Street Side: The Street Medicine Institute Podcast

Street Medicine Institute
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Conversations at the intersection of health care, homelessness and humanity, Street Side explores the themes involved in providing street-level medical and mental health care to our unhoused neighbors, the "rough sleepers." We explore the care philosophy of street medicine, clinical topics, addiction medicine, mental health, trauma, and speak with folks who have lived experience of homelessness. This podcast will bring insight and inspiration to anyone who cares about the issue of homelessness.

  1. FEB 14

    Overdose Prevention Centers in NYC with Benjamin Hayes, M.D.

    Are you curious about Harm Reduction and Safe Injection Sites? Dr. Benjamin T. Hayes, MD, MPH, MSW, is an Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and the Clinical and Medical Director of the Drug User Health Clinic at OnPoint NYC — the site of one of the first publicly acknowledged overdose prevention centers in the United States. He trained in Internal Medicine at Montefiore after earning his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, and also holds master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work. Dr. Hayes Bibliography: LINK

    35 min

  2. FEB 2

    The Urge of Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher, M.D.

    Author of "The Urge: Our History of Addiction," Dr. Fisher is a psychiatrist, bioethicist and addiction medicine specialist who employs nuance and humanity to understand addiction and recovery. As a person in recovery, he speaks with clarity and deep understanding. Show Transcript LINK

    46 min

  3. JAN 19

    Thirty Years on the Street with Todd Lucero

    Authentic and inspirational, Todd Lucero details his lived experiences of trauma, homelessness, substance use, and incarceration. He speaks beautifully about the role of human kindness in his recovery and his own efforts to support others. Todd is an expert who speaks from the heart. Link to Transcript HERE

    34 min

  4. JAN 7

    When We Walk By with Kevin F. Adler

    Kevin F. Adler is the author of When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, And The Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America. He is also the Founder of Miracle Messages, which combats the relational poverty of homelessness through reconnection with lost family and friends. Listen in to Michael's conversation with this inspirational author, leader, and social entrepreneur. Link to Transcription:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lin⁠⁠k⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    32 min

  5. 12/07/2025

    Harm Reduction in Detroit with Shaina Shetty, MD

    Substance Use Disorder is both prevalent and highly lethal among rough sleepers. Dr. Shaina Shetty guides us through a harm reduction approach, providing compassionate support and medication-assisted therapies to help individuals on their road to recovery. Dr. Shaina Shetty is a family physician who is passionate about providing high-quality patient-centered care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Her clinical interests are in the management of substance use disorders, HIV/Hepatitis C, and complex chronic disease, with a focus on the care of patients navigating housing instability. Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.org Link to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Link to Show notes:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please send us your suggestions!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

    28 min

  6. 11/16/2025

    Understanding Sexually Transmitted Infections with Dr. Margie Urban

    In this episode, Dr. Marguerite Urban from Rochester, NY reviews the latest trends, research, and treatments of Sexually Transmitted Infections, with a particular focus on Street Medicine.  Dr. Urban currently directs the NYSDOH Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) Sexual Health Center of Excellence and continues to serve as the Medical Director of the Monroe County STD Clinic, a position she has held since 1994. Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.org Link to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Link to Show notes:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠ Send us your suggestions!: ⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

    34 min

  7. 11/01/2025

    Care Beyond the Boulevard

    In this episode, we dialogue with KK Assman, NP, the founder and director of Kansas City's Street Medicine Program, "Care Beyond the Boulevard." A robust program that utilizes clinics, mobile units, and street-level care to serve the unhoused, Care Beyond the Boulevard also provides Medical Respite Care for those being discharged from the hospital. https://www.carebeyondtheboulevard.org/history Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.org Link to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Link to Show notes:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠ Send us your suggestions!: ⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

    34 min

  8. 10/18/2025

    Cherished Belonging with Father Greg Boyle

    A native Angeleno and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Father Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city.  Father Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called “decade of death” that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992.  In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings.  Special thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to follow and share our podcast! Please send us suggestions at studentcoalition@streetmedicine.org Link to SMISC One-Pager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Link to Show notes:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link⁠ Send us your suggestions!: ⁠Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members worldwide. We strive to inspire and equip students to provide high-quality Street Medicine through transdisciplinary student, consumer, and community collaboration. Viewing the streets as a classroom for social justice with the privilege to empathetically learn from the people, we hope to instill the transcending principles of Street Medicine throughout healthcare systems.

    31 min
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Conversations at the intersection of health care, homelessness and humanity, Street Side explores the themes involved in providing street-level medical and mental health care to our unhoused neighbors, the "rough sleepers." We explore the care philosophy of street medicine, clinical topics, addiction medicine, mental health, trauma, and speak with folks who have lived experience of homelessness. This podcast will bring insight and inspiration to anyone who cares about the issue of homelessness.

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