People's Health Radio

Islamophobia and global health

February 10, 2011
| Audio from a January 21 forum at UBC on the global health implications of Islamophobia.

60:57 minutes (55.81 MB)
People's Health Radio

Drug-user health

February 17, 2011
| Members of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) co-host this episode exploring the health impacts of stigma, criminalization and poverty on people who use illicit drugs.

59:46 minutes (54.72 MB)
People's Health Radio

In sickness and in health: Women's health in married relationships

February 17, 2011
| A conversation about how to build egalitarian and healthy relationships between men and women as we work to break down patriarchy.

59:34 minutes (54.54 MB)
People's Health Radio

The politics of breastfeeding

March 10, 2011
| This week we discuss the commodification of infant feeding and the politics of breastfeeding in Canada.

61:04 minutes (55.91 MB)
People's Health Radio

Smile with Dignity: A social justice perspective on dental care

March 17, 2011
| A close look at the Alliance for People's Health Smile with Dignity Campaign, featuring interviews with members of VANDU, Bruce Wallace, Martha Roberts and Melanie Roberts.

59:55 minutes (54.86 MB)
People's Health Radio

The great meat debate

April 13, 2011
| People's Health Radio collective members and contributors debate the health impacts of meat-eating versus vegetarianism.

60:28 minutes (55.36 MB)
People's Health Radio

The impact of radiation on people's health

April 15, 2011
| We talk to Glenn Alcalay about the history of U.S. nuclear testing on the Marshall Islands, and Physicians for Global Survival.

18:45 minutes (17.17 MB)
People's Health Radio

Workers' health, workers' voices: Working class health through poetry and music

April 28, 2011
| On this May Day special of People's Health Radio we share music and poetry on the topic of working class health and struggle.

58:53 minutes (53.92 MB)
People's Health Radio

Mother's Liberation: Care-giving under capitalism

May 13, 2011
| PHR marks Mother's Day with an examination of care-giving under capitalism and the struggle for mothers' liberation.

58:17 minutes (53.36 MB)
People's Health Radio

Globalization and Health

May 18, 2011
| An exploration of the impacts of 'globalization' on people's health and community based responses, the case of the Philippines is highlighted.

60:25 minutes (55.31 MB)
People's Health Radio

Poverty, criminalization and health

May 26, 2011
| People's Health Radio explores the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users campaign against the ticketing of poor people for vending, jaywalking and public urination.

60:37 minutes (55.5 MB)
People's Health Radio

Dr. Julian Tudor Hart: A socialist life

June 7, 2011
| People's Health Radio spoke to Dr. Julian Tudor Hart about his life as a socialist general practitioner, and the values we need to assert for a more just and humane world.

56:55 minutes (52.12 MB)
People's Health Radio

Suffer for your art: A look at musician health and safety

June 9, 2011
| On this show we take a look at the state of musician health and safety. What are the hazards? What protection do musicians have from injury and strain?

60:08 minutes (55.06 MB)
People's Health Radio

Nine Month Blues: A look at women's reproductive rights in Canada

June 23, 2011
| From birth control, to abortion, to access to information and education, what's happening with sexual health for women in Canada?

61:13 minutes (56.05 MB)
People's Health Radio

Health and human rights in the Philippines

June 30, 2011
| We revisit the story of the Morong 43, a group of 43 community health workers detained by the Philippine government from February to December of 2010.

59:07 minutes (54.12 MB)
People's Health Radio

The Revolution Starts at Home: The Vancouver launch

August 10, 2011
| Audio from the July 21 Vancouver launch of the book "The Revolution Starts at Home, Confronting Intimate Violence In Activist Communities."

50:43 minutes (46.44 MB)
People's Health Radio

Housing, homelessness and health

January 20, 2012
| People's Health Radio takes a look at the health impacts of inadequate housing with a particular focus on people in extremely marginalized housing such as shelters and hotels.

60:55 minutes (55.77 MB)
People's Health Radio

Drug prohibition and health

February 3, 2012
| People's Health Radio looks at the current prohibition of illicit drugs, its impact on health and alternative approaches to drugs and drug use.

62:05 minutes (56.84 MB)
People's Health Radio

Women's health and women's liberation -- IWD special

March 26, 2012
| To mark International Women's Day 2012, People's Health Radio looks at the links between working class women's struggles for liberation and women's health.

56:13 minutes (51.47 MB)
People's Health Radio

A plague of prisons

April 12, 2012
| People's Health Radio looks again at the health and social impacts of prisons and the mass incarceration agenda in Canada.

60:45 minutes (55.63 MB)