The DR & the DJ

This week on Dr. Amy Lindsey's B-sides to health we learn about 3 medicinal plants in the Pacific Northwest that many might confuse as weeds.* First, we explore the Dandelion or Taraxacum officinale, known to most as a pesky weed that takes over the lawn. However, this is a highly medicinal & nutritive plant. The leaves are bitter but will jump start the digestive system getting all the right signals going, letting the body know to prepare to digest food. The leaves are also a potassium sparing diuretic that are not overstimulating to the kidneys. This is useful for hypertension & edema. The root is used medicinally to support the liver primarily but is also great for the gall bladder & the entire digestive system. Next is the Stinging Nettle or Urtica dioica. This plant grows all over the Pacific Northwest & is known to most for its "sting" or brief stinging rash one gets from getting too close. However, the leaves are full of nutrients & depending on how they are used have different medicinal properties. Nettle leaves are also a diuretic when steeped in hot water. They are great for swollen joints & arthritis. The root of the plant is specifically for BPH or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, the non-cancerous enlarged prostate. If you steep the leaves in cold water for 5-6 hours, you do not get the diuretic effect, but instead get a cold tea full of minerals & vitamins such as Vitamin A, B, C as well as potassium & calcium. Last but not least is the California Poppy or Eschscholzia californica. This beautiful orange flower is also often classified as a weed in the Pacific Northwest. The whole plant can be used to calm the nervous system. Examples include stress, migraines, anxious thoughts, or as a gentle relaxant. It is a very safe & mild medicinal plant. Of course, never pick these plants from the side of the road where they have been subjected to car pollution, or never just pick them from random places in your neighborhood as they may have been sprayed with a toxic weed killer. You can get these plants at your local herbalist, natural food store, or your doctor. Always listen to your own doctor about the use of these plants & always get them from clean & safe sources. AmyThe DR & the DJ* Reminder: Nothing in this email or in this podcast is a substitute for medical or professional advice. Please always consult your doctor.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

Episode 4 opens with a view into John's life growing up in Spokane. He shares his experience with high school cliques, the role of music & how he ended up dating his cousin. Parenting can be heartbreaking, & when other kids are mean to our kids, how do we protect them & still be constructive? Amy & John share their experiences with bullying & how they maneuver social media & the pressure it puts on children. This week's guest is Dr. Jim Olson. Dr. Olson is best known for his work with scorpion venom & how it is advancing brain surgery in cancer patients. Dr. Olson, John & Amy discuss how the venom or "Tumor Paint" lights up the cancer cells making them easier to see & remove. We also hear how Dr. Olson found himself in the world of pediatric oncology & why music is so important to him professionally & personally. Dr. Amy tells us why she thinks our connection to the natural world is so important & explains how it plays a role in medicine. John & Amy share some Two Vintners Syrah & talk the significance of sibling relationships & loss. This week’s featured music is the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. As always, John & Amy remind us that We're Not Alone. The DR & the DJ Music by The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Palm Frauds, Joe Plummer & Chris Duryee. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Listen to more podcasts at Ruinous Media. Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

Today's prescription is for those that think rock is dead. It means one of two things, you're either listening to people who don't listen to rock OR you're listening to Maroon 5's Adam Levine who said..."It's funny, when the first Maroon 5 album came out there were still other bands. I feel like there aren't any bands anymore," he said. "That's the thing that makes me kind of sad, is that there were just bands. There's no bands anymore, and I feel like they're a dying breed.”- Adam Levine.That's right the man behind the hit songs "Unkiss Me," "Never Gonna Leave This Bed,” & of course "This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Mother Fucker" has declared there are no bands anymore. I have 100 bands I want to tell you about but let's go with three to remind you rock bands are alive & well and maybe take a look outside of the states to hear some of the best of it. From Ireland & now living in London, "The Clockworks.” The man behind Creation Records who has championed everyone from Oasis to The Libertines said "The Clockworks are the best band to come out of Ireland since MBV." This one is called "Feels So Real" & it's a banger.Yard Act. Out of Leeds. NME said they are hilarious no wave-tinged bangers embracing political divides. Their single "Dark Days" sums up the last year nicely.Shame. From South London, their second full length "Drunk Tank Pink" just came out & when live shows start again, you are going to want to see them to prove to yourself that LIVE rock is also very much not dead. This one is called “Alphabet."There you have it, three songs that show you rock isn't dead. I'm working on a rock playlist on my Spotify page you can find me there & everywhere at djjohnrichards & Adam Levine, call me man, I'm here to help. DJ John RichardsThe DR & the DJJoin Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

