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Show #972: GMO SCIENCE VRS SCIENCE Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include a look at the scientific method of animal feeding studies; how some studies prove GM foods are safe to eat, while others prove GM foods cause severe stomach inflammation and cancerous tumors; and how one should decide whose science to bel

Show #501: Magic Bullets & Super Bugs Jan 17, 2016

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Like magic bullets, antibiotics kill harmful bacteria and allow us to multiply like, well, mold in a Petri dish! Our magic bullets, however, do not kill all bacteria- some survive as "super bugs." This leads one to ask, "What can stop super bugs?" Topic

Show #1012: Who to Believe? Jan 17, 2016

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Guests: Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health; Rebecca Riley, Natural Resources Defense Council (NOTE: Monsanto and National Corn Growers Association refused to participate.)

Show # 517: Blood Moon Jan 17, 2016

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When autumn nights brought cold and darkness, our forebears put away meat for their winter. We now live in a different kind of world, which leads some to ask, “Should we not take the blood out of the blood moon?” Topics include the traditio

Show #732: BEE LISTENING Jan 17, 2016

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They say bees provide for thirty percent of the food we eat. They also say more than thirty percent of our bee colonies are collapsing. This thirty percent business leads us to ask…

Show #797: FOOD FOR THOUGHT Jan 17, 2016

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Addiction, autism, dementia… Oh me!… Fatigue, sleep disorders, ADHD… Oh my! All the mental disorders that now drive the world crazy lead us to ask….

Show #620: A FARM FOR THE WHITEHOUSE Jan 17, 2016

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Daniel Bowman Simon and Casey Gustowarow are on a cross country mission in a topsy turvy bus to convince the new President to establish an organic farm at the White House. Their mission leads us to ask….

Show #962: SUPERWEEDS & SUPER GENES Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include how some plant and insect pests are becoming resistant to genetically-engineered crops; the impact these super pests are having on farmers ability to grow food; and which will likely win the fight: people or pests? Guests: Steve Smith,

Show #958: TO CATCH THE THIEVES Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include the inherent vulnerabililty of farms and farmers; how some take advantage of this vulnerabililty to steal the property of others; and whether the stealing can be stopped.

Show #967: CHINA RED ORGANICS Jan 17, 2016

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Guests:Patty Lovera, Ass Director, Food & Water Watch