. 2nd Edition. (2024).  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/marine-pollution-9780197753811?lang=en&cc=us 6) Senator Jeff Merkley, Oregon.  https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-merkley/M001176. Merkley introduces legislation to curb plastic pollution from laundry. https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-merkley/M001176 7) Podcast Episode 26: Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. Should I Care? An Interview with Janet Brahney, Ph.D. https://1795group.com/episode/episode-26-plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us-should-i-care-an-interview-with-janet-brahney-ph-d/ 8) Blog: (2024). Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. You Should Care. https://1795group.com/plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us/ 9) Plastic Pollution Coalition (2024). Plastic Pollution Facts. https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/plastic-pollution-facts 10) Article: (2024). Weiss, J. Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution.  Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably. PBS News. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably 11) Article: (2023). The National Park Service.  Reducing Laundry Microfibers. https://nps.gov/articles/000/laundry_microplastics.htm?utm 12) Article: (2023). Lozanova, S. How To Reduce Microfiber Pollution from Your Laundry. Earth911. https://earth911.com/home-garden/reduce-laundry-microfiber-pollution/ 13)  Article: (2024). Frank, G. This Washing Machine Filter Gulps Up Microplastics. The Triple Pundit.https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2023/washing-machine-microplastic-filter/782986?utm 14)  Article (2024). Engler, S. 10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution. Natural Resources Defense Council.  https://www.nrdc.org/stories/10-ways-reduce-plastic-pollution?utm_source ======================================== Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.  Dr. Weis was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Reco

This past summer, I visited a Native American Museum in the Ozark Mountains. An Iroquois saying on a painting caught my attention: “We should consider the results of every decision on the next seven generations that follow us.” Smart people were the Iroquois!   Unfortunately, we adults in modern times have not been smart. Plastic pollution will be the legacy that we leave our children, grandchildren, and at least, the next seven generations of our descendants. We are leaving those that follow in our footsteps a “plastic pollution disaster.”    The problem with plastics is that they are not biodegradable, and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Only 10% of plastic waste is recycled.   Therefore, most of our plastics just sit there in the soil in landfills as an environmental pollutant. Worse yet, about 11 million tons of plastic enter our oceans yearly, affecting fish, other marine life, humans, and ecosystems.       Listen and learn about plastic pollution as host Tim Jordan interviews Janice Brahney, Ph.D. about this issue.   Resources for this podcast:   Utah State University Website: usu.edu   Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University: qcnr.usu.edu   Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University: qcnr.usu.edu/wats/   Blog: (2024). “Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. You Should Care.” https://1795group.com/plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us/   Plastic Pollution Coalition: Plastic Pollution Facts. https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/plastic-pollution-facts   Denver Post Article (2020). Carried by Wind and Rain, Plastic Pollution is Contaminating Rocky Mountain National Park and Other Western Wildernesses. https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/11/plastic-pollution-wind-rocky-mountain-national-park/   Audubon Society Article (2020). Microplastics are Literally Raining on our National Parks and Wilderness Areas. https://www.audubon.org/news/microplastics-are-literally-raining-our-national-parks-and-wilderness-areas   Wired Article (2020): Plastic Rain is the New Acid Rain https://www.wired.com/story/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/   Animation Narrated by Dr. Janice Brahney: https://x.com/voxdotcom/status/1289321212569559040   Utah State Today Article (2022). USU Professor Studying How Plastic Moves Its Way Through Bear River System. https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-professor-studying-how-plastic-moves-its-way-through-bear-river-system   Florida Today Article (2023). New Study Shows Some May be Breathing in the Equivalent of a Credit Card of Plastic Weekly. https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2023/06/14/study-finds-some-may-be-inhaling-a-credit-card-worth-of-plastic-weekly/70309006007/   Utah State Today Article (2024). New Research Finds that Dust in Atmosphere is Feeding Algae in Mountain Lakes. https://www.usu.edu/today/story/new-research-finds-that-dust-in-atmosphere-is-feeding-algae-in-mountain-lakes ========================================= Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Dr. Brahney was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers collectively represent the most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of death from cancer in the U.S. GI cancers account for just under 30% of all cancer deaths. This type of cancer can affect the esophagus, stomach, pancreas and biliary tract, small intestine, liver, colon, rectum, and anus.    GI cancers share risk factors, including:  Occupational exposure to carcinogens  Obesity  Cigarette smoking  Diabetes  Alcohol use  Hepatitis B and C infection  Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection  Infection by H. pylori bacteria          What is strange is that gastrointestinal cancers are increasing in younger people, and the incidence rate is growing faster than other early-onset cancers. For example, colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for people ages 20–49, and the average age of diagnosis has dropped significantly in a short amount of time. In fact, people born between 1981–1996 are twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer than those born in 1950. What is going on? Why is this occurring? As a result, have screening guidelines changed?   Listen and learn as host Tim Jordan interviews Xavier Llor, M.D., Ph.D. about this issue.   Resources for this podcast:   Yale University Website: Yale.edu   Yale University School of Medicine: https://medicine.yale.edu/   Yale University Gastrointestinal (GI) and Pancreatic Prevention Program: https://www.yalemedicine.org/departments/gi-and-pancreatic-cancer-prevention-program   Xavier Llor's Faculty Website at Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/xavier-llor/   Article: “No One Is Immune.” Boseman’s Death Shows Colon Cancer Affecting the Young and Black Americans. https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/No-one-is-immune-Boseman-s-death-shows-15530635.php   Article: Why are Colo-Rectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Younger Adults? https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/with-colorectal-cancer-rates-rising-among-younger-adults-a-yale-cancer-center-expert-explains-there-may-be-more-factors-behind-this-worrisome-trend/     Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Dr. Llor was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com

