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Knowing your audience is everything for a storyteller, and sometimes that information comes in real time. “Within three minutes I am going to know if this is going to be terrible for all of us or great,” says storyteller Bil Lepp. In this bonus episode, we talk about how to respond on stage to an audience's laughter, what to do if you find yourself with an audience of middle schoolers, how to handle a show that doesn't go so well, and how he got started in storytelling.Bil Lepp is an award-winning storyteller, author, and recording artist. He's the host of the History Channel's Man Vs History series, the occasional host of NPR's internationally syndicated Mountain Stage. Though a five time champion of the WV Liars's Contest, Lepp's stories often contain morsels of truth that present universal themes in clever and witty ways. Bil's books and audio collections have won the PEN Steven Kroll Award for Children's Book Writing, Parents' Choice Gold Awards and awards from the National Parenting Publications Association. He's also the recipient of the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folk honor. The Charleston Gazette calls him a “cross between Dr. Seuss and film noir.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe
Humor for the joy of it is reason enough, but in this episode we speak with storyteller Bil Lepp about how humor might also be a way to earn trust with an audience so that we might bring in difficult conversations. He offers techniques for how to craft toward a punchline and how to use a “Lego” approach to crafting multiple stories. We also touch on how storytelling builds community.Bil Lepp is an award-winning storyteller, author, and recording artist. He's the host of the History Channel's Man Vs History series, the occasional host of NPR's internationally syndicated Mountain Stage. Though a five time champion of the WV Liars's Contest, Lepp's stories often contain morsels of truth that present universal themes in clever and witty ways. Bil's books and audio collections have won the PEN Steven Kroll Award for Children's Book Writing, Parents' Choice Gold Awards and awards from the National Parenting Publications Association. He's also the recipient of the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folk honor. The Charleston Gazette calls him a “cross between Dr. Seuss and film noir.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe
On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Susan Williams about her new book "Unresolved Lives: Seven Stories of Mayhem Including the Mad Butcher, Sodder Children, and Cabin 13." Susan is a native of Fayette County West Virginia and a former police and courts reporter for The Charleston Gazette. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Susan Williams about her new book "Unresolved Lives: Seven Stories of Mayhem Including the Mad Butcher, Sodder Children, and Cabin 13." Susan is a native of Fayette County West Virginia and a former police and courts reporter for The Charleston Gazette.
On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Susan Williams about her new book "Unresolved Lives: Seven Stories of Mayhem Including the Mad Butcher, Sodder Children, and Cabin 13." Susan is a native of Fayette County West Virginia and a former police and courts reporter for The Charleston Gazette.
In today's episode Sara and Ashley discuss the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, they also discuss some spooky places they'd like to visit as well as debate in who would win in a battle Supernatural addition. Originally designed to house 250 patients in solitude, the hospital held 717 patients by 1880; it was six times over capacity at 1,661 in 1938; over 1,800 in 1949; at its peak, 2,600 in the 1950s in overcrowded conditions. A 1938 report by a survey committee organized by a group of North American medical organizations found that the hospital housed "epileptics, alcoholics, drug addicts and non-educable mental defectives" among its population. A series of reports by The Charleston Gazette in 1949 found poor sanitation and insufficient furniture, lighting, and heating in much of the complex, while one wing, which had been rebuilt using Works Progress Administration funds following a 1935 fire started by a patient, was comparatively luxurious. Weston State Hospital found itself to be the home for the West Virginia Lobotomy Project in the early 1950s. This was an effort by the state of West Virginia and Walter Freeman to use lobotomy to reduce the number of patients in asylums because there was severe overcrowding. Follow us on social media facebook.com/thecreepshowchronicles instagram.com/thecreepshowchronicles twitter.com/TheCreepshow1
