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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
on ninety three nine light FM, one of three five
kids at f'm and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina,
and every week we're here to discuss a variety of
topics that matter to Chicago Land, from health, education, to
finances and so much more. Today on the show we
have Whitney Reynolds and Brady with another episode of Whitney's Women.
(00:20):
I'm also chatting with doctor Mohammad al Kazaz, cardiologists in
Northwestern Medicine Cardiovascular Institute. And I'll be chatting with Gloria Lee,
chief legal officer at Everlaw, talking all about how AI
is shaping the legal field. Let's kick off the show.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It's funny we're just talking off the air, how you know,
even when we're a little tired because we're going going
so fast, but there's there's still so much energy in
the room. And I know why. It's because Whitney Reynolds
is back for another Whitney's Women. Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yes, you know what you can call me this month,
Whitney's Women, the jolly little Elf because I have been
skipping around. I'm sure everybody's actually feeling me that's listening
to this right now because we are a week short
this Christmas season, this holiday season. I'm telling you, it
is something with Thanksgiving being so late that I feel
like we're playing catch up galore. I have one of
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the most fabulous women, but she's a mom as well
and a professional and save in the world with the foundation.
I am so excited to have doctor Stacey McLain in
here with us.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
How are you happy Holidays, Whitney. I'm great.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
I'm just like the rest of us, like this is
such a great little break from the Christmas holiday. Yeah, hectic,
but yeah, let's I know, let's just keep the season going,
keep the season going.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I love it because rounding out Whitney's Women for the
Year with you. You're a goodie across the board. I've known
you a long time, but I want our listeners to
learn a little bit more about what you do in
the Faces for Love Foundation.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Oh my goodness, Faces for Love Foundation is so just
near and dear to my heart. So the backstory is,
you know, we've talked about how important it is to give,
pay it forward.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
We're here to serve.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
That's my feeling of our purpose on Earth right, our families,
our friends, you know, our community. So I loved being
part of philanthropy, philanthropy in general, but sometimes I felt
like I needed a little bit more personal connection with
each project that I was doing. So in twenty twelve,
I started Faces for Love Foundation. It's a nonprofit organization
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five oh one to three c and my really my
drive was to always have something that I could personally
connect with, giving directly to a charity that I could
then make the beneficiary someone that I really bonded with,
I felt connected with. I could include my family in
the fundraising events. So it's been one of the best
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journeys of my life.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
And you know, for people that don't know because you
are a beauty. And that's the only thing I don't
like about radio is they can't see us, Brady, I
know what. Wait, they can sure hear us today. But Stacy,
you are a beauty, you do this. You are a doctor.
I started doctor Stacy claim you do faces or a
living I know, tell us a little bit about your
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professional life.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Well that's part of my passion as well.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
I mean we I just feel so blessed, blessed to
wake up in the morning and go be with my
patients and be able to take.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Care of them and treat them.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
And this is botox filler every blow me up season, Like,
it's really just very very busy time of our practice.
But you know, it's just a gift to I do
facial plastic. I'm a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon,
so I do all things beauty and enhancements. And my
philosophy is make it look natural. It should just look
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like it's a natural extension of the way you woke up.
And that's what we're doing and I love it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
It's it's really just a blessing to me to be
able to be part of that community.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
Well, and that's what I love. So you've been doing
this a long time.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
People know you as the face Queen of Chicago and
with that you then started this foundation. So when did
you develop the mission when we're and I know that
you said you knew you wanted to have something directly,
but what is the mission that faces for love?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
The mission?
Speaker 5 (04:07):
Well, I started it when one of my family members
was ill and then I realized that that was a
time that I really needed to just fine home to
just fine tune what I was doing and really just
get my passion in order. So the mission is to
uplift women and children in challenging situations, in challenging circumstances.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
So it's very straightforward, and the beauty of that is.
For instance, when my daughter was younger, we did a
tea at the Peninsula, so she was, Oh, in that
age for dress up, you do the tea, you wear it.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
So she helped her little friends with raffle sales at
the Peninsula and we raised tens of thousands of dollars
for the Coalition Against Women and Children, which is a
wonderful organization that provides shelter for women and children who
are in domestic abuse situations.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
This year, we are aligning one of our card projects,
so the children and Hunter, my son's age, just like
when Ali was in second and third grade, are making
artwork that we turn into cards, and we've named the
Chicago Lighthouse. Oh I love the Lighthouse too as the
beneficiary of the proceeds from those cards. So we just
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are able to handpick where we want the funds to go.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
Oh I love that.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I'm sure there's so many people out there listening today
and it's like, hey, hey, hey, I want you to
know about us. Tell people you have your website, you
have the skincare products that actually twenty percent goes back
or portion goes back.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Well you know what.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
It varies, but it averages about ten percent a year,
but sometimes we will fund major services that are in
way in excess of that. We keep it at a
minimum of ten percent each year.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Grade and you know your products. You were on Whitney's
wish List, which is so fine. I know, and it's
always weird when I say the name of the show
because it is my name.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
So yes, I'm talking about myself in third person right now.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
But Whitney's wish List hit wgnlast week and you were
on there and you were talking about your skincare line.
And that's when people make these purchases. It goes back
for Faces of Love.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
We had the best time I loved.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
I'm just telling yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
So that's that's the that's the direct connection. So from
every skincare purchase, proceeds go to into Faces for Love,
and then we use that to give to different charities
in the in the Chicago area and actually beyond. We
make financial donations to international organizations as well.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Absolutely well, I love that. Tell people where they can
buy that skincare Well.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Our office provides it, and so anytime you're in the
office you can pick up a product or Alex, my
office manager, who's amazing, can ship it to you. Also,
you can go to shop mclin MD and you can
see our full line.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
I love that. And you know you could come in person.
You just moved to the nine hundred shops.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
We are in the process of moving. Oh my gosh,
we are unpacking. It's been fabulous experience. I had a
great experience over twenty years in one area that I
think this is going to be the perfect fit for us.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
It is going to be so great.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Well, thank you so much for coming on and being
our Whitney's Woman this week.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Oh Whitney, another wonderful time with you. I always love it.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I love the charities that give back. They spread the
love all around. That's kind of what you do every
single month here with Whitney's Women, right, we don't just
focus on one. We try to spread the love everywhere. Well,
that's what it's all about.
Speaker 7 (07:24):
This.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
So you know, when I was coming up here and
I was at security I was talking to this the
nice man about how long I have been doing Whitney's Women,
and it's really mind boggling because it has been over
a decade. But it feels like we're just getting started.
Because I say this, Chicago is one of the most
charitable cities, and most of the time when we hear
the news or national news on our city, I just
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like cringe because I know the love that is here
and the love we have to give and the love
that is spread here. So I am so excited to
be a platform where we get to share that.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
So yeah, we get three. We love three things in Chicago.
