Everything is Public Health

Freedom of the press is fundamental to public health.Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Utsav Srestha on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/pile-of-newspapers-HeNrEdA4Zp4?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://rsf.org/en/indexhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminist_Fivehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/01/china-is-weaponizing-online-distraction/https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/04/dont-look-away-chinas-atrocities-against-uyghurshttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-rights-index-vdemhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/china-flooding-tragedy-mourning.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/business/china-censorship-poverty.htmlhttps://www.newsweek.com/china-article-censorship-1-billion-people-monthly-income-2000-yuan-poverty-1856031https://www.bbc.com/news/56213271https://apnews.com/article/china-youth-unemployment-slowdown-321cd96377ee066915fc39232b9477c3Support the show

An episode that was left on the cutting room floor last season, refurbished and released! The many misconceptions of how crime works and why we as a country gets crime reduction wrong. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-black-and-white-photo-of-a-barbed-wire-fence-FQzGa9FLgE0?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashInteresting articles: https://popular.info/p/californias-shoplifting-laws-are?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1664&post_id=147904203&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=zfoin&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=emailSupport the show

For too long, our spaces were designed for the convenience and safety of cars, not people. This is backwards. The ultimate goal should be about moving people, not moving cars. When we design spaces with people in mind, the flaws of our current car-centric design become obvious. If you like to know more about new urbanism, you may like these creators: Strong TownStreetcraft The War on CarsCityNerdEmail: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit:Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/aerial-view-of-people-walking-on-raod-IBaVuZsJJTo?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollutionhttps://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9118199/public-transportation-subway-buseshttps://www.vox.com/policy/354561/pedestrian-fatalities-car-safety-ratingshttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/11/upshot/nighttime-deaths.htmlhttps://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-statehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776244/https://www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1184034017/us-pedestrian-deaths-high-traffic-carhttps://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobileSupport the show

The 2011 Soderbergh movie that had a rebirth during COVID gets somethings right and somethings wrong. But I'm still upset about it. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Pierre on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/assorted-color-animals-on-fence-FlnPw97HB8Y?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

While we may not know how to prevent earthquakes or predict them, we can prepare for them. And preparing for them is much more than just individual emergency preparedness. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Çağlar Oskay on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-large-pile-of-rubble-sitting-on-top-of-a-bridge-ZoxV-DmWA4E?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.ready.gov/earthquakeshttps://www.earthquakeauthority.com/blog/2019/how-to-make-an-earthquake-emergency-kithttps://emergency.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1791/files/2021-04/earthquake_annex_2018.pdfhttps://www.vox.com/world/2023/2/14/23597836/turkey-earthquake-contractors-building-arrestshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlCRoBAcuwhttps://www.nehrp.gov/https://emergency.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1791/files/2021-04/earthquake_annex_2018.pdfSupport the show

A shorter episode because Train to Busan was wall to wall zombies. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Oh Taeyeon on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-view-of-a-train-track-with-a-mountain-in-the-background-H4X3baHqGz8?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

I Am Legend is an iconic movie that in some ways transformed the zombie genre. But how did the movie do from a public health perspective? Let's see. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo credit: Photo by Jermaine Ee on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/new-york-central-park-A2CChTZvzTE?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

The Last of Us, the TV show adaptation for the popular video game of the same name, featured the less typical fungal infection zombie apocalypse.  It has everything, from a stellar cast, a gripping plot, excellent acting, tension, tears, and thought provoking moral dilemmas. But you know what it doesn't have? Public health. Let's reexamine the pre-apocolypes world in The Last of Us through the lens of public health and see what we can learn! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Ralph Katieb on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-bunch-of-leaves-that-are-on-the-ground-co6CPEldQcQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

Electricity is all around us today and we barely give it a second thought, but it wasn't always this safe. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-usb-cable-plugged-in-white-electric-socket-7alo7OJVNVw?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448087/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device#History_and_nomenclaturehttps://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47665https://www.esfi.org/ground-fault-circuit-interrupters-preventing-electrocution-since-1973/https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/question110.htmhttps://mrelectric.com/blog/the-history-of-electricity-history-of-electricity-timelineSupport the show

The Socialist Snowplow meme. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo by kim giseok on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/yellow-dump-truck-on-focus-photography-tU0jPrumTPQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/it-wasnt-always-citys-job-remove-snow-180949796/https://www.environmentalgeography.net/2016/02/socialist-snow-removal.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/24/study-rain-increases-risk-fatal-car-crashes-by-percent/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-01-26/how-we-plowed-before-snow-plows-were-inventedhttps://www.marketplace.org/2014/02/14/brief-history-snow-removal/Support the show