# volume issue (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover volume issue. Page: Feed: --- ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #116: Russell Greenfield, MD – The Art of Listening](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-116-russell-greenfield-md-the-art-of-listening/) _2026-08-10 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First. One of the recurring themes on this podcast is that the future of medicine won't be discovered through faster-paced healthcare alone. It will be discovered by slowing down, listening more carefully, and embracing a patient-centered approach that seeks to understand the whole person—not just the disease. Ultimately, the future of medicine begins… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Russ_Greenfield_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 20 – Healthcare Policy](https://www.docsmo.com/13649-2/) _2026-08-04 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Failing Them Why Are We? We are failing our children, the next generation. I have been spending an inordinate amount of time studying cellular biology and mitochondrial function in order to understand worsening disease trends. Thus, I want to revisit a landmark study that is one of the most comprehensive assessments of pediatric health ever conducted in the United States. Rather than examining a… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V20_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 19 – Pain](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-19-pain/) _2026-07-31 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Pain Do we listen to its signal? Pain: Your Body's Built-In Warning System Pain is one of the body's oldest and most important protective mechanisms. It isn't your enemy. It is a messenger. Imagine walking barefoot across your living room and accidentally kicking the corner of the coffee table. The sharp pain that shoots through your toe isn't there to punish you, it is there to protect you.… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V19_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #115: Michelle Chalfant – The Adult Chair](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-115-michelle-chalfant-the-adult-chair/) _2026-07-26 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast, where we explore the science, stories, and strategies that help children thrive and families flourish. Today, we're diving into something that affects every parent, every marriage, every friendship, and really every human being: our emotional triggers. Why do seemingly small moments sometimes provoke such big reactions? Why do we repeat the… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Michelle_Chalfant_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 18 – Autism and Microbiomes](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-18-autism-and-microbiomes/) _2026-07-19 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Autism and Diagnosis Metabolites and Phenotypes In a brand new paper entitled. “Elevated Microbially-Derived Metabolites in Autism: A Possible Diagnostic Screening Test for a Distinct ASD Phenotype,” Dr. Flynn and colleagues investigated whether specific urinary metabolites produced by intestinal microbes could serve as predictive biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder. The study proposes that a… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V18_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 17 – Processing Death](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-17-processing-death/) _2026-07-11 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ DEATH or Better Yet, Live for Today Recently, there has been more death and morbidity in my life than usual. There is no easy way to discuss this topic. Death is finite and simultaneously infinitely painful for the survivors. Everyone learns in the moment how to deal with death. There is no on-the-job training. We are not born ready to accept this reality. It is simply thrust upon us. While I deal… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V17_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #114: Aimie Apigian, MD – Biology of Trauma](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-114-aimie-apigian-md-biology-of-trauma/) _2026-07-05 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Today's podcast guest is Dr. Aimie Apigian, a physician who has become one of the leading voices in helping us understand the biology of trauma. Dr. Aimie is double board-certified in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine, with advanced training in biochemistry, public health, and functional medicine. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University, where her education also included… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Aimie_Apigian_Interview_.mp3) ## [Briefly (not a Sunday)](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/briefly-not-a-sunday) _2026-06-30 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ Vol 1 Issue 12 ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 16 – Fake it Till You Make it](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-16-fake-it-till-you-make-it/) _2026-06-29 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Fake It Till You Make It? One of the most misunderstood pieces of advice in our culture is the phrase "fake it until you make it." At face value, it sounds dishonest. It sounds like pretending to be something you are not. It sounds like confidence without competence. But after nearly three decades in medicine, I have come to believe there is a deeper truth hiding inside that phrase. Most success… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V16_.mp3) ## [And then it was June](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/and-then-it-was-june) _2026-06-14 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ and the sun shone more fiercely. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DfZzI0tbXvZW) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #113: Navaz Habib, DC – Vagal Action and Health](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-113-navaz-habib-dc-vagal-action-and-health/) _2026-06-14 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today, we are joined by one of the leading voices in the world of vagus nerve health, functional medicine, and autonomic nervous system regulation, Dr. Navaz Habib. Dr. Habib is a chiropractor, educator, international speaker, and author of the bestselling books \*Activate Your Vagus Nerve\* and \*Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve\*. His work has helped bring… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Navaz_Habib_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 15 – Virus and Food](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-15/) _2026-06-12 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Should You Feed A Viral Illness? This Nature news article discusses emerging evidence that eating may acutely enhance immune responsiveness, particularly through effects on T cells, the learning part of the adaptive immune system. The paper centers on the old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever,” suggesting there may actually be biologic truth behind at least the “feed a cold” half of the proverb.… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V15_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 14 – The Adult Chair](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-14-the-adult-chair/) _2026-06-07 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ The Adult Chair, the Adolescent Chair and the Child's Chair The Adult Chair by Michelle Chalfant is a practical framework for emotional maturity, self-awareness, and healing old patterns that unconsciously drive adult behavior. The central premise is that most people move through life reacting not from their grounded adult self, but from unresolved emotional states formed during childhood and… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V14.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 13 – Birth Order](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-13-birth-order/) _2026-06-01 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Birth Order Birth Order Is Biology, Not Birthright - so says a new paper in MedRxIV (Kramer et. al. 2026) Here is a short field guide to how sequence shapes the immune system, and maybe the brain in children. We’ve treated birth order like personality trivia. First-borns are “responsible.” Youngest are “free spirits.” Middle children… well, we forgot them. This paper suggests something more… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V13_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #112: Mona Delahooke, PhD – Beyond Behaviors](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-112-mona-delahooke-phd-beyond-behaviors/) _2026-05-22 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking books including Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting. Her work challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Mona_Delahooke_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 12 – Creatine and Microbiomes](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-12-creatine-and-microbiomes/) _2026-05-17 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Creatine and Microbiomes A new 2026 Cell Metabolism study explores a compelling and increasingly central idea in modern biology: the gut/brain/immune/metabolism axis is not just associative, it is mechanistic. Specifically, Dr. Lu and colleagues investigate how the gut microbiota can directly influence depressive behavior by reshaping systemic and neural metabolism. This is another in a long… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V12_.mp3) ## Select articles from April (Volume 103, Issue 4), May (Volume 103, Issue 5), and June (Volume 103, Issue 6), 2026 _2026-05-13 · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Quarterly Podcasts_ GIE audio presents selected abstracts from recent issues of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for your listening pleasure. [Listen](http://www.giejournal.org/pb-assets/Health%20Advance/journals/ymge/YMGE_Q2_2026_FullPodcast.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #111: Duey Freeman, MA – Attachment](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-111-duey-freeman-ma-attachment/) _2026-05-10 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today’s conversation moves into one of the deepest layers of human development: attachment, relationship, and the way early experiences shape the architecture of our emotional lives. My guest today is Duey Freeman, a licensed therapist, teacher, mentor, and internationally respected voice in attachment theory, human development, and relational… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Duey_Freeman_Interview_2026_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 11 – Magnesium](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-11-magnesium/) _2026-05-07 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Screenshot Magnesium Magnesium is a major cofactor in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body, less a supplement than a piece of physiologic infrastructure. It is required for energy production (ATP), insulin signaling, protein synthesis, blood pressure regulation, and proper muscle and nerve function, essentially touching every major system we care about. And it goes deeper: magnesium is… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V11_.mp3) ## [It's May (say it back)](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/its-may-say-it-back) _2026-05-01 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ Volume 1 Issue 12 ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNPxGn9l0xWQ) _2026-05-01 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 10 – Covid 6 Years Later](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-10-covid-6-years-later/) _2026-04-28 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Covid 6 Years Later What Should We Remember The COVID Post-Mortem: What We Missed (and What We Still Can Fix) We ran the largest public health experiment of our lifetime. We failed. Not everywhere. Not always. But in the places that mattered most, children, truth, and upstream health, we got it wrong. And if we don’t name it clearly, we’ll do it again. The First Mistake: Forgetting the Child When… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V10_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #110: F3 Nation and Fatherhood](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-110-f3-nation-and-fatherhood/) _2026-04-26 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome to Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast. Today’s conversation is a little different. Six men. One table. No scripts. Just a shared commitment to something that doesn’t come with a manual—fatherhood. We’re talking about what it means to show up as a dad when you’re tired, when you’re stretched thin, and when the stakes feel higher than anything else you do. And we’re grounding that… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Grateful_Elites_Podcast_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 9 – Leadership](https://www.docsmo.com/spa-newsletter-16v9-leadership/) _2026-04-24 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Brene Brown - Leadership Tools to Teach Your Children and SELF “Stand firmly enough to lead, loosely enough to listen.” Strong Ground by Brené Brown published in 2025 Breaking down this new book by the excellent Brene Brown, we find that strong leaders don’t eliminate tension or risk. They hold it. And this is key! What does the hold look like? How does it show up to the team? The theme in my mind… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V9_.mp3) ## [entitled](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/entitled) _2026-04-22 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ I am entitled to romanticize ## [Lindy goes West (part 2)](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/lindy-goes-west-part-2) _2026-04-21 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ aka - when everything is everywhere all at once (pop culture style) and it really is that serious ## [Sunday](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/sunday-d59) _2026-04-19 