Podcasts about poop detective

Do you look at your poop? If not, you should! The shape, color, and overall appearance of your stool can be very revealing to you what might be going on with your health. This can be helpful if you have kids too. So, in this podcast episode we will be going through stool and what it might be trying to tell you. Hopefully this helps you become your own poop detective (and your families too). As always, please share with anyone you feel might benefit from this information, and please subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already. ;) ;)

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 3, If You're not a Partner of the Solution, You're a Partner of the Problem; Partnerships and Programs with the Sustainability in Prisons Project (aka SPP). This season is all about the Sustainability in Prisons Project, what they do, why they do it and how you might be able bring your skills and knowledge to incarcerated individuals. For this episode, we interviewed Kelli Bush, the Sustainability in Prisons Project Director; Mary Linders, WDFW Wildlife Biologist; and Carolina Landa, a former butterfly technician. In this episode we dive into the complex web of partnerships that SPP maintains for their various, changing and growing programs. At the heart of this whole organization is a web of partnerships that keep everything moving forward and also ensure that projects are safe and appropriate for the prison environment.Interviewees' Background and ExperienceKelli Bush is the co-director of the Sustainability in Prisons Project. She helps bring nature, science and environmental education into prisons in Washington. She also leads staff from The Evergreen State College that coordinate programs in the prisons. She has a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture Ecology from The Evergreen State College. Mary Linders has worked as an endangered species recovery biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) since 1994. For the past 18 years she has worked to protect and recover populations of five at-risk prairie and oak-associated species in the South Puget Sound region. As the lead biologist overseeing captive rearing and population re-establishment of the federally endangered Taylor's checkerspot butterfly, Mary has grown the project from a captive rearing test trial to a program with two captive rearing facilities, 14 field sites, and nine conservation partners. All told, this effort is transforming thousands of acres of degraded grassland to high quality native prairie benefitting a multitude of other species. Mary holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Wildlife Science from the University of Washington-Seattle. This background has served her well in a field where conservation values mesh with competing human values. Outside of work she enjoys gardening, hiking, camping, paddling and playing music with her husband and son. Carolina Landa MPA, identifies as a Mexican-American woman. She currently works at the Office of the Corrections Ombuds as the Assistant Ombuds focused on Gender Equity and Reentry. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College where she received her Bachelor's degree with a focus on Law and Policy followed by her Master's degree in Public Administration. Her three areas of specialized work are in Social Justice, Disabilities and Immigration. She currently serves as a member of the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council. She strongly believes that people with lived experiences have the power through voice to impact the most effective change in our society. Partnerships and Programs, oh my!This episode is all about partnerships and programs in the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP). When we first started researching this topic, Amy the Poop Detective was amazed at the breadth of different organizations and project types that fall under the SPP umbrella.SPP was initially formed as a partnership between The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) and the Department of Corrections (DOC) to bring science, nature and education into prisons in Washington State. It has since grown to almost 200 partnerships. The breadth and depth of the programs that they help facilitate is impressive, to say the very least. While we are most interested in conservation, nature and education programs, we learn that there are so many other types of programs/projects.SPP Perspective on Partnerships and ProgramsIn this episode, Kelli Bush shares more about how partnerships form and function. One of the main points that she makes is that these programs can be started at any level, whether it be an idea from an incarcerated individual, DOC staff, Evergreen graduates or partners in the community (that could mean you!). She also describes how each project is evaluated to make sure that there is benefit to all involved parties. They especially do not want projects that are just looking for free or cheap labor. The primary types of benefits to incarcerated individuals are educational, therapeutic and/or job skill related. She also shares more about how new projects also must be vetted by the DOC to ensure that they meet their safety and risk reduction considerations associated with the prison environment. We chat about how some projects are relatively easy to implement, for example education programs, where other programs are more difficult to implement such as the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly program, which required a greenhouse to be built and potential risks to be considered. She uses the composting program at the Monroe Correctional Facility as an example of how programs can start and grow. In this example, incarcerated individuals worked with DOC staff to develop an internal composting program. Over time, this program has grown into an award winning composting program and they have expanded their composting methods to include Bokashi composting (basically fermenting compost) and Black Soldier Fly Larvae composting, similar to vermicomposting, where the larvae eat through and break down food waste quickly. Here are some additional links to learn more about the SPP Bokashi and Black Soldier Fly Larvae composting programs.She shares more about several programs that are not so science based, including:A dog training program, where dogs live with and are trained by incarcerated individuals. They train dogs for children and adults for a variety of conditions. They also host foster animals, sometimes difficult to adopt animals, from many different agencies including the Kitsap Humane Society and Purrfect Pals.A bike refurbishing program, which reduces waste by salvaging and restoring bikes that otherwise might be headed to the landfill. Then those newly tuned up bikes get awesome paint jobs and they are donated back to someone in need in the community.There are lots of other cool partnerships that we did not get into. If you want to learn more, head over to SPP's website and you can look through the many partners and projects.Kelli shares a little about potential project gaps. One of the projects she hopes that the Magical Mapper might pursue is bringing more technology, like GIS, into the prisons. The other one that she feels is important is a program that supports successful reentry, and that includes housing and employment opportunities. She discusses how she initially thought this work might be done outside of the prison by another organization, but now she thinks it might be something that SPP should help develop. She wants partners to consider if organizations are willing to invest in previously incarcerated individuals once they are outside of the prison as well; helping them grow their environmental careers once they are released.We talk about some of the barriers to new program development such as:A general lack of space; prisons were not set up as educational facilitiesTechnology, computer and internet accessGeneral capacity at SPP to take on and facilitate additional projectsKelli also discusses how a big part of SPP's work is to try and identify the roles and responsibilities for the involved partners. She talks about how communication, clarity of roles, community time investment and who gets recognition for the work are all important aspects to making the partnerships function and ensuring that all partners feel valued and needed.She also shares a little bit about a new program on the horizon, the Evergreen Coalition for Justice, which just received funding for a year that starts this July. It will provide an opportunity to expand support for incarcerated individuals post release. They will partner with community colleges and other organizations to help fill the gaps where needs have been identified and to complement existing programs. They are pitching the idea to develop a program with current community organizations that are involved with SPP to work with previously incarcerated individuals post release.Outside Organization Perspective on Partnerships and ProgramsNext we get Mary in the hot seat to learn more about her experiences with partnerships and programs and in her work with WDFW. Mary shares more about how she partners with SPP to help recover the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly. We're going to focus more on the Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly Program next episode, but this interview with Mary is more about the partnership and program with SPP. Mary shares some of the ins and outs of how the partnership started and how difficult it was to get support from WDFW for the project. She talks about some of the other partners in the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly recovery program and what their roles are. Partners in this program include Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Department of Defense, the US Fish and Wildlife, the Oregon Zoo, and SPP (which includes Evergreen and the Department of Corrections), and the butterfly technicians. We also dive into some more details of the program.Next Mary talks about some of the things that potential new partners may need to consider if they want to develop a new SPP project or program. Some of the things that she mentions include that you have to really know what goals or products that you need, you also need to have critical and detailed planning, and in the end you need to be creative and flexible. She also shares a little about the impact this work has had on her and how it has been one of the most rewarding things she has ever done.SPP Butterfly Technician Perspective on Partnerships and ProgramsFinally, we bring in Carolina Landa to share her lived experience as a Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly technician. She discusses her experience with partnerships and how the SPP program helped her find her voice, move forward, and be successful after her release. Since she was a butterfly technician, she went on to earn her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and she is currently an Ombuds(wo)man for the Department of Corrections. She shares how she became involved in the butterfly program and what some of the requirements were for her to become a butterfly technician. She also talks about how she was perceived by other inmates and how the program has grown in popularity. She shares some of the ins and outs, like how they spent 7 hours a day in the greenhouse during the active rearing season.One of the areas that she thinks could use a new program or project developed under SPP would be a re-entry program or a work entry program, which of course is similar to what Kelli was saying! And it sounds like on some level the Evergreen Coalition for Justice will be able to help move this idea forward. Carolina shares her perspective on whether she felt her experience participating in SPP was exploitative. She talks about what she gained from the program. One of the major benefits was she was the first person to receive 16 college credits for her participation in the program from The Evergreen State College. She also talked about the therapeutic aspect of working with the butterflies, being outside of the prison walls, able to spend her days in the sunshine of the greenhouse, and about the lifelong friendships that she made with the people that she worked with. She shares that near the end of her time she had to move on to another program that took up more of her time. She wasn't able to work at the butterfly enclosure anymore, but she still volunteered her time there on the weekends!!!As far as what she would change about the program, she says that she hopes that programs like this expand and are available to more participants and at different prisons. She shares a little about what she is up to now, including being an advisor to SPP and her work as an Omsbud(wo)man for DOC.As far as her experience with incarceration and reentry, she says that prisons are bad (m'kay) and most first timers never think that they will end up in prison. She shares that there are staff that want to do better, but the structure makes change very difficult. She says for those experiencing incarceration it is important to build your network, find your people and community and then you have people to ask if you need help. She also talks about how technology can be difficult to adjust to post release. She shares a little about the barriers that exist when you have a criminal background, namely around housing and employment. In Washington you can have your record vacated depending on the type of felony and Carolina helped fight for this change in Washington!She also talks about how the view of the prison system is changing and how Washington State is making some changes. One of the programs that Washington has participated in is the AMEND program, which brings the principles of incarceration from Norway, where the goal is more restorative than punitive.Finally, she helps us end with a little bit of humor when she shares a funny story about a corrections officer that took her job seriously.Until Next Time…Thank you so much for joining us this episode! We hope you learned more about how the Sustainability in Prisons Project uses partnerships to effectively leverage multiple partners to bring education, nature and science into the prisons and how their programs impact our communities and our environment. We think the biggest takeaways from this episode include:Partnerships must provide value to all involvedPartnerships and programs can start from any level, whether that's an incarcerated individual, DOC or SPP staff, an outside organization, or an Evergreen graduate student and One of SPPs main roles is as a facilitator, ensuring that projects and programs run effectivelyWe also learned that some projects are easy to implement, such as bringing a guest lecturer or developing some educational materials, while other programs are more difficult to implement, such as the butterfly program, which requires learning how to successfully rear butterflies in a prison and building the necessary infrastructure to do so. Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts (like Tune In, Castbox Himalaya, iheartradio, etc). Please let us know what you think in the comments below or on our Facebook page. Until next time, Will We Make It Out Alive?

