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So many things impact our health. The physical things around you, the social interactions, the policies you may never notice, are all quietly there, influencing our health and wellbeing in subtle ways everyday. Some are there on purpose to prevent bad out

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    Standards - USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 45:10


    Regulations are written in blood. Whose blood are we using? Welcome to Standards, a new series from Everything is Public Health where we examine all the rules and regulations keeping us safe and healthy, and the deregulation movement working to destroy them. The current fascist administration is slashing food safety guardrails. It will cost us. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Photo Credit: Public Domain image from WikicommonsSupport the show

    Public Health Explained - Universal Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 45:19


    What is universal healthcare? What is single payer? And what does Luigi have to do with this? Call your representatives: https://5calls.org/-o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Photo Credit: Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-card-with-a-picture-of-a-man-on-it-next-to-a-stethos-LSCuDR0kcYo?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Light is Public Health - Light Pollution

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 21:11


    The skies at night is too damn bright. That's bad for all involved. Also, car headlights are way too bright. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Photo Credit: Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/city-skyline-under-blue-sky-during-night-time-oBLgQQjFGaU?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences:https://darksky.org/https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/light-pollution/Call your representatives: https://5calls.org/Support the show

    Sanitation is Public Health - Trash and Trash Collection

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 31:23


    Trash collection is a critical public service, though the real problem is how much trash we generate in the first place.-o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by the blowup on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-trash-bin-with-green-leaves-t06aN6vewaQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/trash-in-america-2/https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/nx-s1-4942415/disposable-plastic-pollution-waste-single-use-recycling-climate-change-fossil-fuelsSupport the show

    Mini-episode: American is doing The Great Leap Forward (derogatory)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 18:54


    The last time an autocratic government made policy decisions based on pseudoscience, millions of people died. America is on the precipice of doing the same. Policy must be based on science. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com   Audio Credit: Capybaralol69, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsSpeech by Joseph Stalin, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsSovietball, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsSupport the show

    Emergency Services is Public Health - Firefighters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 20:19


    Firefighters are critical public service that keeps us all save. This episode is inspired by that one entitled and tone deaf rich dude tweeting about private firefighters and got immediately slammed.  https://www.aol.com/la-millionaire-slammed-offering-amount-224449908.html -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com  Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons, public domain picture. File:US Navy 080730-N-5277R-003Support the show

    Public Health Explained - Mutual Aid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 33:28


    What is mutual aid and the community mindset? -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com  Photo Credit:Photo by John Cameron on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-white-coca-cola-signage--_5IRj1F2rY?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - Reproductive Agency and Autonomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 79:35


    The conservatives are trying to ban birth control. Yes, really. First abortion, then contraception, then women's rights in general. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Photo Credit: Photo by Sharon Waldron on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-holding-a-small-yellow-object-dEYQX9kdG9U?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - The Harms of the Parental Rights Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 78:08


    Moms for Liberty puts kids in danger.  Abstinence only sex ed, book bans, and problematic curriculum are antithetical to a good education and good public health. Parental Rights Movement: A deeply ignorant and malicious movement rooted in the premise that parents have rights and the children have none. https://www.salon.com/2023/10/10/moms-for-liberty-meets-its-match-parents-in-this-swing-suburban-district-are-fighting-back/-o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Photo CreditPhoto by Jason Leung on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-room-filled-with-lots-of-shelves-filled-with-lots-of-shelves-e9rk_jtjon8?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - The Harms of the Medical Freedom Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 72:48


    Freedom From > Freedom ToVaccine saves lives. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Photo Credit: Wiki Commons, SpencerbdavisSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - Deleting Public Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 58:37


    Deleting data and research is book burning. No need to read 1984, we're living through it. Data is a representation of reality. By controlling data, one can control our understanding of reality, and in the hands of an autocratic regime erasing data is a highly effective tool for erasing dissent. After all, no one can claim the regime is causing problems if no evidence of said problems exists.  We are witnessing the full scale dismantling of our science and institutions. -o-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Photo Credit: Photo by Enayet Raheem on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/white-printer-paper-with-black-text-0UxQZNoLnlk?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Veterans Affairs is Public Health - Do we actually care about veterans?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 22:40


    Every election cycle, politicians says we should take care of our veterans. Do we? Do we though? -o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth    Photo Credit: Photo by Caleb Fisher on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-black-boat-on-water-EwoPjIJOsjw?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health Explained - USAID

