Sunday Morning Magazine

Thomas Reynolds, CEO of Northwest Harvest directs the spotlight to the hunger issues that still face our community. Children in low income families now will get a healthy school breakfast as a result of state law Gov. Inslee signed recently--Breakfast After the Bell. Notes of thanks are great to send--email, or call the Legislative Hotline: 1-800-562-6000. A big challenge facing NW Harvest is find...

The March of Dimes/March for Babies coming soon and this is an important fund raiser. The funds support research that focuses on the health of mothers and newborns. The goal is to prevent premature births, but still 1 in 10 births nationally are premies. Kristen Almgren from the local March of Dimes office, and Stephen Berry, a major Volunteer as well as a dad who has experienced 3 premie births--...

Patti Shelton-McGougan CEO of YES, Youth Eastside Services. YES celebrates 50 years of providing now expanded services, programs that support LGBTQ youth, the Latino community, recovering youth, those with mental health issues, and these services are for children from birth to age 22, along with parental support. Because this support is offered to all regardless of ability to pay, financial suppor...

Gail Luxemberg is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County and provides a good overview of the work of Habitat in collaborative work with lower income families to build their own home. There's a good deal of education that accompanies the actual building so that the new home owners have a good awareness of how to deal with mortgages, maintenance, as well as leadership. Maclovia Varner,...

Cancer Pathways was formerly Gilda's Club in Seattle. Things change, but the mission of providing services continues, and is very locally centered and serving all of Washington state. Anna Gottleib Founder and Executive Director of Cancer Pathways provides a big overview of the services and support anyone connected to cancer can receive. Liz Lange, Program Manager oversees numerous Programs that e...

Rob Barnett is an economist, author, energy expert, and public speaker. His work as author is in collaboration with his mentor and co-author, Chris Payne. Based on their lives and results both found in their life style, weight gain, and then major weight loss, they've written: The Economist's Diet. They attribute weight gain, becoming obese, to having a good paying job, working long hours, eating...

Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals is a truly great figure in history and in this country. She is one of the high school students from 1957, the Little Rock 9, who played a significant role in desegregation. The Federal Court had ruled on integration in all schools. Even at a very young age Melba did not understand segregation, so she was a natural candidate for the group of black students selected to atten...

Dr. Jay Cohn-- professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Dr. Cohn wants us to learn of our medical predispositions and treat those early, not end disease--which is our mode. And to support our education at our own pace, Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional...

In light of the sexual harassment cases, and associated cases of power and bullying tactics, we have Dr. ArLynn Diamond joining us. Dr. Diamond is an internationally recognized Leadership, Management, Professional Development, and Organizational Development consultant who works with clients across the country and internationally. Dr. Diamond mentions a card that the Ritz Carlton would supply to th...

Mary Lou Balasone, as a single woman, chose adoption to create her family. She was offered a brother and sister and welcomed them to her home. Kayla joins her mom to give us insights into foster care and adoption, which is the route Luther Community Services uses. It is a journey with bumps along the way, but it is such a critically important one that ultimately touches all of us. But the focus is...

Sylvia Tara PhD is a biochemist who has worked at the world's largest biotech companies. Yet the thing that compelled her to the research of the past 5 years culminating in her new book was her own struggle with weight and particularly with 'fat'. She realized that with her science knowledge she had the tools to study 'fat', the reasons that we all are affected differently by it. Her book: The Sec...

James Kilgore is a writer, researcher and educator at the university level, and a man who spent some years locked in a high security prison. Because of the experience and seeing the disproportionate numbers of minorities being imprisoned, he has written: Understanding Mass Incarceration--A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time". Since 2002, the US has had the highest incarcer...

Aaron Jafferis is a hip hop poet and playwright. He is also a writer-in-residence at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, CT. The result of the creative 'collision' of these 2 careers is a new hip hop stage musical "How To Break", and it's make its debut here at the Village Theater in Issaquah. "How To Break" presents the story of 2 teenagers battling not just their disease but the system providing...