Welcome to Season 2: Episode 3, If you were a fruit…you'd be a fineapple. Season 2 is all about our food system, food access and food justice. In this episode we are joined by Tiare Gill and Jordyn Egbert from City Fruit in Seattle to talk about gleaning, Seattle's historic fruit trees and orchards, and what trees drink.To quickly define gleaning, it is the act of harvesting excess produce that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it throughout the community. If our local food is wasted, this has a lot of environmental impacts! Gleaning is a very important piece of the food sovereignty puzzle, and we discuss these topics and more in our interview.As with the previous episode, we recorded the interview in May of 2021, so a few of the items are a tiny bit out of date. Again, any references made to ‘last year' mean 2020, while ‘next year' indicates 2022. A couple of updates are in the notes below.IntervieweesTiare Gill is from Oahu, but has spent time in Washington over the past 6 years. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA with a bachelor's degree in Biology and Environmental Policy and Decision Making. Post graduation, she was an educator and volunteer mentor at the Slater Museum of Natural History. She currently works for City Fruit as the Community Growth and Impact Manager. In addition, she is currently enrolled as a Master's student in Urban Environmental Education at Antioch University in Seattle. She believes that food is not only a vital component of individual identity, but also community identity and hopes to be able to contribute to food sovereignty efforts in the community.Jordyn Egbert is from both Leavenworth and Seattle, WA. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Studies from Western Washington University and is pursuing a certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Washington. She became interested in working with organizations dedicated to addressing food insecurity and reducing food waste while working for the gleaning program at Upper Valley MEND in Leavenworth, and is currently working with City Fruit as the Development and Fundraising Specialist. Jordyn believes access to healthy food is a human right and should be available to every member of our community.PS - you can see actual pictures of Tiare and Jordyn on City Fruit's about us page.City FruitCity Fruit is a gleaning organization in Seattle, WA. They do a lot of work to maintain Seattle's public orchards as well as harvest 45-50 thousand pounds of fruit each year from the public orchards as well as private fruit trees (although they harvested closer to 37 thousand pounds in 2021). They distribute the harvest within the community to both food banks as well as their Fruit-for-All, free fruit pop-up stands. Due to increased demand they went from 16 free fruit pop-up stands in 2020 to 19 in 2021. They also try to distribute fruit within 5 miles of where it was harvested, keeping it hyper local. The free fruit stands are placed in areas that are federally designated food deserts. They also offer education on food systems and STEM. In addition to the free services they offer, private fruit-tree owners can hire City Fruit staff for mulching, pruning, and tree trimming services which helps them fulfill their mission to maintain the health of Seattle's orchards. Tiare and Jordyn define gleaning and talk about why gleaning groups are so important. We discuss the environmental and social impacts of gleaning and how this practice fits in to our larger topic of food sovereignty. Jordyn mentions a 2016 study performed by Ample Harvest discussing just how much food from private gardens is wasted each year in the United States (11.5 BILLION pounds!!!), and how many millions of people that wasted food could feed each year if it were shared (28 million!!!). We're just talking about garden produce here, which is a little mind blowing.Tiare shares bit about the history of Seattle's fruit trees and the stories are fascinating! Some people may not even be aware that Seattle has public orchards. Tiare recommends visiting Piper's Orchard in Carkeek Park to see their wide variety of heirloom apples. The Poop Detective's mind is also blown by the fact that an orchard isn't always a large group of trees planted in rows. We also learn that Jen and Amy never argue… I mean discuss… :) Tiare talks about a mapping project the City of Seattle is working on tracking the location of fruit trees and the Magical Mapper maybe gets a little too excited about the human geography of it all. City Fruit is a small nonprofit organization. Funding comes from their private tree care services, individual donations, and their membership program. City Fruit relies a lot on volunteers, so if you'd like to help out you can find more information or sign up here. There are not only options for harvesting, but for peer-to-peer fundraising, tabling at farmers markets and other events, and becoming community ambassadors. If you live inside Seattle city limits, you can register your tree with City Fruit which helps them track historic orchards and document the abundance Seattle's fruit trees. If you're interested, you can offer your fruit tree for gleaning. If your tree is registered it may or may not be harvested, based on staff resources as well as community demand for the type of fruit you have.If you're not in Seattle, there are gleaning groups all over. There's even an interactive map to find a group near you! There's also an app where you can share your excess bounty with local hunger relief organizations - it's called Fresh Food Connect.To wrap up and tie things back to our topic this season; in Seattle, this program alone saves about 45-50 thousand pounds of fruit from going to waste each year (closer to 37 thousand pounds in 2021); it is hyperlocal so uses fewer resources for packaging, transport, advertising, and other environmentally harmful aspects of the traditional commercial food system; fruit is typically distributed within 5 miles of where it was harvested, and is distributed in federally recognized food deserts; and food that would otherwise go to waste is now making it to people experiencing food insecurity. By the way, you'll have to listen to the episode to find out what trees drink!Please join us on Tuesday, February 15 for episode 4 of this season. We'll be talking to Holli Prohaska of the Urban Farm Collective in Portland, an organization that turns vacant city lots into urban farms where volunteers can barter their time for fresh garden produce.Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts (like Tune In, Castbox Himalaya, iheartradio, etc). Please let us know what you think in the comments below or on our Facebook page. Also, if you have story ideas please feel free to share them on our Facebook page or in the comments below. If you heard (or read) anything in this episode that doesn't mesh with science and facts, please let us know and we will make a correction in a future episode and in the blog post. Because we care about facts and don't want to spread misinformation.

