One of the joys of summer is being able to go barefoot – as long as you are careful. But of course many business establishments won’t allow you inside because, they say, it is against the law or it violates health regulations if they let you in without shoes. . And that is completely false. Going barefoot is illegal NOWHERE in the U.S.

Also, we hear a lot about the “dumbing down” of society. Are people today more interested in the Kardashians than they are in the real important events of the day? Attorney Lisa Bloom, author of the book THINK! Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World (http://amzn.to/2qAmqZU ) is sure of it. She offers some startling facts about what people DON’T know that they really should know. And she has some advice – especially for parents – on how to reverse this dumbing down trend.

Then, no one wants to talk about cancer. But what if I told you there is some really good news in the war on cancer? Robin Hesketh is a research scientist and lecturer from the University of Oxford and author of the book, Betrayed by Nature: The War on Cancer (http://amzn.to/2rh65x9). Listen to my discussion with Robin and discover the promising science and the advancements made that is making a cancer diagnosis a little less frightening.

Finally, we live in a noisy world. And the problem is that all that noise isn’t just annoying it is also making you fatter, less productive, and more forgetful. Why and what to do about it in today's episode.