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Healthy eating, nutrition, and understanding what food labels are REALLY saying were all topics covered in our grocery shopping tour with guest, Kimberly Lord Stewart. Ms. Stewart is the author of Eating Between the Lines: The Supermarket Shopper’s Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels.  She is the recipient of two 2004 Association of Food Journalist awards [...]

Our interview today on WWJ-News Radio 950 on the Autism Insurance Reform legislation.  Click the WWJ logo below to hear the clip …. To find out more about the legislation please check out our Autism Insurance Reform page here! Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This weekend we are really excited to have the opportunity to interview Dr. John Medina whose books about the brain are not only fascinating and really informative but also written in a way that’s entertaining, clear and easy to both read and understand (no small feat when talking about brains, brain development, behavior, etc.). To [...]

“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me “Superman” did not exist.  Cause even in the depths of the ghetto you just thought he was coming …. She thought I was crying because it’s like …. (he’s) not real.  I was crying because no one was coming with enough [...]

We really appreciated the opportunity to interview Michigan Gubenatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra last weekend. This weekend we have a confirmation for an interview with Mike Bouchard and are working out the details on two other possible MI Gov candidate interviews.  I hope you enjoy the interview and will confirm the guests for this week’s show [...]

We aired our interview with Lorri Unumb from Autism Speaks this past Sunday, however, we weren’t able to cover everything that we wanted to. You see Lorri was extremely gracious to move her schedule around to allow us the opportunity to pre-record our interview with her last week for our Sunday show. Originally the plan [...]

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On Sunday June 6th we discussed the raging debate over Autism Insurance.  It’s a battle raging in the courts, classrooms, therapy centers, doctors offices, legislator’s offices ….. and living rooms across this country, including right here in Michigan. The battle is being fought by parents on two fronts. On the first front is the push [...]

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This week in our interview with Robert Siciliano we discussed the wide spread threat of Identity theft.  During the interview we covered a variety of topics including : Why Credit Cards are a safer alternative to Debt Cards How your fax machine and copiers could be sneakily stealing your identity without your knowing it The one [...]

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Phoebe Prince Jon Carmichael Jaheem Herrera Yeardley Love Charles Walker-Hoover All children bullied to death.  Phoebe Prince and Yeardley Love are probably two names that you recognize quickly and easily.  But they represent a fraction of the children that are being bullied in this country.  While politicians are hurriedly trying to get out in front [...]

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A Gentleman Is….

by Steve on 18, May, 2010

What IS a gentleman in the modern age? You see, I don’t think that was as hard a question to answer in the past as it might be today. Carey Grant, surely the picture of a gentleman. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

How Do We Keep Our Kids Safe? This week’s show was a doubleheader with two great interviews both dealing with that same question. First up was the husband and wife team of Carolyn and Andrew Gammicchia founders of the organization L.E.A.N. On Us whose stated mission is to: Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Dr. Christine Wood is on a mission to help us all have healthier kids.  Of course she’s a doctor, so that shouldn’t really be a surprise.  However, something that might surprise you are some of the following statistics: American children get 40% of their calories from extra fat and added sugars. Podcast: Play in new [...]

We shared the air with health care advocate and Vaccine expert Mary Tocco on April 18th and Mary shared with us a TON of useful information, stats, facts and figures about the US Vaccine program. I know this is one of those lightning rod topics.  It seems the whole Podcast: Play in new window | [...]

The kids that make every meal a ……. challenging, torturous, frustrating, hair-pulling experience  (though many other adjectives would fit there too)…. THE PICKY EATER It’s not just that if you don’t give into them they can make the whole meal a test of wills, it’s also the fact that you worry …. Are they really [...]

We’re Talking FREE TOYS!!!

by Steve on 9, April, 2010

Thanks to our newest sponsors – Tree Town Toys – we’ve now got some additional giveaways for the month of April, in honor of Autism Awareness. We already announced earlier this week our  Wrightslaw Special Education CD giveaways and now we also have …. 4 – $25 Tree Town Toy Gift Certificates To Give Away [...]