Public health is meant to protect us—but history shows it can also be used to control us. In the 20th century, tens of thousands of people, mostly women, were forcibly sterilized. In this podcast, we dig into the unsettling history of forced sterilization in the United States. From historical eugenics laws to the current realities of reproductive justice, we’ll explore how public health policies crossed the line, and why understanding this history still matters today.

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Music by Michael Conrad

You can't make me!!! Welp...sometimes we can. Join us as we talk about the legal framework for advancing public health. Our guest is Dawn Hunter: public health lawyer, health equity champion, and the rare policymaker who’s as comfortable with the legislature as she is in a microbiology lab. Dawn’s career is proof that the law isn’t just about statutes—it’s about systems, stories, and the social determinants that touch us all.

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Music by Michael Conrad

Life is wild these days, but personal resilience is the juice that keeps us going. Join us as we talk with Nicole Waters of 525 Coaching about how to stay unbreakable and unstoppable—because when life gives us lemons...we add some sugar and stay sweet y'all.

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Music by Michael Conrad

Let's dig into the fascinating world of public health and how we handle the dearly departed in the US—because who doesn't love a good corpse story? From embalming fluids to home cemeteries, we're dying to explore it all with you.

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Music by Michael Conrad

Let's shed our mortal coils and talk about the history of death in public health. Megan and Linsey talk about religious contexts around death, how we use death to understand disease, and some famous plagues.

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Music by Michael Conrad

Shoot for the stars! And hopefully you'll land in a makeshift airstream for quarantine! Learn more about how we apply public health practices to cosmic travel!

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Music by Michael Conrad

Take a bite of some lemon meringue pie and listen to our episode about how home economics became a vehicle for women to enter the workforce and academia. Megan and Linsey talk about The Secret History of Home Economics and how it has impacted public health.

Book: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

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Music by Michael Conrad

Megan and Linsey revisit this topic and talk about all the different ways that health and community wellness have been revered in different mythologies around the world.

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Music by Michael Conrad