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Super Smoothies: Build a Better Smoothie
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Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Kentucky
Guest: Anna Cason, Extension Associate for Nutrition and Health
Season 6, Episode 37
Smoothies are a great way to start your day or satisfy midday munchies. Anna Cason joins Talking FACS to share strategies for building a better smoothie so you maximize nutrients and ease preparation woes. Smoothies are also a great way for using up ingredients that are nearing their expiration date!
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Encore Careers
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guests: Caroline Francis, Director of UK Alumni Career Services and Amy Gamblin, Associate Director of UK Alumni Career Services
Season 6, Episode 36
Encore careers are an excellent opportunity to try something new or maybe something you have always wanted to do. As we are living longer, the opportunity to have more than one career is a work path that many people are pursuing. Listen as Caroline Francis and Amy Gamblin share strategies for ensuring that your encore career is successful.
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Monday Mar 18, 2024
Cancer in Appalachia - A Collection of Youth Told Stories
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guests: Dr. Nathan Vanderford, Director, Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program, Markey Cancer Center, Holly Burke, ACTION Program Coordinator, Abby Knoy and Caylee Caudill, ACTION Program student participants
Cancer Conversations Episode 52
Kentucky has the greatest cancer burden in the country with the highest rates of new cases and deaths occurring in Appalachian Kentucky. The high rates of cancer are caused by health behaviors, such as tobacco use, and economic and social conditions, including poverty and insufficient healthcare infrastructure and access. Behind every cancer case lies individual stories of devastation.
Cancer in Appalachia: A Collection of Youth-Told Stories is an anthology of fictional stories -- short stories and a few poems -- about cancer in Appalachian Kentucky. The stories were written by a group of high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky.
Achin' by Abby Knoy
Back to Reality by Caylee Caudill
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Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Kentucky Kinship Resource Center
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, University of Kentucky
Guest: Sheila Rentfrow, MSeD, Kinship Program Coordinator | UK College of Social Work
Season 6, Episode 35
Across the nation, nearly 2.7 million young people are being raised by relatives and Kentucky is estimated to have one of the highest kinship care rates in the country. The Kentucky Kinship Resource Center provides services to meet the unique needs of kinship providers across the Commonwealth. It's nationally recognized one-on-one peer support group, KY-KINS was named the 2023 Parent Group of the Year.
Coming Soon: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Conference (click the image for additional information)
For more information about this topic:
Kentucky Kinship Resource Center - University of Kentucky College of Social Work (uky.edu)
UK Social Work Kinship Program certified, meeting critical state need - University of Kentucky College of Social Work (uky.edu)
Investing in Kinship Families: KY-KINS Provides Individualized Peer Support - University of Kentucky College of Social Work (uky.edu)
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Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Allowances: Life Skill Building
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, University of Kentucky
Guest: David Weisenhorn, PhD Extension Specialist for Parenting and Child Development
Season 6, Episode 34
Allowances can be excellent life skill building tools if parents put a bit of forethought into the process. On this episode of Talking FACS, Dr. David Weisenhorn shares many of the benefits of giving children allowances and strategies for helping them begin to develop financial management skills on a small scale.
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Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Building Community Connections through Stories
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guests: Sylvia Lovely, Founder of Connecting Our Voices and Dr. Amy Kostelic, Assistant Extension Professor for Adult Development and Aging,
Season 6, Episode 33
On this episode of Talking FACS our guests will help us understand the importance of keeping storytelling alive, not just our personal stories, but the stories that help build community and connectedness.
For more information:
Connecting Our Voices
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
How to Make a Career Pivot
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guests: Caroline Francis, Director of UK Alumni Career Services and Amy Gamblin, Associate Director of UK Alumni Career Services
Season 6, Episode 32
Are you thinking about make a significant change to your career path? While many people change jobs from time to time, changing careers might induce nerves. Caroline Francis and Amy Gamblin, from University of Kentucky Alumni Career Services, join Talking FACS to share strategies for successfully making a career pivot.
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Is Baby-led weaning for me and my baby?
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Kentucky
Guest: Dr. Courtney Luecking, Extension Specialist for Maternal and Child Health
Season 6, Episode 31
Baby-led weaning has grown in popularity in recent years, but what is it? Is it the right approach for me to help my baby transition to table food? Dr. Courtney Luecking joins the Talking FACS podcast to answer these questions and many more for parents who are on the brink of transitioning their infant to solid nourishment options.
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Friday Feb 09, 2024
Cancer related Feeding and Swallowing Issues
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guest: Tammy Wigginton, Speech Language Pathologist, UK Markey Cancer Center
Cancer Conversations Episode 51
Dysphagia or difficulty swallowing is a common complication in cancer patients and can be associated with the direct effects of the presence of a tumor, surgical resection of the cancer and/or the combined effects of chemo and/or radiation treatment. Tammy Wigginton, a board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, shares guidance for recognizing the onset of symptoms and implementation strategies to prevent or mitigate dysphagia effects.
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Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Bulking up a Thin Credit File
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guest: Kelly May, Senior Extension Associate for Family Finance and Resource Management
Season 6, Episode 30
How much do you know about what is in your credit file? On this episode of Talking FACS, Kelly May shares information about ways you might be able to improve your file with a couple of short term alternative options. As she cautions, the best advice to anyone who wants a solid credit file, is to ensure that you pay bills on time and keep credit balances low.
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Cannabis Myths
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, University of Kentucky
Guest: Dr. Alex Elswick, Extension Specialist for Substance Use Prevention and Recovery
Season 6, Episode 29
Many of the great thinkers of our time have said that "Knowledge is power!" When it comes to cannabis, how much do you know? Dispelling myths and providing knowledge is Dr. Alex Elwick's goal for this episode of Talking FACS.
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Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
A Lung Cancer Survivor's Story
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Host: Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guest: Lindi Campbell, Breath of Hope KY, Inc.
Season 6, Episode 28
January is Radon Action Month. Experts say that lung cancer affects Kentuckians at rates 50% higher than the national average. The second leading cause of lung cancer is radon. On this episode of Talking FACS, Lindi Huffman shares her story as a lung cancer survivor who was not considered at risk for developing lung cancer because she was not a smoker. She advocates for policy change to change the landscape of lung cancer causes in our state.
For more radon information:
Breath of Hope KY, Inc.
Radon in Kentucky (video)
Radon QuickFacts Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments
Kentucky's Radon Program
Radon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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