We're so eggcited to finally be back! Thank you so much for pudding up with our long absence. We missed you a waffle lot! (Please don't leave…I'm sorry!) We're doing something a little bit different after our time off and are breaking our episodes up into seasons of several episodes on one topic. This season is all about food systems, food access, and food sovereignty. This season will be five episodes long, and a new episode will be released every other Tuesday. We're also actually talking to real people this season (even though Jen is terrified by real things) and we can't wait to bring you those interviews!This episode we're introducing the topic of food systems and food sovereignty and defining some of the main concepts. We are then joined by Nichole Garden, with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, to talk more about food access and different programs the State offers to help people access food resources.Food Systems OverviewJen and Amy talk about our current food system and some of the social and environmental problems that often crop up in it. We discuss some alternative food systems, as well as introducing the concept of food sovereignty. Amy starts us out with a quote from the future of food website. We define several parts of the conventional food system, including production, processing and packaging (see Season 1 Episodes 18 and 21 for more on plastic), transportation and distribution, and consumption and food waste.We then go into some of the environmental impacts of our conventional food system, including wasted water and other resources, livestock waste management and pollution (the Poop Detective's favorite topic!), and climate impacts from food production.We also talked a little about some of the impacts COVID-19 has had on food access (we referred to a news release from the University of Washington).But what are these things we're talking about??? We finally define and discuss concepts such as food justice and food sovereignty. We don't talk about the six pillars of food sovereignty in the podcast, but you can find them here.InterviewNichole Garden is a program specialist for the Washington State Department of Agriculture's (WSDA) Food Assistance programs. She graduated from The Evergreen State College with a focus in Food Systems Policy and Education. She has experience in community garden management, school produce procurement, as well as nutrition and garden based education. She has been with WSDA since 2015, first working with organic farmers and food processors, and now working to connect hunger relief organizations to local farmers. Nichole is committed to ensuring that healthy food choices are accessible to all Washington State residents regardless of income. Nichole and her colleagues administer a variety of food assistance programs, and she introduces us to several. Her pet project is the Farm to Food Pantry initiative (scroll down on the linked page to see the seal Nichole talks about). She cereal-sly loves this initiative.Nichole breaks down food insecurity to its simplest form, and states that if you're in a situation where you have to decide between buying food and paying bills, that's food insecurity. We talk about how easily people can fall into food insecurity, how much of an issue this is in Washington, and some of the indicators and populations at risk. Nichole shares a lot of statistics and information from Feeding America. She also references a Seattle King County report from 2019 (links to the full report and slides are listed towards the end of the article we linked to here). We then talked about some of the barriers to accessing food, including how people with income even up to 400% above the federal poverty level are experiencing food insecurity! There are several other barriers that WSDA is trying to break down. One surprising fact was that COVID-19 actually increased access to food (through more funding, more food access programs, and fewer regulations on who could access services).If you need access to food or other resources such as cash, child care, or health care, some resources available include Washington Connection and 211 WA (211 is a phone number you can call to access community resources and is available in all states). Nichole also mentions a relatively new movement of community resources such as little free pantries and freedges.The rest of our conversation revolved around food justice, food sovereignty, and food security, with some great examples about why these topics are important and why having strong local food systems is critical and what we should be moving towards.And as promised, here are some awesome TikTokers we follow (even though we're too old to be on TikTok):Black Forager is a funny woman who reminds me a little of Amy with her singing especially, and she forages in urban areas and when she travels and sometimes shares recipes: @alexisnikole (she's also on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and basically all over!)Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't is a funny (and sweary) guy who likes to talk about plants and rocks (NSFW): @crimepaysbutbotanydoesntDumpster Diving Freegan provides a lot of interesting information about dumpster diving, plus shares her finds: @dumpsterdivingfreeganLinda Black Elk is an ethnobotanist who speaks about food sovereignty and indigenous foods: doesn't post on TikTok but is on Facebook and Instagram @linda.black.elkWheat love you to join us next time for our interview with the former farm manager for Mother Earth Farm (part of Emergency Food Network)!Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts (like Tune In, Castbox Himalaya, iheartradio, etc). Please let us know what you think in the comments below or at facebook.com/WillWeMakeItOutAlive.

