Hot Mamas Cool Planet

Our season finale! We highlight wellness and sustainability sync ups and reflect on other key takeaways from this season of Hot Mamas, Cool Planet.

Nutrition Professor Dr. Jinan Banna joins us to discuss Make America Healthy Again's new dietary guidelines in a critical yet balanced discussion of pros and cons.

Miechie showcased and playtested Fruity at four different events connected to the 2026 annual Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. What did gamers think of this cozy recipe building sustainable nutrition game?

Our guest this week Dr Jill Klayman shares insights from working with patients with insomnia including chronic pain sufferers. Learn behavioral psychology tips to associate your bed with sleep and about the importance of a good circadian rhythm.

From red bean mochi to pretty mooncakes and fruity chia puddings, we rave about our favorite plant protein desserts, including many from Asia, also ranking them by protein content.

How much sunlight is good for you? What are the pros and cons of mineral vs chemical sunscreen and how can your phone weather app help you plan sun protection?

Solar Power is an awesome renewable energy source around the globe! Solar Plants and Korean Solar Flower islands, Smart Grids and Solar AI Coupling. Can you say Solar Pow-ER with a California accent?

Mur explains how energy efficient, innovative heat pumps work in layperson terms.

Miechie shares global ecological highlights of sustainable living ranging from the ancient to the modern, from linear parks in tropical Singapore to desert wind catchers in Dubai, New Mexican Earthship communities, floating gardens in Mexico City, early Green art in Germany and a solar powered neighborhood in Davis, California.

In this episode we chatted with artist and engineer Tamiko Thiel about her technically sophisticated and culturally impactful art, including ecologically mindful Augmented Reality art like Unexpected Growth, her early AI artwork and most recent explorations of quantum mechanics.

Mur takes a tour of her local recycling factory in London and signs up to be a Recycling Champion.

Especially for listeners who may have flat feet but who also love shoes, Mur shares about her journey from high heels to comfortable marshmallow soled flats and how she has learned to best treat her feet.

We talk blood sugar levels, from the free glycemic index estimator tool built into Miechie's nutrition game Fruity, to Mur's surprising findings wearing an individual glucose monitor (CGM) when she worked for a nutrition startup in London.

Mur shares why mushrooms are good for your body, your mind, and our planet. We also share favorite ways to eat immune boosting mushrooms and discuss the therapeutic application of psychedelic mushrooms.

Our guest on this episode, artist and nutritionist Helen, explains how she made her innovative nutrition bracelet for pivoting to Plant Forward, Planet Forward healthy eating. Similar to both prayer beads and an abacus, Helen's wearable is a useful tool for health and sustainability.

From the first odd bike inventions to the first US bicycle lane in Davis, CA we touch on the history of bicycles before moving on to discuss bicycle-forward cities and towns around the world. We also share bicycle mansplaining stories and get into bike safety, including a helmet fitting at Maria's Bike Garage and the dangers of electronic bike and scooter usage in bike lanes.

This episode focuses on two of the strangest conditions associated with menopause, and even more oddly, both are named for temperatures. There's Burning Tongue and Frozen Shoulder. Learn what these ailments are like and what you can do to prevent them.

How do our food choices impact the environment and how could different choices improve both our own health and the planet's? In this episode we explore the climate research that Miechie used to build a food carbon calculator into her nutrition game. We also discuss other future forward sustainable food and agriculture orgs and startups like Zero Foodprint and Optimized Foods .

If you want to wear your sustainability heart on your sleeve, this episode will tell you which fibers that sleeve should be made from. The most sustainable might surprise you! We also chat about vintage and second hand fashion, favorites, DIY sewing projects and the sustainable fashion app Good on You .

In this episode we chat with guest nutrition professor Dr. Jinan Banna from the University of Hawaii about food groups and compare the more recent Plate guides to nutritious eating like MyPlate and Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate. We also cover micro-nutrients, and Dr. Banna lends us her expertise on calorie counting (is it good or bad) and the benefits of mindful eating.

Curious why delicious chocolate has a high carbon footprint? From cacao's roots in the Amazon, its use as currency in Mesoamerica, to unique recipes and today's deforesting issues are the topic of this episode which includes a chocolate tasting of Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade chocolate.

Ever wonder if your plastic is worth recycling? What happens to plastics when you recycle them and what are the types of plastic that are remade into small pellets? In this episode we dive into the often confusing world of plastics recycling and compare and contrast approaches where we live. We also cover the importance of three R's, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Is wellness a topic only for the well off? Do you need a membership at a fancy spa? How can you incorporate wellness into your everyday life for mental wellness and overall happiness? How can wellness techniques help with conflicts at work and in relationships in everyday life? Difficult life lessons will be shared in addition to experiences of unique wellness massage treatments and vacations in b...