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Tell It Like It Is: Dr. Jill Stein (Audio)

Nov 01, 2012
Hosted by Christina Malisoff and Kieran Riley.
Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein joins co-hosts Christina Malisoff and Kieran Riley to discuss a variety of issues. Will be replayed again at 4 a.m. Fri., Nov. 2. Dr. Jill Stein is a mother, physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate. She is the co-author of two widely-praised reports, "In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development," published in 2000, and "Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging," published in 2009. The reports promote green local economies, sustainable agriculture, clean power, and freedom from toxic threats. Her "Healthy People, Healthy Planet" teaching program reveals the links between human health, climate security, and green economic revitalization. This body of work has been presented at government, public health and medical conferences, and has been used to improve public policy. Stein was born in Chicago and raised in suburban Highland Park, Illinois. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1973, and from Harvard Medical School in 1979. Stein lives in Lexington, MA.