Angela Davis
Professor and Activist
Host: Basima Farhat
Previously Aired On: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - Listen to the Show!
Angela Yvonne Davis is an activist, primarily working for racial and gender equality and for prison reform.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and a graduate of Brandeis University, Davis worked as a philosophy lecturer at the UCLA during the 1960s, during which time she also was a feminist and activist, a member of both the Communist Party USA and the Black Panther Party. In a controversial decision, the University of California fired her from her job in 1969 because of her membership in the Communist Party. Davis ran for Vice President on the Communist ticket in 1980 and 1984 along with Gus Hall.
She has continued a career of activism, and has written several books. A principal focus of her current activism is the state of prisons within the United States. She is currently Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a research focus on Feminism, African American studies, critical theory, popular music culture and social consciousness, philosophy of punishment (women’s jails and prisons).
Dr. Rob Ivker is a physician healer, health educator, and best-selling author. He is a board-certified holistic physician (ABIHM), a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, healing touch certified practitioner (HTCP), and certified laughter yoga leader (Dr. Kataria’s School of Laughter Yoga). He has been practicing medicine since 1972. For the past 20 years his holistic medical practice has focused on the treatment of respiratory disease – chronic sinusitis, asthma, and allergies – and the creation of optimal health. 
He is the author of four editions of the best-selling SINUS SURVIVAL: The Holistic Medical Treatment for Sinusitis, Allergies, and Colds. Dr. Ivker has also written six other books including ASTHMA SURVIVAL, and in November 2008 he published a new e-book, LOVE YOUR NOSE NATURALLY: Integrative Holistic Medicine for Sinus Infections, Chronic & Fungal Sinusitis, Allergies, and Colds. The e-book is currently available on his website: www.physicianhealer.com; and will soon be followed by LOVE YOUR LUNGS NATURALLY: Integrative Holistic Medicine for Asthma & Fungal Asthma.
Patient advocate and writer Mary Shomon transformed her own 1995 thyroid diagnosis into a mission to educate and empower other patients who struggle with thyroid, autoimmune, and weight loss challenges.
As many as 60 million Americans have thyroid conditions, and the majority aren’t even diagnosed. Among those who know they have thyroid problems, the majority don’t even feel well. Clearly, something needs to be done to help patients get diagnosed accurately and quickly, and once diagnosed, receive effective treatment.
