Stuart Kelter interviews Dawn Browning, a research ecologist at the Jornada Experimental Range in Las Cruces, who studies the complex factors that link ecology with the characteristics of soil. Past scientific interests include tadpoles, rattlesnakes, and falcons. Dawn is also a yoga therapist and entrepreneur, who for 36 years and counting, has been living with Type 1 diabetes, viewing the disease as a powerful lens for self-understanding and personal growth. In 20 Dawn founded HolSol Wellness LLC to share her insights and well-honed tools to help others with their own personal development.
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Stuart Kelter interviews Sarah Fay, a professor at DePaul and Northwestern Universities, a critic, scholar, and creative writer. Her writing has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Time, as well as many literary publications such as Bookforum, BOMB, and The Paris Review, where she served as an advisory editor. She is the recipient of many awards and prestigious writing residencies and is the author of the recently published memoir, Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses and the founder of Pathological: The Movement, a public awareness campaign devoted to making people aware of the lack of scientific evidence for psychiatric diagnoses and the danger of identifying with an unproven mental illness. The book and the movement is the subject of today’s interview.
Stuart Kelter interviews Bob Delcampo, a professor emeritus at NMSU, who was the founder and head of the Marriage and Family Therapy program at NMSU for many decades, mentoring hundreds of therapists in training, writing two textbooks on marriage and family therapy, as well as many research articles about Work and Family Balance, while maintaining a private practice. In June of 2006, New Mexico Governor Richardson appointed him to the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Licensing Board, and Governor Martinez renewed his appointment when she took office. He served as chair of the state standards committee for Marriage and Family Therapists and as chair of the Ethics Committee for the NM Counseling and Therapy Practice Board for three years. He appeared regularly in KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 as their relationship expert and wrote a monthly column for The Heart magazine on effective relationships. In 2006, Dr. Del Campo was named “Centennial Laureate” in the College of Human Sciences at the Florida State University for being one of the top graduates in the 100 year history of that college.
Stuart Kelter interviews George P. Smith, distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Missouri/ Columbia, who in 2018 was the co-recipient with Frances Arnold and Gregory Winter of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1985, he developed an elegant method known as phage display, where a bacteriophage – a virus that infects bacteria with its genes – can be used to evolve new proteins. This method has led to a new pharmaceutical, Adalimumab (brand name “Humira”) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Since retiring from the university, he has, among other topics, been teaching about global warming -- and the scale of societal changes needed to prevent the worst outcomes -- which is the subject of today’s interview.
Stuart Kelter interviews Amy Gajda, a professor of law at Tulane Law School, a former journalist, and a nationally recognized expert in the topic of privacy and the media. She was an award-winning legal commentator on Illinois public radio stations, has written for the NY Times and Slate, and has provided commentary for several prominent print and television news media. Her scholarly articles have appeared in journals including the American Historical Review, California Law Review, Georgia Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, and Washington Law Review, among many others. She is the recent author of Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy, which is the subject of today’s interview.
Stuart Kelter interviews Jonathan Reisman, a doctor of internal medicine, pediatrics, and emergency medicine, who recently published his first book, The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy. With the excitement of an explorer, the book recounts his hard-won medical knowledge with the flair of a poet, the attention to narrative detail of a journalist, the adroitness of skills enhanced by unusual interests pursued before medical school, and the wisdom to notice and appreciate the patterns that the human body shares with the rest of the natural world. He has practiced medicine in the most extreme latitudes, both north and south, as well as extreme altitudes in Nepal. He has worked in Kolkata’s slums and with the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota, and heads a non-profit to improve healthcare and education in India. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and the Washington Post.
Stuart Kelter interviews recently retired pulmonologist, Dr. Paul Feil, who practiced pulmonology in Las Cruces starting in 1982 and established Las Cruces's first sleep lab in 1994. In 1988 he conducted high altitude research in Nepal, and in 1990 consulted to the USSR in high altitude research in Siberia. He has won awards for his work in both pulmonology and sleep medicine.
Stuart Kelter interviews Reuben Last, a general surgeon for 20 years at the Albuquerque Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. We’ll hear about the diverse experiences and family background that led to his career choices, as well as his insights into the history of medicine and the current conditions for health professionals. Reuben has made good use of his multifaceted skills and passions in helping to create the Endorphin Power Company, an Albuquerque-based non-profit organization providing support and advocacy to people recovering from substance abuse. In a similar spirit, Reuben is currently on the board of directors of OslerSymposia.org, which addresses and pushes back against the forces that cause burn-out for all types of medical personnel.
Stuart Kelter interviews Lyn Barrett, an author, speaker, pastor, retreat leader, and survivor of early childhood trauma. Diagnosed in 1992 with Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), she endured several decades of inner chaos and deep pain. Even so, most of the time, she was able to maintain a professional life as an elementary school teacher and principal, as well as persevere to a satisfactory outcome with her personal and family life. Crediting her therapist, Sonya Nowak, with guiding her to health and wholeness and to close friends for emotional support, Lyn recently published a memoir entitled Crazy, about her intense psychological journey.
Stuart Kelter interviews Ann Hales, an Advanced Practice Nurse and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for over 45 years in both community mental health and private practice settings. From 1981-1983, Ann served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, teaching nurses at Cuttington University. The experience prompted her to pursue a PhD at Cornell University, focusing on ethical and just distribution of health care. She subsequently directed a program to house and feed the homeless in Ithica, NY, and consulted to similar programs in Las Cruces, while also an NMSU professor of nursing from 1994 to 2004. Today’s interview focuses on her almost completed memoir about experiences, from 40 years ago, of her two years in the Peace Corps in Liberia.
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