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>> THIS TIME ON BROAD&HIGH ARTISTS AND ART ENTHUSIASTS REVEAL THE SECRET TO A GOOD LONG LIFE.

FORMER BUCK EILEENS IN CREATIVITY IN RETIREMENT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT LAUGHTER AS GOOD MEDICINE.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD&HIGH.

WELCOME TO BROAD&HIGH.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE'LL EXPLORE THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF EFFECTS OF CREATIVITY AND ARTS ON OUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING.

IN OUR FIRST SEGMENT, WE TALK WITH THREE RESIDENTS OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF ART THROUGHOUT A LIFETIME FIRST HAND.

AS PART OF A GROUP CALLED ARTVENTURES AND AS LIFE LONG CREATIVES THEY ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW ART MAKES US FEEL MORE ALIVE.

>> AS A CHILD, I COULD COLOR IN COLORING BOOKS.

THERE WERE NO ART TEACHERS, SO I SORT OF GUESSED AT WHAT A MEDIUM WOULD DO.

THE MOST INEXPENSIVE MEDIUM WAS A WATER COLOR.

A BRUSH AND THE SET THAT EVERY SCHOOL CHILD HAD AT THAT TIME.

MY SISTER AND I WENT TO OSU AFTER WE WERE 65.

WE MET OTHER WOMEN.

WE ARE IN A COUPLE GROUPS TOGETHER.

AND WE EXHIBIT TOGETHER, AND IT'S EXCITING AND THERE IS NEVER NOTHING TO DO.

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO EITHER START OR FINISH OR IMPROVE.

SO I RECOMMEND IT.

YOU CAN START AND STOP TOO.

START AND STOP.

IT'S NOT LIKE PRACTICING AN INSTRUMENT WHERE YOU DO LOSE MAYBE A LITTLE EDGE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE NEVER AN END.

I AM 92.

I HAVE JUST RECENTLY BECOME AWARE THAT I CAN'T COUNT ON ANOTHER 20 YEARS.

I THOUGHT WOW, BUT THIS WAVE HAS KEPT ME UP LIKE THAT.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING AHEAD.

IT'S NOT FINISHED.

IT'S WHAT IF I DO THIS?

WHENEVER I SEE A FLOWER, OH I WANT TO DO THAT, I WANT TO PAINT IT, DRAW IT, CAPTURE IT, HOLD IT.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE GO PAST EVERY DAY THAT HAVE GREAT BEAUTY IF YOU STOP AND LOOK AND THINK.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARTISTS DO.

IF YOU CAN TURN ON A QUEST IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE, THEN YOU GO ON.

YOU LIVE BEYOND.

THE VISUAL IS IMPORTANT.

IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, AND IT IS LEGAL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT IT CONNECTS ME WITH PEOPLE.

THE OTHER MOST IMPORTANT THING IS IT MAKES ME THINK.

BECAUSE OF ARTVENTURES, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SOME PLACE THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO GO IN THE PAST, TO EXPLORE SOME PLACE.

SO COMING BACK TOGETHER ON THE TRIP IT PROVIDED A LOT FOR TALKING ABOUT WHAT DID YOU SEE, WHAT DID YOU THINK?

I CAN GO TO THE MUSEUM AND LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOVE, AND IT CALMS ME DOWN.

BUT IT ALSO CAN HELP US TO THINK THROUGH AND TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER THINGS.

FOR ME, THAT'S A REAL BOOST.

I LEARNED FROM ARTISTS WHO WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAN I DO BECAUSE IT MAY BE SOMETHING I WANT TO TRY TO INCLUDE.

THERE IS A LONG STEP BETWEEN STARTING IT OR THINKING YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT AND GETTING TO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A PAINTING.

THERE IS A LOT OF PRACTICE IN BETWEEN, WHAT MAY BE THE BEGINNING AND WHAT COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AND MOVING FROM WHAT'S SUCCESSFUL TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SUCCESSFUL.

