Best Thomas Riggs Podcasts (2025)

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#89 Dr. Terry Wahls discusses her MS diagnosis and The Wahls Protocol 46:16

11d ago46:16

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HER STORY Dr Wahls is the clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A., where she teaches internal medicine residents in their primary care clinics. She also does clinical research and has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific abstracts, posters, and papers. In addition to being…

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#88 Dr. Sascha Sajer discusses Inuspheresis 44:20

22d ago44:20

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Dr. Sascha Sajer is an experienced physician specializing in Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Functional Medicine, with over 30 years of expertise in clinical practice, medical consultancy, and healthcare management. After earning his medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Sajer completed his specialization in Physical Medi…

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#87 Rachel Riggs talks about her new cookbook; In Good Health 1:09:18

1M ago1:09:18

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Let's talk about all thing's food, particularly as it relates to the Pentad community. What kind of barriers exist for people, especially with me/CFS. Why do we often see resistance to changing our diets and eliminating certain foods. How might our nutritional needs be different from the general population. What kind of resources are available to u…

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#86 Dr. Aly Cohen talks about her new book; DETOXIFY: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them. 57:27

2M ago57:27

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Dr. Aly Cohen is a board-certified physician practicing in rheumatology and integrative medicine, as well as an environmental health expert in Princeton, New Jersey. Her new book, DETOXIFY: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them, available now for pre-order, connects the dots between everyday chemicals and the…

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You can now earn continuing Education Credits 2:20

2M ago2:20

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We're thrilled to announce that our podcasts now qualify for Nursing Continuing Education (CE) credits through RNegade.pro! Nurses can now not only gain valuable insights and practical knowledge from our episodes but also earn CE credits while listening. RNegade is not your typical nursing CE provider. RNegade believes that nurses are more than jus…

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#85 Dr Ehrlich and Dr Giles discuss immunity from and Ayurvedic and Western perspective 47:13

2M ago47:13

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In this episode of the Neuroveda podcast, Dr Gillian Ehrlich and Dr. Julianna Giles explore the immune system from both Ayurvedic and Western perspectives. They discuss the complexities of cancer, autoimmunity, and chronic infections, emphasizing the importance of understanding the underlying factors that contribute to these conditions. The convers…

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#84 Dr Brianna Cardenas & Dr. Andrew Maxwell discuss Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) leaks 1:22:26

3M ago1:22:26

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Today we discuss: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) leaks Agenda: 1. Dr. Cardenas: Tell us your story! 2. So, what is a CSF leak? a. What is leaking? From where? Why do leaks happen? b. Common symptoms? Uncommon symptoms? c. Why don’t more people know about this? 3. Okay, so let’s go back to basic anatomy & let’s go from general to specific- talk to us abo…

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#83 Professor Prita Lal: Exploring the intersection Between Wellness & Justice 57:41

3M ago57:41

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Professor Prita Lal Bio: Bio: Raised as a child of South Asian immigrants in theAmerican South, Professor Prita Lal became interested in social justice issues at a young age and now teaches at Evergreen State College at the intersectionsof food and environmental justice, social movements, Black studies, solidarity economics, cooperative education, …

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# 82 Dr Thomas Clausen: Understanding the new science of the glycocalyx 59:06

4M ago59:06

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Thomas Mandel Clausen completed his PhD in Clinical Cancer Research at the University of Copenhagen and postdoc at the University of California in San Diego and has spent the bulk of his career thus far focused on cancer biology, malariavaccine development, and more recently COVID-19. His special focus was & remains cell & glycobiology which will b…

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#81 MD Danny Shouhed: All about MALS & SMAS: abdominal pain syndromes 1:05:30

4M ago1:05:30

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Dr. Shouhed is a nationally renowned, board-certifiedminimally invasive weight loss surgeon with expertise in Robotic Bariatric, Gastrointestinal, and Complex General Surgery. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with adegree in Human Physiology. Dr. Shouhed earned early recognition, a Phi Beta …