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 29:51


    USAID is a pillar of US soft power, and critical for countless global health efforts to eradicate human suffering and diseases. Ending it is committing mass murder with extra steps. -o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth    Photo Credit: Wiki CommonsSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - FEMA or large scale disaster response

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 62:32


    We are about to witness multiple tragedies, and just how much cognitive dissonance people can have. A high level government agency like FEMA is the solution to handling large scale disasters, which thanks to climate change will only get more frequent. Gutting FEMA would be a bad idea. -o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth   Photo Credit: Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/barber-shop-located-in-ninth-ward-new-orleans-louisiana-damaged-by-hurricane-katrina-in-2005-ha3hueRV3xM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - Home Birth and Free Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 67:46


    There are people around the world who are forced to give birth with limited OBGYN care and resources, and these people are out there doing it on purpose. Public Health in Retrograde is a special limited series examining all the public health accomplishment we've made and the current regressive movement trying to undo them.-o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Photo by freestocks on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/woman-holding-stomach-ux53SGpRAHU?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Public Health in Retrograde - Pasteurization, Crunchy People, and Raw Milk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 56:07


    A series about our public health accomplishments and the current regressive movement to destroy them. Seriously, why are we going back to raw milk? -o-Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Photo by Angelina Litvin on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-white-dairy-cow-on-green-grasses-during-daytime-v5GI9rol_WY?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Mini-episode: No, the solution isn't more children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 9:39


    Having more children to "fix" the aging problem is the pyramid scheme model (it doesn't work). *NOTE* This is not the new season. The show is technically still on hiatus. Thank you for everyone's patience! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth     References:https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23850582/millennials-aging-parents-boomers-seniors-family-care-takerhttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/01/1216043849/bringing-up-a-baby-can-be-a-tough-and-lonely-job-heres-a-solution-alloparentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/briefing/health-care.htmlSupport the show

    Feminism is Public Health - No Fault Divorce

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 23:00


    The unilateral no fault divorce is under attack by the far right. Not good. *NOTE* This is not the new season. The show is technically still on hiatus, but I wanted to use all the recordings we made in the mean time. Thank you for everyone's patience! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health  Photo Credit: Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-white-ceramic-bowl-PtMu7D9AhEs?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fault_divorcehttps://www.nber.org/digest/mar04/divorce-laws-and-family-violencehttps://www.npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-5026948/conservatives-in-red-states-turn-their-attention-to-ending-no-fault-divorce-lawshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/25/republicans-no-fault-divorcehttps://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/354635/divorce-no-fault-states-marriage-republicanshttps://www.cnn.com/2023/11/27/us/no-fault-divorce-explained-history-wellness-cec/index.htmlhttps://firstfocus.org/update/beyond-the-veil-the-impact-of-domestic-violence-on-children-and-the-danger-of-ending-no-fault-divorce/Support the show

    Channel Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 3:48


    "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert CamusI mourn. I mourn for Public Health. I mourn for the earth. I mourn for a future that couldn't be. We will be back. Stay tuned. Follow progress and updates here: Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Support the show

    Mini-episode: Does the NYT want to bring back the war on drugs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 13:40


     MJ clears his backlog of articles he meant to read but never got to. Reading between the lines of three New York Times newsletters about decriminalizing drugs. Are they problematic? Or am I over-reacting? Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth    References: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/briefing/legal-weed-marijuana.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/briefing/portugal-portland-decriminalization-overdoses.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/briefing/san-francisco-addiction.htmlSupport the show

    Mini-episode: Maternal Mortality and Children in Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 9:08


    MJ clears his backlog of articles he meant to read but never got to. America hates mothers and children, it would seem. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth   References: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/10/13/23400901/maternity-care-deserts-march-of-dimes-2022-reporthttps://popular.info/p/child-poverty-is-a-choicehttps://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/mothers-guide-fourth-trimesterhttps://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0919-pregnancy-related-deaths.htmlhttps://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-million-more-children-experienced-poverty-in-2022-than-in-2021-following-expiration-of-covid-era-economic-reliefSupport the show

    Drug Policy is Public Health - Finally, the Opioids Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 23:53