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It’s only a matter of time for those with mental health issues to start seeing the deterioration of their physical health. This is part 2 of Trisha’s interview with Dr. Kristin Struble from Camelback Pediatrics in Phoenix, Arizona. Right now, Camelback is getting ready for a real estate change that is coming down to the wire. While challenges of the move linger, Dr. Struble continues to work to solve the pandemic within the pandemic, that being the lack of help for children struggling with emotional and mental health issues!   In this episode, we talk about… The problem in evaluating the emotional health of children right now Putting more value on preventative medicine for insurance companies Challenges with moving locations in the middle of a pandemic Addressing the social distancing issues brought on by COVID Weighing the options that come with relocating your practice Encouraging signs for the upcoming flu season Getting to know Dr. Struble beyond the pediatric practice How COVID is going to shape society Diving into the great tips in Dr. Struble’s book, How To Be a Poop Detective   Links to resources: Jesus Calling (book) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/09/28/halloween-pandemic/ Dr. Kristin Struble: Camelback Pediatrics | Book   Subscribe, rate and review: www.providerspropertiesandperformance.com Schedule a Sale Leaseback Consultation: https://docproperties.com/free-consultation-trisha-talbot/   About Trisha: WEBSITE:   www.docproperties.com LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishatalbot/ Email inquiries to: info@docproperties.com

Pediatricians are the first line of defense in the healthcare of children, and as we all know, children are the future. Trisha’s guest today is Dr. Kristin Struble from Camelback Pediatrics in Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Pediatrics is the largest private pediatric practice in the Phoenix area. Dr. Struble holds a special interest in nutrition for children and you can find her nutritional insights in her book, How To Be a Poop Detective, in which she teaches children about the importance of the gut microbiome on their overall health!   In this episode, we talk about… Motivations behind choosing Pediatrics as a specialty Pediatrics is challenging but has the opportunity to be very rewarding Dr. Struble’s areas of interest within Pediatrics Starting points of treatment for children showing signs of GI discomfort Digging into the roots of food sensitivities Why Dr. Struble decided to write her book, How To Be a Poop Detective Building in a solid nutritional education when children are still young How the pandemic has affected the emotional growth of Dr. Struble’s patients   Links to resources: Dr. Kristin Struble: Camelback Pediatrics | Book   Subscribe, rate and review: www.providerspropertiesandperformance.com Schedule a Sale Leaseback Consultation: https://docproperties.com/free-consultation-trisha-talbot/   About Trisha: WEBSITE:   www.docproperties.com LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishatalbot/ Email inquiries to: info@docproperties.com