Episode 3 opens with an experience Amy had growing up in the Mormon church, what that inspired and why and how she ultimately left as a young adult. In parenting this week, we get John and Amy’s view on the balance of domestic and “work” duties and how that will influence their kid’s empathetic perspective. This week’s guest is New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo (So You Want To Talk About Race). John, Amy and Ijeoma discuss what it was like to write and release her newest book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy Of White Male America, during the pandemic and how she adjusted her home life to get the work done. Ijeoma gives us her perspective on Seattle’s response to the BLM movement and how the focus on uprisings rather than historical activism is misguided. They discuss how lack of accountability and societal connection plays a role in on going white supremacy and the collective responsibilities of white society in working towards ending systemic racism. Ijeoma also tells us why she’s looking forward to the spring and what her other writing interests are outside of anti-racism. Amy teaches John the meaning of “Epigenetics” and the impact of stress on our DNA. In Weekday Wine, John and Amy sip Topo Chico sparkling mineral water and discuss the ritual of having a drink and what Amy calls the “Pandemic Creep”. This weeks featured music is by Gabriel Teodros, from his newest record What We Leave Behind. As always, John and Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone.The DR & the DJMusic by Gabriel Teodros, Palm Frauds, Chris Duryee and Joe Plummer. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Explore more podcasts at Ruinous Media.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

This week on The DR & the DJ podcast, we feature B-sides to Health, with Dr. Amy Lindsey.*Happy Friday everyone!This week on B-sides to Health we are going to talk about stress, intuition and instincts.Have you ever said “I just know.... I feel it in my gut.” Or how about “it’s a gut instinct for me.”Intuition and instinct are often described as a "feeling in our gut" and are crucial to our mental and physical well-being and safety. However,they are not the same thing!This week on the podcast I share why instinct and intuition are different, yet both important to our health and how chronic stressaffects our ability to tune in. When we are stressed, we mistake worry and fear with instinct and intuition. Be sure to listen this week as I share some tips to help with that stress so you can be sure to listen in to both your instincts and your intuition.AmyThe DR & the DJ*Nothing in this email or in this featured audio is a substitute for medical advice from a medical professional familiar with yoursituation.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

We begin episode 2 of The DR and the DJ with a story from Amy. Following a tragedy in her family, she hits rock bottom and finds herself in an in-patient care program at the University of Washington medical center. Amy tells us how she got there and how music, community and exercise played a role in lifting her out of this low point and got her back on her feet again. The isolation of the pandemic have been tough for both adults AND children. John and Amy talk about how they are coping with their children’s feelings of aloneness and the difficulties of conveying love for your children through rules. The episode guest is Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service. In addition to writing, recording and touring in his rock n roll bands, Ben is an Ultra runner. He tells how about the frustration of a recent injury and what he is doing to cope with the recovery. In addition, the three speculate that the endurance athlete “mindset” may be helpful through the pandemic and the lifestyle changes that come with it. John, Amy and Ben also discuss the future of live concerts in Seattle and what it may look like for touring bands. Amy shares why we feel “in the zone” when we’re running and what roles both the sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems play in feeling good when we exercise. Also, why any sort of movement can be beneficial and move us toward a more present mental state. In Weekday Wine, John and Amy share their first experiences drinking alcohol over a fine rye whisky. Yum! This weeks featured music is Deep Sea Diver. As always, John and Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone.https://thedrandthedj.com/ Music by Deep Sea Diver, Ben Gibbard, Chris Duryee and Joe Plummer. Theme music by Michael Lerner.Produced by Ruinous Media and Pair Music Collective.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

This week's music prescription is "Songs of Hope." Many of us continue to struggle as we pass the one year mark of the pandemic and we rely on music to help get us through. These three songs are a good start to hope recovery and are a helpful addition to your diet during hard times.Arlo Parks “Hope”TV on the Radio “Trouble”The Mountain Goats “This Year"For a full playlist of Rx “Songs of Hope," find me on Spotify at djjohnrichards.JohnThe DR and the DJ podcastJoin Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

In this debut episode of The DR and the DJ, we meet our hosts, super couple DJ John Richards (KEXP) and Dr. Amy Lindsey (Craft and Clinic Naturopathic Medicine). We hear their views on music, health, human connection and how these things intersect in everyone’s everyday life. They share their inspiration and path to creating The DR and the DJ podcast.We open with a peek into John and Amy’s everyday life. A routine trip to the drug store gives us insight into who is better equipped to administer an emergency life-saving procedure...a DR or a DJ? They also share their pandemic parenting experiences and why that bedside drawer is better kept off limits to the kids. Our center piece is an interview with Josiah Johnson formerly of The Head and the Heart and now a successful solo artist. We focus on identity and what it means to him going forward in his career. Josiah discusses rebuilding his career after sobriety and Head and the Heart, shares his personal vulnerability, and his thoughts on sexual identity. Throughout the episode we celebrate the music from Josiah’s record “Every Feeling On A Loop." Is mother nature telling us to stay in and bulk up during the winter? Amy hips us to the truth on vitamin D absorption and how, coupled with sunlight, it impacts our mood. In the Weekday Wine segment, John and Amy share their views on midweek drinking, what is culturally “normal” consumption, and how it effects our health and John’s sleep. And as always, John and Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone.Music by Josiah Johnson, Palm Fronds, Chris Duryee and Joe Plummer. Theme music by Michael Lerner.Podcast produced by Ruinous Media and Pair Music Collective.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.

Coming soon......The DR & the DJ is a podcast about the power of music, health, and community hosted by DR Amy Lindsey and DJ John Richards. Amy and John share their own experiences in the pursuit of health and the health of their communities. They chat with musicians, authors, doctors, and more and have fun along the way.Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.