Designing Healthy Communities: Searching for Shangri-La - Episode 4
Hosted by author and national health expert Dr. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
In the final episode, Dr. Jackson searches past and present America for model communities large and small that embody the intricate balance of health promoting design and huma...
Designing Healthy Communities: Rebuilding Places of the Heart - Episode 2
Hosted by author and national health expert Dr. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
Many cities are struggling to resuscitate their dying downtowns and overcome a history of industrial pollution. Episode 2 looks at how families and young people seek to repair...
The Shaman's Apprentice
Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin's quest to preserve the ancient wisdom of Amazonian shamans. For more than twenty years Dr. Mark Plotkin has searched the Amazon for plants that heal. He is an ethnobotanist, a scientist who studies the relationship betwee...
Designing Healthy Communities: Social Policy in Concrete - Episode 3
Hosted by author and national health expert Dr. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
Where you live is one predictor of how long you will live. This episode explores the deadly consequences of economically challenged neighborhoods located near highly polluted ...
Depression: Not a Normal Part of Aging
Though aging has its challenges, depression and its frequent companion, substance abuse, need not be among them. This program dispels the myth that there is something inherently depressing about aging. It explores the complex relationship between de...