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Jan 18, 2024 • 31min

Food is Public Health - Food is Medicine Prescription

Sometimes, what patients need is beyond the medical setting. Sometimes, what patients need is just...food. What is Food is Medicine? Special Guest: Holly Freishtat, Senior Director Feeding ChangeEmail: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  References:  https://milkeninstitute.org/programs/feeding-changehttps://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/food-medicinehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322667/ Photo Credit: Photo by Marisol Benitez on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/pile-of-vegetables-QvkAQTNj4zk?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show
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Nov 23, 2023 • 29min

Thanksgiving Fireside Chat 2024!

British Panel Show, Thanksgiving, D&D, Urbanism Twitter drama, and the ethics of leaving versus staying. For the picture of the tweet that started the drama, see our Patreon Page! 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 Matt Seymour on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-wood-burner-with-fire-R__0nw1kKS8?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show
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Nov 16, 2023 • 25min

Infrastructure is Public Health - Combined Sewage Overflow

Where does the poop go? If we don't fix our infrastructure soon, it may go everywhere. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Eliobed Suarez on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-manhole-cover-sitting-on-the-side-of-a-road-dRixo2BTeb8?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_United_Stateshttps://www.epa.gov/npdes/municipal-wastewaterhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257666/https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/bastre.pdfhttps://grist.org/cities/cities-are-investing-billions-in-new-sewage-systems-theyre-already-obsolete/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/americas-sewage-crisis-public-health/405541/Support the show
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Nov 9, 2023 • 26min

Food is Public Health - School Lunches For All!

School lunches are so important. Which is why it's a tragedy when we do school lunches poorly. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Photo Credit: Photo by Mario Gogh on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/assorted-dishes-on-trays-at-tabletop-mELUldtDGDQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://apnews.com/article/free-school-meals-0c927f491b2ee9d4ce7e04b44da79e51#:~:text=Minnesota%2C%20New%20Mexico%2C%20Colorado%2C,footsteps%20of%20California%20and%20Maine.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/sunday-review/why-students-hate-school-lunches.htmlhttps://www.greenmatters.com/food/school-lunches-america#:~:text=Each%20school%20only%20gets%20about,quality%20proteins%2C%20and%20whole%20grains.https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/child-nutrition-programs/national-school-lunch-program/https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslphttps://schoolnutrition.org/about-school-meals/school-meal-statistics/#participationhttps://archive.attn.com/stories/6464/best-and-worst-school-lunches-united-statesSupport the show
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Nov 2, 2023 • 41min

Healthcare is Public Health - The State of Dialysis feat. Tom Mueller

Tom Mueller, author of 'How to Make A Killing: Blood, Death, and Dollars in American Medicine,' joins the podcast to discuss the messed up world of dialysis in America. They explore the challenges faced in accessing dialysis, the dominance of Davida in the dialysis market, and the negative effects of dialysis service concentration. They also highlight the insufficient oversight in dialysis facilities and the problems associated with for-profit healthcare.
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Oct 19, 2023 • 28min

Public Health is Public Health - Your local health department is not doing so hot

What does your local health department do? SO MANY THINGS! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit:Photo by John Cameron on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/HldHS0hEOxQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show
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Oct 12, 2023 • 27min

Public Health Pondering - Women Only Spaces

Women only spaces, gender-neutral bathrooms, TERFS, and Transphobia. CORRECTION: The term we used in this episode "people who identify as women" is inappropriate and the term we should have used is trans-women or cis-women. Our apologies! This is a learning process for us as well, and we always welcome constructive conversations to help with our understanding -MJ Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit: Photo by Daryan Shamkhali on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/RruN5QCjE_s?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show
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Oct 5, 2023 • 30min

Law is Public Health - Restraining Order and Castle Rock v. Gonzales

One of the most heartbreaking supreme court cases. Resources: https://www.thehotline.org/resources/protective-restraining-orders/https://www.womenslaw.org/laws/general/restraining-orders National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/national-resources-sexual-assault-survivors-and-their-loved-oneshttps://www.nsvrc.org/survivorshttps://sakitta.org/survivors/Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit: Photo by Jack le roux on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/5v2eickpK3s?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkReferences: https://www.womenslaw.org/laws/general/restraining-ordershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzaleshttps://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-278Support the show
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Sep 21, 2023 • 30min

Feminism is Public Health - The Silent Epidemic of Gender-based Violence

Ask less what she was doing ask more why was he violent. Resources: National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673https://www.rainn.org/national-resources-sexual-assault-survivors-and-their-loved-oneshttps://www.nsvrc.org/survivorshttps://sakitta.org/survivors/-o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/8E3meRa83Qg?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkReferences: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/19/women-harmed-every-day-invisible-menhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/18/atlanta-spa-shootings-men-rage-sex-addictionhttps://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violencehttps://www.rainn.org/statistics/campus-sexual-violencehttps://www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-solnit-a-rape-a-minute-a-thousand-corpses-a-year/https://www.vox.com/2014/10/15/18088608/campus-sexual-assault-title-ixSupport the show
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Sep 14, 2023 • 24min

Environment is Public Health - Most Wildfires Are Our Fault

Wildfires are getting much more devastating and dangerous. And it's our fault, both the direct cause and the climate crisis. What can we do to prevent them? Donate to Maui Fire Relief. The more direct the donations the better, avoid large scale charities. Yes, it's Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit: Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/-HVh7BRp3ls?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show

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