The DR & the DJ

This week on Dr. Amy Lindsey's B-sides to health we learn about 3 medicinal plants in the Pacific Northwest that many might confuse as weeds.*  First, we explore the Dandelion or Taraxacum officinale , known to most as a pesky weed that takes over the lawn. However, this is a highly medicinal & nutritive plant. The leaves are bitter but will jump start the digestive system getting all the righ...

Episode 4 opens with a view into John's life growing up in Spokane. He shares his experience with high school cliques, the role of music & how he ended up dating his cousin. Parenting can be heartbreaking, & when other kids are mean to our kids, how do we protect them & still be constructive? Amy & John share their experiences with bullying & how they maneuver social media &amp...

Today's prescription is for those that think rock is dead. It means one of two things, you're either listening to people who don't listen to rock OR you're listening to Maroon 5's Adam Levine who said... "It's funny, when the first Maroon 5 album came out there were still other bands. I feel like there aren't any bands anymore," he said. "That's the thing that makes me kind of sad, is that there w...

Episode 3 opens with an experience Amy had growing up in the Mormon church, what that inspired and why and how she ultimately left as a young adult.    In parenting this week, we get John and Amy’s view on the balance of domestic and “work” duties and how that will influence their kid’s empathetic perspective.     This week’s guest is New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo ( So You Want To...

This week on The DR & the DJ podcast, we feature B-sides to Health, with Dr. Amy Lindsey.* Happy Friday everyone! This week on B-sides to Health we are going to talk about stress, intuition and instincts. Have you ever said “I just know.... I feel it in my gut.” Or how about “it’s a gut instinct for me.” Intuition and instinct are often described as a "feeling in our gut" and are crucial to ou...

We begin episode 2 of The DR and the DJ with a story from Amy. Following a tragedy in her family, she hits rock bottom and finds herself in an in-patient care program at the University of Washington medical center. Amy tells us how she got there and how music, community and exercise played a role in lifting her out of this low point and got her back on her feet again.    The isolation of the pande...

This week's music prescription is "Songs of Hope." Many of us continue to struggle as we pass the one year mark of the pandemic and we rely on music to help get us through. These three songs are a good start to hope recovery and are a helpful addition to your diet during hard times. Arlo Parks “Hope” TV on the Radio “Trouble” The Mountain Goats “This Year" For a full playlist of Rx “Songs of Hope,...

In this debut episode of The DR and the DJ, we meet our hosts, super couple DJ John Richards (KEXP) and Dr. Amy Lindsey (Craft and Clinic Naturopathic Medicine). We hear their views on music, health, human connection and how these things intersect in everyone’s everyday life. They share their inspiration and path to creating The DR and the DJ podcast. We open with a peek into John and Amy’s everyd...

Coming soon......The DR & the DJ is a podcast about the power of music, health, and community hosted by DR Amy Lindsey and DJ John Richards. Amy and John share their own experiences in the pursuit of health and the health of their communities. They chat with musicians, authors, doctors, and more and have fun along the way. Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more m...