Welcome to Episode 19, Surfriding to a Cleaner, More Plastic Free Environment. In this episode we share more about impacts of plastics seen in remote places 20 or so years ago and then we meet up with Liz, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Olympia Surfrider Chapter, discuss a little background of Surfrider and their programs, the impacts of plastic bans on plastics in environment, and opportunities for you to connect and volunteer!Although we had planned on going right into part two of our spotlight on plastics this month, after we interviewed Liz with the Surfrider Foundation, we decided we had enough juicy bits for a whole episode, which is Surfrider focused, but we still talk a lot about plastic pollution! We learned a lot from Liz and Amy learned that Jen has a problem saying, “Can you tell us more about your volunteer programs,” which is almost as difficult as Amy saying synthetic. Amy laugh cried as Jen struggled for a good five minutes of the interview and I’m sure we both impressed Liz with our verbal agility. In Jen’s defense, we were having a real life echo created from our long distance recording with three mics. But you’ll just have to wait for that amazing blooper reel, cause it also got edited out…one day.Next month we are planning on focusing on Long Live the Kings so we can remind you all about Survive the Sound, which has their sign-up in April with the actual “competition” in May. Then in May we will finally get to part two of our plastic spotlight, getting deep into plastics and their impacts on environmental and human health.There is no GIS segment this month, but hopefully that will pay off big time with a sweet Jen designed map in the future.Last month we shared some background on plastics, how plastic recycling isn’t working, the plastic ban from China, oh and a bunch of depressing plastic facts. So, if you haven’t listened to that episode and want a little more background before we delve into this episode check out Episode 18 first.We shared a correction to Episode 17: The State of the Sound. We do make mistakes and we want to share corrected information when we become aware of those mistakes...because that’s how science do. If you catch a mistake we’ve made, please let us know so we can correct it! You will get all of the gold stars!!!Before we get to our fun interview, Amy brings us down, yet again, with some stories of plastic and beach trash ruining some of her vacations 20 years ago (you know, before she was born…because she’s so young now). Most of the pictures accompanying this blog post were taken by Amy the Poop Detective on Sunset Beach, near Trujillo, Honduras in 2004. The problem has been around for a long time, even though plastic has only been mass produced for less than 60 years.Interview Time!You’ll have to listen to the episode to get all of the juicy, laughter inducing details, but below are some of the sweet resources we that were referenced from Liz. Thanks Liz!Olympia Surfrider:Check out the Olympia Surfrider Chapter Website for more about who they are and what they do!Beach cleanups, butt pickups, meetings, movie nights and more are posted on the Events calendar.Events and other relevant information are also on their Facebook page and Instagram @OlySurfrider.Want to be more involved?Sign up for for the Surfrider Newsletter (scroll to the bottom) for a monthly email about upcoming events, legislative updates, and other local Surfrider news.Come to a chapter meeting, the last Wednesday of every month, 7:00-8:30 p.m, see their website for the location (rotates every month, but usually at an Ocean Friendly Restaurant).Eat at one of our local Ocean Friendly Restaurants and tell them why you're there and how much you appreciate their efforts to reduce our use of disposable plastics. Or encourage one of your favorite establishments to become Ocean Friendly!Become a Surfrider member and support their work locally and nationally.Attend a cleanup, help them table an event, or join our Executive Committee and help Oly Surfrider continue to grow and improve our coastlines - email OlySurfrider@gmail.com for more information!Call your legislators and tell them to support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.Join the Blue Water Task Force and help collect samples to monitor local water quality .Marine debris resourcesBeachapedia is a Surfrider Foundation-produced online resource collection house of coastal environmental topics from experts and activists. It’s full of great information and a great place to get lost for a while.Surfrider’s Cleanup Tool - we count and weigh everything we pick up at our cleanup events and enter it into this database. Check out the real-time results of Surfrider efforts worldwide.Ocean Conservancy’s Clean Swell app - allows you to easily track your own cleanup efforts and contributes to the worlds largest marine debris database. Jen and Amy definitely plan to check this out!Surfrider's 2019 State of the Beach Report - annual Surfrider report evaluating beaches nationwide on criteria like sedimentation, armoring, Sea Level Rise, and developmentJoin the Marine Debris listserv, moderated by Open Communications for the Ocean (OCTO), which provides several marine science focused services. They also host a great webinar series, and the next one is Fighting Marine Debris on the US West Coast – Effective Actions and ToolsIf you live on the coast and love seabirds, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) uses community scientists to conduct trash surveys on beaches (with transect lines and quadrants) in addition to their seabird work.Thanks for joining us!Please don’t forget to rate, review (we’d really love and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts (like Tune In, Castbox Himalaya, iheartradio, etc). Please let us know what you think in the comments below or at facebook.com/WillWeMakeItOutAlive. Also, if you are more visually inclined, check out our YouTube page!

