Shift For Brains: Recent Episodes
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A Simple Matter of Justice. In two days, on March 21st, Abdoul Abdi will learn whether he will be deported back to Somalia, a country he has never been to. Born in Saudi Arabia to a Somalian mother, Abdi arrived in Canada at the age of 6, lived in 31 different foster homes throughout his childhood and was never given the chance to apply for citizenship. In our latest episode, Bill sat down with El Jones to discuss Abdi's case, how the system failed him and what's next.
Part one of our discussion of ethical meat. Bill sits down with Rae Lutz and her daughter Megan Rand from Pasture Hill Farms, a Nova Scotia farm that raises grass fed cattle and pastured chickens. He will also be joined by Lil MacPherson, owner of The Wooden Monkey Restaurant, who believes that sustainable agriculture protects our environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare.
Marijuana. The Canadian government is set to legalize it in 2018. Bill sat down with Chris Enns from Farm Assists, and Carl Morgan of Scotia Green Inc. to discuss legalization, recreational use, government control over distribution, and their first hand experiences as entrepreneurs on the front line in the marijuana industry.
Food Insecurity, our first episode, is all about a silent epidemic that permeates our communities and diminishes all of us with its insidious debilitating effects on far too many of our most vulnerable.
We are talking with Jackie Torrens – a film maker and courageous advocate for those who suffer from Food Insecurity, and Tim Blades, a member of BRAG: Benefits Reform Action Group, a team of first voice welfare recipients and professionals from our community who speak up on issues and fight for change with Nova Scotia’s Employment Support and Income Assistance program. We talk about the very personal effects of stereo-types about people affected by poverty and some of the realities about Food Insecurity in our communities.
Shift for Brains (say it fast!) is a podcast dedicated to provide a sounding board and an open safe space for people to carry on discussions about difficult and challenging subjects. It is hoped that these conversations will result in shifts to our thinking that will eventually lead to healthy shifts in our society and culture. Shift for Brains is a podcast for those of us who want to move from our society from apathy to empathy and hype to hope.