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Public health is meant to protect us—but history shows it can also be used to control us. In the 20th century, tens of thousands of people, mostly women, were forcibly sterilized. In this podcast, we dig into the unsettling history of forced sterilization in the United States. From historical eugenics laws to the current realities of reproductive justice, we'll explore how public health policies crossed the line, and why understanding this history still matters today.   Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

You can't make me!!! Welp...sometimes we can. Join us as we talk about the legal framework for advancing public health. Our guest is Dawn Hunter: public health lawyer, health equity champion, and the rare policymaker who's as comfortable with the legislature as she is in a microbiology lab. Dawn's career is proof that the law isn't just about statutes—it's about systems, stories, and the social determinants that touch us all.   Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Life is wild these days, but personal resilience is the juice that keeps us going. Join us as we talk with Nicole Waters of 525 Coaching about how to stay unbreakable and unstoppable—because when life gives us lemons...we add some sugar and stay sweet y'all.   Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Let's dig into the fascinating world of public health and how we handle the dearly departed in the US—because who doesn't love a good corpse story? From embalming fluids to home cemetaries, we're dying to explore it all with you. Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad    

Let's shed our mortal coils and talk about the history of death in public health. Megan and Linsey talk about religious contexts around death, how we use death to understand disease, and some famous plagues.  Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Shoot for the stars! And hopefully you'll land in a makeshift airstream for quarantine! Learn more about how we apply public health practices to cosmic travel! Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Take a bite of some lemon meringue pie and listen to our episode about how home economics became a vehicle for women to enter the workforce and academia. Megan and Linsey talk about The Secret History of Home Economics and how it has impacted public health. Book: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Megan and Linsey revisit this topic and talk about all the different ways that health and community wellness have been revered in different mythologies around the world.  Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Did you know your brain likes to take shortcuts when it comes to logic? Megan and Linsey talk about logical fallacies (aka the backbone of social media) and cognitive bias in public health!  Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Megan and Linsey take a moment to rant and rave about the current system of accessing and allocating grants in communities. Fun, right? If you're feeling salty about grant writing, this is the one for you. Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Despite what you may hear, public health happens in Florida! We dive into the history of public health in Florida and the unique challenges the Sunshine State faces. Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Let's get silly! Cartoons have been used to communicate health behaviors (both good and bad). Let's revisit some of our favorite toons and how they've impacted public health. Check out our Patreon for Linsey's Sailor Moon drawings from middle school! Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Ice, Ice, baby! We're talking about how ice changed the world and public health!  References: Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rims -- A Cool History of a Hot Commodity Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Get your tin foil hats on! We're talking about the history of institutional mistrust in public health and how it impacts today's issues.  References: Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

Join us for our final episode about anti-fat stigma! We interview and kiki with Christine Byrne (she/her), MPH, RD, LDN, a non-diet dietitian nutritionist, longtime journalist, and the founder of Ruby Oak Nutrition. She specializes in nutrition counseling for eating disorders and loves working with college students and adults. Content warning: we do talk about disordered eating and eating disorders. Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad

An opinion piece in the New York Times caught our eye: A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected By Major Journals. You Can't Make This Up. by Pamela Paul. Can science be impartial and how do we address bias? The reference article can be found here. Other show notes: Citation Justice: https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/citation-justice  References: Abbot, D.; Bikfalvi, A.; Bleske-Rechek, A.; Bodmer, W.; Boghossian, P.; Carvalho, C.; Ciccolini, J.; Coyne, J.; Gauss, J.; Gill, P.; Jitomirskaya, S.; Jussim, L.; Krylov, A.; Loury, G.; Maroja, L.; McWhorter, J.; Moosavi, S.; Schwerdtle, P.N.; Pearl, J.; Quintanilla-Tornel, M.; III, H.S.; Schreiner, P.; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Shechtman, D.; Shifman, M.; Tanzman, J.; Trout, B.; Warshel, A.; West, J. In Defense of Merit in Science. Controversial_Ideas 2023, 3, 1. Paul, P. (2023, May 4). A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected by Major Journals. You Can't Make This Up. The New York Times. Sjoding, M. W., Dickson, R. P., Iwashyna, T. J., Gay, S. E., Valley, T. Sl. (2020). Racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement. New England Journal of Medicine, 383: 2477-2478. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240 Obermeyer, Z., Powers, B., Vogeli, C., Mullainathan, S. (2019). Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations. Science 366: 447-453. Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad 

Now that we've discussed anti-fatness in public health, Megan and Linsey talk about anti-fatness in our policies.  References: Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States The obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account CDC Study Overestimated Deaths from Obesity Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat State and Local Backgrounders: Soda Taxes by the Urban Institute   Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad 

