New from Code WACK, Decolonizing Health Care
What is the connection between colonization and the American healthcare system? How has systemic exploitation impacted the health of the most vulnerable among us? How will our healthcare system respo...
21 Sep 202116min
New from Code WACK, INFLAMED: Colonialism, Climate Change & Health Care
Is there a link between inflammation of the Earth and inflammation in our bodies? What about the disparate impact of climate change on BIPOC communities? How are concepts like "choice" being weaponize...
14 Sep 202118min
New from Code WACK, Fighting for life in America's healthcare rabbit hole
What if you got a really terrible diagnosis in your mid-40s? ”Terrible” as in “unimaginably expensive?” “Terrible” as in “terminal?” Would you want to spend the time you have left on hold, searching f...
7 Sep 202110min
New from Code WACK, Heartless Denial: HIV Discrimination & Organ Transplants
It’s tough enough to be born with a genetic predisposition to heart disease. Tougher still to suffer advanced heart failure at 43. Then add in an HIV diagnosis and a hyper-fragmented healthcare system...
31 Aug 20219min
New from Code WACK, 'Centuries of Inequities' & the COVID Crisis.
Part 2. How has America’s lack of a national, coordinated response to COVID affected us? What about the attacks on America’s public sector? Why did simply having to go to work turn out to be the singl...
24 Aug 202110min
New from Code WACK, Medicine's undeniable role in U.S. racism
How is racism baked into American society? What role has medicine played in propagating it? How does racism in health care affect Black and indigenous peoples? Listen as "full-time troublemaker" Dr. ...
17 Aug 20219min
New from Code WACK, Restaurant Worker Abuse? Let Us Count The Ways
Does commercial health insurance - when it's actually affordable - even provide the kinds of coverage restaurant workers need to cope with backbreaking work and emotional abuse? Who would want to risk...
10 Aug 20218min
New from Code WACK, Why Restaurant Workers are Singing the Blues: Former Nashville Server Speaks Out
What health challenges do restaurant workers face as a result of their work? How did they fare during COVID? Can most restaurant workers really afford to miss a shift due to illness? Join Brenda Waybr...
3 Aug 20219min
