Energy Drinks, Parent Previews, Student Loans

Energy Drinks, Parent Previews, Student Loans

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 51

  • Mar 20, 2015 1:00 pm
  • 2:18:14 mins

Dangers of Energy Drinks (11:38)  Barbara Crouch, Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah and Director of Utah Poison Control talks with Matt Townsend about the dangers of energy drinks. She talks about what ingesting too much caffeine does to your body. She also talks about powdered caffeine, powdered alcohol and other household dangers.  Why Good Things Happen To Good People (59:39)  Dr. Stephen Post, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Head of the Division of Medicine in Society, and Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. Dr Post is the author of ‘Why Good Things Happen To Good People” talks about how being a good person and trying to make the world a better place will come back to benefit you in the end. The Exciting New Research that Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life”  Parent Previews: New on DVD (1:25:50)  Rod Gustafson from Parent Previews.com joins the show to look at what is new in theaters and on DVD. Dr Matt and Rod talk about Insurgent the new movie in the Divergent young adult series. On DVD: The Penguins of Madagascar, The remake of Annie with Jamie Fox and Cameron Diaz, Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring Christian Bale  Student Loans Debt (1:45:20)  Ms. Natalia Abrams, Executive Director of Student Debt Crisis, a non-profit organization dedicated to reforming the way America pays for its higher education. Student Loans debt in the US is over $1 Trillion. That puts it above credit card debt.

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