0:08 – Fund Drive Special: How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger
Dr Michael Greger (@nutrition_facts) is a physician and runs the nonprofit NUTRITIONFACTS.ORG. His latest book is How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease. Yours for a pledge of $150 to KPFA.
1:08 – The US is blaming Iran for attacks on four ships in Strait of Hormuz. In the last days and hours, the US has sharply escalated an aggressive position against Iran, now calling for mobilizing up to 120,000 US troops in the Middle East. We speak with Conn Hallinan, military analyst and columnist with Foreign Policy in Focus.
1:25 – Fund Drive Premium: Working the Roots by Michele Lee
Working the Roots: Over 400 Years Of Traditional African American Healing is the result of first-hand interviews, conversations, and apprenticeships conducted and experienced by author Michele E. Lee over several years of living and studying in the rural South and in the West Coast regions of the United States. She combines a novelist’s keen ear for storytelling and dialogue and a healer’s understanding of folk medicine arts into a book that makes for both pleasant, interesting reading, and serves as a permanent household healing guide.
Divided between sections on interviews of healers and their stories and a comprehensive collection of traditional African American medicines, remedies, and the many common ailments they were called upon to cure, Working The Roots is a valuable addition to African American history and American and African folk healing practices. Yours for a pledge of $150 to KPFA.
**DISCLAIMER: Folks, a quick reminder that the views of our guests are not necessarily those of the show’s. We recommend talking to your medical practitioner before starting any herbal regiment.
Photo: Ms. Sally McCloud of Scotland County, North Carolina. Working the Roots (p. 4)