Another Set of Thoughts from Owmapow’s Sister
by KJ Hannah Greenberg

 

 

432 Bant Street

West Greenwich, RI 02817

December 13, 2024

 

Tim Anderly

Programming Director

WHOYAALL Radio

467 Alexander Road

Providence, RI 02912

 

Dear Tim,

I enjoyed speaking with you on December 7th about a program for WHOYAALL’s new format. We discussed a talk show about health care consumerism and agreed both that Millennials are interested in integrated care, as indicated by their spending habits, and that such an offering would draw advertisers.

As you may recall, my proposed show, Mama Talk will explore an array of possibilities for maintaining and improving spiritual, psychological, and physical well-being. By means of either  a half hour of interviews followed by half hour open calls, or by means of an hour of dialoguing with guests, Mama Talk will inform listeners about available wellness choices.

Some of the possible Mama Talk topics that we discussed were:

Sex Workers’ Rights

Birthday Stress

Sequencing Work and Children

Crisis Management Part I: What to do When you are Bedridden

Crisis Management Part II: What to do When a Family Member is Bedridden

Discipline as Internal Structure

Negotiating with Your Children’s Teachers

Composting

Music Therapy

 

Enclosed, please find: a title, a lead in, and a few topic ideas. I have also included some thoughts about the ideal nature of guests, but not about specific individuals. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at 609-747-0137.

Beyond teaching about language, writing academic papers on related topics, hosting a talk show while in college, and working, decades ago, in public relations, I bring my enthusiasm about consumer-empowered health care, and my nurturing instincts to this project. I like the idea of a “test flight” in January.

Give me a few weeks’ notice and I can start to line up guests. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Best Regards,

Dr. Rachel Brownstone

drrbrownstone@brown.edu

 

PS: Enclosed, please find three high quality photocopies of my latest academic discourse,  “Invention and Communication Morality,” my mailing address, and my abbreviated biography. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. My address on X is @DrRacBrownstone.

The Mama Talk Show: Dialogue on Conscientious Health Care With Dr. B!

There are a lot of ideas “out there” about how to take care; New Age, New Hope, Alternative, Conventional, Conservative, Liberal, Eastern Herbs, Western Herbs, Native American Indian, Continental Indian, Hands on, Hands off, Doctor as savior, Doctor as friend, Doctor as Foe and more. Amid this array, you need to make smart choices about your health.  Your time, your money, and most importantly, your life. Try flying without wings.

 

Mama Talk will help.  Each week we’ll listen, together, to the ideas of expert folks grounded in many different ways of looking at the well-being picture. From cranky babies to condom use, from ceramic fillings for your teeth to sunrise meditations, we will explore the “who,” the “how” and the “wherewithal” of taking care of your insides and your outsides. After the professionals talk, it will be your turn. You’re invited to pick up that phone and dial Mama.

 

Bio:

Dr. Rachel Brownstone is an aspiring mother. During spare moments, she teaches at Brown University in the English Department’s Ph.D. program. To boot, she studies medicinal herbs, gardens, meditates, is working on her childbirth educator certification, and asks lots of questions. She’s particularly fond of tincturing sorrel, of singing off key and of teaching other people how to ask questions. 

 

Preliminary Topics for Mama Talk:

 

I. *Childbirth Options*

Guests: an ob-gyn associated with a hospital; a CNM (certified nurse midwife) who specializes in home birth, an empirical midwife (not conventionally trained), and a doctor or midwife associated with a nonhospital birth center.

 

II. *Nutrition*

Guests: a biochemist/nutritionist, an herbalist/nutritionist, a conventional nutritionist, and a consumer advocate of food safety.

 

III. *Mercer’s Green Wonders*

Guests: the head of education at a community-based agriculture co-op, the head of education at a private, organic farm, and the head of education at a local university’s weekend farming program.

 

IV. *Witnessing Child Abuse*

Guests: a DYFS caseworker, an elementary school principal, a member of the clergy, and a member of Parents Anonymous.

 

V *Beyond Swedish Massage*

Guests: an acupuncturist, a polarity specialist, and an ayurvedic chiropractor.

 

VI. *Your Pet’s Health*

Guests: an alternative vet, a conventional vet, and a pet shelter manager.

 

VII. *Making Up With Your Children*

Guests: a child psychologist, a member of the clergy, and a parenting skills instructor.

 

VIII. *Making Medicine*

Guests: a pharmacology professor, an eastern herbalist, a western herbalist, and a member of a religious community that disavows utilizing medicine.

 

IX: *Charity*

Guests: an officer of an umbrella charity, an officer of a local charity, and clergy from various faiths.

 

X. *Breastfeeding*

Guests: a La Leche League leader, a lactation consultant, a working mother who breastfed, and an at home mother who breastfed.

 

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