In this episode, Teri welcomes Dr. Simon Landry, an expert audiologist, to share his insights into the market trends of what is happening in the voice space.Welcome, Dr. Landry!Dr. Landry has an amazing background as an audiologist and academic, and has applied his skills in not only creating some amazing Alexa skills, but also in creating an incredible resource for people in the voice space under the brand of Voice Market Data.He combines his expertise with statistics, and allows us to look at the data of the skills we have in the market, find market trends, and identify opportunities in the voice space. He is an Acadian and is very passionate about empowering francophones in minority situations (Acadians being one of them).Background and Getting into VoiceHe has a PhD in Audiology and was at one point one of the global experts in how sound interacts with other senses to form our perception.He worked with a VR startup where they were trying to help people touch virtual objects. His interest in breaking down perception came about from his university professor's support and guidance.His first experience with voice technology was when his brother-in-law gave them a Google Home.Reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crushing It and listening to a related podcast, his interest in voice technology was heightened. He wanted to do something fun in the voice space by creating an interesting skill.He used Invocable (Now known as Voiceflow) to create his first skill.A year later he got involved with VoiceTech TO, a Toronto-based community of voice technology enthusiasts. He demod his Alexa skill, Poop Detective, at VoiceTech TO, and it became very popular which made him realize the huge opportunity in the space.Voice Market DataHis journey to creating this website started when he created an app to share and discover street art. He built it using a tool called App Annie.As he was working on his second Alexa skill, he wanted to find out what the popular skills in the Amazon skill store were, so he wouldn't waste his time building a skill that wouldn’t go anywhere or help anyone.He discovered that there was no real way for someone to understand what people are doing in the voice space and what the trends are. He knew he could build such a resource, so he did, and that’s how Voice Market Data came about.The website provides data on what the most popular skills are generally.He will soon be releasing a tool that will enable people to play around with the website by checking out the data on a skill they have an idea for, so they can figure out how to create the best skill. For example, when he was creating Poop Detective, he knew there were several poop related skills, so he knew he needed to create a fairly unique skill.There was no way to verify the semantic difference between poop detective and some other similar skill. He therefore wants to build a function where someone can type in their target invocation and see how semantically different it is from what exists.The Influence of Keywords in Invoking SkillsHe has no idea where keywords play there because they are not present in the marketplace. They are not present in the listings but he believes that they are used in ranking skills based on the search term.The Accuracy of DataThe analytical data in the market may not be very accurate which concerns him a lot.List of resources mentioned in this episodeThe Comprehensive Flash Briefing Formula CoursePoop DetectiveVoice Market DataDr. Landry on TwitterOther useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we learn about how sound travels on water, creosote pilings and ghost ships, how the Samish Nation uses GIS in its marine debris removal efforts, and how to report creosote pilings or derelict vessels in the Puget Sound. For this episode we contacted Lalena Amiotte, Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic Resources Division’s Habitat Stewardship Unit Supervisor, and researched other details from the internet.Apparently Sound Carries on Water?! Who Knew...Amy the Poop Detective tells us how she learned that sound carries on water. She also drops some facts about Lake Cushman in Washington while she’s at it!Derelict VesselsIn this episode we discuss what pirate/ghost ships are, why we don’t want them in the water and what you can do if you see one or if you are the proud owner of one. These are otherwise known as derelict vessels. Watch this video for more information!Disposing of these derelict vessels can be expensive. ARRRR...but removing these pirate ghost ships is cost effective, it prevents pollution and removes navigational hazards from the water, mateys!The removal of derelict vessels both protects the environment and removes physical hazards and barriers from the water. The San Juan County Derelict Vessel Program is one that was mentioned in the episode, along with the DNR Derelict Vessel Removal Program and the voluntary Vessel Turn In Program (see this fact sheet to determine if you’re eligible to apply). There is also a map of boat disposal sites in Western Washington. Make sure you contact individual disposal sites prior to just bringing in your old boat. Many of them have limited hours and some even have special types of boats that they deal with!DNR has an inventory of pirated and ghost ships and vessels. This inventory started at about 100 boats at the start of the last biennium…but the total inventory had grown to 154 as of April 2019 despite the state removing around 100 over the past two years!!! Otherwise known as a revolving door of pirate/ghost ship fun…not to be confused with the revolving door of creosote and marine debris fun!While you can report your sightings in Washington or Oregon by filling out this form, we recommend you check out MyCoast app (see link below in the citizen science section). In addition, some counties in Washington have additional reporting programs:Contact the King County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit at (206) 296-3311 or (206) 477-3790. Important details to report include registration numbers, location and condition of the potential vessel of interest.San Juan County - Report a VesselSnohomish County - Junk Vehicle and Boat/RV Disposal Programs Creosote PilingsAlso discussed in this episode is creosote, which is a wood preservative that has been commonly used in marine waters due to its ability to prevent wood from rotting. It’s typically composed of coal tar, which may contain more than 300 chemicals. Creosote-treated materials continue to leach hazardous chemicals into the water and sediments causing toxic conditions for organisms that live around them.DNR has a creosote program that inventories and removes creosote pilings from the marine environment. They partner with local groups, governments and private property owners to remove treated wood located on public and private lands throughout Puget Sound (see our GIS section below for an example).According to the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, creosote removal is not without its own concerns. Also, many of these pilings are covered in sea life and while some of that can be removed and relocated, like crabs and starfish, sadly, some of them like giant barnacles cannot be removed without killing them. So, even creosote removal must be done in a thoughtful way that minimizes potential future impacts to marine life.What can you do? Report creosote pilings or beach debris in the MyCoast app...learn more in our citizen science section below!GIS Time!The Magical Mapper talks about some great work being done by the Samish Tribe, in partnership with many others, to clean up marine debris. They use GPS units to gather information during their annual shoreline survey, and they may have used hot spot analysis to find beaches with the highest concentrations of debris (a couple of GIS Tools we discussed in previous episodes). From 2014 through 2018 they removed 702,350 pounds of creosote treated wood and other marine debris! Head over to the GIS Blog for more information about the Bayesian network relative risk assessment model, which the Samish Tribe is planning to use in future efforts. Also check out their 2017 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest award winning story map!Citizen ScienceWant to help out with reporting marine debris or creosote (or king tides or storm surge or just beach pictures), but don’t have a lot of time? It’s ok, there’s an app for that! Take a picture in the MyCoast app, and that photo (which the camera/app tags with the coordinates) will go straight to the folks at the DNR Marine Debris Removal Program, letting them know what was spotted and where it is.Thanks for joining us!Please don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please let us know what you think in the comments below! If you don’t have time to listen today, you can always download the episode and have it ready to listen to soon!***Also Episode 2: Victoria’s Pooping habits is now available on our YouTube channel; Will We Make It Out Alive Podcast, which is even more hilarious that just listening to us! Pop on over and give it a watch-listen, tell us what you think and please, please SUBSCRIBE!

Before we begin, tomorrow, June 5th is World Environment Day! This year’s theme is Beat Air Pollution, and some things you can do to celebrate include planting trees, cleaning up trash, or biking to work.To begin the episode, the Poop Detective tells another Thailand story; this time about kayaking in our own urine! We don’t recommend, but we didn’t get sick and had fun.In our restoration segment, the Poop Detective tells us why it’s bad to swim in urine and poop (and other pollution). Some of these reasons include viruses, pathogens and parasites.Other ways to stay healthy at the beach include leaving the beach and public access sites cleaner than you found them, and reporting spills. If you see something spilled in the water or at a Washington beach contact the Department of Ecology’s Spill Response line for investigation and follow-up at 1-800-OILS-911 (https://ecology.wa.gov/About-us/Get-involved/Report-an-environmental-issue/Report-a-spill).You can also check local monitoring program websites before you head out to make sure the beach is safe for swimming (at least for those beaches that have funding for monitoring). This includes statewide monitoring Beach Monitoring Programs in Washington and Oregon. Even British Columbia has some beach monitoring programs mostly focused in the Greater Vancouver and Victoria areas. Most swimming related monitoring programs in the Pacific Northwest are focused on sampling between Memorial Day to Labor Day, which is typical to the time when it is potentially warm enough for swimming.The Poop Detective then tells us about the BEACH Act and related programs. These beach monitoring programs each produce a proposed list of monitoring locations and the public is invited to provide input on the selection of monitoring sites, biannually. You can maintain contact with the Washington Beach Program through their blog, fecal matters (Amy is upset someone beat her to this title) or on their social media sites. Find out about the health of beaches in your area through their interactive map.The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program monitors waters along its coastline. In Oregon, the public is guaranteed free and uninterrupted use of all beaches along the coastline; therefore, beach advisories are issued but closings are not. They do not have an interactive map, so you have to figure out where the beaches are on your own. What’s up, Oregon??? The Magical Mapper is disappointed in you.Surfrider also have a volunteer beach monitoring program called the Blue Water Task Force. They provide beach monitoring throughout the US and provide an interactive map.There are some local jurisdictions, like King County,which also have local river or lake monitoring programs. Check your local government website to see if they have monitoring program results available.The Poop Detective then makes us sad while warning us of the dangers of freshwater harmful algal blooms, which can be toxic to humans and pets.Both Washington and Oregon have limited Freshwater Toxic Algae monitoring programs, which include health advisories and closures of water bodies.Learn about more ways beaches can be harmful in the episode, and also find out which beaches The Poop Detective and The Magical Mapper think are #sleg!Speaking of beaches, the Washington Department of Ecology is running a campaign this summer for people to share photos and videos of the Washington Coast and Puget Sound on Twitter with the hashtag #WAbeaches and the location. They’ll be sharing them throughout the summer. Share no matter what the weather!In the GIS section, the Magical Mapper gets some style (files)! Head over to the GIS Tools blog for more.In our final segment, the Magical Mapper lets you know about Clean Marinas, which is a voluntary eco-certification program. There are programs in several US states as well as in British Columbia and around the globe.Gig Harbor Marina & Boatyard is the latest in Washington to receive Clean Marina certification, on October 11, 2018. Way to go, Gig Harbor!There are a lot of benefits to becoming a clean marina, including cleaner water and reduced costs! If you don’t own or operate a marina you can help your local marina get certified (unless they already are, in which case you should support them). If you’re in Washington or Oregon, or even in British Columbia, local program websites have all sorts of helpful information.Thanks for joining us, and here are a few extra links just for fun!Fun Beach trivia game from National GeographicBeach FactsMore Beach FactsCat Fact 1Cat Fact 2