It's our food, all right. We love our food. We
love our sports. Our sports does not love us back
right now, they don't. But we love giving back.
Speaker 7 (08:08):
We do.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
We do. And you know you are a Chicago transplant too, Brady.
We both have just found home here in community, and
I just think it's such a beautiful time to reflect
on that as the season ends and when people are
home this season, I'm going to do a shameless plug.
The Whitney Reynolds shows seasons wrapped just a few weeks ago. Everybody,
but we are streaming on all major Networks. We also
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have reruns going every Monday on PBS at six point.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
Thirty, so make sure to get caught up.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It is that dose of hope that I feel like
everybody could use going into the holiday.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yes, and you're right, Chicago is stuck with you and
I We're not going anywhere. Sorry, guys, We'll talk to
you soon. Whitney, thanks so much for coming back.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
It's Paulina Rowe here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today I
am chatting with Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
How are you today? I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Of course, I'm so happy that you're here today. We
are talking one of my kind of new favorite topics.
It is AI and we're talking how AI is reshaping
the legal field. And I'm so interested to hear from
you because everyone's talking about it, right AI CHADGITBT two
years ago, I believe, is when Chad Jubet kind of launched.
So I know it's really impacting a lot of just
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different fields and different professions and I'm just, you know,
really excited to chat with you more and kind of
dive more into that as well. Gloria, do you mind
giving us a quick background about yourself if you don't mind, sure.
Speaker 8 (09:34):
So I have been practicing for over twenty five years,
starting in Chicago actually, which is my hometown, and I
started my career as a federal law clerk, and then
came to San Francisco where I was at a big
firm as a litigator, moved into government as a try lawyer,
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and then I've been in house at large corporations and
startups for the last fifteen years or so.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh I love it. Well, awesome, Thank you so much
for sharing. So my first question for you is you
know what is generative AI?
Speaker 7 (10:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And our businesses using it in everyday practices?
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Yeah, and those are great questions, and as you noted,
it's really like one of the hot topics of the day,
so I think a lot of people are curious about it.
And generative AI, to begin with, is a type of
artificial intelligence that generates new content.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
By learning patterns from things that already exist in the world.
Speaker 8 (10:35):
Books, news, articles, social media, websites, videos, and people are
using it in all sorts of ways, and businesses are
using it too. I think we probably all experienced that
aipower chatbot when you're trying to get to customer support,
but they're also using it for things like helping write
long blog posts or even just to brainstorm new ideas,
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so the possibilities are less.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
But it's not.
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Perfect because it is a new and developing technology. So
I like to think of it as a smart intern
that with some guidance and training, it can take a
first pass.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
At my requests and do a pretty good job.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
But like any in turn, the work might not be
perfect because it's still learning, so it's really important to
check its work and validate for accuracy every time.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Absolutely, That's what I always say, because I work in
media or in radio, and if I ever do use
like chedge bt just for like inspiration on something, right,
whether it's like creative content, whether it's sort of really
anything related to what I do, I always say, I'm like,
you know, it's a great tool. It does help, but
please make sure you're checking it and tweak it. Don't
just use what they give you, like, always check.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
It exactly exactly. Yeah, that's so important.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
So, Gloria, how are legal professionals taking advantage of AI
artificial intelligence?
Speaker 8 (11:55):
Yeah, I mean in the legal industry, JENNAI is particularly
valuable because jen AI is really good at language and documents,
and so much of legal work involves just that.
Speaker 7 (12:07):
So a couple of examples for you know, how a legal.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
Professional might use that smart intern to start working with
AI is to draft a legal document and then it'll
give the lawyers a really strong first draft. Or you
can take a fifty or one hundred page document that
would take a really long time to read and ask
the AI to summarize it and even highlight the key
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facts in it, so that will then lighten the load
so that you're able to actually identify trends or you
spot the relevant facts. So it's really an exciting new
development for our field.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Absolutely, And how does generate an AI cut down or
help cut down on time intensive tasks? Right something maybe
just let's just say taking up a little bit too
much of our time, or maybe like we don't really
need to focus on it so much, so let's have
AI kind of take awak at it. Like what do
you think?
Speaker 8 (12:59):
Yeah, well, I'll give you an example based on my
experience as a litigator and when I was a junior
attorney more than twenty five years ago, and I was
a litigation associate document review meant being stuck in a
conference room for weeks or even months, and you'd be
surrounded by these banker's boxes and mountains of documents and
you had to sit through them because it's always important
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to understand your case and to be able to build
your case. If you fast forward to today, you still
need to have that document review happen because you still
need to understand and build your case. But the data
is now a lot more than just paper. I mean,
I'm sure you see it in your life. You've got
emails and texts and zoom recordings and Slack messages. I mean,
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the amount of data has just exploded. It's one hundred
times what it was fifteen years ago.
Speaker 7 (13:49):
But if you reimagine that now, Yeah, with the.
Speaker 8 (13:52):
Smart intern now I can use a tool like Everlaw's
AI assistant to do that first pass review that I
used to do annually, and it's going to save me
a ton of time. One of our customers was able
to review more than ten thousand documents in just minutes.
That's something that would have taken a team of human
reviewers several days. Oh wow, I know. It's a really
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incredible use case for AI in the legal field because
it leverages what AI is really good at, and then
it allows legal professionals to spend more time on strategy
and analysis and to do.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
The things that humans are good at.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
All that said, I said, it's a new and developing technology,
and you mentioned too how you always want to be
checking the output. It's really important because of the risk
of hallucinations, which is when AI will essentially make things up.
Speaker 7 (14:49):
And of course in the legal field, the stakes can be.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
High, and so you really need to make sure that
you are mitigating against that.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Yes, absolutely, and glory you did mention the hallucinations, right,
So how can legal teams avoid them when it comes
to using AI specifically, Well.
Speaker 8 (15:08):
I think the number one thing is human oversight or
having a human in the loop. That's imperative to the
successful use of AI in any field, and certainly that's
what you described yourself doing in your field when you're
using chat gpt to as a tool. Because in the
legal field, at the end of the day, the legal
professionals and the lawyers of the experts, we wouldn't expect
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an intern to have the same level of critical thinking,
or experience judgment or even ethical understanding as someone who's
been doing this for ten, twenty or more years, and
we need to remember that AI is not perfect. So
again going back to that point about checking the work,
making sure it is not providing misleading or inaccurate information.
