Antarctic Forest, Spirit Bears, Hyperrealist Cakes

Antarctica Was Once a Rainforest (0:36) Guest: Johann Klages, Marine Geologist, Alfred Wegener Institutein Bremerhaven, Germany This year is the 200th anniversary of explorers first clapping eyes on Antarctica. The frozen, barren continent is the coldest place on earth. But that wasn’t always the case. Believe it or not, it was once a rainforest with trees and swamplands. (Originally aired Jun 3, 2020). Challenges Facing Black Americans in Mental Health Care (16:38) Guest: Altha Stewart, Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, Psychiatry Professor, Director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, University of Tennessee Nearly one in five adults in the US have a mental illness. But many health professionals say that access to and quality of mental healthcare is not equal among all Americans. A lot of Black people struggle to find the right treatment and can be easily misdiagnosed. (Originally aired Jul 20, 2020). Lessons from a School Shooting Survivor (34:31) Guest: Missy Jenkins Smith, Author of “Lessons from a School Shooting Survivor” and “I Choose to Be Happy” When Missy Jenkins Smith was 15, she learned that she was permanently paralyzed from the chest down. The day before, she’d been shot by a fellow student at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky. Three of Missy’s classmates died in the shooting. This was 1997. Three months later, shooters would kill four students and a teacher at a middle school near Jonesboro,Arkansas. A year and a half later...Columbine. We didn’t know it then, but it was the beginning of an era in which fatal school shootings would become common in America. Since the day a school shooting changed her life, Missy Jenkins Smith became a counselor for at-risk youth, a motivational speaker and an author. (Originally aired Nov 25, 2019). What will Save the Spirit Bears? (52:55) Guests: Douglass Neasloss, Chief Councillor and Resource Stewardship Director, Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation; Christina Service, Executive Director, Spirit Bear Research Founda