People's Health Radio

The health impacts of fat oppression and the diet industry

February 25, 2011
| We talk to writer Lesley Kinzel (twowholecakes.com) and Vancouver activist Kalamity (of Fat Panic!) about fat oppression and the health impacts of the multi-billion dollar diet industry.

58:24 minutes (53.48 MB)
People's Health Radio

Partners in Health: solidarity versus charity in health care

March 2, 2011
| We feature an interview with Donna Barry, Director of Advocacy for Partners in Health; a Boston-based non-profit health care organization providing a preferential option for the poor.

56:49 minutes (65.02 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

Health impacts of racism on B.C.'s Chinese community, today and yesterday

March 31, 2011
| We take a look at the fight against the gentrification of Vancouver's Chinatown, and talk about the D'Arcy Island leper colony.

60:50 minutes (55.7 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)
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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

Is capitalism a disease?

May 5, 2011
| Are structural inequality, class exploitation, racism and sexism making us sick? We talk to Richard Levins, Dennis Raphael and Martha Roberts to find out.

59:22 minutes (54.35 MB)
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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)
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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)
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Health care for sale? The health impacts of privatization

June 16, 2011
| Just how public is our public health-care system? We look at the trend of increasing health-care privatization in Canada and B.C., and the health impacts on patients and health-care workers.

57:14 minutes (65.51 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

Think before you Pink: The politics of breast cancer

July 22, 2011
| We constantly hear about the CIBC "run for the cure." Why is nobody running for cancer prevention, and what is the role of large business interests in setting the agenda for cancer activism?

57:32 minutes (65.84 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

Report back from the frontlines of the health-care fight in the U.S.

August 31, 2011
| Jennifer interviews fellow collective member Rohith on his summer spent with the Physicians for a National Health Care Program in Chicago.

39:38 minutes (36.29 MB)
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Health and healing among activists and organizers

October 5, 2011
| Are our radical communities healthy places? How can we fight burnout, depression and isolation among organizers and activists? Includes interview with radical Vancouver accupuncturist Laurel Irons.

41:17 minutes (37.8 MB)
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Healing trauma in our movements: A spotlight on the Kindred Collective in the Southern United States

October 17, 2011
| Jennifer from People's Health Radio had the chance to speak with Tamika Middleton and Cara Page of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective from their base in Atlanta, Georgia.

41:20 minutes (37.84 MB)
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Smile with Dignity rally and lecture on 'Care and the Welfare State'

November 26, 2011
| We report from two recent events in Vancouver: a rally for universal public dental insurance, and a lecture at UBC by Professor James Struthers on trends in health-care delivery.

57:53 minutes (53.01 MB)
People's Health Radio

'Ghetto Palestine': Challenges and possibilities for resistance, with Jon Elmer

December 9, 2011
| Canadian writer and photojournalist Jon Elmer discusses ghetto Palestine and the challenges and possibilities for Palestinian resistance from a perspective not heard in mainstream media.

56:21 minutes (51.6 MB)