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The other thing that you can do to reduce the
risk of hallucination is understand what the AI is relying
on for its responses. So, for example, with ever law's
AI assistant, it'll cite to the particular source to confirm
that it's not just making things up. So with that
type of essential oversight, it's really an exciting opportunity, not
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just for the legal industry, but.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
For a lot of industries.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Yes, absolutely, and I even mentioned even my industry. I'm like,
I work in radio and media and I and to me, like,
I consider it a very useful tool if used correctly,
I think you can really just really help enhance, enhance
daily lives and just those tasks you know that need
to get done.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
Like you mentioned too, Absolutely, I mean what you've said,
it's a tool.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
It's used to enhance, it's not to replace.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
And that's you know, a really good way to think
about it and the power of what it's going to
be able to bring absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I agree. Do you happen to have more information for us?
Is there a place that we can go to learn more?
Speaker 8 (17:05):
Yeah, to learn more about Everlaw and the innovative work
we're doing with trett of Ai for the legal industry.
Speaker 7 (17:12):
You can visit our website.
Speaker 8 (17:13):
We've got lots of demos and other information and that's
at everlaw dot com.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Awesome, Thank you so much. I appreciate your time today.
Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw. We appreciate your time.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Thank you, Paulina. It was a great conversation. Hi.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I am
chatting with doctor Mohammad al Kazaz, cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine
Blum Cordibiascular Institute.
Speaker 6 (17:40):
How are you today, I'm good.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
How are you? Thanks for having me?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Of course, thank you for being here. I appreciate you
and your time. So today we are talking about tips
that you will be able to share with us when
it comes to we're preventing heart attacks and then the
signs and the symptoms to also watch out for. So
one thing I actually did not know is that more
people die from heart attacks during the last week of
December than at any other time of the year. That
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is information that I did not know, and I'm so
happy we can talk about it with you and share
with our listeners. So, doctor, do you mind kind of
first and foremost giving our audience a little bit of
a background about yourself and then yeah, kind of talk
about what's going on the last week of December.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
Thank you. So I am one of the caryologists at
Northwestern Medicine Bloom Cardibasquar Institute. I am the session fusional
cryology and I specialize in valve there carl disease. And
obviously we see patient cornering arch disease all the time,
and this overlaps here very well. The holidays is a busy,
stressful time for most of us where teens are disrupted.
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We may tend to eat and drink more and exercise
and relax less. We may also not be listening to
our body or paying attention to warning signs, thinking we
can wait till the new year, or to lower friendly
out of town or something. And so the cold weather
can help con worsen the bloods flow to the heart arteries.
All of these things can contribute and increase the risk
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of heart attack we see in this time of the year,
but heart is an important condition throughout the.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Year, absolutely, And again I think that's information that a
lot of us don't really think of right when it
comes to this time of the year. Sometimes, you know,
during the holiday season, especially when we're you know, approaching Christmas,
and even after Christmas or before New Years, you know,
I think a lot of a lot of us do
tend to slow down. So I think that's you know,
information that's very valuable. So why do heart attacks then
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specifically spike during the holidays.
Speaker 9 (19:38):
It's just because of those reasons we discussed where we
have changes in our diet, unhealthy changes. We have a
higher alcohol consumption, and we don't move, we're more sedentary,
so we have to take steps to prevent and lower
the risk of heart attack in general and particular during
this time. Anything healthily does not mean during the holidays
or any other times, does not mean we're depriving ourselves.
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There are still ways to eat smart. We look for
small healthy changes and swaps that we can make so
we can continue to feel our best while eating and
drinking in moderation. And we don't forget watching per sodium
and sugar intake. And we have to keep moving because
during the holiday our physical activity level goes down. We
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have to keep moving. We have to be creative, whether
going to the gym for a stationary by EQS or
whatever you like to do, or walk with your family,
use the stairs instead of the elevator, find fun activities
to do. All these things are important to reduce the
stress that we face in general and in particular during
this time with family interactions, strained finances, hectic schedule and traveling.
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All that lead us to celebrate in moderation. And it's
in the context of preventing heart disease of eating well,
being active, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood preshure, cholesterol, sugar
and among other things.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Absolutely, and what are some tips that you can share
with us for preventing heart attacks?
Speaker 9 (20:59):
Yeah, so obviously, eating a healthy, plant based materian diet
is key, where we have high and food and vegetable,
less processed food, less red meat, and more wholesome diet.
And being more active, doing one to fifty minutes of
exercise of moderate level during the week, five times a week,
basically thirty minutes. If you smoke, please stop smoking and
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minimize alcohol use. If you use alcohol excessively and have
good sleep habits, work with your doctor to manage blood pressure, sugar,
cholesterol issues, and weight and with these things. With these things,
what happens is controlling these things can lower the risk
of heart attack and living a healthy lifestyle and more importantly,
which is during the holiday season. Two, don't post pontier,
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know the symptoms and take action if you see heart
attack signs and coal line one one for help.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Absolutely, thank you doctor for sharing those tips and what
should you do? Though, if you're experiencing a heart attack
right or having symptoms, I should say what is something
you should do immediately?
Speaker 9 (22:00):
You should definitely call nine one one because heart attack
may present differently in men and women among people with
different conditions like diabetes. Recognizing early and calling nine one
for help is better is the best thing. The sooner
the medical treatment starts, the better the outcomes of survivor
survival and preventing short and long term damage. Heart attack
or men that remains a deadly condition and can have
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warning signs that people can miss. Traditionally, people, especially man
can present with pain or discomfort in the chest and
women too, but women on diabetication can have other symptoms
like jaw, neck pain or stomach ache with nazia and vomiting,
discomfort in the arm and the shoulder, or breathing issues.
If you feel unwell, something different, something change, or family
telling you don't look good, please don't hesitate to call
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nine one one the earlier. We intervene and we have
many interventions to open blockages, can prolong life and prevent
permanent damage.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Absolutely, I appreciate your time today, doctor, and where can
we go to learn more information?
Speaker 9 (23:00):
The American Heart Association website is a great resource of
what warning signs of heart attacks, cruelke and living healthy.
It's called hard dot org, has nice graphics and accessible
to the public, and it's very beneficial.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Awesome, thank you so much for being here with us today.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (23:18):
Thank you for having me. Happy holidays and remember celebrate
and moderation. Awesome.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
I appreciate it. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
It's funny we're just talking off the air, how you know,
even when we're a little tired because we're going going
so fast, but there's still so much energy in the room.
And I know why. It's because Whitney Reynolds is back
for another Whitney's Women. Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Yes, you know what you can call me this month
Whitney's Women, the Jolly Little Elf, because I have been
skipping around. I'm sure everybody's actually feeling me that's listening
to this right now, because we are a week short
this Christmas.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Season, this holiday season.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
I'm telling you, it is something with Thanksgiving being so
late that I feel like we're playing catch up. Galore
one of the most fabulous women, but she's a mom
as well and a professional and save in the world
with the foundation. I am so excited to have doctor
Stacy McLain in here with us.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
How are you happy Holidays, Whitney. I'm great.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
I'm just like the rest of us, like this is
such a great little break from the Christmas holiday. Yeah, hectic,
but yeah, let's I know, let's just keep the season going, keep.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
The season going.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
I love it because rounding out Whitney's Women for the
year with you. You're a goodie across the board. I've
known you a long time, but I want our listeners
to learn a little bit more about what you do
in the Faces for Love Foundation.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Oh my goodness, Faces for Love Foundation is so just
near and dear to my heart. So the backstory is,
you know, we've talked about how important it is to
give pay it forward.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
We're here to serve. That's my feeling of our purpose
on Earth. Right.
