Conversations
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'Conversations' is a public affairs program that looks at issues and how they affect individuals, families, our local communities and the nation. On each show, host Lizz Sommars explores an issue with newsmakers, pundits, authors, doctors, educators and others who express their views on these topics. Topics covered include the economy, education, the environment, government, terrorism, youth and family, health, discrimination, poverty, aging issues and spirituality.
2/28/10:
-Andrew Holtz, medical correspondent, author, THE REAL GREY'S ANATOMY, www.holtzreport.com.
-Dr. William Sears, healthy lifestyle specialist, author, PRIME TIME HEALTH, www.askdrsears.com -HollySchlaack, author, child welfare advocate, author, INVISIBLE KIDS, www.hollyschlaack.com.
2/21/10:
-Mark Sisson, former marathoner/triathlete, author, THE PRIMAL BLUEPRINT, www.marksdailyapple.com.
-Scott Rosenberg, co-founder, Salon.com, author, SAY EVERYTHING, www.sayeverything.com.
2/14/10:
-Dr. Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education, author, THE BLACK-WHITE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, www.rodpaige.com.
-Amy Parodi, disaster relief communications specialist, World Vision, on adoption of Haitian refugee children. www.worldvision.org.
-Lee Woodruff, author, PERFECTLY IMPERFECT on living with someone with a brain injury.
2/7/10:
-Alexandra Natapoff, expert on criminal snitching and the American justice system, author, SNITCHING,www.snitching.org.
-Douglas Fields, Ph.D., brain glia expert, author, THE OTHER BRAIN, www.theotherbrainbook.com.
-Susan Stiffleman, psychotherapist, author, PARENTING WITHOUT POWER STRUGGLES, www.passionateparenting.net.
1/31/10:
-Dr. Eric Shapira, clinical gerontologist, author, A NEW WRINKLE,www.newwrinklebook.com.
-Atul Gawande, endocrine surgeon, author, THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO on reducing medical errors, www.gawande.com.
-Joan Goldwasser, Kiplinger Personal Finance, on new credit card rules, www.kiplinger.com.
Lizz Sommars bio:
Lizz Sommars is a veteran reporter who has over 25 years experience in radio News and Public affairs, and has hosted 'Conversations' since 1999. She is also a first-place national award winner for her 5-part public affairs series 'Children and Sugar Addiction' presented by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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