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PHPod is a podcast brought to you by Boston University School of Public Health and Public Health Post. This podcast series features conversations with leaders and influencers in the public health field.

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Season 5 Episode 1

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

June 26, 2024

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

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Season 4 Episode 7

Artful Healing: The Intersection of Tattoo Artistry and Trauma-Informed Care

May 13, 2024

PHPod sits down with Kat O’Hare, a part-time therapist at Mass Bay Counseling and a tattoo artist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss tattooing as a practice of body reclamation, the importance of trauma-informed care in this work, and how O’Hare brings patience and empathy to her work to create empowering experiences for her clients.

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Season 4 Episode 6

Meet the 2024 Public Health Post Fellows

April 10, 2024

PHPod sits down with new fellows, Lia Musumeci, Heather Sherr, Jude Sleiman, Abby Varker, and Dani Weissert, to discuss health communications and their public health interests going into their year-long fellowships with Public Health Post.

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Season 4 Episode 5

Censorship In the Classroom: Book Bans and Challenges, Part 2

April 9, 2024

PHPod sits down with Leah Watson, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Racial Justice Program, to discuss book bans happening across the country and censorship in the classroom. Watson is a former high school teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, and her current focus with the ACLU is on classroom censorship efforts, otherwise known as educational gag orders.

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Season 4 Episode 4

Censorship In the Classroom: Book Bans and Challenges, Part 1

January 25, 2024

PHPod sits down with Christina Dobbs, an assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, to discuss the current onslaught of book bans and challenges in classrooms across the country.

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