Speaker 5 (24:53):
Our families are friends, you know, our community. So I
loved being part of philanthropy, philanthropy in gener role, but
sometimes I felt like I needed a little bit more
personal connection with each project that I was doing. So
in twenty twelve, I started Faces for Love Foundation. It's
a nonprofit organization five oh one to three c and
(25:14):
my really my drive was to always have something that
I could personally connect with, giving directly to a charity
that I could then make the beneficiary someone that I
really bonded with, I felt connected with, I could include
my family in the fundraising events. So it's been one
of the best journeys of my life.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
And you know, for people that don't know because you
are a beauty. And that's the only thing I don't
like about radio is they can't see us, Brady, I
know what way they can sure hear us today. But Stacy,
you are a beauty, you do this, you are a doctor.
I started doctor Stacy McLain. You do faces or a
living I know, tell us a little bit about your
(25:55):
professional life.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Well, that's part of my passion as well.
Speaker 5 (25:58):
I mean we I just feel so blessed, blessed to
wake up in the morning and go be with my
patients and be able to take.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Care of them and treat them.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
And this is botox filler every blow me up season, Like,
it's really just very very busy time of our practice.
But you know, it's just a gift to I do
facial plastic. I'm a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon,
so I do all things beauty and enhancements. And my
philosophy is make it look natural. It should just look
(26:31):
like it's a natural extension of the way you woke up.
And that's what we're doing and I love it. It's
it's really just a blessing to me to be able
to be part of that community.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Well, and that's what I love. So you've been doing
this a long time. People know you as the Face
Queen of Chicago and with that you then started this foundation.
So when did you develop the mission? When we're and
I know that you said you knew you wanted to
have something directly, But what is the mission that faces
for love?
Speaker 5 (26:57):
The mission, well, I started it when one of my
family members was ill, and then I realized that that
was a time that I really needed to just fine home,
to just fine tune what I was doing and really
just get my passion in order. So the mission is
to uplift women and children in challenging situations, in challenging circumstances.
(27:18):
So it's very straightforward, and the beauty of that is.
For instance, when my daughter was younger, we did a
tea at the Peninsula, so she was, oh, in that
age for dress up, you do the tea you wear.
So she helped her little friends with raffle sales at
the Peninsula and we raised tens of thousands of dollars
for the Coalition Against Women and Children, which is a
(27:41):
wonderful organization that provides shelter for women and children who
are in domestic abuse situations.
Speaker 6 (27:48):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
This year, we are aligning one of our card projects,
so the children and Hunter, my son's age, just like
when Ali was in second and third grade, are making
artwork that we turn into cards and we've named the
Chicago Lighthouse.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Oh, I love the Lighthouse too.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
As the beneficiary of the proceeds from those cards, so
we just are able to handpick where we want the
funds to go.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
I'm sure there's so many people out there listening today
and it's like, hey, hey, hey, I want you to
know about us. Tell people you have your website, you
have the skincare products that actually twenty percent goes back
or portion goes back.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Well you know what.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
It varies, but it averages about ten percent a year.
But sometimes we will fund major services that are in
a way in excess of that, but we keep it
at a minimum of ten percent each year.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Great, and it's you know, your products. You were on
Whitney's wish List, which is so fine. I know, and
it's always weird when I say the name of the
show because it is my name.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
So yes, I'm talking about myself in third person right now.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
But Whitney's wish List hit WGN last week and you
were on there and you were talking about your skincare
line and that it's when people make these purchases, it
goes back for faces of.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
Love the time. Yeah, I loved I'm just telling Yeah.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
So that's that's the that's the direct connection. So from
every skincare purchase, proceeds go to into Faces for Love,
and then we use that to give to different charities
in the in the Chicago area and actually beyond. We
make financial donations to international organizations as well.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Absolutely well, I love that. Tell people where they can
buy that skincare.
Speaker 5 (29:26):
Well, our office provides it, and so anytime you're in
the office you can pick up a product or Alex,
my office manager, who's amazing, can ship it to you. Also,
you can go to shop mclin MD and you can
see our full line.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
I love that, and you know you could come in person.
You just moved to the nine hundred shops.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
We are in the process of moving. Oh my gosh,
we are unpacking. It's been fabulous experience. I had a
great experience over twenty years in one area. But I
think this is going to be the perfect fit for us.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
It is going to be so great.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Well, thank you so much for coming on and being
our Whitney's Woman this week.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
Oh Whitney, another wonderful time with you. I always love it.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
I love the charities that give back. They spread the
love all around. That's kind of what you do every
single month here with Whitney's Women, right, we don't just
focus on one. We try to spread the love everywhere.
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 7 (30:15):
This.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So you know, when I was coming up here and
I was at security, I was talking to this the
nice man, about how long I have been doing Whitney's Women,
And it's really mind boggling because it has been over
a decade. But it feels like we're just getting started.
Because I say this, Chicago is one of the most
charitable cities. And most of the time when we hear
the news or national news on our city, I just
(30:37):
like cringe because I know the love that is here
and the love we have to give and the love
that is spread here. So I am so excited to
be a platform where we get to share that.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
So, yeah, we get three. We love three things in Chicago.
It's our food, right, We love our food. We love
our sports. Our sports does not love us back right now,
sometimes they don't, but we love giving back.
Speaker 6 (30:59):
Those are the we we do.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
We do and you know you are a Chicago transplant
to Brady. We both have just found home here in community,
and I just think it's such a beautiful time to
reflect on that as the season ends and when people
are home this season, I'm gonna do a shameless plug.
The Whitney Reynolds Show season wrapped just a few weeks ago, everybody,
but we are streaming on all major networks. We also
have reruns going every Monday on PBS at six point thirty,
(31:24):
so make sure to get caught up. It is that
dose of hope that I feel like everybody could use
going into the holidays.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yes, and you're right, Chicago is stuck with you and
I We're not going anywhere. Sorry, guys are tea. We'll
talk to you soon. Whitney, thanks so much for coming by.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
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Hello, and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
on ninety three nine light FM, one of three five
kids at f'm and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina,
and every week we're here to discuss a variety of
topics that matter to Chicago Land, from health, education, to
finances and so much more. Today on the show we
have Whitney Reynolds and Brady with another episode of Whitney's Women.