Megan and Linsey talk about their personal and professional experiences with anti-fat bias and stigma. If you struggle with disordered eating, please be aware that we will be discussing this and eating disorders.  This is the first of a series of episodes where we talk about weight discrimination, anti-fat bias, and how public health has contributed to this phenomenon. References:  Belly of the Beast: the Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison Maintenance Phase Podcast Sabrina Strings The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor Economist Article: New drugs could spell the end to the world's obesity epidemic   Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad 

WE'RE BACK! We have a lot of updates and news! This minisode is a trailer for the NEW season of Viral with our new co-host, Megan Albertson! Tune in for a preview of Season 2! Engineered by Dreamstate Productions Music by Michael Conrad 

Your podcast feed isn't glitching - yes it really is a new episode of Viral! We are back from our collective catatonic paralysis, I mean sabbatical, I mean break. Did we miss anything important happening in public health over the past year and a half? Quinn and Linsey get real about why they've been absent, talk about where we are in the world of Covid now that 2021 is halfway over already, and reveal what might be coming up next for the show.

Hey everyone! Linsey and Quinn are back with a two-part episode featuring a discussion with Dr. Erika Fant, clinical pharmacist, and Dr. Janice Zgibor, pharmacist and epidemiologist. We talk COVID, pharmacy, contact tracing, and more!   (This episode was originally recorded a few weeks ago but we held off on posting it to allow others to focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, but now that COVID is spiking again, we thought it would be a good time to get back in your ears.)    Thanks for listening!  

Linsey and Quinn hop on Skype again to discuss the ongoing coronavirus crisis, compare figures from around the world, and contemplate what it means that some states are opening up while others remain closed. It gets weird.

Linsey and Quinn meet again (remotely this time) to discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including conspiracy theories and how this is affecting marginalized communities especially hard. Hang in there, everyone.

We're back from a hiatus to bring you an episode about, you guessed it, COVID-19 or Novel Coronavirus. It only took a global pandemic for us to get our butts in gear and record again! In this episode, we talk about the virus, the public health response, and how you can help #FlattenTheCurve (and what the hell that means). Hopefully, we still have some listeners, so for those of you who are ride or die, thanks! Sources:Flatten the Curve: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/13/815502262/flattening-a-pandemics-curve-why-staying-home-now-can-save-livesCDC Coronavirus Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#spreadsWHO Coronavirus Guidance: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses The intro and outro music is “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick and Easy Boys. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Google Play and sign up for our email list at www.viral-pod.com.

If you've been paying attention to anything over the past 15 years, you have probably noticed that vape pens, or e-cigarettes, have become increasingly more popular in the United States. But did you know the first prototype dates back to the 1800s? Learn about this and more as we discuss the history and current science (and controversy) regarding e-cigarettes!

Greetings and happy summer! Today we have an episode about the history of blood donation and transfusions as it pertains to public health, helping people recover from injuries and illness, and why some laws regarding who can donate are still out of date for certain populations, especially the LGBTQIA+ community. Here is the link Linsey referenced regarding the FDA’s request for public comment. The period to submit comments ended in 2016 (we were incorrect in the podcast episode) but we’ll look to see if there’s anything new! federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/28/2016-17804/blood-donor-deferral-policy-for-reducing-the-risk-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-transmission-by   Other things referenced: bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/democrats-gay-blood-donors statnews.com/2016/01/22/paid-plasma-not-blood campusrec.unc.edu/2015/10/the-history-of-blood-donation redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-donation-process/what-happens-to-donated-blood/blood-transfusions/history-blood-transfusion.html

Episode 40! Today Linsey and Quinn discuss the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 which ravaged the city of Philadelphia and almost shut down the American government. Also, what the hosts have been enjoying lately! Enjoy.

Thank you to everyone who came and saw us at the 2019 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference in Salt Lake City! We didn’t do a live show per-se, but rather a roundtable presentation about how podcasts can be a useful tool for communicating to a variety of audiences. We’ll share that info sometime, but for now, sit back and enjoy a story about a pioneer woman who not only was an accomplished doctor and public health champion but also the first female state senator in the U.S. – and an interesting person too! The intro and outro music is “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick and Easy Boys. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Google Play and sign up for our email list at www.viral-pod.com.

Hey everyone! This is a rebroadcast of an episode we aired early in our run. We think the topic of propaganda is relevant still and wanted to re-release just the discussion portion of that episode. Be back in your feeds with a new episode soon! Credit to The Quick and Easy Boys for their song "Take Your Medicine" which is the intro and outro of our podcast.

