PHPod Archives

10.26.2023 PHPod logo and player on the left with an optical illusion on right, representing body dysmorphia, weight discrimination, and stigma

Health Equity

Fat Liberation and Weight Discrimination

PHPod host Kara Schmidt sits down with Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd, director of Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology, and Massachusetts State Senator Becca Rausch to discuss the fat liberation movement, the health effects of weight stigma, and recent legislation to address size discrimination in the Commonwealth.

09.28.2023 PHPod logo and player on the left and a red handprint, which represents the missing and murdered Indigenous women movement, on the left

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Epidemic

PHPod host Kara Schmidt sits down with Annita Lucchesi, founder and director of Sovereign Bodies Institute, and Jodi Voice Yellowfish, founder and chair of MMIW-Texas Rematriate, to discuss the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

04.20.2023

The Unsung Intersection of Ballroom and Public Health

PHPod sat down with Jennifer Barnes-Balenciaga, director of the Crystal LaBeija Organizing Fellowship and Commissioner for Gender Equity in New York City, to discuss her work with health policy and the ballroom community.

Fellows Connor McCombs, Bethany Hallenborg

03.31.2023 a group of people posing for a photo

Public Health Post

Meet Our 2023 Public Health Post Fellows

New fellows, Caroline Dignard, Sean Hagan, Adna Jaganjac, and Kara Schmidt, discuss health communication and their public health interests going into their year-long writing fellowship with Public Health Post.

Fellow Connor McCombs

02.17.2023

'There Is No Wrong Body for Gymnastics'

PHPod sits down with Abbie Green, the founder of EveryBODY Gymnastics, a gymnastics incubator focused on teaching the sport to anyone wanting to learn.

Fellows Connor McCombs, Bethany Hallenborg

01.20.2023 a group of people sitting at a table

Health Equity

PHPod Goes to APHA, Part II

At the APHA Annual Meeting & Expo in November, PHPod discussed putting public health into action with Michael Curry, CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers; Nicole Huberfeld, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law at Boston University School of Public Health; and Christina Dantam and Rhea Manocha, members of the Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Initiative at Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Fellows Connor McCombs, Bethany Hallenborg

12.12.2022

Health Equity

PHPod Goes to APHA

At the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo in November, PHPod spoke with Emma Blackson and Diana Vasquez about their work putting public health into action.

Fellows Connor McCombs, Bethany Hallenborg

01.25.2021 a woman smiling for a picture

Sarah Kliff — Part Two

Sarah Kliff, investigative reporter for The New York Times, focuses on the American health care system and how it works for patients.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

12.07.2020 a book cover with a person sitting on a chair

Health Equity

Financial Health is Public Health

Michael Stein discusses health, medicine, and poverty and his new book, "BROKE: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor."

Editor Nicholas Diamond

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