ART BRINGS A GREAT JOY TO MY LIFE.

WHEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I AM NOT ABLE TO DO IT FOR SAY A WEEK AT A TIME, IT'S NOT GOOD.

I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.

AS SOON AS I EITHER GET BACK IN THE STUDIO OR I GO OUT AND PAINT, I ALWAYS HAVE A SKETCH BOOK WITH ME AND I WILL DO SOME DRAWING.

AND EVERYTHING IS RIGHT.

EVERYTHING IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.

IT'S INTERESTING AND HELPFUL TO ME TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT ART, OTHER PEOPLE'S ART AS WELL AS MY ART AND GET THEIR TAKE ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AND IT'S JUST A CONTINUING LEARNING.

I'LL NEVER KNOW EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW, BUT IT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP DOING IT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.

PEOPLE WILL TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY CAN'T DRAW.

I WILL SAY TAKE A PENCIL AND DO SOMETHING.

IT CAN BE A STICK FIGURE.

REALLY IT'S JUST WHATEVER IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.

DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF THAT YOU THINK IT HAS TO BE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN A MUSEUM OR IN A GALLERY.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW THE ART IS STARTED.

IT'S JUST TAKING TIME AND IT'S ALSO A WAY JUST TO LOSE YOURSELF.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN I'M IN HERE.

>> TO SEE MORE OF BECKY'S WORK FIND HER ONLINE AT COLLAGEOFWOMENARTISTSCOM/REBECCA - TAFT.

TOSEEMORE OF RACHEL'S.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW CHUCK HUTCHINSON AS A FORMER NFL PLAYER.

AFTER RETIRING AS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE HE BECAME SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

JOIN US AS WE MEET WITH CHUCK IN HIS GARDEN TO UNCOVER HOW HE TRANSFORMED HIS YARD INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY LANDSCAPE.

>> I AM CHUCK HUTCHINSON.

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PLAY ON THE 1968 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AT OHIO STATE.

FROM THERE I WENT TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FOR SEVEN YEARS, WAS A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, RETIRED AT AGE 60 TO ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE GARDEN THAT WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.

BUCKY WAS MY FIRST DOG, BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER.

HE WAS THE GREATEST COMPANION THAT YOU COULD EVER HAVE.

AN ACRE AND THREE QUARTERS, IT'S PLANTED FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE.

I FIGURED IF I WAS GOING TO PAY TAXES ON IT, I WAS GOING TO USE ALL OF IT.

I HAVE NEVER WORKED A DAY IN THIS GARDEN.

I PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF SWEPT --SWEAT, BUT I HAVE NEVER WORKED.

WHEN I GOT INTO RETIREMENT, I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER FOR NONPROFITS, IMPROVE MY GOLF GAME.

AND I WANTED A MENTOR.

WELL, AFTER THREE YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU I FAILED MISERABLY AT ALL THREE.

WHEN I REALIZED YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A HARD LOOK ON WHAT IS IT THAT MADE ME WHO I AM?

ONCE I DO THAT AND SETBACK AND REFLECTED ON ALL RIGHT WHAT MADE CHUCK HUTCHINSON WHO HE IS, ALL OF THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN THE GARDEN?

I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET IN THAT GARDEN IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO WHO I WAS.

I NEEDED TO GET MY HANDS DIRTY.

I NEEDED TO START TO SWEAT.

I NEEDED TO GO IN AND START DOING HARD WORK.

WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE IN 2009 WHEN WE RETIRED.

THE GARDEN WAS AN OVER GROWN JUNGLE.

I HAD NO FORMAL DESIGN.

NOTHING WAS PUT DOWN ON PAPER.

I CAN'T DRAW A STICK PERSON.

I HAD TO EXPERIENCE IT.

I HAD TO SEE IT.

I HAD TO FEEL IT.

I HAD TO MOVE IT.

THAT WAS MY TEACHER.

