Matt Simmons, energy investment banker, founder and chairman of Simmons & Company International, passed away recently. He was well known and respected for his study of the energy field and will be missed.  Matt Simmons, Chairman of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA (ASPO-USA) Advisory Board was well known for his controversial work, Twilight in The Desert, and his views on peak oil production.

I interviewed Matt Simmons for the TV program we produced in July of 2006 about his work and his concerns with the lack of availability of transparent data with respect to oil and gas reserves. On the program, a 2008 Telly Award Winner, our guests included:

• Ed Blessing: Managing Director of Blessing Petroleum, LLC
• Jeffrey J. Brown: Independent Petroleum Geologist
• Scott Nauman: Manager of Corporate Planning at Exxon Mobil, Corp
• Christopher Ross: Vice President of CRA International

Part One

Matt Simmons expressed his concerns about peak oil production and about how few experts truly understand what this means. He said,

“Peak oil is not about running out of oil. It’s about the supply peaking. And the problem with oil peaking is that once it does, you’ll start down the other side, we may still have a lot of oil, but there will be quite a gap.”

Peak Oil: Are We There Yet? Part One and Two, are well worth watching. Matt Simmons shares some of the views from Twilight in the Desert, in which he summarized what he learned about Saudi Arabian oil production by reading 200 academic papers; visiting Saudi Arabia and asking questions which concerned Saudi oil production. He concluded that the oil extraction techniques being used in Saudi were techniques that one might use if the fields were depleted. Based on his findings, he questioned Saudi claims that their oil production can be greatly expanded. According to Matt Simmons, the very real possibility existed that in the not too distant future, Saudi oil production will suddenly decline. His concern as well was that knowing what oil reserves actually are is difficult when oil reserves and oil production rates are not audited.

Part 2

He believed we have to trust but also verify; that we hear about the supposedly huge reported reserves of Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, and assume that this oil is readily available for extraction. Since these reports are not audited, we cannot depend on them. He pointed out that we do not have detailed data with respect to historical oil extraction from individual fields in the Middle East, consequently we can’t know how close to decline Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries may or may not be.

We salute Matt Simmons for the work he did and his contribution to the field. He raised questions and concerns about our complacency on this critical issue and stimulated much needed discussion and further exploration.

As always thank you for joining us, as we talk about things that matter with people who care.

Niki McCuistion

Critically acclaimed investigative journalist and CNBC TV personality, Charles Gasparino, joins Dennis McCuistion for an intense discussion and look at the last 30 years that led to today’s financial meltdown.

Charles Gasparino talks about Wall Street’s “love affair” with risk. From the 1980’s and the advent of mortgage-backed securities, to the packaging of mortgages to bonds, to the selling of those to Wall Street.  He speaks on the bond market situation in 1986 and Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, who in 1987 lowered interest rates and  bailed out Wall Street.

Charles Gasparino explains the trail of culpability, including the Government’s encouragement of home ownership which prompted mortgage brokers to give loans to people who did not have the means to pay back the money loaned and the underwriters who invested in risky debt.  He states the outcome was an abdication of collective responsibilities on the part of government, homeowners and financial institutions and for Wall Street – greed and risk taking.

Overall, Charles Gasparino says it was about avarice, arrogance, stupidity and greed… and the “selling off of the American Dream.”

Niki Nicastro McCuistion
Executive Producer/ Producer

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1812 – 01.24.10

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Dr. Ron Anderson, President/CEO of Parkland Hospital System in Dallas, and Dr. John Goodman, President/CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, recently debated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Dr. Anderson opened his comments by mentioning the McCuistion Program, on which he and John Goodman have taken have expressed very divergent views on  health care.  According to Dr. Anderson, “we need a safety net institution; the market doesn’t always work. We need a bias toward value not volume and to be  involved in shifting the paradigm toward preventive care.”

Dr. Goodman comments on how surprisingly they agreed more than disagreed on many issues: “I had a lively discussion about how health reform will affect the nation’s health care system. Ron is a nationally known advocate of national health insurance. I am at the other end of the spectrum. This may have been the first formal debate over the bill since its passage. What was remarkable was not how much we disagreed, but how much we agreed. In particular, we both think:

Emergency room traffic will increase rather than decrease. Access to care for seniors and the disabled will be so impaired that they are at risk of becoming like Medicaid enrollees -forced to seek care at community health centers and safety-net hospitals. And extraordinary discretionary power is being given to one federal agency to make decisions that will affect everyone.”