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ Volume 1 Issue 11 ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #109: Nutrition, Epigenetic Change and Childhood Disease](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-109-nutrition-epigenetic-change-and-childhood-disease/) _2026-04-19 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Nothing in biology is random. Not growth. Not metabolism. Not disease. What we will explore today is the reality that the earliest inputs in life: nutrition, environment, signaling, don’t just influence outcomes… They shape them. They write the first draft. And if you understand that, if you truly let that land, then everything about how we approach pregnancy, childhood, and prevention begins to… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Imprintome_Interview_.mp3) ## [Hey Siri, how do you kill a reflex?](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/hey-siri-how-do-you-kill-a-reflex) _2026-04-17 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ I will not look for you when I’m driving ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 8 – Systems Biology](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-8-systems-biology/) _2026-04-15 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ THE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE STORY DR. JEFF BLAND "Change occurs from the outside in" Dr. Bland Medicine has a habit of believing it has arrived. Every generation of physicians looks around the room, surveys the white coats and microscopes and MRI machines, and quietly assumes the puzzle is mostly solved. History laughs at that assumption. The truth is that medicine is always mid-sentence in a very… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V8.mp3) ## [Lindy goes West (part 1)](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/lindy-goes-west-part-1) _2026-04-14 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ aka - when everything is everywhere all at once (pop culture style) and it really is that serious ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W0qzHI9IgwH4) _2026-04-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Sunday](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/sunday) _2026-04-12 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ Volume 1 Issue 10 ## [in our time together these are some things that you did](https://mariansayer.substack.com/p/in-our-time-together-these-are-some) _2026-04-09 · Marian · in chiaroscuro_ you drew me an alien, which I laminated, and used as a bookmark. ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 7 – Biological Fitness](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-7/) _2026-04-05 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Elk Antlers - What a Story After returning from Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week, I was struck by the beauty of the Elk refuge, a place where thousands of elk relax in the winter lowlands. Staring at them, I pondered a question: why do the elk shed their antlers yearly? Seems like a lot of wasted energy in a resource scarce world. The answer, mating. Nature has a peculiar sense of theater. When… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V7_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #108: Halie Hauser – Storytime](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-108-halie-hauser-storytime/) _2026-03-29 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Screenshot On today’s episode of Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast, we welcome Halie Hauser, a pediatric clinician, storyteller, and quiet architect of early childhood connection. Halie is the creator of Storytime Explorers, a storytelling platform designed for toddlers and preschoolers that sits at the intersection of language, emotion, and human development. With a Doctor of Nursing… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Halie_Hauser_Interview_2.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 6 – Children](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-6-children/) _2026-03-12 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Why Don't They Win There are moments, usually late, usually quiet, when honest thinking can be had. When you zoom out and see the ecosystem around children not as a collection of caring institutions, but as a set of incentive machines. And incentive machines, unlike grandmothers, do exactly what they’re built to do. MAKE MONEY Tonight I sat with some difficult thoughts about the state of primary… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V6_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 5 – Relationship Balance](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-5-relationship-balance/) _2026-03-07 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Finding Relational Balance Relational balance falters when one person needs the other to feel safe or whole. A parent in a strained marriage or carrying childhood wounds may lean on a child for comfort. The child, loyal and loving, tries to meet that need. Over time, this can harden into dysfunction. Years ago, I cared for a mother and son locked in a budding enmeshed relationship. She could not… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V5_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #107: Sundeep Dugar, PhD – Drug Discovery](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-107-sundeep-dugar-phd-drug-discovery/) _2026-03-02 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ On today’s episode of Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast, we welcome a scientist whose work has quietly shaped the cardiovascular health of millions around the world. Dr. Sundeep Dugar is a pharmaceutical innovator, inventor, and industry leader with more than three decades at the forefront of drug discovery. He is best known as a co-inventor of ezetimibe — marketed as Zetia® — a landmark… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Sundeep_Dugar_Interview_2.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 4 – Relationships](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-4-relationships/) _2026-02-20 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Screenshot Literature Review: A) "Establishment of the gut microbiome during early life is a complex process with lasting implications for an individual’s health. Several factors influence microbial assembly; however, breast-feeding is recognized as one of the most influential drivers of gut microbiome composition during infancy, with potential implications for function. Differences in gut… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V4_.mp3) ## Select articles from October (Volume 100, Issue 4), November (Volume 100, Issue 5), and December (Volume 100, Issue 6), 2025 _2026-02-17 · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Quarterly Podcasts_ GIE audio presents selected abstracts from recent issues of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for your listening pleasure. [Listen](http://www.giejournal.org/pb-assets/Health%20Advance/journals/ymge/YMGE_Q4_2025_FullPodcast.mp3) ## Select articles from January (Volume 103, Issue 1), February (Volume 103, Issue 2), and March (Volume 103, Issue 3), 2026 _2026-02-17 · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Quarterly Podcasts_ GIE audio presents selected abstracts from recent issues of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for your listening pleasure. [Listen](http://www.giejournal.org/pb-assets/Health%20Advance/journals/ymge/YMGE_Q1_2026_FullPodcast.