Storytelling Health, True Color, Natural Flavors

The Pediatrician Who Promotes Public Health Awareness Through Writing for TV Shows (0:34) Guest: Neal Baer, Pediatrician and Writer for TV Shows, ER, Law & Order: SUV, and Designated Survivor.  Both Law & Order : SVU and ER were shows written and produced for a long time by Neal Baer who also ran Designated Survivor on Netflix. But here’s what’s especially interesting about Dr. Baer – yes, doctor. He’s a pediatrician who makes a point of weaving important public health messages into the shows he works on whenever he can. (Originally aired 7/18/2019) Seniors Are at Higher Risk for Suicide. Watch for the Five Ds (18:25) Guest: Yeates Conwell, MD, Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester As Baby Boomers reach their golden years, the risk of suicide among seniors is a growing concern. Americans 85 years and older have one of the highest suicides rates of any age group. (Originally aired 9/3/19) About Fresh Puts Grocery Stores on Wheels to Fight Food Deserts (35:14) Guest: Annika Morgan Is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of About Fresh  There’s a nonprofit in Boston that loads up school buses with fresh produce and sells it at a discount in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores. Doctors in the community even hand out gift cards for the fruits-and-veggies-school-bus to patients who need a healthier diet. They’re literally prescribing food as medicine. (Originally aired 10/1/2019) True Color – Where Do Colors Come From Naturally? (50:43) Guest: Keith Recker, Editor and Founder of HAND/EYE Magazine, Author of “True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigment” If a piece of clothing is made with natural colors and fibers, it’s probably brown right? Or maybe rust-colored? Natural colors just aren’t anywhere near as vibrant as the yellow and pinks and reds and blue dyes made by scientists in laboratories. That’s certainly what Keith Recker thought as an executive at Saks Fifth Avenue. When a natural dye expert told him