You can also view the entire discussion by going here.

During this episode on Character and Leadership, former Medtronic CEO, Bill George, now Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, joins Dennis McCuistion for a frank discussion on ethics and business practices in corporate America.

Bill George is the author of several business books, which include: True North and 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.

He tells us,“Leaders of my day, kids of the Kennedy era, were supposed to make a difference.  Yet, we destroyed big companies.” George asks, “What happened?”

Bill George believes many corporate leaders play for the short term, not the long term.  He believes that in business we are “playing up leaders who are playing for that short term… Business is too serious to be  about YOU… You can’t create anything in a quarter.”

In response to Dennis’ question: “Is corporate ethics an oxymoron?” Bill responds, “No- it isn’t. There’s a whole generation of leaders who are coming along.”

View the video for a discussion with Bill George on the qualities of effective leadership and the True North principles that guide them.

And as always, thanks for joining us as we talk about things that matter with people who care.

Niki Nicastro McCuistion
Executive Producer/Producer

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01.03.10 – 1811

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Television watching in the average American home has reached an all time high. Today the average 2-5 year old spends 32 hours a week in front of a TV set and 6-11 year olds spend an average of 28 hours. This program focuses on the  influence of television, including both the pros and cons of television watching, and how it impacts kids, their reading ability, and school function.

Joining host, Dennis McCuistion, for this discussion on the influence of television on children, accompanied by TV watching statistics, are:

• Sonja Ezell – Reading Specialist, Dallas Independent School District
• Hank Moore – Corporate Strategist and the author of The Business Tree and The Classic Television Reference.

Television Has Changed Since Its Inception

Sonje Ezell says, “It operates on the law of diminishing returns, the more you watch- the less you get. TV formula flicks today in contrast to old shows specialize in murder, rape, suicides and reality TV which all leads to poor communication and interaction skills.”

Hank Moore, who started in radio and went on to become an advisor for President Lyndon Johnson, talks about his graduate thesis on the sociological impact of TV. Hank Moore says, “Problems are not solved in 25 minutes. Sitcoms show that and it sets us up for a downfall.”

Using clips from older programs, Howdy Doody, Producers Showcase, Walter Cronkite, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Father Knows Best and the Hit Parade, etc., the guests examine the “progress of TV” and compare and contrast classic older programs with TV today.

Sonja Ezell says, “Today families are busy. They need to make good choices, and most of the time it’s not TV, it’s reading. Reading yields strong returns. It improves vocabulary.”

TV Watching Today Is at an All-Time High

TV Watching Statistics:

• Kids 2-5 years of age spend 32 hours in front of a TV
• 6-11 year olds spend 28 hours in front of a TV
• 68% of kids have a TV in his or her bedroom
• Kids watch 1.5 hours more if a TV set in bedroom
• 54% have a DVD player
• 37% have cable access
• 20% have premier channel access
• 63% of households have a TV on during meals
• 53% of households have no TV watching rules

Preschoolers and TV Watching Statistics

Four-year-olds watching the daily average (3.5 hours) were 25 percent more likely to become bullies. Another study showed that preschoolers who watch television violence and play violent video games are more likely to show high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior than those not exposed to violent television and video games.

Additional TV Watching Statistics Show:

• A study of more than 700 families found that 14-year-old boys who watched relatively more television were more likely to have assaulted someone or committed a serious act of aggression by the time they were 22 years old.
• There is a direct correlation between a child’s weight and the number of hours the child spends watching television. As TV viewing has risen over the past three decades, so has the average weight of American children.
• The number of sexual incidents that occur during the “family hour” prime-time hour (between 8-9 p.m.) increased more than 400 percent since 1976.

What can American parents and caregivers do?

Join Hank Moore, Sonje Esell and Dennis McCuistion as we look at the influence of television watching on our children and how we can combat its impact.  Entering the discussion on how to curb the negative effects of television are suggestions including: parents should make the effort to watch TV with their children, help the child choose positive programs and limit the time spent in front of the television by instead talking to the kids and spending time with them.

