Heart Health Month with Dr Jake + Black History Month with Rob and Fox Richardson

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There's a lot going on in February, and this episode we're discussing two of those important events. 

First, we're talking about National Heart Health Month with Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, Pediatric Cardiologist at Ochsner Children's Hospital in New Orleans. Dr. Jake tells us how to keep our hearts and our kids' hearts healthy through healthy play and diets. He also talks about how to encourage exercise to teens without insinuating a hard workout at the gym (YouTube dance videos hellooo?!) and he tells us the signs we should and should not be concerned about when it comes to our kids' heart health.

Then we're marking Black History Month with an important and inspirational conversation with Rob and Fox Richardson, a New Orleans couple whose story of enduring love and strength has gone from book to the big screen in the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Time." 

Rob and Fox tell us how their love outlived all kinds of hurdles that many Black Americans face, including dozens of years spent incarcerated and away from each other and their kids. We get real and talk about the difficulties many Black people face when they try to reach the American Dream, their experience within the criminal justice system, and how they used their "indestructible human spirits" and faith in God to survive the harshest of times, like their ancestors before them. Together they have six sons and continue their advocacy for incarcerated families through the NOLA chapter of Participatory Defense Movement, an initiative of Rich Family Ministries, which they founded with the vision of “changing lives and laws through love” and dedicated to empowering families and marriages to thrive. Find out more about their book at foxandrob.com

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