Phobia of Giving Blood, KaBOOM!, Kids' Safety on Halloween, Scary Story, Banning Early School Starts, Halloween Activities

Phobia of Giving Blood  (0:00:00) Are you afraid of needles, blood, or even fainting? Then you probably have never given blood: a combination of all of those fears. Many people are affected by this fear of giving blood and make up excuses as to why they cannot donate. However, there is a great need for blood donors throughout the U.S., and the fear is easily overcome. Joining us is  Stephanie Sarkis, a therapist specializing in ADHD, anxiety and gaslighting.  KaBOOM!  (0:10:43) Did you love playing on the playground as a kid? The woodchip souvenirs you would bring home in your tennis shoes, the calluses on your palms from the monkey bars, and the holes in your jeans from the plastic slides are all rites of passage for childhood. But there are a lot of children out there without access to a community playground. Only one in four kids in the US are getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity.  KaBOOM! is changing that statistic one playplace at a time. They bring playgrounds to under-resourced communities. Here to talk about this business model is Amy Levner, the vice president of marketing and communications for KaBOOM!  Kids’ Safety on Halloween  (0:31:57) Did you know that on average, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year? This heartbreaking statistic is more than enough motivation to prepare our kids for a safe trick or treating experience. Morag Mackay from  Safe Kids Worldwide joins us to share how we can protect our young ones during the Halloween festivities. Scary Story  (0:50:34) Sam Payne, host of  The Apple Seed, tells us a scary story about Lisa and Richie. Banning Early School Starts  (1:06:54) You see it every day – your kids are sleep deprived. They burn the candle at both ends, waking up early for school and staying up late with homework and extra-curricular activities. Well, California recently became the first state to push back start times for high schools. The bell can't?ring before 8:30am – and