Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/3/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

There is a lot going on centered around encryption these days, and a lot of it misses the real point. While court cases involving the FBI trying to force Apple to essentially write a custom operating system so the government can get into an encrypted iPhone have gotten most of the press coverage, several reports were released in Feb 2016 by people who really understand encryption, both here and in Europe, that didn’t get nearly as much coverage in the press. In this episode, let’s hear what people who actually know what they are talking about have to say about encryption.

Maine Currents 3/2/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: John Greenman

Today we’re opening the phone lines and asking “which candidate(s) do you support, and why?”. Our guests are local supporters of the Democratic and Green party candidates. (Numerous attempts were made to reach local supporters of the Republican candidates, by we received no response.)

Guests:
Betsy Garrold –past state party co-chair of the Maine Green Independent Party and currently serves as a Waldo County coordinator for the party.
Steve Godsoe — campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
Tim Wilson — volunteer supporting the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign.

Healthy Options 3/2/16

Host and Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: John Greenman

Program Topic: Digestive health and managing irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders through the FODMAP elimination diet process.

Key Discussion Points:
a) What does FODMAP stand for and how are these substances implicated in gastrointestinal (GI) health?
b) How can you determine if one of these substances is affecting your GI health?
c) What is a FODMAP elimination diet?
d) What are the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome?
e) What is SIBO- small intestine bacterial overgrowth?
f) How can the elimination of FODMAPs help treat SIBO?

Guest: Patsy Catsos, registered & licensed dietician.
Her extensive training includes a bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science at Cornell University and a master’s degree in Nutrition at Boston University. She completed her internship at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital, and she is a professional member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, and the North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease. Patsy Catsos is a long-time board member and past-president of the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and she was honored as the 2014 Outstanding Maine Dietician of the Year.

For more info on Patsy Catsos and the FODMAP approach: http://nutritionworks.us and http://www.ibsfree.net

Reproductive Left 3/1/16

Producer/Host: Abbie Strout

Issue: Social and political issues that impact our sexual and reproductive health produced by WERU in collaboration with Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center – www.mabelwadsworth.org.

Program Topic: All Schools Need Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Key Discussion Points:
A) In this episode, our intern, Amelia Forman-Stiles, discusses the importance of comprehensive sexuality education.
B) As a mother of two she explains why she wants her kids to receive sex ed at school.
C) We end the show with "Ask Mabel" where NP Terry Marley-DeRosier answers questions about vaginismus.

Guests:
Amelia Forman-Stiles, Mabel Wadsworth Center and College of the Atlantic
Terry Marley-Rosier, WHNP, Mabel Wadsworth Center