Before our guests arrived, family therapist Jack Turney and I explored a little about co-operatives, food as related to the mental and physical health of families, and community in general. Upon their arrival, Shahid and Tameika treated us to a brief but insightful conversation about their new show. And, as this month is National Coop Month, they introduce us to the fascinating untold history of original Black owned and operated farming/food cooperatives.
After an extended delay, stuck behind an overturned semi-truck on I-10, Shahid Mustafa and Tameika Hannah join us for a brief look at their thoughtful and informative new show on KTAL - entitled Black-English-Vernacular. The show airs and streams from 9:30-10:30 pm - Monday nights on KTAL; treating our community to a whole lotta' good history, with an emphasis on Black History.
Before our guests arrived, family therapist Jack Turney and I explored a little about co-operatives, food as related to the mental and physical health of families, and community in general. Upon their arrival, Shahid and Tameika treated us to a brief but insightful conversation about their new show. And, as this month is National Coop Month, they introduce us to the fascinating untold history of original Black owned and operated farming/food cooperatives. Jack Turney returns for an encore conversation about how as a millennial he perceives the challenges we face in our country and around the world today. The exploratory process touches on some external considerations like technology, climate change, media, social media, and cultural norms. Some of the internal elements that get attention are expectations, critical thinking, attitudes, adaptive processes, and the differing values contained in differing stories of the consumer industrial complex that shape our lives. He gives some focus as well to how awareness of our predicament may bring both appropriate and inappropriate despair and how to bring realistic hope into the equation.
It was January 20, 2020. That day we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. That day, the rapid collapse of many of our country's fundamental political and social norms was fully evident. That day, we were unknowingly staggering into the abyss of Covid 19's deadly embrace of humanity. On that morning, we had a conversation with millennial, Jack Turney. Now, nearly four years later, he joins us again.
With a master's degree in social work and a background of working with underserved members of our community, Jack currently works as a practicing therapist and family counselor. As a member of the millennial generation, he shares how the views of he and his peers have changed. He shares on his perceptions of our country's skyrocketing mental health issues and the unconscionable shortage of care providers - and much more. A lot of the conversation centers around Jack's reversion to a closer personal practice of Catholicism, how and why that's happening for him, and how it informs his life in these trying times. We welcome Harvey Hilbert back for a follow-up conversation on the intellectual, social, emotional, and cognitive elements related to changing ideas of the words "Patriot" and "Patriotism". He touches on the static and the dynamic perceptions of how we understand our language. The conversation evaluates some words that seem to morph dynamically; words like "Moral" "Ethical" "Borders" "Religion" and others. It's an exploration of how and why our thinking influences our language, ourselves, and the world around us.
Harvey shared his intriguing concept of the "Eco-Patriot": One who understands and supports the planet to be deeply and completely interconnected and interdependent in all dimensions. more information: Borges and Heisenberg - Quantum Poetics Harvey Hilbert, a combat wounded Vietnam Veteran who enlisted in 1964, offers some of his observations about how we think about patriotism, why we think the way we do, and why that matters. Twenty-two years ago today, on September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon spawned "The Patriot Act" and 20 plus years of war in the Middle East. Currently, we see some of the most murderous culture wars in America driven by those who identify as patriots. The conversation touches on who in 2023 may be genuine patriots, and who merely wrap themselves in the word and the flag to justify strongly held, hateful, un-American reactions to the challenges of our times.
more information The Patriot Act Patriotism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Eric Hoffer - The True Believer The Patriot Movement in America CNN Opinion on Patriotism in America Associated Press - How to define Patriot? Today we have a terrific conversation with poet and retired English professor, Joseph Somoza. He shares his personal, daily writing process and some of his own poetry. The conversation is a thoughtful exploration of poetry, language, and the science and magic of the spoken and written word. He shares his observations on speech and language. He talks about the process of finding one's own true voice, how our brains and our emotions shape our interpretations, and thoughts about ego, humility, and the uniquely liberating joys of writing poetry. Joseph opens an expansive consideration of the influences of language, and poetry in our everyday lives and our relationships to ourselves, and the world around us. In the links below, you'll find some of Joseph Somoza's poetry. His books are available at online booksellers and at COAS Books in Las Cruces, NM.
more information: The Poets Weave Origami Poems Project The Loch Raven Review Innisfree Poetry Journal Bobby Byrd Blog 2007 Dr. Thorne joins us today with important clarification and information about ketamine. Originally designated as an anesthetic, it's been realized that administered in controlled therapeutic settings, ketamine can have remarkable value in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, pain, suicidal ideation, and addiction. The use of ketamine in therapeutic settings is legal. As the benefits are more apparent, more fully studied and understood, the use of ketamine in therapeutic settings is growing rapidly. Dr. Thorne gives us basic information about the process and what folks might expect.
Special guest Keith Whelpley returns to Think Again for a deeper peek into "Carbon Capture and Sequestration". He talks about projects currently underway, and the goals being set by the State of New Mexico. He acknowledges the many challenges of mitigating the current and future impacts of our increasingly carbonized atmosphere. He suggests that becoming informed is an important first step. Keith touches on how his personal stress and anxiety about climate change led him to 'think again' about what he can do. He points to how personal action can help overcome feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and frustration that many of us may be experiencing. In all this, with a compassionate heart and a keen eye on the science, Keith graciously addresses some of the most important internal and external challenges we face today.
Keith Whelpley brings thoughtful considerations of some of the measures being taken to offset climate change broadly, and atmospheric, CO2 driven, global warming specifically. The conversation explores Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), and the roles of the individual, the climate advocacy community, the government, the fossil fuel corporations, and our economic system. He points to the promise of the technology, the potential risks that we know of, and what it's going to take to bring all the parties together for a solution. The conversation touches on how our past ways of thinking about these issues has led to our current circumstances, and how we need to change our thinking if we want to solve these problems.
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage 4 Corners Carbon Removal Coalition Major Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project in NM Carbon Capture and Storage - Department of Energy Stackable Artifical Leaf Captures Carbon Las Cruces Police and Fire Department First Responders:
Sgt. Bob McCord and Sgt. Patrick Doyle - LCPD Crisis Intervention Team Leaders Paul Ford - Las Cruces Fire Department Mobile Integrated Healthcare Coordinator Facing a mental health crisis of apparently epidemic proportions, our first responder guests share some of their own experiences and perspectives. The conversation explores the devastating impacts of increasing mental illness in our society and how in collaboration with mental health professionals, we're addressing it locally. The conversation touches on access to resources for those suffering from mental illness, trauma, policies, programs, staffing, drug addiction, crime, violence, suicide, dementia, Alzheimer's and more. This conversation is a peek into the challenges our Fire and Police personnel face each and every day. As all of us, including our first responders, increasingly suffer the impacts of this epidemic rippling through our schools, our families, and our public health and safety systems, this is a crisis we ignore at our own peril. |
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