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 3 – Beyond Behaviors Chapter 4](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-3-beyond-behaviors-chapter-4/) _2026-02-14 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Chapter 4 of Beyond Behaviors is often read as a continuation of the neuroscience laid out in the first three chapters. That’s understandable, but it slightly misses the point. By the time Dr. Delahooke gets to Chapter 4, she’s largely done making the physiological argument. She now pivots to a far more practical and, frankly, more uncomfortable question: What does this mean we actually do as… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V3_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #106: Nayan Patel, PharmD – Glutathione](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-106-nayan-patel-pharmd-glutathione/) _2026-02-08 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children Firsts Podcast. Today’s conversation sits at the crossroads of chemistry, skepticism, and clinical innovation. Our guest is Nayan Patel, a pharmacist with more than three decades inside the world of drug formulation and delivery. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, where he now serves as adjunct faculty, teaching… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Nayan_Patel_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 2 – School Food](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-2-school-food/) _2026-01-31 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ School Based Nutrition - Why is it happening this way? There is a quiet experiment happening in American childhood, and we should stop pretending it’s benign. In the 1970s and 1980s, when I attended school, school food was far from perfect, but it existed in the context of something essential: it was mostly prepared on site, minimally processed (but changing in that direction) and not laden with… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V2_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #105: Carrie Jones, ND – Hormone Literacy](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-105-carrie-jones-nd-hormone-literacy/) _2026-01-25 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Dr. Carrie Jones, ND, MPH Hormone Literacy Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First, where we step back from symptoms and ask a more interesting question: how does the female hormonal system actually develop, adapt, and sometimes struggle across a lifetime? Today’s conversation spans that entire arc, from early life, to puberty, to fertility and more with someone who has spent more than… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Carrie_Jones_interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1 – Beyond Behaviors Part 3, Mona Delahooke, PhD](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-16-issue-1-beyond-behaviors-part-3-mona-delahooke-phd/) _2026-01-19 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Screenshot Chapter 3 - Individual Differences Dr. Delahooke starts Chapter 3 by allowing Margaret Mead to remind us that each child is absolutely unique: “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” This is more than a witty paradox, it is the hinge upon which all effective pediatric care swings. When we take individual differences seriously as neurobiological fact,… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_16V1_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 32 – Year in Review: 2025](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-15-issue-32-year-in-review-2025/) _2026-01-09 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ The Year in Review - 2025 Articles and Points of Interest: 1) Microplastics in the Brain - From Science Advances: "Human health is being threatened by environmental microplastic (MP) pollution. MPs were detected in the bloodstream and multiple tissues of humans, disrupting the regular physiological processes of organs. Nanoscale plastics can breach the blood-brain barrier, leading to neurotoxic… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_15V32_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #104: Maeve O’Connor, MD – Allergy and Immune Literacy](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-104-smaeve-oconnor-md-allergy-and-immune-literacy/) _2026-01-03 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Today, I’m joined by Dr. Maeve O’Connor, a board-certified allergist and immunologist practicing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. O’Connor’s training reflects both rigor and range. She completed dual undergraduate degrees at the University of South Carolina Honors College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish before earning her medical degree at the University of… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Maeve_O_Connor_Interview_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 31 – Poly Vagal Theory, Stephen Porges, PhD](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-15-issue-31-poly-vagal-theory-stephen-porges-phd/) _2025-12-31 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ I think that this is an important time to pause and relook at Polyvagal Theory before continuing with Beyond Behaviors. Polyvagal Theory: Current Status, Clinical Applications, and Future Directions (Porges, S. 2025) "Social behavior and the capacity to manage challenge are dependent on the neural regulation of physiological state." S. Porges When I dove into Stephen Porges’s 2025 review of the… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_15V31_.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #69 Repost – Stephen Porges, Ph.D. – Polyvagal Theory](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-women-and-children-first-podcast-69-repost-stephen-porges-ph-d-polyvagal-theory/) _2025-12-30 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ This week I sit down with Dr. Stephen Porges, a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/Stephen_Porges_Interview_2.mp3) ## [Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 30 – Beyond Behaviors Part 2, Mona Delahooke, PhD](https://www.docsmo.com/dr-ms-spa-newsletter-volume-15-issue-30-beyond-behaviors-part-2-mona-delahooke-phd/) _2025-12-26 · Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast_ Review of Chapter 2 of Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke, PhD "Social behavior and the capacity to manage challenge are dependent on the neural regulation of physiological state." S. Porges Top Down or Bottom Up? "Before We Respond to Behavior, We Need to Understand Its Origin." With a deceptively simple observation, Dr. Delahooke reshapes the entire field of behavioral intervention: children’s… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/pedcast/content.blubrry.com/pedcast/SPA_Newsletter_15V30_.mp3)