Thanks for watching as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

Niki McCuistion
Executive Producer/ Producer

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1824 – 07.11.10

The Constitution of the United States, as framed by our founding fathers, covers all aspects of society’s welfare, as it was then. Today, there are many who state that it needs to be changed in order to better reflect the needs of modern society, and that the Constitution needs to be reframed to cover situations our founding fathers had no way of predicting and anticipating.

Guests include:

• Allen Fishburn: Attorney at Law
• Robert D. Cohen: Attorney at Law: Cohen and Zwerner
• Thomas G. West, PhD: Professor of Politics, University of Dallas, Author of Vindicating the Founders
• Calvin C. Jillson, PhD: Author of Pursuing the American Dream, Department of Political Science Southern Methodist University

The Constitution’s basic premise begins with:

“We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

The question asked in this program by host Dennis McCuistion is, “Does Our Constitution Still Matter?”  To which each of our guests respond, “Absolutely.”

Regarding the Constitution, Robert Cohen says, “It is a living document and still very much alive. We’re not always looking back. We can challenge a law on constitutional grounds and we can give it true effectiveness”.

Allen Fishburn believes that the Constitution matters now more than ever. He states, “We would all do better if we studied what our founders had written. The scope is far broader than what we learned in our schools. And we don’t follow it as well as we should.”

Commerce Clause and Government Take Over of Health Care

The conversation focuses on Article 1; Section 8 the commerce clause and what justifies the takeover of government of our health care, based on what our Constitution states. They ask whether  or not the government had the right to invoke the commerce.  They state that the clause guarantees our rights. And that we need a more careful study of the document.

Taking Private Property to Encourage Private Lending in Private Sector

The guests discuss the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and that it authorized the Treasury to spend $700 billion on the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The first $350 billion was used to inject capital back into distressed banks. They differ as to whether government has the constitutional power to do this. A question was asked, “How does Congress get away with this?” It appears that Government is taking private property for the purpose of encouraging private lending to the private sector.

Cal Jillson points out that while they did do so- it worked and funds are coming back.

Tom West says, “No they didn’t follow the law as to what not to do with those assets, therefore doubly unlawful.”

Do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments Still Have Meaning?

The Ninth and Tenth amendments are also discussed and questioned as to whether they still have meaning.  Do we just give them lip service or are we restating the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? They leave us with a reminder that it is the people who control government, the Constitution is a document for the people, and not for government’s use in controlling us.

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1823 – 05.30.10

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Homelessness in America is a growing problem. Today’s recession may force over 1.5 million into homelessness over the next two years, according to estimates by The National Alliance to End Homelessness. In a 2008 report, the U.S. Conference of Mayors cited a major increase in the number of homeless in 19 out of the 25 cities surveyed.

On average, cities reported a 12 percent increase of homelessness in America since 2007. Estimates of actual homelessness vary, depending on the methodology used to survey the homeless population.  Numbers also vary substantially depending on whether a measurement is taken on a single night or is extrapolated to a given year.  To date, estimates range between 2.3 and 3.5 million people who are homeless. According to a 2008 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report:

An estimated 671,888 people experienced homelessness in one night in January 2007.  58% of them were living in shelters and transitional housing and 42% were unsheltered.

The face of homelessness in America is changing.

Joining the discussion are panelists:

• Mike Rawlings - Appointed by the Mayor of Dallas as Dallas’ Homeless Czar
• Mike Faenza – President and CEO of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
• Bill Thompson - Executive Director of the Union Gospel Mission
• Lynne Sipiora – Executive Director of the Samaritan Inn, McKinney – Collin County, TX

Although homelessness is a difficult number to measure definitively, it appears that more people—especially families—are sleeping in shelters, living in their cars, and taking up residence in tent communities.  The definitions of homelessness can differ based on context, however, homelessness is generally defined as a person who “lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence.”

Many cities around the country have taken major strides in working with the homeless in new ways with great success. New Ways of Transitioning the Homeless focuses not so much on the root causes of homelessness, mental health and addictions, but ways to successfully transition them to permanent housing.