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#80: DC Kim Bruno: Review of Neurologic Antibody Testing 1:05:09

11M ago1:05:09

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Chiropractor Kim Bruno furthered her training with theInstitute of Functional Medicine, ILADS, Horowitz Lyme Master Classes and holds a board-certification as a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. She owned a privatepractice for 17 years and was the functional medicine medical director for the largest immunology clinic in Colorado. She comes to us tod…

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#75 MD Todd Levine: Skin biopsies: getting information about the central nervous system through the skin 57:06

11M ago57:06

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Description: Dr Todd Levine, with 20 years of experience as a clinical neurologist with specialty in disorders of the peripheral nervous system, shares with us about the Syn-One skin biopsy run by his company, CND Life Sciences. Against a backdrop of clinical information about the divisions of the nervous system (central vs peripheral and sensory v…

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#79: MD Ferdinand Hui: Neurointerventional Surgery- exploring the diseases and treatments of the blood vessels of the brain 48:34

12M ago48:34

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Dr Ferdinand Hui is a rare gem of a surgeon- brilliant in his craft, able to communicate complicated concepts clearly, and caring and compassionate for the reality that disease can impart in the life of a person and their family. Here we get a chance to cruise around the blood vessels of the brain with a neurointerventional surgeon, who's focus is …

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#78 MD Gary Stobbe: Complex Basics of Autism 1:09:34

1y ago1:09:34

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Neurologist Gary Stobbe has been working with patients with autism since his residency in the early 1990's. Listen in to hear how this compassionate physician has been learning from his patients, their families and advocates. Dr Stobbe's perspective has evolved from the medical approach within which he was trained to now recognize the spectrum of s…

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#77 Whitney Mack: Women's Holistic Health, Hormones & Movement 1:09:50

1y ago1:09:50

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Description. This is a power-packed episode in which Whitney Mack walks us through what women should have been taught since birth about how our bodies work and how we can care for them lifelong. Turns out, we have an infradian (vs circadian) rhythm that drives our cellular communication/ hormones systems over time. This means that we are in constan…

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#76 Paul S. Malchesky, D.Eng., on Plasmapheresis: history, technology and potential benefit for deep disease & longevity 58:06

1y ago58:06

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Dr Paul Malchesky, with a Master’s degree in Chemistry and a Doctorate in Engineering, has been working with apheresis since the 1970’s. This is a blood filtration or ‘cleaning’ therapy we offer at Neuroveda Health as plasmapheresis (also called plasma exchange, PLEX and TPE (total or therapeutic plasma exchange)). There’s been a lot of recent exci…

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#74 ND Julianna Giles: Integrative Oncology (Cancer Care) soup to nuts 1:17:27

1y ago1:17:27

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Cancer is a tremendous topic. Dr Julianna Giles, ND, hasfocused her career on evidence-based approaches for this complex condition. Dr Giles now directs our Integrative Oncology program at Neuroveda Health in Seattle, Washington. In this podcast, she walks us through cancer, soup to nuts. This includes defining cancer, describing different types an…

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#73 John Moos, MD discusses his transition from trauma surgeon to psychedelic healer including research and current status of psychedelics for healing in the US 57:15

2+ y ago57:15

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Dr John Moos, MD discusses his transition from trauma surgeon to psychedelic healer- the unifying factor being proximity to trauma. He notes the trauma he initially treated with surgery most typically occurs within a container of many other traumas- social, political and economic violence, resource scarcity, fear, addiction, intergenerational traum…

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#72 Jennifer Bahr, ND: All about Homeopathy and its use for children with PANS/PANDAS 1:01:37

2+ y ago1:01:37

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Dr Jennifer Bahr is a Naturopathic Physician with deep interest, experience and success in treating children using Classical Homeopathy for PANS (Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disease Associated with Streptococcus). We start this show with the fascinating story of Homeopathy- his…

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#71: Arnold Eiser, MD: Intersections of Neuroscience & Public Health 1:02:25

