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Dr. Jenessa Seymour joins to discuss why TikTok's move here is aligned with what we know about eating disorders from the literature, and what happens when the internet doesn't draw a line like this.
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Do you have a bond with a household pet? Do they understand what you say to them -- and, if so, how much? In the first part of this two-part series, Ben, Matt and Noel dive deep into a question that's mystified humanity since the dawn of history: Can we really talk to non-human animals? Not at or to... but with? Tune in to learn how science may finally crack the code and turn us into real-life Doctor Doolittles.
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Indigenous Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ artists often add another layer of expression to their work and stories. On top of celebrating their tribal and personal identities, they’re bringing stories and voices forward that aren’t often heard from elsewhere. They can also provide recognition and support for other LGBTQ2+ people searching for connection. We’ll take a look at three new and upcoming Indigenous Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ art exhibits: “Queering Indigeneity” coming to the Minnesota Museum of American Art, “Two-Spirit and MMIW/R Voices” touring Minnesota, and “Two-Spirit and Gender Diversity through History” at the new Orillia Recreation Centre in Ontario, Canada.
GUESTS
Penny Kagigebi (White Earth Ojibwe), artist and emerging curator
Dr. Kate Beane (Flandreau Santee Dakota and Muscogee), executive director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art
Arnold Dahl-Wooley (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), national public speaker, advocate for the Two-Spirit LGBTQ+ community, and Twin Cities Pride BIPOC Leader of the Year
Jessica Martin (Métis), goldsmith, fiddle player, and yoga instructor
Monica Loney, (Métis) visual artist
Break 1 Music: Out Loud (song) Ailani (artist) Heartbroken Bones (album)
Break 2 Music: Bounty (song) Deerlady (band) Greatest Hits (album)
Neurons. Immune systems. MRIs. Weed gummies? One of the greats in neurology, Dr. Aaron Boster, takes time to chat all about Multiple Sclerosis, a neurological autoimmune disease close to our hearts. Alie’s mom, your grammapod a.k.a. Fancy Nancy, was diagnosed with MS over two decades ago, and this episode explores in depth the factors that can cause MS, therapies that do – and don’t – show promise, how diet, exercise and mindfulness actually can help folks who have MS, the oftentimes agonizing journey to a diagnosis, and advice for those who’ve MS for a while – or are newly in the community. Also: yeah, weed.
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Garrison talks with Jack from AltWatcher about a viral social media account posing as dissent Park Service employees sending coded messages on the internet.
Sources:
https://jjoycelynch.substack.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/altwatcher.bsky.social
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The Trump administration is working to remove protections for more than 58 million acres of national forests. A brief public comment period is now open on a plan to rescind the federal government’s 25-year-old Roadless Rule which prohibits road construction and timber harvesting in several states. Environmental groups and leaders of Alaska Native tribes with cultural ties to the Tongass National Forest — the country’s largest national forest — are raising alarms about the plan. The vast temperate rainforest covers 17 million acres and is also the nation’s largest stand of old-growth trees, many of which are at least 800 years old. Advocates warn that road construction and increased commercial logging threaten subsistence hunting, plant harvesting, and fishing. We’ll talk with tribal leaders and others about what’s at stake in Tongass and the future of forest management.
GUESTS
Chuck Sams (Cayuse and Walla Walla), director of Indigenous Programs at Yale Center for Environmental Justice and former National Park Service director
Cody Desautel (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), president of the Intertribal Timber Council and the executive director of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Mike Jones (Haida), president of the Organized Village of Kasaan
Ilsxílee Stáng/Gloria Burns (Haida), president of the Ketchikan Indian Community
Joel Jackson (Tlingit and Haida), president of the Organized Village of Kake
Break 1 Music: Thick as Thieves (song) Blue Moon Marquee (artist) Scream, Holler, and Howl (album)
Break 2 Music: Bounty (song) Deerlady (band) Greatest Hits (album)
Garrison and Mia discuss the evolution of liberal conspiracy theories, and why people believe the Trump assassination was staged or that Elon Musk stole the 2024 election.
Sources:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/04/harris-nsa-audit-2024-election/
https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-conspiracy-theories-x-left-blueanon/
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/americans-accept-election-results-even-if-some-are-unhappy-outcome
https://www.reddit.com/r/houstonwade/comments/1gnwsv0/they_cheated/
https://theplotagainstamerica.com/
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/11/18/conspiracy-theory-starlink-election-results/
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_assassination_attempt_online_conspiracy_theories_musk.php
https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/trump-assassination-attempt-polling
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