While the “mothman” has become a fixture of paranormal horror since it was adapted to film in 2002, the stories it was based on were actually far stranger than anything portrayed on screen. The wide range of events that occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966 and 1967 remain some of the most perplexing anomalous events in history, and they implore us to consider how they all might be related. Thank you to Jeff Wamsley, mothman researcher (MothmanMuseum.com), and Ebony Martin, Graduate Research Assistant at West Virginia University Libraries. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://www.thinkanomalous.com/support.html Website: https://www.thinkanomalous.com/ Full transcript & audio: https://www.thinkanomalous.com/Mothman.html Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UuofJbQlbzc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com) Research by Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Main Sources: Breedlove, Seth, director. The Mothman of Point Pleasant. USA: Cyfuno Ventures, Small Town Monsters, 2017. 1 hr., 7 min. Coleman, Loren. Mothman: Evil Incarnate. New York, NY, USA: Cosimo Books, 2017. Derenberger, Woodrow interview. WTAP-TV. November 3rd 1966. Dewitt, Faye in “F.I. Mothman Witness Faye Dewitt at Mothman Fest 2007,” Fortean Investigations, YouTube video, 14:35, January 17, 2011, https://youtu.be/bpUGPucgEPY. Grabias, David, director. Search for the Mothman. Screen Gems Sinema Productions, 2002. 44 min. https://youtu.be/pT_znfUQYRc. Jones, James Gay. Haunted Valley And More Folk Tales of Appalachia. McClain Printing Co., 1979. Keel, John A. The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story, paperback edition. New York, USA: Tom Doherty Associates, (1975) 1991. Pellington, Mark, director. The Mothman Prophecies. Lakeshore Entertainment, 2002. Pellowski, Matthew J., director. Eyes of the Mothman. New York, NY, USA: Virgil Films, 2011. 2 hr., 30 min. Sergent Jr., Donnie, and Jeff Wamsley. Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend, expanded edition. Mark S. Phillips Publishing, (2002) 2020. Wamsley, Jeff in “MOTHMAN of Point Pleasant Lecture by Jeff Wamsley @ Creature Weekend 2017 Cryptozoology.” Spectral Wolfpack Paranormal. YouTube video, 49:20. January 3, 2018. Wamsley, Jeff. Mothman: Behind the Red Eyes. Point Pleasant, WV, USA: Mothman Press, 2005. News Articles: Austin, Jon. “MOTHMAN PROPHECIES: 'dread' as legendary 'man-sized bird' seen by three separate witnesses.” Express. May 2, 2017. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/799087/MOTHMAN-PROPHECIES-man-sized-bird-seen-Chicago-three-separate-witnesses. Bennett, Roger. “Monster No Joke For Those Who Saw It.” Athens Messenger. November 18, 1966. Charleston Gazette. "'Flying Man' Seen Here, Man Claims." November 18, 1966. Hyre, Mary. "Winged, Red-Eyed 'Thing' Chases Point Couples Across Countryside." Athens Messenger. November 16, 1966. United Press International. “Eight People Say They Saw 'Creature.'” November 18, 1966. United Press International. “Parkersberg Salesman Speaks with Spaceman.” Raleigh Register, November 4, 1966. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com.
In today's episode, we start off with Joe Manchin's scandalous op-ed in the Charleston Gazette responding to a democratic voting rights bill. Next, we move to Facebook's announcement that they will be extending Donald Trump's ban from the platform and his first speech since his presidency ended. Finally, we end with a story about a federal judge in San Diego overturning California's assault weapons ban.
Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Senator Joe Manchin announced on Sunday that he would vote against the For the People Act, the Democrats' landmark voting rights legislation, because it was too partisan. Meanwhile, Israeli police detain two Palestinian journalists who had been documenting the ongoing aggressive takeover of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. And lastly, vaccination rates in the U.S. are declining again, forcing a massive outreach program to meet President Biden's goal of 70% vaccinated by July 4. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Joe Manchin has abandoned all pretense of working for the Democratic party. On Sunday, in an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette, the supposedly Democratic Senator said he would vote against his party's landmark voting rights legislation, effectively dooming its chances of becoming a law. Manchin's reasoning was as absurd as you'd expect. He called the bill, known as the For the People Act, too partisan. His evidence for this was that it had failed to attract a single Republican vote of support. It's obvious why this was: Republicans know that they won't win elections if the For the People Act is passed, because voter suppression is the only play they have. On some level, Manchin must know this. But in the same op-ed, he also vowed to never vote against the filibuster, which makes his stance perfectly clear: he wants to hold his own party hostage to his own misguided agenda. Manchin indicated that he would support another voting rights bill, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act, that doesn't go as far as the For the People Act. But without an end to the filibuster, Manchin knows that bill doesn't have much of a chance of passing either. It's enough to make you wonder which party he's really working for. Israel Arrests Palestinian Journalists Israeli police on Sunday detained two Palestinian journalists who have been documenting the forced colonization of their homes since they were children. Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd are twin siblings who live in Sheikh Jarrah, the neighborhood at the center of last month's initial conflict between Israeli settlers and Palestinian residents. Their family home is one of those targeted for eviction by Israeli court orders, and the El-Kurd twins have been documenting the case and their lives under Israeli occupation since they were kids, amassing a considerable following on social media. On Sunday, Israeli officers arrested and handcuffed Muna at her home, while Mohammed turned himself in after receiving a summons. The police claimed Muna had participated in a riot in the community recently, which is as thin and nebulous of an accusation as it sounds. They were released hours later. Muna El-Kurd said in a statement on the Sheikh Jarrah Instagram page quote: "It's clear that these are policies to silence people, policies to pressure and scare people.” endquote. The El-Kurds aren't the first journalists targeted in recent days. On Saturday, Israeli police violently arrested Al Jazeera correspondent Givara Budeiri as she covered a sit-in marking the 54th anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. She was later released but with an absurd condition: that she not report on the situation in Sheikh Jarrah for at least 15 days. If that's not direct suppression of the press, I don't know what is. Vaccination Rates Take a Dive Finally, the Washington Post reports that Joe Biden's vaccination blitz is not looking very blitz-like at the moment. The United States is averaging fewer than 1 million shots per day, a decline of more than two-thirds from the peak of 3.4 million in April, the Post reports. Biden wanted to have 70 percent of all adults vaccinated by July 4th, but that's looking less and less likely by the day. In response, the Post reports that the government and local health clinics are deploying small armies of health workers and volunteers at vaccination sites, often out-numbering the people who come to get the shot. Vaccination rates are falling across the South and Midwest, despite good numbers from the big cities on the East and West Coast. The Post reports that this steep decline began in mid-April, right when the government temporarily suspended the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while they probed rare blood-clotting reactions. The group that still needs the vaccine is, predictably, the people who are most resistant to it or the worst educated about it. That puts the burden of public health on the government to reach these people, but based on the current numbers, Biden's campaign is falling way short. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Did you miss him? Donald Trump held one of his first public speeches in months in North Carolina on Saturday. You'll never guess what he talked about: conspiracies, voter fraud, and far-right talking points. That's what we have to look forward to for a long time to come. The White House says that 31 million Americans now have healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act. That's nice and all, but there are almost 330 million people in this country, and all of them deserve healthcare. The New York Times reports that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is predictably hindering the country's other efforts to wage war in the region, like impeding CIA efforts to continue carrying out clandestine operations. It's a good reminder that troop withdrawals are only the tip of our country's monumental iceberg of war. Global leaders agreed to the Biden administration's proposed tax plan over the weekend, giving the green light to a mandatory 15 percent minimum tax rate on corporate profits, regardless of where those companies base their headquarters. JUN 7, 2021 - AM QUCKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting the filibuster, declaring in the strongest terms yet that he is not willing to change Senate rules to help his party push through much of President Joe Biden's agenda. "I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster," Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, wrote in an op-ed published in the Charleston Gazette.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
In this episode, I discuss the growing number of Americans who want the country split up, and the reasons why. I also discuss the disastrous new immigration policy being proposed by the Biden administration. News Picks: The dreadful Charleston Gazette article discussed in the show today. The latest Biden immigration proposal would be a disaster for our immigration process. Open borders policies are crushing border towns and cities. The Democrat’s gun grabbing begins! Why is the US spending money on “gender equality” in Afghanistan? Politics is infecting every component of American life. Copyright Bongino Inc All Rights Reserved.
Two and a half years ago, an African-American teen named James Means was shot and killed in Charleston, WV. An older white man, William Pullman faces first-degree murder charges. The trial was scheduled for this week, but instead, the Means family learned there's a new twist in the case. They talk with Trey and Lacie Pierson of the Charleston Gazette for an update.
