A Healthy Conversation
Each week on A Healthy Conversation, hosts Dr. Jeff Barkin and Dr. Lisa Belisle engage national leaders and local experts from the clinical, business, scientific, academic, and political communities about the issues that impact us all. Topics on the show cover everything from emerging technologies and policy work, to personal and/or public health, to educational and environmental issues. Show guests have included representatives from the CDC and medical companies, educators and innovators, as well as local business leaders, retailers, and government officials. An honest and upbeat dialogue about today’s realities and tomorrow’s developing opportunities, each show showcases the thinkers and explores the thinking that will help us change the conversation.
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Friday, December 3, 202112/03/2021
The physical effects of COVID-19 are well documented, but what about the effects on our mental health? Dr. Jeffrey Barkin joins Steve Woods this week to discuss how the past 20 months have taxed the mental health system and what we can all do to protect our own mental health.
Friday, November 19, 202111/19/2021
The American Red Cross of Northern New England serves more than 3.2 million people. This Sunday, Red Cross Communications Manager…
Friday, November 12, 202111/12/2021
This week, Steve is talking basketball and Civil War era forts! Boston Celtics Director of Scouting and Maine Celtics GM…
Friday, November 5, 202111/05/2021
1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men has experienced sexual or physical violence or stalking by an intimate…
Monday, November 1, 202111/01/2021
This week, the director of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Climate Center Dr. Dave Reidmiller joins Steve to talk…
Friday, October 22, 202110/22/2021
This week, Dr. Anne Ryan joins Steve Woods with an update on an innovative learning program, STRIVE WorldWIDE while Laura Seaton from Window Dressers talks about an inexpensive way to winterize your own home and help low income families stay warm this winter.
Tuesday, October 19, 202110/19/2021
You may listen to music for enjoyment, for distraction, to relax…but could music also lead to better outcomes following a…
Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021
The Ecology School’s President and CEO, Drew Dumsch, joined Steve to talk about the school’s amazing new sustainable campus along…
Wednesday, September 29, 202109/29/2021
This week, Dr. Michael Dansinger, the founding Director of the Diabetes Reversal Program at Tufts Medical Center, joins Steve Woods this week to talk about lifestyle coaching for weight loss and diabetes prevention or reversal. Although there’s no cure, many people have been able to achieve “remission” of type 2 diabetes, meaning their blood sugar levels become normal or nearly normal without diabetes medication.
Wednesday, September 29, 202109/29/2021
This week, Boots2Roots Executive Director Bill Benson, a 24-year veteran of the US Army himself, talks about how helping military members transition to post military life can be a boon to employers trying to fill job vacancies.
