The Wooden Teeth Show

Another dispatch from SXSW and a big, important conversation this week.

We’re talking maternal health care and the worsening dangers of childbirth in the U.S. We’re also talking abortion and comprehe…

In the wake of violence, some survivors appear unharmed but actually experience very real mental health injuries. Manya Chylinski, a survivor of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing who now speaks about ment…

This week: A little change of pace from the Wooden Teeth crew.

We snagged a booth at the SXSW Wellness Expo and talked to anyone who’d lend an ear about this very show – and we also got their thought…

President & CEO of Trust for America’s Health, John Auerbach, joins us on the podcast as we discuss effective policy proposals to improve health. We talk about the evolution of public health, the rol…

Lisa Raville, Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, joins us on the podcast today. At the Harm Reduction Action Center, drug users are provided with clean needles to prevent the spr…

Leslie Crutchfield is Executive Director of the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and she’s the author of "How Change Happens: Why some socia…

The Executive Director of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Dr. Georges Benjamin joins us on the podcast today. We talk about some of the greatest public health achievements of the 21st …

We all know shows like The West Wing and Veep accurately portray the day-to-day lives of our elected officials. WRONG! Jessie Ulibarri is the executive director at the State Innovation Exchange (Six)…

We’re trying something new today! We process current events from a public policy and public health perspective with friends of the podcast. And who better to kick this off than Scott Wasserman, presi…

We live in a complicated society. We’re technologically advanced and scientifically complex. And while a world of information is right at our fingertips to help us dissect these convoluted studies, t…

Ari Freilich is the staff attorney and California Legislative Affairs Director at the Giffords Center to Prevent Gun Violence and he joins us this week to talk about, well, guns, gun violence, and pr…

How much you earn directly affects your chances at good health. Straightforward enough, right?

Well, sorta. J. Paul Leigh, PhD, Professor of Economics within the Public Health Division at UC-Davis, c…

Edgar Villanueva has a new book. But more than that, he has a set of solutions to the pernicious problem of white men controlling the flow of philanthropic money in our country.

His solutions are root…

Author, professor, and general public health force of nature Marion Nestle joins us this week.

Her newest book, Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat, examines the influen…

Three researchers are the first people to study how living in fear changes our health. How do you measure such a thing? What contributes to a person’s fears? What’s the political climate’s affect on …

From a giant (echoey) conference room at the American Public Health Association’s annual conference, Jake sits down with Linda Blount, President and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative.

Linda …

Transportation Alternatives advocates for New York City’s streets to be safer for pedestrians and cyclists. They’ve got to navigate both the difficult physical and political terrain in their quest to…

Last night, Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives after a campaign waged on the issue of health care and as a check on President Trump.

With midterm-induced change ringing in our he…

Hey! It’s officially time for the Wooden Teeth to start chattering!

We’re here to bust some myths, find out where your health collides with politics, laugh, and take some action. For our inaugural epi…