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Easing Parkinson's symptoms with rock and roll

Music therapy can come in all kinds of shapes and sizes – from helping nonverbal kids express emotion, to helping hospice patients relieve stress. We visit a clinic using music therapy to help Parkinson's patients get some exercise.

Plus: With shootings and homicides in Rochester at a record high last year, one group has made it their mission to visit every memorial site and pray for the victims.

Veronica Volk is executive producer and director of podcast strategy for WXXI Public Media.