(00:20):
I'm also chatting with doctor Mohammad al Kazaz, cardiologists in
Northwestern Medicine Cardiovascular Institute. And I'll be chatting with Gloria Lee,
chief legal officer at Everlaw, talking all about how AI
is shaping the legal field. Let's kick off the show.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It's funny we're just talking off the air, how you know,
even when we're a little tired because we're going going
so fast, but there's there's still so much energy in
the room. And I know why. It's because Whitney Reynolds
is back for another Whitney's Women. Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yes, you know what you can call me this month,
Whitney's Women, the jolly little Elf because I have been
skipping around. I'm sure everybody's actually feeling me that's listening
to this right now because we are a week short
this Christmas season, this holiday season. I'm telling you, it
is something with Thanksgiving being so late that I feel
like we're playing catch up galore. I have one of
(01:09):
the most fabulous women, but she's a mom as well
and a professional and save in the world with the foundation.
I am so excited to have doctor Stacey McLain in
here with us.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
How are you happy Holidays, Whitney. I'm great.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
I'm just like the rest of us, like this is
such a great little break from the Christmas holiday. Yeah, hectic,
but yeah, let's I know, let's just keep the season going,
keep the season going.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I love it because rounding out Whitney's Women for the
Year with you. You're a goodie across the board. I've known
you a long time, but I want our listeners to
learn a little bit more about what you do in
the Faces for Love Foundation.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Oh my goodness, Faces for Love Foundation is so just
near and dear to my heart. So the backstory is,
you know, we've talked about how important it is to give,
pay it forward.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
We're here to serve.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
That's my feeling of our purpose on Earth right, our families,
our friends, you know, our community. So I loved being
part of philanthropy, philanthropy in general, but sometimes I felt
like I needed a little bit more personal connection with
each project that I was doing. So in twenty twelve,
I started Faces for Love Foundation. It's a nonprofit organization
(02:21):
five oh one to three c and my really my
drive was to always have something that I could personally
connect with, giving directly to a charity that I could
then make the beneficiary someone that I really bonded with,
I felt connected with. I could include my family in
the fundraising events. So it's been one of the best
(02:42):
journeys of my life.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
And you know, for people that don't know because you
are a beauty. And that's the only thing I don't
like about radio is they can't see us, Brady, I
know what. Wait, they can sure hear us today. But Stacy,
you are a beauty, you do this. You are a doctor.
I started doctor Stacy claim you do faces or a
living I know, tell us a little bit about your
(03:04):
professional life.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Well that's part of my passion as well.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
I mean we I just feel so blessed, blessed to
wake up in the morning and go be with my
patients and be able to take.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Care of them and treat them.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
And this is botox filler every blow me up season, Like,
it's really just very very busy time of our practice.
But you know, it's just a gift to I do
facial plastic. I'm a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon,
so I do all things beauty and enhancements. And my
philosophy is make it look natural. It should just look
(03:40):
like it's a natural extension of the way you woke up.
And that's what we're doing and I love it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
It's it's really just a blessing to me to be
able to be part of that community.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
Well, and that's what I love. So you've been doing
this a long time.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
People know you as the face Queen of Chicago and
with that you then started this foundation. So when did
you develop the mission when we're and I know that
you said you knew you wanted to have something directly,
but what is the mission that faces for love?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
The mission?
Speaker 5 (04:07):
Well, I started it when one of my family members
was ill and then I realized that that was a
time that I really needed to just fine home to
just fine tune what I was doing and really just
get my passion in order. So the mission is to
uplift women and children in challenging situations, in challenging circumstances.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
So it's very straightforward, and the beauty of that is.
For instance, when my daughter was younger, we did a
tea at the Peninsula, so she was, Oh, in that
age for dress up, you do the tea, you wear it.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
So she helped her little friends with raffle sales at
the Peninsula and we raised tens of thousands of dollars
for the Coalition Against Women and Children, which is a
wonderful organization that provides shelter for women and children who
are in domestic abuse situations.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
This year, we are aligning one of our card projects,
so the children and Hunter, my son's age, just like
when Ali was in second and third grade, are making
artwork that we turn into cards, and we've named the
Chicago Lighthouse. Oh I love the Lighthouse too as the
beneficiary of the proceeds from those cards. So we just
(05:19):
are able to handpick where we want the funds to go.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
Oh I love that.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I'm sure there's so many people out there listening today
and it's like, hey, hey, hey, I want you to
know about us. Tell people you have your website, you
have the skincare products that actually twenty percent goes back
or portion goes back.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Well you know what.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
It varies, but it averages about ten percent a year,
but sometimes we will fund major services that are in
way in excess of that. We keep it at a
minimum of ten percent each year.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Grade and you know your products. You were on Whitney's
wish List, which is so fine. I know, and it's
always weird when I say the name of the show
because it is my name.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
So yes, I'm talking about myself in third person right now.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
But Whitney's wish List hit wgnlast week and you were
on there and you were talking about your skincare line.
And that's when people make these purchases. It goes back
for Faces of Love.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
We had the best time I loved.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
I'm just telling yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
So that's that's the that's the direct connection. So from
every skincare purchase, proceeds go to into Faces for Love,
and then we use that to give to different charities
in the in the Chicago area and actually beyond. We
make financial donations to international organizations as well.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Absolutely well, I love that. Tell people where they can
buy that skincare Well.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Our office provides it, and so anytime you're in the
office you can pick up a product or Alex, my
office manager, who's amazing, can ship it to you. Also,
you can go to shop mclin MD and you can
see our full line.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
I love that. And you know you could come in person.
You just moved to the nine hundred shops.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
We are in the process of moving. Oh my gosh,
we are unpacking. It's been fabulous experience. I had a
great experience over twenty years in one area that I
think this is going to be the perfect fit for us.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
It is going to be so great.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Well, thank you so much for coming on and being
our Whitney's Woman this week.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Oh Whitney, another wonderful time with you. I always love it.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I love the charities that give back. They spread the
love all around. That's kind of what you do every
single month here with Whitney's Women, right, we don't just
focus on one. We try to spread the love everywhere. Well,
that's what it's all about.
Speaker 7 (07:24):
This.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
So you know, when I was coming up here and
I was at security I was talking to this the
nice man about how long I have been doing Whitney's Women,
and it's really mind boggling because it has been over
a decade. But it feels like we're just getting started.
Because I say this, Chicago is one of the most
charitable cities, and most of the time when we hear
the news or national news on our city, I just
(07:46):
like cringe because I know the love that is here
and the love we have to give and the love
that is spread here. So I am so excited to
be a platform where we get to share that.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
So yeah, we get three. We love three things in Chicago.
It's our food, all right. We love our food. We
love our sports. Our sports does not love us back
right now, they don't. But we love giving back.
