Podcasts

  Another great podcast featuring Rose Roach, executive director of the Minnesota Nurses Association:  Who and what gets left out when health care is driven by profit? How does “lean model management” affect public health preparedness? Code WACK! host Brenda Gazzar and Rose Roach compare […]

  Featuring Rose Roach, executive director of the Minnesota Nurses Association:  How are nurses of color impacted by racism, both on the job and in the streets? Could using weapons of war against protesters increase the spread of coronavirus? Code WACK! host Brenda Gazzar and […]

  Featuring Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing & Programs of Los Angeles Black Worker Center:  How do U.S. policies intensify the vulnerability of Black communities, including during pandemics? What caused the historical distrust between the Black community and the American healthcare system? Code WACK! host Brenda Gazzar […]

    Featuring Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing & Programs of Los Angeles Black Worker Center:  How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting black workers? What does it mean in light of the inequality the black community already faces? Code WACK! host Brenda Gazzar and […]

    Featuring John Kim, Executive Director of Advancement Project California: Why are people of color disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses like diabetes and asthma? Is it the individual’s fault, or is it their environment? Would better health insurance help? Listen as John Kim and […]

    Featuring John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project California: What’s America’s deadliest underlying condition? How have decades of unbridled gentrification, racial and economic segregation and discrimination intersected to keep communities of color in the eye of the pandemic in Los Angeles? John Kim and […]

      Featuring Dr. Philip Verhoef, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and ICU physician: How does it feel to risk your life just going to work, like during the coronavirus pandemic? What’s the best way to tackle the PPE shortage? […]

    Featuring Dr. Philip Verhoef, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and ICU physician: Why was there such an uneven distribution of testing capacity in the United States and how can we address that problem in the future? How does bureaucracy […]

    Featuring Dr. Philip Verhoef, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and ICU physician: How has our fragmented healthcare system affected our ability to perform basic public health functions? What lessons can we learn from other countries with nationally-centralized electronic health […]