Episode Details

Today, we bring together a group of Black women with a wide range of perspectives — from mainstream public health and medicine to MAHA and everything in between — for a candid conversation about their health, their lived experiences, and their trust, or lack of it, in the systems designed to heal us.

Black women face higher rates of diabetes and stroke, more aggressive cancers, and far riskier pregnancies. And yet, time and again, they say the medical system meant to care for them has too often failed them.

So what do they see as their most urgent needs? How do they view this administration — Kennedy, MAHA, the push against ultra-processed foods, and the backlash against DEI? And ultimately, do they believe these changes will improve their health, or once again leave them on the margins?

And riding shotgun with us today is a friend of the pod, MacKenzie Isaac, who is passionate about the health issues affecting the Black community.

Hosts:

Brinda Adhikari

Tom Johnson

Maggie Bartlett

Dr. Mark Abdelmalek

Guest host: Mackenzie Isaac, health educator, getting phD in bioethics from Oxford University

Guests:

Dr. Keisha Callins, OB/GYN, health educator

Renee Mitchell, founder Breaking the Cycle Drop Corp; Kennedy & MAHA supporter

Denise Octavia Smith, community health worker and inaugaral executive director

Alexandra Thompson, public health policy analyst

Tribeca Cannon, community health worker

Yesenia Muhammad, lawyer; Kennedy & supporter

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