THE TERM EVERYONE USES IS TRIAL AND ERROR, BUT I DON'T THINK IF YOU TRY SOMETHING THERE IS AN ERROR.

THE ONLY ERROR IS IF YOU NEVER LEARNED ANYTHING FROM WHAT YOU TRIED.

TO ME, IT'S TRIAL AND LEARN.

THERE ARE OVER 3000 PLANTS IN THE GARDEN, 375 DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

AT LEAST A THIRD OF THEM HAVE MOVED AT LEAST ONCE.

MANY HAVE MOVED FIVE TIMES.

THE GARDEN CHANGES EVERY DAY.

THE ELEMENTS CHANGE.

THE LIGHT CHANGES.

AFTER A RAINFALL, THE PLANTS CHANGE.

MOST OF MY LIFE, MOST OF EVERYBODY'S LIFE IS ABOUT CHANGE.

THE QUESTION THAT COMES OVER AND OVER AND OVER FROM EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN THE GARDEN INCLUDING MY WIFE EVERY DAY IS "ARE YOU FINISHED" AND MY RESPONSE IS I AM MORE DONE TODAY THAN I WAS YESTERDAY.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE DONE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I AM DONE WITH ALL THE REAL HARD STUFF.

I FINALLY SIT DOWN IN THE BENCH IN THE GARDEN AND BEFORE PEOPLE WOULD WALK IN AND SAY DO YOU EVER SIT ON THE BENCHES?

I SAY HOW THE HELL CAN I GET ANYTHING DONE IF I SIT ON A BENCH?

I FINALLY GET TO SIT ON A BENCH AND LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME.

THE FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND WHAT IT GIVES ME, I CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPLAIN.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHUCK AND ALL HIS ENDEAVORS, CHUCKHUTCHINSON.

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WE STEP INTO THE KITCHEN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS TRANSFORMATIVE JOY TO AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES THROUGH THE ART OF IMPROVISATION, COMEDIC PERFORMANCE, INNOVATIVE STORY TELLING.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL MAKE A QUICK BITE.

WITH ME IS KRISTIE VOUCOLO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TELL US ABOUT GOOD MEDICINE PRODUCTIONS.

>> IT IS A NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANY.

OUR MISSION IS TO BRING TRANSFORMATIONAL JOY TO HUMANS OF ALL AGES THROUGH ART OF COMEDIC PERFORMANCE, IMPROVISATION, INNOVATIVE STORY TELLING.

2026 MARKS OUR TENTH YEAR.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S A HUGE MILESTONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL JOY.

I AM EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

TODAY I HAVE SELECTED A RECIPE THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

IT'S TO MAKE, A CROWD PLEASER.

BANANA BREAD.

IT'S SIMPLE.

PEOPLE LOVE IT.

DO YOU LIKE TO BAKE?

>> I LIKE TO BAKE MORE THAN I LIKE TO COOK, SO THIS IS GREAT.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FUN AND EASY TO MAKE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DELICIOUS SNACK.

>> THE INGREDIENTS WE'LL NEED ARE THREE CUPS OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR, ONE TEASPOON BAKING SODA, THREE QUARTERS OF A TEASPOON OF SALT, THREE LARGE EGGS, TWO CUPS SUGAR, ONE AND A THIRD CUP VEGETABLE OIL, TWO TABLESPOON OF PURE VANILLA, THREE BANANAS, ONE CUP WALNUT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, PRETTY BASIC STUFF.

ONE THING PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE IS BUTTERMILK.

TO MILK YOU CAN ADD VINEGAR OR LEMON JUICE AND STIR IT IN AND IT BECOMES BUTTERMILK.

IF YOU CAN GET BUTTERMILK, THAT'S BEST.

IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN USE THAT.

WE WILL MIX THE DRY INGREDIENTS.

WE HAVE THE FLOUR, BAKING SODA, SALT.

WE'LL GET THEM IN THIS BOWL.

I KNOW WE ARE WORKING WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL GET THAT IN.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU CAN DUMP IT IN.

