Viral Linsey Grove & Megan Albertson
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Viral is a public health podcast for both public health nerds and the general public started by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist and hosted by Linsey and Megan Albertson. Public health consists of too many topics and professionals to name–but we’re going to try to cover it all. From baby bottle tooth decay to social justice, we will discuss the historical context, cultural relevance, and current connections to each topic while interviewing our colleagues in the field. Welcome to Viral.
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Episode 56: Public Health and Cartoons
Let's get silly! Cartoons have been used to communicate health behaviors (both good and bad). Let's revisit some of our favorite toons and how they've impacted public health.
Check out our Patreon for Linsey's Sailor Moon drawings from middle school!
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Episode 55: What's Ice Got to Do With It?
Ice, Ice, baby! We're talking about how ice changed the world and public health!
References:
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks -- A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
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Episode 54: Institutional Mistrust in Public Health
Get your tin foil hats on! We're talking about the history of institutional mistrust in public health and how it impacts today's issues.
References:
Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
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Episode 53: Anti-Fat Bias and Nutrition (Interview w/Christine Byrne)
Join us for our final episode about anti-fat stigma! We interview and kiki with Christine Byrne (she/her), MPH, RD, LDN, a non-diet dietitian nutritionist, longtime journalist, and the founder of Ruby Oak Nutrition. She specializes in nutrition counseling for eating disorders and loves working with college students and adults.
Content warning: we do talk about disordered eating and eating disorders.
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Episode 52: Truth and Merit in Science
An opinion piece in the New York Times caught our eye: A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected By Major Journals. You Can't Make This Up. by Pamela Paul. Can science be impartial and how do we address bias?
The reference article can be found here.
Other show notes:
Citation Justice: https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/citation-justice
References:
Abbot, D.; Bikfalvi, A.; Bleske-Rechek, A.; Bodmer, W.; Boghossian, P.; Carvalho, C.; Ciccolini, J.; Coyne, J.; Gauss, J.; Gill, P.; Jitomirskaya, S.; Jussim, L.; Krylov, A.; Loury, G.; Maroja, L.; McWhorter, J.; Moosavi, S.; Schwerdtle, P.N.; Pearl, J.; Quintanilla-Tornel, M.; III, H.S.; Schreiner, P.; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Shechtman, D.; Shifman, M.; Tanzman, J.; Trout, B.; Warshel, A.; West, J. In Defense of Merit in Science. Controversial_Ideas 2023, 3, 1.
Paul, P. (2023, May 4). A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected by Major Journals. You Can’t Make This Up. The New York Times.
Sjoding, M. W., Dickson, R. P., Iwashyna, T. J., Gay, S. E., Valley, T. Sl. (2020). Racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement. New England Journal of Medicine, 383: 2477-2478. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240
Obermeyer, Z., Powers, B., Vogeli, C., Mullainathan, S. (2019). Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations. Science 366: 447-453.
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Episode 51: Anti-Fatness in Policy
Now that we've discussed anti-fatness in public health, Megan and Linsey talk about anti-fatness in our policies.
References:
Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States
The obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account
CDC Study Overestimated Deaths from Obesity
Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat
State and Local Backgrounders: Soda Taxes by the Urban Institute
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Customer Reviews
Quirky and Informative
Quinn and Linsey are uniquely funny and brilliant. I find myself recoiling in my desk chair, disturbed by historical medical practices, and simultaneously amused by their perspective and witty banter. Public health podcasts aren’t most people’s first picks when consuming media, but they bring a new perspective and not only entertain, but inform their audience.
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This podcast is great. The hosts have great podcasting voices, they deliver tons of information in each episode, and the bad jokes are fantastic! Definitely worth subscribing to.
Best in health-related podcasting!
This is THE best health-related podcast out there. The co-hosts approach topics with humor and make them digestible for anyone (expert and non-expert alike!) with an interest in health, public health, science, etc. I learn something new and interesting each time I listen. And I appreciate the variety of topics - including an episode on poop!