3y ago1:02:25

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Dr Arnold Eiser, MD, MACP trained as a nephrologist over 40 years ago but has come to see that the kidneys, liver and other 'extracranial factors' (influences from outside the cranium, the skull holding the brain) hold some of the most impactful sway over the health of our brains. He's termed this relationship between organ dysfunction in the body …

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Welcome is in the DNA 19:22

3y ago19:22

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In the third installment of the conversation between Darnell and Thomas, Darnell talks about the welcoming nature of Coat of Colours and how seeking “to decrease the cultural divide and increase a multicultural presence” is defining the group. They also talk about how the white gay members of the community have a real sense of what it means to be m…

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Why This Church 18:45

3y ago18:45

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In part two of the conversation between Darnell and the podcast producer Thomas, we discover why it is that Thomas and Kasandra wanted to be a part of a predominately LGBTQIA+ church and how they got to Cathedral of Hope. They talk about how Tom came to be not only a participant in Coat of Colours, but was also given the opportunity to contribute i…

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Do I Have Something to Say? 18:43

3y ago18:43

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In part one of this conversation, we turn the microphone around on the producer of the podcast. Coat of Colours member Darnell sits down with Thomas to ask about what he’s seen and heard from the interviews so far and what he sees as a straight, white ally who is in an interracial marriage. And how being noticed as a marginalized person, even when …

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#70 Dr Tarun Singhal, MD on microglial activation as a common root of neuroinflammatoy conditions but also brain fog, fatigue and mood changes 51:05

3y ago51:05

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Microglial cells are responsible for sensing and driving the immune response in the central nervous system. Their activity, be it supportive or destructive, can be at the root of many different neuroinflammatory conditions including diseases like MS, ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), but may also play a large role in …

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#69: ABORTION: SPECIAL EPISODE: Anuj Khattar, MD on the day Roe v Wade is overturned: Women's Realities of Reproductive Health in America 44:35

3y ago44:35

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Recorded on Friday, June 24, 2022, the day Roe v Wade was overturned by the United States Supreme Court, when safe full-scale reproductive health care responsibility was returned back to the states resulting in millions of women losing access to accurate information about safe reproductive care, this episode lays out the realities of abortion. We k…

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Coming Soon: Oops, All Franchises! 1:47

3y ago1:47

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Coming July 8th from Partyfish Media! Oops, All Franchises is a new movie podcast ranking film franchises and sequels to find the best IP there ever was! What makes a good sequel? Does it have to be a good movie? Does it improve on the original? Does a good follow-up have to reward the fans for waiting on the edge of their seat, decade after decade…

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Episode 16 - Juneteenth Message with Rev. Andria 19:36

3y ago19:36

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To open this edition of Putting on a Coat of Colours, we wanted to let you know that we are in the process of producing new content and we hope to drop new episodes beginning next week. But in the meantime, we wanted to offer this piece of audio. Last Sunday on Juneteenth 2022, the Rev. Andria Davis, Executive Pastor of Digital Experience and Worsh…

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#68: Acharya Shunya: Roar Like a Goddess 54:56

3y ago54:56

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To Roar Like a Goddess is no joke and a responsibility not to be taken lightly. In this episode, Acharya Shunya rejoins us (see Podcast for Healing Neurology episode #42: Finding the Sovereign Self) for our first show together) to review some of the juicy bits of her new book, Roar Like a Goddess. We start with a definition of ‘goddess’ and how the…

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#67 Emily Gutierrez, DNP, CPNP, PMHS: Neuroinflammation in Kids including Autism, OCD, ADHD, PANDAS/PANS 58:36

3y ago58:36

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Autism, ADHD, OCD, and PANDAS/PANS are some of the challenging neuroinflammatory conditions in growing numbers of children these days. While the conventional treatment has typically been pharmaceuticals and behavioral therapies, we are truly in the midst of a paradigm shift aiming at root causes and asking 'why' and 'how' for both cause and treatme…

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Episode 15 - Upcoming Book Study 4:32