>> GREAT.

>> BAKING SODA AND SALT.

>> THERE IS A WHISK OVER THERE.

YOU CAN WHISK THAT TOGETHER.

WE'LL GET THOSE MIXED.

WE'RE GOING TO SET THOSE ASIDE.

NEXT IS THE WET INGREDIENTS.

I HAVE OUR EGGS IN HERE.

TO THAT I WILL ADD OUR OIL AND SUGAR AND MIX THOSE UP.

I WILL GET THE EGGS GOING.

SUGAR IS GOING IN.

NOW OUR OIL.

WE'LL MIX THESE TOGETHER UNTIL THEY COMBINE.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU ALWAYS DO DRY INGREDIENTS INTO THE WET INGREDIENTS?

>> TYPICALLY, YES.

IN SOME COOKIE RECIPES THERE IS A REVERSE CREAMING METHOD WHERE YOU USE COLD BUTTER AND IT'S KIND OF OPPOSITE FROM WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO.

TYPICALLY YOUR WET INGREDIENTS AND DRY INGREDIENTS ARE SEPARATE.

ALL RIGHT.

MAKE SURE IT IS ALL MIXED.

THAT'S WHEN YOU USE THE MEASURING CUP AND WE CAN ADD THE DRY INGREDIENTS.

LET ME GET IT PULLED BACK UP AGAIN BEFORE YOU DO THAT.

I AM GOING TO PUT IT ON LOW.

DO YOU WANT TO SCOOT IT OVER AND START SLOWLY ADDING THAT IN?

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

>> AWESOME.

>> GREAT.

WE'LL LET THAT COMBINE AND THEN FOR MOST RECIPES WITH FLOUR, ONCE THE FLOUR IS IN YOU DON'T WANT TO BEAT IT TOO MUCH.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT DEVELOPING GLUTEN.

I DON'T KNOW THE SCIENCE.

BUT IT CAN MAKE YOUR BAKED GOODS TOUGH.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO ADD THE VANILLA.

ADD THAT AND I CAN GET THIS GOING.

THEN WE CAN DO THE BANANAS.

WHILE I AM DOING THIS, I WILL HAVE YOU PEEL THE BANANAS AND DROP THEM IN THERE.

MASH THEM UP.

WE'VE GOT A MASHER.

>> OKAY.

>> WE'LL GET SHOWS SMUSHED.

THIS IS GREAT USE OF OVER RIPE BANANAS.

>> HAPPENS AT MY HOUSE A LOT.

>> FASTER THAN YOU THINK.

>> YES.

>> ONCE WE GET THOSE ALL MASHED UP, WE'LL ADD THOSE IN.

ADD OUR BUTTERMILK OKAY.

SPRINKLE THE WALNUTS IN AND GIVE IT A FINAL MIX.

THEN WE ARE READY TO PUT IT IN OUR PAN.

WE HAVE OUR LOVELY BANANA BREAD READY TO GO.

WE HAVE TWO LOAF PANS, 9 BY 5, COOKING SPRAY.

I WILL EYEBALL THE BATTER BETWEEN THE TWO.

WE HAVE A LONG BAKE TIME, OVEN PREMEATED TO 350.

THEY BAKE 60 TO 65 MINUTES.

DEPENDING ON THE OVEN I SOMETIMES TURN THEM HALFWAY THROUGH.

I SET THE TIMER FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEN ROTATOR SHIFT THEM.

IT DEPENDS HOW WELL YOU KNOW YOUR OVEN IF THAT WILL HELP OR NOT.

SOMETIMES THAT WILL HELP WITH BAKING.

THESE ARE THICK STURDY BREADS SO THEY TAKE TIME BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER DO IT.

SET YOUR TIMER FOR A FEW MINUTES SHY AND YOU CAN PULL IT OUT AND STICK A TOOTHPICK IN.

IF IT COMES OUT CLEAN OR WITH MOIST CRUMBS, YOU KNOW IT'S DONE.

