Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and

justice produced with Vox Creative.

On the latest episode, you'll hear the story of a group of high school students in Des Moines

who came together with one goal.

Get their schools administration to rethink how students are punished.

They gathered testimonials, they compiled data about in-school arrest rates, they collaborated

with teachers unions, and they became one of the first school districts to replace

onsite law enforcement with counselors trained in restorative justice methods.

That's on the latest episode of Into the Mix.

It's unexplainable.

I know I'm hasn't filed.

If you're ever describing your emotions, you might find yourself talking a lot more

about your stomach than about your head.

Think about it.

A gut punch, fire in the belly, butterflies in your stomach.

So are these just phrases or does our gut actually influence our emotions in some way?

Reporter Bird Pinkerton went with her gut on this one.

If you spend a little time on health and wellness TikTok, you can find lots of people talking

about gut health, so some are doctors, some are scientists, some are patients, and they'll

say stuff like, sometimes they emphasize how gut bacteria can help with gut conditions,

like irritable bowel syndrome, but some TikTokers are making a much bigger claim.

Good and bad bacteria living inside your gut can affect your mental health.

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