Speaker 7 (08:08):
We do.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
We do. And you know you are a Chicago transplant too, Brady.
We both have just found home here in community, and
I just think it's such a beautiful time to reflect
on that as the season ends and when people are
home this season, I'm going to do a shameless plug.
The Whitney Reynolds shows seasons wrapped just a few weeks ago. Everybody,
but we are streaming on all major Networks. We also
(08:29):
have reruns going every Monday on PBS at six point.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
Thirty, so make sure to get caught up.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It is that dose of hope that I feel like
everybody could use going into the holiday.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yes, and you're right, Chicago is stuck with you and
I We're not going anywhere. Sorry, guys, We'll talk to
you soon. Whitney, thanks so much for coming back.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
It's Paulina Rowe here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today I
am chatting with Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
How are you today? I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Of course, I'm so happy that you're here today. We
are talking one of my kind of new favorite topics.
It is AI and we're talking how AI is reshaping
the legal field. And I'm so interested to hear from
you because everyone's talking about it, right AI CHADGITBT two
years ago, I believe, is when Chad Jubet kind of launched.
So I know it's really impacting a lot of just
(09:21):
different fields and different professions and I'm just, you know,
really excited to chat with you more and kind of
dive more into that as well. Gloria, do you mind
giving us a quick background about yourself if you don't mind, sure.
Speaker 8 (09:34):
So I have been practicing for over twenty five years,
starting in Chicago actually, which is my hometown, and I
started my career as a federal law clerk, and then
came to San Francisco where I was at a big
firm as a litigator, moved into government as a try lawyer,
(09:56):
and then I've been in house at large corporations and
startups for the last fifteen years or so.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh I love it. Well, awesome, Thank you so much
for sharing. So my first question for you is you
know what is generative AI?
Speaker 7 (10:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And our businesses using it in everyday practices?
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Yeah, and those are great questions, and as you noted,
it's really like one of the hot topics of the day,
so I think a lot of people are curious about it.
And generative AI, to begin with, is a type of
artificial intelligence that generates new content.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
By learning patterns from things that already exist in the world.
Speaker 8 (10:35):
Books, news, articles, social media, websites, videos, and people are
using it in all sorts of ways, and businesses are
using it too. I think we probably all experienced that
aipower chatbot when you're trying to get to customer support,
but they're also using it for things like helping write
long blog posts or even just to brainstorm new ideas,
(10:58):
so the possibilities are less.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
But it's not.
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Perfect because it is a new and developing technology. So
I like to think of it as a smart intern
that with some guidance and training, it can take a
first pass.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
At my requests and do a pretty good job.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
But like any in turn, the work might not be
perfect because it's still learning, so it's really important to
check its work and validate for accuracy every time.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Absolutely, That's what I always say, because I work in
media or in radio, and if I ever do use
like chedge bt just for like inspiration on something, right,
whether it's like creative content, whether it's sort of really
anything related to what I do, I always say, I'm like,
you know, it's a great tool. It does help, but
please make sure you're checking it and tweak it. Don't
just use what they give you, like, always check.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
It exactly exactly. Yeah, that's so important.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
So, Gloria, how are legal professionals taking advantage of AI
artificial intelligence?
Speaker 8 (11:55):
Yeah, I mean in the legal industry, JENNAI is particularly
valuable because jen AI is really good at language and documents,
and so much of legal work involves just that.
Speaker 7 (12:07):
So a couple of examples for you know, how a legal.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
Professional might use that smart intern to start working with
AI is to draft a legal document and then it'll
give the lawyers a really strong first draft. Or you
can take a fifty or one hundred page document that
would take a really long time to read and ask
the AI to summarize it and even highlight the key
(12:31):
facts in it, so that will then lighten the load
so that you're able to actually identify trends or you
spot the relevant facts. So it's really an exciting new
development for our field.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Absolutely, And how does generate an AI cut down or
help cut down on time intensive tasks? Right something maybe
just let's just say taking up a little bit too
much of our time, or maybe like we don't really
need to focus on it so much, so let's have
AI kind of take awak at it. Like what do
you think?
Speaker 8 (12:59):
Yeah, well, I'll give you an example based on my
experience as a litigator and when I was a junior
attorney more than twenty five years ago, and I was
a litigation associate document review meant being stuck in a
conference room for weeks or even months, and you'd be
surrounded by these banker's boxes and mountains of documents and
you had to sit through them because it's always important
(13:22):
to understand your case and to be able to build
your case. If you fast forward to today, you still
need to have that document review happen because you still
need to understand and build your case. But the data
is now a lot more than just paper. I mean,
I'm sure you see it in your life. You've got
emails and texts and zoom recordings and Slack messages. I mean,
(13:43):
the amount of data has just exploded. It's one hundred
times what it was fifteen years ago.
Speaker 7 (13:49):
But if you reimagine that now, Yeah, with the.
Speaker 8 (13:52):
Smart intern now I can use a tool like Everlaw's
AI assistant to do that first pass review that I
used to do annually, and it's going to save me
a ton of time. One of our customers was able
to review more than ten thousand documents in just minutes.
That's something that would have taken a team of human
reviewers several days. Oh wow, I know. It's a really
(14:17):
incredible use case for AI in the legal field because
it leverages what AI is really good at, and then
it allows legal professionals to spend more time on strategy
and analysis and to do.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
The things that humans are good at.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
All that said, I said, it's a new and developing technology,
and you mentioned too how you always want to be
checking the output. It's really important because of the risk
of hallucinations, which is when AI will essentially make things up.
Speaker 7 (14:49):
And of course in the legal field, the stakes can be.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
High, and so you really need to make sure that
you are mitigating against that.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Yes, absolutely, and glory you did mention the hallucinations, right,
So how can legal teams avoid them when it comes
to using AI specifically, Well.
Speaker 8 (15:08):
I think the number one thing is human oversight or
having a human in the loop. That's imperative to the
successful use of AI in any field, and certainly that's
what you described yourself doing in your field when you're
using chat gpt to as a tool. Because in the
legal field, at the end of the day, the legal
professionals and the lawyers of the experts, we wouldn't expect
(15:32):
an intern to have the same level of critical thinking,
or experience judgment or even ethical understanding as someone who's
been doing this for ten, twenty or more years, and
we need to remember that AI is not perfect. So
again going back to that point about checking the work,
making sure it is not providing misleading or inaccurate information.
(15:57):
The other thing that you can do to reduce the
risk of hallucination is understand what the AI is relying
on for its responses. So, for example, with ever law's
AI assistant, it'll cite to the particular source to confirm
that it's not just making things up. So with that
type of essential oversight, it's really an exciting opportunity, not
(16:19):
just for the legal industry, but.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
For a lot of industries.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Yes, absolutely, and I even mentioned even my industry. I'm like,
I work in radio and media and I and to me, like,
I consider it a very useful tool if used correctly,
I think you can really just really help enhance, enhance
daily lives and just those tasks you know that need
to get done.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
Like you mentioned too, Absolutely, I mean what you've said,
it's a tool.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
It's used to enhance, it's not to replace.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
And that's you know, a really good way to think
about it and the power of what it's going to
be able to bring absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I agree. Do you happen to have more information for us?
