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Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace; World’s Top E...

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  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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There’s a lot we don’t know about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but there is a consensus that it came from animals. This is called zoonosis. H...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:18
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The end of the pandemic might not mean the end of SARS-CoV-2. In fact, many scientists think COVID is here to stay, even with vaccines. In this seg...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 04:07
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In this segment of EPIDEMIC, Dr. Celine Gounder looks at disinformation during the pandemic. Specifically, we’re going to look at how the Russian g...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
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Pandemics have played a huge role in human history. A cholera outbreak in Europe had huge implications for the way we see public health. And it was...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
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In this episode, we will hear how a healthcare worker in Rural Texas is getting the word out about vaccination despite a lack of resources.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:16
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Black healthcare workers are taking on the mission to inform and hopefully convince more people of color to get vaccinated. We’ll hear where this o...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:52
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Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID as white Americans. Despite this, polls show that African-Americans are less interested in re...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:58
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Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:10
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In this episode, we’ll talk about the science behind mRNA vaccines, and discuss the logistics needed to get these revolutionary vaccines to the pub...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 04:09
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Combating misinformation has become more important than ever during the pandemic. The novel coronavirus, social media, and a polarized political en...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
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COVID “long-haulers” are people who have extended experiences with COVID symptoms that never let up, or keep recurring. The virus is so new that we...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:03
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Overdoses have spiked during the pandemic. One of the reasons is a breakdown in the community support so critical to keeping people off drugs. Soci...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:21
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The Psycology of the Covid-19 Health Crisis. A look at Mental Health and Media Use with Clinical Psycologist Dr Russell Bourne. In practice for ove...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2021
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that “One Health” is a valid, interdisciplinary approach to public health that connects human, animal, and environmental health? Join ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Oregon’s reopening rules require certain types of businesses to gather their customers’ contact information and share it with state health authorit...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:58
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Did you know that litigation can help drive legislation? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...

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  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Single-Payer System Would Be More Effective in Managing Pandemics; Julian ...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Who decides what's healthy? Private donors impacting WHO's health policies - The current Corona virus outbreak highli...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch (left) and Kyle Norris work on the first season of Finding Fixes at Anna's dining room table., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
We want to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic? On...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 11:21
Caption: David Venes (right) poses at the Tacoma Needle Exchange van with his dog, Ethel, and outreach worker, Laura Reynolds., Credit: Amber Cortes
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 22:21
Caption: True Hope Community Church.
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to he...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:42
Caption: Justina Bauthues (center) poses for a photo with her parents, Lisa and Tom Hilton.
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:04
Caption: Musician and artist, Becka Baker, at band practice in Tacoma, Washington.
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 32:36
Caption: Physical therapist, Dr. Timothy Zepelak, meets with patient Kimberly Bergrud at Swedish Hospital in Seattle on her first day in the Structured Functional Restoration Program for people with chronic pain., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
On this episode we zoom out and get a more complete picture of chronic pain, so we can understand where opioids fit in. We find out about one solu...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:56