3y ago4:32

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Please join facilitators Kassie Riggs and Pat Saxon this summer to engage in reflection and discussion of This Here Flesh, a stunning book by Cole Arthur Riley, writer and creator of the website Black Liturgies. The group will meet on zoom for 5 weeks from June 28 through July 26, from 6:45-8:15. If you would like to participate in this deeply enga…

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Coming June 16th: Save The D8 - Epoch 1:31

3y ago1:31

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Season 3 of Save The D8 drops this June 16th! All new characters with all new adventurers and... a brand new player, Shane Regan! People are getting abducted from their homelands and trapped in a prison with no name. Prisoners are kept under substandard conditions and either executed or forced to work for the prison when their time comes. Four of t…

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#66 Karyn Schwartz, community herbalist: Finding our relationship to plants 54:49

3y ago54:49

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Karyn Schwartz is a community herbalist what starts out with exactly what we need to know about herbalism, "If you are interacting with plants in any way, you are doing herbalism. If you are cooking with plants in your kitchen, you are doing herbalism. If you are making tea, you are doing herbalism. If you are sitting and listening to the grass, yo…

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Episode 14 - The Water We Swim In 16:09

3y ago16:09

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For this third episode with Pam, Pat, and Roger, we hear them discuss how being a part of Coat of Colours has given them a nearer understanding of the day-to-day and system issues that their Black siblings experience. Even as they start to participate in more, they discover that they need to continue to learn how to de-center whiteness. They find d…

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Now on Partyfish Media: Beyond The Ball! 1:02

3y ago1:02

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Welcome to the World of Pokémon! Beyond The Ball is the premiere Pokémon research podcast! Join Professors Braden and Will each episode as they read all of the entries for a single Pokémon (selected at random) and try to reach a broader understanding of it and the wider world it inhabits, striving to make sense of the natural world of Pokémon, one …

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#65: Dr Howard Weiner, MD, Understanding the Neuroinflammatory diseases: MS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS & Glioblastoma 45:36

3y ago45:36

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Dr Howard Weiner has been evaluating neuroinflammatory diseases for over forty years now. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is his main target, but in the show today, you’ll hear how comparing the causes and courses of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), and glioblastoma can tremendously deepen our insight into all of these neuroin…

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Episode 13 - Timid Worker Bees 12:08

3y ago12:08

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In this second part of the white ally round table with Pam, Pat, and Roger, they talk about the value of being a part of Coat of Colours. For these three, belonging was initially an exercise of “being in the background” and “being more of a listener than a contributor” and “being a worker bee and not a leader imposing their own agenda”. They also e…

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Episode 12 - Belonging and Proximity 20:05

3y ago20:05

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This is the first section of a podcast conversation between Pam, Pat, and Roger, three white allies who have been long time members of Coat of Colours. Their journeys to Cathedral of Hope came from different directions. There’s common themes of seeking a place where they could belong, needing a community steeped in activism, looking for genuine exp…

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#64 Aly Cohen, MD: All you need to know about WATER! Sources, Regulations, Contaminants and Chooseing Filters for your Drinking Water 50:40

3y ago50:40

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Dr Aly Cohen. MD and environmental health specialist (and very entertaining speaker), gives us the full low-down about our drinking water in the U.S.. She starts out describing how the 160,000 treatment plants in the US make up ~80% of our water sources and are bound only to the regulations, restrictions and testing from the Safe Water Drinking Act…

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#63: Anup Mulakaluri, ND: Heart & Spirit of Ayurvedic Neurology 54:07

3y ago54:07

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Despite being born into an Ayurvedic culture, Dr Anup Mulakaluri, ND, didn't seek out Ayurvedic training until his mom gained medical benefit this ancient science. As soon as he started his training, he knew he was at home and brings the cozy comfort of Ayurveda to each patient he sees and the teaching he does, like in our show today. He starts out…

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Episode 11 - Home 15:48

3y ago15:48

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In our fourth segment of the podcast conversation with Julie and Kasandra, they share the importance of civic engagement and voting when it comes to women’s reproductive justice, the curtailment of voting rights, and issues around race and gay rights. In the midst of the uncertainty and strife, Kasandra speaks of a longing for home and invites Juli…

