Speaking of reproductive justice…
For decades, the U.S. has been forcibly sterilizing women of color, taking away their basic human right to become a parent. It’s happening in prisons and immigration detention centers across the United States, where doctors are performing unwarranted hysterectomies and bilateral tubal ligation without proper consent.
Last year, California announced it would pay out millions of dollars to living survivors of the state’s forced sterilization efforts. In episode 028, co-sponsor of the bill, Laura Jimenez, Executive Director of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, explains the racist, classist, ableist history of forced sterilization and why it’s still happening today. LISTEN NOW.
New episodes
- Can replacing our fee-for-service model with value-based care save our healthcare system? In episode 027, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS and current Co-Founder and CEO of Aledade, dives into the what, why, and how of value-based care solutions. LISTEN NOW.
- “Neurodivergent” is a term used to describe any kind of divergence from dominant cultural norms of neurocognitive functioning (including people with autism, ADHD, OCD, epilepsy, synesthesia, dyslexia, and more). In episode 029, special guest host Marissa Pittard (who is neurodivergent herself, and the co-founder of Beaming Health) interviews actor Major Dodson about life on the spectrum. LISTEN NOW.
- Decades of public health efforts to curb teen smoking have unraveled since Juul and other e-cigarette brands came on the market in 2015 with their sketchy flavors and ads targeting youth. In episode 030, Dr. Susan Walley, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Children’s National Hospital, discusses her work developing effective healthcare and school-based interventions to reduce youth tobacco use. LISTEN NOW.
- As the most trusted profession for the last 20 years, nurses make up the highest percentage of the US healthcare workforce and serve as the primary providers of patient care. But we’re facing a nursing crisis and looming shortage. In episode 031, McKinsey Partner and former nurse Gretchen Berlin shares the challenges the profession is facing, and what’s needed to turn things around (not a parade). LISTEN NOW.
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Thank you,
Halle
