Health Class: The Untold Lessons Chigo & Kit
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- Health & Fitness
Health Class Untold aims to cover facts and stories left out of our daily conversations on health and healthcare; focusing on the experiences of women and minorities. We hope to create a community of listeners that learns from and heals one another and illuminate ways for our health care system to improve.
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Season 1 Wrap-Up
Catch Chigo & Kit's conversation reflecting on our first season! They will be back with more this fall!
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Medical Debt
Bríd, a Pastry Chef who injured her hand at an interview, tells us about the cost of care. Bills went up, income went down, and work remained just as demanding making for a difficult road to recovery.
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COVID-19 Minisode
In this minisode, Chigo & Kit discuss recent COVID-19 developments and their implications, from the personal to the global.
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Gender-Affirming Birth
In this episode, we have a conversation with Moss Froom and Jess Seamon about trans birthing. We dispel trans birthing myths while highlighting ways gender can be affirmed from conception to birth.
Moss the Doula: www.mossthedoula.com/
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Birthing While Black
In this episode, we hear Chanté discuss her experience giving birth as a Black woman in Scotland and the US. We also discuss with Joyell, a Baltimore-based full-circle doula, about how we can address Black maternal mortality within our own communities.
Below are organizations references in the episode:
Indigo Birthings
https://www.indigobirthings.com/
Ancient Song
https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/
The Birth Well training
http://www.thebirthwell.com/
SMC Doula Training
https://shafiamonroe.com/doula-training-education/full-circle-doula-training/
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COVID 19: The Vaccine & How Far We’ve Come
In this episode, we hear COVID-19 stories from those who are high risk and long-haulers. We also discuss the science of vaccination, the approval of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and the origins of vaccine hesitancy in Black and Brown communities.
Thanks to our guests Kat and Anisha for graciously sharing their stories with us!
See our list of sources on our website!
Healthclassuntold.com
Chigo and Kit are your hosts, the show is produced by Annette and made possible by the work of the behind the scenes team, Maya, Hannah, and our researcher Caroline.
Our music is by Mattijs Muller
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