Betty Lockner is the Director of Washington state's GET--Guaranteed Education Tuition--Program. It's been in a hold and revamp place for about 2 years, but is back and continues to be the best plan to save for college tuition for our children, particularly if started at a young age. It's a great baby gift, great gift to add funds for special occasions, and can even be used for our own education! i...

Dr. Kristen Willeumier is a neuroscientist with knowledge on how the brain is affected by health, nutrition and the impact of concussions. She was Director of Research for the Amen Clinics from 2009-2016 and currently is a Scientific Advisory Board member of Black Brain Health the makers of CogGevityâ„¢ Advanced Brain Nutrition. The important news is that we have ways of doing brain scans to note...

Veteran science journalist Scott Anderson collaborated with 2 medical researchers--Dr. John Cryan and Dr. Ted Dinan-- to produce an interesting book: The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood, Food and the New Science of the Gut-Brain Connection. The timing is interesting, with this holiday season, we can think of it as a gift of awareness, and potentially new ideas for some life change plans as the new y...

John Scholes is President & CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association and give provides insight on how the magic of the season happens in downtown Seattle from Pioneer Square to Seattle Center, and all the places in between. The 'magic' is various entities and businesses in the City working together. There's a plan and we get to stroll the streets and enjoy the sparkle and sounds, the Carousel a...

For the 2017 Jingle Bell Run: Dr. Jeffrey Roh is the Medical Honoree and also participates in the run. Dr. Roh is committed to doing all he can do to help people suffering with arthritis.. Samantha Shelton is the Adult Honoree, and her arthritis is so debilitating she is not able to walk at times, and needs injections in her spine to help her move through her day. Her 2 adolescent kids both have t...

Thomas Reynolds who is the CEO of Northwest Harvest joins us with important insights into hunger in our thriving state: 1 in 8 Washingtonians lives in poverty. 1 in 5 Washington children lives in a household that struggles against hunger. Northwest Harvest has an excellent network across the state that moves "healthy" food to all those in need. Monetary donations allow them to buy in bulk and thus...

The Doctors Ayesha and Dean Sherzai are neurologists and co-directors of the Brain Health and Alzheimers Prevention Program at Loma Linda University in California. They are a dedicated team focused on not just treating conditions, but looking to the source of a patient's health issues, and determining the preventive path. Loma Linda is regarded as a Blue Zone (communities where 'elders live with v...

Dr. Susan Blum is a medical doctor and a pioneer in Functional Medicine. She's a passionate advocate for those suffering with chronic illness, so has founded the Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook, NY. Dr. Blum is a speaker and author and brings us her new book: Healing Arthritis: Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally. Good news--you can reverse this autoimmune disease. At this time...

Laura Schroff is an international and #1 NYT bestselling author of The Invisible Thread. It’s the story of Laura walking past a young boy asking for money for food on a NY street. After walking past, Laura felt she needed to go back. Laura met Maurice 30+ years ago and their friendship endures today. The book prompted an outpouring of letters/stories from people experiencing similar ‘invisible...

John Kress is a distinguished scientist and curator of botany at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. John is also co-editor of "Living in the Anthropocene: Earth in the Age of Humans ". We get an important view of our changing planet from more than 30 essays by experts in a wide range of fields, providing insights, and stimulating us to think of our place in the midst of all the...

Andrew Solomon is Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, is also a lecturer and activist, along with being a writer. He is author most recently of -- Far from the Tree: Young Adult Edition--How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another...Our Differences Unite Us. It's a significant concept in honestly regarding our youth, and building healthy relationships. www.andrewsolomon....

It's the time to plan for the "Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition" that really gets us in the festive spirit on Friday, December 1 at Westlake Center area. We meet the Head Figlet, Zoe Freeman, who invites listeners to form their own caroling group, and Jeannie Falls, the Executive Director of the Pike Market Senior Center, who lets us know all the great programs this fund-raising event supp...