As you may be able to tell from the title, this episode is all about fire (and maybe a little about cats). The Poop Detective starts us out with a funny story about a friend of ours who wouldn’t put out the fire and go to bed when it was late, everyone else was turning in, and he’d maybe had a few too many. Don’t worry, nothing burned that shouldn’t have (at least that night), even though he mansplained to us that fire must burn.Our main segment this episode was on wildfires. Wildfires are natural processes and are important for healthy ecosystems, but with a changing climate, years of fire suppression, and new pressures from agriculture, development, mining and forestry, wildfire risk has been greatly increasing.Fires are naturally caused by lightning, but the majority of fires in the US are caused by human activity such as unattended campfires, the burning of trash, and discarded lit cigarettes. The Poop Detective refers to a 2017 study from the University of Colorado which found that 84% of all fires in the US are caused by humans. The Magical Mapper found a wide range of percentages in a Google search so she conducted her own study based on data from the National Interagency Fire Center and found that on average, 86% of fires were caused by humans (over an 18 year period ending in 2018).We’re seeing more fires earlier in the season this year, but even our recent large fires are not as large as historic fires!The Poop Detective laments on the 2015 fire season, which had several impacts to our water-loving friends. A few of the things mentioned in the episode were that spring and summer stream flows hit a record low in Washington and Oregon, fish were dying from heat, the Columbia River lost over half of its returning sockeye salmon due to high river temperatures, and sea lions on the outer coast were having seizures from domoic acid poisoning. Oh, and we had an increase in wildfires. That season over 10 million acres burned with an estimated $2 billion spent on federal firefighting suppression.The Poop Detective drops some history about some unimaginable huge early fires in the late 1800s that led to some early Forest Service practices that worked to prevent and suppress all fire as soon as possible. She then gets into different ideas of the cause and solution related to forest management and fires, including how some people think environmentalists are to blame for recent large wildfires.In more depressing news, the Poop Detective shares that the USDA predicts that the number of acres burned could triple by 2050, and the fire season in the western US has increased by 2 1/2 months since the 1980s. She then gets into the health effects of wildfire smoke and gets science-y about the size of particulate matter in smoke. These particulates not only include burned trees and vegetation, but also structures and all of the nasty hazardous materials that may be inside them!We can do things to minimize fire risk though. Remember that humans cause the majority of wildfires, so humans can change their behavior and stop doing things that cause fires! The Red Cross has some great information on preventing wildfires, and the Firewise program is also a great resource for those living in the urban-wildland interface. More resources can be found here and here. The Poop Detective rounds out the segment by talking about groups such as Conservation Northwest, who are working to create more resilient forests and watersheds.Finally, the Magical Mapper gets a chance to talk! She discusses geodatabase templates, which you can find out more about in our GIS Tools blog.The Magical Mapper then talks about the EPA’s Smoke Sense app, which you can download and use during wildfire season. In order to participate in the citizen science study you have to be at least 18 years old, but you can answer questions about how wildfire smoke is affecting your health and measures you are taking or are willing to take in order to protect your health. The app also gives users information about current wildfires and smoke forecasts, and you can earn badges!The Magical Mapper rounds out the episode with a stewardship opportunity (actually three opportunities) with the Cascade Forest Conservancy. You can help prep for prescribed fires by collecting important information about the locations of dead or downed trees, depth of duff and litter, and understory vegetation. You can also collect seeds from native shrubs and grasses, or help spread the seeds in areas impacted by fire. The first opportunity is coming up on June 29, 2019. View their website for these and other stewardship opportunities.As always, please rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please let us know what you think at outalivepodcast.com or facebook.com/WillWeMakeItOutAlive. See you next month!

In this episode, the Magical Mapper tells us some fun bee facts, and explains how honey is made. The Poop Detective shares some arguably less fun, but very important facts about bees: where did they come from, where did they go? What do we say to people who don’t like bees? We share how bees are vital to commercial agriculture and other industries, and explain the concurrent impacts on the food chain.So, why are the bees dying? We delve deep into the many reasons for Colony Collapse, including the use of pesticides. This Science Magazine report published in 2017 confirmed, after previous studies showing that neonecticides were having a significant negative impact to bee, were criticized for not representing field conditions that bee health near fields where neonectitiods are used. Soil Association explains how neonectitiods that are applied to seed only 5% ends up in the plant, while 94% ends up in our soil and water (with 1% as dust). You can also go here if you want more information in a cute infograph.According to a 2016 study, pesticide exposure of bumblebee colonies in urban areas was lower than in rural areas.What can we do to help save the bees?Did you know you can report a suspected bee poisoning? If you see a disoriented or dead (RIP) bee, report it to this app. To learn more about preventing bee poisoning, you can go here.According to Jennifer Sass, the Senior Research Scientist at Natural Resource Defense Council, “The thing we can most control is pesticides.” She also urges people to not purchase plants that have been sprayed with pesticides. However, many stores won’t necessarily give this information on the label, so it may help to inform businesses that this issue is important to you!If you’re looking to make your own garden more bee-and pollinator-friendly, you can go here to learn how to build a raised pollinator garden bed. You can also check out the Oregon Bee Project’s tips for making your garden safe for bees, with tips on which plants to choose and what to use instead of neonicotinoids.We cover more methods to increase pollination: maximizing the time, place, and plant itself. Native plants tend to do best, offering a variety of benefits detailed here. For more information about plants native to the Pacific Northwest and their array of benefits, check out this guide from Oregon State University. Of course, the harmful insecticides have no place in your new outside space. Here’s a list of alternatives.The Horticultural Research Industry has created Best Management Practices for Bee Health in the Horticultural Industry. This offers many specific tips to help pollinators, and offers alternatives to harmful practices.And, last but not least, the bee water garden we mentioned!Our GIS topic this episode was the NDVI Function, where you can analyze a satellite image to determine vegetation health. Head over to the GIS Tools blog to learn more! We also mentioned a couple of interesting studies, which you can find here and here.During Citizen Science, we mentioned the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, the PNW Bumble Bee Atlas, and the Bumble Bee Watch website and iPhone/iPad app.As always, thank you so much for visiting! If you enjoy our show, you can subscribe to our podcast on all of the major platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and TuneIn. Rating and reviewing also helps! Stay warm, cool cats!