    The opioid crisis is still happening, unfortunately. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health  Photo Credit: Photo by Hal Gatewood on UnsplashReferences: Empire of PainThe Secret History of the Sackler DynastyBy Patrick Radden KeefeLast Week Tonight did FOUR parts on thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCKR6wy94Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCaIhfETsMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0yuH1CiA0 https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1220881380/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addictionhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790432?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240903https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates#Fig2https://www.cdc.gov/museum/pdf/cdcm-pha-stem-uncovering-the-opioid-epidemic-lesson.pdfhttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/how-the-opioid-crackdown-is-backfiring-752183https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2024/20240515.htmhttps://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reductionhttps://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5124997/fentanyl-overdose-opioid-btmps-drug-cartel-xylazine-tranq-mexico-chinahttps://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5107417/overdose-fatal-fentanyl-death-opioidSupport the show

    Civil Engineering is Public Health - Flood Prevention

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 24:18


    "Floods are acts of god but flood losses are largely acts of man." - Gilbert White Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health  Photo Credit: Photo by Caspian Dahlström on Unsplash References: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5133829/hurricane-helene-storm-floodinghttps://www.splinter.com/everywhere-is-under-waterhttps://www.splinter.com/the-age-of-the-floodhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/02/hurricane-excess-deaths-home-health-economy-impact/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/02/floods-havoc-vienna-austria-climate-crisishttps://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/07/how-civil-engineers-must-adapt-to-the-new-risks-of-floodinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-appalachia-flooded-so-severely-from-helenes-remnants/Support the show

    Mini-episode: Medicine's Regulatory Vacuums

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 10:23


     MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: three ProPublica articles about the regulatory shortfalls in medicine. "*sarcasm* Yeah nothing says public health like trying to stop a regulatory agency from holding companies accountable."Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Articles in the episode: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-prenatal-screenings-have-escaped-regulationhttps://www.propublica.org/article/maryland-dormu-minimally-invasive-vascular-medicare-medicaidhttps://www.propublica.org/article/james-eason-methodist-memphis-liver-transplantSupport the show

    Mini-episode: Housing Shortages

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 11:29


    MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: two newsletters about housing shortages. "Perhaps the economic system we have that determines how housing is distributed is flawed"Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  References: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/estimating-national-housing-shortfallhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.htmlhttps://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/vacant-seasonal-housing.htmlhttps://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/https://nlihc.org/gaphttps://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/blog/vacancies-are-red-herringSupport the show

    Media is Public Health - There is No Public Health without Freedom of The Press

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 27:50


    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

    Cut for Time - Talking about Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 34:21


    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

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    Urbanism is Public Health - Spaces For People Not Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 27:27


    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

    Contagion Except This Time with Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 58:06


    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.

    Emergency Preparedness is Public Health - Earthquakes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 23:17


    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.

    Train to Busan Except This Time with Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 33:50


    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 Except this time with Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 59:38


    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 (TV) Except This Time with Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 52:02


    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.

    Building Codes is Public Health - Electric Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 26:49


    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.

    Public Services is Public Health - Winter Snowplowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 28:01


    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

    Housing is Public Health - A Shallow Dive into Public Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 28:01


    What is public housing? And why is it not housing first? 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 Alex on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wall-paint-high-rise-building-tLydkN5h77s?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.usa.gov/public-housinghttps://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-introduction-to-public-housinghttps://homesnow.org/short-history-of-public-housing-in-the-us-1930s-present/https://nurseledcare.phmc.org/advocacy/policy-blog/item/641-a-brief-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-u-s.htmlhttps://nlihc.org/resource/public-housing-historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_United_States#Public_policy_and_implicationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_the_United_Stateshttps://citylimits.org/2022/09/21/opinion-americas-public-housing-as-told-by-those-who-live-there/Support the show

    Labor is Public Health - Labor Rights are Fundamental to Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 24:22


    Why labor rights is inseparable with public health. 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 Joshua Olsen on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-brown-analog-desk-clock-4XZ_vIH1x3M?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: Support the show

    Transportation is Public Health - Transit Apartheid

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 35:06


    What is a transit apartheid and why is that term better than transit desert? Special Guest: Dr. Erica Twardzik Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  References: Dr. Diane Allen text:  https://www.routledge.com/Lost-in-the-Transit-Desert-Race-Transit-Access-and-Suburban-Form/Jones-Allen/p/book/9780367207823Food apartheid:  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interviewFood apartheid:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953622005275It's Transportation for All of Us (ITS4US): https://its.dot.gov/its4us/htm/overview.htm Dr. Chandra Ford and colleagues text: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/book/10.2105/9780875533049Public Transit Disability Dashboard: https://disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/transitdashboard/https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/human_rights_vol34_2007/summer2007/hr_summer07_bujoto/Photo Credit: Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/empty-train-seats-XnQAPnqnboM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Food is Public Health - Pasteurization!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 26:03