Sex education should be accessible to everyone, right? Sometimes that's not the case. Linsey discusses her research and dissertation work focused on making sex education accessible for adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Join us for a great conversation! We're also headed to Salt Lake City for the 2019 Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting! If you're there too, feel free to say hi!  We're hosting a roundtable discussion on how to use podcasts as a tool for health education and promotion! Intro/Outro Music: “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick & Easy Boys

One recurring theme of this show is that people throughout history have used religion and storytelling to explain what was then unexplainable. In today’s episode, Linsey and Quinn discuss Shapona, the Yoruba god of smallpox, and Endovelicus, the god of public health and safety in pre-Roman Lusitania (modern-day Portugal). 2019 is a big year for Viral – stay tuned for some re-releases of popular episodes and a bunch of new topics! Intro/Outro Music: “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick & Easy Boys

Can civic engagement make a community healthier? Is voting a public health issue?  Uncle Sam wants YOU to find out the answers to these questions and more in our episode about the intersection of civic engagement and public health.     Sources: https://publichealth.wustl.edu/civic-engagement-robust-communities/   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374501/   http://plan4health.us/civic-engagement-in-planning-can-improve-public-health/   https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/pimnetwork/eventdocs/2012/june/06282012slides.pdf   https://gradonline.sc.edu/articles/healthcare/why-community-engagement-matters-in-the-field-of-public-health.aspxhttps://ncoc.org/data-in-action/civic-health-public-health/   https://www.prb.org/differences/   https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs.html   https://www.lwv.org/   Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Public Health deserves a gold star for vaccinations--and an asterisk acknowledging the dark history around its development.  We dive into the history of measles and talk about the anti-vaccination movement and how it's bringing this vintage disease back like hipsters and handlebar mustaches.  Sources:   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/measles-back-vengeance-anti-vaccination-movement-blame/ http://pinellas.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2018/08/measles-cases-8-28-2018.html  https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements  Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

We're back at it -- inoculating your mind against ignorance! Check out the second episode of transduction where we talk about two completely different public health topics! Sources: Link 1; Link 2; Link 3 Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Get ready to be inoculated with some surprising knowledge bits about interesting public health topics. We're not going to spoil the surprise, so sit back and enjoy the show!  Link to Final Forms Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/07/final-forms Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

How do we partner with others on new or non-traditional health issues like housing or climate change? How do we break down our silos across discipline, industry, and sector? We discuss strategies and lessons learned with Maria Sgambati and Carson Bell from Physicians for Social Responsibility in this episode of Viral. What to learn more about PSR? Check out these links: Physicians for Social Responsibility Florida: www.psrflorida.org  PSR Report: Too Dirty, Too Dangerous: Why Health Professionals Reject Natural Gas: https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/fracking-too-dirty-too-dangerous/ My Green Doctor: http://www.mygreendoctor.org/ Contact information for PSR Florida:Carson Bell:  carson@psrflorida.org Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Imagine a world where diseases that once were easily treatable wreak havoc on our species. This may sound like the plot of a dystopian sci-fi novel but it could be the real future of humanity.  We talk about antibiotic resistance and how we can be better stewards of medicine in this episode. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

  Love your weekends? We do too!  But we haven't always had weekends, minimum wage, and child labor laws; the Labor Movement changed all of that.  We talk about the history of the Labor Movement and how it has impacted Public Health. Black Lung Disease Article:  https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/09/600990115/ky-lawmakers-didnt-consult-federal-experts-about-limiting-black-lung-claims-reviThe Jungle:  https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Upton-Sinclair/dp/1543285708 Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

It's the final day of our National Public Health Week series; today we're discussing the Right to Health.  Do we have a responsibility as public health professionals to ensure the right to health for everyone?  If so, how do we do that and what does that look like? To learn more about National Public Health Week and Ensuring the Right to Health check out their website here. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Welcome to Day 4 of our National Public Health Week series; today we're covering Injury and Violence Prevention.  Recent events in Parkland and March for Our Lives have called attention to the growing concern over policy inaction at the federal and state level in addressing gun violence and safety.  We discuss our thoughts on the growing March for Our Lives movement and its intersection with public health. To learn more about National Public Health Week and Environmental Health check out their website here. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

It's Day 3 of National Public Health Week and we're discussing Environmental Health!  Today we're featuring an old fellow named Father Thames and how he has impacted the health of London for centuries. To learn more about National Public Health Week and Environmental Health, click here. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Today marks Day 2 of National Public Health Week and the focus is Communicable Disease.  We're going to talk about one of public health's greatest achievements: the eradication of Smallpox. To learn more about National Public Health Week and Communicable Disease check out their website here. Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Today marks Day 1 of National Public Health Week and the focus is Behavioral Health.  Get out your Theory of Health Behavior class notes, because we're discussing the story behind the Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change Theory!  We're moving you from contemplating podcast episode subscription to the action stage! To learn more about National Public Health Week and Behavioral Health check out their website here. Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