GET THESE IN THE OVEN AND WE'LL HAVE A TREAT IN AN HOUR.

OKAY.

WHILE OUR DELICIOUS BANANA BREAD IS IN THE OVEN, TELL ME ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE CAN EXPECT WHEN THEY COME TO A PERFORMANCE.

>> SURE.

GOOD MEDICINE PERFORMANCES ARE NOT SOMETHING WHERE THE AUDIENCE IS A PASSIVE OBSERVER.

OUR MISSION IS TO BRING TRANSFORMATIONAL JOY.

WE FEEL FOR THE AUDIENCE TO FEEL THAT JOY THEY HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE UP AND ACTING IN THE SHOWS BUT SHOWS ARE INTERACTIVE, IMMERSIVE IN SOME WAY.

OUR SIGNATURE HOLIDAY SHOW, WE ARE DOING THIS IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS THIS DECEMBER.

THAT IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE AUDIENCE IS SCROOGE.

WHEN THEY GET TO THE THEATER, THE GHOSTS ARE ALREADY THERE.

THEY GET TO THE AUDIENCE AS SCROOGE GETS TO DECIDE WHAT ORDER, HOW THE JOURNEY IS GOING TO UNFOLD.

>> NO WAY.

SO CLEVER.

>> YEAH.

IT'S AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION.

I WROTE IT TEN YEARS AGO AND IT'S EVOLVED ALONG THE YEARS.

BUT THE AUDIENCE GETS TO PICK THAT ORDER AND THEN WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS NOT, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PRESENT SECTION FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A REGULAR CHRISTMAS CAROL.

WE TALK ABOUT PRESENT DAY ISSUES, RISING COST OF HEALTHCARE, PERHAPS ALGORITHMS KEEPING US FROM ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER.

HOPEFULLY AT A GOOD MEDICINE PRODUCTION THE AUDIENCE HAS EXPERIENCED SOMETHING TOGETHER AND COME OUT CONNECTED SOMEHOW.

>> THAT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE ELSE.

AMAZING.

WITH THE SCROOGE PRODUCTION OR OTHERS, IS IT DIFFERENT EVERY TIME?

LIKE IF YOU COME TO A DIFFERENT SHOW?

>> YEAH.

>> SO COOL.

>> THE BONES ARE THERE BUT THE ORDER WILL BE DIFFERENT EVERY TIME.

YOU CAN COME TO EVERY PRODUCTION OF THE SHOW AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> THAT'S REALLY CLEVER.

I LOVE IT.

WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> SO OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM IS GOOD MEDICINE SPECIALIST PROGRAM.

I LIKE TO DESCRIBE SOMETIMES THAT GOOD MEDICINE IS A HEALTHCARE THEATER COMPANY.

BECAUSE OUR YEAR ROUND PROGRAM BRINGS THERAPEUTIC COMEDIC PERFORMERS, BED SIDE TO SENIOR FACILITIES, PEDIATRIC FACILITIES LIKE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE.

>> WOW!

>> WE GO IN AS COMEDIC DUOS.

WE DON'T GO IN AND DO SHOWS.

WE DO ONE ON ONE ENGAGEMENTS AND USE LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTERS WHO COME IN WITH A GENTLE PLAY, IMPROVISATION, TO FIND WAYS TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS AND PATIENTS IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS NOT MUCH POWER, WHERE THEY FEEL FAIRLY POWERLESS.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND TO HAVE THE CONNECTION TO THE ARTS, I FEEL THAT'S HEALING.

>> YEAH.

EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO, PERFORMANCES, CLASSES FOR KIDS, PHYSICAL COMEDY, IMPROV.

WE DO A CAMP IN THE SUMMER, GOOD MEDICINE WIZARD CAMP.

>> WHAT?

>> IT'S INSPIRED BY HARRY POTTER SERIES.