Is there a place that we can go to learn more?
Speaker 8 (17:05):
Yeah, to learn more about Everlaw and the innovative work
we're doing with trett of Ai for the legal industry.
Speaker 7 (17:12):
You can visit our website.
Speaker 8 (17:13):
We've got lots of demos and other information and that's
at everlaw dot com.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Awesome, Thank you so much. I appreciate your time today.
Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw. We appreciate your time.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Thank you, Paulina. It was a great conversation. Hi.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I am
chatting with doctor Mohammad al Kazaz, cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine
Blum Cordibiascular Institute.
Speaker 6 (17:40):
How are you today, I'm good.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
How are you? Thanks for having me?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Of course, thank you for being here. I appreciate you
and your time. So today we are talking about tips
that you will be able to share with us when
it comes to we're preventing heart attacks and then the
signs and the symptoms to also watch out for. So
one thing I actually did not know is that more
people die from heart attacks during the last week of
December than at any other time of the year. That
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is information that I did not know, and I'm so
happy we can talk about it with you and share
with our listeners. So, doctor, do you mind kind of
first and foremost giving our audience a little bit of
a background about yourself and then yeah, kind of talk
about what's going on the last week of December.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
Thank you. So I am one of the caryologists at
Northwestern Medicine Bloom Cardibasquar Institute. I am the session fusional
cryology and I specialize in valve there carl disease. And
obviously we see patient cornering arch disease all the time,
and this overlaps here very well. The holidays is a busy,
stressful time for most of us where teens are disrupted.
(18:45):
We may tend to eat and drink more and exercise
and relax less. We may also not be listening to
our body or paying attention to warning signs, thinking we
can wait till the new year, or to lower friendly
out of town or something. And so the cold weather
can help con worsen the bloods flow to the heart arteries.
All of these things can contribute and increase the risk
(19:08):
of heart attack we see in this time of the year,
but heart is an important condition throughout the.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Year, absolutely, And again I think that's information that a
lot of us don't really think of right when it
comes to this time of the year. Sometimes, you know,
during the holiday season, especially when we're you know, approaching Christmas,
and even after Christmas or before New Years, you know,
I think a lot of a lot of us do
tend to slow down. So I think that's you know,
information that's very valuable. So why do heart attacks then
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specifically spike during the holidays.
Speaker 9 (19:38):
It's just because of those reasons we discussed where we
have changes in our diet, unhealthy changes. We have a
higher alcohol consumption, and we don't move, we're more sedentary,
so we have to take steps to prevent and lower
the risk of heart attack in general and particular during
this time. Anything healthily does not mean during the holidays
or any other times, does not mean we're depriving ourselves.
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There are still ways to eat smart. We look for
small healthy changes and swaps that we can make so
we can continue to feel our best while eating and
drinking in moderation. And we don't forget watching per sodium
and sugar intake. And we have to keep moving because
during the holiday our physical activity level goes down. We
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have to keep moving. We have to be creative, whether
going to the gym for a stationary by EQS or
whatever you like to do, or walk with your family,
use the stairs instead of the elevator, find fun activities
to do. All these things are important to reduce the
stress that we face in general and in particular during
this time with family interactions, strained finances, hectic schedule and traveling.
(20:41):
All that lead us to celebrate in moderation. And it's
in the context of preventing heart disease of eating well,
being active, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood preshure, cholesterol, sugar
and among other things.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Absolutely, and what are some tips that you can share
with us for preventing heart attacks?
Speaker 9 (20:59):
Yeah, so obviously, eating a healthy, plant based materian diet
is key, where we have high and food and vegetable,
less processed food, less red meat, and more wholesome diet.
And being more active, doing one to fifty minutes of
exercise of moderate level during the week, five times a week,
basically thirty minutes. If you smoke, please stop smoking and
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minimize alcohol use. If you use alcohol excessively and have
good sleep habits, work with your doctor to manage blood pressure, sugar,
cholesterol issues, and weight and with these things. With these things,
what happens is controlling these things can lower the risk
of heart attack and living a healthy lifestyle and more importantly,
which is during the holiday season. Two, don't post pontier,
(21:43):
know the symptoms and take action if you see heart
attack signs and coal line one one for help.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Absolutely, thank you doctor for sharing those tips and what
should you do? Though, if you're experiencing a heart attack
right or having symptoms, I should say what is something
you should do immediately?
Speaker 9 (22:00):
You should definitely call nine one one because heart attack
may present differently in men and women among people with
different conditions like diabetes. Recognizing early and calling nine one
for help is better is the best thing. The sooner
the medical treatment starts, the better the outcomes of survivor
survival and preventing short and long term damage. Heart attack
or men that remains a deadly condition and can have
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warning signs that people can miss. Traditionally, people, especially man
can present with pain or discomfort in the chest and
women too, but women on diabetication can have other symptoms
like jaw, neck pain or stomach ache with nazia and vomiting,
discomfort in the arm and the shoulder, or breathing issues.
If you feel unwell, something different, something change, or family
telling you don't look good, please don't hesitate to call
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nine one one the earlier. We intervene and we have
many interventions to open blockages, can prolong life and prevent
permanent damage.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Absolutely, I appreciate your time today, doctor, and where can
we go to learn more information?
Speaker 9 (23:00):
The American Heart Association website is a great resource of
what warning signs of heart attacks, cruelke and living healthy.
It's called hard dot org, has nice graphics and accessible
to the public, and it's very beneficial.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Awesome, thank you so much for being here with us today.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (23:18):
Thank you for having me. Happy holidays and remember celebrate
and moderation. Awesome.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
I appreciate it. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
It's funny we're just talking off the air, how you know,
even when we're a little tired because we're going going
so fast, but there's still so much energy in the room.
And I know why. It's because Whitney Reynolds is back
for another Whitney's Women. Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Yes, you know what you can call me this month
Whitney's Women, the Jolly Little Elf, because I have been
skipping around. I'm sure everybody's actually feeling me that's listening
to this right now, because we are a week short
this Christmas.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Season, this holiday season.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
I'm telling you, it is something with Thanksgiving being so
late that I feel like we're playing catch up. Galore
one of the most fabulous women, but she's a mom
as well and a professional and save in the world
with the foundation. I am so excited to have doctor
Stacy McLain in here with us.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
How are you happy Holidays, Whitney. I'm great.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
I'm just like the rest of us, like this is
such a great little break from the Christmas holiday. Yeah, hectic,
but yeah, let's I know, let's just keep the season going, keep.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
The season going.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
I love it because rounding out Whitney's Women for the
year with you. You're a goodie across the board. I've
known you a long time, but I want our listeners
to learn a little bit more about what you do
in the Faces for Love Foundation.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Oh my goodness, Faces for Love Foundation is so just
near and dear to my heart. So the backstory is,
you know, we've talked about how important it is to
give pay it forward.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
We're here to serve. That's my feeling of our purpose
on Earth. Right.