Homelessness in Affluent America

Lynne Sipiora’s situation in Collin County, TX, one of the most affluent counties in the nation, is somewhat shocking.  The Samaritan Inn shelter has 130 beds. Ms. Sipiora states,

“At one time every head of household in the shelter had a college degree. The economy is causing episodic homelessness, people who have lost their job.  People who at one time may have been volunteers in the shelter or donors, now find themselves clients of the Samaritan Inn.”

She points out that the face of the homelessness has changed due to the economy.

The Bridge

The city of Dallas, TX is setting an innovative pace for other U.S. cities with an aggressive 10 year strategic plan to end homelessness. The city has built a campus called The Bridge, a housing coalition that serves as a transition for those who can then go to permanent housing.

Mike Rawlings and Mike Faenza talk about the work of The Bridge and its revolutionary concept, which provides education, job counseling and health care under one roof. The Bridge pulls together a number of associations that collaborate on the concern, leveraging government and private funding. It is a true one-stop shopping concept – one location that handles severe persistent mental issues and focuses on the chronically homeless as well.

The Bridge was initially started with a $23 million bond election 4 years ago. The founders argued that this was better than the alternative – having people on the street.

As a result of The Bridge there has been a 59% decrease in those sleeping out of doors or abandoned buildings and a marked decrease in crime in the area.

Union Gospel Mission

Bill Thompson with Union Gospel Mission tells us their mission which focuses on the inner core of an individual and their spiritual side.  They focus on the failure in a person’s life that may have gotten him or her to the place of being homeless. Union Gospel Mission introduces standards to its clients by which they are going to live the rest of their lives and gives a sound stable foundation. It addresses the causes of homelessness not its symptoms.

New Ways of Transitioning the Homeless paints a grim picture of what can happen to those who may not have a safety net. It also gives hope that people do care and cities are working hard to alleviate this growing concern.

Once again, thanks for joining us as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

Niki Nicastro McCuistion
Executive Producer/Producer

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1822 – 05.23.2010

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Giving charitable donations is the focus of today’s episode on women and philanthropy.  The Boom generation may be one of the most talked about cohorts in history. Born between 1946 and 1964, (though some experts, such as William Strauss and Neil Howe, state 1943 to 1960) they changed the social landscape.

Panelists include:

• Margaret May Damen, CFP, CLU: President of the Institute for Women and Wealth and co-author of Women, Wealth and Giving
• Niki Nicastro McCuistion, CSP: Co-founder and producer of The McCuistion Program, consultant for non-profits internationally, and co-author of Women, Wealth and Giving
• Becky Sykes, President, CEO of the Dallas Women’s Foundation
• Jim Falk, CFRE, President, CEO of the World Affairs Council of DFW

After World War 11, American couples married in unprecedented numbers. In the next several years the US experienced a birth explosion, 78 million baby boomers were born. This generation became one of the most polled, analyzed, interviewed and criticized generations ever. Who they are, what they want and how they have influenced America continues to be news today. The references, beliefs, values, and convictions of our society have been largely shaped by boomers. They control the wealth, direct governments, businesses and the social and political policy of America. Today the producers of most TV shows and movies are boomers.  Our technology wizards, from Bill Gates to Steve Jobs are boomers. The President of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, as well as the President of the United States, Barack Obama- yes- they are boomers. As is Hilary Clinton and our first lady, Michelle Obama. And the list goes on.

Every hour 330 baby boomers turn 60 years of age and 50.8% of these are women. Retirement is fast approaching for many in this group, although the economy in the last couple of years has changed this expectation somewhat. There is much that ties this generation together, not the least of which was the advent and influence of television. In 1948, 172,000 US households had TV sets. In 1952 that figure had jumped to 15,000,000. Music, news, lifestyle and politics greatly influenced this generation, much of it watched on our TV sets.

This was the generation of flower power and free love, civil rights and women’s rights, marches, protests and picketing, the Beatles, Motown and Woodstock, Haight Ashbury, sex, drugs and rock and roll.  The outcome was a free-wheeling, free-spirited, individualistic group, of activists and idealists, oriented to social causes and who absolutely believed in their capacity to change the world. Not just their capacity, but their mandate to. From President Kennedy’s, Ted Kennedy’s and Martin Luther King’s assassinations to Nixon, Watergate, oil embargoes and high divorce rates, it was a generation raised not to trust anyone over 30.