In this episode we talk about songbirds and umbrellas, the story of sage grouse conservation, how the Audubon Society’s Sagebrush Songbird Survey program uses GIS, and another opportunity for you to count birds.A special thank you to Christi Norman, program director of Audubon Washington, for information provided. We also depended on the Sage Grouse Initiative website for a lot of study facts and figures and a High Country News article, The Endangered Species Act’s Biggest Experiment.The Poop Detective starts us off by waxing poetic about the sagebrush ecosystem, specifically that which is located in eastern Washington and parts of Oregon. We explain sagebrush obligate species.We then discuss the sage grouse and its mating habits, and talk about why these species are at risk. We reference an article from High Country News.Because of the Sage Grouse’s particularities, they are a good indicator species for the overall health of the sagebrush ecosystems and the 350 other species that are dependent upon that ecosystem. They also have a huge, specific ecosystem range, which complicate the protection of the species. We also talk about the fact that it has never been listed as endangered.Oddly enough, this may have actually helped in their conservation! In 2015, US F&W decided that listing the sage grouse on the endangered species list was unwarranted.In sad news for science and endangered species everywhere, on July 19, 2018, the administration proposed to limit the power of the ESA in several ways. In late 2018 they also announced plans to roll back existing protections of the sage grouse by opening several protected areas to development. We shared Mark Rupp’s response, and he references some polling data.The sage grouse was slated for reevaluation for listing on the endangered species act in 2020, but we will see what happens under the current administration.We talk about how the Sage Grouse Initiative aims to manage to protect multiple species with different habitat requirements including other songbirds like the Brewer’s Sparrow (listen to its song and learn more!).Amy drops more facts about how the Sage Grouse is an umbrella species. Jen may have snoozed a bit until Amy mentioned songbird maps.We then started to switch gears to talk about a huge multi-year survey that eight Eastern Washington chapters of the Audubon Society took on as a group effort - the Sagebrush Songbird Survey project. This project is a partnership between the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Audubon Society. The goals of the project were to verify the accuracy of GIS mapping efforts and species models, track sagebrush songbird distribution in Eastern Washington, and collect information that would guide conservation efforts in the future. The Magical Mapper was excited to tell everyone how they used GIS on this project, because they used it in multiple phases of the project. The Audubon Society even teamed up with Esri!Most of the data from the survey is publicly available on eBird, although in the final year of the survey some private lands are being opened up to volunteers, and this information will be vetted and go into the WDFW Priority Habitat and Species database.For our citizen science segment, we talk about how the Audubon Society is looking for a few good cats, I mean volunteers, (at least 125 to be exact) to participate in the final year of the survey. There are a few requirements to be a volunteer, including attending training in March/April. You can see when the training is and RSVP to the coordinators on the project website. There are also many resources on the website so you can see what you’re signing up for before committing.For fun, we asked Christi Norman if the Sagebrush Steppe of Eastern Washington was a good place to hide out during a zombie apocalypse. She said:“It’s good as long as you don’t need much water, love a starry night, and are short enough to hang in the shade of the sagebrush in the summer heat. The rocks are pretty rough so you need an unlimited number of super-duper hiking boots –or perhaps a hoof adaptation. In the event of the catastrophic wildland fires wings would be helpful to fly away.”— Christi NormanIf you’re a teacher, you can check out this sagebrush curriculum, which was developed by US Fish and Wildlife.As always, thank you so much for visiting, and please subscribe to our podcast. We’re now on all of the major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and TuneIn. We’d appreciate it if you’d rate and review us, especially on Apple Podcasts (we’re trying to get into New and Noteworthy, so everything helps)! You’re the coolest cats around!

In this episode we meet Dr Kristin Struble, author of How To Be A Poop Detective. POOP... Everybody Does It! Grandpas, grandmas, moms and dads, big sisters and baby brothers, they all toot and poop. It sounds silly and will make you giggle. Your poop comes from what you eat and so do your toots! In How to Be a POOP Detective, you will learn five clues for healthy and "good" poop ... and when you do, your tummy will be happy. "Dr. Bubbles" delivers a funny and serious message for kids from the ages of 4 to 8 with the 5 S's --Shape, Soft, Sink, Shade and Shoot- what healthy young bodies do. Click Here To Purchase Your Copy Of How To Be A Poop Detective Click Here To Learn About Jedlie's Totally Interactive School Assembly Programs

Constipation is difficult for an adult to figure out and deal with, so imagine how a child feels when faced with the same issues. Special guest, Dr. Struble, a practicing pediatrician and author of How To Be a Poop Detective joins us this week to help field listener calls, explain some causes of constipation and what parents can do to establish normal bowel function for their children.

Constipation is difficult for an adult to figure out and deal with, so imagine how a child feels when faced with the same issues. Special guest, Dr. Struble, a practicing pediatrician and author of How To Be a Poop Detective joins us this week to help field listener calls, explain some causes of constipation and what parents can do to establish normal bowel function for their children.