Speaker 5 (24:53):
Our families are friends, you know, our community. So I
loved being part of philanthropy, philanthropy in gener role, but
sometimes I felt like I needed a little bit more
personal connection with each project that I was doing. So
in twenty twelve, I started Faces for Love Foundation. It's
a nonprofit organization five oh one to three c and
(25:14):
my really my drive was to always have something that
I could personally connect with, giving directly to a charity
that I could then make the beneficiary someone that I
really bonded with, I felt connected with, I could include
my family in the fundraising events. So it's been one
of the best journeys of my life.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
And you know, for people that don't know because you
are a beauty. And that's the only thing I don't
like about radio is they can't see us, Brady, I
know what way they can sure hear us today. But Stacy,
you are a beauty, you do this, you are a doctor.
I started doctor Stacy McLain. You do faces or a
living I know, tell us a little bit about your
(25:55):
professional life.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Well, that's part of my passion as well.
Speaker 5 (25:58):
I mean we I just feel so blessed, blessed to
wake up in the morning and go be with my
patients and be able to take.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Care of them and treat them.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
And this is botox filler every blow me up season, Like,
it's really just very very busy time of our practice.
But you know, it's just a gift to I do
facial plastic. I'm a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon,
so I do all things beauty and enhancements. And my
philosophy is make it look natural. It should just look
(26:31):
like it's a natural extension of the way you woke up.
And that's what we're doing and I love it. It's
it's really just a blessing to me to be able
to be part of that community.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Well, and that's what I love. So you've been doing
this a long time. People know you as the Face
Queen of Chicago and with that you then started this foundation.
So when did you develop the mission? When we're and
I know that you said you knew you wanted to
have something directly, But what is the mission that faces
for love?
Speaker 5 (26:57):
The mission, well, I started it when one of my
family members was ill, and then I realized that that
was a time that I really needed to just fine home,
to just fine tune what I was doing and really
just get my passion in order. So the mission is
to uplift women and children in challenging situations, in challenging circumstances.
(27:18):
So it's very straightforward, and the beauty of that is.
For instance, when my daughter was younger, we did a
tea at the Peninsula, so she was, oh, in that
age for dress up, you do the tea you wear.
So she helped her little friends with raffle sales at
the Peninsula and we raised tens of thousands of dollars
for the Coalition Against Women and Children, which is a
(27:41):
wonderful organization that provides shelter for women and children who
are in domestic abuse situations.
Speaker 6 (27:48):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
This year, we are aligning one of our card projects,
so the children and Hunter, my son's age, just like
when Ali was in second and third grade, are making
artwork that we turn into cards and we've named the
Chicago Lighthouse.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Oh, I love the Lighthouse too.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
As the beneficiary of the proceeds from those cards, so
we just are able to handpick where we want the
funds to go.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
I'm sure there's so many people out there listening today
and it's like, hey, hey, hey, I want you to
know about us. Tell people you have your website, you
have the skincare products that actually twenty percent goes back
or portion goes back.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Well you know what.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
It varies, but it averages about ten percent a year.
But sometimes we will fund major services that are in
a way in excess of that, but we keep it
at a minimum of ten percent each year.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Great, and it's you know, your products. You were on
Whitney's wish List, which is so fine. I know, and
it's always weird when I say the name of the
show because it is my name.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
So yes, I'm talking about myself in third person right now.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
But Whitney's wish List hit WGN last week and you
were on there and you were talking about your skincare
line and that it's when people make these purchases, it
goes back for faces of.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
Love the time. Yeah, I loved I'm just telling Yeah.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
So that's that's the that's the direct connection. So from
every skincare purchase, proceeds go to into Faces for Love,
and then we use that to give to different charities
in the in the Chicago area and actually beyond. We
make financial donations to international organizations as well.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Absolutely well, I love that. Tell people where they can
buy that skincare.
Speaker 5 (29:26):
Well, our office provides it, and so anytime you're in
the office you can pick up a product or Alex,
my office manager, who's amazing, can ship it to you. Also,
you can go to shop mclin MD and you can
see our full line.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
I love that, and you know you could come in person.
You just moved to the nine hundred shops.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
We are in the process of moving. Oh my gosh,
we are unpacking. It's been fabulous experience. I had a
great experience over twenty years in one area. But I
think this is going to be the perfect fit for us.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
It is going to be so great.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Well, thank you so much for coming on and being
our Whitney's Woman this week.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
Oh Whitney, another wonderful time with you. I always love it.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
I love the charities that give back. They spread the
love all around. That's kind of what you do every
single month here with Whitney's Women, right, we don't just
focus on one. We try to spread the love everywhere.
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 7 (30:15):
This.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So you know, when I was coming up here and
I was at security, I was talking to this the
nice man, about how long I have been doing Whitney's Women,
And it's really mind boggling because it has been over
a decade. But it feels like we're just getting started.
Because I say this, Chicago is one of the most
charitable cities. And most of the time when we hear
the news or national news on our city, I just
(30:37):
like cringe because I know the love that is here
and the love we have to give and the love
that is spread here. So I am so excited to
be a platform where we get to share that.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
So, yeah, we get three. We love three things in Chicago.
It's our food, right, We love our food. We love
our sports. Our sports does not love us back right now,
sometimes they don't, but we love giving back.
Speaker 6 (30:59):
Those are the we we do.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
We do and you know you are a Chicago transplant
to Brady. We both have just found home here in community,
and I just think it's such a beautiful time to
reflect on that as the season ends and when people
are home this season, I'm gonna do a shameless plug.
The Whitney Reynolds Show season wrapped just a few weeks ago, everybody,
but we are streaming on all major networks. We also
have reruns going every Monday on PBS at six point thirty,
(31:24):
so make sure to get caught up. It is that
dose of hope that I feel like everybody could use
going into the holidays.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yes, and you're right, Chicago is stuck with you and
I We're not going anywhere. Sorry, guys are tea. We'll
talk to you soon. Whitney, thanks so much for coming by.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Thank you so much, and thank you for listening to
the Weekly Show here on iHeartRadio. We do this every
single week, and if you or someone you know should
be on the show, you can contact us at Paulina
at iHeartMedia dot com and we'll try our best to
set up a time to get you on the weekly Show.
We put this show on every single episode up on
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