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TOUCHING LIGHT, How to Free Your Fiber-Optic Fascia

TOUCHING LIGHT, How to Free Your Fiber-Optic Fascia, by author, Massage and Myofascial Release Therapist, Ronelle Wood describes the form, function and chemistry of the body’s vital system of connective tissue. Fascia functions very much like a cloak of gossamer tissue that surrounds, supports, separates while connecting muscles, bones and internal organs. The protective mechanism … Continued


This weekend marks the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.  We talk with Tia Oso,  who interrupted NetRoots Nation to remind that black lives matter.  It’s the Berkeley Barb’s 50th anniversary–we’ll talk about journalism, then and now.  PLUS:  David Casarett,  Md and professor of medicine, makes the case for the medical … Continued


(Due to a technical error, this program begins 5:31 into the half hour and ends abruptly. Our apologies.) Injured in a brutal police tasing, in and out of the psychiatric system as a child, and even unable to access social services and diagnostic health providers, Dorian Taylor’s life has not been easy. Now, Dorian lives with multiple disabilities, many Facebook friends — and hours on beautiful Lake Washington in Seattle.