Podcasts

        Featuring Michele Hamilton, counselor at a domestic abuse shelter and board member of Health Care 4 All-PA, on how Medicare for All would change the dynamics for abuse survivors.   Free to leave? Domestic abuse & health care   —– TRANSCRIPT […]

        Featuring Michele Hamilton, counselor at a domestic abuse shelter and board member of Health Care 4 All-PA, on how the fragmented U.S. health insurance system fails abuse victims.      How America’s broken healthcare system fails abuse survivors   —– TRANSCRIPT […]

        Featuring Hugo Morales, Executive Director and co-founder of Radio Bilingue, the National Latino Public Radio Network. In this pod, Hugo and Brenda discuss the many dangers migrant farmworkers face on the job while living with the constant fear of deportation.      Pesticides, […]

        Featuring Hugo Morales, Executive Director and co-founder of Radio Bilingue, the National Latino Public Radio Network. In this pod, host Brenda Gazzar explores the arc of his fascinating life, beginning in a Mixteca village in rural Mexico to the farm labor camps in […]

      Featuring Eliska Hahn, a hardworking performance artist who developed multiple sclerosis while living in a state that did not accept the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. What difficult choices did she face as she battled a devastating illness while trying to get […]

          Featuring Eliska Hahn, a hardworking, highly talented voice artist, model and actor who ended up declaring medical bankruptcy at age 23. Does the desire for dignity, independence and healthcare security mean Americans must give up their dreams of working in creative […]

        A second podcast featuring Dr. Nina Harawa, PhD, MPH, a professor-in-residence at the UCLA School of Medicine. Today she breaks down for us why incarcerated people are experiencing such devastating coronavirus outbreaks. How do the day-to-day realities of life in prisons […]

        Featuring Dr. Nina Harawa, PhD, MPH, a professor-in-residence at the UCLA School of Medicine where she has conducted innovative research with populations including HIV positive and high-risk African American men, sexually active African American and Latina women, transgender women and the […]

      Featuring Dr. Rob Davidson, practicing emergency room doctor and head of Committee to Protect Medicare. How can we overcome vaccine hesitancy among Americans? Why do some communities have serious concerns around seeking medical care? Host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Rob Davidson, discuss […]