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#62 Micki Maes: All about brain imaging; understanding x-ray, CT, MRI, PET scans especially for neurodegenerative conditions 36:26

3y ago36:26

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Marilyn (Micki) Maes, MS. RT, (R), (MR), (f), CRT, is a radiologic technologist, professional educator, researcher, 3D quantitative analyst, consultant, and manager with over 15 years of experience in performance and training regarding diagnostic imaging. Prior to her last 6 years at CorTech working with the Neuroquant, which is a specific type of …

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Episode 10 - Allies 13:58

3+ y ago13:58

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In the third part of the podcast conversation between Julie and Kasandra, Julie asks Kasandra what she thinks it means to be a LGBTQIA+ ally. Kasandra talks about her non-binary stepchild, being a straight ally in a predominately gay church, and how she can be useful in her church community, applying some her same learnings about race. In Kasandra …

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Episode 9 - Book Knowledge 12:21

3+ y ago12:21

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In this second part of the podcast conversation between Julie and Kasandra, Julie shares some of her takeaways from their book study about the book I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown and conversation that ensued. Julie gets a little closer look into the life of her friend Kasandra and when “book kno…

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#61 Virtaj Singh, MD: Physiatry Treatments for the Hypermobile Body 55:53

3+ y ago55:53

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Dr Virtaj Singh, MD, gives us the physical medicine and rehabilitation perspective of the hypermobile body. We start out talking about how 'hypermobility' presents, starting with the various joints that can get hypermobile (spoiler alert: it's all of them). He explains how lax ligaments may trigger muscles to tighten in order to protect a vulnerabl…

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Episode 8 - I'm Still Here 14:08

3+ y ago14:08

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In the first section of this podcast conversation between Julie and Kasandra, we learn how each one of them first came to Cathedral of Hope and how they met and became friends in a Small Group at Cathedral. It was because of that friendship that Kasandra, a straight black woman felt comfortable in inviting her lesbian white friend Julie to a non-sa…

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Episode 7 - See Me 11:41

3+ y ago11:41

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In this third part of the conversation between Stella and Johann, mother and child talk about how families come to terms with finding out their child is gay. For Johann’s parents, they came to love and accept gay persons long before he was born. For some families that come to CoH, the church is the place where the family is able to come together. F…

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#60 Tami Hafzalla: Yoga & Ayurveda through Bhakti, a devotional life 50:42

3+ y ago50:42

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Tami Hafzalla hails originally from Cairo, Egypt, and found her spirit grounded & home-grown through her explorations of Yoga and Ayurveda. In this podcast, she brings us along on her journey originating in a curious & contemplative childhood, through psychology studies in college that triggered her introduction to Yoga, breath work, meditation and…

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Episode 6 - No Longer Included 12:27

3+ y ago12:27

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The second part of the conversation between Stella and Johann, Johann digs deeper into how intimidating it can be for a young black gay man to integrate to a mostly middle age white community of gay men and women, many of whom had to endure the prejudices of being gay years ago. Stella talks about how difficult it is to be the only black person in …

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Episode 5 - Stella Finds a Church for Her Gay Son 8:28

3+ y ago8:28

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In this first part of the conversation between Stella and Johann, we find out how a mother’s desire to find a church home was motivated by her concern that she could find a place where her gay son would feel accepted. Her chance conversation with a gay friend led her to take Johann to church that just happened to be up the road and just happened to…

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#59 Alessandro Bitto, PhD: Biological Aging, Cellular Senescence, Mitochondria & the Gut 1:00:48

3+ y ago1:00:48

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Dr Alessandro Bitto is a researcher at the University of Washington who studies biological aging, mitochondrial function and metabolic disease. He walks us through the history, current thinking and some of the experimental data of cellular senescence, including the role of DNA damage and telomeres, some of the senolytic drugs (quercetin, Dasatinib …

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