April 2nd is the start of National Public Health Week!  To celebrate, we're hosting a mini-episode each day based on the daily public health theme!  As a bonus, we're talking about the origins of quarantine! Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

We're back (sort of) from a hiatus with some updates and general ramblings!   Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Welcome to episode 22 of Viral. Sorry we've been gone for about a month, but we are back in the proverbial saddle (get ready for more animal puns) and ready to sink our teeth into a new topic. This week we discuss the link between veterinary medicine and public health. Youdon't need hawk vision to see the link here, as we have been transmitting and receiving disease-causing pathogens to and from other species for thousands of years.Links for things mentioned in today's show:West Nile Virus & Birds: www.cdc.gov/westnile/dead-birdsElephants & TB:www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2015/03/24/elephant_tuberculosis_epidemic_zoo_and_circus_animals_passing_tb_to_humans.htmlThe Good Place: www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642The Punisher: www.imdb.com/title/tt5675620Good Omens: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12067.Good_OmensWooly: www.goodreads.com/book/show/32620335-woollyOne Health: www.onehealthinitiative.com

Art and science. Left brain and right brain. Analytics and emotion. Science gives us explanations, but art gives those explanations meaning. Naturally, these disciplines overlap and have overlapped for as long as both have existed. Today we discuss a few prominent scientific illustrators throughout history, then we talk to Dr. Eliza Wolfson, microbiologist turned scientific illustrator. Plus, we get to nerd out a little about webcomics and graphic novels. Join us!Links:www.lizawolfson.co.ukwww.twitter.com/eliza_coliwww.instagram.com/eliza_coliwww.microbiologysociety.org/education-outreach/resources/multicoloured-microbiomes-colouring-book.htmlwww.kuriositas.com/2012/01/art-forms-of-nature-ernst-haeckel.htmlwww.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2015/april/14/how-leonardo-da-vinci-used-science-to-elevate-artwww.goodreads.com/book/show/39916.Epilepticwww.goodreads.com/book/show/1188083.Transmetropolitan_V_0_10www.goodreads.com/book/show/31850507-surgeon-x-1www.syfy.com/theexpansewww.goodreads.com/book/show/34184069-the-storm-before-the-stormwww.thehistoryofrome.typepad.comViral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

What is the role of public health in emergencies or disaster scenarios? Let's find out! You might be surprised that it's a pretty new sub-discipline of public health even though disasters have been happening since forever.    www.fema.gov www.training.fema.gov www.phe.gov/preparedness/support/esf8   Other things mentioned during today's episode: "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman "Broad City" on Comedy Central "Grant" by Ron Chernow "Mindhunter" on Netflix

  *As a warning, this episode mentions things that some listeners might find disturbing (sexual trauma, drug abuse, and strong language).* In honor of National Recovery Month, we talk with two amazing women and advocates, Kellie Walker and Toni Reynolds, as they tell their recovery stories.  We also discuss the intersections of public health, addiction, and prevention with Monica Rousseau, the Pasco Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Coordinator.     If you would like to learn more about National Recovery Month, please visit:  https://www.recoverymonth.gov/ Kellie was kind enough to share her writing here: Reach Out Recovery:  Recovery Healing after Tragic Loss Reach Out Recovery:  Outgrowing Relationships in Recovery Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Yellow Fever, the Great American Eclipse, an Emoji-Based Political Feedback System, and more! This week we reflect on the past few episodes of Viral, including our poopisode, cancer epidemiology, public health advocacy, climate change, and global health. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and review us on Apple Podcasts. Also, you can subscribe to our newsletter at www.viral-pod.com. Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1876 in Savannah, GA Atlas Obscura Total Eclipse Festival: Photos Helado Negro: Runaround The Shell Collector Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

Today we talk about Global Health, which is really just Public Health but for the entire world! We discuss the creation of the World Health Organization, the differences between words like endemic/epidemic/pandemic, and learn about some famous (infamous?) pandemics throughout history. Also, we interview Andrew Romaner about his time working with the Carter Center on the Guinea Worm Eradication Program. Also, Linsey talks some more about the X-Files.    Links: www.who.int/en www.cartercenter.org www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_stop_pandemics www.goodreads.com/book/show/8861735-arrival-city www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803640-h-is-for-hawk?from_search=true www.goodreads.com/book/show/9777102-hbr-s-10-must-reads-on-leadership?ac=1&from_search=true Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist. Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.