Many citizens of the U.S. think that they have the best health care system in the world. I have bad news for them: The U.S does not. It has one of the worst health care systems in the world. Of similar developed countries, the U.S. has the most expensive, broken, reactive, sick care system that yields some of the worst patient outcomes. Our sick care system has little to do with health.       Maternal and child death rates are often used as an indicator of the quality of medical care in countries around the world. So how is the U.S. doing in that area? It has the highest maternal and infant death rates among comparable developed countries. Further, the survival rates for Black American mothers and their infants are even worse! Black American women across the income spectrum and from all walks of life are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to four times the rate of white women, while the death rate for black infants is at least twice that of infants born to white mothers. We Americans should be angry and embarrassed!    What’s more, Black American mothers are twice as likely to have a baby who dies by their first birthday. Although other women of color also experience an elevated risk of poor outcomes—notably in American Indian, and Alaska Native (AIAN), and some Latina communities—available data show that racial disparities between Black Americans and whites are the starkest. What is going on?   In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, interviews three young experts in the field to find out what is going on:          1) Duane Herron, 2) Tiffiny Jones, and 3) Elizabeth Williams.  Is there racism in maternal and child health in the United States?  Listen, learn, and find out!   Resources for this podcast:    1) Podcast:  The Fractured U.S. Health Care System.  https://1795group.com/episode/episode-2/   2) Podcast:  Is There Racism in the U.S. Health Care System?  https://1795group.com/episode/episode-4/   3) Article to Read:  Racism Creates Inequities in Maternal and Child Health, Even Before Birth. (2021).  https://www.childtrends.org/publications/racism-creates-inequities-maternal-child-health-even-before-birth?   4) Article to Read:  Systemic Racism – A Key Risk Factor for Maternal Death and Illness. (2021). https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ne/2021/systemic-racism-key-risk-factor-maternal-death-and-illness?   5) Article to Read:  Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health:  Current Status and Efforts to Address Them (2022).  https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/?   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   All three guests were booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com  

People think like this:  If it is not in my “backyard” and not affecting me and/or my family, I really do not pay much attention to it and really do not care. Well, this is an issue that impacts at least 12 million of you. That’s how many of you get your drinking water from the Lake Erie watershed.   Do you care about your health? Do you care about the quality of your drinking water? You should care enough to listen to this podcast.   Lake Erie is like the canary in the coal mine when it comes to the health of the Great Lakes. More than 30 million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water – 10% of the U.S. population and 30% of the Canadian population. Without safe drinking water, many of us are doomed.       In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, interviews Sandy Bihn, a Lake Erie Waterkeeper and one of the most knowledgeable people about the current challenges facing Lake Erie. Listen and learn!   Resources for this podcast:    1) TV News Video: 13 Action News Big Story: The Lake Erie Algae Bloom. July 11, 2024. https://www.13abc.com/2024/07/11/13-action-news-big-story-lake-erie-algae-bloom/   2) Blog Post: Five years later:  Lessons from the Toledo Water Crisis. August 1, 2010. Alliance for the Great Lakes. https://greatlakes.org/2019/08/five-years-later-lessons-from-the-toledo-water-crisis/   3) Article to Read:  Campbell Soup accused of polluting Lake Erie with discharges from Ohio plant. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/campbell-soup-ohio-plant-lake-erie-pollution-lawsuit-claims   4) Article to Read:  Department of Justice, environmental groups sue Campbell Soup, alleging it’s been polluting Lake Erie. CBS News. https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/campbell-soup-ohio-plant-lake-erie-pollution-lawsuit-claims   5) Website: Water Keeper Alliance  https://waterkeeper.org/   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.   Sandy Bihn was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com      