Yet this activism and skepticism was channeled into an idealism that made the boomer want to change society for the better, most especially since they as a collective group had formed much of the damage. It is of the good as well as the history, that Women, Wealth and Giving focuses. The television program airing this Sunday talks about a small part of the of the research undertaken by Margaret May Damen and myself, that chronicles, through extensive research and interviews, the Boom generation and what they want today.

The resulting work of the same title focuses on the Boomer woman, and how she has turned her idealism toward a new frontier philanthropy. Our research showed that Americans are the most generous group on the planet. In fact more Americans  give charitable donations than vote. In 2008, even when the economy took a downturn, Americans gave over $307 billion dollars tin charitable donations. And of this group it is women who are the most generous. Management guru Tom Peters says, “women are the largest national economy on Earth.” The Harvard Business Review, September 2009 issue backed this up, “As a market women represent a bigger market opportunity than China and India combined.”

Women today control 60% of the wealth in the US, initiate 74% of all new business startups and employ 13,000,000 people.

An economic force to be reckoned with, they are opening up their purses and giving charitable donations that systemically impact society, and as program guest Becky Sykes, President and CEO of the Dallas Women’s Foundation states, “most especially to women and children’s issues.” Currently there are approximately 175 women’s foundations in the US, with the Dallas Women’s Foundation the largest in asset size.

Jim Falk, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Dallas Ft. Worth, says,

“Women do sometimes have a different objective.  A man I recently met with for fund raising for the WACDFW was interested and talked about networking. On the other hand, a woman I met with later that day asked and talked about, how can I make a difference, in this society? It really crystallized the difference for me.”

And as Margaret mentions: “It’s not about conspicuous consumption anymore. Women are rewriting the rules for a caring society.” I believe, that more than in any other venue, the achievement of financial independence, the freedom to decide the use of money, has made women equal partners in the decisions to save the worlds we have created. The “power of the purse” is the power to rewrite the rules for a caring society, not only through its use in philanthropic endeavors but also in how money is invested in the financial and business institutions that control our capitalist system. The “power of the purse” has an exponential advantage as women unite, network and agree on the importance of particular causes.

As one of our book interviewees, Dallas boomer, Brenda Pejovich said,

“By increasing our participation in the competition for ideas, women will continue to contribute to a better society. It’s our checks that influence and it’s never been more important to open our wallets and give.”

Her sentiments are echoed by Marilyn Wechter, a Clayton, Missouri boomer and psychologist, who tells us,

“We are experiencing a paradigm shift that well may change our lives forever. This new world has us moving from consumption to collaboration and we’re staring to realize what’s really important- and recognize how little it takes to make us feel valued.”

In the aftermath of the financial debacle, credit crisis and government mishap of the last couple of years, Women, Wealth and Giving offers more than hope; it offers a philanthropic business strategy to direct all of our, men and women’s philanthropic initiatives to put us back on course.

Thank you for joining us as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

Niki Nicastro McCuistion, Co-author of Women, Wealth and Giving

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1821 – 05.02.10

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Philip K. Howard joins Dennis McCuistion to discuss the flaws of the legal system today.  Philip K. Howard is the Founder and Chair of Common Good, a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America.  He is the author of Collapse of Common Good: How America’s Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom and Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America.

ftp://www:@ve.w6pvr668.vesrv.com/Philip K. Howard, whose purpose is to simplify government, wrote the forward to Al Gore’s Common Sense Government. He has worked with OSHA on safety regulations and assuring that safety plans and regulations for companies make sense and real people can abide by them. He states that people don’t act sensibly. From teachers to doctors, he discusses the need to change the rules so teachers can teach and doctors can doctor, without the restrictions that impose higher costs and inflationary standards.  He continues on and addresses how schools are drowning in law, demonstrating his point via a three foot long flow chart, what a school must go through to suspend a student. All in all, a simple process that took minutes now takes several months. Host Dennis McCuistion comments, “When I was a kid if I didn’t listen to the teacher, I got paddled in school and doubly at home.”

