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Our Latest Podcasts
Discover the most important topics in health equity here!
Listen to our latest podcasts uncovering complex topics in health and racial/ethnic equity, and learn more about the central issues we uncovered through the resources below!
May 8, 2026
Rural Healthcare and Health Equity
"Speak up. Bring issues to the table. Be part of the group that speaks up. Young adults and teenagers know what the issues are in their community."
Listen to an insightful conversation about health equity initiatives from OSU’s wexner medical center, exploring root-cause solutions across both rural and urban landscapes. Liza Paul and Lori Criss are social workers who have worked with immigrant and migrant populations, people with substance-use disorders, and the elderly; and they bring this perspective to help us, as students, to understand how we can bring health equity to our community. Tune in to this episode to hear about real-world anecdotes of co-creation health solutions alongside evidence-based access initiatives from the past.
March 30, 2026
Both Sides of Healthcare: Patient and Physician Perspectives on Emergency Medicine
“Healthcare really is a right. People should be able to seek care. You shouldn’t have to have a certain socioeconomic status to get care.”
Join Dr. Jennah Morgan and Dr. Caroline Brea, emergency medicine physicians at OSU Wexner Medical Center, and Stephan Vidman, a neuroscience graduate student at Ohio State in a conversation about the patient and physician experience.
This episode uncovers patient and provider perspectives on interacting with one another and making care decisions while considering health equity and personal circumstances.
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December 08, 2025
Colorectal Cancer with Dr. Aldenise Ewing
Explore the systemic social determinants and injustices influencing health outcomes far beyond the clinical environment in our latest conversation with Dr. Aldenise Ewing. This episode provides an in-depth look at her research on colorectal cancer disparities and her strategic efforts to leverage modern technology and community health centers to reach marginalized populations. We invite you to listen and engage with this critical discussion on the policy reforms and advocacy necessary to achieve true health equity in the United States.
November 11, 2025
Health Misinformation with Dr. Dominik Stecuła
“Most of us don’t read peer reviewed studies, so when we see testimonials on social media, that really speaks to a lot of people…”
- Dr. Dominik Stecuła
We spoke to Dr. Dominik Stecuła, an Assistant Professor of Communications and Political Science (by courtesy) at The Ohio State University, to learn more about influences on health misinformation.
Listen to the full podcast here to learn more about how social media, politics, and alternative media shape health beliefs and fuel vaccine misinformation, and the importance of media literacy in navigating today's landscape of health information.
- Kerstin Sjoberg, President and CEO of Disability Rights Ohio
May 16, 2025
Advocacy for Ohioans with Disabilities with Kerstin Sjoberg & Jordan Ballinger (Disability rights Ohio)
“We built coalitions of stakeholders that were centered around a singular idea. And it took time to get there... But if you are meticulous, if you are strategic, and if you are really focused on the individual, the person, and building those relationships and understanding their needs, you can be very effective.” — Kerstin Sjoberg
We spoke with Kerstin Sjoberg, President and CEO of Disability Rights Ohio (DRO), and Jordan Ballinger, DRO’s Policy Director, to learn more about their organization’s statewide advocacy on behalf of Ohioans with disabilities.
Listen to the full podcast to learn more about how DRO navigates the interconnected challenges of housing, healthcare, and employment, their specific policy goals regarding direct care funding and the subminimum wage, and the importance of centering individual voices to drive meaningful systemic change.
January 12, 2025
Healthcare policy with Dr. Priya Bathija
Dive into our latest conversation with Dr. Bathija to be immersed in to a world of law, policy and public health advocacy. Join us as we discuss the factors affecting women's outcomes, whether its through working in the health industry, or being a patient within the system. This episode traces her journey from managing healthcare systems to founding NeoHealth, a venture to close the gap between innovative startups and traditional healthcare institutions.
December 03, 2024
The Effect of Modernization on Health Outcomes with Dr. Alex Hollingsworth
Join Dr. Alex Hollingsworth in a conversation about the modernization of hospital care in the US and its effect on the gap between the health outcomes of black and white Americans. Unpack the role of the Duke Endowment in the healthcare advancement of North and South Carolina during the Jim Crow Era and understanding the importance of the foundations of the modernized healthcare system in combatting racial inequality.
Dr. Hollingsworth expands these ideas to the modern day impacts, explaining how “you don’t need some crazy, fancy, very expensive intervention to do a lot of good”, and how the U.S. healthcare system focuses on many elaborate interventions that don’t necessarily lead us to having the best health outcomes globally.