On October 7, 2024, Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip killed at least 1,139 Israelis and injured many more (Aljazeera News, 2024). Hamas also took more than 250 from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including older people, women, children, and men. According to the Washington Post (2024), 84 hostages are believed to be still alive and in captivity. Since the attack this past October, 112 hostages have been freed.    In retaliation, the Israeli army killed at least 36,439, including women and more than 15,000 children. More than 10,000 are still missing (Aljazeera, News, 2024). Much of the population of Gaza has been displaced and the people there are facing a man-made famine.    Israel's defense minister has said publicly that Israel will stamp out all signs of life of Hamas and look for an alternative local governing body for Gaza instead of Hamas.     Many Americans (maybe even you), think like this: These problems between Israel and other countries around it have been going on for a very long time. I really do not understand these issues. Therefore, if it is not affecting me and it is not in my backyard, I really do not pay attention much to what happens.    Should Americans care?  Listen first and then form your opinion.    Resources for this podcast:    1) Article to Read: Aljazeera News. Updated June 2, 2024.  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce#:~:text=At%20least%2036%2C439%20Palestinians%20have,still%20held%20captive%20in%20Gaza   2)Article to Read: BBC News. April 5, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975   3) Article to Read: AP News. Updated May 23, 2024.  https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-end-insurgency-0fcb4e20821ba8c0e49edf6571486d3b   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:   tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan. Maha Zeidan was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/   Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com    

In the U.S., informal, family caregiving is on the rise. In 2015, there were 43.5 million, informal care givers. In 2023, there were more than 100 million adults who are informal care givers. The direct cost of caregiving is nearly $44 million dollars, given the loss of 650,000 jobs and approximately 800,000 individuals who report absenteeism from work.   Providing care to others is personally costly. According to research, 70% to 76% experience sleep problems. Only 23% of informal caregivers report "good" mental health, and 40% say that their caregiving responsibilities negatively impact their stress levels.   Caregiving duties can harm workers' lives. Balancing work with caregiving responsibilities puts a strain on caregivers in ways that negatively affect their social lives, marriages, employment prospects, working lives, and income. Many caregivers have to take off work to meet additional caregiving demands.     Approximately 41% of caregivers report low overall well-being, about 32% more than non-caregivers. Only 1 in 4 caregivers report good physical health; 1 in 5 rate themselves highly at eating healthy and exercising; and only 1 in 3 say they keep up with annual physicals and routine doctor appointments. This inattention to their own needs can introduce health risks for informal caregivers.   Listen as host, Tim Jordan, explores the costs of being an informal caregiver with Tina and Tyrone Layson. What are the costs that they experienced? What helpful advice to they have for us?  Let’s find out!              Resources for this podcast:   Article: (2024). Informal caregivers in cancer: roles, burden and support.  PDQ® Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board. PDQ Informal Caregivers in Cancer. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Updated 03/12/2024. Available at: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coping/family-friends/family-caregivers   Research Report: (2023). Smith, M. & Kuretich, C. Informal caregiving: measuring the cost and reducing the burden. Society of Actuaries Research Institute.  https://www.soa.org/498ea3/globalassets/assets/files/resources/research-report/2023/informal-caregiving-reducing-burden.pdf   Article: (2019).  Caregiving for family and friends – a public health issue.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. https://www.cdc.gov/aging/caregiving/caregiver-brief.html   =============================================   Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at: tjordan@1795group.com   Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact:  tjordan@1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com   Grass Roots Health is produced by Tim Jordan. Tina and Tyrone Layson were booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/  Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com