Not today, cautions Philip Howard: “We thought that to correct real abuses we would guarantee fairness. Kids today are trained that they have rights… 78% of teachers have been threatened with lawsuits. It’s a reflection of the corrosion of authority.”

He claims that there is something seriously wrong with our legal system: “Politics trump common sense and partisanship.”

Philip K. Howard, a practicing lawyer himself, lays a practical game plan to restore our country to sense and individual responsibility, the premise of our Constitution.

As always, thank you for watching as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

Niki Nicastro McCuistion
Executive Producer/Producer

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1820 – 04.25.10

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17% of our GDP is spent on health care, thus health care has gone from being a personal issue to a public policy debate. In this 20 year retrospective on this issue we feature various perspectives: liberal, conservative and libertarian.

Dr. Ed Annis on the Health Care Debate

In 1994 Dr. Ed Annis the author of Code Blue joined us with his views. Dr. Ed Annis had rebutted President John Kennedy on his platform on health care.

We asked him, “How did the national health care debate come about?”

Dr. Ed Annis responded, “Well there were philosophical flaws, politicians were biased and the media was belligerent… The problem is government not health care.” He addressed Medicare by saying, “People should be allowed to provide for themselves if they can.” Dr. Ed Annis stated that just because one has a birthday of 65 does not mean one is entitled. He then addressed permeation and gradualism.

Max Sawicky on Health Care as a National System

Dennis quoted Arthur Schlesinger, from The Partisan Review of 1947, on the transition to socialism. And we made the transition to Max Sawicky of the Economic Policy Institute who joined us in 1999. Max said, “I would move health care into a national system.” Max believes we can’t afford anything else. “If health care is made on the basis of profit- everyone is priced according to their worth.”

Dr. John Goodman on the “Bureaucratic Health Care System”

Dr. John Goodman, the father of medical savings accounts, joins us in 2010, and has this to say:

“We have a bureaucratic, dysfunctional health care system with perverse incentives… In 1993 Hilary Clinton, wanted to nationalize health care. She failed. Look at the “S Chip” program for children that ration health care, and the difficulty seeing doctors. Expenditures for health care have gone up from $500 billion in 1990 to $2 trillion today.”

Impact of Drugs on Society

From health care we go to drugs and their impact on society and our system overall.  Jacob Sullum, Senior Editor of Reason Magazine, joins us in 2007 and comments on the direct correlation between prohibition and drugs. We hear from several voices on various sides of this issue.  Philip Jordan, former director of the El Paso International Center, seemed to find a similarity between prohibition and drugs, even though the drug enforcement code Dennis reads says differently.  Rusty White, a former prison guard says, “In a controlled environment like a prison, drugs still get in.”

From drug use to new cures and behaviors we visit with Dr. Kevin Gilliland, CEO of Innovations 360. “Drugs,” he says, “wreck a person’s self image. They rob you of your sense of self. Addiction is not a moral failing.”

On that same program in 2009, Christopher Kennedy Lawford joins us with his story of the genetic disease within his family, how as an adolescent he lived through the assassinations of two uncles, and he comments on the conditions within his family and how this led to a very troubled youth. He comments, “traumatized and troubled youth, sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol”. He says, “Drugs and alcohol gave me a way out. They saved my life.”  Christopher Lawford Kennedy is now an activist, educating  others on alcohol and drug abuse.

Health and Wellness

From drugs and dependence we go to health and wellness, with a look at a revolutionary new care, Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment.  Alene Creacy and her husband Bill join us with their story and the importance of this treatment. Claudine, a Canadian  mother, talks about the process and how it has helped her sons, born with cerebral palsy. Claudine actually demonstrates the chamber and how the oxygen helps.

In terms of wellness, Dr. T. Colin Campbell joins us in 2009 to talk about good eating habits. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, the most comprehensive nutritional study ever conducted, became a vegetarian as a result of his research. He  shakes his head at the hosts’ eating habits and says, “no to sugar, no to burritos, but salsa isn’t bad. And chocolate, well, that’s a plant based food!”

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#1819 – 04.08.10

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