Depression. Anxiety. Criminal Behavior? Could our food choices affect us that much?  What if the food we at contributed to delinquency mental illness?  Drawing on her years of experience as a probation officer, Barbara Reed Stitt will share with us her observations about the connection between what we eat and how we act.  

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5 Year study at an Alternative High School (large 37 MB file)

Brad's note:  This is amazing.  You have to see the impact that they've had on this school just by changing the diet of the kids.

Links:

www.naturalpress.info

Books:

Food & Behavior

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Comment from Barbara:

It was a complete pleasure to join with Brad – he is a wonderful host and really listens.

Thank you both for having me on the show.  I hope it gave some people some additional information on the importance of fresh nutritional foods for both our youth and adults.

Namaste,

Barbara

How many people did the terrorist attacks on 9/11 actually kill.  The answer depends on whether you include the 1500 deaths that occurred as a result of people switching from airplane to car travel.  Fear can help us, but fear without calculation of the cost can kill you.  Dan Gardner and Brad explore the psychology and statistics of fear.  Dan cautions us to guard ourselves closely against those who would use it against us including the media, politicians and corporations.

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Books:

Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear

Comment from Dan Gardner:

Please pass on my thanks to Brad. It was enjoyable. And was that the melancholy theme music that closed every episode of The Incredible Hulk I heard at the end of the show? Brilliant choice.
 
Dan Gardner
Author of Risk-The Science and Politics of Fear

What would happen if the world's best run and biggest companies got together and formed an "environmental Hall of Justice" (that's a reference for fellow fans of the Superfriends).  Guess what, they already have. 

According to some, we're in the middle of a revolution.  Dr. Bryan Smith joins us and reveals how companies are transforming and tackling not only environmental issues but social issues as well.

Big Ideas:

• Applying "systems thinking" creates awareness of long term impact of critical inputs to your business
• Inquiry (as opposed to lecturing) helps in bringing others into the revolution
• Positive messages are much more effective (renewable resource opportunities) than negative ones (being anti-car)

Books:

The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

Recent salmonella scares have created panic in the restaurant industry both here and south of the border.  What's causing these outbreaks and more importantly, what can we do to protect ourselves.  Listen as Dr. David Waltner-Toews (veterinarian and epidemiologist) compares our love affair with food to a series of one night stands and risky sex.

Big Ideas:

• According to Dr. Waltner-Toews, there is no such thing as "the stomach flu".  Instead the culprit is food borne illness
• Our love affair with food can be made safer through understanding the risks and working to minimize them
• Given the choice between local and organic, Dr. Waltner-Toews would go local

Books:

Food, Sex, and Salmonella: Why Our Food Is Making Us Sick

"The climate system is an angry beast, and we are poking at it with sticks," says Broecker

Reducing emissions?  Not enough! To stop global warming, Dr. Wallace Broecker insists that we must take radical steps.  He'll frame the arguments around global warming and propose solutions that include extracting CO2 from the air and packing it in layers of volcanic rock.   

Big Ideas:

• Dr. Broecker raised the alarm on global warming in 1975
• While it is important to reduce our emisisons, we need to do more, including scrubbing CO2 out of the atmosphere
• The solution may lie in a product that is like fly paper for CO2

Books:

Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal about the Current Threat--And How to Counter It

In the wake of a horrific attack on a Coquitlam woman by a black bear, Drake Stephens from Bear Aware joins us to tell us what we can do to avoid bear encounters in our neighborhood.  He touches on the damage we're doing by short-circuiting nature by providing garbage for bears.  

Links:

www.bearaware.bc.ca

Eric Spiegel is a McLean-based Senior Partner who leads Booz & Company’s work for global energy and utilities clients.  He has over 22 years of energy and utility consulting industry experience leading major energy client assignments in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

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About Eric Spiegel

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Meet a man who's made it his mission to eradicate the smoking industry from the face of the earth.  Think he's smoking something himself? His organization has met with success after success and was one of the major players behind the regulations that have created a smoke-free workplace for all BC workers.