    Pasteurization is great! Raw milk on the other hand, not so much. 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 Jack Cole on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-bottle-of-organic-milk-sitting-on-a-table-4PhVsBICtJQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurizationhttps://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/raw-milk-questions-and-answers.htmlhttps://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumptionhttps://www.healthline.com/nutrition/drinking-raw-milk#claimed-benefitshttps://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/nonpasteurized-outbreaks-maps.htmlSupport the show

    How Guns Are Portrayed in the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 38:18


    When we see guns being purchased in media, what message are those scenes sending?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 Jason Dent on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-black-and-white-photo-of-a-movie-projector-SnXIF8_2oPw?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashUse of audio from TV shows falls under fair use. References: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article285702091.htmlSupport the show

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    Prevention is Public Health - Sunscreen!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 27:57


    Sunscreen! It protects your skin! 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 Philippe Murray-Pietsch on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-womans-hands-holding-a-blue-nail-zjEMATxNeeo?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts/https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/sun-uv-and-cancer/how-does-the-sun-and-uv-cause-cancerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunscreenSupport the show

    Child Care is Public Health - A Moral Panic Made Parents' Lives Harder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 26:09


    Nixon vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act. Because helping kids is not American enough. 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 Aaron Burden on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/selective-focal-photo-of-crayons-in-yellow-box-1zR3WNSTnvY?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panichttps://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/1083https://time.com/6125667/universal-childcare-history-nixon-veto/https://time.com/child-care-crisis/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panicSupport the show

    Accessibility is Public Health - What is a Disability?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 25:48


    Why making spaces more accessible benefits everyone. 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 Daniel Ali on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-white-brick-wall-ju1yFZkrxVg?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.aucd.org/docs/add/sa_summits/Language%20Doc.pdfhttps://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/7-terminology.pdfhttps://webapps.dol.gov/dolfaq/go-dol-faq.asp?faqid=67https://www.ada.gov/topics/intro-to-ada/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/24/8-facts-about-americans-with-disabilities/https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.htmlSupport the show

    Sexual Health is Public Health - STIs not STDs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 26:30


    Sexually Transmitted Infections are a public health concern! 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 Testalize.me on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wooden-sticks-on-blue-surface-lnrN95ooxFg?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/sti-vs-std-whats-the-differencehttps://www.cdc.gov/std/general/default.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/std-trends-508.pdfhttps://clsjournal.ascls.org/content/30/2/124https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2022-stis-in-2022-emerging-and-re-emerging-outbreakshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282687/Support the show

    Climate is Public Health - The Insects Are Coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 21:27


    What does the current climate crisis have to do with insects and what do insects have to do with public health? Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  References: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/15/1219478835/arboviruses-mosquito-tick-borne-viruses-tropical-diseasehttps://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/diseaseshttps://entomologytoday.org/2023/12/14/new-study-expands-knowledge-kissing-bug-range-missouri-illinois-chagas-disease/https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/entomologists-issue-warning-about-effects-climate-change-insectshttps://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/topics/insect-disturbance-and-climate-changehttps://www.cdc.gov/westnile/statsmaps/historic-data.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/dengue/statistics-maps/historic-data.htmlPhoto Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-winged-insect-photograph-nZgpg4xYhjM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

    Food is Public Health - Food is Medicine Prescription

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 30:47


    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

    Thanksgiving Fireside Chat 2024!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 29:20


    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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    Infrastructure is Public Health - Combined Sewage Overflow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 24:34


    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

    Food is Public Health - School Lunches For All!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 25:41


    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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 41:00


    A deep dive into the messed up world of dialysis in America. Special Guest:Tom MuellerAuthor of "How to Make A Killing: Blood, Death, and Dollars in American Medicine "http://www.tommueller.co/aboutEmail: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Mastodon: @everythingispublichealth  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth      Photo Credit: Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/purple-bean-lot-LzHdxEBw1Xk?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 27:39


    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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