In 1897, shortly after Zona Shue was found dead in her West Virginia home, her mother went to the county prosecutor with a bizarre story. She said that her daughter had been murdered -- and that her ghost had revealed the killer's identity. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Greenbrier Ghost, one of the strangest courtroom dramas of the 19th century. We'll also consider whether cats are controlling us and puzzle over a delightful oblivion. Intro: Anagrams, a palindrome, and a letter bank regarding American presidents. A crossword without clues, by Lee Sallows. Mary Jane Heaster, Zona's mother. Sources for our feature on the Greenbrier Ghost: Katie Letcher Lyle, The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives, 1986. "The Greenbrier Ghost," West Virginia Division of Culture and History (accessed Sept. 22, 2018). David Jenkins, "Common Law, Mountain Music, and the Construction of Community Identity," Social & Legal Studies 19:3 (September 2010), 351-369. Joel Ebert, "Trials in High Profile," Charleston [W.V.] Sunday Gazette-Mail, Oct. 11, 2015, A.1. Joel Ebert, "Blankenship's Just One of Many High-Profile Trials in WV History," TCA Regional News, Oct. 11, 2015. Sandi Toksvig, "Ghosts Obviously Have Their Downsides, But at Least They Make Life Interesting," Sunday Telegraph, Jan. 23, 2011, 5. Mike Conley, "Ghost Brings Murderer to Justice," Marion [N.C.] McDowell News, Aug. 27, 2009. Allison Barker, "Courthouse Old Enough to Have Ghost in Its History," Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail, March 9, 2003, 2B. Chris Stirewalt, "A Haunting Halloween," Charleston Daily Mail, Oct. 31, 2002, 1C. Michelle Saxton, "West Virginia's Hills Are Home to Ghostly Tales," Charleston Gazette, Oct. 30, 2000, 7A. Marina Hendricks, "Retelling a Greenbrier Ghost Tale," Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail, Oct. 31. 1999, 1E. "Trial of Trout Shue," The Bar 11:2 (February 1904). "Foul Play Suspected," Greenbrier Independent, Feb. 25, 1897. "Foul Play Suspected," Staunton [Va.] Spectator and Vindicator, March 4, 1897. Garry Rodgers, "How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer," Huffington Post, Feb. 19, 2017. Listener mail: Nic Fleming, "Hungry Cats Trick Owners With Baby Cry Mimicry," New Scientist, July 13, 2009 [contains audio files of urgent and non-urgent purrs]. Lynne Peeples, "Manipulative Meow: Cats Learn to Vocalize a Particular Sound to Train Their Human Companions," Scientific American, July 13, 2009. Karen McComb et al., "The Cry Embedded Within the Purr," Cell 19:13 (July 14, 2009), R507-R508. Mayo Clinic, "Toxoplasmosis," Oct. 3, 2017. Paul R. Torgerson and Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, "The Global Burden of Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Systematic Review," Bulletin of the World Health Organization 91 (2013), 501-508. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Parasites - Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection)" (accessed Sept. 26, 2018). Ed Yong, "Mind-Bending Parasite Permanently Quells Cat Fear in Mice," National Geographic, April 26, 2013. M. Berdoy et al., "Fatal Attraction in Rats Infected With Toxoplasma gondii," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 267:1452 (2000), 1591-1594. Karen Sugden et al., "Is Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Related to Brain and Behavior Impairments in Humans? Evidence From a Population-Representative Birth Cohort," PLoS One 11:2 (2016), e0148435. Samuel Osborne, "Mind-Altering Parasite Spread by Cats Could Give Humans More Courage and Overcome 'Fear of Failure', Research Suggests," Independent, July 25, 2018. "The Myth of 'Mind-Altering Parasite' Toxoplasma Gondii?" Discover, Feb. 20, 2016. Jaroslav Flegr, "Effects of Toxoplasma on Human Behavior," Schizophrenia Bulletin 33:3 (2007), 757-760. B.D. Pearce et al., "The Relationship Between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Mood Disorders in the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey," Biological Psychiatry 72:4 (2012), 290-295. Lucy Jones, "Ten Sinister Parasites That Control Their Hosts' Minds," BBC Earth, March 16, 2015. F. Thomas et al., "Biochemical and Histological Changes in the Brain of the Cricket Nemobius sylvestris Infected by the Manipulative Parasite Paragordius tricuspidatus (Nematomorpha)," International Journal for Parasitology 33:4 (2003), 435-443. Sandra B. Andersen et al., "The Life of a Dead Ant: The Expression of an Adaptive Extended Phenotype," American Naturalist 174:3 (2009), 424-433. Chris Reiber, "Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine," Annals of Epidemiology 20:10 (2010), 729-733. F. Solmi, et al., "Curiosity Killed the Cat: No Evidence of an Association Between Cat Ownership and Psychotic Symptoms at Ages 13 and 18 Years in a UK General Population Cohort," Psychological Medicine 47:9 (2017), 1659-1667. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Ben Snitkoff. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!
