119. Scott Rider on Living with Parkinson’s Disease

119. Scott Rider on Living with Parkinson’s Disease

Dan talks with Scott Rider about life with Parkinson’s Disease. Topics include Scott’s experience with Parkinson's, the state of support for those living with the disease, and infrastructure challenges we face in providing communities and homes in which people with mobility challenges can live.

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118. Greg Moody on Leadership and Health in Ohio

118. Greg Moody on Leadership and Health in Ohio

Dan talks with Greg Moody about his work as the Director of Governor Kasich’s Office of Health Transformation and to learn about his current work at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs on nonpartisan leadership in health care.

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117. Goodbye Medical Debt: Toledo Councilwoman Michele Grim

117. Goodbye Medical Debt: Toledo Councilwoman Michele Grim

Dan talks with Councilwoman and State Rep-Elect Michele Grim about her recent medical debt relief plan in Toledo, which partners with RIP Medical Debt and uses ARPA funds to eliminate $240 million in medical debt in Lucas County.

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114. State of Health & Human Services in Ohio: Community Solutions’ Hope Lane-Gavin

114. State of Health & Human Services in Ohio: Community Solutions’ Hope Lane-Gavin

Dan talks with Hope Lane-Gavin of the Center for Community Solutions about CCS’ new health and human services fact sheets–each of which shines an important and often sobering light on the situation in Ohio, especially on the cusp of an election of consequence.

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113. Rep. Allison Russo: What We've Learned - or Haven't - from the COVID-19 Pandemic

113. Rep. Allison Russo: What We've Learned - or Haven't - from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Ohio, Dan and Minority Leader Allison Russo reflect on what we have – and haven’t — learned from the pandemic. They also discuss the importance of voting and democratic responsiveness to health.

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112. Whatever the Community Needs:  Intersectionality, Harm Reduction, and the Environment

112. Whatever the Community Needs: Intersectionality, Harm Reduction, and the Environment

Dan talks with Nancy Woods and Michael Goughenour from River Valley Organizing about how they care for their community through harm reduction and environmental justice work. They emphasize the importance of empowering the community when supporting their health holistically.

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110. Health in Ohio's Muslim Communities: Dr. Marium Husain

110. Health in Ohio's Muslim Communities: Dr. Marium Husain

Dan talks with Dr. Marium Husain, physician and oncologist-in-training, climate activist, and current President of the Islamic Medical Association of North America. Topics include health challenges in Ohio's Muslim communities; stigma and violence; and opportunities presented by interfaith collaboration.

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109. Glennon Sweeney on Confronting the Racist Histories of Central Ohio Communities

109. Glennon Sweeney on Confronting the Racist Histories of Central Ohio Communities

Dan talks with Glennon Sweeney, a senior research associate at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, about how the historical design of Central Ohio's communities--both urban and suburban--continues to perpetuate inequities that lead to disparities in health outcomes.

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107. Sports Writer Craig Calcaterra on Healthy Fandom

107. Sports Writer Craig Calcaterra on Healthy Fandom

Dan talks with sports writer and Ohioan Craig Calcaterra about his new book, Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game (Belt Publishing 2022). Topics include sports as a health question; the intersection of sports and the health of American social and political life; women's sports and fandom; sports betting; and what healthy fandom looks like.

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106. Daron Larson on Why Mindfulness Matters

106. Daron Larson on Why Mindfulness Matters

Dan talks with mindfulness coach Daron Larson about why mindfulness is worth fighting for despite attempts by workplaces and profiteers to reduce it to a gimmick. Topics include the mindfulness-industrial complex, whether mindfulness is inherently individualistic, and how small adjustments in individual approaches to difficult situations can improve one's quality of life and enjoyment.

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105. Returning to Sandusky, Running for Ohio: Jim Obergefell on Caregiving, Health, & Public Service

105. Returning to Sandusky, Running for Ohio: Jim Obergefell on Caregiving, Health, & Public Service

Dan talks with civil rights icon Jim Obergefell about caregiving, the cost of health care, the Ohio legislative map debacle, the importance of Lake Erie to life in Ohio, and opportunities for bipartisan collaboration on issues affecting Ohioans.

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103. OPAWL: Building Community within Ohio's Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

103. OPAWL: Building Community within Ohio's Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Dan welcomes two members of OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership, Sharon Kim and Rebecca Nelson. They discuss increases in anti-Asian crime, health disparities laid bare by COVID-19, changes to Ohio demographics, and OPAWL’s proposed solutions to improve AAPI outcomes in Ohio.

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101. Restlessness in the Workforce: Ginger Christ of Modern Healthcare

101. Restlessness in the Workforce: Ginger Christ of Modern Healthcare

Dan talks with health care reporter Ginger Christ about the state of the health care workforce, including food access, wages, and working conditions generally, including for the many immigrants who are staffing some of our most important health care jobs.

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