We discuss weight management for youth after Weight Watchers announced a new kids weight loss app. Then we preview OTRD’s re-production of the comedy “There’s Always a Woman.” And we talk about how Wisconsin fits into the announcement that Planned Parenthood would stop receiving money from Title X.
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Weight Watchers Stirs Controversy With App Aimed At Kids
Weight Watchers last week unveiled the app Kurbo, designed for children between eight and 17 years old. The company said that the app is based on pediatric nutrition research from Stanford University, but many people are saying could hurt kids in the long run. We get a pediatrician’s take.
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9XM Players Prove 'There's Always A Woman'
Wisconsin Public Radio’s 9XM Players bring the 1930s screwball mystery “There’s Always a Woman” to the stage in Minocqua and Oshkosh. We talk about why these plays still have such appeal decades later.
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Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood Title X Funding Ended In The Spring
Planned Parenthood announced this week it would refuse federal funding over a gag rule implemented by the Trump Administration preventing doctors from providing abortion referrals. But for Wisconsin clinics, that funding was reallocated five months ago. We talk discuss the news and its impact here.
Episode Credits
- Judith Siers-Poisson Host
- J. Carlisle Larsen Producer
- Judith Siers-Poisson Producer
- Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Guest
- Norman Gilliland Guest
- Michele Gerard Good Guest
- Corri Hess Guest
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