I'm absolutely certain what he will NOT be talking about," he wrote in an email to supporters. "He will surely not be apologizing for the many lies he told American voters: how he promised to defend the interests of working people, but then sold them out to Wall Street and the billionaire class."He added that Trump would "also not be talking about the role that he has played in significantly lowering the respect that people all over the planet have for the United States" or "his support for authoritarianism abroad." Berie Sanders Ned Chilton III became publisher of the Charleston Gazette Under his stewardship, the newspaper became a major force for reform and became known for Chilton’s trademark phrase, “sustained outrage.
In this week's Mountain News and World Report we look forward towards possibilities for economic development in the region, and we look back, remembering two great writers, readers, and supporters of justice and education in Appalachia. Our first story features a new workforce training and economic development program called the Southeast KY Revitalization Project. Then, we’ll hear two remembrances of great mountain writers who’ve recently passed away. The first, of Paul Nyden - a journalist at the Charleston Gazette for over 30 years who is infamous for holding those in power accountable to the people. And the last, of Anne Caudill - best known as the wife of writer Harry Caudill - but also a writer, thinker, and lover of learning herself.
Paul returns to the show after a week off. he talks to Doug Smock from the Charleston Gazette. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support
Our 8th bonus show is extry short, but is important if you're going to be in the Charleston area on February 13 and if you're interested in improving your writing. The Writer's Toolkit event will be taking place at the cultural center, featuring free writing workshops for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and nonfiction research. The event is brought to you by the WV Division of Culture and History in collaboration with the WV Library Commission. You can find specific details about it at our BLOG, but get an overview by listening to the bonus show. PLEASE NOTE: According to the Charleston Gazette, State Poet Laureate Irene McKinney will not be able to attend the annual Writers' Toolkit as originally scheduled due to weather concerns, but the program will still continue with the authors below and poet and essayist Doug Van Gundy will step in to take the workshop spaces left by McKinney. As an added bonus to the bonus, you also get to hear the host of the show play his brand new cigar box guitar and the cohosts of the show supply their critique. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 8
Jim Haught, author of Holy Hatred, Holy Horror, Honest Doubt: Essays on Atheist and editor in chief of the Charleston Gazette, W.Va., is the guest. There is an important announcement about Freethought Radio going national, and a clip of comedian Kathy Griffin, whose irreverent remarks were censored at some of the Emmy awards. The show also features Irving Berlin's revue song from the 1920s, "Pack Up Your Bags and Go to the Devil in Hades." (MP3, 55 min, 50.3 MB)
"The funniest weight loss and fitness radio show on the internet." Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy show. On tonight's show Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about losing weight from Cindy Boggs, author of the upcoming book "Cindy Says Healthy Lifestyle Advice," and state director of Activate America - the YMCA's nationwide inititative to fight obesity in children. Cindy shared some of her favorite questions she has recieved through her popular health and fitness column in the Charleston Gazette. Like how to exercise when you are a passenger in an 18 wheeler; good exercises if you don't have access to weights because you happen to be in jail and a bunch more. Check out Cindy's website www.cindysays.com and check out her old columns and articles. We also had on the amazing Tim Triplett. Tim is a professional stage hypnotist who has wowed comedy club and corporate audiences coast to coast. Tim's shows have been called tasteful, unforgettable and hilarious. He actually hypnotized Dr. Fitness to help him get rid of his fear of flying. Check out Tim Triplett's funny website www.timtriplett.com and learn how to book him for your next event. He also sells cd's to help you stop smoking and lose weight. Once again SuperCop Sean visited. The highlight was Sean's safety tip about what not to do when you park your car and go for a run. Only Sean and the guy who got his car stolen would think that there are bad guys just waiting for you to head off on your run. Listen to his great tip of what not to do when you get out of your car and onto the trail. The Doctor also shared some great tips tips on exercises for toning up your arms, shoulders, back and legs. Sure you knew that lunges would be in there, but he added some old school exercises that you probably are not doing. You'll have to listen to get them all. The doctor also told you about his salad making skill. And how important preparing meals are for people who know in advance that there will not be any healthy alternatives for them where they are going. Next month Dr. Fitness will be back on www.weightlossbuddy.com hosting his monthly chat. Be sure to check that out. As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don't forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran's analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.