LEADERS ARE IN CHARACTER THE WHOLE TIME BUT THE IDEA THERE IS TO USE THEE AT RICKS AND IMAGINATION TO CREATE THIS MAGICAL WORLD WHERE WE USE OUR MAGIC TO CREATE MORE KINDNESS IN THE WORLD.

>> SO SPECIAL.

THAT'S GREAT.

>> ALL OF THAT WORKS TO FUND OUR SPECIALIST PROGRAMS IN THE SENIOR CENTERS AND PEDIATRIC FACILITIES.

>> WOW, THAT'S A GREAT KIND OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION YOU HAVE GOING ON THERE.

WONDERFUL.

I AM SO GLAD TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF I WERE TO GO SEE A GOOD MEDICINE PRODUCTION, THAT ENSEMBLE ARE THEY THE SAME FOLKS GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING THE WORK?

>> MANY OF THEM.

MANY OF THEM ARE.

THAT ENSEMBLE THAT THEN WORKS IN SENIOR PROGRAMS AND AT THE PEDIATRIC FACILITIES AND SPECIAL ENSEMBLE, THAT IS PART OF THEIR DAY JOBS WHERE THEY HAVE SPECIAL TRAINING, ONGOING TRAINING THAT'S NOT ONLY IN THE ARTISTRY OF WHAT WE DO BUT ALSO IN SPECIAL ISSUES DEALING WITH FOLKS WITH DEMENTIA AND CHILDREN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT STAGES.

>> SO THAT'S QUITE AN INVESTMENT YOU ARE MAKING TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY GO OUT AND BE PREPARED AND TRAINED TO WORK WITH THOSE GROUPS.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S A SPECIAL POPULATION.

AGAIN, WE TRY TO GO AND MEET THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

WE DON'T RUSH IN LIKE HEY LOOK AT ME.

IT'S MORE ABOUT LOOK AT THEM AND HELPING CELEBRATE THEM, MAKING THEM FEEL EMPOWERED, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

WE USE OUR THEATRICS TO HELP THEM FEEL THAT.

TAG LINE IS FIND YOUR JOY.

I FEEL THIS IS A CATALYST FOR PEOPLE TO FIND IT WITHIN THEMSELVES.

>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL CREATION.

>> WE DID IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS WITH ME.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME.

SMELLS APE --AMAZING.

>> IT'S GREAT FOR SNACKING AFTER SCHOOL, PRODUCTION, COULD BE GREAT AT WORK.

WHAT'S ONE MORE THING YOU WOULD LIKE FOLKS TO KNOW?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT WE DO.

IN THE SENIOR CENTERS AND PEDIATRIC FACILITIES THERE IS SCIENCE BEHIND THAT LAUGHTER ACTUALLY HEALS PEOPLE.

SO IT BRINGS DOWN ANXIETY LEVELS IN CHILDREN AND SENIORS.

THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DO ACTUALLY HAS BEEN STUDIED TO BRING DOWN A CHILD'S EXPERIENCE OF PAIN.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A STUDY IN GERIATRIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, SOMETHING LIKE IN A, THAT PERFORMERS LIKE THE GOOD MEDICINE SPECIALISTS, WHEN THEY WERE USED IN MEMORY CARE, THEY BROUGHT DOWN AGGRESSION LEVELS IN DEMENTIA PATIENTS AS EFFECTIVELY AS MEDICATION.

>> WOW!

>> YEAH.

>> SO THE LESSON IS IN YOUR NAME.

THAT'S WHY.

AND THERE IS SCIENCE BEHIND THAT.

GOOD MEDICINE.

THAT'S FASCINATING AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU.

I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> LET'S HAVE SOME BANANA BREAD.

STILL WARM.

GRAB A SLICE.

WARM BANANA BREAD.

WHAT BEATS THAT?

>> SO GOOD.

>> PRETTY GOOD.

>> DELICIOUS.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TO LEARN MORE VISIT GOODMEDICINEPRODUCTIONS.

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>> WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER YOU CAN FIND ALL OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.

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